Builds Cannon, Kills Self • Th. Weath.r Today !iAN BERNADINO, CALIF. (JP) - Mr. Roland 1\1. Vallet told poUce tbat for six: montbs ber busband bad been work In.. In tbelr .. arace on somethln... She said Cloudy and warmer today. Cloudy tomor­ he refused to tell ber what II WlUl except that It was "Important. .. row. High today 80; low 50. Yest rday's Vallet. 61, was killed Wednesday by a home-made OWGI1 high 78; low 49. eabDon. the .. somethln.... be had been watkin.. on for Established l8SS-Vol. 80, No· 265-AP News and Wirephoto Iowa City, Iowa, Friday, Aug. 6, 1948-Five Cents .. Ion ... A note he left complained of III hea1th. House Passes 110-Foot Drop to Death Bill '0 Control Russ Ease Financ.ial (red it, Buying By JACK RUTLEDGE WASH INGTON (JP}-The GOP an(i-Intlalion measure \Vas passed, 264 to 97, yesterday by the house Crisis In West Berlin in I sharp rebuff for president Truman. * * * 'The measure calls for restora­ Wanted: A Fire-Proof Fire House tion 01 wartime controls on in­ See Additional See Possible stallment buying, and moderate tightening of bank credit It ig­ JOlIN" T WN, PA. (JP)-Th Oakland suburban fire de. 8 hOillie. nores the President's demand tor l partment is in the market for fire-proof fire rationing and price-wage control Talks Between Eight yeaTS ago tbe departmpnt'R building burned down. A (ii, Money powers, and for an excess profits on . tory bri k building replaced tax. Cine, it. The bill was rushed to the Sen­ Today the volunteers serambled out of bed to answer an lte as Republicans leaders drove West. Russia alarm. 'J'h y didn't have to go far - th ir fire bou e was Compromise for adjournment of the extra ses­ on fire. By GEORG BRIA By EDDY GILMORE nly the wall. were standing after tb blaze. An ambu- sion of congress tomorrow night. MOSCOW (IP)-British, Ameri­ BERLIN (JP) - TIle Russians or next Tuesday at the latest. Ion nnd most fir -fighting equipment wa. de. troy d. The sliehtly relaxed their financial can ami Fr neh envoys conferrecl fir('m u aved onE' piece of quipment - tb ir fire engine. SpUt On Howlinr at the AmerlC'an embas y yester­ blockade of Berun yesl rday as 'But plans for swift adjourn­ day and wer believed to be for­ this crisis-ridden city wutched for ment were Imperilled by a wide­ mulating plans fOr another east­ results of four-pow('I' diPl malic open split within Republican wClit meeting with Prlme Mlnis­ maneuverin" in Mwcow. ranks on the housing issue. 't r Stalin Says Mystery Witness The aciion indicat d the Rus­ The senate banking couunittee, siaml may be willing to work out Frunk Robert, spe ial British a compromis 01 til eaA-west cm'_ in n surprise move, dumped OVer­ envoy, join d Fr nch Ambassador board a housing bill sponsored by rency diBput h reo SovIet auth­ Yves Chataigneau in U. S. Ambas­ orities have given tile mOlley con­ Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) and sador Woller B. Smith 's oUice yes­ May. Crack Spy Case sent to the senate floor a revised flict as a reason Cor th ir Imposi­ terduy afternoon. The. conference tion of the land blockade on lhe vmion of the Taft-Ellender-Weg­ ffi W ARIINGTON (JP)- A my lety wit u 's 118 be n found who followed un adler round of dip­ city. ner housing bill, backed by Presi­ lomatic meetings yesterday and may" 'rnc·k wiele ojlen the whole Soviet Rpy CaRl'," th honse 1m­ dent Truman. The senate then be­ Tells Of Acreement same Wedne.~dIlY night. Amerkan llctivitie. committ onnonne d last night. gan consideration of the latter 'Chere wus no Official statement Charles Gi fford, Bl'iti~h finance measure. on uny d velopments last night Actill~ 'hairJll811 Mundt (R-SD) lold r('porter8 a subcommit­ officer, told a news conference of build. This was a new flareup of an tee i'l bing. cnt out of town to inlt'I'view the witness. Mundt de­ the Russians' financial action. He of the but informed sources said "deve­ said the anti-Communist Berlin old batUe. The T-E-W bill, which lopments were possible." The thr~e Ward clined to Ray who th(' per on is, or wher hc is located. city government had reached nn has been sponsored by Sena tor west rn nvoys w re report.ed Earlier in the day, a congress­ in Lee Tart (R-Ohio) among others, is agreement with lh Russians for st nding by after their lengthy man declared that 1,300 pounds Whittaker Chambers, a previous the release ot enough funds from also designed to encourage the con­ in eling at the American embassy. of precious compounds were ship­ witness, hod testified that Hiss blocked Russian mark accounts to struction of 15 million homes in All three ernbassies had receiv­ was a member of the "Red under­ per to Russia "at the very height m~et its weekend payments. 10 years. ed first rc,lction Sfrom their gov­ iround" here. Hiss now is head of A simil:1r arrangement was ernmenls the Monday night Two Controversies of atomic research in 1943." the Car 0 e g i e F 0 undaUoo for reached for business firms in tho Two features of it, in particular, conversations with Stalin and Uranium is a basic material In ternational Peace. western sectors or the City, Gil­ have aroused controversy. They were believed now in a position to for atomic bombs. The first Rep. Mundt told reporters that tard said. Those concerns had formulatc thelr next steps. call for federal loans and sub$idJes atomic bomb in warfare was in his opinion Hiss certainly been in a pOSition of not being able \0 help clear slums and foe fed­ Reliuble soure s ~aid a new ap­ "made a rather convincing case." to meet salaries and other debts AP Wireph oto proach may be made to the Rus­ dropped on Hiroshima three years eral financing of low-cost homes, A nO-FOOT DROP IN A SEMI-TRAn.ER brourht death to two Detroit men yesterday at Ea t t. ago yesterday. Chambers issued a statement say­ because of the weck ·old squeeze which would be owned by public Louis, III. Their machine, which was baulint: a. load at fUrniture, ripped out a. 10-(00t section ot the sians shortly and that this was ing he has "no change whatever on money. likely to take the form of another McDowell Testltles housing 3iencies in various com­ guard raU on the approach to MacArthur bridge aoross the l\lIssisslppl and then plunred to the &'round. to make" in his testimony ~on­ "No Striugs" munities. Gap III the rail can be seen at the top or the picture. four-powl'r In eling involving Rep. McDowell (R-Pa) told cerning Hiss. Stalin. thaut the alleged uranium ship­ Giffard said as fllr as he knew Some house leaders have brand­ The gi t or lh«; r 'plit's from Wa­ ments t.o his colleailues on the 2. A senate luvesi.I ...tln.. Bub­ "no strings were attached" to tile ed the public housing feature ~hingtC)n, and Paris to house committee on un·American commlttee headed by Senator Fer­ Russian release of funO s. IT add­ ·socialistic." The bill offered by tlJt'i .. envoys' reports ot the first guson (R-Mich) heard testimony ed: liThe pres!'nt Ul'l"lIl1gcment ap. Inc of a joint senate-house com­ Man's Best Fftiend at Work Guard Ups Quota; pears satisfactory to tit!' wc:>tern ('ollV{ ' ~ 'iubolls were car efully that commerce department offi­ Sfoator McCarthy, with the back­ For comment by PresIdent allies." .. P ASADE~ A. CA 1..1 fT<'. {JP)- Darryl N.-lsoJl, ~, to. sed 8 gllJlt It" ('r, ct. It w, s not .knoWlJ '{'ruman on tbe Communist cials knew that William W. Rem­ ing of a joint senate-house com­ Still Needs Offiters, Asked wily the Ru ~slons should lit;thted 1I11It(' 11 ilJtu II eon he had bE'PIl llfli ng for ch~lllj C3l ex:­ wh('Lhll' ul,other me~ ting with invuUrations and otber sub­ In..:ton was the subject 01 an "ac­ mittee, omitted the publlc hous­ Stal in wou let IJc for the purpose ot tive investigation for espionage" suddenly swerve {rom the appar­ ing and slum clearance provisions. pt'rimellls. '['he can explodpd. Darry l 'f; pants caught J'ir . Je is, se& PAGE 6. ent aim of ach! ving a financial givl Jl~ the repli·s or the west rn when he was hired. Samuel Klaus, It , Mrs. NO I'm un J plson, I hI' boy'l'I motlH'r' dllsbed to hi s air!. Some Enlisted Men was designed to spur the build­ pow.'!" 10 Sovid proposals. a state department lawyer, made monopoly in 'Bcrlill, 111' replied. ing of low-cost homes and large­ A ·Jl eighbor's dolt, excited by the blas t, dash d to Mrs. Neif;o l1 llCtlVltJ S. lt is one of two con­ WASJ[[NGTON (IP) - The no­ It W:JS l>:lJd on good ;l uUlOrity , the statement. Remington, now "They apparently did not want scale rental properties, principal­ and bit hC,'\" on t h~ If\g, gressional units now digging Jnto tional guard opened the door yes­ how ver, thot the tWO-hour Mon­ under suspension, was chairman o.f to bring things to u head in Ber· ly by means of more liberal credit. 1\1oth(,I' and son w~c trented at Pasadena emerg ncy hos­ charges that Communists infiltrat­ lin whlle negotiations were gOing terday to more volunteers. day night III 'cling got down to the a committee which passed 00 the pital, sh rOI' tlle bit and Ihe boy for bums. ed into hiih places in lhe U.S. on elsewhere (in Moscow). The PredJct House Defea.t basic l~ucs involved. These is­ shipment ot goods to Russia. 'rhe dOgll t'srapetl unhormrd. The move is designed to bring governm nt during the wat. Russians appear to huvr agreed to Angry senators who favored the sues :Ire l.elieved to include the 3. Rtp. Rankin (D-Ml.. ) a in more oIricers, but it also serves McDowell sold the uranium was the arraniement in ol'der to pel'­ McCnrthy bill predicted the T-E-W to boost the ceiling on enlisted U'alfil' sI tuation at. Berlin and measure would be defeated in the shipped "alter tremendous pres­ member of the house un-American mlt the life of Berlin to go on tor men. N~w stale quotas were issu­ east-wc~t differences in Germ,my activities commlttee, urged that house, it not in the senate. generally. sure on all phases of our govern­ the time being." The anti-inflation measure baCk­ Crump·Support~d Candidates ed. ment from known Russian agents Henry A. Wallace be called in for CommunJsts Break ed by Republicans would: The money congress approl,)iat­ and others who had worked questioning. Rankin said it ap~ Meanwhile, the first open break I. Authorize the federal re­ ed for the national guard forces themselves Into positions of im­ peared that Communists achieved ' in Berlin Communist ranks Over serve board to impose installment it to set a ceiling of 341,000 offic­ GOP Pa1ir to Plan portance." He said the uranium "key positions" In the commerce the land blockade was reported buying controls \lip to March 15, Trail -in Tennessee Primary ers and men this year. was dispatched in two shipments department When Wallace headed durini the day. A st.ormy m eling 1949. (In wartime this meant a Thi1i total was almost reached Campaign Sfrategy !rom "a , small obscure alrlield In it. of the youth sectinn of the Com. one-third down payment on such NAHH V[lJ!JR {JPJ-'rwo D(,ll1ocratic primary CI:mcJiclales RlIp­ for ahead of the June 30, 19

Passes CongreSl 9ne Car Reduced $5 - S140,000 Damage in WASIDNGTON (R»-Congress yesterday approved a $65-million New Hampton Fire loan to the United Nations to build NEW HAMPTON (JP)-A large a headquarters in New York City. Fords Go Up $15 in Third Price Increase part of one of New Hampton's President Truman had listed the DETROIT (JP)- The Ford Motor finest business buildings was in loan as one 01 the things he want­ ruins last night in the wake of !I ed the special session to approve. company yesterday increased the introduction ot the new models bor costs, and the necessity of re­ raging fire which aaused an est.i­ So tar, it is the only one of MI". price o.f all but one of its Ford $85 to $125 we('jl added to the ducing present production volume mated $140 ,000 damage. price Lags. due to material shortages which Truman's' requests grant~ by the mod~ls another $75. The (ire, which for a tim. Yesterday's increases average cause production interruptions. Republlcan-dominated congre!S. The single exception was the threatened a large portion of the \ .. five percent. They bring to !rom Virtually all other cor mnnulac­ downtown area, destroyed mucn slx-cylinc;ier busil)eSB coupe which $]94 to $290 the increases Ford turers have ad vanced prices (itis of the ill terior of the two-story low.n Delivery Notice w~s cut $5. has announced since Jan. 15, 1947, year, the latest being General iWlo­ brick Kennedy building. AU " aden" reailtered for It was the second increase by when cuts of .from $15 to $50 were tors which increased t!Jem on all The fire reportedly started in AP Wirephoto the lour-week Ie_Ion are re­ FOfd since the 1949 models were made in what Henry Ford II said its cars an average of eight per­ the basement of the Gamble store WHEN 1\ BRIDGE THREW THEM OUT OF THEIR HOMES these people protested to their .. overnor. qllelW to ea.1 !rhe Dall, Iowan introduced last June 18, and the was an effort to halt inflation. ceni. Still other increases report­ in the center section of the build­ Tbe lnoldeD' oeeurred In Mauaebuetta wbere the state evicted 250 people to make way for a new b1lllDeU office, 41'1, to luure third in a little less than a year. The Ford price advances result, edly are in the making and may ing and burned through to the brldre .crosa \be MysUe river. Tbe bousebolden .tu e4l • protei, mareb yesterday. wound UP at Gov. iIelIvery at the paper. On Aug. 24 of last year Ford hik­ a company announcement said, be announced before the year's roof. At one time flames and smoke Robert Bradford', office In the BOlton atate houe (allen). OUklome of the conlrovery sttU Is no& ed.' prices from $34 to ,90j with from increases in,material and la- end. ------were shooting hiSh into the air. luIow~ • TJU DAILY IOWAN. FKlDAY. AUGUST 6. lIU..LPAGE TWO .. · W· AOO M t R Cards'Try-OutCampAlhlelicsBell Jamcucans In A - e er un Open's Here Mondaylhree Homers, Wllnt Beals Herb McKenley,,· Boudreau Hurl ballThe hopefuls S1. Louis at Cardmals the City willpark open their diamondtry-out camp next for'Monday. local base- The Top Sox TWI1Ce camp will last through Wednesday. I. T k Scout Donald D. White oC the Cards is now in Iowa City making CHICAGO (A»-The PhiladeJ· lbe DllpS arrangements for the try-outs. White said that two S1. Louis scouts, phia Athletics, who baven'thada Lee, Yer deur WIn In an Joe Monohan and Jack Sturdy, will.took over Iowa City prospects home in Chicago's Comiskey As Trl during their three day stay. park since 1946, yesterday used B1 GAYLE TALBOT Local boys between the ages of 17-23 are eligible for the try-outs, three round trippers to win a dOli' OLYMPIC STADIUM, WEMBLEY, ENGLAND (A» - America's S 3 0 which will consi.st of batting, fielding, running. pitching and other ble-header, 3-0 and 7-4, agailllt 20-year monopoly on the Olympic 400 meter run went boom yesterday enator~, . necessary functions which the scouts use to judge the ball players. the Chicago White Sox beIo~e 8,- when a pair of former high school teammates from Kingston. Jamaica. ... White also said that those boys under 17 can tryout and, If they are 053 persons. ran the legs off the best Uncle Sam could produce. good enough. their names will be sent to St. Louis tor futurc refer- 1-_ ence. After Joe Coteman pi.."hed I One of them. a gangling, coffee-colored speedster named Arthur CLEVELAND (A» - The Cleve- six-hitter for his eleventh win, · t, ci led 'b d 01 I tra k' 46 ~ ods to 'n the classl'c Only graduates or high school, or boys whose classe" have grad- W10 rc I e re ymp e c 10 ... seco WI land Ind'ians kept thel'r sll'm hold '1 Do·n W'-'te and Sam Chapman .~_ ....-'ddl e-u .tista nce even t by t wo yar d s an d equa I th e g ames recor d I' 1 . h A . uated, will be able to accept contracts. The Cards will hold three ed homersIU to clinch the secobd~ set by of the United States at Los Ange\,es in 1932. on Irst p ace In t e merlcan camps in Iowa. beginning in IOwa City and then going to Ottumwa The lower..... JamaJeaa made league yesterday with a 3-0 vic- and LeMars. game. " . torf over the Washington Nation­ ------The twin vlctol')' lifted J'!dII. liP full, six yardll In a lpeCtaeu. breaking a monopoly the Finns delphJa Ihto a second plate tit Iar Itreteh drive In whlcb be had l!njoyed since 1924. ais, but Lou Boudreau. the Tribe's with New York In AJnerIeaD nalietl hli eoDJIh'7man. the fam­ The sweep cave the Swedes manager and star shortstop, was learue stand1n6s, two perceil\· their thIrd tr.elt .nd lIeld triu­ injured in the game. are po'nts behind Cleveland. ous Rerb Meltealey. 15 y ...u mph and strenl'thened thel!' I MAJORS~ Boudreau eolJlded with Left­ ~aje~ki broke the homer fam· from the tlnisb wire. hold on second place amon&, the NATIONAL LE G E fielder 011 Coan at second base W L PCT. OB ine when he opened the A's ninth McKenle,. In tum, fiashed nations. TIle United States was W L PCT. OD Boston ...... 1 ~2 ,(no in the seventll Innln .. when the ~'! with his no. 10 oCf Joe "Haymes. across four yards in front of Mal far In the lad with eill'ht fmb. Cleveland ... ..n .~'III'J Brooklyn ._...... 60 .. . . H\ shortstop dove for a bad throw phlladelphl. .bi 3"4J .~9g0 Sl. Loula .~ ...... M 4ri .M1 fl ~ Marino Pieretti's successor. No other country had more than .i!919 New York ...... roo III .5Z1 5\i Whltfleld. the American air forces from Pitcher Oche Bearden to New York ...... !ill if9 'i The full house .stage tor While', .eraeant who earlier in the week one. Boston ...... (;.~ 4\ .1\.'16 I pltlsb.reb ...... 4U 43 .110. 1 make the piatout. He "nlshed Detroit tn .\1 .11' J '!'~ l'blladell>hla ...... ~6 4U .4U;; II round tripper in th second gll]lt 800 II 7 . 118 CI.~lnn ..1 .....•....