Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 36

Corpus Christl Caller Condron Denies Charges of CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS WEDNESDAY JUNE 8 1955 SECTION CAVTIOVS TO EXTREME statement that he had taken any money from the bottle shop operator Argsmrnis Closed Attorney Dudley Tariton labeled a unmitigated falsehood" Allen's statement that Tariton had attended meetings with Sheriff Odem Dolan former chief deputy Jterward Stevens attorneys Charlie Stevenson Walter Groce and Roy Scott and Deputy Domingo Pena By CUFF RUSSELL Ray Allen took the aland in his own defense in his arson trial yesterday as a deputy sheriff and an attorney refuted charges of surreptitious meeting and bottle shop payoffs made in statements given by Allen earlier Deputy Sheriff fTiny) Condron who was said in a state meat to have taken a payoff from Frenchy Cortez at the Oil Patch yesterday denied in a written Adenauer Agrees in To Accept Soviet Invitation Filed in progress should not be excluded as a possibility Such a venue would have the advantage from tha West German viewpoint of tha presence of the three Western heads of governments and their foreign minister! Consultations could take place on the spot if necessary In any case tha spokesman Ailed out a bilateral discussion with the SJvtet leaders before the four power conference that decisions in this Important field should be shared by all concerned Site Left Open The federal government's statement left open the question of Moscow as the site for the Western German-Soviet negotiations and the date of the meeting as well It was suggested In Bonn that a parallel meeting in Geneva while the four power conference Is would not formally accept the Soviet invitation until after his visit to Washington next week and his visit to England mi June 19 Adenauer Is scheduled to meet President Eisenhower on June 14 The chancellor Is on record to the effect that West Germany's relations with the Soviet Union are matter of great concern to members of the Western alliance the United States In particular and Capt Wool Official Suspended Daring Clothing Contract Inquiry WASHINGTON June 8 (AP) Three charges were filed today against an Air Force captain today and an official of the Army Quartermaster Corps was suspended as a result of a Senate inquiry into armed forces1 clothing contracts The Air Force announced it has Capt Raymond Wool of accepting gratuities permitting J--A oocion bills to be paid Dee Declares Faith In Adenauer To Back West in Soviet Talks COMMENCEMENT Lt Col Walter Shegda 37 a Palo Alto Calif wheelchair polio victim is shown receiving his bachelor of arts degree yesterday from George Washington University in Washington DC University Dean Doyle is on the other end of the line Shegda went unscathed through 37 bombing missions during World War II He took up the college studies to occupy his mind after being stricken in 1953 (AP Wirephoto) PROGRAM AT New Ysrk Times Service BONN Germany June Chancellor Konrad Adenauer agreed in principle today to accept the Soviet invitation to Moscow to discuss the establishment of diplomatic economic and cul-tural relations between the federal republic and the Soviet Union A final decision will be made on the bails of satisfactory elucidation of several points raised in the Soviet note re-cieved yesterday via the Soviet Embassy in Paris Adenauer also intends to consult the United States British and French governments before replying affirmatively to the Soviet offer Dtecnseed Note The federal cabinet met in the forenoon to discuss the Soviet note It issued the follow-ing statement which In view of the overriding responsibility for foreign affairs was taken as his own personal pronouncement The statement read: 'The federal government welcomes the proposal contained in the note of the Soviet government to the federal government of June 7 1955 to establish diplomatic economic and cultural relations between the Soviet Union and the federal republic The note raises several questions that necessitate a preliminary study This study has already begun It ia to be hoped this study will lead to the conclusion that a discussion between the chancellor and leaders of the Soviet Union would appear to be suitable" Cautious A government spokesman indicated after Issuance of the statement that the Soviet government will be informed in the near future of the federal government's preliminary views on the invitation to Adenauer Cautious to the extreme the spokesman said the federal government does not wish to act on the Soviet note in any way that would prejudice the four power conference that has been suggested for July 18 by the United States British and French governments The spokesman's caution seemed to indicate that the chancellor CROP Groups Meet Tonight For Reports Progress reports on the Christian Rural Overseas Program (CROP) dairy heifer project for refugee farmers of West Germany will be presented at a meeting of key CROP leaders at 7:30 pm today at the YMCA Members of the South Texas CROP Livestock Committee and the Corpus Christl Ares CROP Committee are cooperating in the statewide program of securing 150 dairy heifers or their cash equivalent for West Germany Expected to attend the meeting tonight is the Rev Walter Parr Southwestern Regional CROP director from Fort Worth who is scheduled to fly here this afternoon from Louisiana The session originally set for Tuesday noon was postponed until tonight In order that Parr could be present The committees will discuss plans for a dedication program for the CROP animals and the sailing date tor the CROP ship which will take on its cattle cargo at Corpus Christl Copeland ia chairman of the South Texas Area CROP committee and Glen Woods is chairman of the Corpus Christl CROP organization by contractors and falsifying travel vouchers Mai- Geh Kester I Hastings quartermaster general ordered the suspension of Ferdinand Tsrtaglia supervisory military clothing specialist at the Quartermaster Research end Development Command Natick Maas pending an Investigation of alleged business association with a government contractor Both and Wool have been mentioned In testimony by Harry Lev a millionaire Chicago cap maker who swore today be never bribed anyone to get a government' ontraetbut acknowledged showering military procurement officials with about $2500 worth of fancy smoked sturgeon Lev testified before the Senate Investigations subcommittee that a 1W1 Tsrtaglia who he thought was chief of research and development in the quartermaster's clothing division in Philadelphia had become his partner In a feather processing venture He said he put $31500 In the business and Tsrtaglia invested Both state and defense closed arguments in the trial late yesterday Arguments to the jury will begin at 9 a today Allen la being tried In Judge 105th District Court for setting fire to the apartment of Faye Reeves last February Condron denied ever 1 having taken money from Cortex and said that assistant Diet Atty Lee Mahoney had also said he did not believe the charge' was true "I hereby deny accepting any bribe or anything of value from Frenchy Cortez or any other person for such purposes" Condron "I have previously discussed this statement with Mr Lee Mahoney end he told me that he knew there was not the least bit of truth to this charge" Condron said that the question of bribery which le a felony offense should have been presented to the grand Jury for investigation "before It fa used In open court" Jury Has Met my knowledge the grand jury of Nueces County has met several times since Mr Mahoney has had this statement "I stand ready at all times to answer any questions by the grand jury Corpus Christl city police or the Citizens of Nueces County concerning the charges mentioned in the statement of Roy Alvin Allen" Condron said Allen said yesterday that Detective Bill Teter had Inserted the paragraphs about Condron and then-Deputy Stevena accepting the payoffs and that Mahoney had written most of the remainder 'of the statement The statement mentioning both Condron and Tariton was read into the court record Tuesday by Mahoney Also read were two other statements taken the same day April 27 In one of the statements Allen said he had set fire to the Reeves apartment because Min Reeves had put his clothes outside the apartment Miss Reeves said Allen had left the clothes with her to be sent to the laundry Telia of Activities Under questioning by his attorneys yesterday Allen told of his activities the night of the fire telling id playing pool drinking beer and going to several local bars in company with friends and finally being driven home and helped into his apartment about 4 am He said he "stumbled Into end went to sleep and that the last time he had been to the Reeves apartment was two days before the fire Allen testified he signed the statements to prevent city detective Despaln from him He alleged the detective hit him in the face with his fiat cutting the Inside of his mouth and beat him about the back Denies Mrikiag Allen Despaln testifying for the state denied striking-Allen Other state witnesses yesterday also testified that Allen was not beaten Those taking the stand for the state Included Ranger Wiley Williamson Detectives Bill Teter Dewey Bridges and Jeff Bagwell Dee Wheeler polygraph operator from Austin who testified concerning lie detector tests given Allen Miss Evelyn Miller chief cleric for the selective service board who produced a draft questionnaire filled out by Allen The questionnaire waa apparently brought up to disprove Allen's claim that he cannot write Defense attorneys Walter Groce end Charles Stevenson called Miss Dorothy Allen the sister to the stand Miss Allen testified that Allen was home in bed at the time he is supposed to have set fire to his mother's apartment to throw suspicion on Miss Reeves pigeonholed In the Houie after ad antisegregation amendment was tacked on "is more essential than ever before to the security of the United States" He said it is vital terrifically important and just must have it" Elsenhower said it Is "entirely erroneous" to attach antisegregation legislation to such a measure He also spoke out against frying to use a school aid bill as a vehicle for antisegregation legislation Folio: The scientists now are all agreed on what must be done on the polio vaccine program the President said and "they are pushing it to do it" Something was lacking that had to be corrected he said Eisenhower praised Secretary of Welfare Hobby accused by some Democrats of bungling the vaccine program He said she was very wise In emphasising safety and caution rather than mere haste Jobs: Employment for May up million over April to 62700000 was a record for the month Eisenhower observed while unemployi ment was down half a million Ha aid the figures "certainly are cause for Swim Gass To Learn Push Gliding Students at The Caller-Tlmes-YMCA Learn To Swim program today will be introduced to push gliding using sin arm stroke back flutter kicking and combination arm stroke at the pool A review of other fundamentals already covered this week will be held Rythmic breathing tops the Hit of review subjects Floating and gliding will again be stressed Swimmers In distress many times may rest in the water and conserve their strength by floating Sonny Milner athletic director said After today children will have Just two more lessons and should be able to swim between 20 and 30 feet by that time Milner said Saturday marks the last day for first week classes Second-week sessions will begin Monday for another week-long series The classes are full Private Club Operators Get $100 Fines Judge Horace Young In County Court at Law No 1 yesterday fined three private club operators for liquor violations two persons for being drunk in a public place and two for Intoxication Horace Hamilton of the Kit Kat Club Jaqueline Haddad of 409 South Water and Mrs Gates all pleaded not guilty to liquor law violations Young found them guilty after hearing the testimony and fined each $100 and costs of court Frank Leggett who' resides in local hotel and Quagle Cassels of 2126 Sarita both pleaded guilty tot being drunk in a public place and were fined $5 each Paul Richarz of 506 Brownlee and Wyatt Redfern of 802 Omaha pleaded guilty tf Intoxication and were fined $25 each WASHINGTON June 8 (B-Presl-dent Eisenhower declared today his "utmost faith and confidence" In Konrad Adenauer and said the German Chancellor "will stand by his allies and frtenda" in any conference with Russia Eisenhower also expressed to a news conference a willingness to stretch out a forthcoming Big Four chiefs of state meeting over any "period that is reasonable" rather than break it off at the end of three or four days But he still Insisted there must become time limit to allow him to meet his duties as president No Soviet Reply The United States Britain and France have recommended that the conference be held in Geneva from July 18 to 21 Russia has not yet replied But the Soviets have proposed that Adenauer come to Moscow to talk about establishing diplomatic and trade relations with the West German Republic Eisenhower appeared to regard this as a move to draw Germany away from her Western Allies through gestures of friendship and good will He opened his news conference by tying the invitation to Adenauer to the establishment of the West German Republic lie called the bid a "logical "Now of he said "the decision of to be done about the invitation is exclusively that of the federal government of Western Germany Chancellor Adenauer thimself The only point I want to make is that we know Chancellor Adenauer We have the utmost faith and confidence in him and we know one thing that ha will stand by his allies and friends" Other Topics The news conference kept going back repeatedly to Adenauer and the Big Four meeting In between it touched on these other topics: Reserves: Eisenhower said the military reserve manpower bill Apparently Fred and Ferdinand Tsrtaglia are the same person Gen Hastings said Ferdinand suspension was based on allegation of an undisclosed business association with Lev while dealing with Lev as a government representative Wool has been accused by Senate investigators of falsely branding himself a tax dodger to hide the real source of $16000 he kept in an iron box in his home He has denied receiving a $50-000 bribe from Lev and Lev has denied It too Wool is presently on emergency leave in New York when hie wife had a baby two days ago He is due to return Sunday to the Wright-Pattenon Air Force Base at Day-ton Ohio where he has been orr a restricted status Ship Catches Fire After Collision ROTTERDAM Netherlands Thursday June 8 at-The 10-788-ton Swedish tanker Johann ishus caught fire in the English Channel early today after colliding with tha 7256 ton Panamanian freighter Buccaneer Six ships hurried to the scene and began taking aboard survivors At least one dead was reported Dirkzwager shipping agency re ceived a message "There are still men in the water" The Johannishus had 41 men and one woman aboard Council Picks New Members For Boards The City Council yesterday announced appointment of members of the Board of Equalization Sanitation Commission and Bay front Advisory Commission On the Board of Equalization are 0 Woodson Odd Ingle and A Blackwell Named to the Sanitation Commission were Dr Kurzner chairman and Dr Raymond Mor-phew Dr' Jack Woolsey Paul San-davoi Alfred Edge Mrs Rosa Garza Jeff Callihan A Patterson and Larry DeHay Named to the Bay front Advisory Commission were John Mitchell Jr chairman and Joe Hall Charles Holmes Glasscock Sr Jack Little James Gibson Byrd Harris Virgil Crane and Marshall Boykin In addition Mahaffey member of the Civil Service Board whose term has expired was appointed to another two-year term (Hi the board Group Chooses Years Holidays The merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday listed the holidays tor the remainder of this year as Independence Day July 4 Labor Day Sept 5 Thanksgiving Day Nov 24 and Christmas Day Dec 25 Value Day will be observed cm the following Tuesday if a holiday falls on the first Monday of month when Value Day normally is observed it was decided July 4 falls on a Monday Gene Reynolds of Penney Co was named chairman of the committee to plan Christmas decorations Plans were discussed by the inter-city relations committee of the chamber to establish special days to honor neighboring towns for outstanding accomplishments The possibilities of the chamber having a permanent float to send to area towns tor special events are being investigated by a Injunction Plea Against Building Denied A 117th District Court jury yesterday returned a verdict denying Hal Lee an injunction against Mr' and Mrs Henry Schlenk and Preston Walston which would have prevented the Schlenks from constructing a building within six feet of their property line Lee contended that a building being constructed in Montclair Addition for the Schlenks by Contractor Walston does not confront to deed restrictions The major issue was whether a house could be built six feet from the edge of the property line or must it be set back 10 feet The jury found Lee had waived and abandoned Monciair Addition restrictions only as they pertain to the distance at which building must be built from the sidelines The Schlenks had asked damage! of $10000 for delay and harassment and Walston sought $5000 for his loss of work and for materials he had already put into he ob The jury awarded Mr and Mrs Schlenk $100 and Walston $150 Jurors were Edwin Shelton Hall Quance Ernest Espinosa John Kasper Joseph Whitehead A Mallett Ransum Douglas Stlchter Armando Dawes and de la Rosa The case was heard by Judge Roger Thurmond Jury Awards Compensation A jury in federal court yesterday awarded Earnest Early Mays compensation for 50 weeks at 50 percent disability Iran Travelers Insurance Co Maya a laborer employed by the Reynolds Metals Co sought pay for 401 weeks at 60 percent disability lor injuries allegedly received Aug 4 1951 The jury began deliberation at 10 am and returned a verdict at 3:15 pm Members of the 11-man jury included: Fred Burtner Frank Adams Marion Shephard and Mrs Harry Eaton at Corpus Chris ti Otto A Kuehn and Marvin Gwosdy of Orange Grove Lyde Urblsh of Taft Jesus Sarabla Maldonado of Beeville Claud Allison of Kingsville John A McCready of Rockport and Proctor Galloway of Alice CROSSWORD PVZZLE 65 Concerned 38 Totals 67 Pretty empty-head 40 Moslem scholar Texas Southern's President Resigns HOUSTON June (AP) The surprise resignation of Dr Lanier as president of Texas Southern University was announced tonight by the university's board of directors Black Hannah Jr of Port Arthur board chairman Lanier and other directors gave no reason for the resignation group 43 Incantation 44 Share 48 Commotion 47 Increased 49 Protected against disease 51 Greek god 53 Trick 55 Corner 56 Theater attendant 57 Subject 58 Free ticket 59 Second 60 Unfrequented 62 Benevolent 64 Damsel 66 Mariner 68 Should go With -64 Down Pnario of Wednesday Solved WORLD problems ACROSS 1 Snatch 5 Monotonous 9 Ground thrushes 14 Pendent part 15 Speed 16 Salad pepper-upper 17 Like an egg 18 Leave out 19 Incident 20 Confer 22 Lion's quarters 24 Roman date 25 Before 26 Donkey 28 Garret 30 Concern of milady 32 Good chances 30 Gaiters 39 Part of soft palate 41 Falsehood 42 Titled woman 43 Look pleased 44 System of signals 45 Connective 48 Pome fruit 47 Surmise 48 In addition 50 Fashionable 52 Humus 54 Anthropoid 55 Crackpot 58 Hide In hand 61 Fallen trunk 63 Looking llks wise bird 60 Discomfort 70 Drug 71 Object aimed at 72 Son of Noah 73 Advice: slang 74 Taro root 78 Withered DOWN 1 The earth 2 Adventurer 2 Degrade 4 Surrounding band 5 Sleepy 6 Male sheep 7 Biting 8 Species of pepper 9 Author of The Raven 10 Bid 11 Bound 12 Sound 13 Busy insects 21 Horse food 23 Aristocratic 27 Decline abruptly 28 Monk 30 Filthy spot 31 Bad features 33 Lily 34 Youngsters 35 Beholds 35 Thick slice 37 Window section Nehru Confers With Top Russian Leaders 2-Car Collision On Lexington Injures Woman One person was injured at 1:40 pm yesterday in a two-car collision in the 4400 block of Lexington Boulevard Mrs Thelma Bergman 48 of 223 Edwards was admitted to Spohn Hospital for observation after the car driven by her husband Elmer 42 and an auto driven by Minnie Hooker 64 of 4229 Harry collided one-half mile west of Everhart Road Accident Investigator Fain said another car was making a left turn in front of the Bergman auto when the latter went out of control after Bergman applied his brakes Waltmaii Guilty In Robbery Case A jury in Judge Tillman Smith's 94th District Court yesterday found James Waltman guilty of the $1300 armed robbery of an HEB store here on Feb 11 1954 and assessed punishment at nine years In the state penitentiary The Jury left to the discretion of the court the matter of a probationary sentence Judge Smith expected to sentence Waltman tomorrow Jurors hearing the ease were Evarislo Chavez Edwin Juries George Kirk John McDonald Earnest Weaver Harold Davis Charles Speed Cecil Monaseo Juan Gonzalez Cristcl Mendez York and A Zapalac tered the Kremlin for a special tour of the ancient fortress The Soviet government newspaper Izvastia said: 'The welcome to the Prime Minister has developed into an enthusiastic demonstration of the growing friendship of the peoples of the Soviet Union and Lauding peaceful coexistence the newspaper added: the existence in our countries of different state regimes and the fact that economic construction in each country progresses along a different path the common strivings of the peoples of the USSR and India towanl economic progress brings them still closer together" MOSdbW June Ut-Prlme Minister Nehru conferred for hours today with top Soviet leaden on a wide range of world problems He started the second day of his two-week state visit to Russia with a conference in the Foreign Ministry with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov Indian Ambassador Menon said the two statesmen "covered almost every current question" In world affairs Nehru then went to Premier Nikolai Bulganin's office where they discussed issues which are creating International tensions Menon disclosed none of the topics discussed but other sources suggested Nehru and Molotov might have explored the Formosan situation the Big Four conference planned for this summer Moscow's invitation to West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to come here for talks and the recent Belgrade meetings between Soviet leaders and President Tito of Yugoslavia In the morning Bulganin gave a -reception for Nehru and his daughter Mrs Indira Gandhi It was attended by Molotov Communist party chief Nikita Khrushchev Deputy Premier A I Miko-yan and former Premier corgi Malenkov A luncheon given by Molotov followed Nehru and Ms party placed wreaths on tha tombs of Lenin and Stalin ia Red Sqwra and later en Man Is Being Held For Burglary Check A 32-year-old man was jailed early yesterday after he was seen by police leaving the rear of the Arctic Aire Conditioning Co at 201 South Staples Investigation revealed the desk In the firm's office had been rifled and a window had been smashed The man argued with police and told them "The only thing you can charge me with ia drunk and vag" lie was booked for Investigation of burglary 2 Polio Cases i Reported Here Two cases of polio were reported In the city yesterday by the City -County Health Unit One is a 3-year-old Sabinas Street girl and the other is an 18-month-old boy from Tampa Courts Both are being treated at Memorial Hospital A total of 13 cases in the city and six elsewhere in the county hive been reported so far this year At the same time Inst year the totals were '29 for the city and eight for the county Get Reports i)f Two Break Ins Police yesterday were unable to determine what waa Rising from the residence of Swlthart 929 Stirman after a neighbor had reported a break-in at the address Detective (Willie) Williamson said everything In the house had been ransacked and scattered about The SwihRrts left last -Saturday on a two-week vacation Thompson of Bishop reported someone took a suitcase full of clothing from his car parked at the North Beach Bathhouse Rrp Cooper To Speak Slate Rrp- J- Cooper Jr will report on the 51th Legislature at the ipeellng of Uptown Klwanis Club at 12 pm today in the Nueces Hotel NEHRU WALKS ALONG WALL OF KREMLIN India prim minister begins visit i an an insMinmai 4 ta rsriiFi r-inV i-A-'----od 0 a.