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Show V Sunday, December 18, Over the Nation-' 'Round the SOFIA, BULGARIA CU.R) Sofia newt papers said that former . premier Traicho Kostov confessed completely to charges of treason and espionage and asked for mercy shortly before be-fore he was hanged. Kostov was the, first purged communist to plead innocent in any postwar eastern European trial. He was found guilty and condemned to death by the Bul garian supreme court Wednesday. The presidium of the national assembly rejected this plea for clemency Thursday and he was hanged in Sofia's central prison yesterday. RANGOON, BURMA U,PJ Burma recognized communist com-munist China Saturday, the first country outside the Soviet bloc to do so. SIOUX CITY, IOWA (U.R) The death toll in Wednesday's Wednes-day's explosion a the Swift and Co. meat plant rose, to 19 Saturday Sat-urday as Joe Kueny, 18, Sioux City, died of injuries suffered in the blast. .Meanwhile, most of the plant's more than 700 employes returned to work. LONDON (U.R) Vincent Sheean, best-selling best-selling American writer, and- his former British wife, Diana ried at the St. Marylebone regis-Forbes-Robertaon, ' were remar- S' office Saturday four years er the were divorced. Svr Afternoon (Excepting SaV urday) and Sunday Sunday Herald Published Sunday 'Morning PabUehsd toy Tb Herald Corpora, ttan. SO South first Wast Straat, Prove, Utah. Entered second class matter at the poster fics in Provo. Utsh. , under the act of March sV 187 Subscription terms by carrier in Utah county $1.00 the month. 14.00 tot six months In advenes -$13.00 the- year In advenes By mail anywhere in ue irattea ntatee or Its possss done SI 00. the month. S6.0O for six months. tlS.00 , the year la Don 1 Provo '- , - - aasafiii-fr t - jjl? 11 1949 SUNDAY HERALD World BATAVIA, JAVA (U.R) President Seokarno of the old rebellious Indonesian republic, repub-lic, was sworn in as the first president of an independent Indonesia In-donesia at Jogjakarta Saturday. "I am the servant of the people," peo-ple," Soekarno naid when he had complete the oath, "and not their master, and I solemnly swear to serve my people and my country." Dr. Kusumaatamadja, chief of the supreme court, administered the oath in the brief ceremony at the historic "Sitinggil," where the sultons of Jogjakarta have ruled. ROME (U.R) The Italian Catholic action ac-tion newspaper II Guitldiano said Saturday that Israel's designation of Jerusalem s its capital may result in "an open war .of religion." relig-ion." SHANNON. IRELAND (U.R) A Pan American strato-chuiser strato-chuiser . arrived Saturday seven hours and 49 mirutes after leaving leav-ing New York, bettering the Atlantic At-lantic crossing record bv 37 min utes. Capt. J. L. Randall of Moscow, Ida., said his speed at times reached 493 mile? an hour. The old record was set by an American overseas airlines plane two weeks ago. LONDON (U.R) The five-day power strike that Caused a London brownout this week ended Saturday when 1,200 strikers returned to work at three key generating plants. WIND COMES BACK TACOMA, Wash. (U.R) On the ninth anniversary of the date the Tacoma Narrows bridge fell into Puget Sound during a windstorm in 1940, high winds halted construction con-struction of 4 the -new bridge. Workmen were forced to catwalks between two 508-foot towers because of winds up to 50 miles an hojar. Some 75,000 persons from Key West to. Pensacola in Florida fish for a living. SS IP,1. V'T- - -r " - rU' 0 i inn i mi 1 lT! iin"'""t Three Killed In Saturday Auto Accident JOLIET. 111., Dec. 17 (U.R) Thomas Killick, 25, Burlington, Vt, son of Larry Killick, prominent prom-inent BurHneton radio newscaster for Station WCAX, and two fellow fel-low students en route home for the holidays were killed Saturday Satur-day in an automobile accident. A fourth student from the American institute of foreign trade, Phoenix, Ariz., where all were studying, was seriously ln- jured. Adrian Anson Cherry, 28, a grandson of "Pop" Anson, a famous fam-ous Chicago baseball player and manager before the turn of the century, and Dorothy Margaret McMahon, 30, (425 N. Henry) Crestling, O., a former Wave, were the other victims. The party had driven night and day for 1,700 miles. Cherry's family fam-ily said they had not expected him, but apparently, he planned a surprise Christmas visit. Killick had an airplane ticket from Chicago Chi-cago on a flight scheduled today. The car left 'Highway 66 at a jog in the road 14 miles north of Joliet, an hour out of Chicago. It dropped over a five foot embankment em-bankment and rolled over five times. Authorities did not know who was driving. The party left Phoenix Phoe-nix Thursday night and school officials of-ficials said they had apparently driven without stopping. Ward Party of 18 Land in Yokohama Monday Morning TOKYO, Dec. 17 (U.R) Angus Ward and 18 members of his party will arrive at Yokohama Monday morning aboard the Lakeland Victory from Fusan, Korea, occupation authorities announced an-nounced Saturday. The vessel sailed from Fusan Saturday afternoon with Ward and 18 members of his party aboard. The consul general and his wife will continue on to the United States aboard the President Presi-dent Wilson, leaving Japan Dec. 22, officials said. Only Schubach's FIVE-STORE BUYING POWER Beauty and Quality . . . At Such Low Prices It vt-i 't. it. - most thrilling hav your choico of tho world's finost, most porfoct diamonds ... and at pricos that mtan you aro making REAL savings! Only 'Payment AT NO ADDITIONAL COST Iflwilrttleiii swlsffsa! le sW sWk (NBA Tephoto) WITNESS Latest witness in the San Francisco perjury trial of Longshore Chief Harry Bridges is Paul .Crouch (above), who will testify for the government. govern-ment. Crouch, a supervisory employe of a Miami, Fla., newspaper, was a Communist Party organizer for 17 years, was in Soviet Russia in 1928, at which time he was given an honorary colonel's rank in the Red army. Coal Operators (Continued from Page One) coal miners to work a full five-day five-day week. The miners, on orders from Lewis, have been working only three days a week since Dec. 5. The shorter work week is part of Lewis' strategy, to reduce coal supplies and put his United Mine Workers union in a better bargaining bar-gaining position on contract negotiations. ne-gotiations. Government officials, however, don't think the threerday week has reduced coal 'stockpiles enough to create hardship for consumers. President Truman repeatedly has said he would not intervene in the coal contract dispute until a coal shortage began be-gan to threaten the national health and safety. 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Nearly six inches of snow fell Saturday afternoon in the space of a few hours. Communism (Continued from Page One) Park avenue," Huber said. "She was pretty 'tight' with liquor and told me I had to get so many drinks out of each bottle. "So the drinks were sometimes pretty weak and Gailmor would come around asking for more." Moat Allen Born Huber said the "majority" of American Communist party offi cials are allen,-born and have no sympathy with American principles. prin-ciples. He said that his own branch of the organization the James Connolly branch at 2744 Broadway, New York consisted of at least "70 per cent aliens or foreign-born persons." The party deliberately fosters the illusion that it loses many members every year, he said. Actually, he said, there is a large turn-over in dues paying members. mem-bers. "They may no longer be dues-paying dues-paying and registered party members, but they retain their homage and allegiance to the principles of communism," he scid. "This boosts the number of Communist believers in this country up past the million mark, a fact which the party is well aware of, but cleverly disguises in its unceasing recruiting." There are about 4,000,000 head of cattle in Nebraska. Much ' W "Famous fir Diamonds Five Fine Stares IS! West Center f tract. Preva, Utah Main mn4 lrtdwejy 2445 Waihlngten live!. I U Make Street Salt Lake City, Utah , Ogdn,Utoh Seise, leKe Sons, Daughters of Pioneers to Cheer Infirmary Patients The Sons and Daughters of Provo Pioneers wjll present a Christmas program for patients of the Utah County infirmary today at 3 p. m. under the dlrectiorKof Edith M. Powell, chairman, f Burton H. Adams, chairman of the county commission, will speak briefly, and the address of welcome wel-come will be given by Merle Mad-sen, Mad-sen, president of the Daughters of the Pioneers. Ed M. Rowe will present "A Christmas Wish," The program also will include two vocal duets. Norma Dyer and Joseph Ahlanderi solo, Thomas Reynolds; solo, Joseph Ahlander; and solo, Norma Dyer. Elva Davis will accompany all musical numbers. num-bers. Karl J. Knudsen, president of the Sons and Daughter! of Provo Pioneers, will give the opening prayer. The program will come to a climax with the appearance of Santa Claus. Roving Archery Course Plans Are Discussed Plans for maintaining the Tim-panogos Tim-panogos roving archery course in the south fork of Provo canyon were outlined Friday night at a business .meeting of the Tim-panogos Tim-panogos Archers association. Members of the organization named Claude Holmes to supervise super-vise the course. Norm Whittaker, president of the association was elected field captain. Alton Fayler and Whittaker were named to represent the as sociation at the state organiza tion a bi-monthly meetings in Salt Lake City. Herb Christiansen and Ken Harris also attended the Friday night s meeting. ALL IS CONFUSION PHENIX CITY, Ala. (U.R) It's confusing, trying to call the fire county jail or a cab in Phenix City. For the hospital, you call 8-7811. One taxi company-is 8- 8712, the other 8-8771. The police, jail and fire department numbers are just as close and people cal ling tnose tnree numbers are usually excited enough to mix them up. Twin PalW, Idoht s m I'm t- Mil rTk xrvs. ".rw irnx 50,000 Japs In South Believe Japan Defeats United States SAO PAULO, Brazil, Dec. 17 aj? Nearly 50,000 Japanese living liv-ing in Sao Paulo state still believe be-lieve that Japan defeated the United States in 1945, Yoshlkazu Morita, attache to the Swedish consulate which is handling Japanese Ja-panese interests, said today. In August, 1945, 24 hours .after the Japanese surrender, ' Sao Paulo state's 120,000 Nipponese residents split into two -antagonistic groups: one accepted Japan's Ja-pan's defeat as an accomplished fact, abandoned hope of return- 11 Three Hurt In Crash East Of Spanish Fork An icy highway east of Spanish Fork wrecked two trucks and sent three out of four people in volved to the hospital Saturday night. A west-bound truck 'driven by Glen A. Rowe, AS, Manti, went into a skid and crashed into the eastbound vehicle i of John C Baker. 38, Salt Lake City, on U S. 91 a half mile east of Spanish Fork. Mr. Rowe's wife, 43, was most seriously injured, suffering a fractured pelvis. Rowe himself escaped injury," with exception of a bruised hip. Driver of the other truck suf fered a cut right hand, and his wife was cut and bruised about the face and hands. Damage to the two vehicles to taled $1700, according to State Troopers Bert Nielsen and Owen Beardell, who investigated. The Intured were taken to the Hughes hospital at Spanish Fork.1! SLY FOX OUTWITTED DOTHAN, Ala. (U.R) The zoo department reported the case of the "sly old" fox outwitted by two St. Bernards. The big :dogs chased Reynard around the- pen in relays until he was exhausted in relays until he was exhausted, then bottled him up with attacks from opposite Quarters. Satisfied at having beaten the fabled smartle, they trotted off. Open Evenings Till 9:00 p.m. America Still ing to war-torn Japan and sought to assimilate themselves into Brazilian life. The other arouD then nut-' numbering the first but now e. ' v timated to include approximate-ly approximate-ly 40 per cent of all Japanes ' residents did not acceDt the news of the defeat, arguing that accoramg 10 tne glorious tradition tradi-tion of 26 centuries of immaculate immacu-late Japanese history," their country could not be beaten. Even listening day and night to Tokyo's broadcasts would not convince them. Leaflets Circulated ' - When Gen. Douglas MacArthur ' took over Japan, thousands of mimeographed leaflets were cir- ' culated in Sao Paulo state. They announced the landing of Japanese Japa-nese troops on the United States west coast and the establishment establish-ment of a pro-Japanese government govern-ment in the midwest Dozens of Japanese settlements celebrated. Former diplomats, the heads of Important Japanese concerns and intellectual leaders-of leaders-of the colony tried vainly to halt ' the widespread nonsense. Other leaflets were distributed" widely in Japanese language telling tell-ing the truth and reproducing official of-ficial documents concerning Japan's Ja-pan's surrender. But, Instead of enlightening Japanese m I n d s, these leaflets stirred hatred and ideas of revenge against the ' "traitors." Some "defeatist" or "appeasing" "appeas-ing" Japanese were stabbed or shot dead by youth gangs . in "punitive expeditions." At least 14 were killed and 20 wounded. Brazilian nolice aoucrht in nrntft jotner Japanese from this terror ism. Hundreds of fanatics were. Jailed or deported to a small irland of f the coast but lawyers obtained the release of many. According to Morita, there still are some groups and individuals trying to convince the poorly educated Japanese residents that Japan is undefeated. POLITE BUT FIRM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (U.fO Th Thompson Liquor Store reported a "courteous" robber who wasn't too polite to take $250. An unshaven un-shaven robber flourished a pistol, said he hoped any loss would be covered by insurance, scooped the money from -the register and fled. ' |