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a a 1 CLOUDY, SHOWERS 77TH YEAR, Yanks Blast 15 MIGs To Set Record Seoul, Korea, -Allled 8a- brejet pilots shot down 15 MIGs today, setting new daily and monthly enemy Jet destruction records and dealing Communist air prestige its worst blow in Korea. The mass destruction of the faster than sound Russian-made MIGs ran the June total up to 74. 1 more than the previous high of 83 set last September. Five famous Korean jet aces led the Sabres into the most glorious their history. And from the day of, blazing air duels, another ace, America's 36th, emerged.

1st Lt. Henry Buttlemann of New York, downed his fifth MIG In 12 days Jabara Gets 14th Cigar chomping MaJor Jabara of "Vichita, Kan. history's first let on his second tour of duty, bagged his 13th and 14th to lake the lead again and pull to wIthin two kEls of the record set by Capt. Joseph McConnell of Apple Valley, now in the Unlted States. Jabara knocked his 13th MIG out of the North Korean skies in the morning, when nine DE the Red Jets were downed, and got the other in the afternoon, when it the Sabres destroyed five more A plucky Canadian, squadron leader John McKay, An RCAF exchange pilot, knocked down a Jet to keep the MIG-massacre from become an All-American show, The 15th MIG cialm went to 1st Lt.

Jimmie Plerce of Milibrae, Callf, It was Pierce's first kill. 13 Previous High The previous record of 13 kills ta one day was set on July 4, 1952, and equalled on Sept. 4 and 12. Today's air battles brought the new monthly record to 74 MIGs destroyed, eight probably destroy. ed and 34 damaged.

The air war almost completely obscured the ground fighting, AR South Korean troops fought savagely to regain lost territory on the cast-central front, Over 11,000 Killed Eighth ormy announced that $111,200 Reds had been killed or wounded in the week of vicious fighting ending Sunday It W8S the highest weekly enemy casualty figure since November, 1951. when 7,500 Reds died and 3,700 were wounded The Sabres started the day oft without expecting to break the 30- day record of 63 when they went up to protect fighter-bombers pounding five rail bridges at Sarlwon. They encountered a pack al MIAs in wild dogfights in the Kangdong area north of Sariwon, and the Red pilots were outclassed by the "who's ho" of AmericAn aces in Korea. Col. James Johnson of Phoenix.

Ariz. who spends most of his time at his desk as commanding officer of the 4th fighter interceptor wing. shot own his 10th to become A double ace. Lt Col Vermont Jarrison of Tulsa, 1 "retread" from World War IT and the "grey eagle" of the Korean war at the age of 37, bagged 1 his ninth. Mayor Invited to TV Premiere at Hutchinson Mayor Joe McMullen yesterday received an Invitation to be A guest at the debut tomorrow of delevision station KTVH, and said that he planned to attend A ceremony is to be held at 4 pin at the KTVH tower and Antenna site, eight miles east of Hutchinson, according to the Invitation sent by Howard Peterson, general innanger of the new station.

Peterson said that mayors of all the communities la the area which KTVH will serve have been juvited to attend the opening ceremony, They will be interviewed along with representatives of the armed forces and other notable persons. station Is scheduled to gO on the alr at 4 pm. tomorrow. See Big Dollar Day Great Bend merchants look for tomorrow's "Fourth of Dollar Day to be one of the biggest In recent months. They pointed out that all stores will be closed Saturday and that preparations for the hollday week end will be added to the normal Incendive of bargain hunting on Dollar Day to alfract a large crowd of shoppers.

Resume Harvest After 1-Day Halt Because of Rain Combines moved back into the state's wheat flelds today AS the 1953 harvest was resumed after 2 one-day lay-off because of rains over the week end. At harvest headquarters, Gilkison reported that cutting has been completed ROW or is nearing completion In the southern half of the state, and has progressed in sarled fashion in the northern half the whole, however, the first tier of counties in the upper halt of Kansas are at the half-way mark in their harvesting operations and the north tier of counties is now getting under way. 17 Offices To Close Gukison announced that 17 vest offices throughout the area where cutting has been completed, will close today They are at Elkhart, Hugoton, Johnson. Minneola, Sublette, Jetmore, Meade, Dighton, St. John, Cimarron, Coldwater, Greensburg, Kinsley, Ness City.

Montezuma and Ulysses. Closing of these offices will leave approximately 30 others still open Glkison has bot yet estimated when he expects the harvest to be completed. However, if It continues its present rapid pace and faces no more Interruptions by rain. the Job should be done for the most part early in July. Few Ground Pileups The harvest office here has recelved "mighty few" reports of ground piling of wheat, Gilkison sald.

He thought that the main reason for the lack of such practices res the scanty yield of this year's crop. "It looks also as If they've been able to find farm bins and portable bins to put most of the wheat an," Gillkison said. "We are just not getting any reports of net Local Residents Hurt in Collision Mr and Mrs. George Bell, 1614 Lakin, are recuperating in a hospital at El Dorado following an accident Sunday night when their car was rammed head-on by A car in which the driver had fallen asleep, Mrs Bell Waa driving home from Neodesha and reported an oncoming auto forced. their car to the side and rammed It.

The Bells were taken to the hospital where Mrs. Bell will undergo ray examination for possible internal Injuries. Bell was expected to be out of the hospital today. No One Injured In Crash of Two Cars No one Was injured in a twoCar crash yesterday afternoon near the Great Bend airport Larry Prince, who investigated, said that Phillip R. Rude, Great Bend, was driving east on highway US50-N and signalled for a left turn to go onto the airport road A car driven by Kenneth Hogler, 30, Deerfield, side-swiped the Rude car Prince said that Rude had signalled for the turn so far back that Hogler decided to pass him.

No charges were filed, The Honeymoon? Alhambra, (UP) deth Flinn, 30, and Roger Oscar Shafer, 23, had nice wedding, but everyone agreed it was too bad the groom couldn't bave been there Shafer was stricken with mumps shortly before the wedding and his best man stood in for him white he recited the vows by telephone Entertainment Galore for City Folks July 4-5 BEND DAILY TRIBUNE GREAT BEND, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1953 3 WITH THE HARVEST post the 75 percent completion mark in Barton county farmers are beginning all aver again with plowing to prepare for seeding of wheat. The large rainfall over the week-end is still holding up the completion of the cutting in this area as was the case on Paul Schultz's land." Schultz is shown above on a tractor plowing up 25 acre patch but he still has aged about 10 bushels to the land is located just south of some wheat in that area to acre this year compared to Heizer and K-96 highway. "Garden City, Here I Come," Rainmaker Notifies Editor Russell (UP) Garden City, can forget apout the drought. The rainmaker is on the wAy L. P.

Weatherford, 35, no home address, telephoned Webster Hawkina, editor of the Russell Dally News, collect from Ellinwood, today that he would start hitchhiking for Garden City right away Weatherford blew. -into Russell last week, Hawkins said, and promised a two-inch rain by lest Sunday midnight. He hinted $100 would be about the right price for moistening the Russell area Somewhat piqued when the hundred was not forthcoming, Weatherford went ahead with the rain "Just to prove that I can" Thursday night .52 of an inch. Saturday night 1.47 inches. Total, just over the -two inches.

As punishment for Russell's niggardly attitude, however, no more can be expected here until Aug 15. Continental Will Start Improved Service Tomorrow Continental Air Lines, which bas been operating into Great Bend for just over two years, tomorrow will double its service to this city with greatly improved accommodations for air travelers. Addition of the two new flights will make it possible for air travelers to go to either Kansas City or Denver with much greater ease. It will also add greatly to the convenience of connections for Great Bend from either of the two terminal citles. The new development will be celebrated with appropriate cere- monies, and the Chamber of Commerce today issued a bulletin to its members, urging that every businessman who can go to the airport at 10 30 a.m.

tomorrow to take part in the progiam. John Smith, special assistant to President Robert F. Six of the airline, will arrive at 10 46 a.m. and will be met at the airport by city officials and Chamber of Commerce representatives. After brief ceremonies, the group will go to the Boulevard room of the Zereh hotel where a lunch will be served in Smith's honor.

Barton Carotbers, chairman of the chamber airport committee, added his appeal to that of the bulletin distributed by the chamber, asking that all members of the organization possible to assemble at the airport. "This is a momentous occasion In the development of our air facilities, and we want to have a respectable group hand to mark the event," Carothers said Former Resident Here Dies in Long Beach Friends here have received word that Charles A. Reichar, 43, of Long Beach, died in a Long Beach hospital Wednesday of last week. Reichard hived in Great Bend from 1943 to 1951 and had been in Long Beach for the past year. Among his survivors are his wow, Kettle, two sons, George and Jimmie; two daughters, June and Judy, all of the home; his mother, Mrs Martha Foos; a SIS tolter, Mrs.

Myrtle Super, and a brother, Edward Reichard. His mother-In-law, Mrs Albert Kerston lives in Great Bend. Services were hel in Long Beach Samurlay. TroubleShooter Gets Cold Shoulder Seoul, Korea (UP), South Korean leaders turned against President Eisenhower's special troubleshooting envoy today and one of: them invited the United States to pull its troops out of Korea if wants to. The truce talks were double deadlocked.

The Communists indicated clearly they would not accept Gen, Mark W. Clark's call for an istice with or without the support of South Korean President Syngman Rhee. It was also made clear that the talks between Rhee and assistant Secretary of State Walter Robertson, the trouble-shooter Mr enhower here to induce Rhee to accept the armistice, had bogged down, There were open hints In high Korean quarters that Robertson lacked authority. "Too many things are being referred back to Washington," one official said. South Korean Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tae said in an exclusive: Interview with this correspondent: "Some persons belleve the United States perhaps regrets its original deision to come into Korea, If that 1s so, and if the United States wants to withdraw, it should say 50 openly and should not try to cover up Its motives by giving other reasons for Its plans Radio Pyongyang, North Korea's mouthpiece, called Clark's request for a resumption of negotiations 1n- sincere, and one of the Communist agencies blamed Clark far Rhee's release of North Korean prisoners.

Rhee, unable to win approval from President Eisenhower's emissary on his demands for mutual security and a time limit on political conferences after armistice day, found his policies growing Increasingly unpopular at home. 3 Hurt in Auto Accident Today Three persons were two seriously, early this morning when their car left highway K-4 5 mile land a half west of Olmitz and smashed into the concrete wing of bridge. Officers said that the driver evldently went to sleep at the wheel of the car and the vehicle left the roadway The accident happened about 2.10 am, At the Holsington Lutheran hosI pital this morning Gearge A Freidenberger, 24, Bison and Betty Calp, Otis, were reported in serious condition. Freidenberger's physician said that he was suffering from serlous chest injuries where the steering wheel evidently struck him. Miss Calp suffered lacerations of the head, concussion of the brain, bruised jaw, chest injury and a deep gash on her The third person in the car was not identified.

He WAS belleved to be from Alexander. Freidenberger was driving the car with the other passenger asleep in the back seat and Miss Calp sitting next to the driver Highway patrolmen measured off 393 feet from the spot the car left the pavement to where it stopped, It jumped one wing of the culvert and smashed into the opposite wing breaking it off, The concrete wing was about eight Inches thick. A photo of the wrecked car is on page 5. Markets at a Glance By United Press Stocks easier in dull trading. Bonds irregular.

Grains in Chicago: On the close, wheat ruled to cents 8 bushel lower; corn to higher; oats unchanged to higher; to lower; soybeans a to lower; lard unchanged to 20. points a hundred pounds lower. Hogs' strong to 25 cents lower, top 26.15; mostly steady, top 27.00; cattle: strong to 25 cents lower, top 23.00. THIS ISSUE 16 PAGES $8 Million For Cattle Relief In Two States MORE THAN 9,000 DAILY PAID SUBSCRIBERS With social and spectacular chtertainment events scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Great Bend and environs, Indications are that most of the city's residents will spend the Fourth of July holtdays at home. The American Legion's Breworks display, a baseball game between the Great Bend Beejays and Boeing Aircraft of Wichita, and two dances will feature the July evneing program.

The ball game will start at 8:15 on the city park diamond and the of the Legion's spectacular firespectators will have a good view works show which will be set off in the park at 9 p.m. Two Dances Scheduled Both the Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold dances, with Al Jennings orchestra of McPherson providing the music the Legionnaires and their tadies at the club rooms, and Tommy Mac's orchestra playing for the VFW frolic at their club from to 1 a Sunday afternoon the VFW present their Micro Midget auto races at the VFW Acres, one mile from the end of east Main' street The time trials will start at 1:20 with the main events scheduled for Sunday evening the Deejays will play Hays the city park in the next to the last contest of the first half of league season, Rodeo at Hoisingion Another' big Sunday event which wIll no doubt attract its contingent of Great Bend folks will be the wild west rodeo to be beld at Hoisingion Many family and group picnics will be held in the park and other community spots, while fishing and golf will draw their contingent of enthuslasts. No community programs are planned in other nearby towns. New Typhoon Is Threat to Japan Tokyo, (UP) A hour typhoon churned across the South Pacific -Japan today, bringing the threat of new storm and flood damage to battered Kyushu island, where torrential rains over the week end caused more than 2,000 casualties. Latest tabulations place t1 the number of flood victims at 492 dead, 952 injured and 749 missing More than 1,000,000 Japanese were driven from their homes.

No American casualties were reported, but late reports said the United States Tomino ammunition depot, near Kokura, WaS "seriously damaged" by the floods. Servicemen's familles have been evacuated from the area. The sun broke through the clouds over Kyushu yesterday for the first time in five days, and U.S. servicemen helped clear away damage and batten down against the threat of new storms. Lt.

Gen Paul W. Kendall, deputy U.S. army commander in the Far East, flew from Tokyo to take charge of disaster rellet operations, and American army units were directed to do everything they can for flood sufferers. Two US. airmen who battled the raging, flood-swollen Onga river in frail rubber boat to ferry 11 Japanese to safety Friday night have been recommended for the decoration for non-combat heroism.

They are T-Sgt. 5am Neiran, Pasadena, and A 3-C Wiltlam Stromer, Marinette, Wis. The Weather Kansas- Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers or thunderstorms southwest and extreme west portion Continued hot and humid. Lows tonight 60's west to 75 east; highs Wednesday generally in 90's. Reds' Jets Better, Wichita Ace Says Advanco U.S.

Air Base. Korea, (RUP) The world's first Jet ace said today he "could make our own Sabre Jets look sick" If he could fly a Communist MIG-15 for a week. Maj. James W. Jabara praised the enemy fighter after returning from today's "turkey shoot" in whlch Sabre pilots a destroyed record 15 MIGs.

Jabara himself knocked down two to bring his total to 14, just two short of the record held by Capt. Joseph McConnell, Apple Valley, Calif, "I'd like to run that MIG outfit up there for 8 week," said the black-haired Wichita, pilot, "I could make our own Sabre jets look sick. "MIGs can climb better than our Sabres and in some way's they perform better," he said. "But most 1 3 1 2 ELTON KUHLMAN TAKES over the gavel from Leonard as president of the Lions club at the luncheon yesterday. Other officers, left' to right, Chet Younkin, Dr.

Albert Schubert, Sherwood Parks, Quentin Dressler, Kuhlman, Mehl, Dr. John Mingenback, Wendell Doonan and Sid Olsen. (Tribune Photo) 6 4th of July Bargains Will Burst Forth On The First- First--Tomorrow Weatherford's performance here attracted the attention of Bob Shelton, manager of the Garden City Chamber of Commerce. Shelton wired Hawkins that Garden City was prepared to offer "a lucrative sum" if Weatherford could repeat his Russell feat for Garden City. "Weatherford, however, had quit Russell and It wasn't until today that he revealed his presence in Ellinwood where he had been "working for a few days to get money, to eat on Weatherfard doesn't claim to a himself Rather, A dupreme being, "the beautiful one," whom weatherford discovered 15 years a produces the rain.

Weatherford sald he was the "contrast man," He added that unless Garden "gets the cash on the line" there would be no contact with the "beautiful one," Seeded Acres Report Shown Approximately 3,400 farm crop reports have been turned into, the Iocal PMA office here, Harold Harms, PMA officer reported today. He said a breakdown of the wheat seeded for the years 1951 through 1959 were as follows: In 1951, 345,530 acres were seeded. In 1952 there were 349,728 acres and in 1953 there were 338,706 acres, an appreciable drop of 6,824 acres less than in 1951. The variation between 1952 and this year's acreage shows difference of 11,022 acres. Issues Warning On Cooler Water Drains A warning was Issued today concerning the drainage of water from evaporative type air coolers into alleys and streets.

Garth Russell, city sanitarian, said that city ordinance number 15, paragraph 4-514 states that cooler water drains must be connected to the city storm sewers if connections are available. If not, the water must be diverted Into the sanitary sewer system. The warning particularly pertains to business firms where water is allowed to drain into alleyways. Russell said several places had allowed water to run down alleyways and Into gutters where it ran two or three blocks before draining into storm sewers. Little Change In Weather Foreseen A cold front was stalled over the mountains far to the northwest of Kansas today and there was no early chance for change in the state's hot, humid weather.

Kansas, which went without rain last night, is expected to have partly cloudy skies through Wednesday but no rain of consequence sprinkle fell this morning at Hutchinson. Pre-dawn lows were rather uniform around the state, tanging from 66 degrees at Dodge City to 13 at Topeka and Chanute. Yesterday's, highs ranged from 91 at Hutchinson and Wichita to 102 at Goodland. Great Bend's high tied inson at 91, and the low was 56. Weatherman Tom Arnold at Topeka predicted highs tomorrow in 95-100 degree range.

harvest. He said that he aver20 bushels last season The (Tribune Photo) Anti-Communist Uprisings Surge To New Heights (UP) -Flares in the coalfieids and screaming women in the cities of- Red Germany signaled 8 new upsurge of anti-Communist rebellion today in deflance of Russian bayonets and Communist promises. The Communist dragnet hauled in thousands of Germans, increasing total arrests in the two-week revolt to more than 50,000, and the Reds promised "speedy trial" and severe punishment of their captives. Report- Uprisings The West Berlin newspaper Nacht Depesche reported that widespread uprisings exploded in the German Area east of the Oder and Niesse rivers, now held by Poland, on June 17 and that unrest continued. Nacht Depesche, said workers clashed with Polish and Savlet troops in at least six cities, stormed food stores and demanded the overthrow of the Red regime.

The main Berlin- Warsaw railroad was cut in several places, the newspaper said, In East Germany proper, the alternate toughness and softness with which the Communists tried to quiet the people falled. In the big cities of the Soviet zone, mobs of housewives were gathering outside government bulldings to protest the recent breakdown in the Red supply system, screaming: want bread for our children!" Food Situation Cricked The food situation in Red Germany has grown critical during the two weeks since revolt flared in So viet Berlin and spread across the zone. Last week, an East Berliner's retion card entitled him to only a quarter-pound of meat, an approxmately equal amount of bread, and -it he was lucky--two pounds of fish. Many grocers could offer onby about two ounces of jam in place of the fish ration Vegetables and fruit were almost! unobtainable, Hunger riats were reported today In Erfurt, Dessa, Halle, Frankfurton-oder, and other key cittes Earlier, the Reds had threatened the rebels with "speedy trials" and severe punishment. Washington, (UP) President Eisenhower today telegraphed tho governors of Oklahoma and Terns that $8,000,000 of federal funds 1s being made available to help cat.

tlemen in drought stricken counties of the two states. Forty Oklahoma countles and 153 In Texas were designated as m- for disaster areas. In Identical telegrams to Gov. Johnston Murray of Oklahoma and Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas, Mr.

Eisenhower said that assistance will be provided the cattlemen by the Agriculture department and Federal Civil Defense administrator. Agricultural department officials were rendy to ship feed Into the parched states, The department indicated the railronds already have agreed to cut freight rates on the emergency shipments, A spokesman said the Santa Fe line, one of six serving the area, may cut its shipping rates 50 percent. He sald William Faricy, president of the American Association of Railroads, assured Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson that railroads will give their "whole-hearted cooperation" to the requested reduction in rates. Shipment of cottonseed meal, cottonseed cake and corn into the areas, reduced freight rates, and establishment of a special federal credit plan to be announced later this week were the main points of the drought relief program outlined by Benson yesterday after A White House conference, The $8,000,000 will come from President Eisenhower's special emergency fund.

New Mexico, ColTorado and Kansas may be includad later In the designated disaster area, but not until formal request is made by the governors of those' states. The federal relief money will be used to reimburse the Agriculture department for the differonce between the bargain price charged ranchers for the feed and the price the department pald for it under price support operations. The board of the Commodity CredIt corporation will decide just what price the ranchers will have to pay. Benson said local committee in each county will pass on applications for the cheap feed He said the feeral funds will not be used "Indiscriminately" to "bale out" those who engage in farming or livestock operations as a "sideline." Ex-Larned Resident Dies at El Paso Larded Mrs. Nancy Conard, former resident here, died Sunday at the home of daughter, Mrs.

Predetta Herington of El Paso, Tex. Mrs. Conard bad suffered a lingering illness. Survivors Include two brothers, S. G.

MacConnaughhay of Larned and Bill MacConnaughhay of Lake Charles, La. Sisters are Mrs. Jim Keeley of Pawnee Rock, Mrs. T. M.

Gregory of La Charles and Mrs. Lee Aaron of Temple City, Calif. A step-mother, Mrs. J. C.

MacConnaughbay, Temple City, Calif, will arrive at Larned by car alter a train trip to Dodge City. Mrs. Herlngton will accompany the body to Kinsley where members of the family will meet the train and bring the body ta Larned. Services are set for 2:30 pm. Tuesday from Beckwith chapel with the Rev.

Chaney, Hutchinson, officiating. of their pilots are no good They lack leadership. They don't have any teamwork. If one of our boys gets in trouble, we'll risk our necks to save him, but they won't do the same for their plots." The 39-year-old airman doubts that he'll ever get a chance to ease his 150 pounds into 8 MIG cockpit "When they first offered that reward ($100,000 to the first munist pilot surrendering a MIG) I really thought one of the Commies would come through," be said. "But now I dont.

I don't think we'll ever get one that way." Jabara flew his 91st mission today and has only nine to go before he goes home, "That's enough," he said. "My wife wants me to come home, and you know you have to be a father to your children sume of the time." Jabara Ls the father of three children. He served four overseas tours during World War I and in Korea. He became the first jet ace IN aviation history when destroyed six MIGs between December, 1951, and May, 1952. He went home, but volunteered last January to return to Korea because "I want to shoot Jabara said he would like to get one more MIG to give a him 15 bills, good round number." But he a added that be wasn't anxious better O'Connell's record.

"I'd be just as happy if I didn't get any more at all, because I've got to get home this time," he said..