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BY ED THILENIUS
Bamer-Herald City Editor -
“Someone turned the sun on at 11:30 last nigh{ — then two
seconds later turned it off.”
That was one person’s description of a startling burst of light
over this city last night that had Athenians worrying about
everything from fireworks to atomic invasions,
Not until the early hours of the morning were fears calmed by~
the weather bureau which listed the disturbance as the pessible
pursting of a huge meteor near the earth’s surface,
The brilliant flash of light which lasted about two seconds
was reported seen i numerous surrounding states, Reports from
such cities as Mobile, Ala., Charleston, S. C., Savannah, and sev=
eral cities in Florida.
Athenians who saw it suffered reactions from amazement to
slight panic. Phone calls poured in at the police station, Citizens
called their neighbors, while the late riders hurried home and
turned on their radios to find an explanation for the strange and
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Superforts Meet Headon At 26,000
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Feet Over Calif.; 4 Airmen Survive
STOCKTON, Calif., Nov., 17.—(AP)—Two Air Force
Superforts collided 26,000 feet above Stockton at mid
night. One fell in flames. The tail of the other fell off and
crashed in the mud.
Four of the 22 men aboard were saved. Seven were
found dead in the wreckage. Eleven are missing.
Air And Sea
Search On
For Bomber
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 17
—(AP)—The biggest peacetime
&ir rescue search in history was
underway today for a lost B-29
bomber which ran out of fuel and
crashlanded in the sea somewhere
near Bermuda yesterday. 20 U, S.
Airmen weer aboard. i
Nearly 100 Air Force, Navy and
Coast Guard planes from +bases
all along the Atlantic Seaboard
criss-crossed above Bermuda’s sur
rounding waters hoping for a sight
of the stricken bomber or bobbing
liferafts.
First search patrols yesterday
afternoon were fruitless.
The last word from the super=
fortresses, whose navigation in
strumente failed on a flight to
England, was a radio message:
Going to ditch in five minutes.
After that message yesterday
morning a U. S. Coast Guard ves
sel heard weak SOS signals —
spurring hopes that the crewmen
had taken to rubbef life rafts
equipped with automatic wireless
distress signaiers.
The plane, part of a B-29 Group
entroute to England from March
Air Base, California, lost its way
when its radio navigation equip
ment failed and it encountered
bad weather. %
The U. S. Air Force, Navy and
Coast Guard, and the Royal Navy
all joined in the search. Planes
came from nine American bases.
A B-29 group returning from Eng
and, and another enroute there
rom California, also were drafted
w.to the search,
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145-MPH Winds
Sweep Guam Base
TOKYO, ,Nov, 17 —(AP)— The
Air Force Weather Bureau report
ed winds approaching 145 miles an
hour battered the island of Guam
late today,
The weather observers said they
managed to get a “freak call”
through to the island after regular
communications went out. They
said the connection did not last
long enough to get damage reports.
Farlier reports from the island,
Where hundreds of American ser-
Vicemen and civilian workers are
stationed, said some buildings had
been blown down. Winds at that
;ime had not exceeded 90 miles an
our,
e CAB BANS WAR PLANES AT NATIONAL AIR PORT s
Air Bases Nearby May Be Closed Down
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17—(AP)
—Orders banning combat - type
planes at Washington National
Airport—scene of a disastrous air
collision this month-—may be fool
lowed by steps toward elosing of
two famous military airfields lo
cated nearby. .
This move to virtually clear the
the immediate Washington area of
military air traffic was reported
under discussion by officials of
the armed forces and eivil aviation
agencies.
A series of reports on near
crashes between military and com=
mercial aireraft in the Washington
area has built up strong pressure
for such mction,
The first siep in that direction
Was iaken yesterday, when the
Civil Aeronautics Administration
ordered all combat-type aircraft—
whether military or eivilian own~
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na;‘: SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Detailed checking eliminated
one survivor report by Lodi,
Calif,, police. The four survivors,
all of the Navy Annex of the
Stockton ~Supply Depot after‘
treaiment for minor injuries—‘
are: i
Lt., Warren F. Sharrock, whose |
home, ironically, is only 26 miles‘
east of Stockfon in the Sierra
foothills. |
Pvt. Keith R. Burns, 19, Boise,
Idaho, apparently the only sur
vivor of the burning plane.
T-Sgt. Frank D. Schmidt, Neg~
ley, Ohio. |
Sgt. Robert S. Kluge, 26, Spo
kane. . e :
The sheriff's office field party
radioed tkree bodies had been
taken from the plane that burned
on a MecDonald Island levee on
tte San Joaquin river in the
delta nine miles west of here.
State Highway Patrolman Bill
Alott said four bedies were taken
from the plane that crashed six
{feet deep in the mud on the ridge
tract two miles north and across
the San Joaquin.
The wings of this plane were
intact, but the tail assenmibly had
collapsed.
Spectators Barrad
A radio from the field party at
this plane ordered all spectators
cleared from the area because of
high octane gasoline fumes. |
Hamiiton Fieid, 25 miles north
of San Francisco, said the plane
that burned was from the 326th
Squadron. The other was from
the 325th. Both were part of the
92nd Bombardment Group at
Spokane, Wash., Air Force Base,
First definite word of the crash,
in a fog, came from Lt. Sharrock.
The lieutenant staggered into
Edward Kenyon’s King Island
fishing resort bleeding from a
head injury.
“The other plane ran smack’
into us,” he gasped.
The Kenyons heard the crash.
They were out looking for the
flames in the fog when Sharrock
arrived.
Two Found
Soon afterward the San Joa
quin sheriff’'s office reported
finding two enlisted men alive.
One was Pvt. Burns, the other
was T-Sgt. Schmidt.
The Lodi, Calif., police depart
ment said its men had picked up
four other enlisted mren,
A. few minutes later a gunner
called into the sheriff’s office, too
excited to give his name. He said
he had bailel ocut of one of the
planes.
Highway Patrolmen and sher
itf’s deputies from four counties
circled for nearly three hours
across the fields and streams of
the délta country before they
found the wreckage of both
planes.
The still burning craft from the
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ed—to stay away from the crowd
ed commercial field. National is
the only civil field in the area
available to large planes.
That move may be followed by
another step. suggested by several
members of Congress, under which
Anacostia Navai Air Station and
Bolling Air Force base in South
east Washington would be con
verted to building sites and park
ways.
Famous Fields
Once among the most famous
military air fields in the nation,
Anacostia and Bolling Field lie
end-to-end along the eastern shore
of the Potomac river directly
across from National Airport.
The CAA crackaown on the op
eration of combat-type airplanes
at National will be felt most by
corporations which use conyerted
bombers as speedy . executive
transcport. 'The military aiso uses
converted bombers to earry high
eerie sight.
Everyone who saw the brilliant flash of light was anxlous te
find someone else who saw it to satisfy his own mind —the
light’s brilliance was that unbelievable, ,
NEAR WRECK
A motorist coming into Athens on the Augusta highway almoss
wrecked his car as a result of the flash, He told this reporter he
was riding along calmly when suddenly it seemed the entire sky
opened up with the brilliant flash. After reassuring himself it
was just a bolt of lightning and nothing more he finish~d his trip
here,
He talked to several people who had not seen the flash and
then returned to the spot on the highway where he had seen it
There he found several other persons who had witnessed the
sight.
He was greatly relieved,
“I thought I was crazy at first. 'm glad someone else saw it.”
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FORTUNE SHOWERED ON “BLUE BABY
The Junior Chamber of Commerce spread the word
around Greensboro, N. C., that six-year-cld Phyllis
Carter, a “blue baby,” needed money for an operation
to save her life. And the shower of dollars started.
Phyllis and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ford Carter,
’ .
look at some of the letters which had brought $3,193.09
a short time after the Jaycees started their mercy cam
paign. Hours later, the money was still coming in.—
(AP Photo.)
Gov't Move Against
Coal Walkout Seen
Signs Point To Presidential Action
To Stop New Strike Before It Begins
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—(AP)—All signs pointed to
Presidential action today to stop a new coal strike from
starting in two weeks.
President Truman was reported ready to -ask union
leader John L. Lewis and coal operators to submit their
contract dispute to a special fact-finding board for a
pesce plan, S e
In lieu of that method, Mr. Tru
man could invoke the Taft-Hart
ley labor law. The calls for nam=
ing a fact-finding board to hold
hearings and report the issues in
dispute, after which a strike-ban
ning court injunction could be
sought.
Mr. Truman may make his de
cision known at a late afternoon
news conference (4 p. m., EST.)
Officials indicated that he may
propose the special fact board
first, and if Lewis rejects that
idea, invoke the Taft-Hartley
emergency provisions by Monday.
The six-month old coal dispute
was put in the President’s hands
yesterday. Cyrus S. Ching, chief
of the Federal Mediation Service,
reported to the White House there
seemed to be little use in trying
further to get Lewis and the op
erttors to agree on a compromise.
Lewis has asked for more
ranking officers.
Concern about crowded air
lines over the capital reached a
peak after the collision between a
civil-owned P-38 fighter and an
Eastern Airline DC-4 in which 55
persons died Nov. 1. Public hear
ings by a Board of Inquiry ended
Monday.
Since then, Eastern Airlines has
filed three complaints of close fly
ing by military planes. Military
pilots in turn have filed two com
plaints against Eastern, one in
volving 2 low turn over Boiling
and one concerning flight over a
restricted area while vpombing
practice was in progress.
An Air Force converted bomber
also reported a near miss with an
advertising biimp this week whiie
%(lng Vice President Barkley to
Near Miss
The most recent of these inci~
ATHENS, CA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1949,
wages and shorter hours for min
ers. He also wants a boost in the
present 20-cents-a-ton royality on
coal production which goes to fi
nance his union’s welfare fund.
The fund pays for miner’s pen=
sions and insurance benefits.
Coal operators have refused to
boost their labor costs. They have
offered to renew their old miners’
contract. It expired last July. But
the operators are demanding some
contract pledge against frequent
strikes and, also, safeguards on
welfare fund spending.
Lewis called off a 52-day strike
last week. But his truce expires
Dec. 1 and he has broadly hinted
‘the walkout will be renewed then
if his demands aren’t granted.
~ln turning the stalemate over to
Mr. Truman, Ching reported that
‘the disputants seemed even fur
‘ther apart from a settlement than
they were last July.
dents was reported yesterday,
when an Eastern DC-3 called in by
radio to say it had just avoided
colliding with a military beech
craft near Quantico, Va,
The Navy promptly reported
that the airliner was off course,
flying through a danger area where
high altitude bombing practice was
going on. The Navy plane, it said,
flew close enough to the DC-3 to
get its number.
The ban on military planes at
National Airport, announced by
CAA Chiet D. W. Rentzel, does not
apply to planes operated by the
military Air Transport Service.
One such eraft is President Tru
man’s personal plane, The Inde
pendence.
Vice President Barkley uses a
converted 817 bomaber.from time.
to time. Whether the new ml{
applies to this plane was no
known.
“It looked like the sunr had come up In s hurry, You could see
trees, hills and everything fer miles and miles around. It was
#he sirangest thing I've ever sedin, I don’t mind sdmifiing it, X
was plain scared to death.”
A motorist and his wife told how the flash Jlluminated the sky.
CLOUDS VISIBLE
“You could even see small clouds and the sky was a bright
blue just like at high noon.”
One housewife told the Banner-Herald this morning that her
home was shaken considerably last might, She knew nothing of
the flash and thought there had been an earthquake in the area,
Some persons reported hearing a brief geries of muffled ex
plosions shortly after the flash, No other cities reported hearing
this sound and it could rot be determined whether they had any
connection with the flash or not.
Reports from weather bureaus said they believe the meteor fell
between Athens and Charleston, 8. C. However, other weather
men pointed out there is a great possibility that the meteor
burned out before reaching the earth and therefore no trace of it
Arrest Of Three Teen-Agers
Breaks Burglar Series Here
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Youths Confess Five Recent
.
Break - Ins Of Locai Firms
The ar+ * of three teen-agers here by City Detectives
E.E. 1 and Walt McKinnon, jr., has crackesl a re
cent se.. s of petty burglaries, Chics Clarence Roberts re
ported today. :
Three white youths, two from Athens and one from
Crawford, listed their ages as 16 and 17 years, They were
turned over to county authorities this afternoon on burg
lary warrants.
Campbell
Jury Still
(_Z'ONYERS, Ga., Nov. 17—(AP)
—The jury deliberating the fate of
former Staté Senator R. P. (Pat)
Campbell began anew today the
effort to reach a verdict after a
fruitless session far into last night,
The jurors were locked up
shortly after 11 p. m. after a seven
hour attempt to reach a decision
on the charge against Campbell
for the roadhouse shooting of Eu
gene Edwards.
The jury resumed deliberations
this morning but was unable to
agree on a verdict by noon.
Before the jury began its deli
berations, Judge Frank Guess out
lined six possibie verdicts the jur
ors could decide upon for the Oct.
9 shooting.
In addition to a verdict of ac
guittal the judge’s outline includ
ed charges ranging from murder,
with a certain death penalty, to
assault and battery for which the
court would fix the penalty.
Campbell sat calmly through
the trial yesterday with no visible
signs of emotion., His wife and
four song were with him,
He based his defense on the
statement that the fatal shot was
fired unintentionally in a scuffle
at the roadhouse after he earlier
was involved in a minor automo
bile accident with Edwards.
The former lawmaker claimed
Edwards cursed him and Mrs,
Campbell following the accident.
Car Thieves
Active Here
Four attempted car thefts in the
Milledge Heights section last night
were reported today by Chief
Clarence Roberts. All the attempts
were made within a two klock
radius.
Chief Roberts said his depart
ment believes all four jobs were
performed by the same person or
persons. Wires were cut and
switches removed from the cars.
“The results showed the person
or persons to be amateurs at this
business,” Chief Roberts said.
Other than wire damage the
four automobiles were not molest
ed.
WEATHER
ATHE
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and rather cool tonight
and Friday with lowest tem
perature near 35 and highest
near 58. Sun seis today at 5:29
and rises Friday morning at
7:88 o'clock.
GEORGIA—Fair and slightly
colder tonight with frost; tem
peratures 26 to 34 in north, 34
to 42 in south portion; Friday
fair, continued cool.
TEMPERATURE
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AR R il saee ei BB
R . i i DR
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since Nov. 1 .. .. .. .64
,Deficit . since. Nov. L, ... vomspill
Average Nov. rainfail .... 2.74
Total since January 1 ....39.80
Deficit since Jaauary 1 .. 4.36
The youths confessed to five
burglaries where small amounts of
‘cash were missing and considera
ble damage was done to office
equipment. The trio also confess
ed to shoplifting some clothes from
a department store here.
Chief Roberts congratulated the
detectives on their breaking of
the case, terming the burglary se~
ries a nuisance.
“The youths didn't take .any
thing of Ereat value in their ralds
} but caused a good bit of damage,”
the chief explained.
~ The trio told Detectives Hardy
and McKinnion that on the night
of November 6 that they broke in
Stephen’s Case on Broad street and
took two cartons of cigarettes and
$1.05 from the cash register.
On the same night the trio said
they entered the Swindle Ready-
Mix Concrete firm on South Thom
as street. They told officers they
took nothing here but ransacked
the office thoroughly.
On the night of Nov. 11 the trio
said they raided Choke’s Dry
Cleaners on South Lumpkin and
took $4.65 from the cash register.
Two of ‘the gang hit Charlie
James Laundry on Prince Avenue
Tuesday night of this week and
took $9.90 from the cash register—
their largest haul of the series.
- Later that night the same two
entered the Tanner Lumber Com=
pany but took nothing, after ramb=-
ling through the bullding.
The trio also told of taking some
clothes from Gallant-Belk depart
ment store. The date of this erime
has not been determined.
Legislators
Visit DeMolay
Four members of the Georgia
Legislature were guests of honor
of the Frank Hardman Chapter,
Order ‘of DeMolay, last night as
the chapter met to confer the De~
Molay Degree on six candidates.
Initiated into the Order at last
night’s meeting were Doug Bruce,
Tommy Jackson, Tryg Tolnas,
Carroll Milligan, Lane Nicholson,
and Bobby Hamilton. They had
previously had the Initiatory De
gree conferred.
E. R. Martin, Lindale; G. Elliott
Hagan, Sylvania; Emmett Roland,
Wrightsville; and Sam Mathis,
Fort Valley, were guests of the
chapter, and were introduced by
C. O. (Fat) Baker, Clarke county
representative in the legislature,
and co-advisor of the chapter.
Master Councillor J. Y. Nash
was in charge of the meeting, and
Senior Councillor Nick Chilivis
headed the DeMolay Degree team.
Advisor D, Weaver (Dad) Bridges,
who has been advisor to the
Frank Hardeman Chapter since its
charter more than 22 years &go,
welcomed the new initiates.
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Child Struck
By Auto Here
Three-year-old Billy Roberts,
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Roberts
of 383 Hoyt street, was dismissed
from General Hospital early today
after being treated for injuries re
ceived late yesterday when struck
by an automobile.
Hospital attendants said Billy
suffered slight head lacerations
and bruises.
The accident occured near the
intersection of Hoyt and Thomas
streets. Eyewitnesses told in
vestigating Officer Capt. Jake
Porterfield that the child dashed
out in front of a car driven by W.
0. Bobo of College Avenue.
Mr. Bobo stopped his car im
mediately and Capt. Porterfield
said no charges were made against
bim since the aceident was termed
unavoidable. ' Flirbirirrziitiid
Billy was carried so the’l‘ldflpih‘f
by a Bernstein ambulance.
mway ever be found,
COLOR VARIES £
Weathermen sald the meieor was probably the last of the
Leonid Meteor Group which were scheduled to be visible lasé
night. Numerous shooting stars were reported seen before the
brilliant flash,
Reports varied on the color of the flash, Eyewitnesses here ye=
ported it a blueish white, In South Carelina It appeared greem
Other points reported a strong hint of orange color,
Although the majority of persons who saw it were admittedly
scared almost out of their Wits no one would take a cartwheel
for having seen it. It was “A Once in a Lifetime” experience,
The wild versions of atomic explosions, or a Mars invasion
which temporarily occupied the minds of Athenians last night
were slowly dispeiled. Even for those who siayed awake most of
the night trying to get an answer,
Reassurances came with the dawn, The sun rose clear amd
warm over the Classic City. The nightmare was over—this was
just another day.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
New Telephone
System Set Up
. .
At University
A new telephone system with
one cenfrally located switch~
board has been installed on the
University eampus.
The new system and a new
number—46oo—replacing the old
oute will go into effect at 4 p. i,
Friday. There will be only one
exchange inctead of the tweo
now used,
Most extension numbers will
remain the same but a few will
be changed. Installation work on
the new system has been pro
gressing for several months.
A new cable sontaining 100
wires connecting the 150 Uni
versity telephones with the new
exchange in Memorial Hall has
been laid from Broad Street to
the South Campus Cafeteria.
Rites For Mrs.
Mecßee To.
Be On Friday
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mcßee,
prominent Watkingville regident
and mother of Mrs. Howe Chand
ler and Mrs. W. H. Elliott, both
of Athens, died in a local hosnital
Thursday morning at 2 o’clock.
Mrs. Mcßee was 80 years old and
had been ill for several months.
Services will be held at the
graveside in Watkinsville cemete~
ry Friday morning at 11 o’clock
with Rev. J. S. Hill, pastor of
Watkinsville Methodist Church,
officiating. ‘
Pall-bearers will be Alva
Downs, Hussey Downs, Monroe
Butler, Robert Nicholson, Ferdi
nand Johnson, J. W. Johnson, Ar
thur Berry and Burney Hale.
Bernstein Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
In addition to her two daugh
ters here, Mrs. Mcßee is survived
by two other daughters, Mrs. O.
M. Branch, Bishop, and Mrs.
Frank Ashford, Watkinsville; sis
ter, Mrs. Lawrence Roper, Green~
ville, S. C.; daughter-in-law, Mrs.
B. R. Mcßee, jr., Athens; sisters
in-law, Mrs. Maggie Johnson, Mrs.
Emmett Robinson and Mrs. John
Mcßee, all of Watkinsville, and
Mrs. Alibert Johnson, Baltimore,
Md.; seven grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
A native and lifelong resident
of Oconee county, Mrs. Mcßee
was the widow of B. R. Mcßee, sr.,
for many years a prominent busi=
ness man of Watkinsville. Before
her marriage, she was Mary Eliz
abeth Johnson, daughter of John
Walter and Martha Ellis Johnson,
and was descended of family lines
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REPEAT PREFORMANCE SEEN
Alger Hiss Back In Court
For Second Perjury Trial
NEW YORK, Nov. 17—(APY—
Alger Hiss returns to Federal
Court today for his second perjury
trial.
This trial, like the first one, is
expected to revolve around the
conflicting claims of two men —
himseM and ex-Communist Agent
Whittaker Chambers.
Then central question, Wwhich
produced a deadlocked jury in the
previous trial, is this: Which man
is lying?
Choosing of a new jury to try
to find the answer to.this question
is expected to get underway speed
ity, in as much as a series of
pre-trial defense motions already
have been disposed of.
The setting of the trial is the
samé room at the Federal Court
house on Foiey Square where a
jury last July 8 reported itself un
able to agree on Hiss’ guilt or in
n“e‘”,f~f~'t;,uew."r-;,, ¥E R
- /Hiss, now 45, was indicted by an
espionage-probing Federal Grand
Jury nearly a year ago, on Dec.
HOME
EDITION
Civic Hall
Litigation
Judge Clark Edwards
Is Overruied By
State Supreme Court
Judge Clark Edwards of Elbert
Superior Court has been reversed
by the Georgia Supreme Court in
the suit of the Athens Chanrbef
of Commerce versus the Mayo®R
and Council of the City of Ath=
ens involving Civie Halli, % was
learned today.
Judge Edwards dismissed the
petition of the Chamber of Com=
merce upon the grounds there
wasg no legal basis for it. The suib
will now go to trial unless an
agreement is reached by the cone
tending parties settling the issu:'i
The Supreme Court hand
down a decision in the case on
November 16, trial lawyers here@
have been notified. The text of
the decigion had not been receive
ed here today.
The Chamber of Commerce
lost the case before Judge Edw
wards and an appeal from ‘he
lower court’s decision was made
by the direstors of the organizas
tion with John L. Green, Howel}
C. Erwin, jr., and ‘James Baggw
acting as attori.eys for the pimins
UAITS. %
The Mayor and Council has
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Shriners Open
o *
Big Carnival
Today At 5:30
Hundreds of Athenians and
friends from a number of the sur
rounding towns are expected tg
attend the big Shriners’ Carnival
to he held at the Masonie Temple
of Meigs street this afternoon,
starting at 5:30 o’clock.
At that hour the Shriners and
their wives will start serving a
delicious supper of oyster stew,
fried oysters, pie and coffee.
The Carnivai is being helid ta
raise funds to equip the dining
room and kitchen in the new Ma
sonic Temple and the public is
cordially invited to attend, enjoy
the supper and the carnival feat=
ures and help make it a success.
The carnival will feature a
Country Store, Bazaar, several
reels of film showing the Georgia
Bulldogs in some of their games,
fortune telling and attractive
games with prizes, as well as
other features to make the eve
ning one of complete enjoyment.
15, 1948. He was accused of lying
before the jury, in two instances:
1. When he swore he did not
pass confidential government in=
formation to Chambers.
2. When he swore he had no¥
seen Chambers from Jan. 1, 1937,
until the espionage probe began.
Each of the two counts carries
a possible penalty of five vesre ima
prisonmént on conviction.
The Grand Jury probe and iae
dictment followed a series of hears
ings by congressional investigators,
who listened to testimony from
both Hiss and Chambers.
It was the accusations of Chame
bers, 48, a stocky, former $30.000«
a-year senior editor of Time Maga=
zine, that first drew Hiss into the
inquiry.
Chambers elaimed Hiss betl:gfl
to a prewar Communisé m
Washingion that supplied him wisi
information for transmission 1@
Russia. Zauy AT AR RN D T
Hiss denied the charges tk aghs
out the mves“
trial, Ln
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