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CORSICANA, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1950. PAGES PRICE FIVE CKNTS AIRFIELD B-28'g roar overhead and personnel of the 19th Bombardment Wing march In review at the dedication of Andersen Air Force base at Guam. The field was named in honor of Brig. Gen. James Roy Andersen, who died in a Pacific plane crash In February, 1945.

Guests at the dedication included the general's widow and son, Jay, flown from their home in Washington, D. C. (AP Wirephoto). Investigators Challenged To Check Budenz 7 Story House Continues Trimming Excise Levies On Goods WASHINGTON, The house 'ways and means committee additional $250,000,000 excise some b3 the im- ports ottii This brought the'total cuts, so far the committee has covered the; excise list, to twice as much as President Truman requested. The committee, explaining that all its actions now are tentative and may be revised later, voted to: 1.

Eliminate the 10 per cent (porting goods tax completely on children's toys and goods predominantly used In schools. This will free such items as baseballs and footballs from any excises, whether used in schools or by pro' fesional teams. 2. Cut in half the 20 per cent levy on jewelry, and remove it entirely from watches seling at lesss than $65 and alarm clocks retailing at less than $5. 3.

Reduce from 20 per cent to 10 the impost on furs. 4. Remove completely the 20 per cent levy on handbags, purse, wallets, billfolds, pocketbooks and card and key cases. The full 20 per cent levy would be retained on other luggage classifications, such as brief cases, trunks and suitcases. 5.

Erase the 20 per cent levy on baby oils, powder and lotions, and cut from 20 per cent to 10 the Impost on other toilet prepar- See LEVIES, Page 13. Mled, 5 Hurt AtTexarhanaln Three-Car Crash TEXARKANA, Texas, April persons were killed last night when an automobile sideswiped a fire chief's car rushing to a fire, then careened into another automobile. Five other persons were injured in the three-way collision near the gates of the Red River Arsenal. Dead were: Clarence W. Palmer, 43, and William Eugene Henson, both of New Boston, in one car; Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Arthur Smith, both about 69, of El Dorado, and two-year-old Larry Don Smith in the other private automobile. Fire Chief W. H. Avery of New Boston and Firemen Jack Landers, 37, were not injured.

Witnesses told highway patrolmen that the car in which Palmer, Henson and James P. Reynolds, 22, of Mt. Pleasant, Texas, were riding skidded 360 feet after hitting the side of the chief's car. Officers said the car then swerved across the road and into the right side of a car driven by Smith. Both cars overturned, throwing several persons out, and spun around to face opposite directions to which they were traveling before the crash.

Reynolds received face and arm lacerations. Mrs. Phil Smith of New Boston, mother of Larry Don, suffered a fractured leg. Another son, Billy Wayne, 7, received a fractured skull and was not expected to live. A daughter, Dorothy, Sue, 11, received a possible brain concussion.

Also injured in the Smith car were Linda Jean Moore, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Moore of near Maud, Texas.

She received facial and body cuts. The firemen were going to a fire in a housing addition across Highway 82 from the arsenal, about 12 milei of here. i WASHINGTON, April Senator McCarthy (R-Wis.) today challenged senate investigators to dig beyond Louis Budenz's sworn testimony that Owen Lattimore was a member of a "Communist cell." McCarthy noted that Budenz, a former Communist, testified that his information about Lattimore came from men he said were high in the party Earl Browdor. Frederick Vanderbilt Field and Jack Stachel. "I think the Investigating committee ought to sitbpoena those 'j 0arthy je'pdrtevj Attorneys for Lattimore already had asked Field be subpoenaed so his testimony could be matched against Budenz's.

McCarthy has accused Lattimore, Far Eastern affairs expert, of being Russia's top spy in this country. Budenz said on the witness stand that McCarthy's accusations on that score was not technically accurate. But he did back up the senator's contention that the Communists exercised disciplinary power over Lattimore. A former high-ranking Army intelligence officer followed Budenz to the stand and bluntly disputed that Lattimore was a Communist. Lattimore, a Johns Hopkins University professor has flatly denied McCarthy's charges against him.

He withheld comment on Budenz's testimony, but is expected to make a formal reply at a public hearing next week. See BUDENZ, Page 2. 5-Years Assessed In Cattle Theft Case By Jury Here Deliberating just 15 minutes, a Navarro District Court jury late Thursday assessed a five-year prison term against 24-year-old William W. Fitzgerald for theft of cattle. Fitzgerald, who sought a suspended sentence, pleaded guilty to stealing three cows and one heifer George B.

Mitchell at Barry last March 7. The young man has a rather lengthy police record, testimony showed, and is now under two felony in Dallas and one in California, regarding check transactions. Evidence presented by County Attorney Charles T. Banister revealed that Fitzgerald hauled the three cattle to the Swift Company in Dallas and sought to sell them. Suspicious buyers, however, summoned sheriff's officers, who took Fitzgerald to the Dallas county jail, where only a few weeks before he had been a prisoner.

The defendant formrly lived in Dallas and resided in Navarro county as a youth. Soviet 'Aggression' Is Czech Consulate Is Ordered Closed President Renews Plea To Maintain Controls On Rent WASHINGTON, April 21. President Truman prodded congress today to continue rent controls until mid-1951. He predicted "a wave of exhorbitant rent in creases" if they are allowed to end June 30 when the present law expires. And if that happens, he said: Small Income people, having to shell out more money for rent, will cut down on buying food, clothing and other necessities; unemployment will increase-' in industries losing sales.

Federal, state and local govern ments will have to pay out more money for assistance to the needy. Pensions, both government and private, to old people will become more inadequate. In a special message, Truman said removal of controls would mean serious hardship for millions of tenants "who are caught in a 'sellers' market and cannot obtain lower rents by shopping around." He said housing is the one acute shortage remaining from wartime and added: "Until supply is near enough to demand so that the forces of competition will again operate effec lively to protect the tenant, rent controls should Taft To Support Slash In Foreign Aid Fund Measure WASHINGTON, April Senator Taft (R-Ohio) gave his support today to a $600,000,000 cut in Marshall plan spending. He spoke out in an interview preceding a senatorial conference oh the, administration's foreign aid program. Taft said he would back a proposal by Senator Hickenlooper (R- lowa) to trim the European economic recovery program from $3,100,000,000 down to $2.500,000,000.

Senator Bridges (R-NH) said the GOP lawmakers would take no official party stand in the conference and no senator would be bound by the discussions. "We just want to talk over the program and get everyone's views" Bridges said. Bridges and Senator Knowland (R-Calif.) both said they knew of no organized effort developing among Republicans to cut the spending program. Hickenlooper's proposal is the only economy move against the bill that has been made In the senate up to this point, Victory Claimed By Nationalists In Hainan Battle TAIPEI, Formosa, April (A 1 The official Chinese Nationalist news agency reported tonight 4,000 Communists invaders of Tainan Island were killed and 6,000 surrendered in an eight-hour battle today. A Nationalist naval communique placed the number captured at 4,000.

The news agency said the prisoners included two Russians. While the reports were issued at the same time, the Central News Agency's communications from the big southern island are faster and might represent later developments. (Both sides in the Chinese civil war frequently exaggerate enemy casualties, however.) Central News spoke of the remaining Red invaders as "remnants" and said they were being mopped up. It appeared that the Nationalists might actually be achieving the victory they have been predicting since the full-scale Red invasion of Hainan Monday morning. ORANGE PIONEER DIES ORANGE, April A.

S. McNelll, Orange business and civic leader for more than half a century, died today on his 89th birthday. McNeill had been a volunteer fireman for half a century and had been active in Boy Scout work in Texas since 1914. Charges Against USIS Rejected In Tart Message WASHINGTON April United States today ordered Communist Czechoslovakia to shut down its consulate general In Chicago not later than May 1. The action, announced in a note to the Czech government, was in direct retaliation of an order closing the libraries of the U.

S. Information Service in Czechoslovakia and the American consulate general in the city of Bratislava. Tho state department's note rejected as worthless the Czech charges thatr USIS was being used as a cloak for spying activities against the Communist regime. However, this government agreed toe arry out the closing order and to recall Joseph C. Kolarek, press attache at the American embassy in the capital of Prague.

In stating that the U. S. is "obliged to comply" with the Czech demand, the note added that "the Czechoslovak government must, however, expect that its action can not escape serious consequences affecting various aspects of the relations between the two It said the U. S. was compelled to review the scope of the activities of Czech establishments in the U.

S. and as "an immediate result" of the review the'Chicago consulate general must close by May 1. The consulates normally handle trade, business and travel matters. Czechoslovakia also has consulates in New York City Cleveland, Philidalphia and Pittsburgh. The note was a hard-hitting attack on the Czech action.

It charged that the Communist regime Is "obliged to seek an attempt "to. Isolate the Czechoslovak people from the outer world" along tho same lines followed by oth- See Big Three Slated To Reject Reds' Trieste Demands WASHINGTON, April Diplomatic officials predicted today the United States, Britain and France will reject as unfounded Russian charges that they are turning Adriatic port of Trieste into a military base. The three Western powers will confer on a reply, it was said, and it is possible that a joint answer might be made when Secretary of State Acheson, British Foreign Minister Bevin and French Foreign Minister Schuman met in London early next month. Russia charged in a note Thursday that the Italian peace treaty is being violated by the continued presence of British and American troops in the strategic Trieste territory on the borders of Italy and Yugoslavia. The treaty provided that the territory would be set up as a free zone under an independent governor.

No governor has ever been agreed on between the Eastern and Western powers, however, and for this reason the West blames Russia. San Jacinto flay To Be Highlighted By Aggie Muster Observance of San Jacinto Day in Corsicana will be highlighted by the annual.Texas A. and M. College muster at the Corsicana Livestock and Agriculture Show Friday p. m.

at a barbecue dinner. This annual muster honors former Aggies who have passed on and also honors the Texans who won the Lone Star State's Independence in the Battle of San Jacinto. near Houston, over Santa Anna's army in 1836. The Navarro County A. and M.

Club is sponsoring the muster. The Bethlehem Supply Company observed a holiday as did the banks and the state department of public welfare. Schools noted the state holiday with programs in several instances. City, county and federal agencies did not observe the day. Details of New Livestock Law Revealed The much-discussed livestock ordinance in its revised form regulates the keeping of all types of livestock and agricultural animals within the Corsicana city limits.

Action on the first reading of the ordinance is scheduled for a recessed meeting of the commission, set for 2 p. m. Monday. The ordinance prohibits' the keeping and possessing of livestock within a certain zone of the city, regulates hogs, swine, cows, horses, mules, goats, sheep and poultry, and governs the pens and enclosures used to house the above mentioned. The ordinance also prohibits the keep- Ing or harboring of noisy animals and provides penalties for infractions of the new law.

Six months after passage and publication of the ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep or raise livestock or poultry of any kind within the following zone: Bounded on the east by Highway 75, on the south by the Cotton Belt railroad track, on the west by Fifteenth street and on the north by First avenue. This section will not prohibit packing house, poultry house, slaughter house or similar institution from keeping same for more than 24 hours while awaiting use in connection with the business. Also exempt are animals held over by the meat inspector. Section two deals with hogs and swine, making it illegal to raise or keep more than two where the pen or enclosure is less than five acres. The hogs or swine are to be kept In pens or enclosures not less than 250 feet from any Inhabited building and so that the animals cannot approach any closer than the said distance to an Inhabited dwelling; provided this distance requirement shall not apply to the dwelling of the owner.

All pens or enclosures are to be kept In a sanitary manner so as not to become offensive or disagreeable to persons residing in the vicinity, nor shall they be maintained or kept so as to breed flies or in any manner cause any injury to public health. Packing houses, may keep hogs, swine and other animals preparatory to slaughter or re-sale but not for more than 24 hours unless ordered held by the meat inspector. Section three deals with cows, horses, mules goats and sheep and See LIVESTOCK, Page 2. Atomic Censorship Difficulties Listed WASHINGTON, April member of the atomic energy commission said today the agency is aiming at a "middle course" in its censorship policy, in an effort to preserve both the nation's defense secrets and Its freedom of speech. He made clear that this is not proving to be an easy job.

In a speech prepared for a meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Commissioner Henry D. Smyth said the whole censorship issue places the AEC in a dilemma. "A clear solution would only be possible." the scientist said, "if we knew exactly when we might have to defend ourselves in another war. "If it were to be next year, we should choose complete secrecy; if we were sure that there would be no war for 30 years, we should abandon all secrecy." The editors were told Thursday night that If the shooting should start soon, the United States would be in good shape to meet the threat. "We'll soon be In a better position of readiness to fight than we have been since the end of the shooting in 1945," reported Chairman Mahon (D-Tex) of the house armed services appropriations subcommittee.

Mahon said most lawmakers consider $13,000,000,000 enough for armed forces spending next year, despite General Dwlght D. Elsenhower's testimony that another $500,000,000 would plug some weak spots. The editors' interest in getting both sides of the censorship question was indicated by the fact that Smyth was scheduled to share the speaker's platform with an editor who last month had to burn an Issue of his magazine because the AEC objected to a story it. New Oil Producer Near Navarro Due To Spur Activity Oil activity in Navarro county is expected to show a decided upsurge following the production reported in the Coffleld and Guthrie, Kelly No. 1 one mile south of Navarro.

Fifteen hundred feet of oil, with plenty of gas, was found Thursday and it will be put'on the pump to determine its production, W. S. Guthrie, one of the company officials, announced Friday morning. Guthrie said there is a possibility the well will be deepened unless a good producer is developed. The test is 2988 feet deep and considerable trouble was experienced several weeks ago with water.

The hole was 'plugged and drilled out again, apparently without the water being a problem now. The oil company official indicated several other tests will be drilled in that area. The Tex Harvey Oil Company has made completion on two small pumpers In the shallow Angus field. The No. 4 Jackson, McNeal survey, made 6.82 barrels dailv from 1377-1405 feet.

The No. 1 Earley. same survey, pumped 8.87 barrels daily from 1359-79 feet. Mediators Press Efforts To Halt Strikes BY NORMAN WALKER WASHINGTON, April A walkout of 4,000 deck officers which threatened to idle 300,000 maritime workers on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts was averted today. Government mediators quickly shifted their attention to looming strikes in the railroad and telephone industries.

These strikes were due to start in the next few days. The AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots had been scheduled to force their long dispute to a head by walking out Saturday at midnight. But with the help of government conciliators, and backed by a threatened sympathy demonstration by all other AFL Maritime unions operating from Atlantic and Gulf ports, the controversy finally was settled. Hiring and job security standards were the issues in the Deck Officers' drawn-out dispute. The union postponed strikes four times at the government's request.

While squads of conciliation specialists had been assigned to the ship and telephone disputes, Chairman Francis A. O'Nei'l, of the Railway Mediation Board indicated early moves to head off a strike of firemen and enginemen on four major railroads before next Wednesday. In the telephones industry, the CIO Communications Workers of America said it ready to make more than 200,000 telephone operators, equipment installers and manufacturing workers idle next Wednesday morning at (i a. m. local time.

The CWA had demanded a 15- See STRIKES, Page I 2 Majo) I Years Suspended Assessed By Jury In Fraley Trial L. W. Fraley, 77-year-old Blooming Grove man, was found guilty of murder without malice by a district court jury Friday morning and was given a two-year sentence, but recommended it be suspended. Fraley was tried on- an Indictment in connection with the fatal shooting of a neighbor, W. Hollifield, last August 8 In south Blooming Grove following a dispute over a boundary fence.

A. P. Mays, district judge-, pronounced sentence and the defendant was released. The case went to the jury Thursday afternoon, but the twelve men could not agree on certain testimony and a transcriot of the defendant's testimony Wednesday night. 63 pages, was read them Friday morning by Judge Mays after it was transcrlpted by Leroy Barlow, court reporter.

Fraley was on the witness stand one hour and 38 minutes and it required one hour and 52 minutes for the judge to read the transcript. The jury retired at 11:09 a. m. after hearing the evidence read and returned its verdict at 11:28 a. m.

Announcement was made Monday and the selection of a jury consumed most of Tuesday, with several witnesses taking the stand before adjournment. A night session of 3 1-2 hours was held Wednesday night in an effort to conclude the evidence, but one witness was uscl Thursday morning. A total of 49 witnesses testified and several were recalled. Fraley-was tried in January, but the jury was unable to agree on a verdict and was discharged. Arguments of the atorneys began shortly after 10 a.

m. Thursday and were completed during the noon hour Thursday. Nation's Economic System In Peril, Says Steel Boss BALTIMORE, April The president of the United States Steel Corporation said today he believes "our American economic system Ms in deadlier peril than it has ever been in my lifetime." Benjamin F. Fairless made the statement before a meeting of the Baltimore Association of Commerce. The U.

S. Steel executive said he knew the American economic system has always defended itself successfully against its enemies abroad, but added: "I honestly do not know how it can he protected against its self-styled 'friends' in Washington who would literally hack it to death on the pretext of saving its Immortal soul. I am convinced that if these misguided planners and politically-ambitious office holders haveth eir way, freedom of initiative, and freedom of enterprise will vanish from this earth." LAUDEIl LEAVES MILLION HAMILTON, Scotland, April Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish minstrel who died Feb. 26, left 353,071 pounds his will disclosed today. The government takes 207,581 pounds ($581,220) of it in death duties.

HERMAN BKOWN Herman Brown er Corsicana C-C The resignation of Herman Brown, Corsicana Chamber of Commerce manager since 1947, was regretfully accepted by that group's hoard of directors today. Brown has accepted the mana- Rer's post with Lufkin Chamber of Commerce. His resignation becomes effective May 15. Tho Corsicana C. of C.

manager has boon engaged In Chamber of Commerco work sincn 1931. Ills first post was at Uurkburnott, where he served until 1937. Ho was at Quanah from 1937 to 19-10 and took over tho manager's job at Cleburno In 1940. Brown was In the navy in 1944, '45 and part of '46. He returned to Cleburne where he worked with the Chamber until taking a job with the daily newspaper theree.

He came to Corsicana from Cleburne. Mrs. Brown and their two children will remain In Corsicana at least until the end of the school year. Brown, a member of the First Baptist church, Is secretary- treasurer of tho Texas Chamber of Commerco Manager's Assdcltt- tion, and secretary of the Dallas-Houston Highway 75 Improvement Association. In accepting Brown's resignation, the board expressed regret at his going, but stated they felt the offer was a promotion and a compliment to him.

Thp executive committee was instructed to draw a resolution of appreciation, a copy of which is to be given to Brown, and an- See BROWN, Page Warning Issued Against Attacks On Farm Program WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. April Ralph S. Trigg of the Commodity Credit Corporation urged the public today to be on guard against those who ar "blasting away" at the government's farm aid program. That program, he said, Is preventing a sharp downturn in farm prices and income which would have "serious repercussions on the whole economy." Trigg is the head of tho agency which supports farm prices. It has more than $4.000,000,000 invested in farm products being held off the market to bolster prices.

In a speech prepared for a meeting of the National Peanut Council, the CCC president said he recognized that the present farm program has some weak points. "But we should be on guard," ho said, "against those who might tear down the whole program on the excu.se that this could eliminate a few weaknesses." Assails Russia In House Speech Posthumous Honors Voted To Families Of Lost U.S. Airmen WASHINGTON, April Russia's brushoff ol the United States note on the Soviet-American piano, incident aiifrci-ed congress members today and brought from House Democratic Leader iMcCormick (Mass) a suggestion that it might he well to break diplomatic relations. WASHINGTON, April Chairman Viusun of the house armed ficrvice.s committee today accused Rus.sia of an act of murderous, dastardly, despicable act which has been officially condoned by the Russian covcrnment." He was talking about the loss of 10 American lives aboard an unarmed navy plnnn which tho U. S.

says was shot down by Soviet fighter planes over the Baltic Sea on April 8. Vinson addressed tho houso shortly after Moscow rejected as "clearly absurd" this country's demand for compensation for tho loss of lives and for assurance, that there will ho no recurrence of tho incident. The armed services chairman took the floor when the house suspended other business to vote on a resolution honoring the 10 lost airmen. The senate passed the measure last Wednesday. 66 to 0.

The resolution directs the secretary of the navy to award posthumous honors to the 10 fliers and expresses congressional sympathy to their families. At the end of Vinson'a 10-minute speech, the house adopted the resolution by a roll call vote of 330 to 0. Vinson said tho Americans were killed "deliberately, savagely and brutally." and "In wanton disregard of human decency, of principles of international law and of the most rules of peaceful conduct between called the Incident an "act of aggression by Russia." he said, is not "an adequate answer to cold-blooded murder of Americans by a foreign power." "Our reaction must be reflected In American determination to maintain sufficient force to insure Russian respect, 1 he added. "Otherwise we will race pellmell into another war. a war fomented by our own militarv weakness." The United States, Vinsqn said, must let the world know "that America docs hav the determination to maintain the required armed forces which alone will prevent a future war." MOSCOW, April Russia rejected today a U.

S. demand for compensation for the loss of an American plane fired at by Soviet fighter planes in the Baltic area April 8. The USSR also insisted the plans was a B-29 bomber, not an unarmed Navy Privateer, ard that it fired at the fighters first. In a note handed to U. S.

Ambassador Alan G. Kirk, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky declared tho plane was trying to "photograph Soviet defense installations." The note said the Soviet government cannot accept for examination the U. S. demands for compensation and a guarantee against any recurrence of the incident. It asserted these demands "are clearly absurd and without any foundation whatever." The Privateer, missing with its crew of 10 since the day fixed by the Russians as the day of the exchange of fire, has been given up for lost.

FOUR HURT IN SPECTACULAR The wicckagc of a gasoline truck and an auto lies in a street in Los Angeles, after an Intersection collision that brought injuries to four persons. A river of flaming gasoline resulted when the tank exploded, coursed down the street and damaged several other autos and a market. Two men In the truck and two women in the car were pulled to safety from their flaming vehicles. (AP Wirephoto)..