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Sofia Spy Trial ead Others Get Sentences Ranging From 5 fo 15 Years; 2 Paroled

By United Peds . "+ UFour. Protestant pastors were. sentenced to life im- * . prisonment for espionage.today, nine others were given “prison terms ranging from five to 15 years, and two were released on parole. i 4 The Sofia District Court where the 15 ministers had | been on trial since Feb. 25 on charges of treason, espionage

and black marketing did 10t| heen prepared to force Mr. Sun's official. invoke the death penalty in ouster if he refused to quit. any case. : px } 9) tied Nationaiigt lead- : {ers from over China conJudge Constantine Undjiev, pre-|sueation at Nanking to decide on © © ‘siding justice of the three-man ip, new premier. was under. Yociates of the 27-year-old Justice “court, commented that

Conln. Hiss

FBI Identifications Of Spy Suspects

By TONY SMITH Seripps-Howard Staff Writer

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Francis E. Waiter (D. Pa.), lai-| son chairman for the House spy! hunters with the Justice Depart-| ment, said “today there might be a connection between the Juditn Coploh case and that of Alger!

Mr. Walter mentioned thf” poss sibility in explaining that the| I took pains to identify all as-|

all countries post must be a sincere peace ad-|

have the death penalty for es-vocate and at the same time he Of the United Nations to steal 8. government secrets.

! complete information or the interI the- defendants announced AtlONtiC Pact mediary believed to have engi-

- that they were satisfied with the, The eight nations ‘workin on Deered the plan which drew "the verdicts and the sentences. The/the North Atlantic security pact former Barnard College honor Pp itioh' also exp i satis-|have reached agreement on a s“udent into the alleged espionage faction with the outcome of theldraft treaty which provides for|cOmsPiracy. : © mass trial. ©. 8 luse of armed force to repel ag- Others Watched A ig pry 8 aw Sha, sfn:|gression. diplomatic quarters. dis-| nces wen effect at once, [closed today. . "il 4 Get Life Terms | These quarters smphasized-that| . PCJUry In connection with

sions.”

GE Haasan hi posits Set mafits of Canada, Britain, Frafice, neces, owing for overlappings Belgium, Luxembourg, The Neth-| { ‘and duplications, were life im-erlands and ou for study. {denied that he worked for aj prisonment, fines of one million! : {Communist espionage ring withleva ($3500), and loss of civil 10KYO rights forever These four were Vassil- Georsive IOV. ZY APKOV, 48; dona 3 anko Nikolov Ivanov, 48, LM Nil Mikailov Ne aumov, h Baptist, and rgi Nicoloy Chernov, Pentecost, The” other seni were: Lambri Matigos Mishkov, 41, 2 Congregational oN ‘years; George Nicolov Vassev, 48, Baptist, 15 Iva Angelo Stankulov, 44, t, 10 years; Zahari Spassov

' p--Rkuhey,_ 30, Baptist. 10. years; nethe . / worth of goods and services and the possible connection o e Church of Christ, six years and|exported only about $276 million Hiss and Coplon cases might inworth, 3

trade officials today disclosed that hese: SARIOE...00. virtually Jouning hens 1 HE EXpOFiA| many more federal jobholders are, to the American-subsidized drive P¢Ing watched as a result of Miss for Japanese self sufficiency. Coplon’s arrest. He commended

tion to Mr. Chambers.

were running well above 1948 ‘bouncing thé girl” when she levels and ir, was a first came to official notice, as

and Informal export goal of $500 sald. ; : 3 million during 1043. Last year There was nothing in Mr. Wal-|

{the persons named with him in| Moscow ithe Chambers allegations. Mr. |

./Chambers told the House Un-| ty S, SovieL pitas 3aid editorial: |, meriean Committee of efforts to| t: 10 joyed miich greater freedom and T®criit additional workers for the equality than -the ‘wonien of the Soviet spy ring. capitalist countries, especially the United States, M The statements ware made injthe DY ah 3 connection. wi. ional a) : The former Jewish liaison rep- pe ah Bternat [tinuing conspiracy. Tesentative with the American, “Especially acute In the Unitea/ Make possible charges Military Government said today States is the problem of wages Much heavier penalties that some 16,000 Jews from East- for equal labor,” the Communist JUIY-

r. Walter said, it might bring 10-year-old Hiss-Chambers|

Berlin

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than pef-|

. Expecting - i In Cases of} Rep. Walter Explains -.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 8-<Rep.|

: : ... plonage, but the court was lenient acceptable to retired Generalssi-|: S: P Platform because of “your sincere confes- mo Chiang Kal-shex. FHL Be tndicated-that-the-FBI-maa FG UY -FHAUHUHITE —

{free enterprise against socialism

Mr, Hiss is under indictment, Syilited BY Fredelex » Te . _ | Sehortémmeter, former Secretary of

{must learn is that every time the

ifn’ the government or that he|8Overnment does something for American headquarters foreign syer delivered official informa-|them, they are thereby losing a portion of their independence Yo Mr. Walters also indicated that|SOYern themselves,”-he. said.

y «(government was taking away too Officials said export contracts the Justice Department for moti... of their rights and now they are yielding their rights vol-| {untarily to the government. Inchance” of reaching a tentative Many people there suggested, he 4iv4,0) liberty is more valuable

{than government subsidy.” Japan imported $683 ~- million ter's. remark to indicate whether mittee: formed to advise the party}

jencouraging business is to. their advantage.”

'grabhing of all wealth by the gov-| jernment makes everybody pau-! : pers.” : eased Should a link be established | The advisory committee, headed! by Joe Rand Beckett, was organn- ized two months ago to “deterat would Mine what's wrong with the Re=l publican Paty and make recom-|™ {mendations

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Lamour revealed at |

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“Miss Hiss, former State Department, Hollywood today that she and | Ave, shortly after midnight when 1asting 1%

Howard III, were expecting | their second child in September. |

Schortemeier Flays Socialism Trend A Republican Party favoring

i “The first thing our people

“It is a strange thing that our forefathers - fought the Revolu-| War solely because their]

Mr. Schortemeler told the com-

{on future policies, that GQP lead-|ojair st

ers “shoul |volve Mr. Hiss himself or one of ;,, hould mot be strait

to tell rs that

He warned that “socialistic

{

rors.

ern Europe have settled in Ger- newspaper Pravda said. “Millions! many since the war, of tolling women get 30 to 40 per Rabbi Simon G. Kramer added {cent less pay for the same work that only one-fifth to one-third of ‘as men.” 3 { the American zone's 20,000 Jews|

were residents of Germany be Tubg Tuble Blawy,

fore the Nazi regime. . China Over at Philadelph PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 8 (UP), Acting President Li Tsung-jen/—A threatened “strike” by Phila- | _ started a-search today for a new/delphia Orchestra musicians over - Chinese premier who would help the hiring of-a tuba player from, push the Nationalist search for/Chicago was averted today by an peace with the Communists. arbitration agreement. | Former Premier Sun Fo and his| Clarence Karelia, Chicago, wil entire cabinet resigned this morn- ating th. the orchestra until yi qe ng In a verbal statement before |APr. en he will be replaced! the legislative Yuan, which had bY & Philadelphia musician who! greor “FYI, TICUREeC 0 —— is & member of Local 77, Ameri-| __ lean Federation of Musicians] yi oo. [(AFL). Mr. Karella was hired a | po ovene battle administration | year ago after management noti- Osa Se any GOP irmck would ot pe renewed. poe T0e 10 bring the sales tax into | inion recently notified the or Indiana for any . purpose, won| Ghettend al AE with an ultimatum. The “ulti-' would not play with Mr. Karella HAR = yo. Noam either be financed by the gross in-

on or after Mar. 7. . "lcome tax, or there would be no

"After Going Through eral Assembly once it burst out of

they saw what & job it would be to disown it. It was their baby.

issues of the legislature:

{themselves

LOW COST

1 - cancun - 1 i — w———— - si +honus: , . 1 Theft at Steel Plant | Republicans bowed to that, but| . | -Steel beams and equipment val- | not without protest. a ; | ued at more than $3000 by “the Most Painless . | { Malleable & Steel Castings Co..! Tn the House Rep, Joseph Klein | ; ?

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: Sia R. Homey Ave, have been| (D. Gary) reported the confer-| i . i | m the company’s stor-| ence committee's acceptance of| We offer a wide range of low-cod jag oi Concord and Walnut | increased . { Sts, officials told police today.|brief little speech, - | yi . } loans on homes, two-family fe They expressed belief that the, He said this method of finanidences and four-family apart: {equipment had been removed cing the bonus was the most pain-| since Sunday. {less that could be found, short of ments. | the miracle .of finding the money

Calls Srand- Jun {in the street. = Grand Jury 1 hel eq oor. Democrats and

You may borrow to buy," build, ls GREENCASTLE, Mar. 8 —/ponublicans.” he SHS aid Aamadal api Ala il [1005 Sohn Yl Nas cule arn” making. thin hos: passin “nance existing loans, often with (into session for Mar. 15, with the | for ro d00000 mey and men, smaller payments; or to secure {probability that an investigation |gelves to the service of their coun-| titles and tax savings by “refi-

gross income tax In a’

jof gambling-will be a major part try. This is ! : ry. : a girt f of the agenda, Sheriff John Suth- £ Yom the Rearts

ain or henda, Sh : of the people of Indiana.” wn on all gam-{ Rep. Byron’ T. Some . N nancing purchase contracts. bling in the county a month ago. Wayne). yd He ia LOW COST LOAN TERMS . 5 to 20 yours. 1 Interest of 4%, 414%, 5%. * Suggestion i— semi- Be sure his Monthly or onnvel | SPRING poyments. Topcoat § is ready. Liberal pre-payment Send it privilege. this week. Pleked Up Tomorrow Ne Commission Charges. DELIVERED : ‘ SATURDAY : You need not be a depositor to I You Cull Metary ~ | Smum— apply for a home loan at any of . NOUN Nsanve )

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Bonus an Ugly

_ § Republicans Yield ‘Under Protest’

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Duckling

an ‘Ordeal’

The soldiers’ bonus became the ugly duckling of the 86th Gen-

its shell of campaign promises. |

A number of legislators would have liked to abandon it when

raise that bird. But they couldn’t|

Battle of financing the bonus preduced one of the critical state-|

: ws , | ion the measure, reported more!

somberly: “We have had quite an ordeal. We have passed the threshold in Indiana by paying our soldiers a bonus. 1 laid In the mud. with those boys in the Pacific. And, well, they should have it.” { One after another, GOP Repre-.

sentatives arose. to explain, it}

wasn't ‘that they disliked the gross tax less; they liked the vet-|

erans more. oo Under Protest Rep. W. ~O. Hughes . (Ft. Wayne): i

“The administration has said it] ) was going to be the gross income;

tax or else. We are going along

under protest. I believe it is in-| |equitable to small business and to

the veteran in small business.

“In some casés the vetéran will)

pay his entiré bonus in taxes. This we deplore. The administration must accept the full responsibility for the type of tax ‘Imposed.” BER Russell. I. Lebanon: : “I can't -believe the House of Representatives is doing a favor for the veterans of the. sfate of Indiana. I speak for the vetérans who prefer no bonus at all rather than the gross income tax way of financing it.”

Richardson,

Democrat James 8. Hunter (E.!

Chicago) rose as the argument over financing continued after the vote had been counted, He said. “Those widows with orphaned children you want to help . . they'd have to pay less under

‘|gross income than if you put

tax on them.” ’ Called Travesty

sales

In the Senate, the voting ma-|

chine broke down when the vote on the bill was recorded. Sen. Wiliam C., Bates (R. New’ Albany) quipped: “Even the machine won't stand for paying the bonus with the gross income tax." Other GOP Senators said: Milford E. Anness (Metamora): “This is not a vote against the bonus. I'm thinking of my war buddies who don't want an increase in the gross income tax. It is a travesty on justice” Charles M. Maddox (Otterbein): “The method of this

bonus will be known as the White,

Hat Tax..." D. Russell Bontrager (Elkhart): “I protest the method, but vote aye Asin the House, the argument raged after the vote was taken. Democrats not to be outdone said: und E. Makowski (E. Chicago): pd | “How soon willing to method

of Leo J.

financing it." Stemle AJ BEng

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Victim After

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pay a bonus with any

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Rips Stomach After Mugger’ . Frees Their Man

"A knife-waving bandit and his “strongarm” companion slashed broadcast to Indianapoils to raise land struck their holdup victim money for

sang.” lashes Now Is Time fo Wrke WISH Su) Sel

Times and Radio Station Bringing Ted Mack

eT \ a J

Show fo Indianapolis

lin your letter for’an audition.

vege AML requests. for auditions mus ; Bldg., stating your name,

WISH, Board of Trade

number and type of entertainment, You

‘appear for an audition. 3 | "The Times and WISH are bringing the --15- year-old ‘amateur

charity. + The show will be broadcast,

‘after he: willingly surrendered his = €, (Te ate Fairgrounds Coll-

wallet in a sidewall stickup early geum starting with a 15-minute

today. a Teh victim, William" A. Brown, |Ing the one-hour broadcast to 12/;0,6r store clerk who was shot the state. [28, of 1804 Ingram S8t., was walk-. : t ; {stations, to mateur-hour acts 16th 8t. and Roosevelt ij; P

ing near

and halted him. ; } One man, he” told police

grabbed him

stomach, demanding over the money.”

Take Billfold

which contained $55. Then, just f “strongarm” bandit released his hold on the victim, the second bandit slashed across his show. | victim's stomach with the knife, | Mr. Brown kicked at the mankind to enter the talent search. In front of him, he told police, and amateur entertainers of alll and turned to run to the street. ages are eligible. The other. oandit struck at him instrumentalists may perform in! : | Blate. bitore the owt ps and followed him into the street, jive, blues, popular, semiclassical, The heaviest sentences Went to/the rorsemmnt un nor teal Tayi Whittaker Chambers’ charge that! . e the newly organizedithen turned and ran back into{dpera or any type. Tap dancers. the four pastors labeled by thelsaid tentative drafts of the treaty he turned over secret government GOF Citizens Advisory CommitBO ending _de- have been sent to the govern-papers for delivery to a Russian |t®® 3t3™ luncheon "meeting" here

lagent in 1937-39. Mr. Hiss has 00AY.

as the

the alley.

Mr. Brown was treated at Gen- acts also are eligible, rirriifhocnremite jeral Hospital for the knife wound.. Announcement of where tickets).

Purse Snatched

A home burglary, a

day,

Ave,

{homie at 11 p.m. yesterday to find! = SAN -FRANCISCO, March 8 |the house had been entered. A|(UP)—Linda strong box containing $460 was

missing. Watthes valued at

from the

“Mrs. Alene Cobb, 670 E. St

a shopping worth of purchases.

Lovis Johnson Quits’

As Aircraft Director SAN DIEGO, Cal., Mar. 8 (UP)

craft Corp.

| - His telegraphed resignation ter, but the mercury was expected | iwas accepted at a board meeting to drop to about 10 degrees to-.

i TER we ii » wey s Once It Cracks Its Shell nm yesterday. Cragman Fioyd morrow nignt.” A new snowstorm Ayres’ Auditorium, Eighth Floor cy {B. .Odlun H " |was predicted late today. ’ . : at : rsp

Gh Bh es

he “hand|

store Will be made in The Times within

break-in and a purse snatching ® TW days. ! also were reported to police to-|

John Stewart, 1105 N. Tremont . | told police he returned AS Solo Strike Flops i

$121 and/Central Airline office here for two! lighters worth $30 were taken hours but lost her cause. | display window of {Grace's Jewelry & Gift Shop, 3905 here yesterday by United Air{E. 10th St., early this morning. A lines but lacked monéy enough {large chunk of concrete was used for a ticket to Hollywood so she to smash the window,-police said. tried to transfer to the cheaper

told police a man who! darted from a doorway at Mas- take her for 24 hours because of |sachusetts Ave. and St. Clair at a regulation. against intrastate {2 a. m. today grabbed her purse, airlines carrying inter-state |containing $12 and two rings, and sengers.

bag containing $5 She leaped on the counter, de-

Louis A. Johnson; newly-ap-“porrect those er- Pointed defense secretary, has re-! ‘signed from the board of direcwien ~~ tors of Consolidated Vultee Air-

“warmup” at.8:45 p.m. Follow-|

million listeners over 173 ABC provide an additional show, hours. Al |

{admission prices paid by the public to see the actual broadcast

from behind. The will be turned over to a-locall® {second man flipped. open a knife charity which will {and held it against the victim's

after reading the sentence, stoog the man selected. for ir Deparment snipe secon of JULES GOP |

be named, within a few days. ; Ted Mack, successor to the late Maj. Bowes, will be here in person [to emcee the show. 7) i Applicants for auditions have,

{letters to WISH, A special staff} has been organized to audition, {the talent seeking places on the There are no charges of any|

Vocalists and!

magicians, or any type of novelty,

{may be purchased’ by the public

Singer's Dander Drops

Carlson: of Reno,

‘on the counter of the California!

The 21-year-old singer arrived

./California Central.

California Central - couldn't

pas-|

iclaring she would not come down “until I get a ticket.” But. after {two hours she calmed down. She [Yaited the required time.

} Lold Grips Berlin BERLIN, Mar. 8 (UP)—Block-| ‘aded Berlin suffered the winter's, coldest weather today, Last night's low of 12 degrees, Fahren-! heit, was the coldest of the win-

By ART WRIGHT an If you want to entertain on the coast-to-coast broadcast of the I'red Mack Original Amateur Hour Apr. 6, now is the time to "Commis oners is struggling with ¢ He mailed to Radio Stationithe question of who owns the air ne, address, telephone | grid who, if anybody pays prop= _will be notified when 10'ry tax on the big airliners

Nev., staged a one-woman strike |”

IN AMS

Apr. 6 for Charity

{which fiy through it. -.

Bandit Victim Dies in Hospital

Should Share Burden, Board Chairman Says

The Indiana Board of Tax

with

The airline industry suspects - the State Board of Tax Commis. - sioners is going to try to put a : tax on the aifliners for “simply touching - the : ground”

‘Lloyd Abbett, 50, a Franklin here and at other key points over

by a bandit last week, died late But the

Tax Commission denies . the property tax idea.."But we do

i yesterday in Robert Long Hos- Wh LW. %i0id Noble Hollar, board .

. : : : “that the airlines /| her husband, William Ross two men stepped out of an alley] Net proceeds from the popular; Mr, Abbett dled at 5:50 p. m..gp 14 bear thelr share of the

He was in critical condition since tax burden. Railroads and busses

] shot him in the legido.” ind abdomen during a bold holdup in downtown Franklin at 9:30 p. m. the night of Mar. 2,

Fears Repercussions

Roscoe Turner, who runs an {aeronautical company at Weir

Mr. Abbett told police the gun- Cook Airport, predicted that most

man was one of a pair that in-jof the airliners would

fly right

vaded his store. One of the men over the town if the property tax ~They-took- Mr, Brown's billfold: sr noon Mar. 18 to get thety:3hot without warning ster. or. dea WIS. 18 be. put into effect.

dering a bottle’ of whisky and asking Mr. Abbett for money. Thé bandits raced away in an share,” said Mr, Hollar. automobile and escaped police blockades, -

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Filibuster

a private attempt to w into Senate rn With an a calendar; they graceful way ‘fight in hopes features of | legislative pro Administrat “¢ possibility ths might interfer extend rent c« eign aid progr to expire in a

Rents House leade action a bill trols 15 mont Rules Com voted, with o© the bill to th under a rule genera} debs amendment. The measu ! House Bank © Committee, trols and stre procedure.

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