Northwest Arkansas Times from Fayetteville, Arkansas • Page 1

THE PUUIC INTEREST IS THE FIRST CONCERN OF THIS NEWSPAPER UnrtljtoEgt grfeansas Associated Press Leased Wire r-ATHTEVIUi, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY IVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 19SO AP, King and NEA Fcatum tOCAL Fayettevllle ly cloudy tonight not much change in tw Temperatures for hours, high yesterday ne day 21, noon today sunset at manyy Enter Red BordeTTouk Attributed To Raging Waters Emergency Declared By Governor; River Sweeps Through Reno By dffim-tfilid mountain-fed flood waters ripped through Northern and Central California and Western Nevada this morning, driving thousands of persons from their homes and causing untold amounts of property damage. At least nine persons are dead from the floods, which started on its third day of rampage i added force from mountain rains tmd melting snow. In Nevadn, trip main section of Keno is a tumbled mass of mud. debris and lorn paving aflei the swirling Truckce Hivor--normally three to four feel deep at this i of year--roared 20 feet deep and I three blocks wide through center of "the biggest little cilv in I i The Truckce burst its banks with crushing force at o'- I clock last i flooding swan! hotels end gambling casinos Fo the downtown section wa under, six to eight feet of water but the flood was receding a One death was a i tc racing waters. In California, Gov.

Earl Warren declared a state of emergency The Yuba County sheriff's office ordered the evacuation of an estimated 3.500 residents from Jiasl Linda, near Marysvillc, in the face of the threat of the flooding Vuba and Bear Rivers. The muddy torrent, which rmashed through levees in three places and mun- rtated the towns of Hammonlon ind Marigold, continued lo rise. The American River burst its banks near Sacramento and flooded thousands of acres of suburban land, driving 1,000 people from their homes. tight California dealh.c were attributed, directly or indirectly, lo the floods. Guard Called The plush Hiversiue Motel Keno had live feel of water ui us main floor early today.

Tn ultra-swank Mapes Hotel measur cd six feet of water in its loboy reported thousands dollars of damage to Christina: merchandise stored in flooded basements. United Air Lines scheduled special plane Lo evacuate travelers, but canceled it because only two wanted out. 'the Nevada National Guard called out in arms to prevent looting and keep residents from dan ger zones. All of Heno's eight bridges across ihc Truckce were completely under water. Two big sewer mains over the river on the cast side of Ileno were broken.

Two persons died as a icsult of the Keno flood. An unidentified man died of a bean attack while attempting to a slock in the basement of a departmenl stoic. Another unidentified man committed suicide by jumping into Ihe flood waters. Four Die In Fire On Both Sides In This Situation Santa Barbara, Nov. 21- policewoman complaining that "he pinched my toes until 1 winced" brought about the arrest of James Martin on a charge of practicing medicine without a license.

Diagnosis of her feigned ailments Policewoman Dorene Meyer said, was based on squeezing of her pinkies. She said Martin ex- ilained that the little toe. for nslancc, was an Indicator of heart ilments; the big toe comnnmi- ated trouble from the kidneys, nd so on. Miss Meyer said that when she onsulted Martin she pretended lal she had cold feel, for one ling; also headache, heartburn, ains in her arm and side. Martin charged with using the title of octor illegally in violation of the usincss and professional code.

Council Trims Proposed P5C 1951 Budget Moves To Eliminate Post Of Attorney For Commissiop THE OBSERVER Where tnc explosion What blew up? Was the: any damage? Were any casuallic. inlliclcd? A number of resident in Fayettevillc heard what soindc like a blast along about 9 o'cloc last night. Many of the folks lef their warm houses to rush into th street to look and listen. Neve was Fayetteville more peacefu looking than at a moment. Tw patrol ci-rs of city police were un able lo find a i amiss shortlj after the explosion was l.eurd and today neither the police, tin coroner, the sheriff nor the city firemen knew what it was.

Charge Of Reckless Driving To Be Heard A Fort Smith woman who cs- wiped injury last night when her car left the highway and plowed up 200 feet of woven wire fence, has been charged with reckless driving. Sheriff Bruce Critler said today. The sheriff said that the car driven by Mrs. Judy Leding, 37 left Highway 71 at high speed about last night just south of Greenland. The machine ripped out a 100-foot section of fence, made a complete turn in a field and came back i the fence, tearing out another' section.

The auto came lo rest up in a roadside ditch. Mrs. Leding was released under SSO cash bond this morning pending trial in Court Little Rock. Nov. 21-M)-Tlie Arkansas Legislative Council yes- erday cut about 551.800 from" the jroposed budget of the Arkan- Public Service Commission eft salaries ns they arc now and liminalcd tile position of commls- ion attorney.

The council action is ubject to review by the 1951 leg- si a tu re. Sen. Lee Rearden of LeLchville illed the PSC's proposed budget S225.000 f-e "most unruason- ble" the council had considered. Salary increases were asked for I nearly all employes on the commission staff. PSC Chairman Scott Wood told .1 the council he thought proooscd increases from $5.000 to $7,500 an- a for the three commission members were justified.

The council, however, refused to recommend a change. An increase of $5.000 to $6.500 annually for a commission attorney also was asked by thn PSC. The council recommended that this position he eliminated. The council also would rut $5.000 of a proposed $10,000 item special attorneys. The council deferred action on a proposed $809,237 budget for the State Police.

12 School Department Supervisors Fired In Georgia, Officials Charge "Politics" Allanla, Nov. of the. biggest political explosions in Georgia In years threatened today in the wake of the abrupt firing o. 12 school deportment supervisors The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools has been asked to see whether all of Georgia's 158 accredited high should lose accredited standing. The request wil be presented to he association's Executive Com- nittee in Richmond, Dccem- )cr 3, said Secretary A.

J. Geiger. If an investigation is ordered, a committee of out-of-statc experts will look into charges of "political interference with the school system, and loss of quality. All of the state's 12 supervisors (field men) were released without warning Friday hy the state Board of Education. The reason cited was economy.

Salaries and expenses of the supervisors cost $05,000 last year. The state school appropria lion was more than $51,000,000. The board, appointed by Gov I-lermnn Talmadge, a a School Superintendent M. U. Collins, elected by the people, have been scrapping over who Is boss of the school department.

Collins said the board's firings were legal. The same stand was taken by Kankakee Anderson, president o'f the Georgia Education (Teachers) Association. He called the action 'political." Dr. Geiger said this Is the first case of "wholesale dismissals" at he high school level to come bo- ore the association. In the past universities In' Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana have emporarily lost accrcdltlon be- ause of the firing of professors or residents.

Four Fire Alarms Answered District Druggists To Meet At Uark Bowl Druggists from three Northwest Arkansas counties will hold the nnual dinner meeting of District N'o. 1 of the Arkansas I'harmaceu- ical Association tonight at 8 p. the Uark Bowl. Principal speakers will be Wade Villis of Magnolia, presldent-clccl 'f the Arkansas Pharmaceutical issocktion; Glenn Rickells, Fay- lleville druggisl and Executive oard member representing the 'orthwest section of the nssocia- on; and O. L.

Dailey, Little ock, association secretary-man- Father, Four Sons Die Fire At Farm Home t'indlay, Ohio, Nov. 2I-MVA 51- father and four of his ons burned to death last night a farm house fire four miles outh of here. The dead wcic dentified by neighbors as I.loyd Stine. 51, and bis sons Dean Daniel, 13; Eldcn Joe, 11; Garry The district comprises Washing- ii, Benton and counties. he program will include a fellowship dinner, entertainment a n'd election of officers.

Steve Lawrence of Sprlngdale is district chairman. Host for the mectim; is McKesson and Robbins, of Fort Smith. Local arrangements were made by a committee headed by Floyd Critlcndon, John Alexander, and Pearl Clinehens, Fayctteville. The biBscst threat In California was in the Slitter-Yuba Cnunly I Eugene, five, and John Harvey area. Dikes along tho flooding Uea'r River broke, sending sli earns of watci into Ihe towns of a monlon and Marigold.

Governor Warren alerted California National Guardsmen. At Visalia, the Kaweah River ale hungrily id sandbag barricades as Army Engineers and cii ilian volunteers worked lo the Downey To Sacramento, Nov. Sheridan Downey a i Ihrcc. The mother, Lucille, was at work at the National Fibres Company, plan! here whop the fire broke out. One a futile others.

Taylor Flays Memphis, judge Kelley Retorts Memphis, special counsel tl city administration has acted "ou ragcously" by not making Juv nile Court records available to son. Richard. ir, escaped efforts to save the volunteers worked to stem the Dow river's inroads on flood dikes The I Sa town of Three Divers, on the- Sun. Kawcali above heavy rain. Visalia.

reported In four peryons pensherl i a fire that burned Henry 1. Jordan's a house as fire engines slruggled to keep waters from flooding store basements. Jordan's wife, their twin r.nns, and Mrs. Jordan's mother died in Ihc fl.v-rs. A engineers In San r'ran- I'siimnlnl California flood would exceed says he will resign November 30 because of ill health.

Earl Wnn-en said he will appoint Republican Richard M. Nixon 0 his place. Poultry Market-- The poultry market lod.ij as reported hy University Ar kansaa I i of Science and "By and Ihe Dalrj ano Poullry a New, Service ol U.S Department of Agrlrul ure. Northwest Arkansas m.irket I'iliKhlly weaker, dmnnml fair lo Tokyo Population Grown Tokyo. Nov.

Il-fVIVPnpulatlon of I Japanese cmiilnl lint, in crmed up Ihaii n.vuwi s.n,-e I Ihr broilers and frvrr. Ml i itporicd I I I nl tli 1 Wily 22; reds Z'i. P. Bui Robert L. Taylor yeslerd.

said the state would not file su to open the records. He adde thnt it seemed the cilv shou. be i i interested in investigation of an alleged lion 'racket" to lend a helpln hand. In answer. Juvenile Court Judg Camille Kelley repealed her a.s scrlion a the records are avail able, bin that Taylor nor anyon elfe had never asked lo see liicir 'If Taylor asks a i ton ccrnlng the child practices of mj court I will be glad to sit down will, him and exlortl co- opcralinn, 1 she said last nlghl "Bui I received no roqui-sl of any kind." American Troops To Be Moved To Berlin Dc-rlln.

Nov 21-MVSevfn hundred American troops will be ransfc-rrwl here from West Germany this week to strengthen tho -'In garrison, was learned to- Order To Wear Blue Jeans Too Strict For Her St. Louis, Nov. 2J-M')-A proininent woman filed suit for di vorce charging her wealthy husband insisted she 1 wear blue jeans at social functions and made her use old newspapers instead of towels in the kitchen Mrs. Frances Valle Nelson, 32 also said her husband of less than a year made her save Ihe breakfast dishwater so Ihc lunch and dinner dishes could be washed In it. The husband is James Martin Nelson, former secretary- treasurer of the Exchange Investment Company.

In 1046, he received a one-third share of his father's 5700,000 estate. Mrs. Nelson said her husband's unusual ways "made her life miserable" during the 00 days they lived together after their marriage last December i. Wartime Minister Of Japan Is Paroled Tokyo, Nov. 2I-OT-Japan's a tune foreign minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu.

was released on parole from a seven-year prison term today despite Hussia's strenuous objections. It was the first parole granted a principal defendant in the war crimes convictions growing out of World War II. Shigemitsu was convicted at Ihe Tojo trial in IB48. War-launching Premier Hideki Tojo was ic and handed. The seven-year sentence Riven the vcteian Japanese diplomat was the lightest imposed by the international tribunal.

He was paroled because of good Belgian Volunteers To Leave For Korea liru.isel?, Nov. 21-MVThc Uel- Sian battalion of volunteers for Korea of about 000 men is to leave Belgium for Korea by midt December, it was announced today By 1 o'clock this afternoon firemen had answered four fire alarms today, one to a house outside the city limits. All three fires inside the city were grass and trash bla7.es, fmd no damage was reported. The cab of a heavy truck, was burned out about 4:45 p. yesterday at the Wishing Well Cafe on Highway 71 north.

The truck, trailer carrying heavy j.trone,".caught fire-froin a leaking 'casollnc tank: The driver pulled off the highway and left the vehicle before the gas tank exploded. Firemen extinguisher) the flames before they could spread to the wheels of the truck, or to the trailer and crane. Damage to the truck, owned by McCllnton Brothers, was estimated al several hundred dollars. Al 11:30 this morning nn engine was called to a house fire on the Wyman liond off Highway 10 cast. Firemen found the blaze out on irrlval.

At 12:15 two companies were called to a grass fire al the air Grounds, and five minutes ater a third engine answered a Brass fire alarm on West T.afayctte. The fire was out on arrival An- ilher fire, at 043 Lcveroll Street, van extinguished by two com- lanios at 12:45 p. m. reight Rates For Cars Reduced Washington, Nov. Interstate Commerce Commission today ordered an average of 12 per cent reduction In railroad freight rales on new automobiles.

Officials estimated the cut, dated to become effective February 20, will Involve savings of 510 and up for new car purchases. The retail price of new automobiles traditionally includes the rail transportation charge from the manufacturer's headquarters factory to the home city of the regardless of "how delivery is made between these points. Thus the revision In basic rail rale will be reflected In the local.sales tag. Rrtls Lose Jobs Tokyo, Nov. head, quarters announced today 10,003 Communists were dismissed from key Japanese Industries in a pio- griim started In ended October 30.

Another Dispute Over Picketing Under Way High Court Decision Sought By Union In Phone Controversy Little Hock, Nov. weslcrn Bell Telephone Company the CIO Communication's of America are Involved another legal dispute over ilckoling of Bell exchanges dllr- ng the Western Electric strike. The company has started action vhlch would prevent an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling on the Issue. The union--of which the strikers re Insist on a Jupromo Court decision as a guide future operations. Cause of the action was cllm- nalccl when the nationwide Western Electric strike was settled at New York Sunday.

1'ulaskl Chancellor Frank Dodge on November 0, the first day of the strike, enjoined the strikers from picketing the Little Rock cx- chaniio on ground that Southwestern Bell was not Involved In the strike. Associate Justice Edwin Dunawny last Friday sot aside the chancellor's order, and plcketin; was resumed. The picketing Interfered with manually-operated long distance.service'because operators respected the picket linos. Dunaway's order was to he effective until a full court ruling which had been scheduled for yesterday, but was postponed until next Monday. Runaway noted In his order that a majority of the court agreed with his stand.

Attorneys for Southwestern Bell yesterday petltoncd the Chancery Court to dismiss tho original complaint. Hut attorneys for the again-working Western Electric employes said they would seek a final Supreme Court determination of the matter. Attorney William P. Alexander said. "We want a definite ruling on the law In the matter--not only for the record In this case, but for Its effect In the future." Alexander said also thnt four civil suits charging officers with arrest in connection with disturbing the peace charges lodged In several Arkansas cities against picketing strikers would not be dropped.

The peace disturbance charges themselves are still to be heard In all except one of the cities. In Scarcy two pickets were fined $50 each. Both Western Electric and Southwestern Hell are subsidiaries of American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Employes of both are members of separate divisions of the CIO Communications Workers of America. She's Sea red ifer "I'm scared to death," said Mrs.

Kdytho Shelby, 4 0 Wavcrly, who was named foreman of federal Grand Jury lii Kansas City, to ferret out racketeers who have concealed (heir Incomes. Mrs. Shelby la the only woman serving on the Jury. Tax Raising Means Discussed By Governor With Board Members And Legislators l.illk- Rock, Nov. 21-1.

Sid i a today emcic i second round of tax rawing dis mslons aimed ill plugging I i rain of A i a i i icve- lucs. He has Just Completed i cries of conferences with i i a Ihe boards governing ilatc col- cges in which he dlscu.wd Ihe ced of more money. Beginning i morning. Ihr ovmior opened private cossloni llh members of the 1051 turo In sn lo sell them on lax raising Ideas. An Informed urre lold the Associated Preen at one of Ihe major Items In i i of the a i property a ic tuuicg laid Mi-Math loin Icfe officials he would ask a tw mill prupci ly tax to pay i $30,000,000 stale construction program.

governor's program include. Atilrl this source: Ask Ihr legislature to npprnnria- Hie the a A be wins, up a of lh- legislature, call elirllon to Icl Ihe people vote on the mi.tlcr. Propose iiiitnrc of bonds for the J30.000 000. to be paid In 15 years The money for rollrernonl of Ihe bonds would come from the state properly tax. Annlhrr (oitrcc said the gov.

Is toying with the ciiRgerllnn Hunter Apparently Killed By Deer Colulla. Texas, Nov. talc of how a deer mortal wounded bv a hunter, evident nicked and killed the hunter in I death throes, was tnld here toda by Chief Deputy Sheriff Fran Newman. Ciranviilc Wicdnt-r, 00, of Co lulla, was the viclim. Ills hod was found a week ago aboul 2 mile.i southwest of here.

New man said thai a state ranger am several others Investigated an reconstructed the incident thi way: Wiwlncr shot once and tin wounded deer ran. Wcldncr fol lowi-d jind when lie tried lo i the deer's throat he was kicked. "Wt found a large blue bruise i his head," Newman said. "There was another place, sort of a nick, on his head." 1,000 In Philippines Homeless After Storm a i a Nov. 2I-MVA typhoon hit Ihr Control last nlghl canting heiAy properly i-nrt crop About 1,000 peru.ni wore ii-porled homeless.

There wr-rr nn reports of casualties C.Ofe.Rght$ Plan To 10x, Excess Profits Would Cut Spending On Non-Military Work First Washington, 2I-( Chamber of 'ComW'rce called on Congress today to cut government spending foj- non-military purposes by at least $6,000,000,000 before It- considers taxing excels profits of corporations. nipping Into administration proposals for a 75 per cent tax on abnormal business -Ellsworth C. Alvord, chairman of the Chamber's Finance Committee, declared It was Impossible to devise a workable excess profits lax to produce the yearly asked by President Truman. Alvord set forth th's Chamber's views In a statement for the House Ways arid a Committee, which Is winding up hearings on the profits tax proposal which Mr. Truman says Is necessary to finance tho expanding defense program.

As business wheeled Its biggest guns Into the hearings, Democrats on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee continued to hold firm rein on Republican efforts to discuss substitutes for the administration plan. GOP committee members arc plugging for an Increase In the corixiralc in come tax rate or a combination thai with nn excess profits tox But Ihc Democrats arc slicking by mandate from the House to draw up an excess profits tax bill The House voted 331 to 2 on September 14 to Instruct the committee to draw up such a bill as soon as practicable Ihls committee has voted on party lines not to take testimony on alternate tax proposals, but Alvord offered for the record the Chamber's lax writing ideas approved by its dl rectors last Friday. NoSll0h As Infanfryl Reach Thel Communists fji Building Defer In Seoul, 'Nov. ported 0. S.

Infantrym Into deserted Ilyesanji Manchurlan border' tod? shot was fired. Only (he narrow, Yalu River' lay betw and Red Chlnew tcrrll troops--of the. 17th 1 Combat Team--werc'-f Ainerlcahs to rlan boundary. U. war over the smbtil wrecked i a men slogged: through Tho only humans afb garbed They stood outside' the'' bowed low as.

the. Americans marched by. Itself that were boarded tip. Commanding generals bllant. Dut tho Infantry rcacTiod'the banks of 1 talkcd-aboUt-Yalu nivcr were, not Impressed, cocked an eye at thi stream- and exclaimed: be'damned; Is the ttt- neas- :iwil.oia.,v.'-ty 1 built of.

miliuf'lhV rj ori: otHytMn)itil north den' In -the also reported builds tenses. Guerrllhu AtUek- U. S. 24th thils ran-' into light-- eneiiiif chine gun fire front Tuesday. But U.

jlr- Cavalry patrols six mileifp- found Reds north of YolHH Tho So'uth Korean advanced as much as without opposition on tht ci i right 4" Far south of this front iui rillas attacked three vlllag'il- Flfth Air Force fighters "vl'as destroyed" tho Red-held ijd of Yongpo, 55 miles ioi'jis Seoul, Trends Mixed On Active Slock Market New York. Nov. I -Ml-Trends wore slightly mixed In an active ipcnlnj of the Stock Exchange oday. A block of 2,300 RKO sold at 'i, up point In Initial trans- cllotis and anolher of 2,500 Cell- ral Motors at 47K represented ocllnc of U. A small lot of Siinta 'v crcnscrl the tape at I30H, off points.

Heading a little higher wore Voolworth. Bolhlohcm Steel, In- ornatlonal Paper, J. Case, Boo- iX Aircraft and Southern linll- S. Blcol was down imsll motion in first taiw "long with tandArd Oil (M Southern nclflc and Loows. American The day's 'greatest peaceful feat was the, conqiSf Hyesanjln; Officers said i5- tary government would rrs a few days and organize it, election, -L mander of the Seventh Dlvj, expressed gotC i a minimum cost In lIveL equipment." The infantrymen arrlyeA clear weather, and the comj, lively, warm temperature, (i above.

They had made.a march through na tains. 3 A 10th Corps' spokesman I the 13th Engineer Combat talion and (he 185th Combat team winched Veri. across streams the Reds werc impassable, built brlit and bulldozed airstrips from'i frozen so hard the blades w') rip off only an Inch or two'ofj at a time. Eleven tanks and rolling aircraft batteries were In column that covered the final 5 miles. Winter Wont Enenr The loth Corps command Maj.

Gen. Edward M. Almf said the feat has. "divided enej held and Isolated "i significant forces" oast' of I I27UT meridian cast The regiment's worst Old Man Winter. The North rcnn enemy melted before Infantrymen, but th vcrc signs the North Koreans i their Chinese nlllea were itlffi Ing their resistance on the nor' west front.

United Nations Intelligence (leers predicted' the 1 war won' continue, throughout thi winte GI dreams of being Christmas or even, by Ground Hn Day faded, i Col. Herbert owell, corf mnndlng the 17th'Regiment, Communist Manchuria was wllhi easy artillery nngt, but hit would not fire across the "unless they first, 1.