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Show lussia Charged with Trying To Influence Japs TOKYO, Aug. 31 (U.R) Rep. Dewey Short. R.. Mo., and Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes, D.. Fla., members mem-bers of the house military affairs committee now inspecting Pacific bases, bluntly charged Russia to-Bay to-Bay with trying to influence the Japanese and said the Soviets V anted to get the Americans out of Japan. : Short declared ' There's immi-'nent immi-'nent danger of another Pearl Harbor in Korea, Trieste or Alaska. We cannot afford to take ny chance. While we are traditionally tra-ditionally no aggressors, we can-friot can-friot afford to risk being caught Unawares again."' The committee recommended a Strong and modern military force pn the Pacific and Alaskan area "adequate enough to handle any Russian provocation. They expressed their views following a three-hour closed session with staff officers at Allied headquarters and a luncheon with supreme occupation oc-cupation commander Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Acting Chairman Rep. E. Sheri- jdan. D.. Pa., declined to comment specifically on what he was told $y the general's staff or at any Sof the bases inspected. However, lie did tell the press that "after! what I've heard. I wouldn't give1 jthe Russians the index to the -jBtomic bomb." ' Sheridan recommended keeping keep-ing military establishment in the Pacific hinged on supersonic. long-range bombers in sufficient !strength to maintain the "billions of dollars'' worth of usable equipment equip-ment now available at Pacilic bases. All members agreed that the American public should be given the full facts about the far east situation. Senator Deplores Reclamation Cut WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 U.R Sen. Warren Magnuson, D., Wash., proposed today that President Truman and his budget bureau cut the heavy expenses of near-surplus near-surplus army-navy installations instead of slashing funds for self-liquidating self-liquidating western reclamation projects. The president has ordered the budget bureau to impound nearly-half nearly-half of the appropriated funds for reclamation, flood .control and rivers and harbors projects. "I appreciate the president's desire to balance the budget." Magnuson said, "but the cut should not be made at the expense ex-pense of needed self-liquidating projects." ', Adoption of his suggestion would enable the interior department depart-ment to recoup whatever part of its S65.000.000 fund decrease was to be applied to such reimbursable reimburs-able projects as the Central Valley Val-ley in California, the Missouri Basin, and Bonneville power and the Columbia Basin in Washington. Washing-ton. The cuts in army-navy funds, he said, could be made without affecting the strength or effectiveness effec-tiveness of the armed forces. His proposal referred only to those reclamation projects whose revenues from power sales and irrigation fees will be applied to pay off costs within 40 years under reclamation law. Thrifty French Farmers Rewarded With Bumper Crops -r,. ... rj, rftEA Telephotot Even the young in France Join their parents In making most of this season's near-record food crop for marketing mar-keting to the hungry French nation. Almost as though by Providence, the urgent need for food in war-shattered war-shattered Europe may be somewnat relieved by bumper crops in the fertile Rhone Valley and rich mils of Brittany, where green acres of ripe vegetables and Ko.den grain greet eager Harvesters Utilizing the time-proved time-proved methods which substitute for lack of modern equipment. French youngsters here prepare leeks for marketing. Photo by Al Plone, NEA Acme photographer. Soviet Spy Leader Held; 14 Others Granted Freedom 17-FOOT PYTHON FINALLY CAPTURED HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 31 U R "Gentle Julia." a 17-foot 127-pound 127-pound python, was back in her cage today, her three days of slithering liberty a thing of panicky pan-icky past to studio officials. Juli?. whose escape was not divulged in order to prevent a panic, was sighted several times at the Goldwyn studios before trainer Alfred Culp captured her. FRANKFURT. Germany. Aug. 31 iU.R' Fourteen of 15 Germans seized for spying in the American Amer-ican zone of Germany have been released following the action of the army's counter intelligence corps in dropping charges against them, a top army intelligence spokesman confirmed toda . It was indicated that the leader of the Germans. Walter Kaz-marek. Kaz-marek. still was held. An intelligence intel-ligence spokesman replied "strictly "strict-ly no comment'' when asked about reports that one of the men in volved in the spy ring was ;i Russian Rus-sian national. The spokesman asked specifically specif-ically that the press avoid speculating specu-lating on reasons for release of the Germans, who originally were accused of spying for the Russians Rus-sians in the American zone. The released Germans were members of the Soviet sponsored "free Germany committee'' formed form-ed from German officers and men captured in the Russians' first1 bag of prisoners at Stalingrad. The committee was headed l Gen. Walter von Seydlitz and 57 other captured generals. At one time the committee and the "league of German officers," a subsidiary group, were reported to include 1.000,000 German officers of-ficers and soldiers. These Germans were reported converted to communism after ihcir capture. The high officers frequently were used by the Russians Rus-sians to facilitate the capture of pocketed Germans on the eastern iront. Both groups were reported dissolved in November, 1945. Daily Streamliner Service Planned SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 31 U.R Utah will have eastbound streamliner service every day of the week except Mondays starting start-ing in September, George F. Ash-by, Ash-by, president of the Union Pacific Pa-cific railroad has notified officials here. Ashby has announced from his' Omaha office that the two stream-' liners of the railroad will go on' a three-times-weekly schedule! on Sept. 29. The two streamlin-1 ers are the City of San Francisco; and the City of Los Angeles. i New schedules for the City of; San Francisco are: Leaving Og-i den for both east and west Wed-j nesdays, Friday and Sundays.; Exact times will be announced, j The City of Los Angeles will, depart both east and west bound on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat- urdays from Salt Lake City. I The new schedule means that' passengers bound for Chicago can get streamliners any day of the week except Monday after the new schedules go into effect, local officials of the company pointed out. Service will, of course, still! only be three times weekly going west, depending on which city passengers want to go. PAGE lvlSSg'i." SUNDAY HERALD Army Veteran Booked in Death Of Son, 7 Months SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31 U.R George Sterling, 27-year-old army veteran who threw his, seven-months seven-months old son on the floor because be-cause "he's not mine, he doesn't even look like me." was booked on a murder charge today in connection con-nection with the child's death. The baby. Harry George Sterling, Ster-ling, died Saturday, ten days after the father assertedly mishandled mishan-dled him. Mrs. Sterling said her husband threw the infant into the air twice once to the floor and once at her as she lay abed. In addition, she said, he threat-end threat-end to kill her. Inspector Al Corrasa said Sterling claimed he wasn't the father of Harry George because he was in the army when she became be-came pregnant. Corrasa said Sterling had not worked since he was discharged from the army Dec. 12. Mrs. Sterling expects another child in November. RADIO COMEDIAN 'CRUEL AND INHUMAN' HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 31 U.R The henpecked druggist Peavey on the "Great Gildersleeve" radio ra-dio show was cruel and inhuman to his real life fourth wife. Mrs. Alice Nixon Legrand charged today to-day in seeking a divorce from Radio Actor Clifffird R. Legrand, Le-grand, 64. BRADLEY GETS FISHING POLE, TACKLE BACK JUNEAU. Alaska, Aug. 31 (U.R) Gen. Omar Bradley got his fishing fish-ing pole and tackle back today, after Alaska game wardens quashed charges against his party of fishing without license. Bradley's gear was confiscated by wardens who flew into Lake Florence after the general's plane, when somebody tipped game officials that the group had forgotten to obtain $2.50 nonresident non-resident fishing permits. Nationalists Mark Gains NANKING, China. Aug. 31 (U.R) Powerful Nationalist forces which captured the Jehol province pro-vince capital of Chengteh last Thursday have wheeled north toward to-ward Chihfeng and West toward! Kalgan. Peiping dispatches reported re-ported today. The drive on Chihfeng, HQ miles north of Changteb, has advanced ad-vanced nearly 80 miles in two days and one of two columns closing in on the city now is 20 miles away, these reports said. Communists holding the mountain moun-tain highway between the two cities have takenMo the hills and the Nationalists are progressing almost without opposition, it was stated. Chihfeng is the main communications communi-cations hub in central Jehol province pro-vince and its capture would give the Nationalists control of almost the entire province, it was emphasized. em-phasized. The government's seven-army drive into Jehol has been facilitated facili-tated by Communist action in withdrawing large numbers of troops to reinforce their assault on Tatung. 70 miles south of Kalgan. Kal-gan. which fell to the Communists yesterday after a 25-day siege, a government source said. Thriftway Stores FIRST CLASS WATCH And JEWELRY REPAIRS 5 DAY SERVICE Drug Men Score Funny Radio Plugs PITTSBURGH, Aug. 31 (U.P The American Pharmaceutical association condemned radio plugs for household remedies that "clean your teeth, comb your hair' and making you feel like a millionaire" mil-lionaire" in a resolution passed at the closing session of a six-day convention here esterday. The resolution urged advertisers and station operators to adopt self-policing methods to eliminate "excessive claims, actual or implied."' im-plied."' The druggists said that misleading mis-leading claims by a "small, rau-cuous rau-cuous minority" that products were "just like a doctor's prescription" pre-scription" or were "recommended by your druggist' led to lowering of professional standards. Such commercials, the resolution resolu-tion said, have "become the butt of barbed jokes by alleged comedians co-medians and cartoonists." Cotton is the biggest cash crop in the state of Texas. 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