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Moutanams Choose Candidates Today GREAT FAIX.S TRIBUNE 'tVoleSee Polling Honrs Associated Press MONTANA'S BEST NEWS GATHERER United Press VOL. 68, NO. 66 GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1954 PRICE 5 CENTS Pad to Cease 12 Noon to 7P. Truce Fever Rises in Indochina IvMochima War An estimated 140,000 to 150,000 Montanans, including about 12,500 in Cascade county, are expected to go to the polls today between 12 noon and 7 p.m. Object of today's balloting is to choose Republican and Democratic nominees for state, legislative, county and township offices and nonpartisan nominees for associate justice, Supreme Court.

In Cascade county, thef- election today has another i Expected One-Way Traffic Postponed Establishment of First and Second avenues north between Park Drive and Nineteenth streets, as one-way streets, earlier scheduled for today, has been deferred until Saturday, according to City Traffic Engineer Kenneth L. Chrysler. Chrysler said several days will be required before all signs are installed and the street lined. This is essential before the one-way streets can be placed in effect. The traffic engineer said the new change will definitely go into effect Saturday.

GENEVA HV-The Geneva Con ference came to its climactic day Tuesday with indications that a cease-fire in the eight-year Indochina War would be signed before midnight. A high Western source, not one of the optimists of this conference, said the "best advice" was that French Premier Pierre Men-des-France would win his gamble and achieve an armistice by midnight (6 p.m.. MST Tuesday), the deadline he had set for peace or his resignation. Pham van Dong, foreign minister of the Communist-led Viet-minh and once the stiffest of unbending Communist diplomats here, told correspondents an armistice was "absolutely sure." The Moscow radio, in a broad Preliminary City Budget Of $3,596,668 Adopted if? 8 A 14 MONTANA'S MARILYN MONROE? Followers of the "Miss Universe" contest and pageant under way at Long Beach, are comparing "Miss Montana" (above). Dawn Oney of Billings, with Marilyn Monroe of the movies.

Each is a blonde and shapely and has a quality that captures public attention. But the actress' bust (37) and hips (36) exceed Miss Montana's by an inch. Miss Montana at 5 -feet, 6 inches is half an inch taller. Preliminary judging in the Miss U.S.A. contest opens Tuesday, with finals Wednesday night.

Friday night comes the grand climax the crowning of Miss Universe. Winifred Woman, Two Nephews Die HANOI OP) Tank-led" French Un ion forces 5,000 strong drove the Communist back along the main highway northwest of Hanoi Monday in heavy fighting that was re garded here as probably the last of the war. Military sources said one purpose of the powerful thrust along Hlim-yen road was to show the Reds that the French would fight right up to the expected signing of a truce in Geneva. The high command reported "favorable progress" by French and Viet Nam troops fanning out along both sides of Highway 2 this side of Vinh Yen, 25 miles northwest of Hanoi. Reports from Geneva and Paris fanned the truce fever here to a high pitch.

The French Army rounded out strict security measures in Hanoi, Haiphong and Saigon to prevent any uprisings when official work of the surrender of northern Viet Nam to the Communists arrives. French officials frankly expected mob scenes of a more or less destructive nature. Ten thousand Hanoi citizens demonstrated Monday against any partition of Viet Nam. A similar demonstration was held in Saigon Sunday. There was no disorder or violence.

Plans to evacuate 6,000 French civilians in Hanoi were ready. Reliable sources said the evacuation could begin any time. French informants said that regardless of what happens in Geneva. French women and children will be taken1 out of Hanoi soon after July 20, the armistice deadline. I Only 30 Americans left here, 7 of them newsmen.

GOP Control Of Board In Offing By Tribune Staff Writer HELENA Death of Archie Simon, chairman of the State Board of Equalization, here early Monday probably will mean a reorganization of that board under Republican control seven months ahead of schedule. By law not more than two of the three members may be from any ore political party. Members are appointed by the governor for six-year terms, subject to approval by the State Senate. Simon's term does not end until the 1955 assembly is in session if, as expected, Gov. J.

Hugo Aronson appoints a Republican to fill his unexpired term, it probably would pave the way for Jack Reid, now a minority member, to become chairman. Term of Cal A. Robinson, a Democrat, ends next February. If Aronson names a Republican to replace Simon, in order to achieve party control immediately, it would mean he would have to rename Robinson or nominate another Democrat to succeed him before the 1955 assembly ends. Should a Democrat be named to serve out the remainder of Simon's term, the governor most certainly would select a Republican to replace Robinson for the term ending in 1961 and Republican control of the board would be delayed until that selection was confirmed.

When Fire Destroys Ranch Home porch of the home. County Atty. J. E. McKenna said he believed By Tribune Correspondent LEWISTOWN A Winifred ranchwif and her two nephews killfrl Mnnilav uhon firo'Hlg the refrigerator exploded, spray- burning kerosene over the wd and tarpaper of the home.

He termed the fire "the worst tragedy in his years as the dead boys, and Elvin E. Ben-county attorney." jamin, Salt Lake Cityr and a sis-Mrs. Wilson was the daughter of Mrs. Vincent L. Aiken, Vern- attraction use of voting machines for the first time.

Modernization of the voting procedure in the county' has resulted in changes in the precinct setup. The county this year has 44 precincts as compared with 75 two years ago. Thirty-one of the cincts will be served by voting machines. (A map of precincts in Great Falls and voting places will be found on Page 6.) Officials anticipate the changeover from the old manual system of voting will go smoothly as judges in all precincts have attended schools to acquaint themselves with the operation of voting machines. It is expected, it was stated, that the voters will adapt them selves easily to the machine method of voting.

A normally low off-year vote Is expected, both in the state and the county. The state has 283,651 persons registered for the election. Of these 24,566 or about per cent are in Cascade county. Most predictions are that the vote will not exceed 50 per cent ot the registration. At the 1952 pri mary, a presidential year affair, the vote in the county was 13,202 or 57.4 per cent.

Two years previously the primary vote was about 47 per cent. The relatively small number of contests, particularly in the Republican primary, is expected to hold down the voting today. The fact that only two state offices, not including congressional posts, are affected by this year's election also is a contributing factor in predictions for a small vote. Names of 84 candidates will appear on the ballots used in the Great Falls precincts. Fifty-five of these candidates are Democrats, 26 Republicans and 3 nonpartisan candidates for associate justice, Supreme Court.

Primary interest is attached to the contests for the party nominations for Congressman, Second District. Four Republicans and three Democrats are seeking this office. In the First Congressional District, Winfield E. Page, Missoula, ominationt and for us unopposed for the Republican the Democratic nomination is a "repeat" duel between Lee Met-calf, Hamilton, the incumbent, and Paul Cannon, Butte. Cascade coun- ty electors do not vote in this in stance, however.

For United States Senator, Rep. Wesley A. D'Ewart, Wilsall, is not opposed for the Republican" nomination. Sen. James E.

Murray, Democratic incumbent, is opposed by Sam G. Feezell, Great Falls, and Ray E. Gulick, Joplin. Only state offices affected are state treasurer and railroad com missioner, and only contests fori nomination are in the Democratic bracket. As concerns county offices, the only Republican contests are for nominations for county commissioner, assessor and sheriff.

The Democratic primary features contests for state representative, commissioner, county attorney, sheriff, treasurer, coroner and public administrator. The election today is a mere formality for some Incumbents, who face no opposition in either their own or other parties. Use of voting machines is ex pected to discourage write-in vot ing, although it is still permissibls but more inconvenient than with the paper ballot method of voting. Voting for township offices also will be a mere formality as incumbents of such offices in Great Falls, Cascade and Belt. Townships face no opposition of any nature.

All the incumbents are Democrats. Through use of voting machines returns are expected much earlier than in any previous election. All city precincts all served by voting machines are expected to have reports in before 11 tonight. In some previous elections, returns were not available for 24 hours or more. 20 Freight Cars Derailed in Idaho PAYETTE, Idaho Twenty cars of an east-bound, 116-car 24 Hattie Pierece and came to Mon- I tana with her parents in 1912.

She received her education at Windom. stanford and Helena. She married Wikon Rawlins in 1941. Soon cast, reported "an agreement in principle has been reached on many of the documents containing main agreements for the restoration of peace." Agreement had been reached, the radio said, on a temporary demarcation line for dividing Viet Nam, the holding of elections, and the withdrawal of foreign troops three of the most troublesome points. Western sources said France, Britain and the United States also were closer in agreement now than at any time since the conference started nearly three months ago.

For one thing, these sources said, the three WTestern powers have agreed to form a Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO to seal off that region from further Communist penetration. this year and $3,835,576.93 last year. Anticipated revenue for the coming year is $2,866,229.25 as compared with $2,824,637.31 last year. Officials said a reduction of about $300,000 must be made in the general city fund. Much of the money budgeted in the water fund is already on hand, representing the balances in various funds.

One big item that must be considered by the council is the question of wage increases. Increases of about 10 per cent are asked in most classifications. Among the large amounts requested in the budget are: i Police department, I fire department, engineer's office, garbage department, Civic Center, building, airport, library, parks and re- ment, water department, -UBdap 33JS 'uoijeaja boulevard- maintenance, $45,000, and street light maintenance, $31,900. Most of the other budget items are less than $25,000. Totals stated for the various departments do not include outlay items.

Chairman Board, Dies County rancher he was engaged in the automobile and garage busi ness in Helena. He was born in Helena on Jan 5, 1897. Simon apparently was in good ARCHIE E. SIMON health Sunday. He had gone to a movie with his wife and they were retiring when he was stricken.

Simon was born in Helena Jan. 5, 1897, and spent his entire life in the Capital City with the exception of the years of ranching in Jefferson county. July 15, 1937, Simon was married in Dillon to Elizabeth Miner. Other survivors are a sister. Marguerite Connor, Helena; two nieces, Mrs.

Russell Campbell, Helena, and Mrs. Kenneth McLaughlin, Portland, four nephews, William C. Connor, Hel ena; John P. Connor, Great Falls; Col. A.

O. Connor, with the Armv in Carlyle, and John M. Si Walnu Creek. and several grand nieces and grand nephews. lM.vl.M,j, JJDDy vrlTl Killed in Fall From Truck By Tribune Correspondent LIBBY Bonnie Mae Mutch, 12-year-old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Earl Mutch of Libby, was killed when she lost her balance and fell from a pickup truck in which she was riding. Bonnie and her father were en route to a fishing spot. When thsy were just five miles from Libby on the Pipe Creek road, the truck, driven by Bonnie's father, swerved suddenly to the right to avoid colliding with an approaching truck. The quick movement of the truck threw the girl, who was standing up, off balance.

She fell onto the hard-surfaced road and was killed instantly. The body is being shipped to Minnesota for burial. Survivors include her parents and one brother. Mid-America Seared by Heat Blasts By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blistering heat seared much of the country's central section Monday. It ruthlessly added to an awesome heat wave death tolL Crop, cattle and poultry losses mounted.

The hot siege has taken at least 253 lives. Temperatures "of 100-plus gave blow-torch weather to most of Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas. And neighboring states in the central section recorded readings hovering at the 100 mark or in the Most of the south chalked up 90-degree temperatures. In downstate Illinois, one agricultural association counted 9,000 dead chickens in a three-day period. In Macoupin County farmsrs said so many hogs had died of the heat that the carcasses were ordered burned since reduction plants were too swamped to keep up.

Fat stock en route to market suffered heavy loss The Weather Bureau reported some of the higher temperatures were Butler, Missouri, 107; Chan-ute, 106; Wichita, 105; Columbia and Kansas City, 104; Tulsa, 103; St. Louis, 102; Vandalia, HI, 100; Norfolk 105. U.S. to Establish Prison Camp FAIRBANKS, Alaska (W Government plans, to establish a federal prison camp near Anchorage, Alaska, were1 announced here by M. E.

Alexander, assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The new prison facility would keep Alaska prisoners in the ter ritory and do away with much of the present necessity for shipping them to stateside federal prisons. Hf has, been Alaska for the past week inspect ing the territory's 23 jails. Weather m7f Above -j Zero at 1 A.M. today at The Tribune building Great Falls Mostly fair today and Wed nesday; some possible afternoon thunier-showers.

Continued warm; high tixlay. 92j low tonight, 63; high Wednesday, 67. Great Falls Precipitation hours to last midnight Total this month to date Same month to date last year Normal this month to date T. .05 .87 9 9 .3 Jan. 1 to date this year Jan.

1 to date last year Jan. 1 to date. JO-year normal MONTANA FORECAST West of divide Partly cloudy, widely scattered thundershowers; not quite so warm Tuesday; nigh, 80-90. Mostly fsj-, little change in temperature Wednesday. East oT di ride Mostly fair Tuesday find Wednesday, but widely scattered tiiumlrr-showers south Tuesday and ever Wednesday.

Warmer southeast Tuesdry. High, 8545 west. 90-100 east. LitUe temperature change Wednesday. (Montana Weather May mm Page 1 City Max.

Mia. City Max. Mfa. Albuquerque 95 71 Minneapolis 95 6S Boston 82 67 New Orleans 93 78 Calgary 7 47 New York 87 71 Cheyenne 86 60 Okla. City 103 79 Chicago 94 68 Phoenix 103 83 Denver 90 63 Salt Lake 90 61 El Paso 95 73 S.

Francisco 65 5 Fairbanks 79 54 Seattle 65 54 Kansas City 109 85 Spokane 84 59 Los Angeles (1 72 St. Louis 105 79 Crash Kills State Woman, Recent Bride PINE RIDGE, S.D. P) A two car collision on the Pine Ridge, S.D., Indian Reservation Sunday night took the life of Mrs. Qlenn Selvig, 19, a former Missoula resident, according to the South Dakota highway patrol. Mrs.

Selvig, formerly Joann Clinkingbeard, was enroute with her husband to Ozeana, Va. He is reportedly stationed at the naval base there. The young couple were married in Missoula Wednesday. Five other persons, including Selvig, were injured in the accident, the patrol said. They had made there home on the ranch northwest of Winifred about nine years.

Survivors include a son, Ed Howard, Winifred; two brothers. John Benjamin, Toledo, father of onia. Ore. Survivors of the boys include their parents at Toledo. Foneral arrangements for aU of the victims are pending.

grain buyer for the Rocky Mountain Elevator Co. at Portage. For the seven following years he sold commercial hail insurance. Maberry served six years on the RAY MABERRY School Board in Chouteau county and for many years was active in the Montana Production and Mar keting Administration. Since De- cember 1953 he has been ftUUUUCU 111 McALLEN.

Tex. tf An esti mated 35,000 Mexican wetbacks have been rounded up or have voluntarily returned to Mexico in the J. Maberry New Manager For Municipal Airport 1 A preliminary budget to cover operations of the municipality was adopted Monday night by the City Council. Appropriations for the 1954-55 fiscal year total but revisions will be made before final adoption of the budget in August. The total city budget is appreciably less than a year ago as the 1953-54 budget contained large allocations for improvement of the water distribution and pumping facilities.

Such improvements were financed through issuance of. revenue bonds but expenditures had to be budgeted for. Big reductions are made in the water and sewer fund budgets as compared with last year. By funds, preliminary budget totals, with comparative figures for last year, are: General, city funds, $2,118,951.34 as compared with $1,792,216.75 last year; water fund, $876,499.95 as compared with $1,010,376.89 last year; sewerage system fund, as compared with $575,816.25 last year; trust and agency, as compared with $457,167.04 last year, or a total of $3,596,668.44 A. E.

Simon, Of State Tax HELENA (IP) Archie Simon, 57. chairman of the State Board of Equalization since March of 1951, died of a heart attack here at 1:15 a.m. Monday. Simon, a native of Montana, was a Jefferson county state representative in 1943 and a two-term state senator from the same county in J.947 and 1949. In 1949 he was appointed an inspector for the State Liquor Control Board and in 1951 was appointed by former Governor John W.

Bonner io the State Board of Equalization. He had served as chairman of the board from that time until his death. Three years of his term remain. Other members of the board are Cal Robinson of Kalispell and J. F.

Reid of Glendive. During World War II he served as an enlisted man in the Navy with overseas duty. Before becoming a Jefferson Veteran Educator Dies at Billings BILLINGS OP) Arthur O. Nelson, 72, Park City, died Monday in a Billings hospital where he had been a patient since July 6, suffering from cancer. Nelson was a lifelong educator and established schools in many rural communities in the Midland Empire.

He organized the high school at Joilet in 1907, and was superintendent of the Laurel High school in 1910. He organized the Fromberg High School in 1911, started the first grade and high schools in Beaver, in 1917 and organized the Belfry High School in 1920. He was superintendent of Park County High School from 1931 until 1941. He has been retired since 1946. He is survived by his widow, two daughters and two sons.

j. Ray Maberry, 1425 1st Ave. was appointed manager of the Municipal Airport, succeeding the late M. D. Proctor, at a meeting of the City Council Monday night Maberry's appointment by Mayor James B.

Austin was confirmed without opposition. Maberry was born on a farm in Livingston county. Oct. 1892. Six years later his family moved to- Kingfisher county, where he attended local schools.

In 1910, Maberry received a teacher's certificate frflm the Kingfisher County Teachers Institute. He came to Montana in February, 1915, and homesteaded 20 miles north of Great Falls. He has lived in this area since. In addition to operating his farm, he worked from 1921 to 1924 as a to provide approximately $4,500,000 to match federal aid available under previous laws but which could not be used' because state destroyed the Richard Wilson home about 22 miles northwest of Wmi- fred and Wilson is In a local hospital where he is being treated for burns and shock. 7 a Cauley 13 and 12 respectively.

sons of Mn and Mrs. John Ben- jamin. Toledo Wash, who died in the fire, and Mrs. 45, who died several hours later in a local hospital of burns. Wilson had fallen asleep about 2 a.m.

while tending an irrigation pump on the Missouri river about two blocks from the house. When he awoke the house was in flames. He rushed to the house in an attempt to save the two boys but flames had already en- guiiea ail entrances preventing his entrance, He then picked up his wife who had managed to escape from the inferno. Wilson attempted to take her across the river in a jeep but the vehicle stalled midway and he carried her to the bank. Despite burns suffered while attempting to save the boys, Wilson managed to locate a pickup truck which he used to take his wife to a neighboring ranch.

The neighbors then took the couple to the hospital here. Mrs. Wilson died about 11 a.m. Her husband is still being treated there. The fire apparently was caused by a kerosene refrigerator on the nance problem and some of its recommendations for meeting it.

It was agreed that solution of the problem in its entirety ts beyond the present committee and probably too involved for the 1955 assembly. It hoped, however, that all Montana, as represented by its elected representatives, can meet the immediate needs in the next session and pave the way for farther studies designed to achieve an equitable financing system to meet future needs. The problem for the 1955 assembly is to provide approximately $2,750,000 additional state revenue in order to enable Montana to match an enlarged federal aid program for highway construction that was authorized by the present Congress. It also must find a way I i Road Committee to Meet With Oil Men In Try for Fuel Tax Boost Agreement revenues, were uu.uem.. jated with CaSey Blumfield, The cosensus of Monday's reaj estate and insurance ing was that the committee ought 'fim to offer recommendations that! would, if adopted intact, raise L0 $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 a year on wetbacks the theory that the assembly tt tt By Tribune Staff Writer HELENA Montana petroleum refiners and major distributors will be asked to confer with the governor's interim committee on higbway finance here Aug.

16 in an effort to reach an agreement on a motor fuel tax increase ac ceptable both to the industry and the Legislature. Decision to call this session was reached Monday by the interim committee, headed by George Scotte, Butte, after it had spent virtually the entire day in consultation with groups representing farm organizations, labor and truckers. The group also decided to spon sor publication of a pamphlet to be available for general distribution in the fall, outliniri majr factors in Montana's highway fi through compromise and addition-! al study, eventually would end up with bills that would insure meeting the minimum financial needs through at least the next three years. Among the suggestions ad vanced, but not yet recommended, are: A 1-cent a gallon increase in the gasoline tax with greater in crease on diesel and similar fuels (Continued on Page 3) lower Rio Grande Valley drive to'Union pacjfic freight train left the oust the illegally entered aliens. tracks within the city limits here The U.S.

Border Patrol esti-; and scattered wreckage for more mated that 10,095 wetbacks have than 100 yards, been rounded up. In addition, the No one was injured by the wreck, patrol estimates that 25,000 aliens which ripped out more than SO have left voluntarily. I yards of track. 1 i t. P..