Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 14

14 CORPUS CIIRISTI CALLER Tues March 1 1955 IKE Shepperd in Kerrville On Land Deal Cases I K- Pcndergast Forces Support Old-Time Rivals in KC Vote Judge Commits Accused Killer To Hospital FORT WORTH Feb 28 (API-Federal Judge Whitfield Davidson today ordered William Francis Sink to the Public Health Hospital here tor observation Sink is charged with murder in the fatal shooting last Wednesday of Lt Col Carl Carlson at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls Capt Marvin Marches! a second victim of the shooting died Saturday Sink has been held in jail at Wichita Falla "There is some question as to Sink's memal condition" said Atty Heard Floore A written report will be made to Davidson after a period of observation expected to last several weeks AUSTIN Feb 3 (AP)-Atty Gen John Ben Shepperd went to Kerrville this afternoon to confer with Diet Atty Jim Weetherby regarding investigation of the vet-crane land program by grand juries of Uvalde and Zavala Counties He will meet with three district attorneys one county attorney and three grand juries this week The Uvalde grand jury has proposed a session beginning Much 7 to consider passible criminal Indictments growing out of sales of land to Texas veterans The Za vala County grand jury is scheduled to take tv the matter March a office Is working day and night to assist Texas prosecutors to punish all the guilty involved in this disgusting fraud of the state and Its veterans" the attorney general said in a press statement He will go to Laredo tomorrow to confer with Dlst Atty Janies Kazen regarding grand jury sessions in Webb and Dimmit Counties Shepperd will meet with Dist Atty Sam Jones and County Atty Royce Johnston in Kingsville Wednesday morning and meet later that day with the Kleberg County grand jury He will meet again with the DeWitt County grand jury in Cuero Thursday and will cooler with the Bexar County grand jury in San Antonio for the fourth time Friday The DeWitt end Bexar County grand Juries thus far have returned 188 Indictments against eight persons involved In veterans land matters Charges by Reds Allies Being Checked in Korea Atom Blast Scheduled For Today LAS VEGAS Nev Feb 3 Dctonaf'on of a medium-sized atomic device from a 300-foot lower at the Atomic Energy Yucca Flat test site was scheduled today fur 7:30 am CST tomorrow Scientists postponed again 1 larger shot which was scheduled to open the 1955 series last Feb 15 Winds were favorable but a spokesman said there might have been a problem from fallout of radioactive dust Livermore Device Tomorrow's device is one developed by the research laboratory at Livermore Calif and wUl be the first exclusively Livermore-developed device tested hero The Livermore lab conducts hydrogen bomb research but spokesmen have said repeatedly no hydrogen weapons will be tested here Aa usual them was no advance announcement on the nature of the device being tested Six hundred soldiers were to be in trenches an undisclosed number of yards from blast They were to move in toward the detonation point preceded by radiological safety monitors and observe equipment exposed to the explosion Equipment consists of 20 wheeled and tracked vehicle? artillery smaU arms and dummies droned in military clothing Check Points The AEC said motorists on Highway 95 running between Las Vegas and Reno were to be warned at check points at 7 am to beware of the blast's flash which could momentarily blind a driver The check points are at Indian Springs 20 miles southwest of tha site and Lathrop Wells 20 miles northwest Forty-nine aircraft were to participate half of them in technical operations Eight F84 Thunder-streaks from the Tactical Air Command were to practice fighter-bomber delivery techniques ticket triumph over 1 Democratic slate in the stale primary last fall the Democrats split wide open and tlie rift is still unhealed Early this winter the association showed signs of internal dissension So tomorrow the voters find the remnants ot the Pendcrgast machine now headed by nephew Jim backing the association's candidate for mayor Roe Bartle jovial 290-pound Boy Scout executive business leader and public speaker A coalition of other Democratic factions directed by lawyer James Aylward under the banner Democracy Ind backing millionaire auto dealer Beil Berry who announced as an independent critical of the method by which Bartle waa chosen as the association's candidate Back Berry And a group of Republicans who like neither camp backing Berry to mayor and all the Republicans listed for minor city offices on the association ticket If a Republican is not contesting tor an office this group ignores the race Under the nonpartisan charter names of all candidates will appear on the ballot without party of factional label The two candidates to each office polling the highest vote will battle it out in the runoff election March 29 That means that to Bartle and Berry it will be just a test ol strength They are tha only ma-yorality contenders But there are 38 candidates for 11 other offices and this list will have to be pared down to 22 Polling places open at 6 am and close at 7 pm The Pcndergast organization polled 30000 votes in the general election in the city The total eligible to vote in the primary is 196000 The only Pendergast man now on the council is Tom Gavin whd cast former President Truman's vote at the 1952 Democratic national convention KANSAS CITY Feb 28 -Not in many years have Kansas City voters heed such confusion in a city primary election Their bewilderment as they go to file polls tomorrow stems from the old saw that politics makes strange bedfellows Back in 1940 a citizens association composed of dissident Democrats normal Republicans and powerful independent! unseated the Democratic machine then headed by the late Tom Pendcrgast Normal Election Since then normal primary elections hive seen a united association DULLES Continued from Page 1 fly to Manila tomorrow arrived in Formosa will coincide with the visit of Adm Robert Carney chief of naval operations Adm Felix Stump commander of tha Pacific Fleet and Vice Adm Alfred Pride whose ilh Fleet guards Formosa from Communist invasion This most important concentration o( UA diplomatic' and naval officials on Formosa since the Nationalists were driven from the mainland is considered certain to buck up morale Dulles who wifi be conducting an important meeting of US Far East diplomats in Manila will make only a brief visit He will have luncheon with President Chiang Kai-shek the announcement said Chiang himself will be taking time oft mm top-ievri conference dealt vith the threat to Formosa the problemi of morale and man'lold economic difficulties May Beseeore The visits may allay some uneasiness over the lack ot specific US commitments to defend Quern oy and the Matsus the Formosa Strait Hands Dulles will watch US Ambassador Kiul Rankin and Foreign Minister George Yeh exchange the instruments of treaty ratification Carney will be here to inspect joint Nationalists and naval operations The Nationalist Cabinet met tonight end discussed the troubled financial situation currency ins slumped in terms ot the US dollar since the Nationalists withdrew from the Tacheq Islands 200 miles north of Formosa The main problem is to increase exports Importui Meeting Then tomorrow the Central Committee of the Kuomintang party begins an important session From this may come a Cabinet reshuffle putting the country on even more of a wartime basis The Central Committee directs government policy in all affairs foreign and domestic Chiang will preside The committee is scheduled to discuss every aspect oi the situation the withdrawal from the Tacheni end Nanchishan the mutual defense pact and the possibility of Red attacks on Quemoy and the Matsus Time ef Dreision The committee will have to decide whether to fight and dia in defense of these islands even if there is no chance of US support Chiang and other leaders appear confident that such support is assured but there are some in the Kuomintang who are not so sure It is expected the committee will urge tint no more territory be yielded without a fight even if US eupport is withheld Fear Said Reason Why GI Praised POW Treatment FT BRAGG Feb 28 W-M Sgt William Olio 40 Army career man accused of collaborating with the Chinese Communists in Korea testified today he was in fear of his life when he made a speech praising Chinese treatment of prisoners of war Olson Youngxville Pa nalive testifying as a rebuttal witness as his general court-martial entered the third week said a Chinese officer tod him "it would be better to his health' if he made the speech Olson said he demurred but the officer identified only at LL Pan said Olson make it and gave him an outline Olson is accused qf seven counts of collaboration one that he made speeches derogatory to the interest ot the United States Airline Merger Prospects Dim WASHINGTON Feb 28 (AP)-Prospects for a merger between the two organizations of non scheduled airlines Air Coach Transport Association and independent Military Air Transport Association have dimmed industry sources said today A committee appointed by the two groups to attempt to work out an agreement reached an impasse at a long conference last Friday these sources said One DieB in Largest Tokyo Fire Since "War TOKYO Tuesday March 1 (AP) A fire described as the largest in Tokyo since the war swept through a complex of apartments a girls university and homes today Police said first checks showed 1 person was killed 3 were seriously injured and nearly 1300 were left homeless including 300 school girls who fled their flaming dormitories Several hundred firemen with 60 lire trucks brought the blaze under control three hours after it flashed through a former military barracks converted into an apartment house Superintendent Fired Teachers Vote Walkout IRyiNG Texas Feb 28 iff -School teachers here voted tonigst to discontinue their work until Supt John Beard who was fired from his job two weeks ago was reinstated The vote of the teachers came after more than 1000 citizens of Trving met with 41 living School Board torir' ai-ie of the citizens protei aid's firing Others stood up 1 the board's unexplained action in dismissing Beard Still others said they wanted to hear both sides LERMA Conti aiied (rani Page 1 'Til know definitely by Wednesday what I am going to do If I have not been Invited to join this ticket by Wednesday will run as an independent candidate for councilman I have my petition forms ready to be circulated if I run as an independent" Lerma said King who pulled off the Jar-mon ticket nearly two weeks ago last night refused to comment or whether he will ran as an independent or on a possible new ticket He did say however that he has hia petition forms ready and he added that "people who have talked to me said they would help me get the necessary signatures" on the petitions before toe filing deadline at midnight Saturday Petitiors require signatures of 500 voters In order for toe candidate to get his name on the ballot Jarmon and Schuster who were candidates for mayor and countil-in respectively on the disbanded Jarmon ticket also left openings yesterday through which to toss their hats into the ring later if they should decide to do 1 Jarmon said that he la talking to "a lot of people" and he probably will decide whether to run by Wednesday Schuster said he is just going to wait for a while and see what happens He said he also expects to decide by Wednesday whether he will run Unless new candidates enter the race there will be two tickets In fits April election the All City Party date headed by Farrell Smith and the Citizens Economy League ticket headed by Gabe Garrett The All City Party will hold a meeting at 7:30 am today In the Blue Room of the White Plaza Hotel to complete signing of party nominations for its ticket The Citizens Economy League will hold a public meeting at 8 pm today at the Voice-Chronicle offices on Kinney to discuss the campaign platform City Secretary Ray Kring said yesterday that the City Council probably would call the April 5 election tomorrow Ordinances are being prepared for this step The candidates for mayor were invited to address members of the AFL and CIO at the Plumbers and Steamfltters Hall on Leopard last night iThe meeting was open indy to members ALLEN Continued from Page 1 school zone "If they made a traffic survey in 1919 and found that speed to be good then it seems reasonable that it should be good he said A baseball backstop is in one earner ot school property lacing Old Robstwon Road Allen said Nisenaon said the Traffic Advisory Board has recommended to school officials that a fence be erected around the school grounds and that an official recommendation wUl be sent to the Board of Education soon" Continued from Page 1 costs so that they may have the use of these highways in the immediate future" program antidotes a federal bill of lift billion dollars in interest rates over the next 30 years in financing the program There was bit of drama in the testimony of Ben West mayor ot Nashville Tenn and head of the roads committee Introduced by his Tennessean Sen Gore West promptly set out to attack the Gore bill as inadequate West said the Gore proposal ultimately "would require increased taxes at the federal level which would forthA- strain the ability to raise taxes for their own road needs" West said "that a federal bond issue is fully justified and the only practical means we can see of meeting the needs" Sen McNamara (D-Mlch) asked West if he thought a huge interest bill wduld be in the best interests "I eel that tha need la so pressing and that the increased use of the highways would in a measure offset the interest West said Witnesses representing two other organizations the National Association of County Officials and the Anoclalvd General Contractors came out in opposition to what they regarded as overemphasis in the President's program on interstate highway needs George Koss president of the contractors group said "you'll never get the job done by taking money away from one category ol roads and putting It in others You go downhill that Koss assured the committee the contracting industry could cope with a greatly expanded highway program could double our capacity right away without increasing costs" he said could quadruple our capacity in two to three years" The committee recessed until Wednesday when representatives of the nation's governors headed by Gov Walter Kohler of Wisconsin will testify Aransas Pass Police Dispatcher Loses Billfold Mrs Ralph Smith Aransas Pass city police dispatcher lost a billfold containing her FCC permit to operate a police radio at Drive-In yesterday Mrs Smith said the billfold contained the restricted radio permit two Red Cross first aid cards Humble Courtesy Card No HLD-82746 and about 83 in cash Mrs Smith said the finder was welcome to keep the money and billfold but faked that the FCC permit and other important cards be mailed to her at Box 1562 Aransas Pass Largest Earthquake Since 1953 Recorded PASADENA Calif Feb 28 An earthquake which oc-cured yesterday between Samoa and New Zealand in the Sduth Pacific was the largest anywhere in the world since November 1953 California Institute of Technology seismologist said today Dr Charles Richter gave its magnitude aa 8 on a scale which rates the largest shocks ever recorded st 86 He said the tremor timed here at 12:55 am yesterday was centered in the vicinity of the Ker-madec Islands in the Pacific Ex-Sen Gillette Takes Counsel Post WASHINGTON Feb 28 (API-Former Sen Gillette (D-Iowa) today accepted appointment as special counsel to the Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee Gillette was defeated for reelection to the Senate last November by Tom Martin Republican The committee job pays 311500 annually Yean of Experience Funeral Home Phone 4-5531 The NNSC considered Allied charges about six days and Communist charges three days before acting on them Outer accused the Reds of using a "rehash of old charges heretofore exploded" which "on investigation were found to br wholly without support by fact and a thinly disguised effort at The neutral commission is made up of Switzerland Sweden and Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia Carter told newsmen the decision to tend truce inspectors to South aa well as North Korea to be a compromise between the members of this neutral GOVERNOR Csatlaaed from Page 1 tion hospital needs and taxes dislike special aessloni and I think there will be one I think it will be necessary" Shivers said On tha veteran's land investigation Shiver said the quicker "the bottom and the top of is gotten to the better for all concerned Shivers said he had promised Lea Procter Travis County district attorney that if necessary he would ask the Legislature tor funds to Increase his staff and possibly set up an emergency district court here to expedite a thorough investigation Many Letters The governor said also he want ed to dear 19 any inferences that hia office had been putting pressure on the veteran's land administration to expedite particular ap plications said the office receives thousands of i quests from citizens every year to help them with old age pension applications and all aorta of needs These are now and will continue to be referred withbut "pressure to the proper state agency for study Shivers said The office has had between L500 and 2500 letters from veterans asking about toe status of their applications and they have all been referred to the Veteran's Land Braid Shivers said His March 2 Democratic dinner speech at Dallas will be on the subject of Texas and Shivers aid Peace Parley Answering questions about efforts of John McKelvey of Elec-tra to set up a peace parley between him and the national party Shivers said he was ready to to anyone who sincerely wants to improve toe party and not necessarily in accord with my views" Shivers also said he was not making any advance pledges of loyalty but that he hoped the party In 1956 would come up with a platform and presidential candidate he could support Shivers said the national committee itself at New Orleans had deckled that the pledge eras an device" The Texas Democratic organization headed by Shivers and the national committee have been at odds since Shivers and many party leader? supported Dwight Eisenhower in 1962 TAXES Continued from Pago 1 year In federal revenue Tha income tax cut would cost about 322000q0000 over a foil year Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey the Finance sole witness today denounced as "strictly phony" a compromise plan backed by some Democrats on the committee The compromise would make the effective date of the 320 cut July 1 1956 instead of Jan 1956 as the House proposed It would not be felt at all in the fiscal year beginning toil July 1 It would also keep the corporation and excise rates where they are until July 1956 Instead of April 1 1956 Texas Fresh Out of Rain By The Associated Press As a Dallas weatherman put it Texas was fresh out ot rain" Monday with no prospects to a general rain in sight A few showers were foreeast to East Texas Tuesday making it the only area likely to benefit Iran the cloudy weather that covered most of the state Monday The clouds ranging from heavy layers in Central and East Texas to high thin banks over the Panhandle kept temperatures mild Alice had the day's high with 90 while El 66 was the low maximum Other readings included Amarillo 70 Dallas 72 Lubbock 74 Austin 77 San Antonio 78 Houston 79 and Brownsville 80 Installed by Expert? Materials and Labor GUARANTEED 10 YEARS No Down Payment FHA or Use Sears Easy Payment Plan Call for free estimate Seers Reebwck esd Ce 1319 Lee yard Phene 4-2892 Daniel Asks Congress To Curb Oil Imports WASHINGTON Feb 28 (AP)-Sen Daniel (D-Tex) told the Senate today that voluntary efforts to curb chide oil import? have failed and congressional action is in order Daniel complained that Texas producer have been limited to 13 days a month in running their wells He said this is hurting the state which gets 68 percent of all business and property tax revenues from oil levies Crude oil imports now are averaging about 27 percent higher than a year ago Daniel said Ridgway Still Against Proposed Army Cuts WASHINGTON Feb 3 (AP)-Sen Saltonstall (RrMass) said that Gen Matthew Ridgway Army chief of staff stuck to his opposition to proposed cuts in the sire of the Army in testimony at closed session of the Senate Armed Service Committee today Ridgway was represented by Saltonstall as maintaining a 'strong position" against the proposed cuts in personnel outlined in President Eisenhower's budget Saltonstall said Ridgway's testimony probably completes the committee's inquiry into the militaiy program MUNSAN Kona Tuesday March The Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSO today was investigating charges and countercharges by the Allies and Communists of armistice violations in Korea One mobile inspection team left for North Korea Sunday night Two more teams followed last night to lode into Allied charges that the Communists illegally brought Russian-built MIG jet fighters Into North Korea after the July 1953 truce The NNSC also decided to send Inspection teams into South Korea to investigate Red accusations Hut flie Allies Illegally Introduced combat material after the armistlee The Reds also charged the Allies with sending spies to North Korea and helping to build up the South Korean army The United Nations command caustically suggested In effect that the four-nation truce body was showing partiality to the Communists i MaJ Gen Leslie Carter senior Allied member on the Joint Military Armistice Commission told a news conference yesterday: i enough the rapidity with which the NNSC agreed to dispatch NIT (neutral Inspection) teams to the scene of the alleged UNC violation Is In sharp contrast to the manner in 'which this neutral body handled our subsequent request" 'Oil Information Program Held In Valley Cities Os Der-Times News Service John England Cor Pus Christi oilman who heads the Southwest Texas region for the Oil Industry Information Committee arranged a program for McAllen which resulted in training four local oil women aa public speakers England arranged for the Valley visit of Margaret McClaugh-erty of Houston "Magic Suitcase" speaker and demonstrator who taught the four Valley girls" The four Valley Desk and Derrick dub speaker! are Mrs Edith Stotler Gwenn Dernier Lee Milli-ken and Mra Ruby Wilson The McAllen Jaycees McAllen Chamber of Commerce petroleum committee and the Desk and Derrick poneored the trip arranged by England Mrs Mcdaugherty spoke eight times at McAllen and Pharr during her three-day trip to the Valley VOLCANO Continued from Page 1 strong smell of sulphur from the lava The lava stream crossed a road and beaded toward the coastal village of Opihlkaa Civil -defense workers hurrying to the along with the volcanologists helped remove from 30 to 40 families from the Despite the surprise of the eruption there were no reports of injuries Perhaps it was that Puulena had been showing some signs of uneasiness to the past 24 hours The Hawaii Volcano Observatory reported it had recorded from 200 to 300 minor quakes in that period in the old crater area Puulena lies 30 miles due east of Kilnuea Volcano which Is active it was not immediately established whether the eruption originated with Kllauea A pillar of smoke from the eruption was visible for miles Senate Group Okays Dean for FRS WASHINGTON Feb 28 (AP)-The nomination of Dean Charles Noah Shepardson of Texas College a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System was approved today fey the Senate Banking Committee He was nominated lor the 318 600 a year post for a term ending In 1966 River Group To Meet PARSONS Kan Feb 28 (AP) The annual meeting of the Canadian River Commission will be held in Amarillo March 7 Clyde Reed Jr- at Parsons representative on the commission an-nounccd today Members from New Mexico Texas nd Oklahoma ill attend non ideas wolcomo a In arranging funeral services enables us to give you competent advice and the assistance you need in one of the most trying experiences in life Clifford Jackson 520 Telor BONITA GRANVILLI STARS IN YOUR Hill Bank Theater KV DO-TV TUESDAY 8:00 Our minds are open as well as our eyes here at the Hill Bank New ideas win new friends and keep old ones happy That's how we happen to have a parking lot at our back door three drive-in windows and a miniature drinking fountain for kids That'i why the first Corpus Christ! 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