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

INDEX EATHER Today Fair Sailing Favorable High Yesterday 89 Low 63 Sunrise 6:27 Set 6:07 Moonrise 2:31 am Set 3:36 pm High Tide 2:29 am Iow 6:13 pm VOLUME 64 NO 219 Pntwwl (wennil elan matter at the amt office at Corpua Clwiati Tasaa under the Act of March I 117 CORPUS C1IKISTI TEXAS THURSDAY MOKNINCi OCTOBER 9 1947 Pabltalied eeerr week-dae memlea be Tbe I'aller-Tlma PobUebina Twenty-four Pages PRICE FIVE CENTS Watch Okayed West Texas Hail Damage $2 Million Colton and Crain Crops Hard Hit By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Local hail and electric storms caused heavy property damage in West Texas Wednesday while heat and moistureladen air produced spotty weather over the entire state Damage estimated by a committee of Levelland insurance men at $2 million was wrought by a heavy hailstorm which hammered crops dented automobiles and damaged houses in the Levelland vicinity Wednesday night Jim St Clairf an insurance committee member who announced the estimate said the 1 cotton crop suffered the Wednesday and S92000 worth of heaviest damage Grain was oil was being consumed The UN Group Overrides Russian Opposition LAKE SUCCESS Oct 8 The political committee of the United Nations Assembly overrode bitter Russian objec-t tions late today and approved a United States demand for a special UN Balkan border watch committee The vote on the special committee was 34 to 6 The Rus-j sian bloc voted solidly against it Nine nations including thej Arab group and Sweden Norway and Denmark abstained The delegates put off temporarily a decision on the hottest part of the resolution a section finding Yugoslavia Grass Roots Farm Plans Submitted County Committee Gliosen bv Farmer Askeil bv Anderson WASHINGTON Oct 8 A plan to centralize farm programs at levels through county committees elected by the farmers was promised today by Secretary of Agriculture Anderson He suggested Congress provide for a new assistant secretary of agriculture with responsibility integrating the work of the departmental agencies carried out in the counties The recommendations were made to a joint session of House and Senate Agriculture Committees as the final point in the administration's program for long range agriculture policy on which the committees are at work The overall administration policy statement includes' proposals for the parity formula on which price supports for farm commodities are based and a national policy for maintaining high food consumption (Present parity is a price calculated to give farmers purchasing ower equal to some previous favorable period fur agriculture usually 1909-1914 The department said that its proposed revisions would reshuffle various commodities but the average of parity would remain about the same) Withhold Comment Most committeemen withheld comment on the overall policy statement pending a tour of the country beginning Saturday on which farmers will be asked to give their ideas Anderson also told the commit- tees that the off Agriculture is not trying to break the grain Sen Thomas (D-Okla) had asked how the department its attempt to break the with its statement that per capita farm income still is Two Accused Of Stealing Atomic Data REENACTS Patricia Schmidt gazes wishfully through the bars of her cell in Havana Cuba where she is oil trial for the murder of her poet-lover John Lester Mee Tin diminutive dancer yesterday broke down in tears while reenacting the scene in which Mee was killed Shooting of Mee occured on bnaid the yacht Satira April 8 She claimed her poet-lover bval her and forced her to work (Al Wirephoto) (See story on page 4) beaten to the ground St Clair fire started during a violent elec said approximately one-fourth of trie storm in the Pampa vicinity the loss was insured The hail began to pelt the Lev- Set eral persons were hit by elland countryside at 3:30 was seriously injured The 40- ran lasted 40 minutes One minute storm was accompanied fanner reported the hail made bv 224 inches of rain of a crop he Lightning set fire to a S0000- had on the ground barrel oil tank of the Slandish Oil lavas to crops was estimated at Co five miles west of Painpa I between 50 and 85 percent Mid-Air Flip Hurls 53 Passengers From Seats in Airliner Local Woman Clutched Child In Tense Sceond A I Rl ijl Oct 8 Itto more ex-servicemen ac- tll filial approval by the full As-cu-ed of stealing atomic sene s' Ntnily' Assembly appioval va fiom the lo Alanids atomic proj- considered a foregone conilusini eel were ai rested in New Mexico ltWever beiause the 57 ntemlii lod'tv 'ly 'the federal Unread of imUmis are all represented in both i 'dy manager ami tax depart-ln e-tigaliiiii lia- plena rv inertings slid the om- i menl head since April 1 1946 The Albuquerque field office 'f lUtfe session yesterday amioumed his resigna- the FBI said the men ImiDi funner Tlie committee also approved a ellective Nov 13 army piiotogi aphers at the in- proatal that the Assemiiiy Turner said he had resigned to stallation were Ernest Ijiwreme -B on rjieece Yugoslavia Bul-Pa I mre I lo 30 of Albuquerque ami gii and Albania to cooiet George Wellington Thotnusou 38 iwi1h Ul special committee The ir Riverside 85 miles north vote on this section was 39 to 6 of here xml about 20 miles frum with a abstentions lavs Alamos Heated Debate They were charged in com- The balloting climaxed commit- planus filed at Santa Fe with tak- tee debate on the Gierk Balkrn about naming a successor to Tur ing pro'iertv and records from case which liega 11 Sept 2ft It came the project which the FBI said after Russian I Turf Delegate An-consisted of photographs contain- dtri Vish insky charged that the mg classified intormation The II 6 was presenting an contained only general tum" to-Bulgaria Albania and Yu-descriptions of the pictures in- goslavia in the Balkans qiiaire eluding background and gave no He accused tbe ft 8 of the nature of their infor-ice" on this phase1 matioii ttesticulating and shouting Wh in addition Thompson wa ac- insky took tlie flour in the iihi-cu-cd of taking two photos from millee after liersiliel Johnson the Army's Sandia base super- United Rlaie delegate bad agi ee-l secret vveanous pioject at the east to take a French rumpioniise ii edi-e of Allniqiierque tlie Balkans case if Bulgaria Al- Thoiiioson is a native of Green- luiiia and Yugoslavia would ac-wood Mo is married and has a re pi a UN watch commission in lui'rried daughter Prior to his the Balkan All uiiuiittee action is subject Head Quits tier Tbe charter empowers him to select a director of finance has done a good job Allen said The finance director one of the few city employe chosen person-allv by Die late mayor Robert Wilson with hi $8060 position was a target in the April 1 city elect inn a was the former maiiagcr Roderic Thomas pad $150011 ammatlv Thomas resigned to betoire Dallas city manager W1D1 pav of Turner said he would leave active city employment on Nov 1 He ha 15 days vacation him Disaster Plot Waged by Reds Lovett Charges WASHINGTON Oct 8 ery where has recently been re- The United States charged today that European Communists are parties and governments trying to prevent the recovery of associated with this program hae Europe and plunge the continent made clear their intention to pre-into I veL they can the economic The accusation was contained in '-tt de- a carefully worded statement la red EL PASO Oct 8 Unexplained acrobatics of a big American Airlines flagship tossed about and shook up 53 passengers and crewmen today shortly before the four-engined DC-4 made a safe unscheduled landing here Six passengers were X-raved and given first aid at a i sponsibility for high grain prices nApai tea aC ita i erno cak a nc- hospital here but none were injured seriously The passengers included 20 women and four children Capt Charles Sislo the pilot who righted the plane and only about one-half the income of people in the cities On the contrary Anderson said grain exrhange spokesmen have accused the government of re- because of its purchases of foreign shipment Thomas asked Anderson to Turn to Page 12 Column 1 in Europe who permit themselves to be misled by these malicious and unscrupulous dis- landed it gave this account a earv" rpspnnsibility on thcine1ves for rii jCair I OtlilV Is Forecast Fair weather with little change AFL General Counsel Dies After Stroke SAN FRANCISCO OctS Joseph A Padway general course of the American Federation of Labor died of a stroke tonight a few hour after collapsing whit addressing the AFL'a international 'strapped In their seats fell to the convention jreiling and loose bsggage was The 56-vear-old labor lawyer hsd thrown about the cabin just begun an attack on the Tati- 'dutches Child Hartley law when he faltered his I Mrs II Bridges or Corpus notes dropping from his fingers 'christi told of clutching tightly to He groped for a glass of water i her year-old daughter Helen and knocked it over He was half thought that if the inevitable carried from the platform and 'happened my daughter and taken to Stanford Hospital where jl would be found together arm In he died at about 8:45 CST I in she recalled never His physician attributed death to thought of myself When we were a stroke i Turn to Page 12 Column 2 of the incident: The airliner went into a sudden climb at 8000 feet shortly after he passed over El Paso eri-route from Dallas to Ixt Angeles lie adjusted the automatic pile without apparent effect then switched it off The plane immediately dived $-000 feet while Sisto struggled with the manual controls and then turned upside down At this stage passengers nut WESLEY IL TURNER IjRR( Department to airy Li employment until Nov 15 The Turner family live at North Saxet Zoning Plan For Bavfront Draws Blast Building height limitation ard sign pioviaiun on Die bay front were protested at a Zoning ard Planning Commission public hearing on proposal in the rew zoning ordinance last right Robert A Humble chairman of the liraiing announced another public heating -oul be lielil with owners of on the havfront to explain the Hare Hare plan utilized in proposal for Die area facing the below tbe bluff in an effort to work out some plan for bayfrert beautification acceptable to a majority of tbe property hclde's Tlie area to b- discussed at the public hearing tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the health unit bui'dirg on Flioteline i hminded bv Pov Antelope Tancahua and Norlit Broadway After Staled Hearing Humble said the bavfront 4j-ciiMiiin would be held someiirre after the nine heduled sectional beatings ending next Monday night ate compleird -have not had time to give Turn In Page 2 Column 7 AtK I Aics Elect liillv A I lire lit New President Callrr-Tlmr News Ifrtkt KINGSVILLE Billy Albrecht of Goliad wa elected president of the Texas Aszie Club at an organizational meeting held last night in Die Building at Kart Cam pi: Oilier oltii-er hosen were: Selii Mihiic of KmsA vice lie-ideiil: John Albietbt of Edinburg leiuiy: Elrod of Uvalde treasurer: George Liht ell IrjiU-r Weelo Albert of song leader and Jack (Dog) Nevil of Beaumont pi'ih-furk-wielder Howard Lon -r an cf Beaumont wa elected of the Aggie freshmen members of Die club The Aggie Club Bard comosed of Weelo Albert Vernon ifibbler and Tarver Moffett played several number following the business meeting last night The cluo which ha a record member -hip of 315 this year meet oi the second and fourth Wednesday night of each A sweetheart of the clab w-ill he elected at the next meeting Oct 29 made to a new conlerence al the state department by Undersecretary Robert A Lovett The statement came in response to requests for official read ion to the Soviet called British and American Invert deliberately noted that the ('oinnumist group setting up the organization included cabinet member of certain countrie including the Soviet He said they had the aims or tlie American and British people in the recent war and carried to new length the distortion of United State policy with which tlie Communist press ev- Six Known In Two -Car iu temperature is forecast for Steel Co Ilobokeu day Sailing should be Javorahle! ilesciibed as an Itin- eiant photographer was taken into sVl'1heastf11-v custody at an Albuquerque studio winds due Albuquerque WHEELING Some Days You Just Win DAVENPORT la Oct 8 iB A semi-trailer truck driven by Sanford Lisle of Iowa City and loaded with 5000 gallons of gasoline fe-'as cruising along US Highway 6 near here today when: 1 Unkown to Lisle one-half of a double wheel parted company with the vehicle 2 The wheel rolled a quarter of mile before entering the open door of a radiator shop knocking over two 100-poimd butane tanks and smashing fixtures 3 Proprieter Chester Denklau quickly shut off the flow to the butane tanks 4 II Edwards Dewitt Ia truck driver eyeing the mn-away wheel slowed down A car be' hind him smashed into his vehicle and both went into a ditch No one was hurt 5 Lisle still unaware of the commotion he had caused went his merry way until the tire mate to the errant wheel blew out 6 While Lisle was telephoning for help somebody shouted that the gasoline-laden truck was on fire A bunch of people pooled their efforts to put it out with slight damage 7 Life returned to normal Albania and Bulgaria respon sible fur helping Greek guerrillas Just before the political com inittee adjourned at 6:17 (EST) the United State propos- ed that the Balkan committee be marie up of Brazil Mexico the Netherlands Poland Australia Pakistan and the five great w'v cr That will be diciised to iiiuriuw when the Mlitical com milit-e resumes debate on the i evolution is a huise-ta Je" Vishlnskv ahead and submit it If ymi 'get a majority all right But why ib you show such rswardire in pre- settling us with a Yishuiftky apMleil to oilier delegates not to accept undignified horse-trade'' Cut mi a Demand Cuba earlier demanded formally Turn to Pace 12 Columji 3 SHUTDOWN ON WHISKY IS LIKELY WASHINGTON OcL 8 IP Chairman Charles Luchina of the Citizen Food Committee tonight forecast a nationwidf 69-day shutdown of whisky making (See earlier story on Pase 6) Luck man announced after two and a half hour conference with representative of 39 companies lhat 18 had approved closing down while the other 21 asked for time to consult their Ktockliolder Luckman leading President Truman campaign to nave 100 milion bushel of grain by nest June 30 to help feed western Europe said there were no dissents to the shutdown request lie said he expect it to bcomc effective within three week ran save consider table grain by eating cereals for bieakfaat More Tliau A llure A a fellow at the agiietil'ure department put it: you eat two egg you have eaten the equivalent of pound of grain And to eat a pound of gram by eating breakfast foists you'd have to lie a horse Of rourse if the demand for eg 1 i still sufficient and the famier his hen she'll go on gobbling 1 GO Nitirids of grain emh year no matter what you eat for breakfast That' why Die agriculture m-j- i pie are giving gram-saving talk to Die fanner I So fr they haven't bothered to reach with the hen See Paragraph 3 Section tA) of this dissertation jit you care to know why I 1 I to prevail the weather bureau said last night Probable high for today will be 88 with a low 68 forecast Injured Crash FOR SUPPER ONLY Trammell Jurors Will Buy Beer They Quaff Jurors who drink beer with pointed out that drinking of beer their evening meal buy their own by a juror is not against the law beer Judge Cullen Briggs and that it was approved by the attorneys in the case He also called attention to the fact that the court is not holding night session 1 Aniy service he via employed as males his home at Albuquerque and i separaied fioin hi wife Prior to Army rervice lie was em- ptoved by various photographic concerns in New York City and also worked for tlie federal ship- vards at Kearny and Kelh- (where tbe federal agent said he vv a employed prior to his arrest They declined to state lmw long he had been here or where lie came from Thompson wa arrested at his photographer's shop in Kspanola a romimmity near Riverside FBI Director Edgar Hoover announced the arresta in Washington barely an hour and a half alter field agent took both men into rustody simultaneously at 3 CRT I on or raDit-r doesn't go on -inside a head So let's hurry along to IB) GO Pound A Year The Department of Agriculture which can get pretty excited a (suit this sort of thing disclose that a healthy hungry lien can ea around 60 pound of grain eaih year Since fhe average hen lays only Its eggs a year this mean that it takes about eight ounce of to produce nn egg weighing approximately two ounces It isn't enough that a hen has to he stupid: no she ha to go arid be inefficient too Since Die average cereal weight jfor each breakfast feeding ia alight-Ty over an ounce it's obvious you iiiih 1 a ii Six persons were known to have Ward Island and his wife Dorotliv in 2903 Avenle C- I Taken fre IT 9 Commissi n- Ahimt -t An -AS5 Dorothy Bl'iu 51 of Bee- er Albeit Gonzales at Santa Ke A Sh- nih viie Thompson pleaded innocent to the --Th "llte 14-1 Pat Dlin- driver of one of the Sandia charge which accuaed him ear-oin noy wa kiuKked from ambulances said that the impact of taking the picture on May 27 a bicycle in Gardendale by a hit- )ie two tars threw them some Aip motorist who had eluded a 2110 feet apart one on each of the police hunt late last night connecting roads Official police reports on the I The two nurse and the marine Alemeda-Airline crash were not were riding in one car and the available at 11:30 last (others in tlie second night and Naval Air Station llos- Robert Smith 14 son of pilal would not release the name Smith of Gardendale wa tlie vir-uf Navy men taken there after the itim of a hit-and-run driver a he crash rode hi bicycle in Gardendale One report at police headquar- around 8 o'clock lie was takrti lei's was lhat nine person in the to Memorial llospilal where lie two automobiles most of Diem was treated for a broken arm Navy personnel were injured Hospital report gave the names of Die injured as: It (JG) Inez Watson nurse at NAS Lt (JG) Leora Ann Lukeno-vitch nurse at NAS Marine Sgt Samuel Earl Crawford Elmer Brook a sailor from Hungry Hen Eats p111 1 Rnrneil Roy Improving SAN ANTONIO Oct 8 Seven-year-old Gregorio Hernandez was recovering slowly today from burn suffered when four older youth attempted a at the Tlie youth were lectured and released by city juvenile officers jiisisU IHife Half ouiid Of Grain To Produce On Eirir said yesterday The judge made the statement after he said he received a number of calls from women asking if the county paid for the beer The ouetions were asked after Judse Briggs with the approval of attorneys for the state and for the defense in the Philip Trammel! murder trial okeved the renuest of jurors they be allowed beer with their evening irej! juror buy his own food and his own beer if he wants Judge Briggs said because a man is on a jury he is not deprived of his civil liberty Just because he drinks beer at supper it is not uiterfering with his jury The judge emphasized that jurors are not permitted to have beer at any other meal won't interlere with the The judge who set the um at two bottles Locke Loses Second Suit DALLAS Oct 8 District Judge Thorton today rendered a judgment for $140000 against Locke Dallas oilman and promoter In the second civil suit against Loike in two weeks Emery Wiley receiver for the Locke Enterprise hal sought judgment for $294374 cm-pijra'e funds allegedly con- erted i Pair Discovered Injured in Class Strewn Apartment Paul Buchanan 52 and Robert McIntosh 57 described by police as partners in selling photograph-coupons were in Memorial Hospital last night suffering front multiple cuts and loss of blood They were removed to the hospital early last night from an apartment at 607 Mesquite where police said they had been living Patrol 1 nen Troy Hill and Cay wood said a second floor room in Die downtown apartment was cluttered with broken bottles and that walls and floor were blood stained when they arrived By A Ki ll I KDSOV WASHINGTON Oct 8 F-Tht will be an 1 poultryles Thursday under the voluntary rationing plan Which make today a good time to look into the eating habit of the hen Anyone who ever ha been around one know two obvious chicken fata: A hen ia always (A) stupid and Bi hungry Fortunately this ia not tlie time nor tlie place to atari an aigument over a lien'a IQ But every pci non who lias tried to drive a hen back through that hole In the fence has some pretty decided opinions about what goes BLOODHOUND FINDS LOST CHILD IN Eyes rigid with fright three-year-old Louis Dunton stares at the bloodhound which found him in dense woods early yesterday after he had been lost for eight hours near Fitzwilliam Bill Greene of Orford holds the harness of a few seconds after the lost child was sighted in the woods and before the boy had been rescued The child had removed his clothes during the night (AP Wirephoto).