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Show X" 4 10 Friday, May 16, 1947 DAILY HERALD Negligent Handling of WAA Goods Gets Manager Promotion Gambler's Dody Found iri Auto Trunk. BY FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press SUff Correspondent .WASHINGTON, May "18 (UJO Everything teemed to be bugger-muszer bugger-muszer among the war assets boys in Chicago last year. A tipsy tiger apparently kept books with invisible Ink. while -a near-sight ed; walrus handed over, stuff in carload lots to the little man who wasn't there. -' r.- Nobody knew nothing. To this day . nobody knows how : many Thief Returns1 Stolen Adds Repairs COLUMBUS, O. (OF) L. M. Lintz. of 'Huntington, W. Va 4s pleased because someone 4tole Jiis automobile. It hat been returned to him in better condition than when it was stolen. ,: . Police? wwrtedibjatillintz's car was - stolen here " six . weeks ago and the thief had made im-provements im-provements on the car -. which raised its value at least '$300. The improvements 1 include mechanical- - repair work, new paint job, new seat covers and a new: chrome trinuv , X Idsho Contractor Gets Pipeline Job WASHINGTON. May 16 (U.R) The bureau of reclamation has '- awarded a $195,161 contract to Nthe Morrison-Knudsen Company Inc.,- of Boise, Ida., for corfstnic- -tion of a pipeline, concrete struc- tures and earthwork on the Deschutes Des-chutes .project ' in Oregon. . The work will be done on the north unit Main Canal and the t Willow Creek siphon, about one - mile' northwest of Madras,' Ore. It must be completed ten months '. . after the company receives notice to begin work from the bureau. The construction work will in- . dude excavation, placing back fill, laying concrete, placing steel reinforcement bars, and installing 3,799,000 pounds of steel pipe. j uin The Mendelssohn choir will make an appearance at the First ward church Sunday at 8 p. m., according to Bishop Truman Hall. " Arrangement for this- musical treat were made by Eric O. By- ... lund and: all wards of the atake andsurrounding communities are invited to attend. . The Junior Literary club met at the home of Mrs. Truman Hall , IS members present.. Mrs. Rov Olson, reviewed the book Tour Years in Paradise" by jOsa John son. Following the- program de licious refreshments were served. - The next meeting will be held May 22 at the home of Mrs. Roy '. Olson, . - . ' ' t- , - Mr. and Mrs. Albert - Backman of Berkeley,' Calif, spent Satur-1 Satur-1 day and Sunday here swith Mr. Backman's sister, Mrs, Ann Jep- ion.. -. V;- r-. ... . ' Mr. and Mrs. Joe Boswell enter tained at a family dinner in honor of the,65th birthday of Mrs. Bos well's father,. D. E. Salisbury of iwepM. The dinner table was cen tered with pink and white cake. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Salisbury and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Boswell and sons of Npphi, JDavid Salisbury- and -Miss Ida .. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wing of Provo; Mr. and Mrs. - Harry Olson, and daughter Janet and Mrs. 'J. Acord - of Provo spent Mother's day hfere with Mr. Olson s mother, Mrs, - Mina Olson. million dollars worth of no-tell ing-what was. shipped to; 3.000J ghostly customers. They received the goods. all right, but the,, records somehow not chopped up in .r the govern ment's electric fan. And how could the war assets administration send a bill : to a man when it didn't know his name, or where he lived, or, what he'd bought, or when? . ..'.. s Headquarters, s of course, took drastic action against' the man ager responsible for chaos in Chicago; Chi-cago; He was promoted so help me Hannah! to a better job here in 'Washington. Expert account ants ' were rushed to Illinois in January: they're still fitting small pieces of paper together, - trying to learn .who. bought what xor how much, if any; ' f.... ; "This , is ' criminal negligence," negli-gence," exclaimed Rep. Rosa , Rixley ' of Okl4 chairman of a congressional investigating committee. "It you did this In year own ' basinets," agreed Rep. Mitchell Jenkins of Pa "yoa'd be in- bankruptcy, or in the penitentiary,' Lloyd a'. Nelson, 'the WAA'i head accountant, wasn't comment ing on this. All he knew, lie said, was that, he went to Chicago to check up on millions of dollars worth of materials listed as stored in 300 warehouses, : vacant lots. and factory lofts. "Two hundred and elghtyfive of these cupboards "were Tbare. Nelson Nel-son and his helpers' thought may- be they'd better .look over; the books. They pouncea iirst on 000,000 in cash, which somebody had paid for something, perhaps, maybe. - This discovery gave the ae counts the all-overs, but worse was ta come. They found 3,220 notations of goods shipped, but not billed. "Why not?" demanded Rep.-Chet Holifleld of Calif. Because there did not seem to be any record; of the' purchases, Nelson said. But all was not lost. His assistants worked for nearly six months and found. some ad' dresses of men who bought sur plus property. They hive received bills. . "How many?" insisted Rep, Holifleld. "Fifteen.! Nelson testified. "And I am informed that we have in formation enough to . bill 18 others." These 33 customers bought $250,000- worth of dungarees, der ricks, , and dump, trucks. ' How much the other 3,197 patrons bought. Rep. Meivin C. Snyder of W. Va., said he hated to con-temnlate. Surplice . V o i . m r - -'I ill ? If? ;4V 8175 ' Ml Swedes in Areata To I!:n:r Fi:r.::rs In 190 Ju'jils ;, ,- (SEA Tehphoto) Police remove the body of Nick De John, 39, weU-known Chicago aambler, from the trunk of his new auto which had been found abandoned aban-doned in San Francisco. DeJohn fcad apparently been garroted with a thin wire and police hinted the murder may involve a cross-country gang war. DeJohn and his family liad been. Uving quietly under the , name of Vincent Rout in Santa Rosa, Calif. - Russia Builds y5th Column7 From 'Converts' In Japan By EARNEST HOBERECHT United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, May 18 U.P-Russia is attempting to build up a "fifth column" in Japan" composed of "indoctrinated" Japanese personnel person-nel repatriated from areas overrun over-run by, Soviet forces' at the end of World War II, a reliable informant in-formant said today. ' - in is inxormani saia Kussia s underground organization in Japan, Jap-an, centers around "converts" who now are returning to this country along with . .other re patriated Japanese.. Some of the . "Jurth - column leaders are former Japanese military personnel and civilians captured after Russia's last minute min-ute entry intcv the - war ' against Japan,; the source aid, while others oth-ers are. believed to- be Japanese who went to Russia even before the outbreak of hostilities.! It war learned that a number of suspects have been stopped at repatriation! centers' at Japanese ports and questioned in an! effort to laemiry tnese agents, a man who interrogated several - such suspects said: : , "They appear well trained and capable of avoiding .errors, which would lead to their detection." "The Russians have had nearly two years ih Manchuria--or Siberia Si-beria to indoctrinate .special agents.' The United Press was told. 'jThe men" whb Joined the Russians unaouDteaiy naa u easier than those who remained in prisoner of war camps. "It is difficult to say just what number of these agents are now being: 'returned to Japan along with regular repatriates. We think we can' spot some: obvious ly we can not get a line on all." Last week 8,830 Japanese came home from Karafuto and the Kuriles now occupied by Russians. Rus-sians. During the same period 7,971; were repatriated from Si beria and 19 from north Korea. The latest SCAP report shows there still, are .654,405 Japanese to be repatriated from Siberia and 321,004 still to be returned from Karafuto and the Kuriles. Five thousand Japanese trained train-ed to act as Soviet agents can spread over Japan and influence public; opinion and action through the remnants of old neighborhood associations which have been ordered dissolved, the informant said. He believed -undercover men would . Attempt to utilize the skeleton of these orcrartiZAlions to ----- r-- O T ftne fullest degree. The Chicago manager's name is a matter of record,' but I am a tender-hearted fellow and cannot bring myself my-self to print it Nelson said he was transferred to Washing-. Washing-. ton in January. "Kicked op . stairs, you mean," said Rep. Rlzley. "And about 10 days ago he resigned." re-signed." added Hugh Wise, Jr., the committee lawyer. ' Counsellor Wise said the situation situa-tion iri the Richmond, Va., office! was the same, only more so. In! New York the books show $26,- 000,000 more ' material in ' stock than actually exists. Nelson thinks maybe this is a book-keeping mistake. mis-take. And I think I'll take a stiff drink. For medicinal purposes. A taxpayer's, heart, can stand .enly so much. Liquid Coal May Help Manufacturer 348 By SUE BURNETT A well fitting afternoon dress for the slightly larger figure is the ABC Special for this week. Simple, uncluttered, with a flair for keeping you looking your best. Applique a pretty flower on one side, it's not difficult to make. Pattern No. 8175 is for sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Size 36, 3 yards of 39-inch. . For this pattern, send 25 cents, iri COINS, your name, address, size desired, and. the PATTERN NUMBER t6: Sue Burnett (The Daily Herald) 828 Mission street, San Francisco 3, CaL Exemption Fails To GainxFavor WASHINGTON, May tfl (U.PJ . A house .judiciary subcomnwttee today disapproved, legislation . to exemDt news- sratherins a trendies from provisions of the anti-trust laws. The action "is subject to a vote by the full committee; Rep.- John W. Gwynne, R.. la, chairman of the "subcommittee, said merely that the group' agreed to make 'an adverse report to the full committee. Another member, however, said the subcommittee voted 4 to 0 against the bill. Edgembnt Mrs. Howard Ferguson entertained enter-tained Ace f igh club Monday evening ' at her home. Luncheon was served and cards followed with Mrs, 'Edith Eves of American Fork receiving high score. Mrs. Mona- Fee Murphy, of Pleasant Grove, second, and Mrs. Wilma Myers of Pocatello, Idaho, bingo award. Others enjoying the eve ning were Mrs. , Carol ;. Green of Washakie, Utah, Mrs. Dorothy Ivers of Lehi, Mrs. Hattie Slaton and Mrs: Edith Steel of Pleasant Grove. - v v Mr. - and Mrs. Sharp! Gillespie will spend the week end at Roose velt with Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Gillespie and family. . ? w Mrs. Wilma Myers and children Kenneth and. Susan of Pocatello, Idaho is spending a few days with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ferguson and tamuy. Mrs. J. B. Feratfson soent Mon day in Salt Lake City, where she attended meetings, of state off icers of Daughters of Utah Pionters. Mrs. Ferguson is state auditor. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Booth of Heber City, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Baum of Spanish Fork visited with friends in Edgemont Wednesday Wed-nesday and attended, the funeral services of J. E Plnegar. -" .-: ' Mrs. Jane E. Smith and Mrs. Elmer Smith visited at Bingham Wednesday. Norman Smith and Mrs; Jesse I Smith ; visited with Mrs: Nor min Smith at the Bingham hos pital Thursday. Mrs. Smith has been at the hospital for the bast five weeks. Her condition is slowly improving. . By NORMAN A. CAFARELL United Press Staff Correspondent PITTSBURGH (U.ip-The "smali business" man who can't get enough: natural gas to keep his manufacturing concern. going the year around may ffnd the answer to his problem in liquid coal. Much of the country's natural gas how comes from the Big and Little .Inch pipelines, which stretch. from Texas to California and to the New Jersey seaboard. The lines carry a total of more than 90,000,000,000- cubic feet of natural gas a year. However, the small manufac turer continually cries for -more. His- chief complaint is . that he either must cut down ' or shut down production during the win ter months because gas companies are faced with an abnormally high demand from home users. Process Perfected In recent weeks he has been cheered. The age-old dream of breaking down, a lump of coal into more gas, gasoline, and oil-than the nation will' use, in a thousand years is , reported to be j ust around the corner. . Everything about converting coal, our most abundant, natural resource, . has been proved in laboratories, except the ability to market it at low cost to the common consumer." But that bottleneck may be re moved soon by Standard .Oil Co. oi xxew jersey ana nusourgn consoiidation"CoaI Co. ' Their- long-range research pro gram, should resTHf eventually in a si2u,uuu:uuu. commercial svn I the tic fuels plant. The plant, as seen, today, will produce ait est! mated 96,000,000,000 cubic feet of gas annually, or equal the output of both "inch" lines. . The plant also will provide, the country, with millions of gall o of gasoline, fuel oil and alcoho Such plants will have" far reaching, effects in the field of employment, new chemical in dustries, military strength, foreign trade and consumer goods. In Europe, high-grade coal has been as precious as gold for years,! but cheap coal is plentiful and excellent for converting into gas and oil. " ' ; ' Far-visioned scientists' see the day when-American enterprisers will build synthetic, fuels plants in Germany, Rumania, . England and even South Africa. Any effort along this road will relieve the strain on - exported petroleum, and assure the country of an unending stream of fuels to bulwark our national security. , Howevec coal conversion plants of the future will be. comparatively comparative-ly ifew in number, There are several reasons why. ' ."' Big Money Needed The big reason 'is money. Such a multi-million dollar industry, experts feel, could only attract the biggest of private enterprisers. Then .it's a foregone conclusion to technicians that the plants could be located only near proved deposits pi, soft coai. The plants! would also have to be built in areas where the by-products are in h.igh demand. CHICAGO (U.R)-Count Folke , Bernadotte and Prime - Minister! Tage Erlander of, Sweden are ex-1 pected to come . to the - United SUtes in 1948 to taxe pan , in a centennial Jubilee honoring Swedish-American - pioneers, tne Swedish-- Centennial association announced here, " , The Swedish legation, in Wash ington and the governors of seven middle-western states . aireaay have informed Dr. Conrad Ber-gendoff, Ber-gendoff, president of Augustana colleee. Rock Island. IU.. the as- sociatlon's head, that tney : win aid in the celebration. The Swedish . legation lias in formed- Bergendoff that King Gustav V .of Sweden1 is' following the Jubilee ''plans with - interest and that the count and the prune minister regard - a visit , to the United States favorably. State governments which will back - clans for the . jubilee are Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska and wiacon sin. Statehood To Be Observed In the latter state, the Swedish centennial celebration will be coordinated co-ordinated with the; celebration of 100 years of Wisconsin statehood. "Our desire is not merely to re call . a century-old - happening Bera-endoff told the state cover nors in a letxer ucnmj ,uiw interest. "To us this appears as a welcome opportunity to empha size the: .qualities and Virtues which made America great.' Archbishop Erling Eidem.of the Church of Sweden will be in Rock Island in Juhe. 1948, to take Dart in the centennial . oz tne AuffusUna Lutheran synod. The Y.M.C.A. male chorus , ana tne men's chorus of the University of Unsala. Sweden,-also will be in the United States for the Jubilee, Locally organized tributes to Swedish pioneers in May and June, of 1948 will characterize the centennial ' as much as- the participation of the Swedish gov ernment. Dr. Aigotn umsoa oi Chicaao. first vice-president of the centennial association, de dared. Elaborate Ceremonies . . The year, 1948, was selected for the centennial because Swedish settlers in New Sweden, la., set up a church organization to maintain main-tain their religious identity , in 1848. he said. Ah observance there Is planned Representatives of 1,200 Luth eran congregations win-take part in the centennial of the Augustana synod in Rock Island n June, 1948. many of them of Swedish birth or descent. Swedish fraternal societies church organizations, and Neivic groups will Sponsor concerts! art exhibits, festivals, pageants, an the collection of historical info mation. Ohlson stated. r Lecture tours it Amerlcatt"ebl: leees and universities by 'famous Swedish scientists and scholars are being arranged- for late 1947 and early 1948T. according to. the association's plans. The. Swedish government will set up a. special committee for the purpose, it was said. Naval Observatory Transfer Planned Wherefore, most of the plants the Washington air then. Nazrto-Sle will be centered hear big . in dustrial centers. Likely sitesvare In western .Pennsylvania, West Virginia,. Ohio, Illinois, and in the mid-west fand west. .. , some jsestern states such as Utah, Kansas and Oklahoma are almostdevoid pf heavy industry. Bufthey hold vast, deposits of a. ' tCi I a a ugniie, a cneap out gooa vype ox coal for converting. In those regions, a liquid coal plant could bring boom condi tions, according to men working on the project. ' . ., Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, 52, commander of German forces in Italy' during the war, was sentenced to die before a firing ' squad by a British military court at Venice. He was declared responsible re-sponsible for the infamous Ar- Ndeatine Caves massacre of 335 Italian civilians and the deaths -of 1073 others through severity of his reprisal measures. v WASHINGTON, May 18 0JJ9 The U. S. naval observatory v eettina ready to leave itsfbirth place here because Washington in the past 50 years has become too crowded, smoky,' ana austy. The 'world famous ' institution without which mariners, aviators, and calendar makers would be in a jam, is going to take its time finriintf tai l new location. . We don't want to be : moving every half -century ," a spokesman said. ' .A.-y.-. ' The new location will have o satisfy a lot of requirements. For oihe-.thing, it musV ha. DO nearer than 25 miles to any large city because big cities iri addition to being dusty and smoky radiate heat, which is bad for delicate as tronlmical Instruments. When' the observatory Was established here' in 1844, its as tronomers could' see five or six stars in the daytime, so clear was "Now We're' lucky if. we can see even one," the spokesman said. ' The cost of finding and acqutr ing a new site and establishing there a plant comparable' to the observatory's present 55 buildings will be 88.000.000 to 810,000,000 according to Capt. Guy W. Clark, superintendent, and C M. Clem ence, astronomer. They said that to find a site; put up the neces sary buildings, and install their equipment will take about eight years.. . : SPECIAL NO. 2 c STOCKMAN'S SADDLE Made by "Doc" Williams Flagstaff, Arizona . ?r IfANDTOOLED DOUBLE RIGGED . . -plus... ..." ANOTHER NEW WESTINGHOUSE ; ' plus HOTPOINT ELECTRIC RANGES NEW RIFLES and SHOTGUNS we heed stock bring in d trade HARRISON TRADE CO. 35 SOUTH 1 WEST.--. PROVO ' : Phone 1987M Open Late Firmage8 For Thrifty Shoppers SATURDAY BUYERS GU DE LOOK At THESE NEW LOW P R I G ES MARKED DOWN FOR At ONCE SALE! GOOD QUALITY ELASTIC BOY'S SI2E 4 TO 12 ; : " Cottdh Knit Briefs d394 REGW DOROtHY DEANE. YtKVJt rUWUtK . . 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