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

A WEATHER Today Sunny warm Sailing Favorable High 91 Low 75 Sunrise 5:38 Set 7:30 Moonrise 7:20 pm Set 5:33 am High Tide 5:50 am Low 9:28 pm ESTABLISHED 1883 VOL 64 NO 136 CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS WEDNESDAY MORNING JULY 2 1947 Twenty-four Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS THE NEST Police Halt French Demonstration Plans Son of High Official Held as Maqui Plotter PARIS July 1 (UP) The 20-year-old son -f a high foreign office official was arrested tonight and held in Sante on suspicion of complicity in the ringt wing extremist Black plot to overthrow the Fourth Republic The suspect Claude Chauvel was identified as the son of ean Chauvel secretary general of the foreign ministry Examining Magistrate Robert Levy ordered young Chau- el held after long qucslion- PLOW THROUGH ST LOUIS FLOOD A street car and truck their headlights burning plow through flood waters on North Broadway in St Louis as Tuesday afternoon rains heightened water in the street These were the last vehicles to negotiate the block later closed to traffic (AP Wirephoto) Mississippi Washes Out Four More Dikes ADM CLARK SEES NAVY LOSING IN AIR MERGER WASHINGTON July 1 (JP) A protest against nayal aviation rang the curtain down today on the House Expenditures Committee hearings on a measure providing for unification of the armed forces It came from Rear Adm Clark chief of naval operations for air who asserted that would be the result if the Army gnd Navy air forces are merged into a single air arm Vice Adm Gerald Bogan commander of the Atlantic air force contended earlier that the Navy has not been given an opportunity to state its case He argued that the Army Air Forces is planning to naval aviation Chairman Hoffman (R-Mich) observed at one point that he had heard that Navy Secretary Forrcstal swinging around to the viewpoint of those who oppose an independent air With public hearings concluded a sub group of the House committee will draw up its version of the unification measure for full committee action A bill approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee is awaiting a vote in the Senate French Offer Aid Compromise Molotov Demands Full Day To Study Economic Plan PARIS July 1 (flV-France gave the three-power foreign minister s' conference a 24-hour reprieve late today by offering a last-minute compromise proposal on European recovery which averted for the moment at least a collapse of the conversations Foreign Minister Georges Bidault said the new offer represented final position in the three-power efforts to implement the aid-Europe plan of United States Secretary of State George had it stopped cold until the rain came one engineer said as he watched the swirling water cut away the dike which days of backbreaking labor had built up Can't Beat Water "The ground couldn't absorb the water and it drained off but when Turn to Page 12 Column 3 By bob McCracken Cooler Here I' anyone believes it is hot in Corpus Christi he should take a trip inland Then after the manner cf the Indian who beat himself over the head because it felt so good when he stopped he should come home He complain about the heat again for at leas: a couple of days The Lookout tried it over the weekend He went to the Valley Now eery time he feels moved io remark about how hot it is he recalls the midday drive between Raymondville and Kings- il and changes the subject It in't hot in Corpus Christ! compared with other places this of some mourn am region O'her plares do not have the breeze that blows here as a matter of course It isn't appreciated as it should be It missed until you get ausy from it And it notice-b to a marked degree until it is encountered on the return trip About 40 miles out the wind that blows hot as if off a blast furnace over a broad expanse of blazing country begins to show traces of origination over the Gulf it becomes increasingly cooler as Corpus Christi nears The effect at first is comparable with the experience of walking away from the midday heat into an air-conditioned room The very idea of leaving it again immediately becomes unpopular Take II Eay The Lookout is a hot weather fan Ke much prefers summer to w-nter if he begins to find fault wih the heat he has only 1o recall a v-et norther But at the same time hot weather the same as a lot of other things can be run into the ground especially if people who live in the semi-tropics attempt to behave as their cousins areas wherie the seasons are more pronounced In South Texas away from Corpus Christi and even here the midday is not intended for physical exertion of any sort Any work to be accomplished agreeably should be undertaken in the early morning and late afternoon Call it siesta or whatever you will everyone would be a lot better off if he arranged his schedules to permit a period of inactivity and rest between the hours of noon and say about 3 or 4 o'clock He would feel better enjoy better health and get more cone Actually he would devote more time to his work and find it more agreeable As it is not much is done between those hours It's a drag period Everyone slows down figuratively shuts one eye and takes advantage of every excuse that offers itself to hie off to some coffee shop and while the time awav Most cafes find it worth the time and effort to keep the pot on the stove if it weren't for tre early afternoon trade They are deserted almost between 4 o'clock and the supper hour Bft Season Maybe if Corpus Christi had The inland summer climate the Lockout would find enrourage-mert to press for mass acceptance of the siesta At the same time if were as hot in Corpus Christi as it is elsewhere in Texas there hardly would be an excuse for residence here We really know how well eff we are when it comes to cool comfort at this time of the year The breeze blows steadily during most of every day and the nights are pleasant as a rule The weather offers every encouragement for an effort to build on Corpus reputation as a resort Turn to Page 13 Column 2 rential local rains and forced evacuation of the towns of Dupo and East Carondeiet 111 with a combined populace or 3100 Mayor Delmar Valine of Dupo said 90 percent of the women and children and 50 percent of the men had left The towns are across the river from the old Jefferson Barracks Mo Army post immediately south St I-ouis Whole Town Moves As the rising waters went over the Prairie du Pont levee along the Illinois Central railroad tracks and by-passed the Missouri Pacific railroad embankment which staved off the 1944 flood Dupo and East Carondeiet residents worked swiftly to store their furniture in box cars Army engineers said the finish the four-day fight to bolster the weakened barricade might have been different except for the overnight rain which measured two and one-half inches Most of it came a downpour in leas than a two-hour period Volunteer workers were caught off guard by the sudden swish of river water over the levee flank which washed out a 14-foot hole that widened to 75 feet in minutes Army engineers passed along word to retreat to higher ground lng on the organization also ordered the detention of Roger Prat 36 described as a business executive and Tierre Lefebre broker Prat -as described as a liaison officer ith the French Air Force in behalf of the plotters Lefebre was accused of directing the finances of the plotters who were said by rewspapers to have a 52 million war chest Writ for Count A writ was issued also for the arrest of Count Aroust de Mer-els described as a principal in conspiracy A cordon of 2000 armed police surrounded the assembly building prevent threatened demonstrations by left wing workers as the government pursued its investigation of the right wing plot Police surged into the area of the old Palaide Bourbon reinforced by special anti-riot rars and erected four-foot barriers around the building Automobile traffic was diverted the height of the evening rush lour and the identity of all passers-by was checked One-Day Strike Fear of riotous demonstrations resulted from threats of leaders 1500000 metal workers who leld a one-day strike today in protest against the austerity financial program of Premier Taut Ra-madier Strikers held mass meetings In many provincial cities to demand better food and production bonuses A 12-day strike of bank clerks ended tonight when the government made concessions as regards wages Banks will reopen tomorrow Ramadier announced that he would seek a vote of confidence cn which the fate of his government depends at the end of the finance-economics debate now in progress War Office Joins Inquiry The war office joined the Su-rette Nationale today in investigating the rebellion plot of the Black whose "blue called for a march on Paris and the institution of a right wing extremist dictatorship The interest of the war office became personal when it was reported that the Surette the French Scotland Yard had arrested Air Force Capt Andre Prat on suspicion of being the liaison man between the Black Maquis and the air corps ST LOUIS July 1 The surging Mississippi River concentrating its flood waters now on the lowlands between Missouri and Illinois hurst through four more levees today with the added impetus of a 13-inch rise from tor- CIO Enters Ford Dispute DETROIT July 1 W) The CIO United Auto Workers heretofore aloof stepped into the six-week-old strike of 3800 foremen of the Ford Motor Co today The international executive board directed Vice President Richard Leonard the union's Ford director to intervene an effort to -resolve the Earlier the striking Foreman's Association of America independent union of supervisory workers had asked the UAW-CIO to order approximately 85000 production workers to respect foremen's picket lines Jester Praises Of Legislative AUSTIN July 1 (API Texas will provide more adequately for its people during the next two years than ever before in the history Gov Beauford Jester told Texans tonight in a radiq address Reviewing what the 50th Legislature did and did not do the governor "report to the noted that while there had not always been complete agreement between governor and Legislature they were nevertheless "usually in essential agreement" 21 Suggestions Adopted Jester recalled that of hia 27 specific suggestions on legislative matters in his first message to the Legislature 31 had become law He also made public acknowledgement of Senate confirmation fighting for it now I can getl elected without C'nnnally Bored Connally sat apparently bored I of of in of Marshall Both Bidault and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin pressed for a prompt answer from Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov French quarters and put the French propositions up to Molotov on a take-it-or-leave-it basis Bidault advanced his proposals as a compromise measure de-si gend to meet Russian objections against in national internal affairs and appealed to Molotov for conciliation to salvage the aid-Europe conference British and French sources said Molotov insisted on a full day's recess to permit him to study the French propositions Bidault at first demanded a decision today but Molotov said the usual practice was to allow time for study The session accordingly was adjourned after only one hour and 40 minutes The ministers agreed to meet Wednesday afternoon but there was no promise that the deadlock might be broken Real Estate Lobby Blast Draws Fire WASHINGTON July 1 MV-Senator Wherry of Nebraska accused President Truman today of "low down political and demanded that he either prosecute real estate lobbyists or 'apologize to In an angry Senate speech the Republican whip opened fire on the message Mr Truman sent Congress yesterday in signing the new rent control bill The President objected to a provision permitting 15 percent increases in cases where owners and tenants agree in return for a lease running through 1948 He also struck at real estate lobbyists Btng his desk for emphasis Wherry shouted that the President's message constituted the use of down political He said he objected to the assertion that the operations of the real estate lobbyists bordered on the "subversive" challenge him to bring one man in here who is guilty of subversive Wherry thundered "Subversive he is putting them right in the corner with Communists To me subver sive means criminaL And if there is any criminal liability here the President of the United States should have every one of these men brought into court "If there are subversive activities the Department of Justice has a job to do and the President of the United States knows Macliinejmns Found Under Mud Bridge Four 50 caliber aircraft-type machineguns minus firing mecha nism and other machinegun parts were found by a county road crew about 3 yesterday beneath Mud Bridge midway between Waldron and Rodd Fields The weapons were taken to police headquarters and inspected by Police Lt Hagan and highway patrolmen Hagan said the guns appeared in good con dition and had likely been in the mud and water less than a month In addition to the four machine-guns members of the crew founc a swivel mount two extra barrels one JO caliber barrel and two sleeves for JO caliber machine-guns Harry Kliespie foreman of the crew said a member of the road crew noticed one of the gun barrels sticking out of the mud New South Beach Contamination Test Ends Today A lowering of the bacterial content of water at South Beach may show up In testa which will he completed today Dr Gordon Fisher said last night A leak from the sanitary sewer at Morgan and Third into the storm sewer has been repaired Fisher said and though there may be other leaka health officials think this was the moat prominent one and probably the one causing contamination of South Beach water In the meantime South Beach remains dosed to swimmers Fisher said "Swimmers should stay out of South Beach water until we are sure lt is safe" he emphasized British Ship Sinks in Gulf TAMPICO Mexico July 1 (UR) The British fruit ship "Agricola was reported to have sunk near the mouth of the Ca zones River in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles south of here today the captain of the port announced tonight The number of crewmen aboard or their fate was not known im mediately The was reportec en route to Belice British Honduras at the time of the mishap John Gillette New Principal At Kingsville Callar-TIa Sf Sarvl rm KINGSVILLE -John Gillette who taught in local schools from 1934 to J42 has been appointed principal of the junior high school and Henrietta King High School Wade superintendent of schools announced yesterday Gillette's appointment was approved by the school board which also named Claude Kelley high school teacher as his assistant Gillette succeeds Frank Holloway who resigned to accept an associate professorship at Sam Houston State Teachers College at Huntsville Since his separation from the Navy in January of this year as a lieutenant commander Gillette haa been employed as an executive with the Fla to Hardware Co He entered service in June 1942 as a lieutenant junior grade and participated in the campaigns of Iwo Jima and Okinawa Gillette began teaching in local schools in 1934 after taking his bachelors snd masters degrees from Texas AftI College From 1937 to 1941 he was principal of Lamar School In 1941 he was transferred to the high school as a teacher of mathematics and an assistant to the superintendent Plane Sets Speed Mark WASHINGTON July 1 (A) new personal plane the landed here at 8:40 (EST) tonight after a record-beating delivery flight from Santa Monica Calif Lt Col Harry Myers presidential pilot figured his time from take off until he crossed over the National Airport at 8 hours 40 minutes and 15 seconds Takeoff time was 2:50 (EST) The official Los Angeles-Washington record for transport craft set by Howard Hughes in 1944 is 6 hours 57 minutes and 51 seconds There was no National Aeronautic Association timing on the flight of the however so it will not -go into the books Myers said he "went easy on new and estimated he had an average of only about 25 miles an hour of tail wind The great distance from Los Angeles is 2292 miles Myers figured he averaged somewhat better than 350 miles an hour He was held off the ground here several minutes to let a rainstorm pass The pilot commented that the have been AFL Orders Pledges Out WASHINGTON July 1 CUW The American Federation of Labor told its member unions today to stop writing "no strike" pledges into collective bargaining agreements with employers It said the ban on Jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts and other restrictions imposed under the new Taft-Hartley labor reform law "leave us no alterna Abandonment of the "no agreements which had been hailed as opening a new era in improved labor-management relations was among a series of recommendations made by the AFLs legal staff to member unions on the basis of a preliminary study of the new statute Brahma Corraled After 24 Hours Lolly's 1500-pound Brahma bull on the loose for 24 hours was in a corral last night at George farm about one mile off the Chapman Ranch Road The 5-year-old bull describee by Holly as began roaming shortly after 5 Monday a few hours after it had been unloaded at Holly's place on Gollihar Road City and county authorities joined in the search for the animal corraled at Havelky's ranch early last night Liquidation of Enemy Assets Bill Approved WASHINGTON July 1 The House Interstate Commerce Committee today approved legislation providing that all property of enemy nations or enemy nationals now held by the custodian of enemy property shall be liquidated and the proceeds turned over to the Treasury Truman AskedToUse New Labor Measure If Coal Strike Comes FEARS LABEL Sees Dooley Case As Part of Political Purge Record Session his every nomination to public office The governor said that in general hia report on the Legislature was made "with the greatest of pride and satisfaction" "I ran tell you that during the next two years the state of Texas will provide more adequately for the protection for the comfort for the intellectual and cultural advancement and for the general well being of its people than during any other period in the hundred years of history of the commonwealth he said adding: "In education in highways and roads in public welfare assistance in the work of state departments and institutions the opportunity for enlarged and expanded Turn to Page 12 Column 1 "Do I understand that the senator is a candidate for asked Sen Scott Lucas (D-Ill) O'Daniel said the answer to that "momentous would be announced later He then referred to a measure he introduced last winter to limit presidential and senatorial tenure to one term "That measure was finally brought to the Senate floor and there was only one vote for he said "That was me If not here going to fight for He said the Dooley nomination was "all part of this horrible plot to purge anybody who doesn't vote for the Socialistic and Communistic measures forced on the American people during the last 14 He complained that with the exception of the tenure bill his other articles of legislation been hid under the rugs never seen the light of The Texas senaior also challenged the authorship of the Taft-Hartley labor bill Takes Credit for GOP Act Republicans found my bills out in the cloakroom or under the rugs or wherever they disappeared to and put a Republican label on them and some of them Turn to Page 12 Column Sunny and Warm Says Mozcney The weather today will be mostly sunny and continued warm Weatherman Russell Mozeney forecast last night Temperature will range from a low of 76 to a high of 92 Sailing will he favorable with At the same 'time there were moderate southerly winds Moxen-Turn to rage 12 Column 5 'ey said Hartley continued should the strike take place after this machinery has fully utilized the President then to submit to Congress a report of the entire which will then provide the basis for the formulation of fur remedial legislation the been is full proceedings ther ONE GONE MAD WASHINGTON July 1 (UP' Sen Lee (D-Texas) told the Senate today that there in his home state the Joe Dooley of Amarillo to Five Bulldogs Chew Claw Bronx Boy 11 To Death WASHINGTON July 1 MV-The authors of the Taft-Hartley labor law called on President Truman tonight to invoke the new law to cope with any paralyzing coal strike Meantime there were reports of imminent developments in contract negotiations between John Lewis and some segments nf the soft coal industry However Charles O'Neill a spokesman for the operators negotiating committee said no announcement wrould be made tonight Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said now is the time to face the coal problem He aaid that if a crippling strike occurs Mr Truman should appoint a board of inquiry under the new act 'Should Act Now Rep Hartley (R-NJ) the other sponsor of the act went further He said the -President should immediately name the inquiry board In a speech to the National Association of Personnel Directors in New York he said the second step in combating a coal strike "is prompt action by the President through the attorney general after receiving the report of the board of inquiry to enioin the strike which means that the strike is barred for a period of 60 that the walkout is enjoined for another 20 days while the national relations board polls the employes nf each employer involved to learn if they wish to accept the final terms offered by Pacing nervously at the back of the Senate chamber told the Senate that do not like to convey sad tidings but it is my solemn duty to explain why this is a bad Dooley was nominated for the federal district judgeship of North Texas asked the Senate to block confirmation because Dooley was "personally to him He defended the of the Senate about such objections think this unwritten law is just as important as some of the other unwritten laws that govern the actions of citizens of our O'Daniel said nomination is a continuation of the policy to purge a United States senator who will not go along with the administration on all votes Ibis is one of the ob-fe jcirg oer the Dooley nomira- jeetives of this he tor but O'Daniel denied in his said argument today that it was a Not Reelertion Announcement Trrnage I said the executive not concerned w-ith patron- branch been dragging out said O'Daniel this Dooley nomination for three wihojt it for six i years just to bring it up before my cars and I'm not going to start next be a United States district judge O'Dariel took the floor for two hours and 25 minutes late in the cay and by gentleman's agreement will resume his attack on the nomination tomorrow when the Senate meets again Committee Approves Chairman Alexander Wiley (R-W is) of the Senate Judiciary Committee whirh had approved the nomination cf Dooley told his colleagues that only issue before the Seriate is whether individual senators will give validity to toe obnoxious objection cf a fellow' He cited precedents showing that the Senate has not been bound to ornde a nomination because of sum an ob lection O'Daniel and Sen Tom Connal-ly his Texas colleague have been NEW YORK July 1 i) Ax 11-year-old Bronx boy waa chewed and clawed to death today by five bulldogs one of which apparently had gone mad police reported A patrolman investigating the incident also was attacked and knocked to the ground by the mad dog before other policemen shot and killed the animal authorities said Poiire told this story: The boy Stanley Balabana left a Bronx swimming pool to get some eye glasses he had left outside Later another boy Joseph Rher-er 15 saw five dogs running amund and chewing on an object Coming closer he saw ihe bare feet chewed to the bone protruding from some tall grass about 200 feet from the pool Sherer called police When Patrolman Louts Rissone 31 approached the boy's body one of the while short-haired dogs lunged at him before he could draw his pistol and threw him to the ground As he wrestled with the dog Sgt Fred Werner shot and wounded the animal The 30-pound dog released its hold on Rissone and ran Two other policemen followed and shot the dog dead A I i.