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The bullets will be subjected sub-jected to expert ballistics study. mv W A County Attorney Arnold Roy-lance Roy-lance said investigation of the case is -underway, but that he does not contemplate an inquest. He has released the body for snip ment to Corrado's widow in Chi cago. The murdered man was re ported to nave two cnuaren wno also survive mm, ana a Droiner. County Attorney Roylance said an inquest would only Dringne same Conclusion? police have al ready reachedythat Corrado met his death at the hands of another person. Roylance said he felt therefore ah inquest would not aid investigation in the case. Chief of Police E. W. Mower said the possibility exists that Corrado could have been shot Iawhcre and his body -dumped where it' was found at about 13th North and Second West. Indications Indica-tions favor the theory, however. that he was shot on the spot, the chief said. The body was found crumpled face down over the man s clothes' sack at 8:41V a. m. Thursday. The discovery was made by Joseph Reynaud, 795 N 7th E. H the latter was walking to work at the Provo brickyard. Chief r& Police Mower said (Conifaned- m Page Twt) Labor Dispute Of Geneva Bus Line Unsettled The labor dispute of the Geneva Transportation system was still unsettled late Saturday night. with union and company officials In conference at night meeting as the Daily Herald went to press. Failure to reach a full agreement agree-ment at the Saturday night session ses-sion did not necessarily mean' a walkout of employes today, according ac-cording to William Fackerall, union un-ion representative. "If we -do decide to go out, It's up to the men to decide when,'- he said Saturday night. "We have reached no definite decisions as yet." i S-Honr Session. A three-hour session Saturday afternoon with opposing factions and Dan Edwards of the .state industrial in-dustrial commission, failed to bring an announcement of settlement. settle-ment. At the conclusion of the afternoon meeting, Mr. Edwards told the Herald that "a proposal had been drafted which was to be presented to the union membership mem-bership Saturday night" Details of the proposal were not made public. Saturday night, after nearly an hour and a half in session at the AFL Labor temple, the union still had no announcement to make beyond Mr. Fackerall'a foregoing statement. The union met separately sep-arately firsthand then was understood under-stood to haye called in company representatives for a further joint discussion of the issues. .Wages remain the chief issue of the difficulty, with the union asking $1.33 per hour for drivers and $1.35 for mechanics. Present rate of pay in the company Is $1.10 for drivers and $1.33 for mechanics. The Geneva Transportation 'company operates a total of 22 buses, two of them to the coal mines of the Geneva Steel company com-pany in Carbon county, and the rest in, Utah county. If the system sys-tem were tied up, it would halt buses in PrOvo and Orem and to the Geneva Steel plant from Provo Pro-vo to Lehi. News Highlights In Central Utah Arson Suspected In Orem Roller Rink. Blase ' Chairman Optimistic About Hospital Drive Cecelia Ann Martin My Yet Observe Real 5th Birthday 7CS To Get "Y" Largest Clas trees, . History.. .10 LaBeach Ties World Record . . In Invitational Hlehlicht Invltat rnor M .12 Governor Makes Tour Or State Hospital 14 2 in Johnsoiix Work Halted On A Bomb Carrier - , WASHINGTON, April 23 (U.P.) Defense Secretary Louis Johnson Saturday ordered construction halted "at once" on the navy's 65,000 ton "atomic bomb" aircraft carrier. . A defense department spokesman said the order kills permanently the navy's on again, off again plan to build the supercarrier which has been the storm center of a bitter navy-air force dispute. It was "a defeate for navy planners and a victory for those air-Dower. advocates who want strategic bombing kept exclusively in the hands of the air force. Only last Monday the naw said the keel of the big flattop, to have been christened the U.S.S. United States, had been laid at Newsport News, Va. Navy spokesmen spokes-men at the time scoffed at rumors that the mrnint urnul4 K. .11a4 i off. I The w.r.hlr wnt.irf h.. about $220,000,000 to build and equip with planes. It was designed by the navy to fly heavy bombers capable of carrying atomic bombs. The first hint that somethins had come unstuck in the navy's plans was dropped by President Truman at a White House news conference Thursday. Puzzling- Twist Mr. Truman said cryptically that he did not know officially that the keel actually had been laid, despite formal navy anounce- ments and photographs of the event. A defense department spokes man added another puzzling twist Saturday. He said new commitments commit-ments for supplies and parts for the carrier had been stopped 10 days ago five days before the navy arranged the keel laying publicity. Johnson's terse stop order was addressed to Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan. It made it plain that he is backing the air .force spokesmen who feared the navy was trying to usurp their role of strategic bombing. "With further reference to tne orooosed aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. United States," he -old Sullivan, Sul-livan, ''I have now received the views" of the chiefs of staff and. after careful consideration ana discussion of the matter with tne president, I have reached tne conclusion con-clusion that appropriate orders should be issued discontinuing construction of the vessel." Leftists Boo U.S. Delegate, At Peace Meet PARIS, April 23 (U.R Leftist delegates to the world peace congress con-gress booed and hissed former U. S. attorney general O. John Rogge Saturday when he told them that "in the Soviet Union there is not enough room for political minorities." Rosse. member of the Ameri can delegation to the Communist-sponsored Communist-sponsored congress, said he would devote - himself to building a strong progressive party in the United States and added "it will not be p Communist party." This remark was receivea in cold silence. Earlier, the 2,000 delegates from 6B countries had shouted for continued war in China during dur-ing a noisy demonstration set off by the news of Nanking's fall to the Chinese - Communists. When the congress cnairman interrupted a speech to announce the capture "of China'a capital the delegates leaped to their feet and cheeredlustily for two minutes in tne longest ana iouae uemuu-station uemuu-station since the Communist dominated congress opened four aays ago. . .. Cost Estimate Of Health Plan WASHINGTON. April 23 (U.R) The committee for the nation's health, which supports President Truman's national health, insur ance plan, tonight gave congress this estimate of the program's annual cost: . Physicians' services. $2,459, nntv non- Hospital care, i,bw,uou,uuu Homo. nursing, $86,000,000. Laboratory, medicines and ap pliances, $560,000,000.- Research , and education, 000,000. Total, $5,459,000,000. Cost per person, $37.39 Pole Reveals Spy Mission to United States WASHINGTON, April 23 (U.fD House spy hunters published Saturday night the story of a former Polish general who said he was sent to. this country in 1V4Q to direct espionage activi ties for his Communist government. govern-ment. The general Izvador Rudolf Modelski was military attache of the Polish embassy in Wash ington from May 29, -1946, to Orders T " a a' ' . uiiMimer treaii Controls To Be Relaxed Once More wAsmnuroN, April 23- w.r) consumer credit controls will be relaxed . again next Wednes day in the, third anti-recession move this spring by the federal reserve board. Down payments on all major controlled items except automo biles will be reduced ,from 15 to 10 per cent, and the time allowed al-lowed to pay the balance , will be extended from 21 to 24 months. Automobile, down payments pay-ments will remain at one-third of the purchase price.. Under the new regulations, any purchase of less than, $100 win oe exempt, compared with a previous $50 limit. The board announced the change Friday night. It express ed confidence that the new,rules will not result in any revival of inflationary pressures. The board early last month made its first relaxation of consumer con-sumer . credit controls, cutting down payments from 20 to 15 per cent and extending the in stallment. period from 15 and 18 months to 21. Three weeks later, the board trimmed the required down pay ment on stock market purchases from 75 per cent to 50 per cent. Board Chairman Thomas ' B. McCabe . said the latest order reflects " currents trends in . em ployment and business," The amount of consumer credit out standing, about $8,000,000,000, was not excessive in relation' to the national income, he said. Major items affected by the board s action, In addition to automobiles, include washing machines, radios, refrigerators, stoves, dish washers, home freez ers, ironers, room air conditioning condition-ing equipment, television sets, phonographs, sewing machines. vacuum cleaners, furniture and rugs A Utah Miner Wins Top Safety Honor WASHINGTON. AdHI 23 (U.R) James Thorpe, an employe of the Utah Fuel. Company at Castle Gate, is a recipient, of the highest high-est honor in. bituminous coal mining min-ing safety, the certificate of honor of the Joseph A. Holmes Safety association. The honor to, the Utah "coal miner was among 188 awards contained in the omnibus announcement an-nouncement issued by Dr. James Boyd, director of the U. S. bureau of-mines, who is ex-officio president presi-dent of the Holmes Safety .association. .asso-ciation. This organization was formed in 1916 to perpetuate the work of the late Dr. Joseph Austin Aus-tin Holmes, first director of the bureau of mines, in promoting mining safety in ' the mineral industries in-dustries which produce coal, metals, non-metals, petroleum. cement and quarrying. Mr. Thorpe's citation of honorable honor-able recognition was due to the record of his haying worked in coal mines of England and Utah for over 48 years, without an ac cident, and for being a leader in mine rescue work (and entering mines ioiiowing aisasters. 7MO0 U. S. TROOPS END GERMAN WAR GAMES NUERNBERG. Germany. ADril iu.ry Alter being J pounded mercilessly for. five days bv a mythical enemy, 70,000 American troops ended their giant war games Saturday by driving the aggressor- back Into Czecho slovakia. . Early today, while the victori ous' UU. S. air force was wiping out the last bit of "enemv" air resistance, well-tested infantry and armored' divisions poured across the Ludwit canal on has. tilyv constructed bridges, barges and landing craft. i August 15 1948. On the latter date, he said, he denounced the Communist regime in Poland and decided to stay in the United states. his s siory was revealed in a transcript of testimony, he gave to. house Un-American activities activi-ties subcommittee last March 31 and April 1. He appeared at a secret session with Cha Irman TTI Hf John S. .Wood, D.,- Ctl 11 the c .. j , irovc Rent Board, Plan Meeting To Discuss Possibility Of 'Controlled' Method Of Lifting Rent Curbs By THERON LUKE The possibility of a "con trolled" lifting of rent controls con-trols in Provo by the area rent advisory aboard will be discussed dis-cussed Monday night at a meeting of the city commission commis-sion .with members of that board This was' revealed Saturday by Mayor George E. Collard. who emphasized that the . possibility was only slated for discussion and that this did not necessarily indicate such a course would be adopted. If the rent advisory board were to lift rent controls, the controls later could be reinstated by the board "if the situation got 6 (it of hand, the mayor said Two other means of lifting controls con-trols exist, the mayor explained by state legislative action, or localljKby cities with the governor's gover-nor's permission. Either of these two latter courses are irrevocable, once taken, and it would take an act of congress to reinstate controls. con-trols. If, however, controls were lifted by the area rent advisory board, the latter has the power to reinstate the controls if it feels later developments warrant it Closed Meeting Mayor J2oUaTd.said..Monday. night's meeting will be closed to the press and public. He said he could give no estimate as to when the city commission will give its decision on the red-hot issue, and' no hint as to what that decision will be. The volume of evidence being presented in written form for "and against the lifting of controls seems to be "about equal in volume," vol-ume," the mayor said. The evidence evi-dence is mainly in the form of letters and petitions Meanwhile, the attitude of other Utah county cities seems to be shaping up into a "wait and see what Provo does" philosophy. Several city officials at a regional meeting in Springville Thursday expressed unofficial opinions that other communities might be forc ed to follow Provo s lead in the matter. Rent Board Listed . The area rent advisory board which will meet Monday night with the city commission includes Charles H. Di6n, vice chairman, Spanish Fork, Ronald Bills, Springville; Mrs: H, B Mensel, Provo; John J. Jones, Wymount Village, Provo, and Dean Prior,! Lehi. Leroy Tuckett, Provo, was chairman of the board but resigned re-signed when he was elected dis trict judge and has not been replaced. re-placed. The board was appointed under the rent control act. Fred E. Rayi area rent control director, will also attend Monday night s meeting. A study of records In the office ofMr. Ray Saturday revealed thatVlast fall-when a housing survey was conducted in mis area by the government rent control agency a neavy majority 01 inose interviewed declared Provo had a severe' housing shortage. Taken In October The survey was taken In Oc tober by Harold C. Brandley, re gional field representative of the rent control administration sta-( sta-( Continued on Pare Two) Soviet Summon s Parliament For Special Session LONDON. April 23 (CJ? Mos cow radio announced,. Saturday night that) the supreme soviet (parliament) of the Russian republic', re-public', largest republic in the Soviet Union, has been summoned summon-ed to a "special session" beginning begin-ning May 24. x ' The broadcast did not explain the ; reason for the unscheduled parliament meeting. only committee member pres- ent. Modelski gave, the committee 27 documents carrying his . instructions in-structions for espionage, reports he made to Warsaw; and answers to his reports. Some of the answers ans-wers reproached the general for accepting "uncritically the influence in-fluence of the environment directed di-rected by 'l the financial circles which at the present time rule the United State.- D City Dads . .... . .....,... Police, Pickets Skirmish -t ' - 'j i , v-. . .. - o- s c 1.1 I i i MIIMMIII J I ! 1WII -TM.If8 Police tussle with pickets at the Rice A Hoi man Ford agency In Pensauken, N. J., following attempts by the pickets to remove the driver from the cab of a track (background) who drove through their picket lines. " ' . Widow-Friend Held In Murder Of Millionaire At Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif., April 23 (U.R) A gray-haired widow con fessed - Saturday that she was driven, to fatally shoot her mil. lioaair rapioyn John" E. Owenj 68, by her fear that he planned to jilt her and wed movie actress Irene Rich, the sheriff s office revealed.. re-vealed.. Owen, nationally known real estate man, -was slain by a single bullet in his back in his $500,000 rnnrh hnuu FHriav nihf Xlrm Agnes Garnier, 53-year-old man- ager of his vast properties, ad mitted she lired the shot after an argument over his threats to leave her and marry the aging star, Deputy Sheriff M. L. Vivion said. Steelworkers Wage Policy Sessions Set WASHINGTON, April 23 OJ.tt Government officials said. Satur day, that nationwide steel and coal strikes may break out this summer. They voiced "serious concern" about strike possibilities as the United Mine Workers and United Steelworkers (CIO) called wage policy committees , into strategy sessions. . 1 Philip Murray. CIO and Steel workers president, reportedly has told Benjamin Fairless, president' of the U. S. Steel Corp., that he will no longer play "second fid-dl fid-dl to John L. Lewis" on the issue of pensions and "insurance Fairless granted such a (program to UMW employes of his company's com-pany's coal mines. Murray wants one for his steelworkers. Other sources said they are convinced that Murray Is ready to call his 1,000,000 -member union out of the mills this year to force the industry to .grant demands for $150 a month pen sions. medical care", and " health insurance. To Meet May 3-5 Murray will meet with his policy committee in .Pittsburgh May 3-5. Negotiations on wages and welfare matters can begin June 16 under the present agreement agree-ment and the union is free to strike after July 17. By that date, Lewis' miners may be idle unless they' get a new wage contract before July 5. Members of Lewis' 2 00-man policy committee are on their way to Washington .for their strategy meeting beginning Mon-J day The ' : I he miners, are .expected to't. fSSSsrirSsiSS ask their to the UMW welfare and retirement retire-ment fund and that the work day be- reduced from eight to six hours with no reduction in pay. The present contract will expire ex-pire June 30. - But the Miners begin their annual. 10-day vaca tion on June 25. Unless a new agreement is signed they will' not return to - their . Jobs , on July 5 under their no-contract, no-work policy. .v.,, . ' Lewis and representatives of tne coai industry nave said they expect negoxiauons TO DC lopig and hard.9 The miners' boss has told his followers to save their money and tighten their . bolts. Troops S Commenting on the report, Miss Rich l said lnN New York: " "That's so silly. Ihardly knew the man." . , . IMiatRich; eurrentlyNappearlng ilk th- New -v York production of "As The Girls Go" at the Winter Garden Theater,- said she met jonn uwen for the first time about five years ago during an inspection of cattle on his ranch. Had Dinner With Him She said, she had not seen him until r two weeks ' ago when he came to Washington to testify be fore Congress on rent control land had visited New York. "I had dinner with him and we went to shows several times, but that was all," Miss Rich said.. '' Mrs, Garnier was Owen's con fidential secretary. She told of ficerS who held her on suspicion of murder that Owen, the president presi-dent of .the National Apartment Owners' association, was v estranged es-tranged from his wife, .who re- ipeatedly had refused to give him aqivorce so ne couia marry nis secretary. Mrs. Owen, she told Vivion. had nonobjection to his marrying the actress. Two years ago. Miss Rich made her last picture. Long known as one of Hollywood's most' beautiful women, she is ap proaching the 60's. She recently bought a ranchx near Owen's Jurupa Rancho, a 130-acre estate es-tate and had frequently been seen I in company with Owen,-investi gators said., Mrs. Garnier told of comine to the Owen ranch yesterday .and noticing a new cocktail set which she believed was a present from the actress. ' r The supposed gift touched off a bitter two-hour argument at the climax of which Mrs. Garnier admitted grabbing a .32-20 caliber cali-ber revolver and firing . it at Owen's' back, Vivion said. She had at first denied her affection af-fection for Owen. "I've taken care of him for years, when he -was sick and drunk and we were close friends but that' all," she said; according accord-ing to Vivion. She laid she and Owen drove from Los '. Angeles Friday after noon to supervise redecorating in the ranch house. "I generally spent weekends . at the ranch' Vivion quoted her as saying. MOVE MADE TO UP . URANIUM PRODUCTION WASHINGTON. April 23 0J.FD The atomic energy commisison Saturday night announced new action, to boost uranium produc tion. - ' ... ' . 7 1 : ; - ...-,. j' 1 t ' ' y w' I I g '-' 96 Men Paint Vet s House In RecordTime 2 NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ, April k aVt -n.ra a. I t s.. a. . 123 (U.R) Ninety-six men painted a f i v -rrtrtTYi hmint tnrfiv In th. world'r record time of two minutes min-utes and 32 seconds "in payment for 'services rendered ., by 23-year-old - Bob Hoelzle, who was crippled for life while fighting for his country. The men splattered many of the 2,000 cheering spectators, as they sloshed 11 gallons of white paint all over the $20,000 Cape Cod cottage. J,t was buUt bythe - MI SoDfeh ClhlDlnlffl Fifth Columnists Hand Chinese Capital to Reds By ARTHUR M. GOUL I y . SHANGHAI, Siinday, April 24 (U.R) Vast Chinese Communist armies were driving into South China against little or no resistance today and Shanghai, the country's largest city f was in imminent peril. ; 7 Nanking, capital of Nationalist China, already was m the hands of a Communist fifth column, ready to be invaded by a Communist army of between 00,000 and 500,000 men massing in Pukow, just across the Yangtze river. The city Chaos, Looting Reigns After Nanking Falls By CHANG KUO-SIN NANKING, China, April 23 (U.R) Anarchy reigned fn this city of almost 2,000,000 today. No authority existed to check vast mobs looting government offices, food warehouses, business houses. There was no protection for wayfarers in the streets. At dawn, th police and reman ents of the government army charged with the defense of this Nationalist capital of China. abandoned the city. At 7 a.m. tomorrow, ( p.m. EST Saturday) the Communists were scheduled to cross the Yangtze and take over. Civic leaders rowed to welcome them Utilities Fall In the 24 intervening hours, chaos reigned. Utilities failed and there was neither electricity nor water. Late in the afternoon, civic leaders managed to organize an members shot a number of looters and thus slowed the rioting Bankers formed' their own police to protect their properties during dur-ing what promised to be a wild night of plundering. '-.- . Among the first places teybe looted were the presidential offices of-fices and the residence 6f acting president Li Tsungjen, where the housekeeper helped ' the looters carry off their spoils so she could have some peace; , Many looters and rioters were reported shot later in the day by emergency police guards, and the rioting slowed down Further outbreaks out-breaks were expected during the nieKt, however. The city's American population of 259 and othre foreign nationals were ibelieved safe. Other compounds com-pounds were a shambles. To the people of Nanking the events appeared to have no political significance they dis played no more enthusiasm for the Communists than they nad for the government. ' s " Ford Workers Vote Strike DETROIT, April 23 (U.R) ClO United Auto Workers at the Ford Motor company's River Rouge plant Dreoared to ask theUAW international executive boaroy next Thursday lot full approval nn a strike voted Saturday. Members of local 600 of the UA W voted - overwhelmingly to strike at the huge Ford nlant to protest union claims on an as sembly line speedup. Thomas Thompson,- president of the Ford local, said an officr ai tallv'of the week-Ions ballot ing showed that 32,890 approved a strike. Only 4,400 voted against it. The 62,000 Ford workers -f will be called off their jobs "in less than a week" if the executive board approves the strike, Thomoson said. He said he had no official con firmation that the board would act on the strike vote next urs-dav. urs-dav. but indicated: it was prob able since the board "usually acts quickly In such matters." The strike vote j authorization cam- as the Bendix Aviation Cor poration walkout at South end, Ind., further crippled auto production pro-duction by shutting off the supply sup-ply of brake equipment to major ma-jor producers. . - Min. 32 Sec. citizens of New Brunswick as a i . i a. . itz. 1 t iL. .ltu Hft' for Hoelzle and the nrettv blonde telephone, opera tor fie s going io marry in June. The record w- declared official offi-cial ,by the Painters and Decorators Decor-ators Union AFL). -A telegram from the union's general secretary, secret-ary, M. Laff ertyy from Lafay- Atte, Ind.. said the ! previous rec lord was three minutes and 13 seconds, set by painters in Schen ectady; N.Y., on a - similar one-story one-story frame house. , . was torn by rioting and looting, out foreign residents were report ed safe. Million Cross River The ; Communist radio said 1, 000,000 Red soldiers already were across tne shattered xanotzn river defense line, driving southward, ! ! and tens of thousands more were crossing every hour. The Com munists said they held every port along an 850-mile stretch o th j river , Communist guerillas were ro- . . ported operating within only 10." miles of Shanghai, cutting across ; the communication lines of dis- : organized Nationalist a r m i t . vhich were in full retreat to ward Shanghai and, Hangchow along a 450-mile front. ly At least 500 Communist under ground leaders are known to bo ready to emerge in Shanghai If anarchy similar to that which left Nanking in shambles breaks out. The Shanghai garrison authorities authori-ties and municipal police mlaim all cell leaders are "under observation." ob-servation." ' ' - One of the underground's most startling indications of power cropped up today when a "mani festo" signed by more than 100 Shanghai professors appeared. .. It condemned the Kuomintang lead ers and called for peace for : Shanghai. - Although ' -NsttOTJBH-t- readers talked of afT all-out defense of Shanghai, - neutral sources throughout the city could fall within days. , , Communist leaders -had set T a. m. (6 p. m. Saturday EST) as . the hour for formal entrance of their troops into Nanking. That hour arived and passed without direct word from the chaos-ridden and fallen capital, but its formal : occupation awaited only the convenience of the Commu ' nlst army. Soochow, 50 miles north sof Shanghai, was believed in Communist Com-munist hands. Minor riots broke out in Shanghai as tens of thousands of - refugees some of them Red a gens made the food crisis critical. - The American consulate or- dered the 2,479 j Americans her - . to evacuate women and children. Rioting began in Nanking im mediately after the police, the army and the government leaders abandoned xne nauonaust capital.. capi-tal.. By noon Communist cells emerged from the underground (Continued on Page Two) i Czech Uprising Called Off At Zero Hour WASHINGTON, April 23 msa A desperate attempt by underground under-ground forces to overthrow th Communist government of Czechoslovakia has . been called off at the zero 7hour, it was reported re-ported Saturday. .Anti-Communist underground leaders developed the plan and smuggled details to the council of free Czechoslovakia in Washington, Wash-ington, a council spokesman said. x; i The council, set up to form the nucleus of . a free Czech government gov-ernment in. exile until the 'Red hold on PragueXis broken, ad vised the underground leaders to hold off. V "1 They were tolcir the time was not ready, and the situation was not such that their attempt could have any positive , result." ' the council spokesman said. Th sacrifice of Jthose . brave men would have Seen useless." The spokenan said the plan- ned uprising would have been "a .very serious action." The countermanding order went out "very recently.", He declined to give details on the grounds that they would endanger en-danger members of the .Czech underground, many of whom are veterans of guerrilla and sabo-tage sabo-tage . campaigns against the Nazis of World War II. The spokesman said the Czech " Communist government ' is : now threatened by two elements -the, democratic underground and "Titoists," or NationalisUc segments, seg-ments, within the - Communbt party. itself. , . :.-: , -. : He said the Nationalist srouo'a discontent was increased by or, ders from Moscow .that Czechoslovakia Czecho-slovakia must concentrate on becoming be-coming a heavy industry cent tor eastern Auropo, . - r |