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Wednesday MorningAugust 31, 1949 Published Every Morn but Price 5 CenU sit Ger Send Commission Grants City Pay Increases; Extra Job to Osuna infer FssiMe Tito I City commissioners Tuesday night unanimously voted to make $25-a-month salary hikes for city employes retroactive to July 1, even including the city attorney who previously had been left out of the general pay Allison-Honey Win Old Town Sewer Contract boost. Truman Backers In Senate Agree To Anns 3 Cut Vandenberg and Dulles Succeed in Lowering Aid to Round Billion WASHINGTON, Aug (AP) Administration forces in the Senate have agreed to the $160,990,000 rMit -nm-nnA TformhliVan isee whether he ever had profited Senators Vandenberg and Dulles, personally. He even hinted that in President Truman 000,000 arms aid program in formed senators said tonight. The senators, who did not want tc be quoted by name, said arms aid for European members of the Atlantic alliance will be cut from $1,160,990,000 to an even $1,000, The increases won't appear on Rent. 1 checks, but the retroactive portion $50 for July and August ni-l sither with SfDar- Will JJOIU i ate checks soon, or will be includ- led in the Sept.

15 pay envelopes, said City Manager Charles Wells. Informed that a state law prohibited the boosting of Police Judge Ben Osuna's salary from $175 to a proposed $300 a month, the commission decided to follow a well-established orecedent in circumventing the law. It instructed the city attorney to draw up an ordinance which will appoint Osuna as codifier of city ordinances, as well as police judge, and he will get the $120 a month extra for that additional title. Assistant City Attorney A. L.

Strong predicted Osuna would earn the extra pay if he keeps up the city ordinances. It was one of the longest commission meetings on record, lasting until long past midnight. Three previous sessions of the commission had been cancelled this month for lack ofa quorum, and as a result a huge mass of city business awaited commission action. Frequent bickerings added to the length of the session. Euclid Avenue Addition a 5.86-acre island located north of Indian School Road and west of Sixth Street, and omitted in previous annexations was brought into the city through voluntary petition signed by majority owners of the area.

In the middle of the lengthy session Commissioner Tingley and Morelli stalemated proceedings for nearly 45 minutes by raising the question that the Continue oo Nino man Campaign Fund Is All Vaughan Got WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 WV-Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan testified today that he collected at least $4000 in Democratic campaign funds from John Maragon and a widely known race track figure both of whom received i vduguau iavors.

But he swore he did nothing wrong. He told Senators investigating Washineton's influent industry" they could look at his bank account if they wanted to on at least one occasion his troubles may have been caused by someone impersonating him. Vaughan, who is President Truman's Army aide, said Mr. Truman didn't know what firms Vaughan was busily assisting. It was during the 1946 campaign.

Vaughan told the Senate investigations subcommittee, that ham Helis, a race horse owner who sought and got Vaughan's aid in getting a permit for scarce materials needed at the Tanforan race track in California. He said that he also got around $2000 that had been collected by Maragon, Washington fixer-upper wh6 was interested in everything from molasses to perfume and who repeatedly sought and got Vaughan's help. The money, Vaughan said, was turned over to the Democratic campaign in Missouri, Vaughan's home state as well as the President's. Philadelphia's Love Legions Giant Parade PHILADELPHIA, Aug A million people who 30 T) love a parade cheered and applauded today for American Legion veterans of two world wars strutting in one of their biggest, noisiest and most colorful demonstrations. This sad old city is entertaining the Legion's 31st national convention.

Today the Legionnaires put aside convention business and entertained Phila delphia and thousands of guests. And vn th famerl Nw Years Day mummers parade? were nothing like this shooting. iokine tramD-tramr-tramn of the sot $2000 or S3000 from Wil- sub School Enrollment Shows 13 Per Cent Increase Over '48 Registration Continues In Elementary Grades Some Classes Begin A 13 per ent increase was shown in Albuquerque public school enrollments Tuesday over the same number of classes on registration day last year. A bigger increase is expected to be shown today when registration for all elementary pupils in the public school system is held at the respective schools at 10 a. m.

Other public school pupils slated to register today are 9th graders at Highland High, Jefferson, Lincoln and Washington junior highs and Ernie Pyle, all at 8:30 a.m., and sophomores at Albuquerque High at 8 a.m. Tuesday's enrollment of 7th, 8th, 11th and 12th and those 10th graders going to Highland totaled 3214 pupils, 378 more than signed up for the same classes on last year's first day. Classes for all public school students will begin Thursday morning, except those going to the new Whittier School. St. Mary's Registration St.

Mary's School still was busy registering high school students Tuesday and had no totals. Tenth graders will register at St. Mary's today, while juniors and seniors will hold forenoon classes Thursday and Friday. Full-time classes at St. Mary's will start Sept.

6. Other schools opening classes on Sept. 6 are Manzano Day, Har-wood Girls, San Felipe and St. Vincent's Academy. St.

Vincent's Academy will register elementary students Thursday from 9 a.m. till noon and high school students on Fri day. Class work was under way Tuesday at Albuquerque Indian School, with 640 enrolled, and at Menaul School, with 135. Public school students planning to attend the new Whittier elementary school on South Quincy will, go to Bandelier School to register today because construction work on the new school is incompleted. Whittier school pupils will register today, but be excused of classes until Sept.

6, when the building will be ready for occu pancy, officials said. This school's area includes all territory east of Morningside, south of Central and west of San Pedro. Boundaries Changed "To prevent overcrowding at some public schools, some school area boundaries have been rearranged, said Tom Wiley, schools administrative assistant. He gave these boundaries: Yale Avenue will divide areas served by Albuquerque High, and Continued on Pace Thirteen Highway Upkeep Poor Early Chest Pledges Top Last Years An augury of success for this Community Chest drive was reported Tuesday by Merle Tucker, chairman of the advance gifts drive. i Tucker said solicitation teams, which went to work today, reported back that in many cases pledges were made which topped the amounts subscribed by the same donors last year.

Tutker heads a corps of 85 volunteer workers carrying out the advance gifts canvass this week. Beginning Sept. 15, 300 workers headed by Harold Elliott, chairman, will canvass all business firms and employes. General solicitation will begin Oct. 5 and will be carried on by 400 workers under the direction of Mrs.

W. M. Lowe. The 1949 Community Chest budget here is $128,014. The Red Feather slogan is "Give Enough 1949." Last year 20,000,000 Ameri cans in 1250 cities contributed some $188,000,000 to 14,000 Chest Agencies.

Strict Patrols Planned for All School Zones City and State Police and Sher iff John A. Flaska joined Tuesday in cautioning motorists to use extra caution because school is starting this week, and reported they are increasing their traffic patrols. "Motorists should be especially careful now that youngsters are starting back to school," declared City Police Chief Paul Shaver. "City crew- have been working for two weeks, making new cau tion signs and renewing the school zone marks on pavements. Sev eral new school zones are being set up Shaver added the stern warning that motorists who fail to CnuHniif on Pace Thirl reo Conrad Bergendoff Plans Glasgow University Study WASHINGTON, Aug.

30 () The State Department announced today a list of 152 American graduate students who have been chosen under the Fulbright Act to study in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Greece. The list includes: Conrad Luther Bergendoff, Albuquerque, N. University of Chicago, political science and international relations at Glas gow University. in the new measure would be subject to enactment of general legislation providing for the nonreimbursable charges. Chavez commented: "I am assuming that the President expects to send to the Congress proposals next year to effect a new system of charges on reclamation projects which will liberalize the present law.

"The Congress clearly desires such a revision as was shown when Congress passed this Vermejo bill." If there is no revision of the reclamation policy, Chavez said his measure would permit the Secretary of the Interior to readjust previous allocations of Continued on Page tSixteeo For 2 Years, SANTA FE, Aug. 30 New during 1947 and 1948 but happy days may be ahead. State Highway Engineer Burton C. Dwyre said the state's roads "were not well maintained" during the two-year interval but added, "the blame can be laid directly on the doorstep of increasing costs." Action Moscow Renews Flow of Insults Against Yugoslavs Czechs Crush Move To Set Up Anti-Red Regime in Prague By The Associated Press The Soviet Union accused Premier Marshal Tita of Yugoslavia and his top Communist deputies Tuesday night of being deceiving1 double-dealers. At the same tivtut a German press report said the Russians were speeding heavily-armed East German police to th Yugoslav border for "anti-Tito action." These were among the latest developments in the troubled Communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.

Additional nroof of mounting political tension in the Russian orbit also came from Prague. Czechoslovakia Communist government announced it had smashed an armed revolt by a large number of conspirators whn tried fo ei? the capital and set up an anti-Soviet regime. In London, meanwhile, responsible diplomatic officials said the United States and Britain soon may ease restrictions on the sale of arms to Yugoslavia. The matter reportedly is under study in London and Washington. Ignores Tito Note Russia's latest blast at Tita came in new note from Moscow to Belgrade the eighth in thm name-calling battle between th two Communist capitals.

The new Kremlin note accused Tito of being a stooce for -Western masters." It made no men! ion of Yugoslavia's note of Aug. 23 in unicn the Balkan leader offered to settle all outstanding differences between himself and Moscow provided Russia clearly recognized that Yugoslavia It determined to remain independent In all her policies. Nor did the Soviet not elaborate on Russia Aug. 19 threat to take "more effective measures" for the protection of Soviet ciii-teni alleged to havo suffered brutalities in Yugoslavia. Duel en Taper Russia and Yugoslavia hv been conducting a paper duel since June, 1948.

when th Com. iniorm (Lottimun.H international infcrmation bureau) accused Tito 'and h5S Belgrade ct being nationalistic and anti-Soviet. iv it. i nuskian rone. military sources in Berlin speculated that.

Huh.i might hesitate to her own armed forces to polic Tito's border for fear ef inviting an armed clat-h. But, they ad4ef, Moscow mighj willing to cM rt 9'mm EtPaso Operators Buy Gas Rights On Chaves Sites Sale of gas nhta an eptiona on gas production to 3 Pa Natural Gas Co. on appromireately 18.000 acres r-mxindrg th Apache Oil Co- w. Ideal in north east Chaves County, was confirmed in Albutjuerq-j Tuesday by On W. Atverbwry.

322 1-2 west Central. Atterbure is or.a of the backers of the well The transaction was announced in El Pm bf C. C. Cragin, vice-president and general manager of 2 Paso Natural Gat Co. Alter bury.

thJ returned ta Al buquerqy Tuesday after spend ing several days In El Paws, confirmed he had told gat rights 4000 acres around the prolific Apache Oil Co, wtficat waica blew in last week. In addition. El Paso Natural bury options, en gas prod actio Big Oil Companies Stop Mexico Loan, Chavez Charges New Mexico Senator Declares Mexican Oil Is Strategic Need WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (AP) Senator Chavez (D-NM) said today oil companies whose property was taken over by the Mexican government in 1933 have worked to block an oil loan to Mexico. In a speech prepared for broadcast Chavez said "the American people must be told the shameful story.

"The machinations of the big oil companies present one of the most sordid pictures in the history of American relations with Mexico," he added. "They represent a threat to our national security for they are thereby arming the Communists, not only in Latin America, but throughout the world with a powerful propaganda weapon." Predicts Loan The Mexican government originally requested an oil development loan of $203,000,000 from this country. After a breakdown of negotiations, the application was withdrawn July 19, although it was indicated that negotiations may be resumed. Chavez expressed confidence that this will be done and he predicted the Mexican loan will be made despite "the oil crowd and their friends in the State Department." He insisted it Is "vital" to the United States to assist Mexico by strengthening her economically. Failure to do so, he said, will furnish the Communists with ammunition for their cold war.

Red Propaganda "The Communists are meeting in Mexico City on Sept. 4 for their third international peace congress," said Chavez. "Pinkoes will flock to Mexico City from all parts of the world; and I predict that they will sing a tune of American imperialism and neglect of Latin America; tney Know only too well that a policy which ignores Latin America is dangerous for us because it augurs the breakdown of in ter-American co-operation." Development of Mexican nil r. serves would be of great strategic importance in this country, Cha vez continued. Accessible Reserve Mexico h- a potential and strategic value that can not be exaggerated.

Her oil reserves are estimated from two to 20 times as as our own proven reserves," he said. "We are in a cold war and we may be in a hot one soon, so why in heaven's name are we concerning ourselves with the development of fields and refineries in far olf Arabia, which are easily accessible to the armies of our only potential enemy, when we have a potential reserve accessible by land in Mexico." Protest Meeting Reverts To Praise Some 150 Bel-Air residents met to protest school facilities in their area Tuesday night, but ended up 1 cooperation of school officials. J. F. Garliepp, Bel-Air Community Assn.

president, said residents decided a letter of praise should be sent John Milne, schooli superintendent, for his prompt action in readying three temporary classroom buildings moved to the area. Work crews sent by Milne finished conditioning one building Tuesday so all pupils can register there today, Garliepp said. He raid workmen, swarming over the building, painted it, set up all plumbing fixtures, hooked up the lights and connected gas lines for heaters. The other two hiiiiHinwo slated to be readied todav, so that S.t!tS Thursday, school officials informed the residents. The group formed a committee, headed by Bob Ayers, to obtain traffic signs designed to reduce speeding in the area, Garliepp said.

Other discussions concerned plans to pave all streets in the area. City commissioners Tuesday night awarded to Allison and Haney a contract for construction of a new sewer line to serve Old Town. The project is the first to take care of the newly-annexed Old Town and North End areas and one of the most expensive from the footage of pipe standpoint. The Allison and Haney bid was $149,648.20. Other bidders: F.

D. Shufflebarger, Miller and Smith, $159,795.40. The project calls for laying of only about a mile and a half of sewer pipe. Commissioners Antonio Morelli and Tingley both said they thought the cost "out of line." Sees Difficulties City Manager Charles E. Wells, asked by Morelli for his opinion, stated he thought the bids "in line," considering the pipe must all be laid below the water table, which complicates the work.

"I think it's too high," commented Tingley after he and the other three commissioners voted to atrard the contract. Tingley also took a jibe at the pavement on Gibson torn up and replaced by the Allison and Haney firm when it laid a sewer line there. Tingley noted the Old Town project called for similar tearing up and replacing of pavement, and declared concerning the Gibson Ave. job: "It's rough all over. It's a rotten job." City Manager Wells reported he had not yet inspected or accepted the repaying, and that the city still Continued on Pace Nine Report Says Mexico's highways took a beating He said the two cent a gallon boost in the state gas tax is reason for some It will increase department revenues to hasten debt retirement and put the department on a better footing.

The biennial report showed that New Mexico spent $16,112,868 on 1053.5 miles of highway under private contract and $1,141,669 on 212 miles handled directly by the department. Maintenance Cut Dwyre said maintenance was among items cut sharply so that enough money would be available to match federal funds for federal-aid work. The department also went $7,000,000 deeper into debt to obtain more federal aid matching dollars. A-total of $2,817,000 was paid in principal and $1,044,000 on interest on the department's standing debt. At the same time, Dwyre took issue with a New Mexico Taxpayers Assn.

report last week which said the highway department was wasting money on political patron- uwwiw (tic nrevi 1 the The assnr iatinn TPrw-irt assaitprt equipment ana employment oi labor directly was too costly, and suggested that all road work be done by private contract. Dwyre said he could answer charges in the report separately and declared he was "not excited" about it. All full-scale construction work is handled under contract with private contractors, he said. Reporters LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30 V- Two.newsmen reported today that officers at White Sands Proving Ground, N.

informed them they had seen flying discs or mysterious flying objects. Marvin Miles, aviation writer for the Los Angeles Times, wrote from the New- Mexico upper air research center. "I talked with three men, two senior officers and an enlisted technician, who report seeing strange objects in the sky, one as recently as last Friday during preparation for a high-altitude missile flight." Miles and the other reporter, Clete Roberts, news commerttator for radio station KFWB here, did not reveal the names of the men they talked with. upon by a bi-partisan Senate committee this afternoon. The subcommittee was appointed by Chairman Connally Tex.) of the Foreign Relations committee in an announced effort to ''adjust" differences and assure "overwhelming" bi-partisan support in the Senate for the arms aid bill.

In addition to Connally, the subcommittee consists of Chairman Tydings Md.) of the Armed vices committee and Republican Senators Vandenberg (Mich.) and Gurney (S. They will report to the combined committees on foreign relations and armed services tomorrow. We Have Agreed' "We have agreed," Connally told reporters after the subcommittee's meeting. But neither he nor other members of the group would disclose details to newsmen. Vandenberg was smiling broadly vhen he emerged from the subcommittee session but told newsmen: "I'm not saying a word." Word of the subcommittee's ac tion spread rapidly, however, and other senators said the $160,990,000 cut in arms aid to Western Eu rope had been agreed upon.

the funds for Atlantic pact nations, the bill contains money for Greece, Korea, the Philippines and other nations. Some senators said that all dif ferences had been settled except those concerning arms aid to China. Senator Knowland Cal.) is demanding that arms for non-Communist China be added to the President's program. The Administration has offered to ac- Contlnned on Pace Pour Second Car Victim From Here Dies GREELEY, Aug. 30 (JP) A.

H. Oilman, 78, of 212 North Oak, Albuquerque, died tonight in Weld county hospital from injuries suffered in a headon automobile collision yesterday near Fort Lupton, Colo. Oilman suffered shock, arm and leg fractures. Horace Gilbert, 77. of Albuquerque, and Mrs.

Marjorie A. Brown, Duncan, also died in the crash. Jimmy Woodard, 6, Dies Of Poliomyelitis in Gallup GALLUP, Aug. 30 Jimmie fWoociard, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.

M. L. Woodard, died from polio this afternoon. He was the first Gallup polio fatality of the year Woodard i 'past president of the New Mexico Highway 66 association and is now secretary of the national association. He is also secretary of the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Assn.

Jimmie was stricken Aug. IK. wjth an important assignment in the government's upper-air research, a man who would not talk lightly." At White Sands, Brig. Gen. Philip G.

Blackmore, commanding general, commented: "so far as I know these reports are simply untrue." Nothing of the kind has ever State Vows To Repair City Streets Albuquerque streets paved by the State Highway Dept. will be put in good shape before they are turned over to the city for maintenance, Highway Dept. officials said Tuesday. They also emphasized relations between the city and Highway Dept. are still friendly, despite criticism Monday by City Manager Charles E.

Wells of the state's paving. Wells termed some of the paving jobs done by the state "improperly constructed" and, L. Ruffin, chairman of the once-armed forces now peace- '7no th1 4t tchtir.f time private citizens again. for lh equality of Communal Business and traffic in the sltlf' nation's third largest city slowed TPJ.vr' Berlin newspaper, to a crawl shortly before noon Sowaldemokrat, s.d a vanguard when the first parade unit step- of 3500 heavily-armed Eart Ger-ped off down confetti -strewn n4 rushed to Broad street to the blare of th Yugoslav frontier by the Ru-bugles and the rattle of drums. for postsible ar The last of the 30.000 march- ers was due at the end of the! Th Prr said perhaps 12.w five-mile route along about mid- imorf men will be sent to thm night.

But before nightfall the rder added: iA ith fevenu, marchers had fallen behind hurry tanks, guns and other mill-schedule. tary equipment are being loaded Crowd's lining the sunny streets on to and seeking the cooler shadow Ith German police troops. It said shelter of skyscrapers' tapped police ear uniforms similar toes In cadence with martial h.OMLef Bed army, tunes of 150 bands and bugle andr-" drum corps 1 s- nA British intelhgrnct Keeping step with th bandj ofera aid they knew ef th re. Chavez Submits Revised Vermejo Project Bill Aar.SorialdemokraL Brith-lcrnM4 IT: -T'' fv state nignway commission, com- Dwyre said the legislature al-mented Tuesday: "I haven't -ways can examine the records if much comment. The streets are1 believes money is "going down not in good condition.

We are now looking into the matter and; the two-cent gasoline tax increase expect to take remedial steps be-; approved by the 1949 legislature, fore we turn the streets over state ownership of highway were crack drill units tst th Army, Force. mored mohamAl tintls m.Vtl.j4 k. flights planes of fighters and bomber roared onrough cloudless skies. Union Shop Vote Maintenance and production employes of Eidal Manufacturing Co. vote at 3:30 p.

m. today to decide whether they are to hav a union shop. John Ironside, business manager of Local 338 of th Boilermakers Union, said the election is necessary under the Taft-Hartley act. Stick Duel Fought Over Chicken Fried JON'ESBORO, Ark, Aug. 30 An affaire dhonneur was fought with walking sucks here last night.

The duelists Ed Reynolds, 71, ancT John McGlasaon, islanded in the hospital. They share the same house and grocery bilL They disagreed on who ate a chicken southern fried. The two men will tell their story in court Friday. rtraoon. cetta-! r.rr iw Low Wdtil B.bt la urn llr.

si in hm cu XKwr MKXIIOt Pru)r ne- Botmm and evntr wtt few wx3't arat Till Navy. Marine Corps. WACS and Waves. Ar- cars, jeeps and other WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (JF) A delayed-action bill for the Vermejo reclamation project was in troduced today by Senator Dennis Chavez (D-NM).

President Truman vetoed a measure last week to authorize the Colfax county, N. pro ject. The new bill, Chavez said, will overcome all the President's objections to the old one. Chavez listed these features of his bill to which he said the President earlier objected: 1. Certain non reimbursable charges for reclamation projects; 2.

features for recreation, sed iment control, fish and wildlife conservation. Authorization to the objection able features in the vetoed bill Hear Disc "One officer," Miles wrote, 'be- lieves sincerely that the objects seen are space ships and declared that a ballistic formula applied to one observation through a photo theodolite showed the 'ship was 35 to 40 miles high an egg-shaped craft of fantastic size and traveling at incredible speeds of three to four miles a second." Miles and Roberts both said that other officers and engineers at White Sands scoffed at the reports of flying saucers and attributed the observances to imagination, weather balloons, dual images in high-powered optical equipment or possibly distant planes reflecting sunlight. Roberts reported: I was told by a highly regarded senior of Tales at White Sands the city. Good Relations "I want to emphasize, how ever, that relations between the city and the State Highway Dept. are on a very inenaiy basis, Ruffin added.

Asked about a proposal of the city that the state widen Central from Fourteenth west to the city limits, Ruffin said he understood no formal request had been received from the city for the work. Chief Engineer Burton C. Dwyre of the Highway Dept. said the paving the state put down here is no different from any other built under like conditions, the Associated Press reported from Santa Fe. "We're not trying to dodge our responsibilities." Dwyre ai d.

"The paving in Albuquerque will be repaired and maintained as fast as we can get around to it." Dwyre noted newspaper reference to the fact Albuquerque has not yet paid the $4000 due in May as half its share of the current; traffic survey here. "We are not worried about Dwyre said. "The Highway Dept. isn't pushing the city for thatl money." i ficer that on several occasions flying dies had beer, observed, had been carefully tracked and on one occasion had been photographed. Unfortunately the photographs were ruined when the film was spoiled.

"One officer at White Sands told me that astronomical experts using a powerful elevation telescope established on a mountain peak had carefully followed. the flight of two flying discs which were following the trail of a V-2 rocket that smashed its way into the area 100 miles or more above the earth. "I find it hard to believe the tale myself. But the officer who ga gave me this information is a responsible individual charged been reported to me and I am -sure it would have if it were! I be Weather true, the general said. He confirmed there i an asfrn ALBrqi EQl f.

AD VlCTMTTi xie comirmea mere is an truths tt ptmr iiuuutai uumuneni locaiea on I Mule Peak near the I grounds ana aaaea some living disc reports may have originated from the weather observation bal- loons used in research work tha iZZl TT aawrn.