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Order Cancels Russ’ Term
Girl's Sentence Begins After She Ends Rap
Handed Out in D. C.
By LEO TURNER United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Mar. 9—Valentin A. Gubitchev, Russian
engineer, was sentenced to 15
years in prison today for attempting to obtain United] States defense secrets from|
government girl Judith Coplon,
Judith Coplon ~~... V
But the sentence will be "Tool of State
from the United States.
Miss © Coplon was ordered to spend 15 years in federal prison
as a traitor to her country.
‘pended on the day he is deported
Blast Brings Rebuke
{ WASHINGTON, Mar. 9 (UP
— to..suspend.. Gubitchev’s rof-the- State Department: sentence at the personal request
He. was denounced for mak
of Secretary of State Dean Ache-! Senator.”
son and Atty. Gen. J. Howard McGrath. They recommended that shocked”
by Sen. My
he be deported and that he leave statement.
the
by a U. 8. Marshal. No. Leniency Shown
But there was no leniency for Miss Coplon. Judge Ryan announced that he would deny any request for bail for her pending
appeal.
a “It is about timé that she paid some of the penalty” Judge Ryan remarking that she now had been twice convicted of be-
said,
traying her government.
He ordered her to begin serving the 15-year sentence as soon as she completed a sentence of 40] -
months /to 10 years
summer in Washington for steal-
ing U.-8. government secrets;
Gubitchev was taken from the court room immediately after his Miss Coplon then was led up to the bench by two wom-~ She stood, pale and unsmiling, sway-| ing slightly. Her attorneys paked/ er
sentence. en U, 8. deputy marshals. for leniency in view of
previous sentence. . Judy. Silent
Judge Ryan asked if she had|
anything to say. Miss Coplon replied: this time, your honor.” Judge Ryan said that his ob-|
: “United, Btates within two, Se SE Judge Ryan said he vowed to the request and would suspend Gubitchev’s sentence the day he left the eountry. He ordered him accompanied to a departing ship
He warned-angrily: rs [~- WHhen you start Ri charges like that against me. you better reflect on it.” Sen. McMahon said Sen. McCarthy's .remarks were “un-| worthy of any Senator,” The angry exchange followed, Sen. McCarthy's adamant refusal to name the-“high” State Depart-| ment official who, he says, cov-| ered up for a bad security Fisk in the department. The Senate Foreign Relations Investigating Subcommittee hears: ing Sen. McCarthy's charges that! there are 57 Communists in the, State Department was almost in| an- uproar following Sen. Me-| Carthy’s refusal to name the official, Struggles to Koop Order Chairman Millard E. Tydings {D. Md.) pounded again = again on Nis gavel in an attempt! to keep order. The McMahon-McCarthy out-| burst came after Sen. McCarthy said he had no evidence in his own| files to back. up his ‘charges against the-‘high” department of{ficial. But he said his information| came from government files and was “absolutely true.” The subcommittee threatened to subpena Sen. McCarthy's files. { Sen. McMahon said he was “left
“Not at with the unfortunate opinion that
the Senator has material which {he refused to turn over to the
servation of her during the trial committee.” The burly Connecti,
and his knowledge of the facts of the cases convinced him “the, geeds of disloyalty still find root |
within your breast.” =i He said he had no choice but!
~to be severe, “mot only for your of State wants to find out Who is] treacherous act but as a warning {giving me (information) . . .
to others.”
Miss Coplon was taken immedi-
ately from the court room. A
cut Democrat said he was “ver, much disappointed.” Sen. McCarthy replied that. “Ij {know what you want . . you're| ‘not fooling me. The “Department | so0| |that heads will fall.” ’ ‘Curious to Know’ Sen. McCarthy said the “State
marshal returned to pick up the Department is very curious to)
pocket. book and fountain pen know.
she had left on the counsel table.
. they want those names.” | “I'm ‘surprised, ” Sen. McCarthy
Before the sentencing, Judge added, “that this committee would| Ryan denied motions by attorneys become a tool nf the Department
for both defendants to set aside of State .
. to find out” the|.
the verdict, to arrest judgment, “loyal Americans” who gave him,
and to order a new trial. Makes Statement wournen Gubitehev ‘was “led for ward for sentencing ) his attorney, | -Abraham— —asked the
court for an for him to
“make a statement, Gubitchev then read a prepared; statement in Russian, in a calm,
strong voice. At one point, he/
paused briefly and raised his eyes to -the judge. to statement was translated
for the court by Victor de Guinz-|
bourg, United Nations interpreter on loan to the government for the trial
Gubitchev reiterated his claim,
to diplomatic status, charged he (Continued on » Page 2—Col. 3
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Sen. McMahon then denounced ci Sen. McCarthy's. statements. 88. unworthy” and accused him of | Y: irresponsible” talk, | “We're engaged in a respon{sible business’. - . Sen. McMahon. | said, “if there's to be this kind, of irresponsible talk, it won't be ito the best interests of the United States.” Sen. Tydings broke in. to tell ‘Sen. McCarthy grimly. that “we're going to get every scrap of in{formation. This investigation is | going to be thorough and I don't jmean maybe.” Sen. Tydings insisted that Sen. | he McCarthy name the State Depart-, {ment official who, Sen. McCarthy! |claims, intervened for a depart-| § |ment translator. ordered fired be-| {cause he was found “flagrantly | homosexual. »
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| Truman Gets Oleo § Tax Repeal Bill |
WASHINGTON, Mar. 9 —Legislation to repeal the special federal taxes on oleomargarine {today needed only President Tru{man’s -signature to become law. | The Senate approved the bill late _yesterday to end a 62-year fight” between dairy and margarine interests, It already had been approved by the House.
the bill and was certain to sign
it In its final form, the measure. [wom require strict labeling af. {all oleomargaripe and would re{quire restaurants to Hii oleo ‘only in triarigular sats | Dairy state Senators ‘put up {last -ditch fight to put ey in thé bill a provision that would require margarine manufaéturers’ to package their product in triangular form. But they Were voted down overwhelmingly. L - The measure would not “affect,
President Truman has indorsed |
1 erect in several
Feige Ru RE TY
Valentin Gubitchev
Department’
McCarthy Refuses to Name Accused Official;
From McMahon
Deputy Drives 490" Miles in Effort to
- Complete Trial Panel
By DONNA MIKELS Times Staff .Writer
COLUMBUS, Ind., Mar. 9 —The sun was slipping behind the westernmost swell
‘of rolling Bartholomew Coun-|
ty as Deputy Sheriff Earl Ho-| jgan swung his car out of the |jail garage and headed south out
into the county. ‘|. He was heading out to find
{more citizens, good and true, as | prospective jurors. The murder trial of Roberl Austin Watts adjourned early yesterday because
{the last of 130 summoned venire-|
{men had been excused without seating a jury.
The stars were out and the car
Senator Calls Probe Group ms: ws:
Deputy- Hogan “pulled back into {the garage with all of the names on a list of 40 more veniremen {checked off.
jdriven so far, summoning eR {who cannot be reached hy
time
RET
= Afgbmenis Ended,
Sander Case Today
100 Starving Children Aided In Farm Camp
Mass Destitution to
PHOENIX, Ariz, Mar. 9 (UP)—One hundred children were found starving to death|
That made a total of 490 miles in a farm labor camp near |
here and authorities rushed|
)__Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R. Phone, since the trial got under food today in an attempt to Federal Judge Sylvester Ryan Wis.) accused a Senate investigating group today of being “a tool way Monday.
ing Statements “unworthy of a
GOP- Unit Opens
Attack on ‘Bosses’
Says Innis Ruled By Small Clique
By NOBLE REED
A campaign to- eliminate the next couple of days, but I guess,
“sinister influences of a small
clique. of bosses.” was. announced. As he _ left. Deputy . Hogan, ‘Thompson “said: ~*Many- of “them you see a co-ed?
today by the American Way Republican Committee, In a formal statemdit’ “the
~-Deputy--Hogan's-first-stop-was; [at the white frame house on the 160-acre farm of Harvey Griffis
Sen. Brien McMahon (D. Conn.) sald he was “profoundly in Jackson Township.
It's” Planting Time
Mr. Griffis was just in from|
‘was spread out on the table. Deputy Hogan didn’t have to say a wore, Mr. Griffis knew why | he re. well, I don't know what goo !it will do, but if they want me I | Buess I'll be there,” the prospec-! [tive juror said. “A fellow ought to be getting out his clover seed
that can’t be helped.”
‘handed Mrs. Griffis a pack of, |matches, He's seeking the nomi-| ‘nation for sheriff in the primaries, and laughingly says De ° ‘gets in
American Way group charged a little
that the same “‘behind-the-scenes” |
Republican voters four years are trying to dominate the again in the 1950 campaign. ~~ hl committee, headed by Glenn W. Funk, former deputy prosecutor, issued an appeal to an GOP| {precinct committeemen and voters {to “rise up during this primary! campaign and throw out this
[clique of bi-partisan bosses Hnked
{to the liquor interests.” The American Way charged]
that the new county GOP chair-|
man, John (Jack) Innis, shortly] after his election a year ago, “promptly surrendered all of his|
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| It“was pretty ig the same ‘he dictators who were repudiated by: as Deputy Hogan made his cir-| {
joaie around the prosperous south-
lana farm country where and television Tame
lone side by side against the) |skyline.
| There were no formal jury!
papers, just the verbal instructions to ‘‘come on in at 9 o’cloc tomorrow.” Finds Doors ‘Barred’ At a couple of houses, men who recognized Deputy Hogan and {guessed his mission, laughingly {held the door shut and told him to “stay out.” When-he stopped at Ray Murray's garage and asked where Ray, | was, a group of by-standers called | lout, that Ray had “gone home.” At the same time they gestured | |meaningfully to one man in the
group.
Nobody tried to get out of jury|
duty, but a lot of them told the| [deputy they knew it would be “a [trip for nothing.” {~The long parade of prospective |jurors continued in the court] room today and both Iseemed farther away from a jury {than ever. Twenty of the spe|cial panel of 40 jurors had been |questioned - and excused before {noon. .. . {| The ‘majority of these were ex|cused because they said they had
ft. At one time yesterday, the [ney said they had made up their. | minds numbered 48.
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‘save them.
The families in the camp are destitute because a freeze spoiled {the crops, throwing them out of] work.
One father was selling his!
chores, warming up by the big ‘blood to get food for his children. | “Theating stove. The evening “paper” “Many families were living on a!
‘diet of flour biscuits and lard] gravy. Juvenile Officer John E.| Thompson found six children who |hadn’t eaten in 10 days. “This is the worst case of mass |destitutjon I have seen,” Juvenile; {Judge Thomas J. Creaff said, in ordering emergency food and medical supplies distributed in the |
Agricultural Workers |
p. “There are almost 100 children |
Draws Glances |
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Miss Joyce Jones, 1207 Emerson ‘Ave., the ‘campus males like her looks.
IU Men Tell What Makes Them Look
By BOB BOURNE Times Staff Writer
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IU freshman . .. i
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Prosecution Demands | Conviction
on Charge
Of 1st Degree Murder
MANCHESTER, N. H,,
Chief Defense Counsel Urges Jury Return Physician to ‘Life of Community Service’
Mar. 9—State and defense
'made their final arguments today to the all-male jury which “must decide whether Dr. Hermann N. Sander committed murder when he injected air into the body of a patient
\dyi ing of cancer,
Prosecutor William L. Phinney said he did—because no
Todd Again Up for
Disputed Parole |
Buries 1948 Sandal -
Sentence Commutation
Gov. Schricker today virtually! closed out the parole scandal of] 1948 by commuting the robbery
matter how close: to -death (Mrs. Abbie Borroto was, she,
Jalive and no person has a |
right to “take “the law into his own hands.” ‘But white-haired Louis. E. Wya chief defense counsel. said ‘he didn’t commit murder-—because
Mrs. Borroto already: “Was dead foci;
“When —his_oHent acted--“irrations—-ally” hypodermic needle in hand, “Arguments Ended
The opposing lawyers completed eir argumerits at 11:25 a. m.
{sentence of one of the principal| (Indianapolis Time) and Superior
{convicts involved.
Judge Harold E. Wescott re-
Acting on the recommendation cessed court for luncheon.
{of the Clemency Commission, he! made Carl Todd eligible for early
BLOOMINGTON, Mar. 9—“Do Parole. A former parole had been | tire for its deliberations soon
He will later charge the jury and should take no longer than ian hour. Thus the jury will re-
lin. 4 starvation condition,” Mr. You stop, look, and listen, when | {revoked by former Gov, Gates in afterward.
have distended abdomens.” Fund. ‘Swamped’ (for. most of 30 days, he said. "One father said the
0 farm for 16 miles seeking work. He didn't get any.
state relief. The
“swamped. ” Local carried some on credit but said they couldn't afford to any more. “The bland and unashamed requests of us for aid are pitiful,”| Mr. Thompson said. “Most of the families have sold everything. They have taken their old cars; {apart and sold them by parts for| | food. | “Now they have nothing.” “Thi camp consists of about 100 one-room tin shacks. None has electricity or running water, Kids All Barefoot | “The houses used to have some crude ‘furniture, but that's all sold now. on the floor,” Mr. Thompson said. “The kids all run around bare-
pretty cold. They don’t go to school, because they don’t have the clothes to wear, “To show you how destitute the! place is, somebody stole the camp safe, but it only had $1 in it.” Judge Croaff ordered a square
‘mediately, and called a meeting]
last dollar] earned was when he and his] wo sons spent a day picking up! cotton that had fallen from One walked from farm/o on
you look at first?” Nearly 1400 Indiana University! ison Bull, itablished. t strides have been made in
Du poe decade jn stressing the. best in female attire.
Most families don’t qualify for, Only 1 per cent said they noticed
community re-\the hands of the girl friends, and| lief fund in nearby Tolleson was {a few more said they noticed the) merchants| {ankles.
Only 3 per cent of the sample were first attracted. by the co-ed’s hair. | Another 7 per cent -said-they {looked first at the co-ed’'s hips,
and an even 9 per cent said they
{first noticed the knees. They ad-| mitted they were not satisfied Mm 'with the present styles in wom-. len's wear. Some Like 'Em Cute Twenty per cent -were honest and said they were most attracted| {by a cute face. The other-58 per- cent frankly, admitted being fascinated by the |way girls wear sweaters. | The information, according to
forwarded to fashion designers {and women
|
clothing manufac-|
sides foot, although it sometimes gets turers throughout the nation.
This has established a trend, théy say. | ‘During the roaring ’'20's, men turned with the turn of the co-ed’s; ankle. In the 30's women's shorts attracted nationwide attention. In the '40’s plungjng necklines
i an opinion as to Watts’ meal for everybody in camp .im- - brought the New Look.-Now, with.
little more than two months eof
More than half of those inter-| {Dillinger gang viewed Were rink to admit that in 5 10 onvivts who engineered the! biggest Brion break in Indiana He asked the jury to return the . > physician to “a life of service” A dozen other terms were com-/t0 the community. including those of tel
“IT "80, What a5 October, 1048, when charges of
|parole bribery broke around the; theads of his administration at
0 males have answered the ques-| ne family of four had no food ion. and according to the Crim-| {that time.
campus humor magsa-|
The Governor dlso commuted | |zine, a definite trend has béen es-| today the life sentence of James specifically includes it in its vere
{conviction on the charge of first degree. murder. He didn't ask | ok the death penalty. In New Hampshire, the death penalty {cAnfot°be assessed unless ‘d jury
[Clark, once a member of the John diet.
thistory in
B
| muted, {other lifers.
Clark was one
Commutation makes!
As for Mr. Wyman—he askéd for full acquittal and vindication.
Gives Explanation ' At the climax of his long dis-
the convict eligible for parole but tinguished legal career, the 71he still must appear before the year-old attorney gave the jury
regular parole board of either this
explanation of why Dr.
the state prison or the Indiana Sander injected air into the body
Reformatory. * Break for Stephenson
Signing of the Clemency Commission recommendations by the Governor also put the final touch to commutation of the life sen-
of Mrs. Borroto- although he be {lieved she was dead of cancer. | - “It was the irrational stab of a man who has seen this agony and suffering over and over again and in final emotion felt he had to insert something—and he did this
‘tence of D. C. Stephenson, one- 4 at that time the soul of Mrs.
time Grand Dragon of the Ku
Klux Klan,
Borroto had: left her body.” f Mr. Wyman spoke softly for
Todd became the center of alabout an hour and 15 minutes in state-wide parole Investigation at'the locked®courtroom ever which the time his former parole was Superior Judge Harold E. Wescott revoked. He had been paroled al'was presiding. ?
few months earlier from
Now everybody sleeps the campus magazine, has béen year-term for robbery. .
an I8-|
Background of Sketches Ashe -gavé his summation, a
The revocation came whe n/middle aged woman among the
Richard Sweet, state prison’s convict, wrote a
known as
letter to
State Supreme Court charging he had been able to “buy” a number background of of paroles, including Todd's, buy/sketches . of the
the 100 hushed. spectators held her most troublesome hands in prayer-like position, her the eyes raised.
Mr. Wyman spoke against a blackboard
cancer-riddled
had been frustrated in attempts organs of the woman his client
{to obtain his own release. prison guards were fired
Two allegedly murdered. for|
They were sketches which had
trafficking between prisoners and been made for the jurors by state
_tomorrow,. of representatives of the fighting. 50's gone. things Are (Continged “6% oat of persons’ ‘excused because the Farm Buredu and the state changing once again. {Gon ok Page tel
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—5 Men Get $64,000
‘Beat Tech’ Is Slogan of Week for Madison Cage age Fans In Bank Holdup |
{. NEW YORK, Mar. 9 (UP)--! { Five men held up. the Long Island City Branch of the Manufacturers Trust Co, today and escaped with
“5 $64,000.
Police said it had not been de-| termined if all the loot was in| cash, - | The holdup occurred at 9:56! a, m., four minutes before “the bank was scheduled to open for] the day. Police said the men apparently had secreted themselves in the building and confronted the clerks when they entered.
Plead Innocent To Holdup Charges
EVANSVILLE, Mar. 9 (UP)
—A man and a woman pleaded |
{innocent today to charges they!
held up a loan company « office and took $1835. + Not guilty pleas were registered in Vanderburgh Circuit Court by Sheldon 8. Kaufman, 28, Cleveland, O. ,and Betty Trivison; 36, Las Vegas, Nev. Judge Ollie Reeves set June 5
for the trial.
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ys defense medical experts.
“There “were sketéhes of eR
I needles delving inte veins, of heart and blood vessels. Mr. Wyman referred occasions ally to notes jotted on yellow paper. Despite his age, his voice was J At “I submit to you that there is
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| ‘+ ¥ ’ Jerry ‘Same, Hospital Reports | NEW YORK CITY. Mar. 9— The condition of T-year-old Gerlald Dunaway was unchanged today. = " There was no new medical in« formation on the Indianapolis leukemia victim. His - mother, Mrs. Ruby Dunaway, said Jerry was “feeling good” and in fine spirits. Doctors at Children’s Medical Service of New York's University« Bellevue Medical Center said they would have no new information juntil another bone marrow test is taken Saturday. y Meanwhile, a second Indianap{olis leukemia victim, Tyrone “Tony” Diggin, under treatment {nere, was also reported uns changed. :
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