Idaho State Journal from Pocatello, Idaho • Page 1

Fair Fair, except showers over mountains. Little temperature change. Low tonight 42-52. High tomorrow 70-80. High yesterday was 70.

Ixnr this monline was 54. IDAHO STATE JOURNAL Chuckle VOL. Ill, NO. 80 POCATELLO, IDAHO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1953 FIVE CENTS Why ill this scramble for money? You cm only use It once. Douglas Grants Stay for Rosenbergs 4fiP Bramblelt Faces Kick-back Counts WASHINGTON (UP)--A federal Grand Jury indicted Hep.

Earnest K. Bramblett (R-Calif.) on 18 counts of making false statements in connection with accepting salary "kick backs" from two employes in his congressional office. The jury charged Bramblett with 18 counts of false statements in regard to a "kick back" of 54,036 from two women on his payroll. The jury said the two women are Mrs. Olga Hard away, Santa Barbara and Mrs.

Margaret M. Swanson, Arlington, Va. Five of counts charged Bramblett with making false statements with the disbursing office of the House about the payroll status of Mrs. Hardaway. Six othjr counts charge Brambletb with making false statements about checks worth S73G made out to Mrs.

Harflaway. The remaining seven counts accused Bramblett of making false statsments about checks made out to Mrs. Swanson for 53,300. Weather Kelps Job Openings Favorable a prompted some increase in demand for workers in Southeastern Idaho, the weekly summary of the Idaho Em- pioyent Security Agency said today. Local offices received 372 job openings last week, 192 of which were in agriculture, and 180 In manufacturing and service establishments, Placement activity left 67 farm jobs remaining unfilled today and in other pursuits.

Poeatelio office needs 12 beet thinners in the Tyhec flats, several skilled workers for the chemical iduslry and demand continued salesmen. Blaekfoot potato planting is virtually complete, but beet thinners are needed. Idaho Falls has a surplus of all kinds of workers, including Palisades dam construction. Rexljurg continued its month-old request for a hospital administrator, registered nurse and competent auto mechanic. Officers Abandon Search for Bodies LEWISTON, (UP)--Idaho Patrolman Frank Shoemaker said today the search for the bodies of two men, believed to have been in a sports car when It' plunged into the Clearwater river, Will be abandoned until tjic spring runoff recedes.

The missing tmen are Robert Bales; 23, of Lewiston, and Robert Hunter, 27, Manacho, Pa. A third man, Stewart Walker, also of Lewiston, was pulled from (he river after (he crash, but he a few noun later. WEIGHING IN AT 320 POUNDS --'Ellis Willmore, meijiberof the Bannock County Woolgrowers association, 'marks a 320-pound sack of wool prior to shipment yesterday from McCammon to Dewey Gould and Boston. Some 50 members of the association brought in 30,000 pounds of wool yesterday which netted them $15,000. The Boston company paid 50 cents a pound.

PUG Grants Second Telephone Hearing BOISE, Idaho Public Utilities Commission today granted Mountain States Tele-phone and Telegraph Company a reheating on Us year-old-application for rate increase. Hearing date' was set for Sept. 9, when the company will try again to show that the increase is necessary of offset operating and adequately finance its expansion program. Attorney General Robert E. Smylie has served notice that he will use every facility at his disposal to "prevent the collection of unjust and discriminatory telephone rates." State auditor N.P.

Nielson said he had been authorized by the board of examiners to make a survey of what Nielson called "prohibitive" telephone exchange service for the slatehouse, with a view Inward eliminating some of the phones. Nielson said the reports from, offices in the capitol building and other state agencies should be In his hands by Saturday. Mountain States currently is receiving its new rates under bond. Ada County District Judge C. E.

Winstead has issued an injunction against the commission's denial Fending a final determination of the case. The company asked of 3952 for an increase-which would amount to an additional 51,097,000 a year to compensate for wage increases, higher federal income taxes, and increased costs Us construction program. The PUC held that the increase actually would amount to $1,151,000 additional annually. Commissioners said in their denial order that the applicant was receiving a reasonable earning ratio on its Idaho intrastate operations. Winstead, the company's contention that the old Bill Backs Up On Hospital Care WASHINGTON (UP)-- A compromise, seemed'to be shaping up In House 'scrap over moves to restrict free hospital care and other'benefits for veterans.

Rep. John Phillips (It- Calif.) said he would nof agree to the demands of the House Veterans committee that the economy restrictions proposed, by the Appropriations committee "be dropped altogether. But he did any he would accept an amendment limiting to one year If the Veterans'com- nittce agreed lo study the abuses ic wanls to correct, and to recommend reform legislation, rates, under which the PUC ordered Mountain Stales to continue, were confiscatory. Smylie said In a letter to Rep. Perry Swisher (R-Banno'ck) that was confident the commission would order the rehearing, "because 01 ihe many questions which deserve further explanation." The attorney general said ho was hopeful that individuals and civic groups would arrange to be represented at the rehearing.

He said he also would ask such agencies ol the United States as are available to giv assistance. Break in Main Guts Off Waier It was water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink for four blocks of residences and St. Anthony hospital's north wing last night. James E. Fuger, water superintendent, said a 12 inch pipe broke and sent water gushing up through the pavement in the 600 block of North Eighth shortly before midnight.

He and four men stopped the flow promptly that was streaming down gutters in every direction and began excavation to replace the broken section. worked strlght through until today at 9 n.m. except for coffee breaks," Fuger said. Helping him were Jack B. Johansen, Mark Hanson, Jack B.

Holt and L. C. Struve. Senators Favor Taylor for Judge By BIIA FRANCOIS Congressional delegation from Idaho has agr.eed on the second federal judge if legislation now pending in Congress is enacted. Fred slate senator at Boise, is tabbed for the fed oral bench, reliable informants told The Journal today.

It is reported that U. S. Senators Henry Dworshak '-and Herman Welker have agreed that Welker will name the person to receive the federal patronage job if a second federal judicial district, is created in Welkcr's choice is known to be Taylor. Dworshak agreed, providing he gets to a the successor to Federal Judge Chase Clark when Clark retires. The Central Labor union here has endorsed Fifth District Henry McQuade for the federal judgeship.

Meanwhile, the -key question of Gov. Len Jordan's intentions for the 1054 election year still Is unanswered. It is understood that Jordan is sounding out grass roots opinions on bis chances of besting Dworshak for Ihe senatorial seat, but a he has reached no decision yet. Prominenfly mentioned as possible gubernatorial candidates on the Republican ticket are Lt. Gov.

Edson Deal, Attorney General Robert Smylie, Coeur d'Alene Mayor L. Gardner and possibly K. C. Barlow, Cassia county legislator, Surgeon Dies BOSTON (UP)- Dr. Marius N.

Smilh-Peterscn, 66, internationally known orthopedic surgeon who last month performed a hip operation on radio TV entertainer Arthur iodfrey, died yesterday of a heart LATE FLASHES WASHINGTON (UP) Rep. M. (Don) Wheoler (D-Ga,) Joday Introduced a resolution, lo Impeach Supreme Court William Douglas for "high crimes and misdemeanors In ofilce" lor granting ihe Rosenbergs a stay of execution, The announcement brought heavy applause from the Republican side of the House and some applause from the Democratic side. PAKMUNJOM, Korea (UP) Communist Hadio Pelplng aaid today' staff officers had drawn a cease fire line, which would be virtually ihe last step to an armistice In the three--year-old Korean war. An Allied spokesman, adhering to secrecy of Ihe truce negotiations, would not confirm Ihe Red radio report.

UNDER MARTIAL LAW East Germans Defy Reds, Battle Police Kast iierliners exploded in bloody revolt today under pressure of the pent up fury of eight years under Red rule. The Russians, caught by surprise, decreed martial law after six hours of uncontrolled rioting and sent shell filing T-34 tanks, armored cars, troops and Communist East German police against up fo 100,000 demonstrators who retaliated with bare hands, brickbats and cluhs. Hours after martial law was decreed guniire still echoed the gray and smoking city. Some sources said the Soviets met the' revolt with the weight of full Red Army division, around 12,000 men, who moved Into the riot torn east, sector with full war equipment. At least East German killed and nearly 100 Wounded.

Nearby West sector hospitals were crowded with the injured. Some East. Berliners who witnessed the clashes said casualties must have been much higher. A number of children were said have been run over by Russian During the height of Ihe rioting in front of the East German government building, trigger happy East German police fired Info the crowds. Reports from the site where police fired said one or more persons Deputy Premier Flees to West BERLIN (UP)--Communist Deputy Premier Otto Nuschke today fled to West Berlin during the height of the East Berlin riots against the East German government of which he is a member.

West. Berlin police announced that Nusehkc had turned himself over to West Berlin authorities. Nuschke is one oj six deputy premiers of the Communist East German regime. Ha was chairman of" the rene- jade Christian Democratic Union East Germany, which worked hand in glove with the Communists. He was one of the moving spirits in the Communist, "peace pact" negotiated a week ago today between the lieds and Ihe 'rotestant Evangelical church, led by Dishop Otto Dlbelius of Berlin.

were injured there and at Pots- darner Platz, the Times Square of Berlin, where olhcr shots wore The proclamnlion of martial law was broadcast over Soviet run Radio Berlin. It said that effective as of 1 p.m. gatherings of more lhan three persons wore prohibited. Columns of Soviet tanks and armored cars and Russian troops armed with tommyguns moved Ino the itot centers to enforce the order. Martial law was decreed after Ihe demonstrators failed to hccc ivarnlng shots fired by the Sovle 1 and troops.

The order, signed by the Soviet military commander, MaJ. Gen Dlbrova, warned that violation: would be punished "according ti military law." In effect, that authorized Re army troops to shoot to kill if th stringent orders are disobeyed. Witnesses reported several per sons were injured by the gunfire Others were felled by clubs wield ed by reinforced Communist rioi police. West Berlin Mayor Sees Full Revolt In East Germany VIENNA (UP) West Berlin's fiery mayor, Ernst Router, said today that the East Berlin anti- Communist riots "are full revolution and are the beginning of the end for the East Berlin regime." Reuler was in Vienna for an international conference of mayors. He said he will fly back tt Berlin tomorrow.

Justice Department Asks Full-court Hearing Tomorrow By CHARLOTTE G. MOULTON WASHINGTON (UP) Supremo Court Justice William J. Douglas today granted a stay of execution to atom spies ulius and Ethel Rosenberg, but it still was not definitely- cltled whether the condemned couple will escape the elec- ric chair tomorrow night. The Justice Department an- lounced it will try to contest )ouglas' "unprecedented nc- ion' 1 before an emergency ession of the entire Supreme "tourt. Wllhln an lionr after Douglas made his drjinmllc rilling, Ailor- icy General Herbert Browtiell Jr.

aid he will ask Chief Jusllce Fred W. Vinson later Iqclay lo convene he Cull court for review or Douglas' action, INSON TO DECIDE It will be up lo Vinson lo decide vlien, or whether, the full court vlll be called back Into emergency esslon. It recessed Monday for he summer after turning down the tosenbcrgs. The government's hope was that I could get the full court to meet omorrow and set Douglns' decl- lon aside. Douglas, acting alone, reprieved he Rosenbergs because of "serl- us doubts" in his mind that the Icnlh sentence could be Imposed their case unless the jury roc- immended it The Jury had not done so.

The Rosenbergs won the indefin- te stay just 36 hours before they were scheduled to die In the- Sing Sing electric chair at 8 p.m., PDT tomorrow, their Uth wedding an hlvprsary, for passing atomic ae crcts to The Issue on which Dougla granted the temporary reprieve i whether the 19-16 atomic energ) act, with its changed penalties fa atomic espionage, supersedes In his case the espionage laws under vhich they were convicted In March, 1951, and sentenced to die by Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman of New York. The aiouilc energy act stipulates hat the death penalty can be 1m- Josed only on recommendation of he convicting jury. The espionage aw does not contain that provl- The Rosenberg jury made no ecommendatlon. ruling astounded Jus Ice Department lawyers.

Informants Say Truce Will Be Made This Week WASHINGTON (UP)--The Unit- el Nations and ComffiUiiljst truce egollntlng teams plan to sign a Korean wnr armistice "this week," eliablc sources sold today. These sources said the main robletn standing in the way of a nice Is Soulh Korea's threats to gnoro It and keep on 'fighting tone. But hopes remained high that his opposition could be overcome the-extent that the South Ko- eans would not upset tho truce by ontinulng Hie fighting. Informants posted on Korean race developments said the plan to sign the truce document in Korea before midnight Saturday. This indicated clearly that gcn- jral agreement had been reached by the Allied and Red negotiators on a final truce line.

The predictions oE a truce this wpok came despite the recent big Communist offensive In Korea and Soulh Korean Prime Minister Paik Too Chin's statement here that his government's opposition fo present truce terms had not changed. Paik made the statement after conferring with President Elsenhower for 50'minules. Earlier, Mr. Eisenhower told lews conference that he did not know what effect the Communist offensive would have on the truce arrangements. He cald a if Ihe Chinese Hods and North Koreans are sincere In wanting an annis- ice they arc displaying complete ndiffcrence for human life in their iresent attacks.

Official informants said Ihe truce Is not expected to be signed within "This is unbelievable," one of the next 24 hours. They would not Roughnecks Warn Dock Witnesses NEW ORLEANS (UP)-- Warn- ngs to "keep your mouth shut or ace a roughing up" arc being passed along to secret witnesses scheduled testify before a Senate committee Investigating walcr- ront conditions here, it was disclosed today. 'Tho committee, headed by Sen. Charles Tobey (R-N. H.l, will conduct hearings here June 24 and 25, possible "criminal and political racketeering" at the New Orleans port.

ON HELLS CANYON htfm sold of Douglas' ruling thai he atomic energy act might ap- ily in the case Department lawyers said they vci'D at a loss to explain how Douglas 1MB atomic law ould have affected the Hoson- icrgs' espionage conspiracy which ook place before that law was naclod. CHANGED PENALTIES But Douglns noted in his eight- page opinion that the government's own indictment against the Rosen- bergs said their conspiracy started in 1044 but continued until 1950, after the enactment of the atomic energy act, with Its changed penalties. Douglns said the issue whether Ihe atomic energy does or docs not apply raises a legal question "which be decided a full argument and deliberation" In the lower courts. reversal of Douglas' slay by the full Supreme Court, the Rosenberg lawyers said it will take a long time, possibly ns much as a year, to get a flna' decision on Ihe question whether the donlh was properly imposed, Independent Report Favors U.S. Project WASHINGTON (UP)-- The Interior Department today released to the Federal Power Commission an independent report which recommends government construction of a huge dam at Hells Canyon site on the Snake river along the Oregon-Idaho border.

The Interior Department also submitted three other independent reports on the Snake river-Hells Canyon- A department spokesman said he would not be surprised if all four favored fed- oral construction of the Hells Canyon dam. The Interior Department' holds a. contrary view on the development. Chances of federal'develop- ment were virtually doomed when Interior Secretary McKay. May 5 withdrew government opposition to plans of Idaho Power Boise, for three low dams tho area, FPC hearings on Idaho Power's plans open 'July 7.

The FPC is expected to the private construction. McKay's predecessor, Oscar L. Chapman, had opposed Idaho Power's proposal.on grounds it would prevent construction of the multipurpose Hells Canyon dam by the Reclamation Bureau. The principal one of the four reports Is the so called "Cotton Report" for John S. Cotton, former FPC chief engineer and now a consulting engineer in San Anselmo, Cal.

Under Chapman, the Interior Department asked for reports ou various aspects of Snake river development frnni Cotton; Raymond Angeles consulting engineer; J. Hiler, chief of the Reclamation Bureau's hydroj- ogy branch In Denver; atiu Lynn Crandall, district engineer of the geological survey and Snake river walermasler of the Idaho State Water Reclamation Department. A Washington stale newspaper (Tho Wenatchcc World) charged last week that the Interior Department had "suppressed" the Cotton report. It quoted the report as saying Idaho Power's three-dam project "Is not feasible economically" and "Is much less desirable from an economic standpoint" than thd one "big dam" Hells Canyon project, i i The newspaper said the report estimated the cost- of electricity from Idaho Power's dams at $41,07 per kilowatt year compared with $13.09 for the federal project. was learned a tho Cotton report Is the only one of the four concerned with actual construction, The olhcr three reports dealt with the effect of either the private or federal construction on regional water resources.

Interior Solicitor Clarence Davis said he has sent FPC copies of all four reports, but none was available here for distribution. Davis said he had studied only the Cotton report in detail, but "I wouldn't be surprised if they all favor the federal development." "I would assume they are, at least, not unfavorable toward HOV- crnmenl construction," Davis said. However, -Davis' said McKay studied all the reports before he withdrew llie interior Department's opposition to Idaho Power's proposed projects. Davis said "the Department has some other factual Information relating to this projccl on-pared 'by Its own engineering att which It Will submit" to FPC. Court Upholds Pay For Lewiston Man BOISE, The State Su- premo CoUrt has affirmed an industrial accident board decision giving compensation benefits, to Clifford Shoemaker of Lewiston.

Shoemaker, an employe of the a Means Company, Lewiston, was Injured when he fell to the bottom of an elevator shaft in his employer's warehouse. Fruit Prospects Appear Poor BOISE, UP-- Soft fruit prospects in tho southwest and Twin Falls sections of Idaho are not so good, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The crops wore damaged extensively by freezing wcalhcr during the latter part ol April, say that a definite day and hour had been picked. This suggested that some minor truce details remain to be settled, possibly an interval to notify troops and attempt to gain assurances of South Korea's support.

Reds Launch Fresh Attack SEOUL, Korea (UP)-- Communist troops allncked at both ends of the 15-mile wide, two-mile deep jrcach In South Korean cast-cen- ral front lines today a fresh Chinese division moved up lo join Ihe Red drive. The Communists launched bat- aUon-sized counterattacks of about 90Q men each southeast of Finger at western end of the and at M-l hill, which holds down the eastern end. Fog and rain grounded Allied ilanes but artillery was reported have slowed the Red advance near Finger ridge. U. P.

Correspondent Fred Painton said only Chinese probing parties were seen the area at nightfall. House Passes Controls Bill A I (UP)--The House today passed a watered down economic controls bill, giv- ng the federal government au- hority only to establish priorities and allocate scarce materials un- li June 30, 1955. The bill, a compromise between conflicting House and Senate versions, now goes'back to tho Senate for final action. The compromise, worked cut In a conference committee, rejected a Senate plan authorize a 90-day presidential reczo of prices, wages and rent i) event ot war or an emergency proclaimed by.