2] 2: General-Strik Seattle and vicinity: today and tonight. scattered showers tomorrow. perature both days, 65 to 70 degrees tonight. 52. tonight. Fresh southerly VVinds. becom- southwesterly late this afternoon and (Complete weather report, Pagell. ClOudy with show- Partly cloudy .with High tem- Low Published Daily and Sunday and' Entered as Second Class Matter at Seattle Washington. Vol. LXX. No. 177. MAin 0300 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1947. 3 SECTIONS, 36 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS IS BA 13 AV By Associated Press. BREMERTON, June 26.-e Mrs. Elma Shingle1, reported today that on two different occasions the past ten days she had seen strange,' shiny ?platter-like? objects hu1tling though the sky at tremend? ous speed The first time was in the afternoon either Tuesday or Wednesday of last week and the second time about 10 a. 111. last Tuesday, she said. They Were traveling 'from the southeast, toward the Cascade' Mountains, in a northwesterly direction and a a ently passed overhead toward the Pacific Ocean, add Mrs- Shin gler. ?They were shiny, as though?reflecting' light from a silver 01 highly?polished surface and had no wings. There was just a flash and then they were gone.? By Associated Press. Don?t sell short those strangelflying objects 1"ep01 ted Whizzing over Western Wash- ington, until the returns are all 1n. A flyer asserted today saw one flash over Okla- . ma City several weeks ago. And . carpenter working on a roof in Kansas City reported he saw nine objects shortly after noo'n'yester-. day. He first heard the sound of motors. 1 ?It was about ?ve or six weeks ago, as near as my wife and I can, remember" said Byron Savage, 38 years old. Oklahoma City business man pilot. was standing in my front yard at the time, about dusk, with a little sunlight in the sky, when a flat, disk-like object came across the city from just. a little east of south and was gone in about four or five seconds ?The machine, or whatever it was, was a shiny, silvery color?very big?and was moving at a terri?c rate of speed. Noiseless Contraption ?The funny thing about it was that it made no noise. I don't think it had any kind of internal combustion engine." Referring to a statement by Kenneth Arnold, ?ying Boise, Idaho, business man, that he saw nine objects in Western l?Vashing- ton similar to the one Savage described, the Oklahoma City pilot. declared: know that boy up' (Arnold) really saw them." there Savage said he told his wife, Senate Heeds Veto of Wool I: New Measure By Asshciated Press. WASHINGTON, June 26. The Senate passed a substi- tute wool price?support bill to- day less than four hours after Pres1dent Truman vetoed Con- gress?, initial wool legislation because of its increased tariff and import-restriction sectidns.?The new measure carries out Mr. Truman?s request in his veto message for leg- islation previding extension of wool price support but eliminating the tariff and import provisions of the measure he rejected. The substitute was passed- by voice?vote and sent to the House. Senator Aiken, Republican, Ver? mont, said the agriculture commit? tee, which approved it, "decided it would be futile" to attempt to pass the previous bill over Mr. Truman?s veto. That would have required a two- thirds vote of both Senate and House.? Aiken said the substitute provides merely (1) for continuation of the present wbol price-support pro- gram through 1948 and (2). for dis- posal of wool, stocks now held by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Mr. Truman had contended that the wool legislation he vetoed would have ?an adverse effect on our internaLional relations." The measure whuld have contin- ued government price support on weal at present levels and author? ized, the President to boost tariffs or restrict imports if foreign wool or wool products pushed down' do- mestic prices. ?The enactment of a law pro- V'iding for additional barriers to the' importation of wool at the Very moment when this govern- ment is taking the leading part in a United Nations conference at GeneVa to reduce trade barriers 'VV1ould be a tragic m1stake Mr. Truman said. 'It would be a blow to our lead- ership in world affairs," the Presi- dent asserted in a message to Con- gress. ?It would be interpreted around the world as a first step on that same road to economic isolationism down which we and other countries traveled after the First W'orld W?ar with such disas- trous consequences. arms": 3 0 actiOn.? The veto was the third major one in this congressional session. Mr. Truman previously had vetoed a tax-reduction bill and the Taft- Hartley labor bill. The House up? held the tax-bill veto but both the Senate and House overrode the labor-bill veto, making it 1an 100 Jail. Inmates Give, to Blood Bank One-hundred county?jail prison- ers: donated -blood to the King County Blood Bank this. afternoon. Sheriff?s ?e i 5 trick the prisoners in groups to the bank at Ninth enue and. Jefferson Street. such an shocking waste, says Taber. (Continued on? Page 2, Column 1.) iPage 29' (AdvertiScm ent) .S?ave up to IN 3-1011 1015. 9.511017 32.0111 1?00 ONLY Order Gasco Briquecs now?and save. Ideal for furnace, ?replace, heater, range. Manufactured by Seattle Gas Co. Gasco Briquers acclaimed by thou- 3 sands "next thing to automatic heat.? Order now. ?Many dealers have "pay later? terms. Passes? :Con gress Digest, Public-housing probe shows. All AB ASA By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, June 26.? President Truman declared to- day that he would see that the Taft- Hartley . Labor Act ?is well and faithfully admin? istered.? At the same time the President told';a news conference that the attorneytgeneral is looking into spreading coal-mine. shutdowns with a view to taking whatever action seems necessary or possible. Mr.? Truman said he contem? plates no action at this time. He added that whatever necemary aetion that can be taken willvbe taken. In a formal statement the Presi? dent said that despite his objections to the Taft-Harley Lawthe land" and? 'we must all respect its prmisions" While the President was holding his conference, Capt. N. Collis- son, coal- -mines administrator, said at his office' that ?as far as I can see,'the government is Without a weapon to deal with this crisis? in coal? mining. . . 'W?e Must Do Our Part? Collisson also told repor?rs that the government-is 'Vvithout reasonably current information? for the first time in 20 years?on the size of the nation's coal stock- piles Mr. Truman was asked to com? ment on the spreading. coal walk- outs soon after he received re- porters. At first he said he had no comment. But then he referred re- porters to his written statement, which said there is a ?vital re? sponsibility" on management and labor to comply with the new law ?in a spirit of tolerance and fair play." The statement said ?it is our solemn duty'to make ever, effort to maintain industrial peace under the provisions of the new law,? . 1? and added: ?We must all do our part." Mr. Truman said that. no one is as yet under consideration for two new memberships on the Na?iL. Lewis U. M. W. president, a tional Labor Relations Board (created by the new law) or for the vacant post. of general counsel. He made this comment when asked whether formei Senator Robert M- Lafollette of Wisconsin was being considered forsome labor post. Universal training lgislation got another boost from the President. He still is hopeful Congress will pass such legislation this session. He said he believes it is absolutely necessary to world peace and the welfare of this country. (President thinks voluntary meal: rationing would be ineffective. See Page 3) P. U. D. Group To t' l' n; ourl Hearing The Puget Sound Public Utilities District Association rmday ordered ts legal counsel and Guy C. Myers, scal agent, to petition the State supreme Court for a re-hearing of he court's ruling that the proposed 4135, 000,000 purchase of the Puget hound Power Light Company uroperties by the Skagit County ..U D. is illegal. The purchase plan had been pro? uosed as a test case by the Skagit ounty P. U. D. for 13 districts .eeking to acquire the private tilities. Coupled with the resolution dopted by the association was au- horization for the districts to pro-. eed with an alternative plan if is denied ation of a non-profit corporation 0 buy the properties. ert Hagen, association presi- uent, said the decision was made fter conferences between district fficials, Myers, and New York and hicago financial interests ould issue $135,000,000 in bonds to inance the deal. Hagen added that ?it is clear that he purchase of the properties is hat a majority of the people want nd we intend to use every means 1: our command to carry out that ish in as economical a manner as ossible." Bishop Shayler dies in Los geles. Page 2. As Shipya 262.000 111 rd Workers Join Cool Strikers By As?sociated Press. Work stoppages in the na- tion?s coal fields in protest against the new labor law and a strike at ten East Coast shipyards in a dispute over wages boosted to more than 262,000 the number made idle today. . Curtailed operations in steel mills and railroads and other coal- using industries resulted in layoffs of an unestimated number of work? ers. Steel companies were reported by industry sources to have coal in hand or in transit sufficient for their needs .for .periods ranging from 14 to 49 days, and some al- ready have begun to cut operations to conserve supplies. Smaller steel companies ap? peared to be better fixed than large companies. the source said, but most will feel the coal stoppage quickly. More than half of the country?s 400,000 soft coal miners?an esti? mated 2%,000 were away from their jobs. most of them in protest against the. Hartley-Taft Labor Law. Others said they were ?jump- ing the gun" on the ten- -day mine Vacation which starts at midnight tomorrow Deadlock on Contract More than 40,000 repair and con- struction workers in ten East Coast shipyards, nine of them?owned by the Bethlehem Steel Company, went on strike today, halting work on more than 60 vessels. The walk? out at theBethlehem yards started at .midnight while the. strike against the t?nth yard. the Atlantic Basin Iron Works in Brooklyn, started at 5 o'clock this morning. The stoppages resulted from a deadlock on contract negotiations between the companies and the Industrial Union of Marine Ship? building workers (C. I. O.) The union had demanded a wage in? crease of 13 cents an hour, six paid holidays a year and three weeks' vacation after 20 years. Hartley Denounces Lewis The spreading work stoppage among coal miners held the at- tention of officials in Washington. Representative Hartley, b- lican,? New Jersey, co-author of the New Labor Law. termed John ?rebellious and mutinous citizen." Lewis made no comment. Hartley, asserting that "other leaders of organized labor are showing signs of that same re- bellious activity," proposed adding a. new s?ction to the Labor Act to deal with Lewis and the ?chal- lenge? of other ?union leaders. With the government due to surrender control of the mines on June 30, Representative Landis, Republican, Indiana. second in com- :mand on the House labor commit? tee, said he believes the soft coal operators should ?give in" to some of Lewis? contract demands, re- moving the threat'of a strike. The miners are due to return to work July 8 after their ten? day vaca? tion. Dennis Guilty Of Contempt Of Congress June A United States District Court jury tonight convicted Eugene Dennis, general secretary of the Com- munist Party, on charges of? con- tempt of Congress. The jurors, half of them Negroes, took five hours to reach the ver- dict. Dennis was accused of failing to appear before the House com- mittee on un-American actiVitios April 9 in answer to a subpoena. Louis F. McCabe of Philadelphia, attorney for Dennis, serVed notice of appeal. This might eventually give the Supreme Court a chance to pass on the constitutionality of the House committee, since Mc? Cabc raised that question in the trial. Dennis took the verdict calmly. The maximum penalty against him is a year in jail and $1,000 fine. Mother Freed in Slaying CARTHAGE, Mo., June 26. ?Mrs. Ruth Gilbert Hampton was free today of a first-degree mur- der charge in the slaying of her 6-week-old son last January 14. Mrs. Hampton, testifying yester- day, accused her husband, Tom, of firing three pistol shots into the body of the infant and attempting to kill her. [1311?? 1w AW . A WASHINGTON, June William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. today rejected pleas from member, unions for a a a i the new Taft?Hartley Labor Union Control Law. (The United Press reported high trial Organizations said they sub- scribed to Green?s View.) Green called presidents of the A. F. of L.?s 105 unions to a con? ference in Washington July 9. Green said after an emergency meeting with resident members of the A. F. of L.?s in?uential Execu? tive Council that he thought it "un- wise and inadvisable" to bow.to telegrams and letters from unions throughout the nation askingjhat a general strike be called. Will Fight in Courts .??Instead, we are going to ?ght the measure in the courts and seek to maintain our rights under the bill in negotiations with employ? ers." Green said. The A. F. of -L will organize politically' 'with the purpose of de- feating every member of Congres . who voted for this terrible legisla- tion," the labor leader continued. toward merger'L., adding that further meetings on consolidation of the two big labor groups possibly will be held in the near future. 0n the political front, Green said the prob- ably Vvill have parallel objectives, but that does not mean the A. F. of L. plans to create a separate Political Action Committee like the C. I. 0.. Lawyers to Meet Joseph A. Padway, F.. of L. general counsel, announced that approximately 75 union lawyers will meet here this week-end and pool their ideas as to 'which sec- tions of the law "are clearly un? constitutional." This will be done, Padway added in a. statement, so that "legal con? tests can be undertaken without confusion and without delay.? Lawyers for the C. I. 0. met today with Lee Pressman, general counsel, to study the effect units. The group will report tomorrow to the C. I. 035 51-member executive board. July 5 Made Legal Holiday ln?This Stale OLYMPIA, June Mon C.Wa11gren today proclaimed Jul) 5 a legal holiday. Since Independence Day, July-4, falls upon Friday, and "Saturday has by custom become a holiday for thousands of our citizens," Wallgren said the legal holiday was declared "in order that the people of Washington may have an opportunity more fully to observe the birth of our inde- pendence-" Thus, Wallgren said Washington citizens could "enjoy for three consecutive days the great out-of- doors of the Evergreen State." (The Chamber of Commerce re- ported that Seattle retail stores plan to remain open all day July 5. Public offices normally close on a legal holiday, but county and city offices in Seattle had received no official notification today.) Wallgten followed ?the lead of Oregon and Utah, among other states, in setting aside July 5 as a legal holiday" general?strike in protest- officials of the Congress of Indus- Green expressed the opinion that the new law has hastened moves . w:repho+o. JAMES M. CURLEY (center, dark glasses) FOR DANBURY Boston mayor los tight for freedom SANTA ANA, -Calif., June 26. ?Louise Overell? much? discussed diary popped up again today, just as technical testimony in her trial on charges of slaying her par- ?1an began to drag a bit. ,The 18-year-old heiress' attorney, Otto Jacobs, announced he soon would have a statement relating to the document, reported to have vanished during a search of her parents' palatial Flintridge man- sion soon after they were slain. What it would be or when it would come were points Jacobs de- clined to discuss with new.smen He indicated some' weeks ago that at least a part of her personal ob- servations was in possession of the defense. . Louise and her boy friend. George Gollum, 21, are jointly accused of killing Mr. and Mrs. \Valter E. Overell by bludgeoning them aboard their cabin cruiser the night of March 15, then setting off a dynamite charge in an effort to cover up. The state has charged that parental disapproval of their marriage and a threat to disinherit her from their $600,000 estate was responsible. In the courtroom today. the testi- mony dealt largely with the routine process of establishing officially that the Overells were dead. This wu accomplished by Louise's uncle and guardian, Fred Jungquist Los Angeles real- -estate broker, who identified the bodies he saw in a Two SleepingMen Die in Ranch FIre NEWPORT (Pend Oreille County), June Mc- Donald and Tom Jared were burned to death early today in up- stairs rooms. of the Jared ranch house on Ca?lispell Lake northwest of here. Reports indicated that the house was destroyed by ?ames which broke out at 4:30 o'clock. Mrs. Mc? Donald, who had been sleeping, downstairs, awoke to ?nd the place in ?ames and was unable to warn the men sleeping upstairs. 0pl You?ll Find inside: Amusements Page 16 Hal Boyle Page 33 Randolph Churchill Page 7 Classified Ads Pages 18 to 23 Comics Page 34 Editorials Page 6 Finance Page 17 Hedda Hopper Page 16 Marine Page 32 Dorothy Neighbors Page 30 Obituaries Page 26 Emily Post Page 35 Radio Programs Page 16 Sports Pages 14, 15 Strolling Around Town Page 13 Vital Statistics Page 31 Women?s News Page 28 Overell Girl's Missing Diary Again to Fore morgue as those of his sister, 57, and her husband, 63. There was a. dramatic moment as Prosecutor Eugene D. Williams stepped to a five?foot blackboard and posted highly magni?ed photo- graphs of the heads of the two victims Jungquist was visibb1 af- fected. His checks were white from the pressure of his clamped?iaws. But he walked slowly to the black- board, swept it with a glance and said: ?That is my sister. That_?is Walter Overell.? - Much of the morning session was devoted to C. Louis Baltz, white- haired undertaker, as the defense attempted for an hour and ten minutes to make the point that determination of the time of death is not an exact science. Baltz ac- knowledged that many factors cause a variance among different indi? viduals and that it was difficult to fix such a time within an hour and one-half. Time of Deaths Important But he insisted the Overalls riled at least four and possibly six hours before he began embalming them at 2:45 a, March 16. The dyna? mite explosion was timed at 11:45 p. and the state contends that both were beaten into insensibility and possibly to death before the detonation. Dr. Larry Mathes, Orange County autopsy surgeon, who at an inquest earlier testified that Overell was dead before the blast but that Mrs. Overell might still have been alive, told the jury today that both were dead when the ex- plosion . occurred. Each showed evidence of hard blows around the head and body, which, in Overell's case, he said, were inflicted by the end of a pipe about one-inch in diameter. Mathes performed the original autopsy, but 'since the inquest par- ticipated with other dbctors in a second postmortem after bodies of the two victims had been exhumed. ODAY IN Athletics defeat Yankees 4 to 2. Page ?15. Shor -ett drops five indict- ments. Page 2. CURLEY LOSES STAY PLEA. ON WAY TO FEDERAL Executive Clemency Appeal Not Sent to White HOuse By Associated? Press. -WASHINGTON, June . Mayor: James M. Curley of Boston today was denied pension of his six~to-18-month mail-fraud sentence, and his attorneys indicated they will ask President Truman to save him from imprisonment. Judge James M. Proctor declined to suspend the sentence and or- dered that Curley begin serving it . immediately. But James Leahy, Curley?s at- torney, told reporters after a con-' ference with the mayor in the U. S. marshal?s office that they had 7 been talking about seeking tice commutation.? . "You mean to take it up with the Justice Department, or the President?" a reporter asked. ?Yes," Leahy replied. Only the President has power to, extend executive clemency. The President told a news con- ference, however that no petition for executive clemency for Curley had come to his attention. Curley left Washington by train this afternoon to begin semng his sentence at the federal correctional institution at Dnnbury, Conn. Denying the appeal for'a stay, Justice Proctor said regard the case ?as' ended as far as the court is concerned. think he (Curley) should be committed today The 72-year-old mayor, who had i asked for a suspension on grounds of ill health, rose from his seat and cried out: ?You are sentencing me to Adamantly, the judge refusedto allow Carley even a few days to handle some pending city matters. . The court said Curley can take', up such things as that ?with his keepers Taft-Hartley. Is . Fascism, Say Russ MOSCOW June 26 Tass- A dispatch from New York about the '1 Law in the . Taft~Hartley Labor United States was printed here? . today under the headline: ?Step Towards Fascism." -