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Temperatures 8:00 p. m. (unofficial) Low today 4H High yesterday year ago BEATRICE DAILY SUN Wecrthw Generally fair art Wander. tflgh year ago 80 "If You Didn't SM It in Sun It Didn't Happen" Member of the Amodated Press VOLUME XLV BEATRICE, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY EVENING.

MAY 26, 1948 4 GOP Wins First Round, Tariff Fight Democrats Shout 'Gag Rule' As House Bars Amendments. WASHINGTON, May 26 Amid Democratic shouts of "gag rule," Republicans won the first major test for their tariff bill today when the house voted to bar any amendments. The vote was 212 to 156. Republican leadership drove for passage of the measure before nightfall. It would extend the reciprocal trade act for one year and put congressional checkreins on the president's tariff-making powers.

Secretary of State Marshall has said the Republican measure would shake the foundations of America's foreign economic policy. The administration asked a three-year extension ol the present reciprocal trader act without change. Republican leaders were, confident of putting across the GOP bill, but lacked solid backing from their party's members. The party leadership called the house into session two hours earlier than usual (8 a. m.

CST) in a drive to wham through before nightfall a modified one-year extension of the 14 year old reciprocal trade agreements act. AH the ancient antagonisms between the two major parties flared anew as Democrats a hut ditch battle to save the trade program from what they described attempted "sabotage." The republican bill, approved by the house GOP steering committee, would extend the act only one year and would give congress veto power over trade treaties if the president exceeded tariff adjustment limits set by the federal tariff commission. Single Copy Sc Assistant Police Chief Church Now Has Broad Smile Doyle Church, assistant chief of police, was wearing a very broad smile and breathing a sigh of relief today. The smile came as the result of a local man being removed from the city jail yesterday after a stay of about a week. During this time he nearly completely wrecked both sides of the jail.

He was taken to Green Gables at Lincoln yesterday. He was being kept at the jail until he could be removed to the institution for mental patients. 'Must Remain Strong Until Peace Gomes' "The road to true peace may be long, but until it comes we must be strong," Harold' Mattoon, veteran of both world wara, said today in a talk before the Kiwanis club, appropriate to the Memorial day season. "A world union of all free peo- pie may be the permanent solution," he said. But this goal ties far ahead will not come until people recognize that "under the skin we are all alike," he said.

Mattoon, who served as an officer of the United States army, declared "we must be prepared to fignT little wars to stop the big ones." He attacked "the fools at home who were in such a big hurry to bring our boys home after V-J day and thereby in a few months destroy the greatest military power the world has ever known." Mattoon, who practiced as an attorney in Beatrice for many years before moving to Lincoln, where he is assigned with the Veterans administration, warned that America must get strong enough so Russia "will know we mean business." First Mennonite Has Two Vacation Schools Two vacation Bible schools "are being held by the First Mennonite church this year for preschool as well as school children. The, school being held in Dist. 38 schoolhouse for those living further west began May 24 and will continue through June 4. The Misses Emy Ensz and Dorothy Mae Jantzen are the instructors. The second school will meet in the Bible Academy building from June 7 through June 18 with the Misses Irene Thimm and Marjorie Wienss as instructors.

Both schools will present a closing program on the last day for the parents and others interested. Nazarene School Starts On June 1st The Church of the Nazarene is sponsoring a vacation Bible school which will begin June 1 and continue June 11. Sessions will begin each morning at 9 a. in. and close at 11:45.

There will be periods for Bible study, music, artwork, woodcraft, and supervised play. All boys and girls between the ages of three and 14 are invited i to' attend. Lineup Made For Parade 29 Various Organizations To Lead Way To Park. One of the 'most elaborate Decoration Day parades ever held in Beatrice consisting of 29 various organizations will lead the i way to Chautauqua park for the program Monday morning. The program at the park will be highlighted with an address by Dr.

Alva Clark, pastor of the local Centenary Methodist Church. The Rev. John F. Streng will give the invocation and benediction. The Rev.

Willard H. ikmpe wiT, give the prayer for the war dead. The Navy Mothers and auxiliaries of both the American Legion and VFW will honor the war dead with the placing of wreaths. The Lions Club quartet will sing two numbers. Program At 11 E.

S. Burroughs is officer of the day in charge of the parade which will form at 9:30 and start moving at 10 a. m. The program in the park is scheduled for 11 a. m.

Burroughs said this morning that the head of the parade will start on Fifth street, between Ella and Elk. The National Guard color guard and the Beatrice municipal band will form in the first half block. The Army vehicles will fall in on Elk just south of Senior high school. The order of line-up on the west side of Fifth from Elk to High will Headquarters Co. American Legion colors, American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary colors and members, all unattached veterans, VFW colors and then VFW members, VFW auxiliary colors and members.

The lineup on the east side of Fifth from Elk to High will be: Boy Scouts, Cubs, Girl Scouts, Brownies, and the drum and bugle corps. From High north it will be: DAR, WRC, DUV, Navy Mothers, Red Cross, Salvation Army, city commissioners, police department and fire department. The parade will move south on Fifth to Court, to Sixth and then south to the park. Adopt New Chevrons For Army Non-Corns New and smaller grade chevrons providing distinction between "combat" and "non-combat" personnel, will be adopted by the Army in July. After the changeover, it is announced, men in combat jobs will wear chevrons of dark blue on a golf embroidered background (above right), and non-combat soldiers will wear insignia of gold on a blue background.

The hew emblems will be one and' three-quarters inches wide on backgrounds two inches wide, or about two-thirds- the size of the present 'Basically, the chevrons to be worn by each grade will be similar to those worn now by the same grade. However, there will be no differentiation between "technician" and "line" personnel in a given grade' except for the color of the insignia. Those illustrated above will be worn by non-commissioned officers of the third grade. Memorial Day Warning Given By Capt. Sanders LINCOLN, May "Memorial Day is a day to honor the dead, not to join Capt.

C. J. Sanders of the State Safety Patrol said today after surveying the state's May'traffic fatality list. The patrol chief pointed out I that 15 fatalities have been recorded in the last 13 days, These brought the May total to date to 23, The patrol's state total' to date for the year was 80, Motorists should "take it easyl' over the Memorial Day week-end, holiday' by keeping down speed and especially guarding against improper passing on the highways, Capt. ftandeM.

i Stassen Sees New Signs Of GOP Deadlock Minnesotan Says No Early Nomination Is Likely. BY JACK BELL WASHINGTON, May 26. New signs pointing to a convention deadlock in the battle for the top presidential nomination turned up today. Harold E. Stassen, one of three major contenders who have been matching claims for top delegate billing, added the latest forecast.

seven-state swing to scrape the it. has become apparent, that nobody is going to be nominated very early in the Philadelphia balloting. Mere Support. Bowled over by I Gov. Thomas E.

Dewey in the Oregon primary last week, Stassen bounced back to claim at a news conference yesterday that he still has more first and second choice support for the- nomination than either Dewey or Senator Robert A. Taft. Needless to say, Taft and Dewey backers dispute that vigorously. But even in their camps there is private acknowledgement that if' someone doesn't give and that fairly early in dark horse, rather than any of the three, is likely to get the nomination. Stassen insisted his chances are good, despite the prestige and 12 Oregon votes he lost to Dewey last Friday.

He contended he has enough 'first and second choice strength in sight so that it "adds up to a possible nomination." In this connection, the former Minnesota governor said nine of his backers were among the 12 actually elected as delegates in Oregon. The 12 are bound by law to support Dewey as long as he Is a contender. But after that. Stassen said he'will get the nine votes. With a gusto all the candidates are displaying, Stassen said he has "definite delegate strength" in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas and Texas: He noted clashing claims from the Taft and Dewey camps, but said the convention roll call will tell the story.

Texas republicans went for Taft yesterday in one of the windup state meetings before national convention opens June 27. Later in the day Texas democrats decided their 50 delegates to the July convention should be instructed to, fight -President Truman's civil rights program but to support the party nominee, whoever it might be. Cross-Carrying Helicopter Cross for the chapel spire may be Men here, fastened under the fuselage. 'Copter Lowers Chapel Into Mile-Deep Arizona Canyon PHOENIX, A chapel, I yon A round trip by helicopter of the use of Havasupai Indians required fifteen minutes. The who live in the depths of the only other mode of entry to the mile-deep Havasupai canyon was canyon, by packhorse, takes, three LAUNDRY Insurance adjusters set up an office in the Paddock hotel today to receive claims from Kimball laundry patrons who sustained losses in the fire, and who did not carry own insurance to cover the loss.

The office is open from 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. and from 7 to 9 p.

m. today and from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.

Thursday. City Ordinances Require More Time Only one session is required to pass an ordinance, when three commissioners are present and voting unanimously, an ordinance requires three readings, at separate meeting's when only two commissioners are voting. Yesterday three ordinances went through one reading. One calls for the repeal of the ordinance regulating the hooking of for space heating, an other tor the sale of three lots in the Belvidere Heights addition for $50 to Paul and Rose Lukeroth, and a third fo bring the Kyles and Wright addition into the city limits. The council also surrendered ten tax Certificates, all subject to foreclosure, to the county, which previously had sold them to the city.

Plumbers licenses were granted to Henry Tieman, Beatrice and Donald DeVries, Cortland. lowered in sections by helicop- hours each way along a narrow ter, to be reconstructed on the trail over which delivery of the canyon floor. The chapel is a remodeled quonset hut, with a white, cross- toppel steeple. It was supplied by TCniscopal Missionary District of Ariona tzhrough the generosity of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. The Indians of the canyon are mostly Episcopal church members, but' previously they have been without a place of worship.

The Rt. Rev. Arthur B. Kinsolving TI, Bishop of Arizona, who conceived the idea of providing the Supai with, a church, brethren and watched the arrival, piece by piece, of the quonset, hut. Bishop Kinsolving officiated at the dedication services.

After the building was lowered into the canyon, willing Indian workers completed erection of the 20 by 60 foot structure. The Indians will continue the work of erecting front and rear facings of the red sandstone found in the canyon, and construction is expected to be completed in less than a month. About 25 trips were necessary to carry the sections of the building to the floor of the can- 'No Shooting' From Gage County Bridges The county board of supervisors soon will put up "no shooting" signs on county bridges. They will go up on major spans first and eventually may include all county bridges. This action was taken yesterday in response to a plea by Lester Trussel, Norris Public Power district manager, who lives near the Pontoon bridge just west of town.

He said that bullets fired in the water often rickashay and constitute a danger to life and limb. Last year a stray shot killed one of his hogs. Children play near the river who be seriously injured, he said. County Attorney Robert Elliott said the supervisors have broad police powers, which, in his opinion authorize them to take such action. The signs will be made at the county equipment barn.

Wherry Learns Of Steel Shipment WASHINGTON, May 24. Senator Wherry said he has learned unofficially the commerce department plans to resume granting export licenses for shipments of steel to Saudi Arabia. Tool In vented By Beatrice Man Into Fairbury Factory "This tool in a woman's hand, is equal to an ordinary tool in a man's hand." The above statement seems to fit very well the invention of Joe Hahn of Beatrice. Manufacture of the plier-type wrench will start in Fairbury soon, The new industry will be known as the Click 'Manufacturing Company and wilt make the wrench which can be adjusted with one hand, The 1 company is owned and controlled by Mrs. -MM Swolsky and Sam Bervin, all of Fairbury.

an employee at- Pempf star's, has spent considerable, tune; in working qut the pjans the tool which is a radical -departure from the ordinary' design 'and may be used on the farm; home, garage and other, places where are needed and used. in Fairbury, but a large quantity of the tools are expected to arrive about June 1. The tool is being manufactured at present by the Hackethorn Manufacturing company, Littleton, and will be shipped to Fairbury for the pre- shipping phases. Operations in Fairbury will include assembling, packing and, shipping During the firsy stages in Fairbury tlie, concern will handle one itandard sized wrench 'with a closed length of about nine inches. However, plans call for the eventual assembly of nearly 30 sizes and types of other tools.

This' wrench is being manufactured; in Colorado only Ume being. co-owners, purchased, the patent rights from Hahn andi at the present time own everything connected with the wrench except the actual building was impossible. Agreement On Publications Would Give Free Exchange Between Soviet-U. S. Zones, BERLIN, May 26--45V The Russians auth orities today they are ready come to a suitable settlement fo: free exchange of publications be tween the Soviet and U.

S. zones of Germany. Col. Gordon E. Textor, head the American information contro division, last week banned the importation of Soviet-licensed publications into the American zone in retaliation for wholesale confiscation and other discrimina tions against American-licensee publications in the Soviet zone.

In a conciliatory letter today Lt. Gen. M. I. Drativin, the Rus sian deputy military governor asked his opposite number in the U.

S. zone, Maj. Gen. George Hays, to rescind the prohibition. "I can tell you," the letter said, "we hope to come to a suitable settlement by which every possibility of infringement of procedure for exchange of papers will be excluded.

"In this sense I am ready to assure you our sincere wish to carry out the terms of directive number 55 provided we can get the same assurance on your part" Directive No. 55 of the Allied control council provides for the free exchange of publications throughout Germany. Textof charged the Russians violated it. Unions Ask Government Buy Railroads Official Washington Does Not Take Proposal Seriously. BY MAX HALL WASHINGTON, May 26 A union demand that the govern- nent "begin -preparations" to buy he railroads seemed to, have lit- Je prospect today of being taken seriously in official Washington.

A group of 20 railroad unions made the proposal last night. Their own leaders did not en- irely agree on how far they want 'jo go with nationalization of the ndustry. There was no immediate comment from the White house or agencies. But observers noted that congress would have to approve a step of this step toward and there are no signs that congress is in. any such mood.

Railroad management officials made light of the proposal. W. T. Parley, president of the Association of Amerncan Railroads, termed it "an attempt to Jlvert attention" from the fact that three engineers, firemen, and the recommendations of an impartial board in the present rail dispute. Heads of the 20 unions, banded together in the railway labor executives' association, came to the aid of the engineers, firemen and switchmen last night.

The 20 executives unanimously adopted a bitter resolution. In it, they condemned the government as a "strike-breaking agency" 1 because it seized legal control of the railroads May 10 and thus blocked a scheduled strike by the three unions. Tfien they demanded that the government, having taken legal control now assume "the full responsibilities of operation," take control of revenues, and bargain directly with the unions on wages and working conditions. Finally they argued, that the private operators more than once have shown their inability to maintain satisfactory labor re- latipns and have failed to provide the public with efficient arid prompt service. Therefore, they said, the government should "begin preparations for the transfer of railroad ownership from private interests to the United States government." Arabs Reject "Cease Fire" See Break World-Wide With Arabs Gravely 111 LONDON, May 26 official Czechoslovak diplomatic source said today President Eduard Benes is "gravely ill" and is not expected to recover.

The informant said Czechoslovakia's president had two strokes recently. Benes has been ill for a number of months. A spokesman for the Czechoslovak embassy would make no formal comment on his condition now, beyorid saying that the state of the president's health Is "very serious." Late Bulletins 49th Anniversary At Beatrice National The calendar reminded Wallace Robertson today that just 49 years ago he made his first entry in the. Beatrice National Bank collection book. But his introduction into the banking business goes back even farther.

At the age of 18 he started at the First National. On March 4, 1899 he came to the Beatrice National as head of the collection department. Until becoming president March 4, 1916, Mr. Robertson held every position in the bank. He was president 29 years and since has been chairman of the board of directors.

Sells Subscriptions Via The Air Route Daily Sun Circulation 'Manager Al Spray found that most farmers, on such days as these, are ''working 'in the field, which reduced the number of calls he could make by auto. So yesterday he tried something different. He went his rounds by plane, landing in the fields 'where farmers were at He says he was able to catch easily twice as many farmers. in ah hour as he auto. May 28.

UrV-Incor- ppration papers were filed today fojr thi Nebraska Medical Foundation, a non-profit body formed to receive funds for fos- aor daeton. fohn D. Elmshauser, Retired Farmer, Dies John D. Elmshauser, 1328 Court, a retired farmer, died at a local hospital this morning. He was born July 22, 1871, in Baltimore, and came to Gage county near Hoag in 1887.

He later went to Ogallala, then Seward and came to Beatrice in 1934. He leaves three sons, Lorenz of Beatrice, the Rev. Milton of Ray, and Reuben of St. Paul, two daughters, Mrs. John Bausano, of Whittington, 111., and Mies Hedwig Elmshauser of Beatrice; three brothers, Theo of Denver and George and Conrad of Ogallala; and five sisters, Mrs.

Katharine Hahn and Mrs. Louis Mahlock 6f Beatrice, Mrs. John Buss of Reward, Mrs. John Riddell of Kearney and Mrs. G.

Schmidt of Qeventysix, Mo. Harman mortuary Is in charge of arrangements. Missouri Basin Will Cost $3Va Billions WASHINGTON, May Ultimate cost of harnessing and -using waters of the Missouri river on. today's will be more than $3,500,000,000, the, Interior department figures. William E.

Warne, assistant secretary- of the Interior, testified to the house appropriations committee during hearings on the department's bill that: 1. The reclamation bureau will eventually construct 'irrigation and-other works at a of 2, The estimated cost of the work of the army engineers in building flood control phases of the vast Missouri $1,400,000,000, program is Lentz Points Out New Bond Limit The limit on, the amount of Series U.S. Savings Bonds any Nebraska resident can buy during the calendar year has been increased -from $5,000 to $10,000 Fred Lentz, Gage county chairman of Nebraska's Security Loan campaign pointed out today. Lentz said the doubling of the Series Bond limit is serving as an extra incentive to his campaign organization of volunteers to sell the greatest amount of savings bonds locally in any three months' period since the end of the war. He asked residents of Gage county to buy as many security bonds as possible.

"Local people with funds to invest now have the opportunity to take advantage of a safe, profitable to an extent never before available," he asserted. "The Series savings bond pays $4 for every $3 in any 10 years. The investor can never get back one penny less than his original investment. Even if his bonds go astray, the Treasury Department will issue new bonds bearing the original date of purchase. Sign Clown For Rodeo Between-Acts W.

G. "Bill" Bitting, chairman of the rodeo committee of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, reports that arrangements are complete for the June event at the fair grounds. Trick riders and ropers have been under contract for some time, but only yesterday he engaged the clown for the entertainment between acts. Bitting furnishes his own sound equipment and he has several volunteers for the announcing. Fighting Still Continues On Palestine Fronts.

Lifts Finnish Ban WASHINGTON, May 28 WP) United States today partly lifted a virtual ban on exports of Industrial goods; to Soviet-dominated eastern Europe by approving a $3,890,000 shipment to Finald. Secretary of Commerce Sawyer announced the action but gave no explanation. He said he has approved granting licenses for shipment of power generators parts, machine tools, steel products and other materials. He added lie expects to grant further approvals "in the near future." WASHINGTON, May 28. House approval sent to the White house today legislation making' the Civil Air Patrol a 'permanent civilian auxiliary of the air force.

The CAP, organized during the war, carried out anti-submarine patrols, and performed courier services and ether jobs for the air force. WASHINGTON, May statue of liberty is due for a half-million dollar beauty treatment. The house appropriations committee recommended that amount today to "clean up" Bedloe'a island in New York harbor on which the statue is located and to install a heating plant In the statue for the comfort of winter visitors. LAKE SUCCESS, May -The Arab delegations here by their governments today Jiat they could not accept the United Nations Palestine cease- fire order unconditionally. They laid down three conditions which a spokesman for Israel said could not be accepted by the Jewish state.

This apparently doomed the security council's fifth truce appeal. The Arabs received instructions from-their governments just before the 11 a.m. (CST) deadline the council set Monday for acceptance or rejection. The Arab conditions were W- ported to be: 1. Stop arming Haganah, the Jewish army.

2. Abandon recognition of the Jewish state. 3. Limitation of Jewish immigration. The council adjourned Just seven minutes before the deadline without Arabs to read out their replies.

Meanwhile a big power spokesman said a demand may be made for a world-wide diplomatic break with the Arabs. Informed quarters said France, was particularly anxious for strong action against any coun- tries which refused to heed the council's cease-fire appeal. The, United States and Russia already have indicated they also favored' forceful Leaders of the seven Arab were reported drafting a note Amman, Trans-Jordan to the N. An Arab informant the. 1 gue session said th'ere 'could compromise.on a Jewish stateM Jewish such ter" was, certain.

The, Jews insisted that the day extension of the U. N. u. fire deadline was obtained by Arabs to afford them time for an offensive, particularly hi Jerusalem. Israel reconsidered its original acceptance of the cease fire because of' the extension.

went on in and" on other fronts in The Holy City was reported Jews to have been bombed first time In its history, said high flying' planes high explosives. Farther were lacking. An NBC report from within the" battered city said 800 Haganah, reinforcements were seen" moving! into Jerusalem to meet the expected Arab assault, Two Deaths Termed Murder, Suicide CINCINNATI, May 26 body of a real estate salesman was found in his carbon monoxide filled garage several hours after a comely, 38-year-old been strangled and Homicide Lt. Orville Burleson said today the deaths were "murder and suicide." Burleson identified the victims as: Paul Klein, and Mrs. Clara Katsetos, mother of four children and estranged wife of an advertising firm, executive.

Mrs. Katsetos' body was found yesterday by her 10-year-old son, Billy, in the bathtub of her home. Coroner. Herbert P. Lyle said she had been strangled.

Burleson said that police, learning that Klein and Mrs. Katsetos had been "keeping company," went to the home of the man's sister in another section of the city and were informed of the suicide. Mrs. Katsetos and her husband, Cris Katsetos, owner of the Ohio Advertising and Display were separated for more than two years and Klein was divorced several years ago, he added. it.

U.S. Cruiser Salt Lake City Is Sunk In Pacific Waters (The 'following patch of In Jerusalem was' received via' IT. S. navy department communications, it was filed' at 5 p. m.

Jerusalem time, three hours, before expiration of the U. N. truce deadline. Jerusalem, May 28. tSV-Jewl sources reported today the Am Legion is thinning out, north of the city.

They expressed 1 belief, the Arabs were being transferred to Latrun, key point on the Tel' highway, where the heaviest fighting in Palestine is in progress. (The Arab legion declared night it had captured Latrun a 24-hour battle in Jews were slain.) In the south, the Jews said mixed force of legionnaires tians and local fighters were ed from the entire Ramat Hehel and Mar Elias area by a Jewish; commando raid during, the LONDON, May elgn Secretary'Ernest Bevln sal4 today Britain's treaty to furnish officers for, Trans- Jordan's Arab legion will end only If It becomes "Inconsistent with our obligations to United Nations." In response to questions, Bevinf informed house of that 37 British officers now, serving with the Arab has -been' engaged in Arab warfare against the since mid-May. British officials privately. pressed concern and at report, 1 lend Israel 1100,000,000. WITH The U.

S. First Task Fleet, May Two swift, clean torpedo WtSvSank the U. S. Cruiser Salt Lake City after bombs, shells and rockets had battered her sturdy hulk for hours. end came at 12:52 p.

m. (CST) yesterday after five houfS of intermittent bombardment with everything 15 ships and scores of planes had to offer. The famous old swaybacked fighting ship went down without if she welcomed death under fire to desecration in a junk yard. She rolled over and hid her grotesquely twisted masts 'and other wounds in the kindly, sea. Her stem rose and then she slid beneath the waves, bow tint.

Her grave Hs in the great depths, 130 miles off the southern California coast. She went down in 2,000 more than two miles, of water, here no diver can ever disturb her, Adm. C. Ramsey, conv-nand- er of the Pacific fleet, who nessed the sinking, said; "in general the was excel City, a gear peace, has A final Rear Adnv Bertram ers, who was captain oj the cruisr gLf A dors' jng of Salt veteraVoftwar completed I AM A the sinking our own shi i.