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I rr a 52 PAGES 'ir SPORTS tnm it 4 ti1si" THE Atr If I A NEWSPAPER WORLD'S GREATEST Founded June 10, 1847 Thi American Paper for Amirleans VOLUME CXVIII NO. 167 PRICE SEVEN CENTS (E) 1959 BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE TRIBUNE SQUABS. CHICAGO till. ILLINOIS THIS PAPER CONSISTS OF FOUR SECTIONS SECTION ONE TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1959 CTZI i Plot IS CENT UNION BID REJECTED Charges Hoffa Bridges BELTS TIGHT ON STRIKE EVE IN GARY AREA ALLEGES WW" sun. THIEVES LOOT THE LAME DUCK'S CRUTCH to Reds, Says BY INDUSTRY Little Hope Seen by Either Side TRIED TO BUY WIN HOME Ex-Air Chief BY DONALD YABUSH The eve of the impending nation-wide steel strike found Gary steel workers with their belts already tightened and prepared to weather.

the economic pinch. A spokesman for the Gary chamber of commerce said that many Gary residents have' deferred purchases of BY WILLARD EDWARDS Chicago Tribune Press Service IN WINNETKl OFF MONITOR Washington, July 13 Prime Minister Fidel Castro BEGIN BANKING FIRES Chicago steel plants begin banking furnaces as strike nears. Story on Page 2. has swung i Take Securities the so-called big ticket Lawyer Reveals $150,000 Offer items automobiles, refrig mi fU erators, television sets, and and Jewelry over to the communist movement and enyisions himself as the conqueror of the like. Sales of these items, most of which are paid for on instalments, are slack.

Economy Geared to Steel Burglars took securities with a face value of $144,500 BY WILLIAM MOORE Chlcatn TribuM Press Service Washington, July 13 James Hoffa and Harry several Carib- and jewelry i V. I 1 bean coun- By noi incurring such debts, 1 tries Senate valued ai $2,100 from New York, July 13 (5) Steel labor peace talks, revived by President Eisenhower, proved fruitless again Monday in efforts to avoid a threatened industry -wide strike at midnight Tuesday, Mr. Eisenhower's new appeal for continued negotiationsmade after negotiations had been broken off Sunday night resulted in getting the bargaining ses persoul savings have been built up in the community of 176,000, which owes most of its living to the steel mills, Hughston retired chairman of Personal savings accounts in the two Gary banks have Bridges were accused Monday of a plot to get rid of Godfrey Schmidt as a court appointed monitor of the teamsters union with a 1 A AAA increased to 56.3 million dol ff' trnV1fltriMiiiililln'T1l'IHeliiiitf Diaz -in vestigators were told Monday. The testimony in closed session came from Maj. Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz, 32, former Cuban air force chief who fled to the United States.

Diaz has been denounced by Castro as "the Benedict Arnold of Cuba." Defy State Department Chairman James O. East-. Marshall Field Company, at 966 Fisher lane, Winnet- lars as of last May, compared with 50.6 millions a year McBain sions going again. But they i earlier. It was estimated that! got nowhere.

ka, during week-end, it was disclosed McBain said that of the securities stolen, $5,000 Another negotiating was scheduled for Tues- pounce iilff? mhw Th Chngo Trtbun. personal savings in four sav- ings and loans associations amount to 56 million dollars. Crum pay off to make way for a stooge thru whom Hoffa: could re worth of West Virginia Turn-f land Miss. and members I There was no minimizing, of the Senate internal secur ity subcommittee, who heard however, of the importance of the steel mill payrolls to Gary's economy. The chamber of commerce spokesman said that a strike would cut 80 per cent' of Gary's total payroll, which amounts to 23 million dollars a month.

day morning but neither side expressed any hope' that a walkout could be avoided. Reject 15 Cent Hike Meanwhile, the industry was well along in shutdown operations to bring the far-flung steel producing facilities to an orderly close before the strike developed. The union. Monday night submitted a proposal, quickly rejected by the industry, that OVERCOAT FIT iFood Sent to: Convicts, pike bonds were' negotiable. FBI Enters Case Because the amount of the loot totaled more than the Federal Bureau of Investigation entered the case, on the probability that part of the loot would be transported across state lines.

McBain told Chief of Police Donald R. Derning of Winnetka that he and his wife left last Thursday morning for North Carolina. lLast Diaz talk under oath for two hours, were so disturbed that they agreed to hear the witness in open session Tuesday. They voted to take this action despite state department disapproval, it was learned. Sen.

Thomas J. Dodd Conn. said the state department withdrew its attempt suppress the testimony' after FOR ELEPHANTlHostages in Coal Mine Altho sales of the big ticket" items waned, those of shoes and wearing apparel Together They May lUSHVILLE inmvvn Picture on page 9 and back page) Petros, July 13 UPI Officials sent food down a coal mine shaft Monday nigift he threatened to make a public transcript the secret Remake History Saturday, a son-in-law, David N. Hagues of 2209 Ash lane, 'nuimuflnni W.L. I gain his status, as union czar.

The story was told to Senate rackets committee by Bartley Crum, New York and San Francisco lawyer, who said was the intended stooge. Thru months of tion, Crum said, he reported every move he made to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Judge F. Dickinson Letts of the United States District court here, who appointed the monitors. Considers Taking Post For some time, Crum said, seriously considered taking the post as a public service, with no intention of being Hoffa's stooge. B.ut his New York law firm forbade him to take the post, Crum after Hoffa had threatened to stop all deliveries of a client, the Pepsi-Cola company, if his stooge caused him any trouble.

Crum said the threat was conveyed to bim by Sidney Barron, public relations director for Carmine De Sapio, Continued on page 17, col. 1 TOO'MILgS "i IGA: ALA. to 95 deiiant convicts holed up in the shaft with three LONDON, July 13 LP) A team of three British sail-makers announced with pride Monday that it has finished Northbrook, checked the McBain home, a one story brick structure, and found hostages. They apparently feared the convicts would making an overcoat for anjcarry out tneir threats to continued at their regular rafe. Situation on Credit Alex Sax, a shoe merchant and treasurer of the Gary chamber, said the real effects of a strike would not be felt for a couple of weeks.

Then, residents will be asking for extension of payment plans and merchants will extend all credit possible, he said. Three years ago, after steel workers were on strike for a week, it was recalled, travel agencies, hardware and paint stor.es, and auto repair shops that a bedroom window had been forced' open. Cellar Safe Opened Two first floor rooms, the eiepnant. I blow up the mine with dyna- The overcoat contains 90; me; i minimal" square feet of canvas, or enough for a small sailboat. master bedroom, and a rec session hearing.

Eastland said1 the evidence directly reflected "a communist threat to the security of the United States the Extraordinary secrecy precautions surrounded Diaz' appearance on Capitol hill. The Cuban witness was heavily guarded by police and questioned in a locked room. he was spirited away thru the cellar of the Capitol while a decoy, a dark skinned young man, was hustled by police thru a swarm of photographers. The Continued on page 9, coL 1J I 35 MILES rUPI Telephotot McDonald discussmg resumption of negotiations over phone with Cooper after appeal from President Eisenhower. and tear gas were posted at the mouth of the mine, the only exit.

The hostages were mine foremen civilian employes who boss convicts in the coal mines operated by the state prison. Foremen Are Unarmed They're a mile and a quarter down inside that mine," Llewellyn said. "We're just waiting to see what' develops because we can't afford to get three men killed if we can help it." A. W. Patterson, assistant state commissioner of corrections, who went down the shaft to confer with the prisoners, ordered the food.

He said he did so because there are a lot of men's lives and property at stake." Submit Grievance List Negotiations aimed at per reation, room had been ransacked, and a safe in, the basement, containing the securities, had been opened, apparently by working the combination, since it bore no marks of violence. The securities, in addition steel companies grant the same approximate 15 cents jfiuu 1111:111 were doing a Dooming dusi- per hour annual contract ness. Joseph Radigan, president of Gary's Downtown council, to the negotiable bonds', consisted of stock certificates in suading the convicts to come said the council is observing The foremen go- into the a wait and see policy, but that merchants believe that if out of the mine, situated a mile from Brushy Mountain State prison, were called off mines with the prisoners unarmed, Llewellyn said a strike comes it will be short. In East Chicago, George Hijack Cuban Arms Plane; Fly to Miami; Seek Asylum Their job is to make safety until 8 a. m.

Chicago time jf-rmmm "sea Marshall Field Company, the First National Bank of Chicago, and Libby, McNeill Libby. Transfer agents of all the firms have been notified or the theft. The jewelry, consisting of Tuesday, Patterson said. Applegate, executive secretary of the chamber 6f com and has a padded cotton lin declined to say what touched off the revolt, merce, said business in the community had slowed down considerably in the last couple ing. It is intended to keep the cold Alpine winds off an Indian elephant named Little Jumbo.

but he said the prisoners had checks." The warden said the prisoners had issued no "They haven't threatened the men they're just holding them," Llewellyn said. Want Confederate Holiday a Sl.iuu diamond ana sap submitted to him a list of gains provided under expiring three-year contracts. R. Conrad Cooper, chief industry negotiator, reiterated that the steel companies have called a halt to granting wage and other labor increases. No Hope for Change The union negotiating team continues in its determination to extract another round of wage and Benefit increases of inflationary proportions," Cooper said.

"Much as we regret the hardships that will result from a strike, we cannot in good conscience be party to another round of the inflationary spiral We have no hope that the union will change its course." David MrHnnnlrl nrect. of weeks. phire ring, a $500 watch, and assorted jewelry valued at History May Be Made Overcoats are not commonly $500, was taken from the THE WEATHER TUESDAY. JULY 14. 1959 master bedroom.

worn by elephants, but neither It was believed the 116 CHICAGO AND VICINITY: E. Germany Sentences prisoners were protesting are the beasts often seen in the Italian Alps. Little Jumbo is going there pretty soon in having to work on the birthday of a Confederate general, 3 Youths as Anti-Reds, BERLIN, July 13 ISLE OF Mostly, sunny Tuesday; chance of a late afternoon or evening thundershower; high, in 80s, except lower near lake; low, in 60s. Wednesday: Partly sunny; PINES an attempt to re-enact the Nathan Bedford Forrest. Mon Three students, all 18 years MAJIZANdloVJ famous elephant crossing by day was the 138th anniversary of his birth and most the Carthaginian general Han old, have been sent to prison for circulating anti-commu lOOJliUf state offices were closed for nibal, who gave the Romans trouble in 219 B.

C. chance of afternoon thun-dershowers. ILLINOIS: Mostly sunny and warm nist leaflets in East Germany. Miami, July 13 vW) A Cuban air force plane carrying ammunition and 17 persons was diverted on a Havana to Camaguey flight to Miami afpistol point Mon-ay by four Cuban servicemen. The four asked political asylum as refugees from Fidel Castro's regime, claiming Communists are making gains in Cuba.

Immigration authorities paroled Can dido Baldrich Gonzalez, 39, Ezequiel Paula Viamontes, 30, Silvia Aquila Entenza, 31, and Homero Garcia Perera, 30, for hearing on their entry petitions. Let Others Leave Cuban Air Force Capt. Juan Montenegro, the pilot; 11 servicemen and one woman, none identified, after interrogation were allowed to take off for Havana in the two engined C-47 which Montenegro was forced to fly here. The four defectors de The reenactment was the state holiday Mining is the main source Tuesday, but chance of scattered dreamed up by a British his dent of the United Steelwork-ers of America, said the industry is making profits to an extent that would finance torian, Prof. J.

M. Hoyte of "general type grievances." They want better food and more pay for mining coal, he said. Convicts are paid 25 cents for every ton of coal they dig out of the prison operated mine. Felons Have Dynamite The convicts, armed with shovels', pickaxes, and 200 sticks of dynamite, have been holed up in the shaft since 7 Monday. The prisoners rebelled shortly after they went to work, grabbed three unarmed mine foremen called for a parley with top state officials.

The prisoners sent Tom Jones, general mine foreman, to the surface but held Ben Davis, 36, Earl Mensley, and Sherdy Bunch, both in their 50s. All are Warden Frank Llewellyn said guards with shotguns canvas and Smith Dungate Manor, Surrey. of revenue for this state prison which holds 704 convicts. In March, 1958, prisoners rioted in a two day frenzy of substantial worker gains with Most historians believe Han been in closed conference with United States Senate investigators. Tell Their Story The fugitives, all enlisted men, told this story: When the plane took off at Havana at noon, they were aboard as air force mechanics 1 i w' destruction to protest a six day, 72 hour work week in the mines.

out boosting prices. Extend One Contract In Granite City, 111., the Granite City Steel company nibal, with elephant cavalry, descended on the Romans by way of 4,500 foot Mongine pass or 6,000 foot Little St. Bernard. Petros is 40 miles west of Knoxville. Three coal mines near the prison are operated by convicts.

destined for service in Camaguey: The plane also carried The Prof Has an Idea Prof. Hoyete thinks Hanni and jthe union extended their contract to July 29. The extension erased plans to start shutting down the company's thundershowers developing ty afternoon or night. Partly cloudy scattered shower or thundershowers likely. TEMPERATURES IN CHICAGO 7a.m..

3 m. 84 11 p.m.. 71 8 a.m. ..69 4 Midnight. .70 9a.m..

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3 Auf 4 Aua, H0 Sunrise, 5:28. Sonset. 8:25. Mnnnset. 1:27 a.

Wednesday. ETenint Stan: Yenuf, Man, Mercury, Satara. and Jupiter. for 24 hoar ended at 1 a. July 14: Mean temperature, 75 deirees; normal, 75; Biontb's deficiency, 18; year's excess, 81.

Discomfort Index: High. 75 at 3 p. m. Precipitation, none; month's deficiency. .09 inch; year's excess, 5.42 Inches.

Highest wind velocity, 11 m. p. h. at 11:50 a. m.

from west. Relative humidity, 7 a. 68 per cent; 1 p. 43; 7 p. 47.

-Barometer. 7 a. 30.18; p. 30.15. Map and other reports 9 pat 10 bal' arrived by way of Clapier pass, which jivends its way Secretary Seaton Has furnaces beginning Tuesday.

Terms of the extension were eight rockets and 42 boxes of 20-millimeter sheUs for use, they against anti-Castro forces mobilizing outside the central Cuban city. 102 Degree Fever 7,300 feet above sea level. The zoo in Turin, Italy, not disclosed. San Francisco, July 13 () Secretary of the Interior Fred Granite City Steel is the agreed to lend him Little "We saw our chance and nation's 16th largest producer Jumbo to learn whether it Far more job offers! For the one best job for you, choose from the largest The Tribune prints far more help wanted and employment agency advertising than all other Chicago newspapers combined. A.

Seaton arrived from Los Angeles Monday running a we took it," Gonzalez said. and employs 3,300 steel work of London, who ordinarily make sails and tents, agreed to dp the tailoring. The gar-, ment is ready. They drew .45 caliber pis scribed themselves as anti-communist followers of Maj. Pedro Diaz Lanz, former Cuban air force chief who fled his homeland July 1 after charging Communists Tiad infiltrated the Castro forces.

Lanz, called by Castro a traitor and deserter, has ers. 102 degree fever from laryn could be done. British animal lovers pointed out that it gets mighty cold in the Alps, especially for an elephant. At tne same time, a survey gitis. He is slated to speak before the convention of the Little Jumbo and Prof in bteei magazine indicated tols, disarmed the other servicemen on the plane and ordered the pilot to turn around and go to Miami, the nation's steel-using com The Scottish Flax Canvas Hoyte will tackle the pass American' Water Works asso.

panies don't have as mucr 'Weavers society provided the about a from now. 'ciation..