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Sfar U. WEATHER BUREAU Tucson and vicinity: Windy, cloudy, high 65-70. Yesterday: High 69 Low 48 Year Ago: High 66 Low 35 An Independent NEWSpaper Printing the News Impartially VOL. 113 NO. 46 Entered second-dast matter.

Peit Office Tucson. Arizona. TUCSON, ARIZONA, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1954 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS Go to War Reds iect to End. Politics in Arizona laiKs oy tieiusin 4V Free Austrian hants w. Xe i Elenl 1 mi GOP, Demos Open Fire on Ballot Issues Communism, Recession Chief Targets Cited By Rival Parties WASHINGTON, Feb.

14 (P) Communism and economic recession have emerged as the big issues thus far in the preliminary campaign for control of congress at the ballot boxes next November. Although no contest that involves all house seats and more than one-third of the senate can be said to center on even a few specific issues, the developing pattern of political attacks points to an extremely bitter campaign this year. Despite President Eisenhower's admonition against extreme partisanship, many Republicans are busy trying to hang the label of Communist sympathizers on the Democrats. Signs of Recession Fighting back, many Democrats are saying there are signs of a business -recession and that First Rain Since Jan. 20 Tucson Drenched By Pacific Storm Rain fell in Tucson for the first time since Jan.

20 yesterday as the tail end of a storm from the Pacific coast-drenched the state and whipped up winds up to 35 miles per hour in the Old Pueblo. No property damage was reported. The 69 mercury reading at the municipal airport the first drop out of the 70s since Jan. 26. A total of X2 inch of rain was reported at the weather bureau by 9:30 p.m.

This, combined with a January rainfall of .78, placed Tucson .38 inch ahead of last year in precipitation. The university station recorded Davis-Monthan AFB received .20 of an inch. Visibility at the airport fell to four miles and three-quarters of a mile at the air base at the height of the storm. Arizona's highways were reported in good condition by the highway patrol. In Pima county 12 were injured French-trained Indochinese troops use an elephant for patrol work as they flush out-15ed rebels hiding in the thick underbrush while taking part in the defense of the ancient royal capital of Iaos, Luang Prabang.

French paratroopers have joined in the battle to save the city. (XEA) French Paratroopers Rushed to Laos Line HANOI, Indochina, Feb. 14. Cf) The French dropped paratroopers on Muong Sai today to try to hold off Vietminh forces closing in on that jungle fortress 60 miles northwest of the Red-menaced royal Laotian capital of Luang Prabang. The paratroop battalion was rushed to Muong Sai last French To Nation Basks In Springlike Valentine Day Harassed Californians Start Digging Out Of Flood's Path By ASSOCIATED PRESS St.

Valentine's gift to the middle west and most of the nation was a rash of record-breaking high temperatures and unseasonable warmth. Chicago area highways were jammed with motorists as the mercury climbed to 62 degrees a new high for Feb. 14. The old mark of 61.1 was set in 1918. Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin also reported near-record highs and some new high marks.

It was 71 Sunday at Lamoni In the southwestern part of Iowa. Elsewhere in the state temperatures generally were in the upper 60s with records for the date set at many points. The highest reading recorded at midday Sunday was 83 degrees at Gage, Okla. Miami and iNew Orleans each posted 73s. Omaha had its warmest Valentine's Day in history when its mark of 68 topped by three degrees the old mark of 63 set Feb.

14, 1934. The weather bureau at Chicago said the unseasonable mildness would continue through Tuesday with midwest temperatures running generally into the upper 60s Monday. Thousands of Californians harassed by flood waters Saturday welcomed the news Sunday that the storm which flooded the Los Angeles area is over. The low-lying metropolitan area of the city, from the beaches to the San Gabriel mountain foothills, was hit by rain and mud slides. More than 700 homes in the beach community of Venice were flooded and 5,000 cars were stalled on flooded Huntington drive in Arcadia.

In the mountain areas of California there was up to six inches of new snow from the storm, but temperatures the Pacific coast mostly were moderate. Cold air from the north moved into Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota but elsewhere in the plains states it was mild. Snow and snow flurries and snappy temperatures prevailed in the New England states. The coldest spot in the nation Sunday was Caribou, Maine, with 13 degrees. Colorado River Discussions Set PHOENIX, Feb.

14 A public meeting will be held in the Arizona house of representatives chamber tomorrow night to discuss Colorado river matters. The meeting has been called by V. P. Richards of Holbrook. publisher of the Holbrook Tribune-News and former representative from Navajo county.

Members of the house and senate will receive special invitations to attend, Richards Samuel Langerman, Phoenix attorney and water law expert, will assist Richards in conducting the meeting. As a legislator, Richards opposed ratification of the Santa Fe compact. He will speak on the river question and give reasons why he thinks the Legislature should repeal its ratification of the compact. in 14 separate accidents within a short time after the rain started. Regular commercial airline flights continued though private planes were grounded.

A few cars were trapped on Mt. Lemmon as an estimated six inches of snow fell. Officials at the ranger station said chains are "definitely" needed. Skiing conditions were improved by the snow fall. Skies above Tucson will remain cloudy today with slightly warmer temperatures predicted.

Light showers are expected over mountains. The university had extremes of 75 and 44 and the weather bureau reported a low of 48. Around the state, eight inches of snow fell at Flagstaff while Phoenix had .46 inch of rain. Rain totaling a half inch and more was reported by towns in the Salt river valley. Douglas, with a high of 72, was the warmest city in the state and Flagstaff was the coldest, dropping to 30.

Temperature readings around the state were: Douglas, 72 and 41; Flagstaff, high missing and 30; Gila Bend, 64 and 54; Grand Canyon, 36 and 31; Payson, 48 and 39; Phoenix, 66 and 51; Prescott, 50 and 36; Show Low, 49 and 41; Winslow, 51 and 41; and Yuma, 71 and 53. Jordan Shooting Flares Byron Price Sees Ominous Near East Trouble Brewing NEW BEDFORD, Feb. The New Bedford Standard-Times today quoted Byron Price, former assistant secretary general of the United Nations, as saying he looks for "ominous fireworks" from the Near East. "The situation is not good between the -Arabs and Israel," the. strongpoint above the capital as the encircling rebel force- raked it with mortar fire.

Union war planes, rushed to the trouble point, struck back at the attackers. To the northeast, Communist-led Vietminh forces battered by continuous French ground and air assaults were reported easing back today from the big northwest bastion of Dien Bien Phu. They have encircled and menaced it nearly three months. Dust Bowl Fortress A French spokesman said the bulk of the 36,000 rebels, which once had edged to within two miles of the dust bowl fortress, was withdrawing to hill positions nine miles off The move indicated the enemy is determined to continue the threat against Dien Bien Pju, even if they never strike. Since last Sundav more than In Separate Mishaps He 5s1 4,000 tank supported French ground troops have been thrown into four attacks against the encircling Reds, whose hill positions have been strafed and fire-bombed for 58 straight days by French war planes.

French artillery also has poured heavy damage on rebel gun emplacements and entrenchments around the bastion. Xo Major Battle The French said the past week's fighting around Dien Bien Phu has been marked by "losses on both sides," but that no major battle has shaped up. The Vietminh were reported burning villages near LuangPra-bang in retaliation for French scorched earth tactics which have deprived the rebel invaders of valuable food supplies and 'war depots. ground, was shot in the groin when the gun slid off the rock and discharged. Sheriff Starts Work On Identifying Body KINGMAN, Feb.

14 If) Sheriff Frank Porter of Mohave county today had several reports of missing persons to check in his efforts to identify the body of a woman whose dissected torso was found in the Colorado river near To-pock last week. The hacked remains were fourfd in two rubber bags containing quicklime. A third bag was also found but it was empty. The sheriff said most of the missing persons reports have come from California. He added no woman has been missing from this area.

has reports that more than 400 of the new planes are based in the northern provinces of Soviet Russia, across the Polar icecap from the North American continent. "Reconnaissance versions have made routine observation flights at extreme altitude above the Alaskan and Canadian defense perimeter," the magazine said. The air force classifies its information on Russian planes and aircraft production as secret. However, Pentagon officials were known to be keenly interested in the photographs, apparently taken just after takeoff. Russian Strategy The McGraw-Hill trade publication said the photographs show that Red philosophy on bomber defense differs from current U.

S. thinking that Russian armament engineers appear to cling to the B-29 World War II system of remote-control gunnery. Because of th "drag" of gun By LKSTKR X. IXSKEEP Who is going to run for the Democratic nomination for governor? That is the most frequently asked political question at the present time. It obviously is impossible to give anything remotely resembling an accurate answer this early in the year, but here are some of the developments: Ernest W.

McFarland, former United States senator and Democratic majority Jeader, seriously is considering the gubernatorial race. He will not say so publicly, but it has been learned from reliable sources that McFarland already has made overtures to certain key Democrats to form "McFarland for Governor clubs" in some communities. The former senator says publicly that he is spending all his time trying to get a television 6tation permit, but he has been meeting on the governorship situ-etion. Joseph Haldiman, Phoenix insurance man who won the Democratic nomination two years ago' and lost the election to Gov. Howard Pyle wants badly to run, but will stand aside in favor of McFarland if the latter insists upon getting into the race.

Since he professes a dislike for most newspapers, it is unlikely that Haldiman will give any advance information on his plans, but he recently told one party leader he intends to keep on running until he wins. And in view of the licking he took the last time, some of the party "big wheels" are not too happy with this determined attitude. The group that tried unsuccessfully to get former State Sen. Sam J. Head, Prescott, to run is now turning its affections on Sen.

J. M. Smith, Graham, a two-time loser in the past, but Smith so far takes the position he's had enough. Before turning to Smith, this same group was after Joe M. Hunt, former state tax commissioner, to run.

As for the Republicans, they feel they have no worries regard-' tng the primary race. Pyle has never said he would seek a third term--in fact, he said when he first ran that he wanted only two terms but Republican leaders accept as certain the fact that he will change his mind. The governor'- has his eye on the United States senate, so wants to keep in the public eye until the 1956 senatorial election. With hut one contest, tomorrow's Tucson primary election has 6tirred up minimum interest. Both the Republicans, which row control the city hall, and the Democrats wifl nominate candidates tomorrow for the April general election.

Seats in three of the city's six wards are at stake. The only contest is in Ward 6, where two Democrats, Frank Gonzales, restaurant operator, and William Harrison, railroad man, ere seeking the nomination. Republican incumbents are running unopposed in all three wards. Raymond G. Langham, controversial former speaker of the Arizona house of representatives, reportedly has his eye on one of Gila county's two senatorial seats this year.

It is assumed that if he runs he will center his campaign egainst Sen. William A. Sullivan, Globe, rather than against 8en. Clarence Carpenter, Miami. All three are Democrats.

Langham and Sullivan are eworn political enemies who seldom see eye to eye on anything, whereas Carpenter usually went along with the legislative leadership while Langham was speaker. The former speaker, who was close to Pyle's administration de-j spite his registration as a Demo-1 crat, currently is a deputy regis-! trar of contractors, a position to which he was appointed after failing to get the secretaryship of the highway commission. He feels that he was not properly rewarded for his support of the administration, hence probably would be less cooperative if he returned to the legislature. The political future of former Gov. Dan E.

Garvey is a matter Cf considerable speculation. Garvey, whose voting residence is in Tucson, had intended running for the corporation commission this year, but now is toying with the idea of seeking the second district congressional (Continued on Page 5, Col. 1) I News Index Freshman gets top UA rodeo prize, 3. Union chief sees depression near, 7. Palettes and Players, 11.

Russian Red leads double life, 16. Come A-Smokin, 6. Comics 10 Pub. Records 7 Crossword Radio-TV Editorial 4 Sports 8-9 Ent'ment 12 Weather 5 Educators rap junior high varsity teams, 9. Film to show Apache Devil Dancers, 6.

Free Chinese rain leaflets on Shanghai, 16. only their party has been able to cope with such slumps in the past. Republican attempts to put a Red tag on the opposition seems to the Democrats to be a calculated effort, directed largely by the Republican national committee. Whether this is true or not, National Chairman Leonard W. Hall has endorsed statements by Senator McCarthy (R-Wis), who has been going around the coun- try making Lincoln day speeches on the theme of "20 years of treason" under Democratic rule.

The GOP national committee enlisted McCarthy, who heads the Senate Investigating commit-' tee; Chairman Jenner (R-Ind) of the Senate Internal Security committee, and R. W. Scott Mc-Leod, state department security officer, as the stars of its banquet circuit. Other Orators Other Republican orators Vice President Nixon, Sen. Knowland of California, the GOP floor lead- er, and Sen.

Martin (R-Pa), who have been soft-pedaling the Com-: munist issue have had only limited engagements." As the Democrats open up with their replies at Jefferson-; Jackson day dinners, more is likely to be heard about mount- ing unemployment, low farm prices and slumps in retail sales. The Democratic Digest, party magazine, has been pumping the i recession issue. It has been the principal theme of such cam-1 paigners as Senators Douglas (111), Monroney (Okla), Humphrey (Minn) and other Demo crats. Vehicles Driven By Father, Son Crash; Four Die WOOSTER, Ohio, Feb. 14.

Cars driven by a father and his son collided head-on today, killing four persons instantly and injuring five children. Dead were CJiarles Garrison, 34; his wife, Naomi, 33; his father, Willard, 61, and his sister, Faye, 16. Charles Garrison, ho 'lives at nearby Burbank, was en route to visit the father at Sterling when the cars met on the crest of a knoll. Four of the younger man's children were injured but hospital attaches said none was in serious condition. They are Carol Jane, Susan, 10; Richard, 1, and Marilyn, 2.

Faye Garrison was riding In the elder Garrison's car. Their homes were about 12 miles apart, both near Wooster. State highway patrolmen said both drivers were farmers and that they believed the father was also en route for a visit, to his son's home. Dulles Defies Russ to Take Positive Step Parley Ends Thursday As Molotov Returns To His Old Stand BERLIN, Feb. 14 CT) Russia chose toninht to break off the Big Four foreign ministers' conference in Berlin on Thursday rather than grant independence to Austria.

The west, through U. S. Secretary of State John Foster Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov sign an Austrian treaty by 3 p.m.

Thursday or else admit that further talk is useless. Dulles offered to accept the Russian version of the disputed articles in the Austrian treaty, but Molotov would have none of it. He insisted on his newest plan that would entrench the Red army in Austria indefinitely. Talks to End After many words on this topic and also a demand that the Big Four submit the Trieste problem to the United Nations security council before acting on Austria, Molotov subsided. As today's chairman, he announced that the Berlin conference would end Thursday after 23 working days in which there was no progress on any of the points on the agenda.

Molotov made It eminently clear the only way he would sign an Austrian treaty at this conference would be: 1. If the right to keep Soviet troops in Austria Is guaranteed after the treaty signing until there is a peace treaty for divided Germany, too. 2. If Austria Is forever banned from alliance with the west. These conditions, proposed only last week, were unacceptable to the American, British and French governments and also the Austrians.

Charge of Frand Dulles accused Molotov of perpetrating a "fraud" in his handling of the Austrian independence question. In a speech accompanying his challenge for signing a pact, the American said Moscow's position would mean that tiny Austria and its seven million people would be "indefinitely subjugated." "The United States not prepared to be a party to trying to compel Austria to pay a great price for independence and then denying that independence. We believe that would be a fraud and we are not prepared to be a party to such a fraud," Dulles declared. In a strategy thrust, Molotov (Continued on Page 5, Col. 2) Ah, Those Irish Understatements ROSSLARE, Ireland.

Feb. 14. UP) Three weeks ago William O'Higgins, 55, a harbor pilot, kissed his wife and said he'd be home for supper. But he didn't make it; he wound up in New York. He piloted the Dutch liner Rijndam out of Cork harbor and rough seas prevented a cutter from taking him off.

Uut O'Higgins enjoyed himself. When he got back thfre was a fat check for three weeks' "work" waiting for him and while he was in New York he visited a sister he hadn't seen in 40 years. Strategy drei Tupel6v, adapter of the Boeing B-29 is 200 feet long and has a span of 236 feet, a top speed of 465 miles an hour, a range of 4.S00 miles and a service ceiling of feet. By comparison, the B-30D is 162 feet long, ha3 a 230-foot span, can fly 10,000 miles with 10,000 pounds of bombs dropped midway, has a speed of "over 433 miles an hour" and a service ceiling of more than 45,000 feet. Earlier reports had listed the TU-200 as the TUG-75.

Range The IL-38 designed bv Sergi Ilyushin, and originally called the type 31 has a span of 168 feet, a length of 132 feet, a top speed of 480 miles an hour, a ceiling of 50,000 feet and a range of 3,000 miles, its four turboprop engines are rated at 4.R50 h.p. each compared with 3.500 h.p. for the Pratt Whitney piston engines on the B-36 and It apparently carries a crew of eight. Tico Persons Are Wounded By Accidental Gun Blasts Two accidental shootings, one with a .22 caliber revolver and the other with a .410 shotgun, were reported to sheriff's deputies yesterday. Both victims were reported in satisfactory condition last night paper quoted Price as saying in an exclusive interview at nis Chestertown, home.

"I expect some pronounced developments there. You'll see something happening very soon, I'm sure." The paper said, however, that he considers Korea "the greatest problem of the moment." Everywhere You Look "As a general thing, I am most concerned about what might be called the' Moslem problem," he added. "Almost everywhere you look, you find Moslems arrayed on one side of a dispute. It's that way in Kasmir, in Iran, the Near East, Morocco, Egypt. There is a great stirring, especially all across the near east world." The paper said that Price expressed hope that the United Na Ike May Fly Out WASHINGTON, Feb.

14. UPV-President Eisenhower returned tonight from a week-end of bird hunting in south Georgia, and he may fly to California this week for a brief vacation at a Talm Springs ranch. The White House declined comment tonight on the possibility of the Palm Springs visit, but an at St. Mary's hospital. Deputies said Alvin Jerman, 39, of 21 North Harris street, was wounded with the pistol by a friend during a picnic near the Tiger cutoff in Tinal county.

rr: to load the pistol. Coletti loaded the gun and it went off when he closed the cylinder. The bullet struck Jerman in the abdomen and punctured his liver. The victim's wife, Mrs. Alvin Jerman, said she didn't see the mishap, but both Jerman and his son, Chris, 15, corroborated Co-letti's account of the shooting.

The other shooting victim was Luis Vegas, 17, of Mammoth, who was injured while trapping with a friend in the mountains near his home. The companion, Ernest Martinez, 15, of Tiger, said they had just set a trap and the .410 shotgun was leaning against a rock. Vegas, who was sitting on the tions could meet these problems. JERUSALEM. Jordan Sector.

Feb. 14 UR A Jordan spokesman said today that Israeli soldiers crossed into Jordan at noon and fired on farmers working on their lands, killing one man. National guardsmen and the Arab legion returned the fire and engaged the Israelis for about half an hour without casualty, he said. Site of Shooting The spokesman, Maj. Mohamed Izhaq, acting senior Jordan delegate to the mixed armistice commission, Faid the incident took place near Deir Algsosoum, a village in the Tulkarm district.

Jordan has protested to the mixed armistice commission. to Palm Springs official in a position to know said preliminary arrangements for the trip are being made. The Los Angeles Examiner, crediting reliable sources, said President Eisenhower will arrive in Palm Springs P'riday. It would be the President's first visit to the west coast since his 1952 campaign. turrets, new U.

S. jet planes rely on speed, and defend only the tail with guns. Even the B-36, last U. S. bomber with piston engines, uses retractable turrets that are extruded only in combat.

The pictures show that five remotely controlled turrets on the TU-200 are located much like those on B-29 bombers, and probably contain two 20-mm. cannon each. The magazine said a small conical appendage at the tail suggests that the tail turret may be radar directed, as with the B-36 and B-47 turrets, although there appears to be a gunner's station forward of the turret on the Russian planes. Lack Xose Turrets It said that If the Red bombers lack nose turrets and rely upon the upper and lower forward turrets, they may be vulnerable to nose The publication gave this data on the two planes: The TU-200 designed by An Photos Tear Veil Secrecy Off Red Bombers, Aerial I trts i i. WASHINGTON, Feb.

14 L7 Aviation Week magazine published today what it said are the free world's first photographs of Russia's newest heavy bombers, the six-engine Tupolev 200 and the four-engine Ilyushih 3S. Both planes are swept-wing turboprop types that is, they have jet engines driving propellers. This means that they are faster than piston-engine aircraft, and have a much longer range than pure-jet bombers. Resembles B-36 From the photographs the TU-200, with it3 long, slender fuselage and Its swept wings, resembles the B-36, which has six piston engines and four jet engines. In Russia the TU-200 is known colloquially as the "Amerika." Aviation Week said the Uvu- shin 38 compares in size with the eight-jet Boeing B-52.

The magazine said the pictures came from secret sources "behind the Iron Curtain." It also said It Here is the Russian's newest bomber, the four-engined llyushin 38 which compares in fcize to the eight-jet Boeing B-52. The other new bomber, the Tupolev 200 "America" resembles the U.S. B-38. Both planes are wept-wing turbo-prop typef. (AP VYirephoto).