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WEATHER Fair Tonight, Tuesday Variable Cloudiness Little Temperature Change Temperature at Noon 73 EVENING GAZETT1 7 Nevada's Greatest Newspaper SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 201 PHONE 3-3161 RENO, NEVADA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1955 PHONE 3-3161 24 PAGES 10 CENTS Jut A Newspaper For the Home Information, and Enjoyment For Every Member of THE FAMILY RENO Cahill Takes Stand As Hearing Opened Pit- Defense Picture Is Reviewed By Eisenhower Military Advisors Consult President At Army Hospital Flood Damage, Death Toll High in Northeast Breaks in Clouds Lead to Forecast Worst Is Over By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A three-day- battle of the ele Tax Commission Secretary Questioned on Procedures LAS VEGAS The pattern of the precedent-making Thunderbird appeal from a revocation order of the Ne 4 Supreme Court Orders Hearing For Chessman Treason Conviction Of John Provoo Is Overturned WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. VP) The supreme court today ordered a new lower court hearing 'for Caryl Chessman, Los Angeles kidnap-rapist and death cell author. Chessman was sentenced more than seven years ago to die in San Quentin's gas chamber.

His life was spared many times by last minute stays of execution most recently last July 15 when Justice Clark granted him a stay pending high court action on a new appeal. LOST SEVEN TIMES Seven times before, however, the supreme court rejected various legal moves by Chessman and his lawyers. The new hearing ordered today will be held in the U. S. District Court in San Francisco on a habeas corpus proceeding begun on behalf of Chessman.

In other actions today the highest tribunal: 1. Granted freedom to John vada Tax Commission was etched more sharply in district court here today when Judge Merwyn S. Brown ruled that new witnesses may be heard. I There were earlier indications that the court would allow the Thunderbird defense corps to call on witnesses to support their contention that the tax commission action in the Thunderbird case was I Atomic Control AEC Opens Yucca Flat Exercises WASHINGTON. Oct.

17. VP) The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) announced the start today of an aerial radiation-sleuthing exercise at its Nevada test site. Radiation left over from tests last Spring will be used. The project, known as "operation ARME" for Aerial Radiological Monitoring Exercise is to train civil defense workers in the possible use of air-to-ground instruments for surveying surface radiation levels over wide areas soon after a nuclear detonation. But the AEC stressed that the exercise, which will continue through Friday, would involve no atomic blasts and "no radiological hazards will be involved." Declaring the exercise would employ special aerial survey instruments and techniques developed by the commission's health and safety laboratory in New York, the commission added: "The exercise is expected to provide information of the feasibility of adapting the system for civil defense purpose." Federal Civil Defense Administration TFCDA) personnel and Civil Defense volunteers will participate.

An air force C45 will carry instruments which will be operated by AEC personnel. The commission said the exercise will have no connection with a previously announced series of experiments beginning about Nov. 1 at the test site. That series was planned "to determine the safety of various weapons and experimental devices in the event of accidents during handling and storage." ments eight miles high rained death and property destruction of many millions on six northeastern states over the weekend. The toll of persons known or presumed dead rose to 42.

The sun broke through leaden clouds in New York City and other areas today and the New- York Weather Bureau said at 11 :15 a. m. that the worst is over. ASSURANCE OF AID From his sickbed in Denver, President Eisenhower issued as surances of aid to the storm-stricken sectors. Val Peterson, director of civil defense, boarded an army plane to inspect the flooded areas and report back to the president.

Army, Navy, Coast Guard, civil defense units, police and firemen toiled throughout the weekend in rescue and salvage efforts, but their work is far from done. The American Red Cross said about 6,900 families have been affected in the storm areas 200 in Connecticut, 1,500 each in New York and New Jersey, and 700 in Pennsylvania. Dozens of bridges and roads are washed out, rail transportation is snarled or suspended, power lines are down, and struggling citizens in many communities face the danger of contaminated drinking water. The three days of rainfall ranged from 3.73 inches in New York City to more than 11 inches in Danbury, Conn. This compares with a high of 17 inches in some areas during Hurricane Diane last Aug.

18-19. TOWNS WERE READY Officials said deaths and property damage would be far below that caused by Diane. That hurricane produced flash floods which caught communities unprepared. In the latest storm; residents had time to make prep arations which saved lives and property. Disaster teams, tested by Diane, swung into immediate action this time.

Hardest hit in the current catastrophe was rich Fairfield county in Connecuticut, a commuter trea of New York City. Forty-eight towns in the region, and in western communities south of Waterbury, felt the brunt of the ravaging flood waters. Most of these areas had been spared by Hurricane Diane's punch which lipped up other Connecticut cities and towns. The storm'blew up in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras, N. Friday morning.

By night it had centered over the New York metropolitan area. There it paused, pinned down by a high pressure center over northern New England. As a result there has been a continous feed of rain-bearing southeasterly winds over the northeast The weather bureau likened the situation to a grim football game with the defense (high pressure area) refusing to budge before the offense (low pressure system.) Ernest J. Christie, meteorol FFA PRESIDENT Dan Dunham, 19, of Lakeview, Oregon was elected national president of the Future Farmers of America at the organization's convention at Kansas City, Mo. The young man ho was president of his state organization in 1954-55 helps his father run a 875-acre farm near Lakeview.

UP) wirephoto) Strike Called At Wesiinghouse Second Walkout In Month Starts PITTSBURGH, Oct. 17 VP) The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers today called a strike of 44,000 members at 29 plants of Westipghouse Electric Corp. for the second time in little more than a month. The strike call went out at midnight last night after the deadline rolled around with no contract settlement. Some 30-odd other company operations were not affected.

ISSUES IX DISPUTE Negotiators remained closeted into the early hours in an effort to come to terms but the talks adjourned with no announcements. Placard-carrying pickets immediately took up posts at the company's big east Pittsburgh works where a dispute over job studies touched off a three-day national walkout last month. Pickets also began appearing at other plants. Disputed issues include wages, rules for time studies of non-in centive workers and length of contract. Headed by James B.

Carey, CIO-IUE president, and Robert D. Blaiser, Westinghouse vice president, negotiators went into session at 11 a.m. (edt) yesterday and kept at the bargaining table almost contmously until 1:45 a. m. today.

NO PROGRESS REPORTS Neither side had any progress to report when the talks finally broke up. There was no indica tion whether negotiations would resume at a later time. Both sides turned down elev enth-hour proposals which would have averted the strike for a while at least. Westinghouse proposed a two- week extension of the strike deadline with any wage increase worked out to be retroactive to Oct. 15.

It also offered, for the first time in its history, to include a clause in the contract providing for arbritration of disputes. NAMED MINISTER LONDON, Oct. 17. (JPy Moscow radio today announced the appointment of Vladimir Vladi-mirovich Matskevich as Soviet minister of agriculture. He headed the Soviet farm delegation which toured the United States and Canada for two months last Summer.

DIM VIEW Clement Attlee, head of Great Britain's Labor Party, seems to be taking a dim view of proceedings during session of annual party conference at Margate. During meeting, practical politicians of party defeated resolution that would have committed them to support Moscow's policy on Germany and at Geneva conferences this month. (NEA) Morocco Council Asks for Calm France, Spain Dispute Flares RABAT. Morocco. Oct.

17 VP) Morocco's new regency coun cil held its first meeting today and appealed for "calm and serenity" in this terror-torn French protectorate. The French government or Premier Edgar Faure, facing a vote on a Question of confidence in the national assembly in Paris tomorrow on its policies in neighboring Algeria, is banking heav-ilv on the "council of the throne" to bring peace to the country. PRESS BORDER CHARGE The four-man council met in the imperial palace as France pressed an official charge that Moroccan rebels had fired across the border from Spanish Morocco upon French units. The charge was the latest in an acrimonious exchange be tween France and Spain over whether the rebels are opera ting back and forth across the border and receiving air from Spanish Morocco. In Madrid, a Spanish war ministry official denied today French charges their troops were fired on from Spanish Morocco.

PRESIDE AT 108 The 108-year-old Grand Vizier Mohammed El Mokri presided 8t the council meeting, but all eyes were upon Mohammed El Eekkai, who represents exiled ex-sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef, a nationalist sympathizer. The first business ahead of the council is to appoint a prime minister to organize a represent ative government. Ben Slimane. former governor of the Holv City of Fez and a moderate nationalist, was widely mentioned for the post. Flood Aid Thanks TAMPICO, Mexico, Oct.

17. VP) Mexico has said farewell with medals to 100 U. S. helicopter pilots and crewmen who rescued thousands from the floods ravaging the Tampico area in the past three weeks. The medals were presented to the U.

S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel in ceremonies yesterday at the Tampico Country club the rescuers used as a base. DENVER, Oct 17 President Eisenhower reviewed the nation al defense picture with his top military advisors today after getting a personal report on gov ernment efforts to provide relief in the flood disaster in the north eastern states. Secretary of Defense Wilsor and Adm. Arthur W.

Radford chairman of the joint chiefs staff, drove immediately to thr president's quarters at Fitzsim ons army hospital after their arrival from Washington at a. m. (mst). BROTHER IN PARTY They were accompanied by the president's brother Dr. Milton Eisenhower, president of Penn sylvania State University.

Wilson declined to say what he would talk to the president about other than some pending appointments which he said need ed presidential approval. He said he would have a news conference sometime between 1 and 2 p.m. (mst). "We have no pressing matter which requires any important decision by the president," the secretary said. "Usually Admiral Radford and I have an appoint ment every Monday with the president.

We are encouraged that he is well enough to have such conferences again. It isn't that anything vitally important has to be taken up today, we just like to have the benefit of the president's thinking." Wilson did not indicate what appointments he had in mind to take up. REPORT ON FLOODS Earlier today the president received reports on government agencies' from news secretary ames C. Hagerty as he contin ued to make steady progress from his heart attack Sept 24. The 65-year-old executive sat up in a chair in his room for 30 minutes, had a sun bath on the eighth floor terrace outside his room when his bed was rolled out and planned to sit up again for 30 minutes this afternoon.

Meanwhile, the 10:30 a. m. (mst) medical bulletin dropped all reference to the president's temperature since it has been normal for so many days. Princess, Pilot Return to London LONDON. Oct.

17. UP) Prin cess Margaret returned to London today from a weekend in ine country with Peter Townsend amid reports of increasing opposition to their marriage in royal circles and some sections of the Church of England. Hundreds of Londoners assembled at the gate got only a fleeting glimpse of the princess as she drove throueh the Clarence House gates in a Rolls-Royce, accompan ied by her lady in waiting, Laay Iris Peake, and her bodyguard, Detective Fred Crocker. Only a few minutes earlier, the queen mother had returned from Wind sor castle. Townsend returned later in the day to the home of the Marquis of Abergavenny in Lowndes bquare where he is a guest during his leave from his post in Belgium.

There still was no official word on whether the queen's sister and the handsome air force hero will marry although millions of Britons are convinced they will. Housing Delegates VisitBay Area BERKELEY. Oct. 17. VP) The 10-man Soviet housing delegation has a tight day-long tour of seven bay area home developments today.

Yesterday most of them loafed, a respite from their fast paced national tour. Thev arrived Saturday night and will leave for Los Angeles tomorrow. Income at Record WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.

VP) A new high rate of 321 billion dol lars a year was set by earnings oi individuals and businesses trom April through June. The commerce department, reporting this yesterday, said the figure was 3 per cent above that for the first quarter of the year and about 7 per cent above the approximately, 300 billion dollars of national income reported for last year. arbitary and capricious. But the die is now cast, and Robbins E. Cahill.

tax commission secretary, was called by Richard Elakey. Thunderbird counsel, as the first witness. STAND SUPPORTED Judge Brown, io his ruling, supported again the Thuderbird contention that the Nevada gambling statute is indefinite and vague in outlining the mechanics which those who appeal from tax commission rulings must follow. The law provides for review of commission rulings by a competent court, but it mentions no specific vehicle for bringing a-bout that appeal. The Thundorbird cae i precedent making because it is the first tax commission" revocation action taken against a major Nevada casino, and the appeal gives the courts the first opportunity to define and interpret the gambling control laws.

The tax commission last Spring handed down a decision that Marion B. Hicks, principal partner, and Clifford A. Jones, former Democratic Lieutenant governor, must dispose of their interests in the Thunderbird casino, or that the games be closed. INTERESTS HARBORED The commission ruling followed a series of hearings into charges that Hicks and Jones had harbor ed undisclosed interests in the Thunderbird gambling operation. Testimony during the hearings disclosed that George Sadlo, a Florida gambler, made two loans to Hicks, and that 3adlo got part of the loan money from Jake Lansky, brother of hoodlum Meyer Lansky.

The Thunderbird operators, Hicks, and Jones, and several partners, obtained a stay order from the Clark District court, instead of complying with the tax commission rulings. The temporary order was issued by Judge Brown who is judge of the Sixth Judicial district, which includes Humboldt and Pershing counties, who was called into the case for Judge A. S. Henderson, in whose Clark county department the plea for (Turn to page 14, col. 5) Pro-West Parly Cains in Indonesia JAKARTA, Indonesia.

Oct. 17. UP) Indonesia's long-winded general elections swung into i neck-and-neck battle tonight be tween the Communist-oriented Nationalists and the pro-western Moslem Masjumi. Displaying consLstcntly in creasing strength outside densely populated Java, the Masjumi rolled up a landslide vote to challenge the Nationalists for the lead. Less than 200,000 votes separated them and there were strong indications the Masjumi might shortly overtake the Nationalists.

Latest unofficial vote tabula tions from the Celebes, the lesser Sundas and the Moluccas Islands showed Masjumi running much as three to ten to one over the Nationalists. bearing soiL And, because in the Colorado plateau uranium is often associated with selenium, the prospector can save himself many hours of search by looking in the areas where these plants grow," Wheeler said yesterday. Juniper and pinon pine may in dicate uranium on some types of soil, he said. Certain species of locoweed indicate selenium, sug gesting the presence of uranium. Wheeler said the Utah fpecies of the weed grow from eight inches to two feet and have green leaves, with white or pink flowers.

The weed has a tell-tale aroma something like sulphur and garlic, Decision Friday Is U. N. Goal UNITED NATIONS, N. Oct. 17.

VP) The U. N. assembly'! political committee shaped up a drive today to get a decision by the end of the week on creation cf an international agency to handle the atoms-for-peace program. The committee sought to wind up debate tomorrow and then recess to allow the general assembly to settle the contest over a seat in the security council. WILL NOT WITHDRAW Joza Brilej, Yugoslav delegation head, denied rumors that Yugoslavia might withdraw from the council race into which it was plunged by Russia and British commonwealth countries as a compromise candidate.

The Soviet bloc swung to Yugoslavia's support after failing to muster a two-thirds majority for Poland in a race for one of th r.onpermanent council seats. After six ballots Friday, the U. candidate, the Philippines, also had failed to get the necessary 39 votes and Yugoslavia emerged as a strong contender. Brilej said Yugoslavia would continue in the race "to help the asembly with its problem, if it considers us a real compromise candidate." VOTE ON ATOMS But his government really wants to be elected to one of the six vacant seats on the economic and social council, he added. If these races in the assembly are decided by Wednesday or Thursday, the political committee might reach a vote on the atoms-for-peace agency by Friday, U.

N. officials said. Continuing Soviet demands-for outlawing atomic weapons a condition faced the committee as it buckled down to wind up its 10-day debate on the Issue. A Soviet resolution also calls for the agency to he created "within the framework of--the United Nations." Many delegates 1elieve this means that the Russians want the security council to have final control over the 3gency. The Russians have, a veto in the security council.

Gore Urges House Pass Road Bill WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. CD-Sen. Gore (D-Tenn.) house should pass a senatr-ap-proved highway bill early next year, leaving the question of finances for later legislation. lie said during the weekend he has suggested that action to Speaker of the House Rayburn (D-Tex.) by letter, and personally to Rep.

McCormick majority leader, and "received no particular discouragement from either." Rayburn contended during the last session that any new highway bill should provide for financing the cost so it wouldn't be labeled "fiscally irresponsible." The senate bill, which bears Gore's name, omitted financing provisions because new tax legislation must originate in the house. Gore has said he personally would favor an increase in the gasoline tax to help raise money. He said Saturday a tax bill is bound to come up during the 1956 session, and a road financing plan could be worked out then. TOLL OF GALE KUSHIRO, Japan. Oct.

17. On Police today said the confirmed toll from a sudden gale that hit Hokkaido's east coast Saturday was 13 dead and 19 missing. David Provoo, a former army sergeant once convicted of treason while a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. The tribunal upheld a lower court's dismissal of a second indictment brought after Provoo's conviction in New York was overturned by a circuit court on a technicality. The dismissal order said Provoo's rights had been violated because he was held in prison for five years before he was brought to trial.

HEARING FOR REDS 2. Granted a hearing to 14 California Communist leaders convicted for ploting to advocate violent overthrow of the government. The 14 were convicted on Aug. 5. 1952 after a six-month trial.

The group was headed by William Schneiderman, of San Francisco, a former California Communist party chairman. 3. Permitted the filing of a brief by 360 persons asking that the 1950 internal security act be declared unconstitutional. The individuals, acting as "friends of the court," offered the brief in connection with a pending Communist party appeal challenging validity of the act. The case of author Chessman has attracted wide attention.

The supreme court's action was announced in a brief unsigned opinion. It noted that Justices Reed, Burton and Clark dissented and that Chief Justice Warren took no part. The vote was 5-3 with Justices Black, Frankfurter. Douglas, Minton and Harlan voting for Chessman. During his long wait in the California prison's death row, Chess-han has written two books.

Chessman, now 34, was convicted May 14, 1948, of eight counts of robbery, four of kidnaping, two of sex perversion on victims, one count of attempted robbery, one of attempted criminal assault, and one of auto theft. Argentine Braces For Loyalty Day BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Oct. 17. (JP) Argentina's new government braced itself today for its toughest test so far observance of the first Peronista "Loyalty Day" without Juan Peron himself around to hear the cheers of his supporters. The regime of provisional President Eduardo Lonardi continued its press and radio warnings that tough police and army action would be used at once on any attempt to demonstrate or make trouble.

'Tex" Johnston, 42, who hails from Emporia, called it an "uneventful" flight in the four-jet job. He predicted it will be common in three years when jet transports become common. The route home 2340 miles, was described as being north of Pittsburgh, Chicago, Milwaukee, Billings, Lewiston, Idaho, and thence directly to Seattle. After his 8 hour and 6 minute transcontinental round-trip hop, pilot Johnston boarded a conventional transport from Seattle to New York, where he's going to school a month with the American Management Assn. and that one-way trip was to take him at least two hours longer than his record-breaking 707 performance of a few hours earlier.

Mountains Tame Hurricane Katie MIAMI, Oct. 17. VP) Hurricane Katie beat a path across the Dominican Republic today and had much of the wind knocked out of her by the towering mountains of the tropical island of Hispanola. The Dominican Republic shares the island of Haiti. Both coun tries are rugged and the interior is sparsely populated.

Katie slammed into the south shore of the island last night with 115-mile winds, but her encounter with the mountains distorted the storm and weakened her winds to about 40 to 50 miles an hour. She was expected to regain hur ricane force after reaching the open sea during the afternoon. Her northeastward course pointed her toward the open Atr lantic and barring some unexpected development the 12th tropical storm of the year was not expected to threaten the U. S. main land.

The storm's center at 11 a. m. (EST) was near latitude 19.7 north, longitude 70.3 west, or near the town of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. It was moving northeastward at about 14 miles an hour. Gales extend outward 50 to 60 miles from the center.

ial Law Area Reduced INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 17. f.P) Gov. George N. Craig today ended martial law in Richmond and announced National Guard troops in the Perfect Circle strike areas in two other cities would be reduced by 400 men.

The governor said troops will remain at Hagerstown and also in New Castle and the rest of Henry county, in east-central Indiana. They will number about 600. A riot at the New Castle foun dry of. the piston ring company Oct. 5 left five strikers and three nonstrikers wounded from gun shots.

The governor acted today after conferring with national guard officers, representatives of the state police and two federal mediators. He decided to leave troops in Henry county, he said, because the guard commander said he could not guarantee against a recurrence of the riot if they were withdrawn. Craig said he had indications that both the company and the striking ClO-United Auto Work er have "an increased desire to negotiate." However, no new meetings have been arranged. JET AIRLINER SLASHES CROSS-COUNTRY RECORD BOTANY STUDY URGED FOR URANIUM HUNTERS ogist in charge of the New York city weather bureau, said today "we are in a slow tapering-off He said there would be occasional rains tonight and tomorrow, but they would not be heavy. State by state, here is the situation: Connecticut Seven known dead and 9 persons missing and presumed dead.

Norwalk's business and home damage was estimated at well over four million dollars. Three U. S. rubber plants in Nauga-tuck were knocked out and the company said 5,000 workers would be out of jobs temporarily. Danbury and Stamford suffered multi-million dollar damage.

But state officials said the overall property damage would not approach the estimated 215 million loss of last August. Gov. Abraham A. Ribicoff said today rivers are receding. The New Haven railroad, which suspended most of its traffic yesterday, resumed commuter service between Stamford and New York by using emergency bus service in some areas.

Bolstered by offers of help from the White House and other federal agencies, communities went about starting to repair the damage. Thousands were homeless. Half of the 1,500 national guardsmen on active duty yester- (Turn to page 16, coL 1) SEATTLE, Oct. 17. VP) Boeing's 707 Stratoliner flew round-trip across the country yesterday in less time than it takes conven tional air liners to cross the nation one way.

The 707 took 3 hours and 58 minutes to fly from Seattle to Washington, D. at an average speed of 592 miles per hour. After a brief stopover in the national capital, the first American commercial jet airtransport flew back to Seattle in 4 hours and 8 minutes at an average speed of 570 miles an This means that it took 8 hours and 6 minutes of elapsed flying time at an average of 581 miles per hour for the transcontinental roundtrip. The Boeing test pilot, A. M.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17. CD-Uranium propectors, put down your Geiger counters and sign up for a botany course instead. Louis C. Wheeler, Botany professor at the University of Southern California, has returned from his second trip to the rich uranium mining area of east central Utah and southwest Colorado with this word: Vegetation clues leading to the site of uranium may save endless wandering over difficult terrain with a Geiger counter.

"Studies show that certain plants grow only in selenium-.