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ID Home Edition The Newspaper That Serves Its Readers PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL LXX NO 13 EL PASO TEXAS MONDAY JANUARY 16 1950 BBUVBBD BT CAKBIOI Hi VBK Crockett Pupil First Place Winner in Art Essay Contest Nationalists Would Welcome US Fact Finders to Formosa Chris Fox Manager Of CofC Resigns Says He Will Return 'To Private Life' Chris Fox manager of the Chamber of Commerce for nine years submitted his res lgnation to a board of directors meeting at noon today Mr Fox said ha Is to private life" Hal Daugherty Jr president of the CC said the board will meet next week to act on the resignation The announcement was a surpHse to the directors Notice Of Resignation Mr Fox' notice of resignation: "Gentlemen: This New Year's psst I completed IS years In public life the last nine as general manager of the Chamber of Commerce where I have had the pleasure of working with you those who preceded you and the loyal members of the staff "The years spent carrying out the many duties of the day and your various programs for the Increased welfare happiness prosperity and unity for El Paso and its eltlxensblp have in the main been very happy years and I would like to continue as a member of the group because of the tremendous personal satisfaction your many accomplishments have brought to me I find this impossible and must return to private life as even the most sturdy and resilient cable wears and frays and eventually is incapable of carrying its maximum and required load Effective April 1 and with much regret I herewith submit to you my resignation to become effective on or before April 1 1050 courage spirit and unselfishness and endless hours of solid effort and planning on the part -of your predecessors and you have brought forth many fine accomplishments during the past decade which will remain ns a monument to your integrity of purpose and devotion to your community true course that was set and followed during the dawn days has brought the good ship El Paso through these storms end onto the Smoother waters of today with the sun of future hopes and successes shining full and bright cm Us sails all of this and for all of tbix you can Justly taka great pride "With very best wishes and deep appreciation to you the good members of the staff and the entire membership for the many kindnesses you have shown my family and me I remain your amigo CHRIS Mr Fox said later: presented the resignation after much thought I selected April 1 so that I could help the incumbent president complete his term and to allow the officers to have an opportunity to aelect a new man" Electlona will be held on March 11 SB GRAND The Vincent Rascon Painting "Sandstorm over South El Paso" was presented to Crockett School as grand prize in the Sun Cemival Fine Arts Essay Contest Judy Allan high sixth grade student won the award for tha school Left to right: Lehman in charge of Sun Carnival special events Ray Hopper H7 graduate wno accepted the prize for the school and Judy ings of the Dutch Masters borrowed from tho Metropolitan Museum of Art The Sun Carnival Fine Arte Committee thanks all atudenta who entered the contest especially the large number from Lamar School Parents and atudenta co-operated to make the exhibit which wee held from Dec 28 through Jan 2 at El Paso Technical Institute a success An estimated 10000 persons visited the display The Fine Arts Committee plana to maka the exhibit an annual El Peso event Orlando Garza uw the freedom the Western plains in Mr White He saw the horse master rich in beauty and powerful in strength running from an unknown fear in the oncoming A majority of tho atudenta showed preference for paintings dealing with Southwestern subjects Mr Lea'i painting White was moat popular of all Second in popularity was Florence McNeil Hardy's portrait of Only two entrants wrote on paint- Russia Boycotts Groups In Row Over China Demand Ouster Of Nationalists Bt OalMd Prou LAKE SUCCESS Jan Russia clamped an all-inclusive boycott on the United Nations today She refused to take part In the first session of tho Little Assembly and walked out of thru other committee meetings The Soviet withdrawal from proceedings began last Friday when Chief Ruaeian Delegate Jacob A Malik walked out of tho Security Council after tha 11-nation group refused to vote tho expulsion of Nationalist China Malik announced Russia would taka no part in further Council deliberations until Dr Tingfu Tsiang and hia Nationalist delegation bad been ousted Red Delegates Walk -In three committee! today Russia again protested the presence of the Nationalists Soviet delegates walked out of tho Special Committee on Stateleesneu and Related Problems the Subcommission on tho Prevention of Discrimination and tha Protection of Minorities and tho Committee on Procedures of tho Economic and Social Council Earlier diplomats noted that tha growing split between the United Statu and the Chinese Communists poses a potential threat to the future of tha United Nations They believed this country will not tolerate Red China's admission into tho United Nations any time soon because of 1U seizure of consular properties Becemes Hot bans For tho first time since before World War II foreign the Administration's write-off of China and Formosa In was emerging a hot campaign blue with shots being fired from both tides Two GOP senators William Knowland of California and Stylos Bridges of New Hampshire demanded that Secretary of State Acheaon resign Other Republican critics did not go that far but they did insist on a complete review of policies in Asia Senate Democratic Leader Scott Lucas of Hlinois had ready answer for all auch criticism political He Mid GOP blasts have become a daily occurence but that "no two Republicans can agree on what we should Ho said ha will continue to remind them at every opportunity that China can ha "raved1 only with American troops tanks and guns LltUs Marshall Flan Diplomatic quarters reported muntime that tho answer to the Communists' seizure of China wu taking shape in the form of a "Little Marshall Tho propoul now being drafted while differing in several respects from tho Europnn Recovery Program hai the him basic aim: To halt the spread of Communism by bolstering tha economic strength of free nations in tha path of tha Rad tide The Asiatic nations earmarked for aid art India Pakistan Slam Indo-Chlna Burma and Indonesia Officials believed most of tho aid could be extended under President Truman's program to build up backward areas Consul General (X Edmund Clubb reported to tha State Department yesterday that ha had completed removal from Am offleu requisitioned by the Reda at midnight Sunday Peiping time He raid Communist officials had treated him and hia staff and that then had bun no sign of Last Rites Set For General Arnold Lamar Rusk Students Second and Third Judy Allen U-year-old high sixth student at Crockett School was selected first place and grand prize winner of the first Sun Carnival Fine Arts Show Essay Contest Mrs A Norman chairman announced today The contest was sponsored by the Sun Carnival Fine Arts Committee and The Herald-Post Her essay an analysis of Tom Lea's painting White Mustang" was selected by four judgea on tha basis of her keen appreciation Second place In tha contest wss swarded to Lus Garcia of Lamar School and third place to Orlando Garxa an L7B student at Rusk School Picture for Clasareem Each of tho first three place winners will be presented with easels complete sets of oil paints with box and complete sets of pastels for sketching The prizes are ebing donated by the Glidden Paint Co Judy as grand prize winner won tho Vincent Raacon painting "Sandstorm over South El Peso" for Crockett School The painting was hung in her classroom today Judy was impressed with the awesome feeling toward nature which Mr Lea'i painting portrays She admired tha blance rhythm and blend of colors Freedom ef Plains Lus Garcia chose Kenneth My Lambs" as the painting she liked best She admired the semi-modern design and excellent painting technique Above all she thought the portrayal of a mother feeding her baby while her husband tolls in a nearby field la a moat human one Ex-El Pasoan Gets 50 Years in Killing Js Vuttot Prou ROCHESTER Jan The Rev George Hetenyi former El Pasoan was sentenced today to 50 years to life in Attica State Pri-aon for slaying his wife Sentence wss pronounced by County Judge Daniel O'Mara The 40-year-old Amherst clergyman who was itoical throughout his trial here last month showed no outward emotion Judge O'Mara said tha weight of evidence against Hetenyi influenced his decision for tho long sentence Defense Attorney George Skiv-ington said he did not know whether he would appeal The heavy-set balding clergyman was convicted of second degree murder by a Monroe County Court Jury last Dec 16 Victim of the slaying was Mrs Jean Gareia Hetenyi 24 formerly of Oakland Calif whose bullet-punctured body waa found in the Genesee River near Rochester last April Hetenyi was arrested after his wife's body was Identified through fingerprints Evidence against the one-time El Paso clergyman piled up but he remained firm in his stand that he was Innocent The gun used to inflict two bullet wounds in' Mrs Hetenyl'a chest never was found Oooh La La! Paso Claro Hose Created for El Paso's fame has spread to the fashion centers of Peris and our city has inspired new color for stockings Elsa Schiaparelli the famous stylist of 21 Place Vendome has created the new color and named it It la a "beige honey cast" which la on the light aide and it will soon be seen flashing along tha Champa Elyaeex Rue de la Paix Mesa avenue and Mills street Schiaparelli wired Mauriee Schwarts president of the Popular Dry Gooda Co the news: by the heritage of your famous city I havs created especially for you and your good customers new stocking shads and have named It in honor of your city Sincerely hope you and your customers are delighted with this very beautiful color Regards and good wiahei" Mr Schwartz said the Claro" stockings will be on aale shortly Inquiry Would Show Big Defense Potential By CLYDE FARNSWORTH InliH-lmri Msfl Writer TAIPEH Formosa Jan 16 Chinese Nationalist government would welcome a full-dress military Investigation of Its assets and liabilities for the defense of Formosa Nationalist leaders bellevs that such inquiry would disclose appreciable civil and military re forma They believe it also would show a will and rapacity to resistance which Washington la ignoring and would reveal tha modest premium with which the United Statu could insure survival of this strategic foothold against International Communism Surface-scratching visits such that of Dr Philip however open-minded tho roving embassador might will not suffice to picture to Washington what tht Chinese and Formosans are doing to help themselves or what yet needs to bo dona Recall While Paper The Chinese government Is well aware that tha State Department and the Defense Department do not see eye to eye on strategic value to tha United Statex And it was reliably teamed today government leaders here are considering an invitation to the Joint Chiefs of Staff or their represents lives to visit this Island Chinese leaders caught up in a two-day round of bowing and scraping to Dr Jessup privately wonder what purpose of his brief mission Is intended to serve They recall that ha was credited with tho State Department's White Paper write-off of the National government end he waa sent here by a secretary of state who already regards FormoM as doomed strategically unimportant to tho United Statex Strategic Lautlon Dr Jessup arriving yesterday morning was well Insulated from foreign correspondents end Chinese newspapermen until he could be by American military attaches and ECA people here: and gpt his feet on the ground in series of rapid-fire meetings with government officials and For-mosinx Ho Is expected to hold a press conference on tho eve of his scheduled departure tomorrow morning for Hong KoW-Ono simple fact about Formosa scarcely could have escaped Dr Jessup If he noted tha difference between the time of his Okinawa take-off and of his tending hen teas than thru hours later Ignore ReallUu By the same token would have taken Dr B-17 less than thru hours to fly from the Sungh-un Air Field ere to (Confined on Page 18 Cel 4) of In a Mexican Booklet Tells Of Juarez Road An informative Illustrated booklet on the terrain' and cities through which the new Juarez highway runs from border to border is being distributed by Petroleos Mexicanoa free of charge Tha paper-bound edition entitled Juarez-El Ocotal was prepared by tha Mexican firm for tha highway traveler who is given historical background and local color from the International bridge at Juarez to Ocotal on the Guatemala border In the center of tho booklet is a folding map outlining tha route through Mexica Colored scenes of tho Zocalo the metropolitan cathedral of Mexico City and a rustic country scene adorn tho front and pack coven The new highway la described on page one as 2207 miles or 1501 kilometers tong 1 It runs through 12 states of the Republic which contain population of 10 million people The Pemex Travel dub has its main office at Juarez Avenue in Juarez and an agency in the Chamber of Commerce building in ElPasa Favor Tax for Hospitals If Vnltri Proto AUSTIN Jan Id A tax" to raise money for etate mental hospitals wu almost a certainty today Members of tha House Revenue and Taxation Commutes met with Governor Shivers yesterday to devise a "working to place before lawmakers at a special session of tho Legislature opening Jan 51 Seventeen committee members and House Speaker Durwood Man-ford conferred with Shivers The group's spokesman said a majority Mid they would vote on a "temporary to obtain funds for tha hospital The tax would expire at tha end of the current biennium Aug 91 1951 Joe Fleming chairman of Uw committee said definite plan wu reached some mem-ben uld a temporary tax plan for about 925 or 28 million would be needed The multi-million dollar program for Texas state hospitals would set up a leconcf-year operating budget for the hospitals and Inttiite a long-range building plan The Public Health Service's Inspection team which recently sur-(Centlnued on Page Cal 1) Vote Wednesday On New Contract Rejection May Bring New Date for Sfriltt El Paso Union bus drivers won pay raise which today was snarled in secrecy Officials said a bus strike la possible Wednesday at 2 a when bus drivers will meet to vote on proposed terms of new eon- tract which includes the pay raise Union officials say tho pay raise will have to be retroactive to yesterday at midnight when the present contract expired Trace Cancelled Strike City Linn officials ray the pay raise will be effective only whea the company receives a fore In-cruse and tha only retroactive provision will cover today and tomor-w A truee extended the present can-tract through today and tomorrow and cancelled atrlke that had been set for yesterday at midnight William Fare 11 City Lines superintendent said tiie company has agreed to terms of a new contract an if and when Mlsjr Set New Strike He uld terms of the new contract piece additional expense on the company and the company should get relief with a fare ralsx The union has asked 10 cents an hour increase in pay extension ef tho pension system beyond tho ago of 6414 and exteneion of 10-day yur sick teavo plan The truce and propoaed new contract was agreed to late Saturday With the company refusing to make the pay raise retroactive it wu pointed out that bus driven are likely to reject It Wednesday and another date for a atrtkydould act Mayer Fropeud Aadlt The amount of tho pay ralra lg expected to be diacloaed at a City Council-bus company meeting at 7 pjn tomorrow At that time company officials will go before the Council to push for a faro increase and new franchise Mayor Duke today proposed the hiring of auditors to determine if a fora hike for the bus company now la necessary Ho raid the City had auditon recently to determine If the Mountain State Telephone Ca wss entitled to a rate hlka He hit at tha bus company's and policy concerning tho driven' wage hood looks like the bus company is trying to make a wage regulating body out of tho City ho raid Want 14-Cent Fare Bub driven are member of ftho American Assn of Stred Electric Railway and Motor Coach Bn ployu local 1256 (AFL) They began negotiations with the company to a new untract two weeks ago Saturday Frank Ashe federal labor mediator waa called into negotiation susionx Bua driven test year got 16 cents an hour wags increase Ne Encouragement Pena union president raid union and company officiate agreed not to disdoora terms of tho new (Continued on Page 18 CoL 8) Many Fingers In Subsidy Pie The Federal Gere rum ent by dh rut subsidy keeps the Mer chant Marine In exMenea This tape the taxpayer's poeketbaek Earl Rlehert Serlppa-noward start writer lift Uw cover tool the enbsldy pie In the first of a series articles beginning today on rage II Inside Your Herald Post 8 Weather Forecast Clear (Details on Page 10) Fago Ann Carr all 14 Comtes 21 Crsaswerd Fnasl He X- Conner lg Editorials 10 Etesnar Roeeevelt 9 Foreign Scene t3 Mar kata 26 Otbmsa 0ilWMlloMM96s 11 i 6a a 8 Bull rrapina OS oaoPIOitS6 IS SMc-lUr Bemarks IIMtMaa Npirti so i i i i If-IT NUlkfffl a a 6 066 It WcmihIi Kiwi si of a 0 Ray Elliott Ray Elliott Runs For Legislature Ray I- Elliott a partner In the Elliott Insurance Agency at 210 North Stanton a treat announced his candidacy for a tala representative today He will run for tha place to be vacated by Woodrow Bun who an' nounced that he will bo a candidate to county Judge Mr Elliott ran for tho same position against tho late Brldgera four yean ago He hu been In the real estate and insurance business in El Paso for six years Ha was former director of the Kiwanii Club and ia a mem her of tha El Paso Insurance Exchange In announcing hia candidacy he uld will represent the people in every problem vital to tha El Paso Mr Elliott is 46 lie his wife and two children ruide at 2431 Altura boulevard The Democratic primary election will bo held on July 22 Sims Farmer Rues for Sheriff Sima Ascarat Park farm er today became the third an nounced undidate for sheriff in the July 22 Democratic primary election Previously Simpson and Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Hicks announced Mr Sims has teen fanning In Ascarale Psrk and the Lower Valley since he moved to El Peso from Raymondsvllle Tex In 1938 Mr Sims is -also employed i deputy sheriff st-lsrge (special officer) under Bheriff Joe Campbell He wu deputy game warden in Oklahoma In 192S-20 Mr Sims is married and Is the father of 11 children Mexico Court Studies Land Expropriation I VoltfA Prou MEXICO CITY Jan 18 The Mexican Supreme Cotut today studied a federal attorney general's office suit to expropriate almost two million acru of cuttle lend once owned by a group of American cattlemen The land located along tha Chihuahua-New Mexico state borders waa expropriated from the Palomaa Land and Csttle Co of Casmalla Santa Barbara county Calif In 1023 Mexico paid a total of 04 million for (he 1914141 acru of range lend Francisco Gonzales De La Vega federal attorney general filed suit to recover the land from Its current Mexiun holders "for the public He raid it wu believed the Americans still retained control of the land through a "dummy" or subsidiary corporation Gar Strikes House A ear driven by Edward Lascano 19 of Anthony cruhed Into a house owned by Silvestre Romero at 1201 West Main street and damaged tha pocch sod front doox SONOMA Calif Jan IB An honor guard stood watch today over the body of Gem Henry (HapV Arnold wartime commander ef tho Air Forco who died of heart attack at his ranch home yesterday He waa 63 General Arnold died quietly and without pain at 7:25 am Hia wife Eleanor waa by his bedside It wu the fifth Arnold heart attack Arnold had suffered since his first one in 1044 A friend Dr Russell Lee of Palo Alto nld Arnold should have retired then things were Dr Lee Mid "and he decided to take hia chances with the rest of the soldiers and went back to Rites Set Thursday General Arnold will be burled In Arlington National Cemetery Thursday Mrs Arnold has asked that no flowers be sent She suggested "that anyone wishing to memorialise General Arnold contribute to the Air Force Aid Society to establish a scholarship fond" General Arnold left four children Lieut David Arnold of March Fielyd Calif Col Henry Arnold Jr of Leavenworth Kanx Capt William Arnold of Banana River Fla and daughter Lola who Is married to Cm dr Ernest Snowden navy flier stationed at Corpus Christl Pay Tribute Newt of General Arnold's death brought tribute from the US military leaden many of whom regarded him ss a warm personal friend than anyone else he was responsible for building the grant American Air raid Defense Secretary Louis Johnson contributed much to tho winning of World War I Ha was a great Anwr-lean We shall all miM Gen Omar Bradley chairmen of US Joint Chief of Staff said he admired Arnold's concept of tho Air Force's mission and his far-aeeing vision as to the part air power wu to play in the General Arnold attended a dinner party Saturday night hia first public appearance since a severe heart attack teat October Aviation Flaneer Ha Joked continuously and made much of the fact It was his night Nevertheless friends thought ho looked unwell Born in Gladwyn Pa June 25 1505 General Arnold attended West Point and was appointed a second lieutenant in the infontry In 1007 He became interested in flying and took his training under the supervision of Orvllte Wright He won hia wings after two hours and 20 minutes of solo flying He wu given pilot's license No 20 During hie career he chalked up a number ef Ho was the first flier to report and regulate artillery fire from tha air first airmail pilot in the United States and wu the first man to fire a machine gun in the air 300 Go Back To Potash Plant Jobs Spot tel to Tho Hertli-Kut CARLSBAD Jan 11 Approximately 300 workers some of them members of the striking CIO International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union were on the Job in three potash plants today and spokesmen for the operating companies expressed confidence that production resumed today on a modest scale will Increase gradually from day to day until output reaches capacity A previously expected demonstration of strikers through downtown Csrlsbad this morning did not develop and workers went through picket lines at the three plants without incident although 100 strikers at each plant appealed to the workers to stay off the Job Most of the workers who went through the gates todsy are members of two minority unions the IBEW (electrical) and IAM (machinists) which voted last week to return to work They will perform their normal duties while hoists are manned by foremen technical men and those of the striking International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union who bowed' to the operators' ultimatum to return to work or lose their Jobs Potash Firms Stage Stunt Of 3 Little Pigs' IHMI to no Hmli-Poit CARLSBAD: Jan Officials of Carlsbad's three potash companies borrowed a page from the story of the Three Little Pigs today to fool strikers of the CIO International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers assembled to watch departure of men for the workings Normally workers are loaded into buses at the bus station here around or 6:15 a and taken to their Jobs This morning at the time and place approximately 300 strikers were assembled They waited well put the normal departure time before they discovered that they had been fooled Company officials had arranged to pick up men earlier at several previously designated places In the residential district Fired Police Captain Returned to Work Police Chief Woolverton has uked tha Civil Service Commission to reduce the Indefinite suspension of Capt Robert Drennan to 80 dayx Drennan was back on duty at Police Headquarters today Woolverton's request will be presented to tho regular meeting of tha Civil Service Commission at 7:30 today Drennan was suspended in September Woolverton charged at that time Drennan was Intoxicated on duty and that ha had left the Police Station without the Chiefs permiuion Drennan'i request for retirement after the suspension was rejected by the Pension Board Also to bt heard tonight is the use of Policeman Lamb suspended last week after he was reportedly drunk on duty Lamb claimed the decision by Woolvsr-ton to fir him was too savara Workman Is Burned Thomson 31 of 7900 Highway 18 received face and hand burns today when ho tripped over pipe in the basement of the News-par Printing Corp building and a butane gu container ho was carrying ignited I had a butane burner In one hand and tht pot on the other" Thomson said I stumbled over some pipes and fell to the floor the pot titrted Thera wu no damage to the budding Woman Flees II Under Kidnap Charge IriimliM hni SAN FRANCISCO Jan The daughter of tho Philippines vice president today wu reported to have flown out of tho country slipping away from a New Mexico warrant In a child custody fight Tha woman 28-year-old Mrs Yolanda Lopez Puckett and Ted Lewin Manila casino operator are charged in Roswell with her ion Robert 2 from her divorced American husband James Puckett 34 Police have bun searching for the couple since Saturday without succeax William Ferriter Mrs Puckett's San Francisco attorney dls-doeed guardedly that aha had left here with the child by transpacific plana He refused to elaborate or to ray what had happened to Lewin Puckett who flew in from Roswell Shturday in pursuit wu skeptlul Tlie Pucketts ware divorced in Reno: Nav last month Tha tether who married the FUlpIna socialite In Manila clslmeo custody id their i Mra Puckett's Reno attorney raid however the divorce decree did not specify who wu to get the boy The boy wu taken from the home of Puckett's mother in Roswell last Fridsy The boy's mother ia tha daughter of Pbilippfnu Vice President Fernanda Lopcx 10000 Letters Ask Funds To Fight Infantile Paralysis Seeking to replenish funds of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis El Paso County today Joined in the nationwide March of Dimes campaign which runs until Jan II Mora than 10300 tellers pointing out tho need for contributions to the polio fund were expected to be delivered to the home of El Pasoans todsy Girl Scouts from troops throughout the city worked Saturday in mailing tha tetters white 40 Boy Scouts under direction of a special activities committee distributed hundreds of coin collectors ia atoret clubx banks and botetei Warren Hoyt campaign director urged whole-hearted cooperation in tha polio driva are faced with the certainty that about 17000 victims of 1040 must ha cared for during moet of 1150: the greatest carryover ca load in the 12-year history of the National he Mid Many of these victims art from Texas and our own ha Mid Mr Hoyt said a great number of volunteers have helped with the extensive campaign work Much of Dimes coin cards- havs been distributed in addition to tho ooin collectors "Msp4BS QURINO HAS OPERATION Mt Anoriotri Prtn BALTIMORE Jan President Elpldio Quirlno of tho Philippines today underwent completely eue-cessful'" kidney stone operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital I.