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Strike Closes
Cotton Board
Explain Operations; Some
Stolen Goods Recovered
Truman Reaffirms Friendship
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JERUSALEM, March 4—(UP)
—The Jewish underground de-
clared a war of ever-mounting
ferocity Tuesday to drive the
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Skirmish Lasts Hour
The new attack bearing the strong-
est military imprint' was that on the
i army maintenance corps camp at He-
transferred to the waiting truck.
The authorized driver would con- the Holy Land, the British military
tinue on to his destination, unload and
the dock foreman would mr waybills
and load receipts “short 10 radios,”
for example.
Expected to Start
Council Fight Today
A $1,475,000 bond issue will
be proposed to the city coun-
cil Tuesday for new buildings
on the present State Fair park
site.
The proposal was expected to
meet immediate opposition from
groups advocating removal of
the fair grounds from the pres-
ent location into the north Cana-
dian river bottom area.
City school board members already
are on record in favor of a new site
which would free the present fair
grounds as a possible location for the
new Negro highschool and develop-
ment of the area for Negro parks and
— stadium purposes.
Proposed by Ralph Hemphill, state
fair manager, the proposed bond is-
sue calls for a new livestock pavilion
and snorts arena estimated to cost
4200.000; 15 pens for sheep and hogs.
4160.000; a pavilion for showing of
sheep and hogs, 425,000; poultry
buildings. 460.000; two cattle bams.
460,000; 10 horse bams, 460,000; agri-
culture building, 4100,000; complete
grandstand and stage, 4200.000; wom-
, en's building 475.000: administration
building. 450.000; industrial arts build-
ing. 4200,000. toilet facilities and sew-
age lines, 4100,000: recreational facili-
ties and band shell. 4120,000: electric
and gas line extensions, 440,000, .and
walks and roadways, 435,000.
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ZURICH, March 4—(UP)—
Woolworth heiress Barbara Hut-
ton antt ’her foutth husband,
Prince Igor Troubetzkoy were
honeymooning Tuesday in the
hotel Dolder. high |n the Alps
near Zurich.
A Swiss registry official. Lucius
Oiamara. said the couple was married
Saturday iq. a 10-minute ceremony at
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Colorful Fiesta to Highlight Today’s
Celebration of U. S. President’s Tour
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MEXICO CITY, March 4—(UP)—President Truman went on a
lavish sightseeing tour of Mexico City Tuesday with his host, Presi-
dent Miguel Aleman. Highlight of the program was a colorful
“fiesta popular” staged in his honor at the National stadium.
There are no speeches scheduled Tuesday. Mr. Truman s major
address of his three-day goodwill visit to Mexico was made at a state
dinner in the National palace Monday night when he re-affirmed
the good neighbor policy as “the application of democracy to inter-
national affairs."
Tuesday’s program began at 10 a.m.
when the president, accompanied by
the United States Ambassador Walter
Thurston and Mexican Foreign Min-
ister Jaime Torres, placed a wreath at
the foot of the monument of Mexican
independence.
Colorful Indian Dances
The fiesta is something special even
for Mexico City. Colorfully costumed
Indians have been brought from re-
mote sections of the country to
participate in three natives
dances that were old when Hernando
Cortez conquered the country for
Spain. Few tourists have had an op-
" portunity to see these native dances.
Mr. Truman was to be host to Pres-
ident Aleman at a luncheon at the
American embassy after the fiesta:
Later he will attend a reception at the
embassy and in the evening a similar
function will be held at the foreign
ministry.
Mr. Truman said in his address that
he "refused to be discouraged by ap-
parent difficulties” in the path of
world peace. “Difficulties are a chal-
lenge to men of determination.” he
declared.
Good Neighbor Policy
If the world takes into account the
differences that separate nations, it
must also take full account of the
common beliefs that unite nations,
the president said.
He said the good neighbor policy
specifically includes the doctrine of
non-intervention.
“The whole-hearted acceptance of
this doctrine by all of us Is the key-
stone of the Inter-American system.
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Interstate Freight Theft
Gang in City; Four Held
Enraged at Students’ Protests
Of Face-Slapping, Facuity Quits
LORAIN. Ohio. March
Exasperated by highschool students'
protests of a face-slapping, the en-
tire faculty of 31 teachers quit their
Jobs Tuesday at neighboring Clear-
view schools.
Amid boos and catcalls at an as-
sembly held to settle teacher-student
differences, Supt. T. C. Simpson
strode over to Chandler Thompson,
president of Clearview school board,
and declared:
"The teachers can’t take any
more. We re resigning in a body."
Highschool students walked out
last Thursday after a pupil reported
that Principal Allen Mlzer slapped
his face.
Bean-shooting in one of the class-
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Senate Test on State
School Aid Set Today
Supporters or $26,500,000 Fund, Claim
Strength to Win Past Committee
A preliminary skirmish over the Oklahoma Education associa-
- tion’s $26,500,000 common school aid bill was slated in the senate
education committee Tuesday as public hearings bn the appropria-
tion
Winter Chores in Buffalo Keep Everyone Busy
John DeSantis is shown here doing one of the tasks that have become routine this winter in Buf-
falo. N. Y. His car Is buried under a snowfall that totaled 18 inches over the weekend.
STILLWATER. March 4—(UP)—
Farmer Bill Knipe and his son, Morris,
swear this story is true:
Several weeks ago a gust of wind
from the south picked up a small shed
on the Knipe farm near Perkins, south
of Stillwater, and set it down on the
other side of a fence, without damag-
ing it.
The farmer and his son talked about
lifting it back on the south side of the
fence, but before they got around to
it. a strong north wind blew the shed
back over the fence, letting it down
within two feet of its original location.
‘Remorseful^ Wind
Blows State Shed
Back—Unharmed
Fierce Struggle Promised
The Irgun Zavi Leumi radio broad-
- i cast the declaration of hostilities. An
the loading docks. order of the day from Irgunist com-
A case or two of anti-freeze, a half- mander, Menahem Beigen. said this
dozen batteries or a case of cigars, de- was the beginning of a struggle which
pending on the load and how acces- I “will be fiercer and fiercer every day
sible the merchandise was. would be J until the British quit the country.”
On the third day of martial law in
Police and FBI agents smashed an interstate shipment
theft ring Monday with the arrest of four men who allegedly
stole merchandise valued at approximately $20,000 through
a clever scheme they operated since last September.
The loot ranged in variety from cowboy boots, car and
truck tires, batteries and radios to anti-freeze and expensive
saddles. Investigation of a saddle theft led to the interstate
shipment thefts investigation.
Among the four men in jail is the husband of a woman truck
line owner here, who told police about two months ago that her
husband collected a $1,000 check from a customer in payment of
his shipping bill, Cashed it and went to California with his former
wife. The three others are truck drivers.
The saddle theft that started investigation rolling jvas reported
about a month ago by Robert E. Lee of the Lee Way Motor Freight
Lines, Inc., 1016 W Washington. . :--;—
Jews Step Up
Palestine War
the registry at Chur. Switzerland.
■ Instead of the wedding party of
royalty and /the cream of European
society—which Miss Hutton had told
newsmen would be present—only two
witnesses were on hand.
Bus Union Discusses
Layoff of Mechanics
A few more than 100 members of
the Oklahoma Railway Co. street car
and bus drivers union met in the Mu-
nicipal .auditorium at 2 a. m. Tuesday
to discuss the layoff of street car me-
chanics and other union business.
Rumors of friction between the
union and the company were dis-
counted by M. D. Mills, vice-president
and general manager of the railway
company, and Clarence Aber, interna-
tional vice-president of the Amalga-
mated Association of Street Car and
Bus Operators.
Both Aber and Burrell Machalis.
local union president, declined to
make statement* following the meet-
ing.
Increasing cloudiness today, occa-
sional light rain likely aouCheaat por-
tion in afternoon, somewhat colder ex-
treme north; mostly eloudy and some-
what colder, occasional lirht rain or
«no* tonight and Wednesday; low
temperatures tonight 24 to 25 Pan- |
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j Bumper Spree
Even considering the high
cost of food, one doesn’t often
hear of a lunch box with con-
tents assaying some $100, ex-
clusive of edibles.
Harry Woodrow. 1234 NW 3. had
that particular lunch box back in
his possession Tuesday after the
container had ridden safely six
hours on an automobile bumper
without being stolen or jolted off.
Because he was loaded with other
bundles, Woodrow set the lunch
box. containing 435 in cash and an
indorsed <65 government check, on
the bumper of a parked car as he
waited to board a streetcar at W
Main and Douglas. Came the
streetcar, and on hopped Woodraw,
forgetting the lunch box.
Jack Morgan, buyer for Standard
Foods, 1248 W Main, entered the
auto and drove away, unmindful of
the lunch box on his bumper. A few
minutes later, Woodrow. having
alighted from the streetcar, came
hurrying back, only to find the auto
gone.
All this occurred about 8:30 in
the morning. Morgan drove here
and there in his car until about 2
p. m. when he returned to the
Standard Food office and parked.
Fellow workers chided him about
carrying his lunch box in such an
unusual place.
The puzzled Morgan opened the
box and found the 435 in currency
and $65 check nestled among the
edibles. The check bore Woodrow's
address. He was notified. It made
him very happy.
An action seeking to compel admit-
tance of Negro students to Oklahoma's
white colleges and universities was be-
ing argued orally before the state su-
preme court Tuesday
The suit originally was filed in the
Cleveland county district court at
Norman by Miss Ada Lois Sipuel,
Chickasha Negro, to compel the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma board of regents
and university officials to admit her
to the law school.
Judge Ben T. Williams denied her
petition for a writ of mandamus on
the ground that state statutes express-
ly prohibit Negroes from attending
white schools. She appealed to the
supreme court.
The high court was advised, both tn
pleadings and oral argument, that
Miss Sipuel is entitled to attend the
state law school under a United States
supreme court decision upholding
equal educational opportunities for
Negroes.
Should her contention be sustained,
the decision would have the effect of
opening the doors of state universities
and colleges to Negroes seeking spe-
cialized training not offered at Lang-
ston university, the state's only in-
stitution of higher learning for
Negroes.
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dera. The underground forces deployed
in orange groves near by and struck
soon after midnight An hour-long
skirmish ended with the attackers
withdrawing.
Three British soldiers were Injured
case of cigars and three cases of anti- i when their army truck hit a mine on
The cigars 1 Rishon le Zion, 12 miles south of Tel
I the anti- Aviv.
NEW YORK. March 4—(/P>—The
New York cotton exchange announced
Tuesday it was closing until further
notice because of a strike called by
the United Financial Employes local |
205 <AFL>.
The strike was called, the union
said, after a breakdown of negotia-
tions over wages Monday night. A pay
increase of 30 percent is sought, the
union said, (Trading in cotton at the
New Orleans exchange continued.)
However, officials of the exchange
said a closed shop was one of the
principal issues involved, although an-
other was a union demand for a 20-
day cancellation clausfe under which
the New York exchange would be
forced to refuse to handle business of
any member firm involved in a strike.
The union called a strike of 100
employes of the exchange, and eleva-
tor service was suspended immediately.
L. The exchange is on the nineteenth
floor of the 23-story building. Em-
ployes affected included clerks on the
exchange floor, board markers, eleva-
tor operators and other maintenance
workers. Pickets around the building
were joined by about 800 members of
the Seafarers' union (AFL).
“bsySs Police, FBI Grab $20,000
For Old Site
Presidents Stand in Reception Line in Mexico City
President Miguel Aleman of Mexico and President Harry Truman of the United States stood side by side in a reception
line Monday night at the National palace in Mexico City after a state dinner at which both spoke. Left to right: Col.
Carlos I. Serrano, Senora de Serrano, Aleman, Truman, Sepora Josefina de Torres Bodet and Jaime Torres Bodet,
secretary of Mexican foreign affairs. ,
Another saddle was recovered
at the home of the woman truck
line operator. She told police her
husband has brought it there,
telling her he had bought it.
Police Enter Case
After the saddle theft at Lee Way,
company officials started investigat-
ing shipments and found errors in
waybills and load receipts. Police were
informed and Detectives G L. Ken-
nedy and H. C. Judkins were assigned
to the case.
Their investigation led them to the I
woman truck line operator’s house,
where the second saddle was recovered. 1
Other information led to arrest of the 1
four men. two at their homes and two British out of Palestine and
by special agents of the Frisco railroad opened it with a rattle Of gunfire
from whose docks shipments were and crash Of explosives which
1 drew blood'in scattered sectors.
Two Britiah service trucks were
blown up. causing reven casualties. A
band armed with small arms and gre-
Hight winds and clouds are carry-
ing a promise—again—for drouth
ridden Oklahoma, Mr. Maughan said
, Tuesday.
His forecast for Oklahoma City
calls for high south winds to change
i into the north, with colder weather,
but carrying light rain or snow
Wednesday.
The extended forecast Indicates
rain or snow Wednesday and again
Friday night or Saturday, with totals
ranging up to a half-inch for the
entire state.
In Oklahoma City the mercury is
expected to range from a top of about
58 to a low near 26. almost identical
with the 58 to 28 of the last 24 hours.
Highest temperature in the state
Monday was 67 at Elk City, while
1 Ardmore had the overnight low of 26.
from whose
taken.
Questioning of the four, two of
whom have signed dictated statements,
revealed their method of operation
and how they were able to operate six nZdes^ttack^'1 an army camp at He-
dera. between Haifa and Tel Aviv. Two
soldiers were wounded. Grenades were
one of , hurled from a black limousine into a
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rooms preceded Mizer’s slapping of
a student who became insolent,
Simpson said.
Meanwhile, a committee of six
students presented a list of "de-
mands" to the teachers, including:
(1) Better teaching. (2) better
coaching. (3) more dances. (4) more
paid assembly programs. (5) soap in
the rest rooms, (6) better safety
precautions in the chemical labora-
tory.
"We wouldn’t have started this.”
said one of the boys who submitted
the list of grievances, "if we had
known it would go this far.”
The resignations left mpre than
400 pupils from kindergarten to the
twelfth grade without teachers.
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However, several departments are
seeking increased salary appropria-
tions and the bill may be revised ex- I
tensively before it reaches the floor of
both houses for final passage.
Attendance Bill in House
The house was expected to take final
action Tuesday on a compulsory school
attendance bill calling for appoint-
ment of a county truant officer by the
county commissioners and payment of
his salary from county funds.
It a£o was possible that final action
would be taken during the day on the
fish and game commission reorganiza-
tion bill. This bill calls for a mem-
ber of the commission from each
congressional district and is an ad- *
ministration bill.
A bill to raise the salary of Okla-
homa county common pleas court
judges also was on Tuesday’s calendar
for final action but it was doubtful
th At it would be heard. The measure
was introduced by the entire Okla-
| homa county delegation and calls for
a salary raise from 45.000 to 46,000 a
year.
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The school bloc claimed sufficient strength to bring the meas-
ure to the senate floor for a showdown fight with administration
leaders.
It was evident, as the hearing opened, that school leaders would
not compromise, but intended to press their demand for the largest
appropriation Oklahoma’s common schools have received since
statehood.
A bitter battle, with lines tightly
drawn, was expected to develop when
administration leaders took the floor
to attempt to shuttle the bill to the
appropriations committee, which now
has before it a measure which would
appropriate 418 millions for each year
of the new biennium.
Porter Lead* Opposition
Sen. Perry Porter. Miami, floor lead-
er. sounded the battle gong when he
revealed this line of strategy. As of-
ficial spokesman in the senate for
Gov. Turner. Porter said efforts will
be made to hoM the appropriation
down the latter figure.
He is being supported by Sen. Ray-
i mond Gary. Madid, chairman of the
powerful appropriations committee:
Jatnes C. Nance, president pro tem-
pore of the senate, and other senate
leaders. Whether they can marshal
i sufficient strength to check the school
bloc is a matter of conjecture.
Other Appropriations Studied
Meanwhile, members of the joint
F.nucooco v... legislative appropriations committee
Glamara said Prince Igor handed were considering a house bill fixing
Swiss franca (4117) for
CJhur's poor, explaining he would
have liked to give more but his “funds
were running low.”
Glamara said the couple telephoned
the Chur registry Friday and asked to
be married immediately because their
passports were running out and they
did not have time to return to Zurich
where the formal wedding was to have
been held.
They arrived in Chur Saturday,
were married at the brief ceremony,
aqd left after a wedding breakfast in
the local pastry shop.
months without detection.
Method Is Explained
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the Involved truck drivers bound for Haifa military camp
the docks of a given truck line here
would be met by an accomplice in
another truck somewhere away from
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MALDEN, Mass., March 4—
(/P)—Seventeen-year-old R o b-
ert L. Coombes, with a record
of previous sex offenses, was
held without bail Tuesday
after he pleaded innocent to
the slaying of U-year-old
Jacqueline Maxwell.
Specifically, the youth was ac-
cused of assaulting and beating the
girl with intent to commit rape,
and with killing her.
Boy Calm in Court
At the request of police chief Jo-
seph B. Henry, the case was con-
tinued until March 18 after Henry
told Judge Maurice P. Flynn he In-
tended in the meantime to present
the case to the grand jury.
Coombes appeared unmoved
throughout the proceedings, which
were witnessed by his mother and
by numerous relatives of the little
victim.
Coombes* distracted parent* said
Tuesday they had opposed his re-
cent release from a reform school.
Second Girl Missing
“Institutions shouldn’t release boy*
like this,” said the boy’s mother.
Mrs. Elizabeth Coombes. who turned
him over to police when she be-
came suspicious after learning of
the slaying Sunday night. She told
newsmen and police.her son's clothes
were covered with mud and that
he refused to explain where he had
been.
“It wasn’t because '1 don't love
my son that we turned him in,”
said Francis Coombes, the father.
“I do love him. I only did what
command tightened up regulations in
Jerusalem’s security zones. Emplace-
ments were sandbagged afresh, and
barbed wire entanglements were rein-
Bookkeeping systems employed by forced.
shippers and manufacturers were slow An anonymous telephone caller
to tally out, and the truck driver warned that the British security zones
sometimes “conveniently" lost his load ( in Jerusalem would be attacked soon,
consignment papers An underground band struck into one
Among merchandise recovered by of the zones Saturday to blow up an
police are 13 radios, four truck tires army officers’ Club, killing 16.
which retailed for as much as $45
apiece, 20 passenger car tires and ap-
proximately 20 batteries.
Some Loot Recovered
Of three saddles stolen, two have
been recovered. A part of two cases of
cowboy boots valued wholesale at $280
a case, have been recovered. Included
in the recovery were four pairs of
boots being worn by the suspects. A
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freeze admittedly taken by the group the main coastal road a mile south of
can never be recovered. r
were sold or smoked and the anti-
freeze was used In the trucks driven
by the suspects during the winter
• months.
Ownership of the heaters and radios
on 1
being checked.
Kennedy and Judkins said most of
the merchandise stolen from ship-
ments had 'been resold, some of It
“two or three times.” One radio deal-
er. who the detectives say bought I
radios from the quartet in good faith,
asked permission to reimburse the |
original owners in order to let his
customers keep the sets he sold them.
That dealer, when questioned by
police, explained the unique method
used in convincing him the radios
were not “hot.” He said one of the
truck drivers approached him and ex-
plained the radios were “long” or ex-
cess on an order they had received.
“He even offered to bring his boss
down to verify his right to sell the
radios.” he said.
"How was I to know the boss was
in on the deal, too?”
The “boss" wa= the suspect who
skipped with his wife's 41,000 check,
police said.
appropriations for the various depart-
ments at the capital. The measure, in
its original form, would limit expendi-
tures to about the same figure appro-
priated two years ago.
However, several departments
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