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p.m. to 1 SIXTY-FIRST YEAR-NO. 143 14 PAGES PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1956 WCOA-1370 ON YOUR DIAL 5 CENTS Mir ire i 1 i i h' A Over Vv Defense Chief 'Birdmori Plunges To Deafi -X v. TT -5 Jim rV 1 i pays Dispute Harms Nation i Gen. Taylor Denies Army Is Mutinous In Money Squabble WASHINGTON, May 21 'IP) Defense Secretary Charles E.

Wilson said today a budding inter-service row over defense assignments has been exaggerated and he is investi-gating who started the controversy. Flanked by all the military secretaries and the chiefs of staff. Fre Gufs WEAR Property WEAR'S radio transmitter and two wooden buildings were putted by fire Monday morning r.n Bayou Chico. Fire Chief Claude Wright apprehended a 5-year-old Pensacola boy who readily admitted setting some papers afire in the rear of the transmitter. Gene Sudduth, assistant chief engineer at the station, estimated the loss would run to "thousands of dollars." Four firemen were overcome by smcke, but were not considered seriously hurt.

Photo taken by McCrory). Sheriff Candidates Clash Wilson told an unusual news fiil erence tilat hlrore hich Prisoner Feeding Becomes Race Issue H-Bomb Explodes Over Pacific This picture shows a dazzling glare caused by the fireball hidden behind a cloud formation 15 seconds after the first U. S. airborne hydrogen bomb was exploded 10,000 feet above Namu Island in the Bikini atoll of the South Pacific. The surface of the ocean appears calm the awesome spectacle.

The bomb was dropped from a standard U. S. E32 jet bomber. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Honolulu). i tnougn ne were a cider.

01 Escambia County Uu descending to around 1.000 jUdU L'iiift in v-fliuuiuiivn iwi Ltuu- i Lf.ka. Jpft TP WOli.rt nrvpn hie nsrarh-if a were Vr-selt1 Ehclby said thst the sheriffs of- and drop gently down. His record fice received $60,000 last year for Sight was three miles. Todav he Boy, 5, Admits Setting Blaze At WEAR Site Cigarette Lighter Used to Ignite cry Chirr, Monday mrxning was fonowed by the errrchensinn of a 5-vear-old Pfinarola bov who readily a urr.it-1 B'SJIi- fire Vir.ei i nday efternocn that the boy ad- mitted crawling nuerwai.i fenced enclosure wun a com.uu... and IgniUnjt some paper wit.i his mother's cigarette lighter, lie, hov told Wneht he piled on more' papers i.irn iiui.

Chief Wrieht said he had r.At suspected arson until he learned inai sevei ii muj joiu Pnnrr He Re fltes Fire which consumed WEAR'S i radio transmitter and two I Panty Raids Stir Curiosity India Makes Lincoln a Hero, Develops Intense Interest in American Affairs LIVERPOOL, England, May 21 French birdman Leo Valentin i nni i i-: i uiveu ieti 10 ins UL-aia luutiy trying to fly with wooden wings. A holiday crowd of 100,000 seeking thrills at a Whitsun air display groared in horror as he dropped like a rock into a field of wheat alongside Speke Airport. Valentin, 37, called himself "the only living birdman." He met death through a twofold accident. First, he crashed into the side of his plane as he jumped, and so shattered one of his wings. Second, his two parachutes failed to open.

One trailed behind him gleaming in the sun like a huge white sausage as he fell. WINGS Valentin had flown often and successfully with his wir.gs, which had a span of nine feet. They were attached to a steel corset and he controlled thern with ailerons as had honed to double the distance rt v.umpwn paracnuusi in tne French armv. Valentin had made uwi i.iun oiw jumps, iwo tnem 1111 oarecevii, j. he once that said "I always take care nothing can go wrong.

U.S. Population Is 167,440,000 WASHINGTON, May II UPV-The Census Bureau said today the nan on population stood at an if-nn The' was of mff oV 10.8 per cent, since the lord ccn- sus. The bureau attributed the increase primarily to the high birth rate which rose sharplv in 1946 jthe first year after World War, II and which "has continued un-jahated'' ever since. In the six-year period since 1950, the bureat' said, some inumber of immigrants rose bv. The bureau said the number of; births in the six-vear period was from 193(' (to 1940.

James Roosevelt To Wed Secretary Bv ARTHUR EDSON Such as durine the international country, it pleases him to find such widespread interest. And v''as an old-timer there, it also as- eryming in mis country him anyone to find one nickel not nght," he said. feeding prisoners and the costs n- Wf tl fwVi TTn ucVAfl Ihfii to explain the use made tKo U4 nnn tne otner mm ana saia were is tfttirirt irtn ne rsnwa i oi kins jytui.iiv.oj uiav.iiiiv. Sheriff Kendrick answered say- ins he did not like the insinuation that some of the taxpayers' money had found its way into this cam- rPatcn In regard to the income for icharg is made Blor5g with 8bout on mci seven) Sen. Shands 'Clinches' I rTPCnPHrV TAMPA, May II Sen.

W. u.ui ci.anas r.as ciincr.ea uie pre-. uuencv ci me im tiate aeuaie, ir iampa Inaune reported tonignt. Che hw c-siH trf rA? rtu.A thPui i I I I trade fair in India. "The Russians kept talking how tw Kf u-f several of the Russians had ihrnnrlif with them rfrawinca nf htUe feet, and were going into Indian shops to buy shoes for -neir Kiddies.

"And during my appearances at colleges, the Communists al tV a VO ntivo a four nannla ll-i- i panty rasas to paid our professors, is of interest in India today. And the land that produced Can- dhi has imported another hero: Abraham Lincoln. Tne authority for this is Clif- torn atanscnarflt. no urst went to Bombay in 1923. Except for 10 tscetl a boy loltenng snwn me day.s board." ft tie radio transmitter about the.

alsn nulfe nn the1 the f.re began. "Tony Bonding Co." He contended cniriiT itV MOTHFR jhe has continually asked the m-i raieVfracments cf incumbent to tell the people the real Watirn from nearby of the ''Tony EonomK to. vears out 'to teach at the hundreds of other Indians are ity of Chicago, Manschardt has studying here on their own." been in India ever since. For the; One of Mar.schardt's jobs is to Well, fVom erience 1" ret to know u-hsit thP the 3 Chair "When I first went to India," jhe said, "hardly any attention was tnairl this rnnnt.rv nt all. "Education, for example.

In 192.) all an Indian going abroad could: think of was ier Oxford or Cam- bridge. Now we have 7,000 applica- tion. for 90 Fulbnght scholarships address coLegiate gatherings. "The questions they ask show their interest. Usually the first is from one of the teachers.

Wants to know what we pay our profes scrs here "Someone else will wonder about panty raids. They don't have coeducation there, you know. Oh. there may be 23 girls anion, 1,000 students. So, with the pant; raids as a starting point asked: 'Isn't co-education a sure Wricht said he d.scovered that the accused bey's mother had been searching for him before the fir hrf-iV'P 1 will be, for they always seem to U.S.

Troops Help Batile The chief apprehended the Doy.iaep-uy ii home about 4.30 P.m., payir.c the salary for a oepiuy last three years he has been with the U. S. Information Agency 'here. Since Manschardt job is to sell Farm Compromise Accord Is Near President Expected To Okay Formula WASHINGTON, May .1 (LP)-' A House-Senate conference com mittee tentatively agreed today to in a aipaicn irom iduanahsee.j dic(J IFood Peril and said the youth admitted start-. ir.g the crnf.attrat vhirh nmprf a loss estimated a 'thousands cf dollars Questioned at the f.re station, the vouth told Wright and a that his mother had lpTTcd of the arson and told the boy to say nothing to anyone.

The Accused bov's alleged companion had not been questioned said the boy had been turned over to juvenile authorities for disciplinary notion. road to O.VERS FERRY, Idaho, May: As for Lincoln. M.mvharrlt Un'ti21 The Army arrived today sure how he has built up hisjWith 500 troops and heavy equip- rn c.iment to he batt the Tt lirtlirQC rnrt 1 1 uie inoune ns.ea sena.ors 19 senators it saiu wive given meir pific vote lor me oainesvuie senator. Shands' own vote would give him. a majority of the 33-man Senate.

The Associated Press reported tn, iiu.n la.idim.vn: i.ifc appeared a cmcn tor tne Honor and; that reliable sources said he had; a majority pledged to him. ne iriDune also naa predicted earlier Shands would get the post, made vacant by the defeat for re- farm hill Jiumucr 01 svnoois Flames engulfed the transmitter anything else, I and ignited a gasoline drum be-; fhe records, the sheriff said, list, hind it. A portion of a power use cf this $4,000 as being LOS ANGELES, May 21 (UPS0.irces reported. i Kootenai River which reached aj flJnJ AArt 1 rini II I i Ifl I IIIHI -L: ldr-a mreaienea jy.uuo more A convoy of infantrymen and engineers pulled in after a 350-mile trip from Ft. Lewis, and the soldiers went to work quickly to strengthen earthen mes against the river.

Seepage was feared. It can weaken dikes oeyond repair. WATER LINE BROKEN broken when an nutlvintr cpffion ar.d transmission canie were Durneo ie.ection 01 jcn. Marry Mrg crupieu in iae press over me weekend was "not good for the country." He said some of the Army-Navy-Air Force differences were covered by "confidential staff papers" which were aired "on a basis of service partisanship. TO HALT DISPUTE Wilson said he summoned the civilian and military defense leaders to the news conference "to clarify this situation." He said he wanted to prevent the controversies from becoming "serious matters." Gen.

Maxwell D. Taylor, Army ot staff- whose service wa3 represented in published docu- dcfense Plans- told reporters he wante1 to nail down one point. Jl or However, Taylor, who recently told Congress he thought the Air Force was "invading" the Army's field, side-stepped some questions about Armv-Atr Pnrro rtiffoin. 0Ver anti-aircraft guided missiles. i House Appropriations Committee that Congress would have to investigate the inter-service squabble unless the services settled their own differences.

The Missouri Democrat had said, however, that the Defense Department deserved a -hance to "set its house in order." As for the Army-Air Force feud, Cannon said "It should be subject to public sentiment instead of handled in a carefully-insulated room in the Pentagon. WliU I 1 ILIUILJ Ruled Proper Judge Backs Rights Of Photog.raphers NASHVILLE, 21 IF A criminal court judge ruled today that photographers taking pictures in a manner not distracting to wit nesses have as much right to re cord Ci iporters. icord court proceedings as re- .1 '-vu, vmiuk (UUtUIUl.l, J4 il I.I.UUUI the press. His ruling came in turning down 99- 'year sentence for armed robbery. Judge Gilbert, who opened his courtroom to photographers under certain restrictions more than a year ago, said his experience had been that their operations had not been prejudicial to court procedure.

Gilbert cited a Colorado Supreme Court decision holding that courtroom photography was a matter within the processes of the law." "I think that is the right view. Gilbert said. WASHERS AND FREEZERS HEEDED! You con be assured of quick results when you advertise a freezer or washer if the results of the ad shown below are any proof of the demand. Both were sold by 7:30 the first morning the od appeared. EASY SPIN washer, tuba on aland.

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and the flames spread 10 rwo omrn Kendrick said on the otner nana, a inter naven. me president oesig-small structures, all on tlie old tbe rccords show that he paid out nate. Smith Shipyards site. money for expenses of his of-j Shane's, long one cf the Senate's The resulted in putting by nieans cj vouchers. most powerful members, has been WEAR radio station out of com-; have been checked time and chairman of its appropriations Feeding of prisoners at the Countv Jail became an issue fur shorn: dunn; 111 a storm.

tsarf.pd that the' 'Vi1'! I savs tne rtM-rt i snerin Siian coiieci Per dav for each prisoner fed." Sliplhv rbarred that the tlx- the com ty have paid. for feeding isPnprs who ven booked an fpd a nieaI at Jhe Jai; 1 know the first thing atwit operat enocj "Every tune a person is; ir.tl MR I i. tUiKT. -'i ill the C(" n'V jail I am oHq-atc Shelby charged mat fnend of his paid a $5 fee for a bond on onsoner. chanted the receipt was sipr.cd by a man "who is a "who turn is co.iea.nR ict- i Tmiv lioncir.C CO.

siieioy saiu. Kendrick said his records as sheritt have wen aumiea mai. tunes by state auditors ana me recorus snow 1 nave never ui-ei. one dime short." On the other hand, he charged 'the audit of the last three year; his opponent served as a constaoie, silOWCu ne vwts lilc tuviliiv ovmc It- iw. $1,7,10 plus and there were also ex-; penditures cf some $4,000 not sup- ported by vouchers, checks "or', for antj travel, iacain oy state auoitors ana 1 uei as Key Pailern of free enterprise with free management.

This system, he added, is being threatened by federal restrictions, confiscatory income taxes and unions with short-sighted leaders. Another item he listed as result ing in a change in the economic patterns is the steady population cities, and will make big cities un necessary. The revolution in transportation has taken place in the last tew years, he said, noting number of automobile owners. Other changes, he noted, will be extensions of self-service to many other lines, longer shopping hours m0re do-it-yourself, and much more stress on color, light, sound and odor in selling items. The next decade, he concluded.

will be one of electric, nuclear and thermonuclear developments. At the meeting, A. O. Mortenson was installed as president; Clyde Padgett, first vice president; Frank Thomas, second vice president; William Burns, secretary, and Bob Dean, treasurer. Ruth Booker, Miss Fiesta, and Mrs.

Frances Horton, Mrs. Chem-strand. distributed favors to the women present. Entertainment was by a girls' trio. 3 sidered generally accepiame to rir-Wer.

informed President Eisenhower, informed jhe action came as President! Eisenhower, tackling the farnv arobletn from another JiiilCll ILUUiC U5C mutiau A-A 1 in A (prices are being supported by -the Government. UiLiI Qit 1 yiuu uii" The compromise farm bill for mula, on which final agreement will be sought tomorrow, was understood to include these key features: 1. Elimination of a House ap-i nrn-nJ nrm-Uirm In hnrtst. nrirp KvVu.ai su ioi um he' says his picture can be found I I I 1 land homes. On T.inrnln's hirthrfsr the "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," was a big hit "Amazing," Manschardt says, "what Lincoln means in that country." But if the interest is great, so iS laHCe.

All IV.aiZTl Who ma buy the argument that Rus- 1 1 i arm srtpn poverty, Man-' schardt says, may be completely unaware of U.S. Social Security or private pension plans. Manschardt has a few footnotes on the propaganda war. Navy's Payroll I Ll rA Anr 111 MfJfll The Navy payroll in the Pensa cola area amounted to $6,577,991.89 during April according to Capt nrc.nn Hairlrinc rnrnmarmmtr nf. Carson Hawkins, commanding Kep.

James hooseveit today he will marry Mrs. Gladys Irene Owens, a sec 'V'f'j uoi.n.(,ii hie mn Wnmcc finnT1 nrvt The son of the former President confirmed an exclusive United Press storv carried last Friday He had refused to comment over the weekend, declaring, "I do not comment on my private life." The divorce obtained by Mrs. Romelle Roosevelt last June becomes final next month, Journal Guide Amusements 7 Obituaries Comies 10 Radio-TV Crosswords ...14 Society Editorials 4 Sports Markets 10 State .8,9 Today's Chuckle I 6 I of dikes gave way. Drinking water! Judse Charles Gilbert declared in the downtown area was cut Presence newspaper and two reservoirs in town were and, Revision photographers who running drj' worked without special lights did mot provide grounds to sustain a Some residents filled big cans new trial plea full of water and others built up! 'f 'heir suddIv from nerhv snrins He ruled that both rePrters and photographers have the right to re-S fw ZS IIS Sicord court proceedings for the fx lhe, br.fk' public under the U. S.

con- supports for feed grains by 16 $6.5 Million iCONTiNuro on ec.f two) FSU Dean Speaks Science Seen To Economic The forthcoming decade will be one of science and technology as a result of many changing patterns in the American economy, members of the Industrial Management Association of Greater Pen-sacola were told Monday. rent rounled with strict acreage age restrictions. The administration has opposed this plan. 2. AdoDtion of the Senate pro- vision, acceptable to the adminis- 4.tratjon to boost supports for feed trnm tuP nresent 70 ner cent of parity to 76 per cent.

There would be no planting re- strictions. of the Naval Air Station. Pro fct 40)-000 cres 0 1 he "ew trial motion of Henry Les-cers and Naval Aviation T-f tland in the Kootenai; he Mayes, 3a, a former Alcatraj received $1 493 164 83 while nor Idaflc townjinmate, who had been given a 99- Officers catrax (CONTINUID ON PAGE TWO) 'I j. SEN'. V.

A. SHANDS may head Senate Candidates Meet -fSom I -f OA 3. Adoption of the section of theithe payroll amounted to The fellow who always has the'ministratioPonsorld. this House bill requiring the Agricul ture Department to put the ad- program into operation year. The Senate bill would let Agriculture Secretary Ezra T.

Benson decide the scope of the plan this vear. The association was holding and the mobility of these annual ladies' night program installation of new officers at Mar-i Retail stores, he said, are start-tine's. The speaker was Dr.jng iarger operations, tending to Charles A. Rovctta, dean of the ite on the outskirts of a town, school of business at Florida State jan(j are carrying a larger variety University. 'of items.

He said the United States rates! pr. Rovctta said that this, corn-high in the road intellectually bjne(j a revolution in trans-through education and in standard portation, will gradually result in ficer Cadets $2,564,016.69. Enlisted personnel were paid $872,161.27. Local expenditures totaled The Marine Corps payroll for April was the Coast Guard. the Air Force.

S996: and the Armv. $339. of the new bomb may offer new hope of success in this field since "sensible men everywhere must realize that we cannot leave this destructive force loose in the of living. The reason, he said. (irvine up of the centers of Kefauver, Adlai aiC LiUit'U 10r Uie SUm sijcte "diking dis- of 2,000 persons.

A spring heat wave that melted heavy mountain snow brought on the flood The Weather DEPARTMFNT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BI RE.AU SUN. MOON. AND TIDES FOR TUE -max zi, vjm: Sunrise 4:51 6:41 p.m.: moonsrt 3:18 a.m., moon rise 5:0" m. Nest of the moon. full err Tides: High J.

50a.m.. lo 7.53 pm. nd low tides re 1 hour tt the Pen.taro'.a Ba Entrance; 30 minutes earlier at Warnnston: 50 minutes later at Lora Point. Esrambia Bay: ann i nour iaier at East Ear River. TEMPERATURE Hichest temperature vesiertiay 89.

hichest of record this time of rear tM Lowest temperature vesterriav 69, lowest of record time of year 47. RAINFALL Total month to 4 0) pm. yesterday 3 04 inches. Normal fo: May 4 26 Inches. Excess this month throuel yesterday Z3 inches.

Toml this year tr 4:00 m. yesterday 18 87 Inches. Defi cienry this year tnroueh yesterday 3.4r inches. Relative humidity at 12:30 p.m yestercay 58 per cent. TFMPER 4TVRE FXTREMKS YESTERDAY AT SELECTED H.

I 91 70 Mobile 91 60 Montgomery 83 58 New Orleans 90 69 Nw York 80 5.1 PENSACOLA 8S fti St. Louis 79 51 San Antonio 90 7 Savannah 97 7S Seattle "8 55 Tallahassee 90 7 Tampa "3. A H. 91 92 89 S.1 5 89 90 90 61 81 6 S8 4" 94 o-? IV 71 0 Apalachicola Sirmintham Chicago Dallas Denver Houston Cleveland Jacksonville Kansas City Us Anceles Memphu Miami MIAMI. May 21 IT Scn.imediate cessation of further lot as respected, and we have to a plan to assure international recover in both respects." jckecks on atomic weapons produc-The Tennessee senator said the tions.

Kefauver said the dropping last word with his wife when he lont-oe u-nrV in IVm tnnrriin(T' ItU.VJ T- ui i in I. iui lu.ih "OK OK, I'll fix my own oreakfast." Face to Face dropping oi aiom ana nyarcgen bombs." But he said that "we dare not undertake such a grave responsibility alone." Stevenson recently asserted that the United States should consider the question of bringing about a halt to nuclear weapons tests. The United States, Stevenson said tonight, must assume world lead- ership toward the "peace that is the prayer of all mankind." "Three years ago," the former Illinois governor said, "we were great and commanded respect. We are not as sft-ong tody and Sfirs the nation's profit incentive system Truman Endorses Foreign Policies VAPLES. Italy.

May 2t lUP)- Former President Truman en- dorsed the foreign policy of Pres ident Eisenhower today. Before he left for three days of sightseeing in Naples Mr. Truman told employes in the American embassy in Rome that, "I'm for the foreign policy of our government as outlined by the President of the United States." He added smilingly, "I wish everybody on the other side had done the same for me." Mr. Truman made it clear, how-fver, that Democrats would continue to criticize the government its policies, Estes Kefauver and Adlai E. Ste venson, lace to lace in a nauon- widg radio-TV forum, joined tonight in declarations that the dropping of a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific yesterday must spur new efforts for universal peace.

The two Democratic p-esidential hopefuls took slightly different tacks, however, on the idea of, holding further tests of nuclear weapons. Kefauver declared in a tee-off statement that the United States should "take the lead in proposing to the Soviet vUnion an im- dropping of the first American H- bomb from a plane brings the na tion face to face with the "double-j edged possibility of total destruction and the position "of total destructive power." 1. That "we must have a moral policy." 1 2. We must continue to experiment and test the uses of nuclear energy while taking the lead in proposing a halt to dropping bombs under the protection of an agreement with Russia. 3.

The inspection plan should be resubmitted, with new emphasis world uncurbed." 4. A "crash program" is needed the senator said, to provide the nation enough qualified scientists. 5. The national interest, he said, demands an Atomic Energy Commission above "the kind of sordid politics which we recently uncovered in the Dixon-Yates scandal." I (CONTINUED ON PAGl TWO).