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Show British Daf fled Over Series; Of Rresln 1 V45 amps Spongers 'Reconvert X.ONDON, March 9 (U.R Brit ain's series of baffling ship fires nine in ten days spread to the klrcraft carrier Victorious today. One man was killed and seven njured seriously when an ex- losion followed by fire scared h minesweeper off Dover. , Three unidentified aliens were being hunted by police in con nection with yesterday's fire aboard the world's largest ship, the liner Queen Elizabeth -at Southampton. 1 British : admiralty spokesmen said there-jwere no suspicious cir-cumstancrrurrounding cir-cumstancrrurrounding the fires aboard the 23.000-ton Victorious land the 1,000-ton minesweeper j Steadfast. Naval engineers said jthe boiler-room blaze on the Victorious Vic-torious was "purely mechanical." The London Daily News said: additional sabotage warnings had' been flashed to the Queen Mary and the Pacific Steam Navigation company's Orontes before they docked today at Southampton. Chief Constable T. F. Tarry, at Southampton, said he might ask for army troops to supplement guards in the dock area. He feared a shortage of police pro tection, in view of the several large"- ships now berthed at Southampton. The Aquitania is scheduled -to arrive Monday. Dockyard firemen and the crew of the Victorious fought the blaze in its boiler room for more than an hour as she lay at Dev- onport last night. Officers said it was quite a minor affair. A technical investigation is being made by engineers. The cause of the fire and ex plosion aboard the minesweeper Steadfast was not known. The little ship steamed into Dover under its own power, and the injured were removed. An ad-J miralty investigation is under way. Detailed descriptions of the aliens sought for questioning in the Queen Elizabeth fire were circulated among reinforced po lice patrols guarding the docks at Southampton. Dr. J. B. Firth, arson ar-son expert of the British home office arrived today. The Quayside at Southampton where the Queen Elizabeth is berthed bristled with armed guards. All persons approaching were challenged. ,r . i' "v. 0 -4. .4 . tV " 11 itti' iik 1111111 'iii a 53N The world's greatest sponge fishing fleet is back to normal after years of wartime service. Operating off Tarpon Springs, Fla., 200 divers and their 178 boats will collect over $3,000,000,000 in sponges ' from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The divers operate in six-man boat crews, sharing proceeds of the catch. A diver's av erage yearly wage is $10,000. Above, a diver hooks a sponge from the Gulf bottom. When raked up, a sponge automatically re-seeds itself, growing an inch per year. Russians To Be Asked To Turn American Lord Haw Haw Over . BERLIN,, taarcb' V (U.R) The Russians : will ba asked point-blank point-blank to hand over Fred W. Kaitenbach, Kai-tenbach, ' Iowa-born American rLord Haw Haw" tinder indictment indict-ment for treason, an official of the Justice department said today. ; The 40-year-old German wife of the notorious American radio broadcaster for the Nazis doubted, however, that her husband would ever face trial in the United States.' She believed . he may be dead. ; Since the Russians arrested Kaitenbach .in his Berlin apartment apart-ment last June 14, his whereabouts where-abouts has been a mystery Only once has Frau Kaitenbach heard of her husband. Last November she said an unidentified un-identified German came to her apartment and told her he had been a fellow Inmate of Kaitenbach Kaiten-bach at the Russian ' internment ramp at Landsberg, on the War- ine, east .ox Benin. v This man said my husband was very ill with a serious throat infection,1-she said "Since then I've heard nothing. J dont know what to . think. My husband may be dead,. 4 Last unofficial reports reaching FRENCH, BRITISH TO LEAVE LEBANON PARIS? March 9 V, (U. -- The foreign office announced tonight that French--and! British experts had agreed , ori, the ; evacuation of their troops from Lebanon beginning begin-ning March. 30. v- r ' .; All British troops, will be out by June "80 and all French-by ADril 1. 1947. at the latest, a foreign office announcement said. Berlin said Kaltenbach's health was failing, and indicated the Russians were holding him- at Weimar. . ; . Although . the Russians never officially announced Kaltenbach's arrest,'-it was known that American-Soviet negotiations were under un-der way- for several weeks last fall for: the exchange of the 50- year old German propaganda broadcaster who in' programs designed de-signed for " fellow - - Americans called himself "Lord Hee Haw." It was understood that the Am- erinnn st that time cifffrfiii to trade. , to the Russians two form-pEARD GETS RESPITE er guards of the Oranienburg concentration camp for Kaitenbach Kaiten-bach but the Russians held out for someone more attractive." .' However, the justice department depart-ment official who recently arrived ar-rived in Berlin, said he was plan ning to ask the Russians to turn cror ' Kaitenbach without- trade since he' is an Amercan citizen. Aside' from Kaitenbach and with the capture of Robert Best in. Austria, three of the broadcasters broad-casters who were indicted In 1943 for treason are still missing. The others are Douglas Chandler, Baltimore, Md.: Jane Anderson, Atlanta; Ga.; and Max Otto Koi- schwitz. New York. Anderson reportedly, re-portedly, fled to. Spain and Koi-schwitz Koi-schwitz was rumored to have died' - . - - - , FITCHBURG. Mass. (U.R) Al though he resolved to shave -off his long red beard as soon as Kt was- discharged from tne army. victor B. Gallant now says net) keep it it." 'because my mother like; StND AY HERALD ,V PROVO,. UTAH COXWTY, UTAH-i SUNDAY, MARCH W. XM Fire Rrnntc Oiif i in neaaauarrers r Of-MacArthuf; C TOKYO, March 9 OUR Firt broke out tonight In the wiring1 : insulation between the walls ft the Dai IchI building. Gen. Doug-" las MacArthur's headquarters, bur- only slight damage-was reported.) out the flames after three houraj; of effort. Lishtins and elevator . facilities were out of order on the sixth floor was not dam aged. Lobby Prpposed For Homeowners SAN FRANCISCO. March 9 (U.R) A nation-wide "home-owners lobby" to mobiliie against "unwise" "un-wise" federal taxation Was proposed pro-posed today at the regional, real estate board conference. Margaret Kay Stewart, execu tive secretary' of the Denver. Colo.. Realtors board, outlined the plan to bring the weight of 27,000,000 home owners to bear on congress in support of the National Association of Real Estate boards. "It will be the biggest pressure group ever organized. Miss Stewart said, urging the conference confer-ence to ' help establish a state committee for a "national real estate foundation." Sailor-Midwife Gets Safety Pin With Cluster SEATTLE, March 9 (U.R) (U.R) Pharmacist Mate Jerry Bradbury of Cleburne, Tex.. was solemnly awarded the "safety-pin-with-cluster" by crewmates today, after a navy doctor boarded a north Pacific tanker to examine a Russian stewardess and the seven-pound four-ounce baby girl she bore at sea with only Bradbury's aid. Navy radio advices received re-ceived here said the doctor found both the mother, Mrs. Galina Pervina. and her baby, in "excellent condition, and not in need of further medical med-ical aid." The stewardess gave birth to the child several days after she had been rescued from the wreck of the Soviet tanker tank-er Donbass which broke in half in a wild sub-artic storm. Bradbury, inexperienced in childbirth procedure, was the Closest approach to a doctor aboard the Puente Hills. But after a worried night, during which he was given a list of radioed instructions f r o m shore, successfully delivered the baby. SECRETIVE BIDDERS LOS ANGELES (U.R) The Reconstruction Re-construction Finance Corp. recently re-cently offered for sale the entire facilities of a jet propulsion plant, built to turn out power units for Fireball fighters. Of several manufacturers who bid for the jet plant for peacetime peace-time construction, none would specify their postwar products. Point Reductions Made for Marines WASHINGTON, March 9 (U.R) Marine corps headquarters tonight to-night announced a plan for point 1 eductions under which practic ally all marines with combat service will be released by mid summer. After July 1. length of service will be the main factor for discharge. dis-charge. By that rdate, all wo men reservists will be eligible for discharge. The corps estimates esti-mates that by September, prac tically all selective service and reserve personnel will be separ ated. Beginning March 11, discharge credits for all men in the corps will drop from 42 to 40 points. with another two-point drop becoming be-coming effective April 1. On the same date, discharge crediU for women will drop from 16 to 13 points. Subsequent credits fpr dis charge will be: May 1 33 points for men, eight for women: Junel 28 points for men, four for women, and July 1, 25 points for men, zero for wo men. After July 1. the corps said. 30 months service also will make a marine eligible for separation. After that date the point system will be retained in "consideration "considera-tion of parenthood and of the few personnel who have combat credit but less than 25 points." TRANSFER SUB-PORT TO CANADA PRINCE RUPERT. B. C, March 9 (U.R), The United States flag which has flown over the $30,-000 $30,-000 Prince Rupert sub-port of embarkation since April, 1942, was officially lowered today as installations were transferred to the Canadian government. - xJ f Panel Crib in ivory "" slfl jTtltyr or maPle " " I-95 I Roomy Play Pen -T v ivN with built"in floor ' j"!? Js0 Solid panel back - -"" I r0"f?T HiKh Chair - 10.95 j H? V nJL f """'V V Folding leatherette hml v ' y 1 tfCx Carriage - 29.50 up I JXP C hs-: f Combination Strol- TT Stf 1 J l 8 v Ier and wlker S Mj (n-ot -"iU 1 n V V BETTER FURNISHINGS FOR : -; FOLKS WITH YOUNG IDEAS fewV.: J Xii? I We've a complete line of nursery fur- kCKVv V' niture of every description that will" iTrlr?V ( V make life pleasant and comfortable flVfw;jW tor babies. See these and many other - SsSKv attractive items for the nursery in our -r?v3 juvenile department Vf 0 BUDGET TERMS AVAILABLE THE JUVENILE SHOP Take Elevator to 3rd Floor TAYLOR BROS. 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