European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ispa Page 24 the stairs and stripes sunday july 12, 1959 Hoffa face on alleged deals to dupe Union members Washington a teamster president James r. Hoffa is due before the Senate rackets committee this week to answer charges that his teamsters Union cheated its members and took part in a secret strike breaking  chairman John r. Mcclellan dark has reviewed Testi Mony that Hoffa made deals with favored employers and bargained away take Home pay of rank and file , said Mcclellan was ratting arid cheating on these hard work ing  As to Hoffa s often voiced charge t a t the Racket committee is anti Ripin Mcclellan said the real Union busters Are the cheats and the frauds we be sex  charge from Detroit the strike breaking charge came from Wally Butler president of department store workers Union local in Detroit homa s Home City Butler testified that Hoffa s teamsters have been used on a least one secret strike breaking Mission in Detroit to defeat walkout by employees of a bottling  said Hoffa s Union is holding the rest of labor Back by negotiating substandard wage contracts. Employers often cite these con tracts he said in resisting efforts by Butler s Union to negotiate pay  said he has been offered payoffs one for $150,000to merge his Union with the teamsters but has rejected them. Check on Bridges the committee also inquired into Hoffa s efforts to work out an Alliance with Harry Bridges West coast longshoremen s  Goldblatt Secretary treasurer of the West coast longshore men invoked the fifth Amend ment on questions about communism. But he testified the teamsters and the longshoremen have reached understandings to cooperate in some  said the two unions have named a committee to con sult on overlapping problems such As automation and to work toward general agreements in jurisdiction Al and organizational  said the two unions reached a general understanding last april to cooperate in organizing labor in the hawaiian islands. Held hostage with wife child outwits 2 bandits. Kills one Eclectic Ala. A a Small town banker angered because two bandits threatened to kill him and his family shot one to death and seriously wounded the other to foil a Bank robbery Here saturday. The banker 31 year old Ray Backer his pregnant wife and 3-year-old daughter had been held hostage for about an hour before he subdued one of the Holdup me by throwing scalding water in his face and beating him on the head with the robber s own  earlier the bandits kidnapped a policeman and robbed a Bank of $250.Barker, general manager of the Bank of Eclectic killed one of the robbers about 2 am with a shot gun charge in the Chest. He wounded the other already suf Fering from the hot water treat ment with a charge in the  dead Man was identified by papers in his Wallet As James Iron lungs for epidemic in Herter flies Back to talks go tinned 1rom Page i offers no major concessions to rus Ria but keeps the Way open for further bargaining. The plan was reported to spell out the final Steps the soviet mus take if it expects a Heads of state Summit conference later this year. Will meet ministers Herter will meet with the Brit ish French and West German for eign ministers sunday afternoon to work out final details of  strategy. Meanwhile soviet foreign min ister Andrei a. Gromyko flew into in Eva with his old Berlin plan and called for Radical decisions on International problems at the Summit. Health officers Check Iron lungs shipped to Des Moines Iowa by the National foundation 175 cases of polio reported in week triple 1958 rate Washington a the pub Lic health service said a total of175 cases of polio was reported for the week ending july 4aboutthree times the number for the corresponding week in 1958.of the 175 cases 106 were Para Lytic the service  26 weeks of ,1959 a total of 1,030 cases of polio have been reported compared with 650 for the same period in .1958.the increased activity of the Dis ease is evident in All geographic divisions except the new England states where Only a few cases have been reported this year As was the Case last year the Public health service noted. So far this year Texas has re ported the largest cumulative total of paralytic cases 92, followed by California with 89, Florida 61 and Iowa 45. Three states Missouri Arkansas and Louisiana have re ported Between 30 and 40 cases. For use in the polio epidemic which struck Down 70 victims in Des Moines. Topi photo guards fire at Israel boat Cairo up lebanese coastal guards have exchanged fire Withan armed israeli Motorboat in Beirut. Harbor according to Middle East news Agency dispatch. The lebanese authorities Are said to be x investigating How the boat got into the Harbor. Twisters whip East coast waterspout dust Devil hit by the associated press tornadoes a waterspout and Adust Devil similar to a Small Tor Nado churned in a restless weather pattern across the . Heavy Rains in the East were offset by critical dry Ness in the Roderick to Start 11-Day tour of Usa eur today continued from Page 1j commanding officer of the 42d a Typ. Roderick a ill be shown the com plete Corporal and honest John missile delivery system. He will be honoured at usage urho in Heidelberg with a 17-gun Salute. Roderick is slated to tour units of the 3d army div and to Flyte Berlin to meet Deputy mayor Franz Amrehn and maj Gen barks Dale Hamlett . Commander of Berlin. He also expects to visit Copen Hagen Brussels and Paris for conferences before departing for . On july 23. Nor i enlivens mail order so. " Lafayette la. Up the local Montgomery Ward store  largest mail order in his " try but the $302,200 sent to Cove the request for everything from lawnmowers to radios was in con federate Bills,s3\tmrs Helen Harding of weeks " " " "., la sent the Money with  a Plain envelope she Ujj Kph Rej itly was in Earnest about the order according to store Man Ager a. A Bonneau -. He visited mrs Harding and said she refused to Tell him where she got the Money apparently fearing he was up to no Good. The woman about 30, thinks she sent a real Orde with real Money . We re going to give her a portable radio anyway and take $50 of the Money As payment. Well return the rest he said. But Bonneau pointed out his store could not make a practice of Honor Long con federate Money we re giving her the radio Ber cause she seemed so disappointed he said. The Money was dated 1861 West and a hot spell in the North West. Small twisters spun through coastal Virginia and North Carolina causing relatively modest damage before moving out to sea in the Wake of tropical storm Cindy. One Tornado damaged several buildings at nags head n.c., and another raked tin roofs from build Ings on the South Edge of Park Manor in Norfolk county a. Waterspout near Annapolis waterspout sightings off the coast included one near Annapolis my. In downtown. St. Louis a dust Devil lifted a House trailer and dumped it on its Side rolled truck into a Fence and broke All the windows in a factory Gate House. The wind lasting less than five minutes pulled trash 150 to 200 feet into the air and pitched a 5-gallon can Over a 9-foot Fence. Franklin Bray 24, son of a Mont Gomery nightwatchman. His com Panion William d. Hayward an sex convict was taken to Kilby prison Hospital in Monti Gomery in serious condition. The two men kidnapped City policeman Maxie Taunton after ask ing him to drive them out on. Highway where they could hitch hike a ride. He said one of the men whipped out a pistol and stuck it to my Temple and told me he d blow my brains through the Windshield if i did t do what he told me to " " the pair took taunt pm s pistol and ordered him to drive to the banker s residence. At Barker s Home the Bandit ordered Taunton to summon the Bank official to the door by telling him it was the police. They forced their Way into the House and held policeman Barker and the banker s wife and daughter captive. Bray then forced Barker to accompany him to the Bank while the other Holdup Man stayed Intlehouse and stood guard Over the captives. Time lock on vault the time lock on the Bank vault was set to open at 8 30 am and 7bray could t Budge it so he grabbed a sack containing $250 in Nickels and climes. J after Bray and Barker returned to the banker s Home the Holdup Man took Taunton Back downtown j with him to get tape so he could tie the hostages until the Bank vault was opened. Barker said he suggested a cup of Coffee while he and his family waited with Hayward but that  Only boiling water. Return ing from the Kitchen lie splashed the scalding water in Hayward s face when the Bandit held out Hiccup. Then Barker seized the ban Dit s revolver and beat him int submission with the weapon. When Bray and the policeman returned to the House the banker had loaded a Shotgun and was waiting for them at the front door. Taunton opened the door and the jumped to safety As Barker shot Bray in the Chest. The other hold up Man had been shot in the hip a Short time earlier when he refused Ito obey a command from Barker steel negotiators certain of strike Conti Mied from Page 1 offer to increase worker wages another benefits. The Industry confirmed that it has stood solid in refusing to Grant any concessions that would result in wage Price inflation. But r. Conrad Cooper vice presi Dent of . Steel corp. And chief Industry negotiator revealed he has told the Union that some wage and other gains were possible i the Union gave up some existing practices that would enable compensating operating savings to be made. Bohlen threat to quit aired Manila a . Ambassador Charles e. Bohlen definitely i plans to retire unless Given a top level state department Job utilizing his special knowledge of so Viet affairs authoritative sources said Hei e. Bohlen was at the philippine Mountain resort of Baguio and unavailable for immediate comment on Secretary of state Christian a. Herter s news conference Mph ment that he Hopes the russian expert Jilji remain in Testate depart ment. T Bohlen is generally considered1/ the state department s leading authority on the soviet govern ment and its leaders there was1widespread criticism when the a Fel Secretary of state John Fos tev Dulles shifted him from the eni1bassy in Moscow to the Philippi Ries. Two years ago. " japanese explosion kills 4,. Ube Japan a four per sons were killed. 34 , and six reported missing in a chemical factory explosion in Western Hyu Ishu. "