Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Mondoy february 16, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 23 but jobless figure rises disconcertingly Economy generally healthier than year ago new York a with the Sharp upsurge from recession lows Over  recovery is now proceeding at a More leisurely Pace. This is. Normal. The numerous indices used to measure business showed again last week that economic conditions Are healthier than at this time Las year. In the latest week department store sales ran 9 per cent above last year Power companies turned out 8 per cent More electricity Banks cleared Isle per cent More checks railroads loaded 6 per Cen More freight cars and steel Mills turned out More steel than at anytime in nearly two years. There were a few discordant items. Undoubtedly the most disturbing statistics were the figure son unemployment. The government reported that unemployment in january Rose by 616,000 to 4,724,0130, highest for an january since before world War ii. It was 230,000 higher than in january last  prompted George Meany president of the Al Cio to com ment joblessness is still Ameri Ca s no. 1 problem despite other signs we Are pulling out of this  could hardly be any arguing with this statement although it should be noted that unemployment is Down since last june when it totalled 5,437.000. The Basic trend despite the seasonal upturn i january has been Down since , it appears the Belt tightening undertaken by business during the recession Means Les manpower is now needed to turn out the same amount of goods or even More goods a than before the  presents a ticklish problem in View of the government s commitment to a full employment  Are happier things to look at. In the South about 300,000cloth-Mill workers began receiving higher wages. Several big textile companies announced wage hike last week. Soviets claim 4 4u.s.-Taughtr spies nabbed London a Russia claims its Security forces have rendered harmless several groups of Ameri can trained and turkish spies dropped into soviet , the government news paper carried an announcement bythe committee off state Security claiming that four intelligence agents had been captured and one  announcement broadcast Over radio Moscow said that two agents identified As Zumela Gil Riza Aidyn ogly and Isa Kamil ogly were arrested in the Georg Ian Republic. Two others were caught in soviet Armenia. They were identified As Kaia mama Domar ogly and Taka Safar Aga Bala  fifth spy Rezak Chaush was killed in an Exchange of fire with soviet guards on the turkish so Viet Frontier the announcement said. It reported also the capture of weapons cameras binoculars com passes and Large sums of soviet Money. The russians did not say when the so called spies were caught. 3 die 2 Hurt in Reno fire Reno Nev. Up at least three persons died and two others were burned severely in a fire  chief Karl Evans said the victims probably suffocated in their sleep when flames swept the grand hotel. Rescuers said a Man and a Wom an clinging to the window Cornice of their third floor room were brought to safety on ladders. Oth ers appeared screaming at the win Dows but refused to jump into the waiting fire nets. Guests Andrew Hertoghe and Amdee Chabot said they were sleeping in their room on the first floor when someone pounded on the door Yelling the place is of  Wall of lire Chabot said when they entered the hallway the flames were Rac ing through the building like a train of  one of the injured was listed in critical condition and the other was reported  Washoe medical Center said it had no been Able to identify either. Trujillo said Given million by Batista Portland Ore. A rep. Charles Porter Dore says Fulgencio Batista the ousted cuban dictator gave $1 million to Rafael Trujillo the dominican Strong Man after taking Refuge in the dominican  told the Oregon United nations Assn. That he Learned about the gift in Venezuela where he spent several Days last week As a guest of president Romulo  said the Money has been distributed to six adv i Tising Agen cies in the . To win friends for Trujillo. When i get Back to washing . Accuses  of receiving robbery loot Washington up a Chica go business Counselor has been re leased in $5,000 Bond on charges of receiving part of the $2,250,000loot from a Canadian Bank Rob Bery. William w. Rabin 52, appeared before . Commissioner James f. Splain who fixed the $5,000 Bon despite an Fri suggestion it should be twice that amount. Rabin posted Bond in Cash from funds he carried with him. Splain fixed another hearing for feb. 26. Rabin was arrested As he stepped off a plane at Washington nation Al Airport. He was accused of receiving $98,000 of the loot in Asaf cracking at the Brockville Trust and savings co. In Ontario last May. His attorney George e. Rosten Sard Rabin came Here voluntarily from new York when he Learned that Fri agents wanted to ques Tion him. Rosten said Rabin received the stolen Bonds in payment for serv ices without knowing they were part of the Bank loot. He has Given the Fri the name of the person from whom he got them Rosten said. Rabin said he took the Bonds to girl Dies As parents spurn medical Aid Wichita Kan. Up nine year old Ann Thomas whose Christian scientist parents never took her to a doctor died of Peri Tonitis from a ruptured appendix suffered Jan. 26, Coroner Dean l. Bratt said. Or. And mrs. Chesley Bru Ethomas reported their daughter s death to Bratt. They said the called a Christian scientist Reader at Kansas City mo., three times the night before her death in attempts to Aid their  Faith prevented any other form of treatment. Switzerland last fall and pledge them receiving $85,000 in Cash in return. Later he said he Learned that one of the Bonds was stolen. He said he tried unsuccessfully to catch the Man from whom he received them. He was shocked. To his Boot when he found out that he had been had Rosten said. Both Rabin and his lawyer declined to say what services Rabin performed to earn a $98,000 fee. Rabin said Only that the work was of an International nature and that he was accustomed to receiving even higher fees for his serv ices. New York agents seize $3 million Worth of heroin new York a Federal and City narcotics agents have confiscated heroin Worth More than $3 million on the illicit Market. More than a dozen raids were made in Manhattan Queens an Long Island and about 25 persons were brought in for questioning. The heroin was picked up in afraid in Queens one of the biggest of the crackdowns according to George Gaffney District supervisor of the Federal narcotics  men and a woman were seized in that raid. Inspector Edward Carey of the police narcotics Bureau said kilograms of pure heroin were confiscated along with equipment needed to adulterate it for retail Sale. He estimated the retail value of the diluted heroin at $3,660,800. He said the seizure climaxed More than two years of investigation into narcotics peddling in the metropolitan area. On i am going to disclose where his Money is and what it is to reused for if the disclosure is not made before  Porter said. The congressman went on to say about Trujillo i definitely feel he faces revolt Ion not Only from inside the Alace. Where it is apparent he Hayost face but also from the out  Porter added that he does no Deal with any revolutionaries but has talked with some of the when they have come to see me and i encourage revolutions against  Reform plan expected As Castro takes Post Havana a Fidel Castro 32-year-old bearded Leader of Theu b a n revolution that unseated dictator Fulgencio Batista has normally assumed the Post of prime minister. He is expected to push the recovery of stole Money and property illegally acquired by the past regime. Speed agrarian Reform by distributing government land to peas ants inaugurate a program to ease unemployment. Hasten a reorganization of the government and the army. Castro has served As commander in chief under president Manuelj Rutia his hand picked Choice As chief of state. Now Castro s Mili tary Job will pass to his brother Raul 27, the Deputy  cubans said the Cabi net s resignation Friday night and Castro s decision to take the prime ministry were due to these factors the Young revolutionaries who swept into Power with a Broad Reform program thought the Cabi net was moving too slowly. Castro had been forced to take More and More responsibilities outside his army Job because everyone in Cuba with a grievance sought him out. Derailed locomotive Parks on family Lawn Laurens Iowa a look ing for a conversation piece for Home the Herbert Delano family has one that is causing More conversation than this Northwest Iowa town of about 1,600 has known in a Long  is a 120-ton diesel locomotive of Rock Island a Railroad freight train sitting three feet from theios Kitchen window engine dropped in on the Delano at lunch time and decided to stay for the weekend like an unwanted relative. It s just like living in a fishbowl having that thing Here said mrs. Delano. Hundreds of people from All Over this area have Bee coming Here. The Jam of visitors wore paths around our  mrs. Delano and three of her five children were at Home when the guest popped in a broken rail apparently caused several cars of the freight train to Jackknife and sent the engine rolling Down an eight foot incline and into the Delano Yard. The Railroad said it will l about 50 feet of track from the Yard to the Branch line and Start the locomotive on its Way. In the meantime the Delano plan for an even bigger outpouring of curiosity seekers. A portent of declining food costs came out of the livestock Market in Chicago where hog prices san to the lowest level in two years. A big Supply of cattle also is build ing up in the country. The Prospect of lower Oil prices was enhanced when British Petroleum co., Ltd. Cut the prices of Mideast crude Oil. Previously there had been cuts in parts of the . And in Venezuela. An interesting Ami perhaps significant comment came from an unexpected source. Marcus Aurel ius administrative vice president of . Steel co., suggested some thins ought to be done to Iron out the peaks and valleys of business cycles particularly As they Are caused by inventory buildups and liquidation. Anything that we in do to temper the inventory Cycle cannot but add to Tjie economic Well being of our nation the steel executive said. He made no Concrete suggestions but even thinking along these lines is a Long Way from the let or rip policy associated with the old time steel Barons. Briefly Over the business scene private air plane buyers paid a average of $21,048 for their planes last year. Gone Goose thereat Northern Railroad will soon end the run of a train betwee Williston n.d., and Richey mont., known locally As the Goose. Check handlers at the Federal re serve Bank of new York were bus this week drying out $21 million Worth of checks. The checks were recovered from the East River where they crashed with an Amer ican airlines Airliner feb. 3. Quote of the week by Walte Reuther president of the Al Cio United Auto workers if the Stock Market goes up a great Deal that s a shuffling of papers. It does t build any steel mills.". Here s a company that likes to get into hot water a. O. Smith corp s per Maglas division said its ship ments of hot water Heaters in january set a record for the month. Four Black mice completed tests at the school of aviation re search at Randolph air Force base tex., and Are now ready to be the first space travellers to orbit the world in a . Vehicle. Andean Peak conquered Buenos Aires a an italian austrian expedition has conquered the andean Peak Cerro Torre for the first time but aus Trian climber ton Egger lost his life during the descent according to information reaching Here. 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