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Show Judge Converts Jury Room Into 'Home' For Evicted Yoman, Nine Children pan UIUI wall by WILLIAM H. MEYER United Press Staff Correspondent MILWAUKEE, Sept 14 (U.R) The morning sun shone through the stained glass window in a eled jury room In Milwaukee s osing civil courthouse today. :ng Mrs. Lucille Johnson and her nine children. Mrs. Johnson quickly roused her broody handed them their toothbrushes and herded them h Not Enough Meat For Black Hail, Avers Spokesman BY UNITED PRESS Meat industry spokesmen said today that there is almost .no black market because "there's not enough meat to start one." In a nationwide survey by United Press, the only city re porting definite evidence of an organized black market was New! to send my children to the county down the high-ceil inged corridors to the washrooms across from the courtroom. Then she dressed 15-months-old Dickey, her youngest, and began "tidying up" the 20 by 14-foot room which is serving as the Johnsons' new "home". Mrs. Johnson and her children were evicted from their 138 per month apartment apart-ment yesterday and installed with 10 cota In the Jury room all throofh the efforts of Civil Judge Robert Cannon. Mrs. Johnson, a plump woman wo-man of 45. was separated from her husband last July 10. The home they had lived in was sold and the new landlord, a war veteran, vet-eran, wanted to move in. He obtained ob-tained a judgement of eviction with the approval of the OPA and yesterday the case came up before be-fore Judge Cannon. The judge said. reluctantly, that the law didn't permit him to grant Mrs. Johnson another extension, ex-tension, v "Judge." she said, tears in her eyes. "If I'M evicted. 1 11 have York Slight black market symptoms were reported in Philadelphia. home." Judge Cannon, one of the city's youngest jurists who-.only recent heloed arrange the furniture in the makeshift quarters. There will be no rent charged Dallas, Tex.. San Francisco, ly was discharged from the navy. Minneapolis and St. Paul. ! .aid he couldn t see the family In other cities there were scat-j homeless. "I've got two Children tered reports of a few over-ceiling myself." he said. tales, but no evidence of organ- He ordered the jury room lzed illegal trafic. OPA invest l-1 made ready for the Johnsons gators, however, were anticipat-: He even took off his coat and ing black market developments: across the nation. r Among the major cities report ing almost no signs of a black, tne Johnsons while thev ere the market were St. Louis. Cleveland. '"guests" cf the courthouse, the Detroit. New Orleans. Atlanta.! judge decreed. He said he hoped Ga., Portland. Ore.. Salt Lake; to find them more appropriate City. Des Moines, la.. Omaha, quarters by Monday. Harry Small, Neb-, and Milwaukee. Wis. ;a contractor, offered to build a At St. Louis, however. OPA home for the Johnsons if he can agents were watching closely theget the necessary permits. He 5.000,000 pounds of meat in cold! said he'd sell Mrs. Johnson the storage there. The meat report- house at cost or rent it for $40 a edly was owned by less than 20 month. of the largest retailers and bought Other sympathetic Milwaukee bv them when price ceilings were esidents came through with as- Grappler Grabs Porker To Ease Meat Situation WILDWOOD, N. J.. Sept. 14 (U.R) Edward Bunting, an avid wrestling fan, believed today that his interest in the grunt and groan sport may' solve the meat shortage as far as his family is concerned. Bunting's wife, Anna, was sitting on their front porch yesterday, when she noticed a 110-pound pig wandering up the street. Bunting, summoned sum-moned by his wife, used all the holds he could remember in subduing the animal in a 10-minute battle. Bunting put the hog in his back yard and notified police of the incident. Unless the owner calls for the animal and furnishes an accurate description, he said, the hog will be slaughtered for meat for his family and neighbors. Group Appointed To Study Higher Education Plan SALT LAKE CITY. Sept. 14 IJ A six-man committee has been appointed in Salt Lake City noday to study the advisability of setting up a commission on nign-er nign-er education under the Utah conference con-ference of higher education. Dr. Jxhn T. Wahlquist, dean of the school of education at the University of Utah and president of the UtafK conference, has (named the committee Glenn E. Snow, Dixie college president; Dean A. C. Lambert. Brigham Young university; Prpf. Milton Merrill, Utah State Agricultural college; Dean E. E. Erickson. University of Utah; Dr. E, E SUNDAY HERALD VZitZ PAGE 9 Othman Plows Through Job Volume-All For Congressman By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (U.R) Congress asked for it: I got it: The biggest headache of 1946. If you want to start an opium factory, fac-tory, borrow a bull, inspect a typewriter ribbon, or spend $262,-000 $262,-000 for a set of handsome photographs, photo-graphs, stick with me. Do not ask your congressman, because I don't think he knows. The lawmakers in their wisdom last July ordered all the government govern-ment bureaus to write down on paper what their jobs were. This was to be for the information of bewildered congressmen. The chore finally was completed complet-ed last night (a couple of days late) by the government printing office. It ran to 735.000 well- chosen words on 966 closely nation. For Instance: If any senator Intends to manufacture manufac-ture smoking Opium, he must get a permit from (ho treasury treas-ury department. If he has fog horn, he's got to let the coast guard tune It If he wants to shoot a duck or catch a whale he must apply to the interior department. This department also runs a slaughter house, presumably steakless at the moment, in the Virgin Islands. Should he want to borrow a bull, the agriculture department will lend it to him. It will issue him a permit to import honey bees. Any bee that flies across the border is breaking the law and should be swatted. The agriculture department will advise senators (and anybody else) about their clam, farina and printed pages in four volumes,' calf's foot jelly problems. It will with index. No congressman has read it: I doubt if any statesman ever does read it. I doubt if any body reads it, except me. My eyes are blurry and my head aches, but I have digested digest-ed the facts or at least some of them, for congress' Infor- off. British Issue Hon-Fraternize Order to Army JERUSALEM. Sept. 14 UJ.R The British miltary command today to-day ordered all officers to cease ''consorting" with Jewish women, charging that the Jewish agency is reemploying women "to use their powers of seduction-' to extract ex-tract military information. The order said that the Jewish Agency, official mandate representative repre-sentative of the Jews, is operating oper-ating "an efficient intelligence service" employing "Jewish women wo-men who are paid to extract information in-formation from the military." irtance. A cab company offered fre taxi service. a nearby restaurant said it would provide mepls for sll 10 of them, and a diaper delivery company agreed I to furnish service direct to the 'jury room for little Dickey. Last night Juage Cannon bundled the family into a couple of taxicabs and took them out to dinner. Afterwards, he slipped a IS bill into the pocket of Lucille. Lu-cille. 16. the eldest, and instructed in-structed her to buy candy for the rest The little ones ate the candy and dropped blissfully bliss-fully off to sleep. Maw Backs Drive For Freedom Of Information SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 14 (U.R) Utah Gov. Herbert B. Maw today "heartily" pledged support of the campaign by the American Society of Newspaper Editors for In a letter to Society President Presi-dent Wilbur Forrest of New York world freedom of information. Citv. Maw said. "I heartily com- Monson, regent of the U. of U. mend and support your society's and trustee of the USAC; and Dr. 'effort to awaken leaders of other E. Allen Bateman, state super-Hands to the need of world free- Occupation Probe Given Priority WASHINGTON. Sept. 14 'U.R! The senate war investigating committee today awarded a top priority to a probe into the operation oper-ation of the U. S. military occupation occupa-tion of Germany. Chairman James M. Mead, D., N. Y.. said the investigation "deserved "de-served a top place" on the committee's com-mittee's agenda. But he was unable un-able to fix a time for a trip to Europe to check on reports of excessive costs and misconduct by occupying troops. BUILDING BRICK Cinder - Concrete Lava 4x8x12 8x8x16 4x6x12 6x8x16 4x4x12 4x8x16 For Exterior and Interior Walls Use Liners You can Nail Into Order Now to Insure Delivery Del-ivery When You Are Ready Larry's Machine Company Office 53 No. 1st West Yard, 175 West 2nd No. Phone 1287 Provo Claim Yugoslav Ships Looted By Americans . .VIENNA. Sept. 14 U.R The Red Army newspaper Oester-reichische Oester-reichische Zeitung today prominently promi-nently displayed a Tass Agency story reporting that the American Ameri-can Army had moved the fleet of Yugoslav boats up the Danube river and printed "eyewitness" accounts by Yugoslav seamen who claimed they were interned. The story was carried under the headline "American Reprisals Repris-als on Yugoslav Seamen." The account said Branko Rodo-vanovic, Rodo-vanovic, chief of the Yugoslav Danube seamen's union, claimed Yugoslav ships were 'looted'' by the Americans and taken across the Austrian border into Bavaria to apply "pressure" on Yugoslavia. Naval Patrol Craft Aground In Fog HALF MOON BAY. Cal . Sept 14 oi.R) The navy patrol craft YP 538 inbound from Bikini with j valuable fish specimens aboard ran aground in heavy fog on ! rocks two miles south of here Friday. Sixteen crew members went ashore in a lifeboat. Eleven remained re-mained aboard in a final effort at salvage. The boat was in the breakers and was taking a heavy pounding. pound-ing. The mast whipped back and ! forth and spectators on the beach ! believed the crait might break in two. Lieut. C. D. Bailey, San Diego, commanding officer, remained aboard. His second in command, Lieut. D. R. Miller, Oakland, Calif-, led the drenched crewmen ashore. He said ammonia pipe of the ship's refrigeration system broke at 5 a. m. and that fumes 'prevented below decks inspec tion. Lieut. Miuer neiievea tne frozen froz-en fish specimens taken from Bikini lagoon before, during and intendent of public instruction The higher education confer- dom of information." "Future peace and understand- ence opened a three-day meeting whjch is the worlds fervent with an evening session yester-jhope can be attained," Maw day. wrote Forrest, "but first there Wahlquist told the group that 'must be a free and universal dis-any dis-any coordination which mav take 1 tribution of factual information place in higher education in Utah that sacred right and privilege will likely come about through deliberations of the Utah con ference on higher education which now is so much a part of the American's every day life." May said he felt that "our un- We hardly can expect office suppressed and uncensored press holders and politicians to solve, is as vital to our well being as our problems. Too often they; are food, education and recrea-suspect recrea-suspect us; we suspect them, andjtion." they suspect one another," he "Our free access to informa-asserted. informa-asserted. tion guards and sustains all our "Problems in higher education freedoms," the Utah chief execu-in execu-in Utah nee.d continuous study jtive said. "It protects and pre-beyond pre-beyond the term of office of any serves the individual's rights. It office holder and largely beyond 'fosters and encourages thrift, in-the in-the influence of politicians and'dustry, progress and initiative. office seekers," he declared. Cement Workers Ask More Pay SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. fU.R Local unions of the Inter national Union of Cement. Lime and Gypsum Workers' will seek pay Increases when new contracts are negotiated in Salt Lake City soon, it was announced today. Union officials plan to ask for double pay for all legal holidays, time-and-one-half for the sixth day, double time for the seventh day, and a graduated schedule for vacations based on the number num-ber of year's service. It ferrets out corruption and de ceit. It conquers oppression and dictation." Maw concluded that , if the press throughout the world is "given the encouragement that it so righteously deserves," it can "be elevated to the same ethical iria1s urhirh tH A rrymr i m n nrrt- . . - . . i- help them peddle their apples in Europe The coast and geodetic survey checks all earthquakes. The bu reau of standards tests the per formance of automobile engines. I think I'll ask it to take a look at mine. The bureau also worries about typewriter ribbons, Swiss watches, uranium, beer meters glazed chintz (why does the stuff fade?), shoe soles, and tea cups If tea cups were made of stronger stuff they wouldn't lose their handles. The weather bureau will fine anybody, senators included, $10,- 000 if he tries to sneak out tne weather-crop reports ahead of time. The postofflce department rents lock boxes only to people of good character. The average congressman should qualify. The war damage corporation corpora-tion uses 16 pages (at $40 a page) to list the 532 fire insurance in-surance companies, which will sell you a policy if you're still worried about bombs en your roof. The food and drug administra tion examines every oyster that goes into a can; senators thinking about manufacturing penicillin-flavored penicillin-flavored cough-drops must fill in a special form. I wish I had more space to tell the lawmakers about their book; I've room only to mention the fact that the war department has for sale at 50 cents each, a file of 525.000 war-like photographs, size eight by ten, glossy finish. Call me, senators, if you have any other questions. Want to open a parking lot in downtown Los Angeles? Manufacture pin-ball machines for gambling purposes? I am the fellow to ask. I read (heaven help me) your book. Jap Navy Officer Tells Of 'Slip' In Beheading Job GUAM. Sept. 15 U P Lieut, (j.g.) Minoru Hayashi. 23-year-old former Japanese Navy officer, today described before a U. S. Military Commission how he "made a slip" in attempting to behead an American prisoner, and then "backed out" and turned the job over to another officer. Hayashi said he was ordered by his commanding officer to act as executioner of an American prisoner on Chichi Jima, Feb. 25, 1945. "I asked him to select another person to do so. but he said I knew what would happen if I disobeyed," the witness said. "I stepped to the rear of the prisoner, saluted him. and cut. But I made a slip and then I backed out and Lt. Shinichi Mo-sutani Mo-sutani cut." In concluding his testimony, Hayashi said: "I did something I did not like, but I do not think it is something I should hide." Six Film Beauties Go To England On 'Lend-Lease' HOLLYWOOD. Sept. 14 (U.R1, Six of Hollywood's leading beauties beau-ties leave here tomorrow en1 route to England in what their j studio termed a "lend-lease" ex-i change of pulchritude. The six Goldwyn Girls will said from New York on the Queen Mary Sept. 24. After a tour of i England they will be joined on! the return trip by six of Eng-i land's beauties selected by Lucie I Clayton, leading British model agency operator, for a tour of the United States. 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