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31 Paso Herald HOME EDITION The Newspaper That Serves its Readers PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL LXXIV NO 106 EL PASO TEXAS TUESDAY MAY 4 1954 DCUVHD IV CASUIB IN FU WEEK McCarty Says Foimer POW Convicted Of Herald-Post Writer Wins Pulitzer Prize For War Dispatches 'Distinguished Correct Word to Describe Combat Stories Filed by Jim Lucas (Related News on Page 5) Our Jim Lucas likes to say he Is the kind of war correspondent who looks like Clark ears that But the Pulitzer Prize Committee paid off on performance so Scrlpps-Howard's Jim has won a $1000 Pulitzer Award hie noteble front line human In IrtS' Vy- Brecsrot form line to register in Juerei Blonde Faces Problem After Juarez Divorce terest reporting of the Korean War climaxing 26 months of distinguished service ae a war correspondent" And as usual Jim was on the Job when the award was announced Indo-China where he Is covering the war for The Herald-Post Jim was covering the Korean War in 1952 when he won the Marine Corps Reserve Officers Assn "Non Sibi Sed sward which means "not for self but for country" Korea He was in Korea again last year when he won the Gen Omar Bradley Gold Medal given by the Veterans of Foreign Wars ss "the individual who made the most outstanding contribution to the na tional security" in 1952 But they did not catch up with Jim last December when he was in Washington briefly to receive the first annual Scripps-Howard Ernie Pyle award as the reporter who nearly exemplified the style and craftsmanship for which Ernie Pyle wee known" Jim values all these awards of course But as the ordinary soldier's kind of war correspondent it is probable that he prizes most his honorary membership in the American 7th Division which fought in Korea The official citation declared that Jim had written die-patches "mellowed by common understanding of the sacrlficei and hardships endured by men in the line" Kind ef Cltetioa That the kind of citation Jim Lucai likes to get because he is strictly down-to-earth reporter who ia not much good at being dashing He is at home in a poker game but he ia poor at toning off gallant toasts and then hurling his glass against the fireplace It ie hard now to say bow fit or how thin Jim rifting Lucai Is because he varies Depending on whether he's dieting he weighs 210 pounds or 185 pounds Ha is 19 years old stands five feet eleven inches has a round face and thinning light brown hair smokes king-size eigsretes chain-fashion drinks bourbon When he ie in the United States is he makes hia headquarters at the offices of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance in Washington From a desk littered with military publications he alternately badgers and socializes with admirals and generals picking their brains with a nice selectivity to come up with stories that analyze and interpret the day-to-day operations of the Pentagon Home in Washington Hia home in Washington Is with his sister Mrs Mary Hudson and her two children Pete and Beth Jim once started a vegetable gar- pert Senator Says Ike Wants Asia Back Of Any Move By United Prru WASHINGTON May Senator Ralph Flanders Vermont Republican uid today after a conference with President Eisenhower that Mr Elsenhower will oppose any military intervention in Indo-China unless it has the full support of the people of that area Flanders told reporters that he end the President are in full agreement that the United States can do nothing militarily alone in the Asiatic conflict Be Ie leased "I wu also glad to hear him say that no military action would be taken unless it had the support of the people of the Flanderi said Flanden called on Mr Eisenhower as Secretary of Slat John Foster Dulles headed home from the Geneve Far Eastern conference to report to the President and to Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress Officials said Dulles ia determined to push for hia action" plan to save Southeast Asia from Communism despita recent diplomatic rebuffs Dulles Dm Home Dulles is due her tonight Just week after the parley opened Officials said Dullei has pressing problems which should be handled al home Furthermore they said he did not want to remain at Geneva where he appeared to lend stature to a meeting with Red China whose world position this country dues not want to enhance Russia had a different reason Radio Moscow declared last night that Dulles left Geneva In became dictatorial policy" resulted in isolation at the conference Red Forces Capture Another Strongpoint Amy Boss Made False Statement Stevens Hurls Counter-Charge By United Preu WASHINGTON May 4 Senator Joseph McCarthy produced letter purportedly written by Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Edgar Heaver in 1941 to Army intelligence warning that Ft Mon month J- employe had "direct connection with en espionage agent" By (sited Prru WASHINGTON May 4 Senator Joseph McCarthy hurled a statement charge at Army Secretary Robert Stevens today Stev-ena countered by angrily accusing McCarthy of "changing the of hie questions without notice The exchange erupted at the Army-McCarthy hearing in stormy 18th session which also saw the Wisconsin Republican bitterly embroiled with Senator John McClellan Arkansai Democrat a member of the Senate Investigating subcommittee Stevens testified earlier today that a far as he knows none of 35 persons suspended at Ft Monmouth J- pending security investigations were Communists or had hidden behind the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying McCarthy called that statement "false" He then mentioned Ruth Levine an employe of a private firm doing secret work for the Signal Corps McCarthy laid she cited the Fifth Amendment end refused to testify before hie subcommittee on grounds of possible self-incrim ination Stevens said he had referred only to Ft Monmouth and denied McCarthy's charge "He changed the scene on me without anybody knowing Stevens protested The exchange Interrupted sharp (Continued en rage 4 CoL 1) Youth Loses Life In Flaming Auto Mack McCarty Jr 17 of Brown-wood wee burned to death early today when he wee trapped in hie station wagon following a collision on Highway 80 West one mile south of Anthony Harvey Wakefield 27 also of Brownwood a passenger in the station wagon received minor injuries He was treated at El Paso General Hospital Cruees Car hi Crash Luis Gonzales 28 of Lae Cruces was the driver of the car which struck the left side of young Me-Carty'e station wsgnn according to Deputy Sheriffs Rhoer and Ferguson Gonzales was charged with negligent homicide in a complaint filed in County Court-at-Law The officer said McCarty burned to death when he was unable to get out of the overturned station wagon Deputies said that the only skid marks were made by the Gonzalez car as it slid sideways after striking the station wagon The deputies took statements from witnesses to the accident Car Tamed Over Alfred Munoz 25 of Meiilla Park uid that he met Gonzalez and two other friend and that they got into Gonzalez car and headed toward El Paso "I was sitting up front with Gonzalez when I noticed we were going by La Tune Prison" he Mid looked up and uw a car ahead of us about 80 feet in front I noticed that Gonzalez turned the wheel to hia left to misa it but he must have seen it too late Burned Hie Hands 'I hit the windshield and after I could make out what had happened I noticed the car ahead of us wu turned over end was burning "There wu a man inside and four of ui got together and tried to get it back up I burned my hands while doing this The driver of our car Gonzalez was one of the four trying to raise the burning car" Five-Day Weather DISTRICT IS A few showers over the weekend Temperatures near normal Normal minimum 56-60 normal maximum 79-91 DISTRICT 12 Temperatures will range from 2-3 degrees above normal Normal minimum 43-66 normal maximum 72-88 Little or no rain DISTRICT 26 Temperatures will be from 2-6 Glynn Wolfe Peggy Lou By International Rn-i Service LOS ANGELES May Most women would consider pretty Peggy Lou Wolfe Hirsch's situation Ideal She has two husbands both of whom love her so much that as Inducements to her to stick with them one Is offering her a half interest In a Hollywood hotel 0 and the other is offering a gaa well all for her very own But the 26-year-old blonde went "If Peggy Lou slicks with I'll give her a gas well" started when iiiK on Gl Also Found Guilty Of Collaborating United Prru WASHINGTON' May An Amy court today convicted Cpi Edward I Dickenson of charges of collaborating with hia Com menial captor In Korea and Informing on hia fellow prisoners It aontonced him to bo dishonorably lor barged and confined to hard labor for II year to International News Servlet WASHINGTON May An Army court martial found Cpl Edward 8 Dickenson guilty today of collaborating with the Communists and of informing on one of his companioni ai a prisoner of war in Korea The guilty finding covered both of the remaining chargee against Kickenson One of three counts against him wss dismissed earlier The 23-year-old corporal's luminary trial had been regarded In military circles as a test case that would determine whether prosecu- CpL Edward Dickenson tlons should be launched against others who became known while they were POWs in Korea ll't Hours The eight-officer deliberated Dickenson's case for more than 104 hours before bringing in the verdict The length of deliberation was declared a record for this type of court-martial Dickenson pale from long confinement end the strain of ti weeks of constant presence In the courtroom took the verdict without apparent emotion The court martial panel immediately went back into closed session to consider the penalty Dickenson could be given a penalty as light as an "other than discharge or he could be sentenced to life imprisonment The death penalty was ruled out In convening the court martial The surprise of the verdict wss that Dickenson wss found "guilty a specified and guilty as charged" on the second count of his indictment Informed on GI This was the charge that he informed on Edward Gaither of Philadelphia an ex-POW who testified that he was certain his plans to attempt an escape from "Camp No in Korea were told to the Chinese Communists by Dickenson Gaither said however that he did not see or hear Dickenson informing and that he did not know "of his own knowledge" that Dickenson was the guilty party Guy Emery chief of the Defense Counsel said he will appeal $10 Million Okayed For Drouth Relief to A undated Preu WASHINGTON May 4 President Eisenhower todsy allocated $10 million for relief from dust storm and drouth conditions in Colorado Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas The President's action was prompted by -i request by the Gov-erao-'S of those states after a White House conference last week The governors had sought $15 million Police Clear City Dump of Scavengers There wen no scavangers at the City dump today Employea of the Sanitation Department reported that for the first time in many months the dump was clear They said that Mexican police officers are patrolling the area around the dump end are arresting all persons who try to cross from Mexico to reach The cost of living has reached the point whera people now get only what they pay too much for Troops Guard Braceros Massed In Juarez Park Worker! Flow From Southern Mexico Federal troopa today were guarding a huge crowd of Mexican braceros who have been flocking Into Juarez to seek farm jobs Juarez city officixl estimated more than 5000 Job-seekers have poured into the border city meting serious economic end social problems Nearly all were gathered at Ninos Heroes park in east Juarez where registration of braceros wee started Monday Hundreds Arrive Daily Mayor Pedro Garcia had announced that registration in Juarez would be limited to local farm worken without Jobe or land of their own But hundreds of braceros from interior Mexico were arriving dally by train and buses lured by hope of work in American cotton and sugar beet fields "It ia useleH for (hem to come tn Juarez to register" Mayor Garcia Hid "We are advleing them to return to the south" Soldiers were called out to keep order at the park Only 500 residents of the Juzrea are are being registered each day but thouunda of Job-seekers get in line or stand nearby to watch Vendors of refreshments go up and down the line Sleep en Gfoand Calistro Perez who Mid he is from Chihuhua estimated about half of the braceroa are from the south "Some have a little money tn eat he Mid "Others don't They sleep here on the ground at night" Another brace ro Jose Manuel Acevedo Mid "Conditions are bad in Mexico There is much hunger Devaluation of the pezo has made things worse" Many of the job-seekera have been in the before cither as contract braceroa or wetbacks Some displayed cards show Ing membership in the Mexican Agricultural Workers Assn an El Paso organization that leek to enroll the brsccros Must to Chlhnabiia Since no worken ere recruited in Juarez all who are allowed to register must Journey to Chihuahua City to be enrolled Harold Clinite chief of brace ro operations for the Department of Labor Hid the Chihuahua City recrulitng center will be opened May 17 The Immigration Service today sent Inspector Kenneth Hockett of El Paso to head Its crew at the Chihuahua center -From Chihuahua City those braceros who are recruited will be lent to the Rio Vista Brice ro Center near Yilela where they will be further processed Immigration officers Hid that despite the big influx of job-seekeri Wendt director of the Texas Employment Commission a -nounced today Crew leaders will pick up work-era at the concentration point every day at 6 a except Sunday Child Actress Amazes Elders Kevrn-year-old Susie Waldron creates a sensation as an actress Page 17 Inside Your Herald-Post Weather Bureau Forecast: Fair and warmer (Details on Page 5) Fag Amusements 22 C'omira 27 Cremwsrd Pussto 27 Dr 8 I Conner II Editorials II Forelga Scene IS Ines Rebb 18 Markets 28 Othmee 17 Pegler 18 People I Radi and TV rregrams Side-Bar Remarks II Sports Stokes 18 Womea's News 1411 to Los Angeles Superior Court yes terday for help in straightening out her marital troubles What aha wants is a divorce from husband number one Glynn Wolfe 45 the hotelman to clarify her statue with hubby number two William Hirsch 47 wealthy Texas natural gas dealer and uranium firm executive Both husbands went to court with her and both obligingly kissed her for photographers It wee then that Wolfe Hid: If she comes back shell get a half Interest in my hotel" And Hirsch countered with: Jim Luces den which he abandoned after he had hoed out a whole row of iris in the belief they were weeds Jim returned sadly to his crossword puzzles to become one of the world's leading authorities on the number of words that mean "en Icelandic fishmonger" Jim Lucai wss born in Checotah Okie and got his first Journalistic experience as editor of the high school paper After a year at the University of Missouri he quit college to work (at $12 a week) for the Muskogee Oka- Daily Phoenix In 1938 he joined the staff of the Tulsa Tribune Enlisting in the Marine Corps shortly after the outbreak of World War II Jim survived eight bloody island campaigns as a combat cor respondent and emerged in 1945 as a first lieutenant He won the Bronze Star Medal from the Marines and the National Headliners' Award for brilliant reporting at Tarawa At Tarawa Incidentally he wee listed as "missing" for three days Stayed Ob Jim spent 26 of the Korean War's 39 months reporting the action from the front lines and stayed on afterward to report on the returning American POW His dispatches reflected hie ability to feel the average fear anger loneliness and sometimes despair General Bradley has lauded Jim Lucas for having "given the people back home that touch of the battlefield which is so difficult to convey There are very few men who understand the American aoldier as well as Jim Lures does" The VFW cited Jim's "outstanding accounts of combat which raised morale in the field and gave aid and comfort to the people on the home front" That's Jim Luces When the Pulitzer Prize Committee said hie war reporting waz it used the right word which pita Rutherford 33-year-old State senator against Incumbent Ken Regan of Odessa Mr Rutherford plans to put his campaign in full awing late this month Mr Regan hei announced he will not devote too much time to the campaign ace for Chairman There ie only a scattering of opposition for Democratic precinct committeemen but a two-man race lay ahead for Demo county chairman to succeed Mr Longuemare who is retiring Woodrow Bean former State representative end now an attorney was unopposed until late yesterday when Jose Jesui do Avila who listed his occupation as an editor filed for the post Avila ia vice president of the Mexican Agriculture Workers Aasn which hae been recruiting braceroa in ita membership A hot campaign also looms forj three County commissioners asking for re-election The fourth Fields of Clint ia retiring Commissioner George Fendell facee three opponents for his Lower Valley Precinct 2 berth Commissioner George Carpenter is opposed by Alex Salome in Precinct 1 and Commissioner Wesley Smith faces John Carpenter former commissioner in Precinct 4 Meet Fay by Jane 28 Each candidate has until June 26 to post the filing fee which amounts to 12 per cent of the annual salary of the post he ie seeking The highest filing fee this year is for Justice of the peace in Precinct 7 Both Incumbent James Hot Campaign Seen As Officials Get Opposition Preu TelepMi William Hirsch WoKo Hirsch The mix-up Peggy Lou end Wolfe got a divorce in Juarez in 1952 Their zltomeys now agree that it wasn't legsl which prompted her to sue for a California divorce The ontima dancing teacher then married Hirsch at La Vegas Nev leM than a year later Who wu beat man at the wedding? Wolfe of course In the meantime Wnlfc married Actress Beverly Marsh end liter they too got a Mexican divorce Last February however she sued him in California for separate maintenance and wee awarded $500 a month urn maned prednt officials were to Santa Fe for a recount demand' ed by MaJ Gen Patrick Hurley defeated Republican Senate candl date They've never been paid their expenses for the trip both Hurley and the state contending the other should foot tha bill Light to brisk voting ns reported at Hobbs where election officials were taking no chances on a repetition of 19S2 election practices which were sharply criticized on grounds of violation of secrecy in state polling places vote in the booths or they don't vote" one Hobbs official uid About 30000 Republican expected to take part in the pri- 1 A heated political campaign for most major county and district offices lay ahead for El Paso County today Contested races in the Democratic primary election July 24 had developed today In all but eight of the top 20 positions Voting Machine Troubles Slow Early Vote in Be A Modeled Prete HANOI Indo-China May Vietmlnh shock troopa aeized a new strong point today on the western side of Dien Bien Phu and held it against a strong French Union counterattack a massive rebel infantry assault Set by Commission launched by night overwhelmed the strong point and the rebels dugi A concentration point in quickly only about 600 yardsiloral residents may obtain farm from the heart of the northwest I jobs has been act up at South Indo-China fortress Stanton and Seventh streets Fred into Juarez they do not expect a repetition of the October 1948 incident when 80(10 braceros rushed acroM the Rio Grande at once Br ASSOCIATED PR SIR Minor difficulties marred the start of balloting in New Mexico's primary election today with a surprisingly heavy number of voters turning out in some sections Difficulties at scattered polling placei around the state included mechanical troubles with the voting machines installed to remove some of the itigma recently attached to New Mexico voting and failure of regular election! officials to show up As a general rule the voting machine seemed to be successful Silver City reported more than one voter a minute being able to cast hia ballot with the new machines Regular election officials failed to show up in some Roswell and mary election along with an eili-Hobbs precincts causing delays while alternatives were drafted The word at Hobb was that some of the regulars didn't want to take mated 70000 Democrats The Republicans will choose between Raton Rancher Alvin ton and Mayor Holm Bursum The French high command announced that Brig Gen Christian De Castries had called off the counterattack after hia men ran into a wall of stiff resistance A communique today had reported combat is now under way" It was the fourth French strong-point to foil to the rebels since (hey launched their death blow thrust Saturday night The assault suddenly stopped Sunday was resumed with new fury before dawn today as a violent rainstorm psycholugical disturbances menus will be discussed and Candidates flocked to the office of County Chairman Carl Longue-mare shortly before the midnight filing deadline lent night Gilbert Seeks Came bark Former County Judge Victor Gilbert filed for a comeback bid for his old Job now held by Hugh McGovern Judge McGovern drubbed Mr Gilbert during the 1952 primaries by more than 2000 votes Attorney Carroll Smith Sr father of a former City alderman threw hie hat into the ring by filing for sheriff a poet held since 1930 by Jimmy Hicks An early report today had Carroll Smith Jr in the race but young Smith Jr in ing up an Army tour in Korea and is not a candidate Deaaon Gate Opposition Carlos Terrazas who served as chief deputy in the County Tfcx Office under the late Herman Rosch filed as a candidate against Tax Assesor-Colector Deaaon Mr Deaaon is seeking a fourth term John Walker a locomotive engineer filed against Mize Maud Izaacke as a candidate for State legislator place one Mr Walker announced several weeks ago for place thro ea gainst Representative Anita Blair but yesterday withdrew because he said he could not afford the race However he filed against Misa laaacks shortly before the deadline Ne Opposition Seven office holders have no opposition They include State Representative Frank Owen III Chief Justice Hamilton of the Eighth Court of Civil Appeals District' Attorney William Clayton District Clerk Clint Orgain County Clerk Raymond Telle Judge Ward of County Court-at-Law and County Schoola Superintendent John Bean Jack Font running for County attorney has no opposition He Is seeking the post now held by Ernest Guinn who is retiring from politics Moet heat of the campaign will center of the Congressional race Stock-m OFFICIAL RESIGNS of'n AunruirdPreM Socorro in the race for governor ALBUQUERQUE May 14 Tha winner will run against JohniWalter Blume manager and ehief Simmi Jr young Albuquerr de at-iengineer of the Albuquerque Water iCentlnard en Page I Col II Department resigned yesterday lashed the battered fortress another chance of being called to Santa Fe in cue the election results were challenged After the 1952 general election Public Invited to Ask Questions About Weight at Forum Tonight Die Branch Craig Jack A narlji jra a Budwig and Ber Lrjgh weight problem is perhaps The problem of overweight and underweight will be the topic at the second public health forum at 8 today in the hospitality room' of the Southern Union Gas Ca at I The public ia invited to submit 'question of general inlerst linna from the audience will be Ashby and Opponent Billie Helms i Sln Antonio street one of the most serious health answered during the forum The each must pay $128110 for their and Sunday and wanner Sat- The tonjm free an(1 opM problems in the nalion Unlay Dr physician will not answer ques-names to appear on the primary urdjr' Few showers in the north-tn the phc jt sponsored by von Briesen said tione dealing with individual case ballot yern mountains yj Herald-Post in show that any signifi- Questions should tie of a general Other filing fee Include 8576 for DISTRICT tt 'with the El Paso County Medical cent degree of underweight or oyer nature County commissioner and County! No precipitation Temperatures Snrietv weight tends to shorten the life A brief introductory talk on me treasurer candidates $888 for'Sl111' low normal Dr Dolphin von Biresen is mnrl-span" subject will open the forum The County clerk tax assessor-collector DISTRICT II 'erstor for the panel of physicians Such important phases ft Hw ialk will serve as 1 1 basis for dis- sherif and County attorney $1068! No rain in sight Temperature from the El Paso County Medical weight problem as diet cxnciw cissmn and will be followed by IM (CoBlinwd oa Fag 4 CoL lj '(lightly below normal- Society Serving with him will be eating habits chronic diseases question period as' A.