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A Newspaper For the Home Information and Enjoyment For Every Member of THE FAMILY RENO EVENING WEATHER Fair tonight, Thursday Rising Temperatures Temperature at Noon S3 Nevada's Greatest Newspaper SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR NO. 187 PHONE 3-3161 RENO, NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1954 PHONE 3-3161 32 PAGES 10 CENTS AZETTE (SMI I Study Will Continue Governor Declares Big Four Meet With Reds Out President Says Later Conference Still Possibility, Remarks Indicate WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. UP) President Eisenhower spoke out today against any meeting of the western powers with Russia at this time, but left the way open for a conference later. The president stated position at a news conference in which he also said that in his opinion there is better reason to Thunderbird Head Denies Outsiders Hold Interest By BRYN ARMSTRONG The Nevada Tax Commission this noon ended its preliminary efforts to track down hidden interests, if any, in the Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas.

Gov. Charles H. Russell, declaring the hearing at an end, said that the investigation will continue in view of the information developed during the one and one-half day session wftiich opened in Carson Tuesday. E. Frandjsen Loomis, tax commission special counsel, A U.S.

Charges Reds Mistreat orEN TO THE PUBLIC In a history-making TV appearance, the members of President Eisenhower's cabinet are seen by the viewing public during a special meeting to hear Secy, of State John Foster Dulles give his report on the Paris conference. Clockwise starting at left: Presidential Aide Maj. Gen. Wilton Persons, Under Secy, of State Herbert Hoover, Interior Secy. Douglas McKay, Treasury Secy.

George Humphrey, Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell, Commerce Secy. Sinclair Weeks, Welfare Secy. Oveta Culp Hobby, Civil Service Commissioner Philip C.

Young, Budget Dir. Rowland R. Hughes, Defense Mobllizer Arthur S. Fleming, Labor Secy. James J.

Mitchell, Postmaster Gen. Arthur Summerfield, Secy, of State Dulles, the president, Defense Secy. Charles E. Wilson, Agriculture Secy. Ezra Taft Benson, U.

N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Presidential Aide Maxwell Rabb, and Presidential Ass't. Sherman Adams. The meeting was held Monday night. Stevenson Blasts Record Of GOP at Home, Abroad NEW YORK, Oct.

27 UP) Adlai E. Stevenson says the Eisenhower administration has demonstrated "mismanagement amounting to genius" abroad and "vigorous consistency in transferring from the many to the few" at home. The 1952 Democratic presidential candidate also says the Republicans are waging a nationwide campaign based on "Communism, character assassination, slurs and slanders." NIXON-DEWEY TROGRAM "They call it the Great Crusade," Stevenson said in addressing a Democratic rally in Brooklyn last night. "But if Thomas Jefferson escapes without being charged with burglary or treachery it will be a wonder." Stevenson said Vice President Nixon and New York Gov. Tnomas E.

Dewey are primarily U.S. Confirms Series of Red Atomic Blasts Weapons Family Development Seen in Event WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. UP) For the first time in over a year, the U. S.

government has reported Russian atomic test blasts, con-; firming a Soviet announcement last month. The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) issued a bare-boned state ment last night telling of "a series of detonations of nuclear explosives in Soviet territory" starting in mid-September and "contin uing at intervals to the present." VARIETY OF WEAPONS President Eisenhower declined at his news conference todav to comment on the AEC announce ment. The use of the term "series of detonations suggested to some observers the possibility that the Soviets may be developing a "fam ily" of nuclear weapons, possibly including artillery shells. The AEC statement gave no inkling as to whether the Russians had set off atomic or hydrogen devices. It did say "these tests have re suited in some widespread fall-out of radioactive material, but insig nificantly in the United States." The commission did not say where in this country this fall-out was detected.

REPORT OF BLAST Last Sept. 17, the Soviet Union announced it had exploded one of a type of atomic weapons" with what it called "valuable results The brief Red announcement said the test "will enable Soviet sci entists and engineers to solve sue cessf ully problems of defense from atomic attack." About a week later, the Tokyo newspaper Asahi quoted Japanese scientists as saying they had "al most conclusive evidence" that the Russians had triggered an H-bomb on Wrangel island in the Arctic Circle 500 miles northwest of Nome, Alaska. At about the same time, a Ca nadian scientist reported some ra dioactive material from a Russian nuclear blast had appeared at Vancouver, B. on Canada's- west coast. Marilyn Monroe Granted Divorce SANTA MONICA.

Oct 27. UP) Marilyn Monroe today won a divorce from Joe DiMaggio, sobbing that he gave her only "coolness and indifference" and sometimes wouldn't talk to her for 10 days at a time. Dressed in somber black, the blonde star took the stand and in reply to Attorney Jerry Giesler's questions, testified: "My husband would get into moods and wouldn't talk to me for long periods five to Seven days for some times, maybe longer 10 days. And if I tried to approach him, he usually said: 'Leave me alone'." to Economy Eisenhower administration has brought about peace and increasingly prosperous times and is working for fifrther economic improvement. "We are looking forward to more jobs, more production, and a higher standard of living for all Americans," he said.

"We Republicans are commit-ed and determined to keep the people of the United States prosperous and to take any government action necessary to expand employment and have an ever-higher standard of living for all the people of the United States." An Eisenhower economic speech Monday night and Mitchell's follow-up appeared designed as a one-two counterpunch against fre-q Democratic campaign claims that the Republican administration has neglected the working man and kept aloof from the jobless problem. RIOTS DISRUPT CAIRO IN WAKE OF SHOOTING CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 27. UP) Shouting crowds fired the Moslem Brotherhood's headquarters today in protest against the Alexandria attempt to assassinate Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser and then turned out in cheering thousands to give him a hero's welcome home. i Mob violence flared after it was announced the gunman who months of the Eisenhower ad ministration: "I blame tbem for the un happy fact that our prestige and esteem and the international re spect for the United -States has fallen to an all time low.

Why is it that we have frightened our friends half to death, if not our enemies? wny is it that our voice has sunk to a whisper and our influence to a shadow of our former stature as the arsenal the granary and the moral sanctuary of the free world? "How has the administration contrived to increase the fear of America while steadily re ducing America's effective mill tary strength? inis is reauy mismanage ment amounting to genius. It's on a par with that other Re publican miracle the lowest farm prices and the highest liv ing costs at the same time CLAIM OF GIVEAWAY auz tnere is one issue on which they are solidly united, lie added: ii tney can achieve any other form of unity; if they can't maintain a strong and consistent policy in foreign affairs, in defense, in economic policy, in civil liberties and the separation Of powers in the giveaway field the administration's philosophy appears to be clear, its purpose fixed, its determination unre lenting. "From taxes to atomic energy from TVA to Hell's Canyon and tne Dixon-Yate's contract, from oil to timber to grazing lands from tariffs to the REA, there seems to be a vigorous consistency in transferring from the many to the few. Hearing Postponed WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.

UP) The senate internal security subcommittee today postponed for a day a hearing at which a former FBI counterspy is to testify about Communists in eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware. Committee aides said a session had been tentatively rescheduled for tomorrow to hear the witness. Ralph K. Heltzinger of West Reading, Pa. GOP Pledges Aids day to hope for lasting peace than there has been in the past.

WAITS RED SINCERITY He did not pin that view directly to the new agreements for Western European defense with West Germany in the lineup, but related it to that development along with others in the past two years. He was specific, however, in saying it is his opinion this is not the time for any meeting of the United States, Great Britain and France with the" Soviet Union. -He added that whenever this government has reason to believe the Russians are sincere about wanting to build an enduring world peace, the United States will be ready to confer at any time. Elsenhower's remarks were in response to a reporter's request that he state his position regarding the possibility of an Eisenhower conference with Premier Malenkov of Russia, either before or after ratification of the Paris agreements on Western European defense. ANSWER IS GENERAL The questioner called Eisenhower's attention British Prime Minister Churchill's statement yesterday that he is willing to meet with Malenkov at an appropriate time and place but not before ratification of the Paris agreements.

Eisenhower did not link his answer specifically to the possibility of his meeting face to face with Malenkov. The president dealt in more general terms with the possibility of conferences between the western powers and the Soviet Union. At his first news conference since Aug. 17 the president also dealt with these other matters: POLITICS Eisenhower said he would like very much to make an 11th hour campaign trip before next Tuesday's elections, but that no decision has been reached. He said he would like to get on Friday and try to do something about what he called voter apathy.

The chief executive said he Turn to page 16, col. 1) Harriman Right To Office Doubted BUFFALO, N. Oct. 27 VP) The Buffalo Evening News said todav that Averrll Harriman voted in the 1932 District of Columbia primary and therefore might not be eligible to serve as covernor of the state or rsew York. The news said the possibility was based on Article IV, Section 2 of the state constitution, which says: no persons shall be eligible to the office of governor or lieutenant governor, except a citizen of the United States who shall have been five years next preceding his election a resident ot this state." Harriman, the News said in a page 1 story from its Washington bureau, was reported by Washington papers in 1952 as having signed a statement claiming residence for one year in the District of Columbia in order to vote in the Democratic primary there.

Harriman, in New York City campaigning against the GOP nominee, Sen. Irving M. Ives, said when informed of the reports: "How silly can we get." Suicide Blast WrecksCourthouse EDINBURG. Oct. 27.

iJP) A man blew himself to pieces in Hidalgo county courthouse today, wrecked the second floor of the building and shook the downtown Edinburg business district. Only minor injuries to others were reported. The man carried a box apparently filled with explosives. He identified as Harry Miller, about 60, of Realitos, Who was said to have been under the care Of a psycho-neurotic this morning found efforts to clarify the corporate set ups ot the lhunderbira Hotel and allied companies extremely complicated by an intricate maze of interlocking groups. HICKS IS WITNESS The witness for entire final session was Marion B.

Hicks, managing partner of the Thun derbird Hotel who also is president cf Bonanza Hotel, and Algiers, Inc. Hicks stated that no one, other than partners of record, and gaming licensees known to the tax commission, have any inter est in any of the companies. He also declared that, as far as he knows, none of the partners are "fronts" for any other person, including Meyer and Jake Lan- sky. Reports published. in a copy righted series of stofies in the Las Vegas Morning Sun that the Lanskys were phantom partners in the Thunderbird operation led to the hearing.

Governor Russell Tuesday de scribed the session as a prelim inary inquiry in a probe of far- ranging scope. EVIDENCE STUDIED Robbins E. Cahill, executive secretary of the tax commission, said today as the hearing concluded, that much of the evidence developed in the investigation of Thunderbird operations now is being studied by the Clark county grand jury in Las Vegas. There are political overtones aplenty, also, since Clifford Jones, the Democratic lieutenant governor of the state and the (Turn to page 21f col. 1) Broadcast Time Offer Withdrawn NEW YORK, Oct.

27 UP) The National Broadcasting Co announced today the Democratic party had accepted an offer for a free political broadcast which Adlai Stevenson would make and later withdrew the announce ment. There was no immediate ex pianation for the withdrawal of the original announcement. NBC said it would "advise later whether a substitute statement will be issued." In its orig'nal announcement NBC said its offer of free time "resulted from NBC's longstanding policy of maintaining balance and fairness in political broadcasts." LEAVES PEIPING TOKYO, Oct. 27. UP) Peiping radio said Indian Prime Minister Nehru IeftTeiping today by plane for a visit to south and east China, after which he will return home.

President Eisenhower was credited today with making some headway for Republican candidates but there was disagreement as to whether his late burst of campaigning will succeed in electing a GOP congress next Tuesday. Democratic and Republican observers agreed generally that the president's appearances which may be expanded on a flying trip lale this week have helped to stimulate interest in the congressional campaigns. Democrats did not seriously dispute Republican claims that the president is making votes for his party's senate and house candidates. But they did contend Eisenhower's late campaigning is not of sufficient weight to overcome what they call a general Democratic trend. Deputy National Chariman Embassy Wives WASHINGTON, pet.

27. (JP) Russian secret police detained two U. S. embassy wives in Mos cow and subjected them to "personal indignities," the state de partment charged last night. The two women went for a morning stroll Monday, carrying a camera, and landed in the middle of a first-class diplomatic set-to between the United States and Russia, with these results: 1.

U. S. Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen presented -and the Soviet foreign ministry rejected a strong protest that the women had been held for some 90 minutes "in violation of generally accepted diplomatic practice that prohibits the detention of persons having recognized diplomatic status." 2. The Soviet foreign office countered by accusing one of the women Mrs.

Karl E. Sommer-latte of "Hooliganism," a Soviet term for rowdy behavior. Her removal from Russia was demanded. 3. Bohlen returned the Russian note saying: "This version is in such flagrant contradiction of the facts that I am sure that after further investigation the foreign ministry will wish to change it." 4.

The Soviets again sent their note to the American embassy, early today, and at the same time formally returned Bohlen's original protest. There were reports in Washington that Bohlen would seek a personal meeting with Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov to de mand' full respect for the diplomatic rights of embassy personnel and to seek reversal of the action against Mrs. Summerlatte.

The embassy took the view that the incident strikes at the basic issue of the personal safety of American diplomatic personnel in Russia. East, West Agree On U.N. Issue UNITED NATIONS, N. Oct. 27.

UP) The United States, Brit ain, France, Canada and the Soviet Union formally proposed today that- the U. N. assembly send to the disarmament commission an Indian proposal for an armament truce. The five powers, acting again in rare concert, put before the assembly's 60-hation political committee a brief resolution for this action. V.

K. Krishna Menon of India, who offered the Indian proposal yesterday, indicated he would not object. Claim Clayton W. Fritchey said Democrats face a virtual news blackout in the closing days of the campaign. Fritchey said in an interview the Republicans are using the president to "obtain domination of the newspapers and the airways" and crowding the Democrats off the front pages.

He said this is bound to have some effect, but that reports from individual races still indicate his party will win control of both houses of congress. Democratic National Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell asked the National television and radio networks yesterday for free time to match that given to Eisenhower for what the White House called "nonpolitical" speeches. Mitchell suggested coverage of a speech by Adlai E. Stevenson, the 1932 Democratic presidential nominee.

Salerno Gulf Rescue Speeded Known Flood Toll Reaches 217 Dead SALERNO, Italy, Oct. 27. UPs Rescue workers dug frantically through the mud-covered rubble along the Gulf of Salerno today, seeking more-victims of Tuesday's violent cloudbursts, landslides and floods. At least 217 persons were known dead. Unofficial reports put the toll as high as 270.

Officials declined to guess at the total damage figure, but said it would run into millions of dollars. HITS IN DARKNESS Devasting flash floods trigged by cloudbursts struck a 10-mile coastal area between Amalfi and Salerno during the early morning darkness yesterday. Entire villages were destroyed. Hundreds of homes crumbled under the onslaught, their occupants trapped without warning. of persons were injured and thousands were homeless.

Police said the bodies of 217 persons had been recovered. They listed an additional 52 persons as missing and feared dead. Unofficial estimated missing ran upward of 200. RESCUERS AT WORK Soldiers, firemen and volunteers searched the debris for victims and trapped survivors. Thousands of other workers began the task of restoring some form of normalcy to the ravaged communities.

Communications, roadways, water, gas, electricity and sewer systems were demolished. Some communities reported all food supplies and water gone. Other villages sent urgent pleas for medicine. In this city of 70,000 where American troops stormed ashore 11 years ago during World War II, the verified death toll reached 88. More than 100 persons were injured and 5000 were homeless.

Negro Named Air General WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. UP) President Eisenhower today named the first Negro air force general. He is Benjamin Oliver Davis, a 41-year-old native of Washington now serving as director of operations and training of the Far East Air Forces. Davis, who is the son of Brig.

Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, a retired army officer, was promoted from the rank of colonel to the temporary rank of brigadier general under the president's directive. His father was the first man of his race to become an army general. A 1936 graduate of West Point, the new air force general flew 60 combat missions as a World War II pilot serving in Italy as com mander of the 332nd Fighter Group- Two Navy Planes Crash at Sea NORFOLK.

Oct. 27. UP) An oil slick and floating debris were the only. traces today of two navy anti-submarine planes that disappeared at sea 'about 18 miles southeast of Virginia Beach last nieht. The families of the three navy men aboard each plane have been notified that they are missing.

responsible for the type of campaign being conducted by the Republicans, and he added: "I think I Speak for all Democrats when I say of this method: We don't like it, we don't want it and we don't need it. "So I say that abusiveness and he corruption of our political coinage is (a) reason why the Republicans "will be defeated this Fall. SEES DEMOCRAT WIN "There is no reason and no excuse to so poison the wells of the people's judgment that their representatives cannot draw from those wells. There is no light to sacrifice on the altar of political ambition that basic harmony between Americans which is essential." Predicting return of control of tcth houses of congress to the Democrats at the Nov. 2 election, Stevenson said of the 20 Army Trainees Lodge Complaint AUGUSTA, Oct.

27 UP) Charges of "severe" mistreatment have been brought by a group of trainees against a company officer at the army's big Camp Gordon signal corps and military police training center. The charges were first dis closed in a statement today from the Atlanta headquarters of the Third Army which includes Gordon in its command. They were confirmed by Brig. Gen. Francis E.

Howard, commander at Gor don, where some 18,000 to 20,000 army personnel are in training. Both Howard and Lt. Gen. A Boiling. Third Army commander, stressed that a searching investigation is being made Bathtub Odyssey Ends in Failure WHIDBEY ISLAND, Oct.

27. CP) The man who said he was going to putt-putt to Alaska in his pontoon-equipped floating bathtub threw in the towel this morning. Roy Bergo, who reversed the usual situation by putting his bathtub in the water, reported he had sprung a propeller shaft and was giving up within half an hour alter setting out at a. for the second day of his odyssey Artillery Exchange TAIPEH, Formosa, Oct. 27.

(JPi Chinese Communists on the mainland and Chinese Nationalist batteries on Quemoy Islatnd exchanged light artillery fire today, the Nationalist ministry announced. There was no report of casualties or damage. fired the eight shots last night was a member of the brotherhood, a fanatical political-religious organization which has attacked the premier for signing the compromise British-Egyptian treaty for British evacuation of the Suez Canal zone. Nasser escaped injury. A crowd of 500 broke into the brotherhood's two-story headquarters here about noon.

Smashed furniture and set the building aflame. Then the demonstrators started a fire in an adjacent building which formerly housed the brotherhood's magazine. They shouted "Death to the Moslem brothers." No one was injured in the attacks, but both buildings were considerably damaged before firemen got things under control. A communique said "Some students and some workers" were involved. At the same time, a police roundup of brotherhood members was under way.

The government announced more than 60 arrests. Unofficial reports put the total much higher. Four of the brotherhood's supreme coun-cilmen were among 47 picked up in Cairo. Golf Star's Wife Is Found Dead BURBANK, Oct. 27.

UP) The wife of George Von Elm, once the nation's top amateur golfer, was found dead in a car on a tavern parking lot today and police believe she died of poison. A friend, Roy Ford, 29, who also was in the car, was booked on suspicion of murder. But detectives said they are inclined to believe his story that she killed herself. rOWS ARRIVE HOME BERLIN, Oct. 27.

(Fifty-six German war prisoners released from Russian camps near Moscow arrived here last night Mitchell Hits Recession WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. UP) Secretary of Labor Mitchell has pledged "any government action necessary" to boost employment and living standards, carrying out the "prosperity without war" theme to which the Republicans have pitched their campaign to win control of the next congress Following President Eisen hower's lead, Mitchell told a nationwide television and radio audience last night that 1954 has been "the most prosperous peacetime year in our history." Mitchell lashed out at "politicians trying to get your vote by distorting facts and trying to scare you." He said that while there was some prosperity during the 20 years of Democratic administrations, "it was built on the suffering and tragedy cf two wars." The labor secretary said the.