Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 12

12 CORPUS CHRIST! CALLER Friday Jan 23 1953 Wa reserve Hie rifht IS Suit queafities Humphrey Act On Debt Issue May Show Policy Action9 Asked For 89 Billion Problem WASHINGTON Jan 22 (AP)-A nine billion dollar problem tagged "immediate action" perched on the desk of Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey this morning when he sat down to his first day's work What Humphrey does about the a public debt issue maturing Feb may give an early tip on the new fiscal policies CONVICTS Continued from Page 1 prisoners while air National Guard planes were bussing tha Institution in tha lata afternoon Woodsida said this was the sequence of events leading up to tha capitulation: While the plan dived on- the prison inmates dropped a note through tha barred windows asking to see the Catholic chaplain Father Walsh then went to the prison window and aakad them what eras on their minds Ha wu told the convicts were considering a surrender The priest then returned to see state officials and received a typed message demanding unconditional surrender" The chaplain returned to the windows of cellblock A and tha prisoners began dropping out revolvers ammunition and tear gu equipment Shortly afterward the six guards wart released five ware taken to their homes in state police cars and tha sixth Paul Gingher wu removed to tha prison hospital Apparently uninjured ha wu suffering from exhaustion Woodsida laid tha note from the prisoners read: wa want to put tha guards out but no the other wing go so see what you can do Okay No ralda because of bear (bare) heads" The reference to head" apparently dull with an original ultimatum by Woodsida that there would be no "head cracking" If the guards were released immediately and unharmed FREE DELIVERIES EXCEPT ON SALE SPECIALS 20tf Federal Tax On All Cosmetics SALE-THURSDAY' FRIDAY SATURDAY $950 VALUE jssSFvSsa DAM The slxe of first major problem waa a nod measure of how Mg a modem Treasury headaches have grown The daily Treasury statement of the nation's finances Issued on Humphrey's first full day In office happened to be for the end of bust' Continued from Page 1 and Water Reclamation Cbunty Conservation District The Jim WelU-Duval district wax neea on Jan 19 That Is It showed created In response to pleas from the new secretary how things stood ts of Alice and San Diego when the Eisenhower administra- r-sldents of Alice and San Diego 3 More Flee East German Red Purge BERLIN Jan 22 A government official a Journalist and a politician fled tonight from the Communist purge In East Germany to tha comparative safety of West Berlin' Refugee officials reported tha arrival of Frau Ruth Schneider an employee of the Foreign Ministry Elizabeth Rahn who worked for tha Communist newspaper Neuu Deutschland and Walter Ruebel a leading official of the Soviet zone Christian Democratic party Frau Schneider worked directly I under the deposed Foreign Minister Georg Dertlnger who hu bun Imprisoned and charged with being a Western spy Ruebel also wu closely connected with Dertlnger in tha CDU party machinery Narrow Escape All thru reported that they nar-1 rowly escaped arrest by the Comp munist secret police Earlier tonight It wu disclosed that tha American Jewish Commutes hu sent a special representative to Berlin to survey the anti-Semitic phases of tha Eut zone purge Abraham 8 Karilkov of New I York flew from the AJC Paris of- fire to survey the plight of Jews till remaining in tha Soviet aone and to see how thou who have fled are faring in West Berlin Karlikov said In an Interview 11 I apparent that virtually alii 400000 Jewa In tha utellite states rant to flu to tha west hut tha committee la doubtful that any ma-or steps to help them can be worked out quickly There are two million more in the Soviet Union East Germany la estimated toil have leu than 500 remaining there Inca tha flight from Communist 1 1 terror started last foil Other refu-I ees continued tonight to pour Into (Vest Berlin however and the city 1 1 registered another 24-hour total ofi more than 1000 This dally aver- ago hu been going on since Monday Twenty -tlx more Jewa arrived I last night Fight Seclusion East German Jewa who have I fled Into the West since the Prague trial of Communist Boss Rudolf Slanaky set the pattern of Soviet! anti-Semitism are living In tight! seclusion Rumors have spread 1 1 that Red agents might tty to wjm lay them I Karlikov uld pattern la tha same throughout tha Communist area It la clear that tha entire campaign la anti-Semitic not manly anti-Zionist they try to I Claim Tha American Jewish Committee an organization crested to help! Jaws maintain their cultural and religious righto throughout the I world It wu established 45 years ago the result of a Jewish pogrom In Russia -Karlikov said tha committee la exerting every effort to discover! the baric motive behind the cam-1 islgn which broke Into the open In got its official blearing in Moscow with tha arrest pf nine I doctors and now la awtUlng through East Germany bars 5125 f3gff $150 lion tcok over Jan 20 These were main points: Total public S247J24S34T2 $10394 011 22101 Cash 14657038493X0 Gold on $2308762878162 Silver on 898 934 674X9 The coming period of peak tax collections 'will by official estimate reduce the deficit to $5896-006000 and tha general debt to $283900000000 by June 80 The new administration cams in but without definite time to reducing the national debt and balancing tha budget Also although there have been no WEATHER Continued from rage 1 quits a few" were still although '0 HIW CUAMY "WO sff HAIRNETS MOO -SSSSSti ij Beautiful Cair RECK SHAMPOO HAIRDRESS COM BIN AT ION Brack Hairdreaa makes hair manageable soft and lustrous It alto conditions dry or damaged hair A 504 bottle of Brack Hairdraaa is now available in combination with each $100 bottle of Brack a $150 value for $100 plue 74 tax Brttk S)m4h Sfiirinti 1 UOO 0w ft ta a 0r LOTION REG 75c SIZE 49c HAIR RINSE NESTLE REG 25c eaaesaeeae 16c DARK 69c BM Ponte: 29s I fiBDEC LIMIT 4 BOTTLES COMPLETE 20 ETO-FLB official promisee banking and business quarters generally expect Humphrey to change tha character a large part of tha national debt from abort to long term obligations That la where Humphrey! nine billion dollar problem comas In It consists to be exact of $8967X02X00 In Treasury certificates of indebtedness issued March last year and expiring Fab 15 appears obvious that this Issue the public debt will have to he refunded Instead of paid off because tha nation la running a deficit not a surplus from which the debt could be retired In other words Humphrey will have to float a new Issue to take place of the expiring one The idea will be to offer terms attractive enough to pull in sufficient new money to pay off tha old debt without any new drain on the Treasury It la believed holders of the old certificates will pa allowed exchange them for the new Issue instead of cashing In Tha issue due for refunding Feb la the next-to-biggest id the 49 billion dlllars of short term government issues on tha market These run from 90-day bllla to one 14-month not Borrowing for a abort time generally coats lass in Interest than long term borrowing The Treasury under ex -Secretary John Snyder did moat of its borrowing on a abort term basis on grounds this made tha public debt coat less Opponents of short term funding aay the continual refunding which results keeps the securities mar kata stirred up makes It hard for banka and others to plan their xt nancing and does not allow holders of the public debt to earn what they should on their Investment in tha nation GEM BLADES SINGLE SD61 69c REG 25c OINTMENT PLATE ifiULTICIMU BENSON ALKA SELTZER TABLETS 39c Box 12 MODESS PUB-WRAPPED NAPKINS 27c who sought relief from flooding ot Em Diego Creek A flood cm the creek caused considerable damage In San Diego and several million dollars worth of damage In Alice in April 1949 But this twfrcouqty approach to a mutual flood control problem was never activated except in a formal way Under provisions of the bill four directors were appointed two from Duval and two from Jim Wells Those named were Louis Mora and Stickler for Jim Wells and Dan Tobin Jr tnd D- Chapa for Duval Tobin ts now county Judge and may be disqualified from serving also as a director of the district There has never been a meeting of the board of directors There has been no the bill provides for election of two directors in May of each year for two-year to name officers either In 1951 or 1952 But the veiled suggestion that the district might be revived brought a threat at the vety least of a prolonged court battle Technical Questions Miich of the day-long hearing Thursday waa devoted to technical questions of law Ralph Wood' Allen Wood and Burtt Potter were attorneys for the district Bouldln who Is associated with the Houston law firm of Vinson Elkins and Weems Frank Lloyd of the Alice law firm of Lloyd and Lloyd and John Beasley of the Beevillo law firm of Beasley and Beasley represented Mrs Wade Jaegglt was the only witness at the hearing Ha testified that the district needed to make a surfed survey of Mrs land to determine the 94-foot contour line This would permit the district to discover how much of her land they needed for the dam and for the reservoir ha said Jaeggll also said It was to maka a subsurface survey This would consist of from three to six holes generally not more than three inches in diameter to a depth of not more than 150 feet Core samples from this operation would give engineers Information needed to determine the bearing capacity of subsurface strata and thereby provide for adequate footings or foundations for the dam which is projected to a height of 94 feet Plans After 1990 Wesley Beale Dam would provide a dependable source of water supply for Corpus Chrlstl until 1990 as well as provide surplus water which would be available for use by towns and communities in this area particularly Alice said After 1990 plana can be made to raise the height of the dam another 10 feet or to 104 feet and the footings for the present 'dam are being planned with that additional height In mind ha said Uhder croassxamlnatlon Jaeggll said ha was aware that there 1 was another water district consisting of Jim Walla and Duval counties He classified the district aa 1 dormant however (Under the law me water district may encroach on a dormant water district but the question of how dormant a district actually la can only be determined by court action" Jaeggll also said that the dls- trict existed only for the purpose building the dam and to arrange afterwards it would- be almost exclusively under the tsdlction and management of the City of Corpus Christ! Much argument and time wu spent on the question of whether or not In this special case a district court had authority to assume the power of usually a 1 function of county courts There was no agreement on this question Condemnation Argument i The attorneys argued that the district court could con- demn land aa In this case for the limited purpose of drilling teal holes An amount sufficient to re-1 -pay Mrs Wade for any damages aa a result of the teat drilling would be paid into the registry of the court the district promised Eventual condemnation of the land if necessary would be ini tiated In county court for uent easement or for fee title to the land the district Mrs Wada's attorneys argued against any condemnation by a dis- trict court as a usurpation of the Jurisdiction county courts Judge Tughtm In closing the hearing asked for briefs from both sides on the question of condem- nation Because of the portance of the case" he said he probably would not have a ded- sion until about Jan the of 1 It of the to 15 LIGHTS JiltfSf! tailed State highway patrolman in Lubbock warned that South Plains roads would be dangerous" Friday morning Tha now began melting Thursday afternoon than glued over In the night Fampa Schools Clou --Pampa school officials announced that city schools would be closed Friday At the same time they told parents In radio announcements that all children riding school buses had either reached home safely or had returned to Fampa to stay in private homes for tha night In Piainview school authorities called on parents to pick up their children soon possible when it wu found that school buses could not maka their regular runs Lata Thursday night snow eon tlnued to fall tn Children and Lubbock 1 In for East Texu driving rain accompanied by winds up to 40 miles an hour lashed Orange Marshall had lightning hall and a 1X9 Inch downpour Storm Spreads Fast The whipping weather front drove into tha Panhandle from Naw Mexico and soon spread from Amarillo south to Lubbock and Big Spring In tha snowbound areu temperatures hovered near freezing Ovei the rest of the state residents enjoying a warm winter sun founo it hard to believe that a ripping norther wu hearing down on them Dallu had a balmy 70 at 2:80 pm Texarkana SO and San Antonio 73 A howling wind which reached 75 miles an hour at Dalhsrt and better than 50 miles at Amarillo heralded the arrival of tha storm early Thursday Power and telephone lines In sections of Amarillo napped in tha near gala Power wu restored within an hour but some' phone lines remained out Winds up to 90 miles an hour blut-ad windows from homes In Borger Dust Drops WbUlly Winds dropped some after the snowfall began By mid-afternoon anow fell In a Una from Amarillo Childress to Lubbock Wind guata of 10 to 40 miles an hour swept the anowed-tn area around Piainview hampering efforts to keep highways and tracts clear for traffic At the uma Unis billowing dust dropped visibility to three-fourths mils at Junction and to thru mllu at Wink Abilene an Midland 'And Just to confuse the weather picture rain fall In Houston Lufkin Texarkana and Longview Search Parties Out State Highway Patrol lurch partial left Lubbock In the afternoon to check on the marooned motorists They predicted than would be no casualties since temperatures barely nachad freezing and moat of thou stranded wan 4n anu near farmhouses Tha highway patrol also dispatched road clearing equipment to sweep away tha banked anow The high winds and anow combined to tie up moat of the air transportation faculties In the Panhandle -v The anow threw a hitch In plana for planes to fly the Way land College Flying Queens basketball turn from Piainview to Mexico City for a tour Airplanes Grounded Pioneer Alriinu in DaUu Its planes had not boon abteto lantf tn Lubbock or Piainview an day and did not plan any flights to Amarillo Thursday night Bran-iff Alriinu said soma flights from Amarillo had been canceled and uma delayed Near nightfoU Km Duka of Radio Station KDDD in Dumu told the Associated Frau tar telephone from Amarillo that tha AmariUo-Dumaa highway pretty ged with mow but paeuble now Just driven ovei Duke estimated about 400 telephone poles and possibly that many power line poles were snapped in the Dumu area Ha said the combined weight of tha toe and now plus the high winds disrupted all communications The 8 Weather Bureau estimated tha cold front would reach San Antonio sometime after midnight Thursday Low temperature ranging front 22 to 84 degrees wera forecast for moat of Wart Texu The Lubbock Weather Bureau predicted tha waathar would claw nn I Continued from Page 1 15 percent from Its 1940 I peak and ita employment la down tom about 71000 to 58000 In thol asms period In a memorandum to employes tha new secretary uld that these times of unprecedented public debt and continued high federal expenditures tha public rightfully expects ua to put forth oven great! er effort to effect savings In gov-j eminent operations and to reduce j1 publlo i regrouping of bureaus means that heads of only fowl agencies will report to the aecr- tary rather than 20 In the pari This change ha uld should make) for better and more effective coordination of the broad field ot activities In agri-' culture A major offset of order la to greatly reduce tha operating cope of tha Production and Marketing Administration heretofore the dominant department agency and tha successor to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration created in tha early New Deal diyi The PMA loses an annual 2501 million dollar soil subsidy pro-! warn It also loses control over the department's 8 billion dollar crop banking agency the Commodity I Credit Corporation Heretofore the uma officials who oet up farm price supports and spending pro-grama also operated tha banking agency Unanswered by today's action wu what tha naw administration! might do about tha ay atom of former committees set up in tha early 1880a to help administer form pro-grama Soma GOP critics have charged that these committees oft-1 en were used for partisan political i purposes I Of significance wu an- nouncement that tha credit the Farm Credit Administration tha Farmers Homs I Administration and tha Rural Elec-lj triflcstlon Administration would! be under direct supervision ofj Romeo Short i tPRCIALOfPltt NEW GOC Blit FINESSE CREAM SHAMPOO WITH tOctlZI STOPITTE MAY DEODORANT nvwim ssi Continued-from Page The Korean "saucers" drew Instant and fervent attention at the Pentagon It hu long been known that both the United Statu and tha Russians wars using tha Korean battle zone an experimental ground for new weapons What surprised the generals In Washington wu tha fact that the Russians have gone far along enough In the guided missile trade to be using them In combat practice The red white and green lights didn't cause much concern because tha flaming rocketa propelling the flame which changes color according to altitude weather conditions and tha length of tha flight It wu not known definitely here but there wu speculation that the lulles were fired from planes Tha reported course of the objects some of which headed back for Manchuria and Siberia at an altitude of 35000 feet led Intelligence experts here to believe definitely that they wars radar-guided A head ordnance officer working with the Air Force said It wai believed that the miaallu wer definitely rockets which eaatly un roach a speed In excess of 1000 miles an hour Jet-propelled pUnaa do not attain that speed The Pentagon deep thinkers don't think Russia hu a guided missile yet which la capable of long-range performance REG 25c WAVE SET WILDROOT 15c 12 TABLETS CORICIDlN FOR COLDS- 49c 5100 SYNASAL NOSE DROPS 69c RISE THE PUSH BUTTON SHAVR CREAM 79c HUNTS DELUXE ELECTRIC VAPORIZER SHUTS OFF AUTOMATICALLY $140 BARCENTRATE FOR REDUCING 94c 60c PEPSODENT TOOTH BRUSHES 39c 60c CRIOMULSION COUGH SYRUP FOR CHILDREN 38c $100 WOODBURY SHAMPOO 50c INSULIN U-80 PLAIN 10CC $165 U-40 PLAIN 10CC 84c PROT ZINC $189 U-40 PROT ZINC 99c ALL OTHER INSULIN PRICED ACCORDINGLY THESE PRICES GOOD SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM 7:00 AM TO 11:00 PJA 50s COLD TABLETS MOVES 29c WILSON BRIBERY Continued from rage 1 tional Bank of Houston and LM Singer and Hodge Thompson city attorney and assistant city attorney rpeec lively for tha City of Corpus Chrlstl Attorneys for a group of citizens who filed suit to act aside the leases to Gregg did not tend the taking of depositions Mir and Mrs Cott who now live in Rye have been hare about a week and expect to be hen until about the first of the month Cott la hare to dispose of equipment of the Pepal-Cola Bottling Co which he formerly owned Cave-In Kills 18 Miners IOO STJ0SEPH ASPIRIN FINEST DUALITY 29c Continued horn Page 1 firmed now there to no question! about It In my mind Hie action tamps him a gnat American! making a gnat sac rifles in order to aorva his country" Sen Dlrksen (R-Ill) however declined to uy whether halo prepared now to vote tor Wilson's! confirmation an a number of con-1 ldenttona that need careful at-il Dlrksen uld "Mr WU-1 sen's stock waa not the only il It wail obvious that Etoanhowar I fait there wu at least a pretty-good chance of obtaining WU- son's confirmation Otherwise many believed be would not havajj sent the nomination to the Senate Although Wilson wu ona of ths I first man Elsenhower chose tor i his cabinet ho had refrained from ending up tha nomination pend- a wliTtiroi of tha dlMwOtv DWI Charges Filed Agaplto Zepeda Zuniga Brownsville and Samuel Williams U14 Mary ware charged yesterday with driving while intoxicated Tha complaints ware filed la county nn at taw Reuters TEHRAN Iran Jan Eighteen miners were killed and 90 seriously Injured today when section of a coal mine caved In near Chub's on the enUn meet i At i'll -i- 1 SiOii.