Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 1

INDEX Iter WEATHER Today Partly Clondy Sailing Favorable Yesterday's High 73 Low 59 Sunrise 6:20 am Set 6:48 pm Moonrise 2:33 am Set 12:47 pm High Tide 2:23 pm Low 5:16 am VOLUME 65 NO 61 hiwd Miwrt rim matter at tha poat office at Coroua ChrlaU Taaaa under tbo Act of Much UTt CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS FRIDAY MORNING APRIL 2 1943 Forty-four Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS Soviets Backed Down From British UN Assembly Called To Special Session On Palestine Crisis Soviet Ukraine Abstains Council Issues Truce Plea LAKE SUCCESS April 1 The United Nations Security Council called tonight a special session of the 57-member UN Assembly to reconsider the Palestine problem The vote for the special meeting was 9 to 0 Russia and the Soviet Ukraine abstained The Assembly will convene April 16 in New York City The council by one of its rare unanimous decisions called also for a Jewish-Arab Air Power Beats Berlin Squeeze FROM TRESS DISPATCHES BERLIN The Russians withdrew late last night from a control station they set up in the British sector of Berlin after 400 British troops supported by nine armored cars surrounded them on three sides The British victory first effective retort in a new war of nerves came after a tense day during which United States and British army chief SOUTH HIT BY TWISTERS DAMAGING FLASH FLOODS ATLANTA April 1 (P) Tornadoes thundered across the South today leaving one dead and 11 injured hundreds marooned by flash floods scores of damaged homes and a trail of disrupted communications Southwest Georgia and northeast Florida appeared hardest hit though high winds lashed at such widely separated points as Biloxi Miss Hardeeville and Savannah Ga Nearly a dozen towns in Georgia were hit by the winds or almost inundated by extraordinarily heavy rains Out of the wreckage came the story of an entire community ignoring its own woes to give a lift to 219 stranded trawlers and a corpse The Atlantic Coast Line's fast north-south passenger train the Southwind was stranded at Donalsonville Ga by the wrecking of a 50-car freight train at a washout As four feet of water lapped over main street and motorboats chugged back and forth the community loaded all the passengers in their cars and carried them 11 miles to northeast Saffold Ga where they were loaded on a special A train for Montgomery The corpse was carried by a local undertaker A farmer was killed and his son and six other persons injured when a tornado struck the edge of Bristol Ga Four persons were injured by another tornado at Jesup Ga Senate Approves School Aid Bill S3 00 Million Equalization Measure Is Sent to House WASHINGTON April 1 (P) The Senate passed and sent to the House tonight legislation to authorize $300 million in federal aid to the grade and high schools each year The bill is aimed at more nearly equalizing the amounts spent for education throughout the country It would authorize grants in the poorer states up to abut $28 a year for each child of school age No state would receive less than $5 a European Aid Comes First Americas Told Marshall Blames Reds For World Discord BOGOTA Colombia April lA-Secy of State Georg Marshall said today that the European Recovery Program must take precedence over Latin American requests for United States aid He blamed Russia for lack of peace in the world Marshall told the Pan American Conference here that the United States in trying to bring peace tq the world needs understanding and Jester Shuns Future Dixie Bloc Meetings cooperation of other nations whose objectives are the same as He raid his country continue to bear alone" the heavy foreign economic burdens it now carries Washington is prepared to increase assistance to dollar short hemisphere neighbors Marshall said However he emphasized that the restoration of Europe has $150 Million For Atomic Work Voted FROM PRESS DISPATCHES The House voted an extra $150 million for atomic energy development late yesterday shortly after President Truman laid before Congress his revised "cold war national defense program calling for an additional 83 billion for national defense lie also asked 8375 million for the stockpiling of strategic war materials Also coming on top of the increased tension brought by Russia's traffic control demands in Berlin were these developments: 1 The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars spoke out urgently for universal military training and a limited peacetime draft The American Veterans Committee did not go along President William Green earlier joined the CIO in opposing UMT but endorsed a limited draft) 2 For two hours the House Armed Services Committee questioned Secretary of Air Symington on plans for a 72 group Air Force Symington appeared amid congressional demands that the Torn to Face 12 CoL 5 truce in Palestine Warren Austin chief United States delegate who sponsored both moves in the council on orders from the White House declared the truce was needed to stop the "blood feud" raging there The UN secretariat immediately swung into high-speed action to prepare the ground work for the second special assembly In UN history Year-Old Problem One year ago tomorrow Britain dropped the Palestine problem into the United Nations lap and it has been one of the top concerns of the UN since that date The five-nation Palestine Partition Commission scheduled a meeting for tomorrow afternoon The five delegates are expected at that time to decide what future course to take in the light of today's decision In an plea for partition of Palestine as approved by the regular United Nations Assembly last fall the Jewish agency for Palestine bitterly attacked a proposal for a temporary trusteeship The chief Arab spokesman in the UN Faris El Khoury of Syria told the Council however that a special session would give the Assembly another opportunity to observe the "blander" it committed in voting for partition Gromyko Abstains Andrei A Gromyko Soviet deputy foreign minister had attacked the proposal for a special session in strong terms but he remained silent before the vote He merely raised his hand to record his abstention when the crucial vote was taken 'The United State proposed the special session consider a temporary trusteeship after President Truman and his cabinet decided partition could not be carried out peacefully at this time The American change of pace on Palestine created a sensation here when it was announced unexpectedly on March 19 Mr Truman later told his news conference last Thursday that trusteeship was proposed as a means of filling the vacuum which will be created by announced decision to terminate her Palestine mandate on May 15 He emphisized that the government has not abandoned partition as a final solution Trustee Election Set Tomorrow in Premont CiUrr-Tliwf Km ltika Two trustees from a field of three candidates will he chosen by voters of Premont Independent School District In Saturday's election A Cobb and Raul Tijerina seeking reelection and Sam Schwartz a newcomer to local politics are the candidates Conferees Okay Global Aid Measure $6 Billion Bill Likely To Pass Both Houses Today WASHINGTON April 1 OP) A Senate-House conference committee approved a $6093-000000 global foreign relief bill late tonight The measure which is expected to be quickly approved by both houses tomorrow provides for: 85300000000 for the first 12 months of the four and one-fourth year European Recovery Program 8275 million for military aid for Greece and Turkey 8463 million for aid to China over a 12 month period divided as follows 8338 million for economic aid under the general applicable provisions of the European Recovery Program and 8125 million for additional aid through grants on such terms as the President may determine to be used as the Chinese government sees fit 860 million for the international children's emergency fund of the United Nations The bill authorizes the Reconstruction Finance Cormratinn to make 81 billion avails 14 immediately Uirouxh a loan to start the European Recovery Program on its way Loans of ISO million are authorized to initiate the Greek Turkish and Chinese programs The House had previously approved a 86205000000 foreign aid bill The reduction was made in aid to China The House had authorized 8570 million for a 15 month period commencing April 1 as compared to the Senate figure of 8463 million for a 12 month period The conferees composed of five members from each of the two foreign committees also agreed to direct the administrator to discourage the participating European nations from shipping to Russia and her satellites commodities which this country would not ship to them directly The House also gave the administrator the right to regulate exports If he deemed it in the national interest A House provision inviting Spain to join the 85300000000 European Recovery Program was knocked out by the confeereea less than an hour after President Truman made known that he waa "utterly opposed" to it McMahon (D-Conn) to authorize SS million a year to help churciy and private schools meet the costa of pupil transportation health services and non-religious textbooks The vote was 68 to 14 Principle Provisions Principle provisions of the bill: 1 1300 million would be authorized each year to be allocated among the states on a formula baaed on the number of children of school age and the average Income tax payments of the state The first appropriations could be made for the fiscal year starting July 1 2 No state would receive less Turn to Pace 12 Column 4 AUSTIN April IF Gov Beau-ford IL Jester said today that Texas Democratic leaders will shun further Southern party protest meetings until after the May convention at Brown wood II said he thought every effort should be made to settle the differences ever President Truman's civil rights proposals within the party Meanwhile WoodvlSe Rogers chairman of pro-Truman forces said in San Antonio that northern Texas Truman Democrats would meet In Fort Worth Friday Hs commented that no decision had been made on a successor to Myron Blalock national committeeman who is not a candidate for another term Tom Miller of Austin Arch Underwood of Lubbock or Warren Philips Corpus Christl attorney would be satisfactory Win Mu Meeting Jester said that Robert Calvert state executive committee chairman would not attend a meeting of southern stats chairmen in Atlanta April 12 Calvert declined to attend because he felt he would not be in a position to speak for the Texas party prior to the May 25 convention Jester said don't thuik we have anything to gain to turn this party over to the radicals and walk out" Jester said Jester had no comment on a proposal offered by Texas Truman backers for a compromise Tbs governor said ha had not received the offer although he had read about it Meanwhile Rogers said he had received no communication from Gov Jester relative to the state convention to be held May 25 No (om promt On the subject of a suggested compromise Rogers said am not gating to compromise with anybody that will not support the party year for each child from 5 to 17 Passage was on a 58 to 22 vote It cure after one of the Senate's leading advocates of federal economy Sen Byrd (D-Va) had protested In vain "Never In our history" Byrd shouted "has there been a more urpropitioua time for the federal government to enter into a long range proposition such as la proposed in the pending Funds Carried The hill does not actually carry any funds They must be voted In subsequent appropriations bills Sen Pepper (D-Fla) urged pas-sage of the bill He said It will particularly aid the South which has 30 percent of 'ha nation's srhord children and 17 percent of the income However Byrd questioned whether there are adequate safeguards in the bill to assure against future tampering with segregated schools for whites and Negroes in southern states Despite guarantees in the hill Byrd said its passage would open the way to federal interference with the schools Before the final vote the Senate rejected an amendment by Sen Deputies To Police Balloting Place In Palito Blanco CiOn Tlan Smwa Service PALITO Two sheriffs deputies will police the polling place at the school during Saturday's election for trustees of Pahto Blanco Independent School IXiririct Alejandro Gonzalez candidate for reelection said Thursday 'Gonzalez said that "some pro-pie were afraid of going to the poll? and that he had asked for "police protection- for voters Gonzalez and Jose Gaza Jr both seeking reelection and lies-iquio Cadena are candidates for the two vacancies to be filled in the election tains defied a virtual Soviet blockade of Berlin by ordering their air foreca to act up emergency nervier The Americana began flying food into Berlin to thwart the Ruaslan squeeze aimed at forcing her wartime Western Allies out of the former German capital Cen Lucius Clay the commander announced he would use the air in the political battle for Berlin In addition to demanding the right to inspect all Allied railroad and transport moving between Berlin and the Western occupation zones the Russians for two hours set up road blocka along the boundary of their zone in Berlin The Russians withdrew these posts But near the British Gatow air field the Russians suddenly established a control station in what the British said was their area Move I'p Tanks First five light British tanks moved to the scene They were withdrawn later But 400 troops with their armored cars moved in They maneuvered into position so as to cut the Russians off on three aides The only path open to the Russians was a direct line of retreat back into their own quarter There were about 20 Russians including six officers at the station Both groups remained grimly alert while the British commandant demanded that the Russians withdraw and the Russians refused to do so without orders from tlielr high command Whether they gut these orders or merely changed their minds when they saw the Tommies around them waa not Immediately known In any event the British command announced the Russians withdrew in orderly fashion and without incident just before midnight Cancel Train Service Flatly rejecting a Russian demand to Inspect railroad trains between Berlin and the Western occupation zones the American and British commanders in chief canceled all their train service Motor transport also subject to Russian inspection waa curtailed This evening Lt Gn Iuk-yanchenko Russian chief of staff rejected a new protest against the Red any blockade made by Maj Gen Nevil Brown john British deputy commander In chief In behalf of himself and his Western Allies Mean till The Russians put swiftly Into effect a calculated program of travel and transport restrictions to the Isolated Allied outpost deep in the Soviet zone The restrictions Halted all military trains be-Tum to Fate 12 Col 5 pay the annual interest and provide a sinking fund to pay the bonds at maturity 15) the maturity date or that the bonds will be issued to mature serially within any given number of years not to exceed 40 All Requirements Met "The proposition which In this instance is printed on the ballot itself complies all five of these requirements "The form of ballot Is prescribed by Article 705 of the Revised Civil Statutes That section is as follows: voters desiring to support the proposition shall have written on their ballots the words For The Issuance of the Bands and those opposed the words Against The Issuance of the Partly Cloudy Warm Predicted Partly cloudy and continued warm weather is predicted for Corpus Christ! today by Russell Mozeney weatherman Probable high is 80 and probable low 50 compared to a high of 73 yesterday and a low of 59 Gentle to moderate variable winds are expected to make sailing favorable Shutdown Asked NEW YORK April 1 AFL United Financial Employes Union on strike four days against the New York Stock and Curb Exchanges tonight asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to shut down the exchanges Ex-Romanian King Arrives In Kingsville I'allrr-Tlaiaa K(i Service KINGSVILLE King Michael the exiled monarch of Romania landed at South Field in Kingsville last night at 7:34 o'clock en route to the King Ranch for a visit that is expected to last three days Mr and Mrs Robert Kleberg Jr Mr and Mrs Richard Kleberg Jr and Leroy Denman Jr of San Antonio welcomed the young cx-king at the field The plane a DC4 chartered from Capital Airlines passed over Corpus Christ! at about 7 the control tower at Cliff Maus Field reported Aboard the royal plane were the king his valet Konrad a Gen Lazar a Maj Bergotti Mr and Mrs lonouscu a Mr Georgescu a Mr Melvin and William Husky of the State Department Michael will witness a roundup on the King ranch today and will attend a "chuck wagon" barbecue at noon He is receiving no visitors during his stay The plane with a crew of four left Cleveland yesterday morning The definite time of arrival in Kingsville was not known in advance so only a few people were on hand to witness the landing the first call on the purse strings He asked Latin American countries to sacrifice some of their demands for aid in the interest of world peace Operation of the European Recovery Program is bound to result in more dollars for Latin American producers of prime materials Marshall said But he gave the other countries of the hemisphere little hope that articles in short supply such aa steel and heavy machinery would be coming south of the Rio Grande in Incrraaed amounts United Statea producera themselves are short he explained The secretary of state said that because of the drain on United States taxpayers Latin American countries would do well to encourage private capital to make investments Latin American delegates have expressed concern that the concentration of the United States on Europe's problems might lessen their chances of obtaining financial aid Marshall told them the recovery of Europe is a of as much concern to your countries as it is to mine" He said: "If human rights and liberties are blotted out in Europe they will become Increasingly Insecure In the new world" Extern para neeiM Appeal Marshall departed from his prepared text to deliver an extemporaneous appeal for greater understanding of the heavy burden Imposed upon tho United Statea by world affairs He blamed Russia for the failure to make more progress toward world recovery and peace declaring: "The overwhelming desire of the people of the world is for peace security freedom to speak their thoughts and freedom to earn a decent living in their own way" Explaining that the United States wanted to help them obtain those objectives he said: "We have encountered aa you are aware the determined and open opposition of one group of states If the genuine cooperation of the Soviet Union could be secured world recovery and peace would be assured Until such cnop-Tcrn to Face 12 CoL 8 gan Thursday afternoon at registration headquarters In the lobby of the White Plaza Hotel Early indications pointed to a large attendance representing all parts of the state Registrations will continue this morning before the opening session Henry Wunderlich of Corpus Christl manager of the South Texas Cotton Oil Go here will preside at this meeting and the welcome address will be delivered by Mayor Wesley Seale EL Nelsvr anger of Corpus Christl vice president of the Texas Chemurgtc Council and program chairman will deliver the keynote address of the meeting Nels-wanger has Lxig been a leader in the chemurglc movement and la recognized aa an authority In the field of chemurgy Tho program although covering a wide range of topics has been built around those that are particular interest to farmers and industrialists In the Coastal Bend of Texas Special emphasis will be placed on grsin sorghum a flax cotton and vegetables during the conference "Industrial Uses of Rice Wastes" la the title of the first paper to be Bond Attorneys Report Suggestions Would Kill Vote Preparedness Plan Support Given by Lyle Rep John Lyle notified the Business it Professional Men's Post American Legion by letter yesterday that he is supporting the President's three-point preparedness program He referred to President Truman's request for universal military training draft and the Marshall Plan Lyle'a letter was in answer to a resolution two weeks ago In which the BAP post went on record as favoring President Truman's proposal The action further suggested that "our congressman get off the fence" and take a positive position on the preparedness question Lyle said he had suggested to President Truman that the military budget he increased that veterans be allowed to reenlist in their previous ranks and that all veterans not enlisting be assigned to reserve units Lyle further recommended that boys 18 to 20 be drafted for four months of training to be followed by assignment to a reserve unit The post went on record as approving Lyle's position King Ranch brought him over to see how a real kingdom Is run" Gus Kowalski president of the school board said that he was running for reelection only to protect -himself from "malicious and slanderous" attacks by the league Conceding that he faced a largely hostile audience Kowalski said that enlargement of the school district which the league advocates had been hampered chiefly by unjustified attacks on the school board Charles Flato III a candidate for reelection to the school board denied that the board was controlled by any special interest Tom Brookshire a former school board member said that the generosity of King lanch and the federal government could not continue to support the school system and urged that it be placed on a businesslike basis Statewide Cliemurgic Council Conference Opens Here Today 2200 Hear School Board Candidates in Kingsville ny GRADY KTHK Caller Farm FAItor The first session of the third statewide conference and annual meeting of the Texas Chemurgtc Council will get under way here this morning at 9:45 o'clock in the Terrace Room of the Driscoll Hotel Registration for the two-day meeting of Texas chemurglsts be Better Control Urged Over Allen Registration WASHINGTON April 1 The justice department today asked Congress for more effective controls over alien registration given at this morning's session O'Donnell prmlicta control and research manager of Converted Rice Inc Houston wlU discuss this subject Terrace A Manley of Phoenix Arts president of the Advance Seed Co will deliver a paper on "Grain Dr Henry Cox of New York Torn to Page 12 CeL 3 3 IL XEaSWAXGEJfc recently were chosen to act as bonding attorneys in preparation for the election involving S58 million in water revenue and tax supported bonds Their letter yesterday was directed to Asst City Atty John Rutherford Litigation Threatened Wingo in a recent letter to the City Council threatened future bond elections with litigation unless his "problems" were worked out by the council before the election The association "problems" Included a breakdown on ballots showing exactly for what and where tha money will he expended and a place on the ballot to allow voters to mark their opinion on whether they wished to approve or disapprove a tax to support the bonds "To have followed the suggestion made by Wingo that separate votes be required on the bonds and on the tax to support tha bonds would have violated the (state) statute and probably would have invalidated the the opinion on the Oct 4 election Issue read Compliance Indicated "It is believed that the ballot which he criticized (the ballot used in the Oct 4 bond election) and the one which will be useu in the April 10 election are both In strict compliance with the law which must be followed" The opinion called attention to Article 703 of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1925 prescribing what shall be contained In the proposition submitted to the voters which briefly is: (1) Purpose (2) the rate of interest (3) the amount thereof (4) the levy of taxes sufficient to To follow suggestions of Bryan Wingo president of the Nueces County Taxpayers Association for separate votes on improvement proposals and on a tax to support the bonds in the April 10 election probably would invalidate the election McCall Parkhurst and Crowe Dallas bond attorneys said in an opinion yesterday McCall Parkhurst and Crowe Cortez League of United Latin American Citizens representative from San Antonio and Gustavo Garcia school board candidate in San Antonio elections urged voters to "forget your fears" and vote as you please Clyde Allen candidate for reelection yielded to Guadalupe Trevino Corpus Christl notary public formerly of Kingsville who also urged voters to register their convictions Alfonso Salazar and Ed O'Brien league candidate for the board were present but did not speake Morris Webb president of the League said that Texas Rangers would police the polling place Kingsville fire station during the election All those still waiting to vote at 7 pm would be roped off and permitted to do so before the polls closed he said CiflM-Tlafi Kisi Sarvlca KINGSVILLE About 2200 people probably the largest crowd ever to attend a political rally here turned out last night at Stout Jackson's Tent Theatre to hear school board candidates for the hotly contested election Saturday April 3 Sponsored by the Good Government League the rally waa primarily devoted to the school issue Carl Weller a league supporter defined the league's stand as a "fight to include more than 50 million dollars of oil valuation in Kleberg County the Kingsville Independent School District for the purpose rf school taxes" The league has charged that King Ranch has evaded its tax c-thgaiion to the echoed district "1 see by the pspers" Weller said "that King Michael of Ro-taaxua is here 1 guess they (the.