Greeley Daily Tribune from Greeley, Colorado • Page 5

Fale of U.S. Citizen Escaped from Czech Prison Is Mystery By John M. Hightower Washington, Aug. 9--M--An International mystery today shrouded late of John Hvasta, a naturalized American citizen who reportedly escaped- from communist Czechoslovakia's grim Leopoldov prison Jan. 2.

The United States government is 'trying thru both diplomatic and intelligence sources to find out what has happened to the Hillside, N. man whose escape was announced yesterday, over seven months after it was supposed to have occured. But at the moment officials have BO idea whether he is dead or alive and still in hiding either behind the Iron curtain or outside the communist bloc. Hvasta's father and brother said to Hillside last night they felt confident he was safe, wherever he was, but his mother took a grimmer view. "If my son had escaped from Jail Perma Product! Plant Burns Chehalls, Aug.

$750,000 fire started by a spark from an electric motor, leveled the Perma Products Co. plant here early today. The plant manufactured machine-grained shakes. Two watchmen on duty when the fire broke out said they -were cleaning a pipe which carried stain for the shakes when the spark ignited a 55-gallon tank of naptha gas. The tank exploded, spewing flaming gas thru the building.

Both men escaped. Windsor Rebekahs and IOOF Will Give Farce Windsor. Aug. 9--The Windsor IOOF and Columbine Rebekahs will present the larce. Craty Daze, in the high school auditorium here Friday and Saturday.

Aug. 15-16. The comedy is directed by lona Day. Jack Abbott. Junior past grand, Is chairman of the IOOF committee and Mrs.

Lydla Morey, noble grand ot the Rebekahs, is Hudson residents petitioned the HpaHc Eicher Succeeds McDivitt al CSCE Hudson Group for New Road Denver. Aug. 9--(Jft--A group of In the Courts Justice of the Peici D. F. Matheson'i Court A jury of three Friday afternoon found Tony Romero and Ortura Yebra not guilty of petty larceny in the stealing of some chairman of the Rebekah committee.

The cast of 60 includes Windsor businessmen, professional men, and farmers. An added feature will be the Tiny Tots contest to select the Ittle king.and queen of Windsor. Photos of 'entrants will be placed the window ot Terry's Corner Drug store. Votes will cost a penny each. The king and queen will be crowned before the curtain rises on the first performance of Crazy Daze.

The contest is open to youngsters one to six years ot 'age. Saturday, Aug. 9, was designated as Crazy Hats day In Windsor and every IOOF member was forced to wear a woman's hat or bo fined two tickets to the Rebekah-IOOF production. A parade was held Saturday night in which IOOF members wore their silly hats. in New York, would it take him caseB ol beer st Mliliken.

Dan seven months to cross the Hudson valasquez had previously pleaded river?" Mrs. Michael Hvasta asked. gu nty and been fined on the same pointing out that Vienna and safety cnarge; yalasquez had also made In the American zone were that re5 tit tion. Members ot the jury close to him across the Danube. were L.

v. Moore, Elmer L. Moore She expressed fear the escape an( George H. Riddell. was "some trick of the reds." Earl T.

Schooley, short check, American officials are hopeful dismissed on payment ot costs, that Hvasta's reported dash Esteban Melendez, Eaton, taking freedom will not upset the long the right of way and no operator's negotiations for the release of As- license, $20 and costs, sociated Pres? correspondent Wil- Justice of the Ham N. Oatls, held by the cotnmun- Ira I. Sides' Court Ists In Czechoslovakia on an esfllo- Thelma Kendrlck, 2630 Ninth nage conviction tor the past year, avenue, careless driving and no Hvasta had been sentenced to inspection certificate, $10 and three years--later raised to 10 costs. years--on espionage charges I Ralph G. McEwen, 2008 Ninth power an wa ter storage develop- May, 1949.

The United States had avenue, careless driving, $5 and Jnent 0( tne Gunnison river, famed denounced the charges against costs. -western Colorado trout fishing both Hvasta and Oatls as false. Robert Ray Steward, 633 Four- were sent back to a policy Hvasta's family said they have teenth avenue, careless driving, $5 aml rev i ew committee today by the received no recent word from the and costs. state water conservation board. girl John married Alvy Ray Roush, South Eleventh The boarl asked the committee In February, 1949, in a prison cere- avenue, spilling load on highway, lo gtu( changes which the recla mony Tht girl, Gabriella Bansova, $5 and costs.

mation bureau wants to make in was at bno time in a hospital un- a Garcia Talmadge, he plan approved by the board treatment for tubercu- Route 2, Greeley, careless driving, na proposal was based upon rec Gunnison River Plan Held For Further Study Denver, Aug. 8--un-- Plans for dergolng losls. $5 and costs. ommendatlons of the policy an American officials have not been Robert Doughman, 415 Tenth ave- rev lew committee and representec permitted to see Hvasta since nue, no operator's license, $5 and a ra8 tic change from the original Colorado highway commission to reinstate an $850.000 appropriation for construction of a new portion of Highway U. S.

6 in the Hudson area. State Highway Engineer Mark U. Watrous told the delegation the request would be sent to the commission as soon as possible. At the commission's meeting Monday, another group of residents in the area traversed uy the highway asked that plans for the Hudson section be dropped. The commission then struck out ot the highway program the $850,000 budgeted for the work.

Walt Steinwald of Hudson, who headed yesterday's delegation, said it came here with a "97 per cent vote of confidence" given at a meeting last night In Hudson, called by Mayor Fred Wllmer. Steinwald said the majority of Hudson residents support the highway department's proposal to reroute and reconstruct the road for two reasons: It will promote safety and the present highway is "entirely current traf- ic. He said approximately 3,800 automobiles and trucks travel through Hudson daily on U. S. 6.

The department's plans call tor construction of about 12 miles ot ilghway between Barr lake and tiudson and for rerouting the road to skirt Hudson. Appearing with Steinwald were: B. A. Holden, Harold W. Ruhl, Frank A.

Smith, Paul Johnson and Mrs. Ivan Andrews. Sterling. Aug. 9--Wl--A letter protesting any reallocatlon ot funds Intended for work on U.

S. 6 Is to be sent by the Sterling Chamber of Commerce to highway engineer Mark Watrous. Chamber directors acted to avert a pending change In the allocation of $850,000 for work on highway 6 north of Denver. Cleanup Moves Announced by By JACK ADAMS Washington. Aug.

ed by an array ot new top assistants. Attorney General James P. McGranery moved forward on a number of fronts today In bis battle to clean up any corruption in the federal government. McGranery assembled a news to disclose a number of shifts in his chief assistants and to announce that: 1. His department Is investigating alleged Job sales In the Chicago Saturday, Aug.

9, 1952 GREELEY TRIBUNE 1 age 5 August, 1950, despite repeated re- Ivan L. Elcher, above, who has been superintendent of schools at Holyoke, Is Joining the faculty of Colorado State College of Education, field service His headquarters will be it Sterling, where he will replace William L. McDIvItt who to be dean of the LaJunta Junior College. From Sterling, Mr. Elcher will organize and conduct off-campus classes for the college In the northeastern and eastern Colorado area.

A graduate of Fort Morgan high school In 1928, Mr. Elcher has bachelor ot arts and master of arts degrees from the college here yostofflce-- second largest in the country reputedly at $500 per throw. McGranery said "It is only a question of who and how many we are going to Indict." 2. He has ordered a grand jury Investigation Into the 1946 public auction of the government's 19'i million dollar St. John's river shipyard at Jacksonville.

sold as surplus to the Tampa Ship-building Co. for JU28.500. The house committee Investigating the Justice department said allegations of bribery and collusion In the shipyard case were referred to the department six years ago --when Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark was attorney general-- but that no action resulted. McGranery told his news confer- once that "the matter should have City Officials Attend Boulder Dedication Mayor Price Hopkins.

Council- I man Herbert Mann and Police Chief C. C. Hunter represented the city of Greeley at dedication ceremonies Saturday afternoon for the new Houlder city hall. Councilman Mann also represented his brother, Dr. Ciair V.

Mann of Itulla. who was to get a service award as a former councilman, but who was unable to be present. The Mann family lived in Boulder for a numoer of years. A noted engineering graduate of the University of Colorado. Dr.

Clalr Mann was faecretary of the 1917 charter convention al Houlder and a member of the first city council elected after adoption ot the charter. He w-as later assistant city engineer at Boulder for several years. For 20 years be was an In- Uong Senate Heads Are Moved structor engineering at the and has taught two years at Jules- hcen investigated more thoroughly burg. For six years ho served as an( 0 ul(l have been presented to oslovak foreign office when word ance, $10 and costs. came from Hvasta's family this year that no letter had been re- COUIltY LOUM calved from him since December, WIIIHJ 1951, and that a Christmas package reclamation bureau program.

Director Clifford H. Stone ported the reclamation bureau po I sition to the board this afternoon also suggested that the policy and review committee make a new I study. Stone also Is chairman of the policy and review committee. The reclamation bureau, Stone iKS authorities. Jack Edward Keenau missed as.all delinquent payments ecanti dam to store approximately i Colo- original hurt made his reported (l iTM wouia uacic up acre leet They took no stand on whether the highway should be relocated as a bypass route, or Improved in Its present route.

A delegation from several towns on the route protested relocation before the highway commission Monday. principal ot the elementary schools at Keenesburg. He became elementary principal at Holyoke in 1941 and was made superintendent of schools there In 1944. In addition to his two degrees from the college In Greeley, Mr. Elcher has done advanced study at Denver University and the University of Colorado.

While engaged in teaching and chool administration in northern and northeastern Colorado. Mr. Jlcher has had experience In teach- ng off-campus classes for the col- ege In the northeastern section of the state. Mr. and Mrs.

Eicher have three children, Larry, 13, Ronald, 7, and Kenneth, 3. ,4" after Hvasta had made his reported 1(orn ai an( i returned by Under- "TliTescape report was released TM SVlTtha'n I would extend aimost to yesterday by the stale deparlment. 200 It said the American embassy at Prague had been notified by the foreign office In a note added that Czech authorities "do not know his present whereabouts. 1 of water--creating an artificial lake which would extend almc the city limits of 'Gunnison. However, Stone said, the bureau wants a dam with a storage level a specified number of feet above sea level, rather than one which will The divorce suit ot Helen M.

Ap-1 back up a given number of acre Testate department said that plehans of against Andrew of He District Court It "lias no information which would confirm or contradict the accuracy of the statement" It added, however, that on June the anti-communist "Free Czechoslovak Information Service" published, in London a report that Hvasta and several other prisoners had escaped on Jan. 2. Officials agree the i leaves virtually no doubt about Hvasta's having fled', from prison. But also It casts no light at all on his fate since that time. Carson Worker Electrocuted Colorado Springs, Aug.

9--(ffr-- Electrocution was blamed todaj for the death yesterday of Raymond E. Shore, 42, of Canon City a civilian crane operator at a Camp Carson housing project here. Camp Carson authorities said they were unable to determine whether Shore was struck by a bolt of lightning during a rainstorm or'Whether his crane touched high tension wires. Applehans was dismissed on the '250 feet would be approximately motion of the parties concerned. 'he same as the 940,000 acre-toot Maymelee Armour, Routs 1, Gill, capacity, filed suit for divorce against William F.

Armour. Money For Rent A fair convenient arrangement on small loam. First Industrial Bank 716 9th St. Ph. 718 Sharon Terry and Clemma Stone Win City Net Honors Sharon Terry ot Greeley and Mrs.

Clemma Stone of Kiowa, wrapped up championships in th'e city tennis tournament on the Meeker junior high courts Saturday morning. Miss Terry, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Warren Terry of 1939 Sixteenth avenue, defeated Karen Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

A. L. Roberts, 1936 Eighteenth avenue, by scores of 6-2 and 9-7 to win the championship in the girls' 15 and under division. Mrs. Stone, girls' physical education teacher in the Kiowa schools, kept her tournament record intacl by defeating Verla Bartling, 6-2 and 6-1, tor the women's single title Mrs.

Stone has now entered two tournaments and won both. The other was the Kiowa, invita tional last fall. Her husband, H. E. Stone, is a graduate student at Colorado Stat this summer.

He is head footbal coach at Kiowa high. Marriage Licenses Dee I. Shull, Keota, and Pearl E. Thompson, Greeley. Willis Courtland Skinner and Martha Ann Mann, both of Greeley Albert Valenzuela, Greeley, and Jennie Lujan, Mliliken.

Charles R. Grove, Budd Lake. N.J., and Donna Van Beber, Greeley. HalfofGlenmere Lake Is Cleaned About half of Glenmere lake has beeif'cleaned and work will resume Monday after a weekend layoff to avoid interference with visitors, Parks Superintendent Gil Culler said Saturday. thinks two low dams in the area Four truckloads of moss 'and a may be the answer, or a dam and type of seaweed have already been tunnel, wants time: to study Air Line Pilot Claims He Saw Flying Saucers The bureau, Stone added, feels that everything possible should be done to reduce the cost ot power at the proposed Crystal dam downstream from the Curecanti site.

The Colorado plan calls for a "high" dam there to store 510,000 acre feet. Stone said the bureau he plan adequately. USE THE I WANT ADS Superior Oil Co. Officials Killed SALE YARD CAFE N. llth Ave.

Sunday Dinners ci (Ut Fried Chicken 9 I Four Jumbo Shrimp OOC Berryville, Aug. 8--ffl--A private plane, groping ts way through rain and fog, crashed atop the Blue "Ridge mountains, eight miles east of here today, killing Its four occupants. State police identified the aircraft as a military-type Douglas B-26 registred in the name of the Superior Oil Lafayette, La. Dr. Frank E.

Tappan, Clarke county coroner, said four bodies were s6attered in the wreckage that littered 1160-foot Mt. Weather for several hundred yards. The remains were removed to the Enders funeral home at this northern Vir- gluia town, but state police said none ot the bodies had been At Washington, the civil aeronautics administration said a flight plan filed with the CAA for a nonstop trip from St. Louis, to Washington, showed the plane carried a pilot, co-pilot and two' passengers. Superior's office at Washington listed the passengers as G.

M. Finn, about 50, Superior's personnel director at Los Angeles, and Bascom Lang, 36, personnel director at Midland, Tex. The two officials were due In Washington today for a company conference. removed. There is even more in the other half, Culter said.

While there have been a number ot complaints about the discoloration of the lake by the moss, Culter said that the basic problem is to get rid of the weed underneath. Ordinarily the moss would float over the spillway or to the shore where it could be removed by park workers. However, the weed has grown so high that it catches and retains the moss. Two operations will be used to rid the lake of the weed, Culter said. Durango, Aug.

dozen observers at the Diirango airport last night, including a Denver airline pilot, said they saw four disc-shaped objects darting thru the sky. Homer Gedney ot Durango, U.S. messenger, said he first sighted the objects and notlfled Capt. Ben Stewart of Denver, a pilot for Frontier Air Lines, his co-pilot and passengers on a Frontier plane who were waiting take-off. Stewart said the discs appeared to be about 12,000 foet above this southwestern Colorado airport.

He estimated their speed at between 300 and 400 miles an hour. Gedney said the saucers looked to him "sort of like flattened out clear balloons." The observers told reporters the objects appeared to keep a perfect angled line formation arid were In sight for two and one-half to three minutes. a grand Jury then. The attorney general also said he has signed a 539.000 contract with the prlvaln New York audit- Ing firm ot Arthur Young and Co. to check the books of the alien property custodian, long under fire ay republican senators.

"The attorney general called his news conference Immediately after President Truman announced three new major appointments in the justice department, on McGranery's recommendations. They are: Ross L. Malone, 42, Roswoll, N.M., attorney never before associated with government, as deputy attorney general, No. 2 post In the department. He succeeds A.

DeVItt Vanech, who resigned last week to seek a U.S. senate sent In Connecticut, his home state. Rowland F. Kirks, 37, former dean ot the National University School of Law here, as assistant attorney general tor alien property, succeeding Harold I. Baynton, whose resignation was accepted in June.

Charles B. Murray, 52, assistant district attorney for thu District ot Columbia for 25 years, as assistant attorney general for the criminal division. McGranery said he had asked Missouri school of Mines at Holla and Is now county engineer for Phelps county, ot which RolUi Is Ihe counly seat. In the Hospitals Admitted to Weld County Public hospital, Friday, Aug. 8: Mrs.

Lena Method, 1223 Thirteenth street; Carl Luudf-en, 1806 Eleventh avc- uue; Mrs. Alfred Marshall, 2135 Fifth avenue; Adam Uballl. i'latle- villfi. Dismissed: Robert Harrell, Windsor; Henry Jacoby, Windsor- Windsor; Claude C. Cox, 1029 Fit teonths street; James William Mat thews, Routo Mrs.

Wayne van and daughter, Eaton; Mrs. Ed ward Dorn, Route Mrs. John Vaegoinust, 1422 street; Mrs. D. Ulankenslilp, 81 Eighth street; Mrs.

John Pinker Eaat Eighteenth street; Mrs. HI mer Bliss, 2510 Ninth street; Davli Garcia, Routo Calvin Glbbs Route Rosemary Scroglns, Rout 2. Admitted to Osteopalhlc Memor lal hospital: Robert i Johnstown. Death, a i defeat have combined ya- lo remove four prominent from the Washington scene. The roll: Sen.

Kenneth of Ten- nessre, who was elected to house In 1311 and has been a sen-'- tor since 1917. wns defeated for emoc-ratic renoinination ysster- ay. He is 83 years old. Ken. Tom Connally, 74-year-old exas democrat, announced in he wouldn't run again.

He ntered the house in 1917 and has 'on a senator since 192'J. Sen. Owen Hrewster of Maine, vim lost his bid for republican lomlnatlon June 17, was first lected to the senate in 1940. Ho tad served in the house, begiu- ilng In 1334, and is now 64 years lid. Sen.

Brlen McMabou. 'roin Connecticut, who died July 28 at the age of IS, won prominence in his eight years as a i Doesn't Know Mitchell Colorado Springs. Aug. 9--Wl-Frank E. Mc-Kinney, retiring chair- man of the dt-mocriitic national committee, who Is vacationing liere, says he Is "prepared to step down" from the party post.

He said ho was not acquainted with Stephen A. Mitchell, Chicago a named to sneered him by Gov. Adlal Stevenson of Illinois. "I feel that my mission has. been completed," ho said.

He leaves here today to fly to Chicago from where he will drive to Springfield to confer with Stevenson and democratic party aides tomorrow. USE THE TRIBUNE WANT ADS Antelope License Drawing Held by Game Department Chicken Fried Steak All includes soup, salad and dessert, The work that Is going on 1 now is dredging the lake with barbed wire. One end of the wire Is tied to a tree, the wire Is then taken out in a boat, dropped in the lake, and then the free end is returned to shore to make a loop. This 'wire is then pulled out by a pickup truck. The boat has been loaned by Councilman L.

H. Vanderhoof. A second trip will be made over the lake after the circuit has been completed. The second operation will be to use copper sulphate to knock the weeds even further down. If the weed reappears In the spring, the operations will be repeated.

Culter said. "We're trying to correct basic, problem and get permanent results." Culter said. "By the time the two operations are thru. I'm sure that the city will have a nice looking lake that it can be proud of." Denver, Aug. 9-- (ffl-- A drawing for permits for antelope licenses for hunting season in seven areas in Colorado and for a special deer season in northern Colorado was held at the Denver offices of Colorado Game and Fish department yesterday.

The drawing was supervised by District Director John D. Hart, and State Game and Fish Commissioner Dr; Harold Watson of Denver. It was conducted by George F. Jackson of Colorado Springs, president ot the Colorado division of the Izaak Walton league. Also present were Dick Moore, Wildlife editor ot the Denver Post, Dave Rice, execu- James M.

Mclnerney, assistant attorney general In charge of criminal prosecutions since 1960, to shift over to the top post in the lands division. Until recently, this division was headed by William Amory Underbill, resigned. Still to be tilled are vacancies in the solicitor generalship, and the offices of assistant attorneys general for the tax matters and for antitrust prosecutions. T. Lamar Caudle was ousted from the tax division by President Truman last November in the midst ot congressional disclosures ot tax collections scandals.

H. Graham Morison resigned as head of the antitrust division in June to re-enter private law practice, and Philip B. Perlman recently asked to be relieved as Solicitor General effective Aug. 15 for a similar reason. Of the top bracket staff which McGranery inherited from Attorneys General Clark and J.

Howard McGrath, the only ones remaining are.Mclnerney, Assistant Attorney General Holmes Baldridge of the claims division and Assistant Attorney General Joseph C. Duggan, in charge of executive affairs. Indicating that he expects no further departures from the department in the near future, McGran- ery said he was "very happy with Bean Beetles Are Now Attacking The Bean Crop Beetles should be dusted while in the stage of their life cycle. If you are in doubt as to the proper time to dust for these pests, call and our field man will be glad to inspect your fields and advise you. the present team." Bottled Grain Indian Head.

Canada Iff) A case of "empty" bottles was brought to a dealer here, who found the bottle contained wheat. The grain had been put in the bottles over the winter by field mice, using the bottles as their storehouse. CONTACT The Farr Co. for Belolt Veteran Dies Beloit, Aug. 9--Iffl--Prof.

Robert L. Richardson, 76, 'grand old man" of Beloit college and former president of the Wisconsin state historical society, died last night. Richardson's death came only a few days after he had finished a book on the history of the 106-year-old liberal arts college on the faculty of which he had served 46 years. FALL RYE SEED AULT GREELEY LUCERNE WINDOW SHADES New Shades On Old Rollers. Trimming For Your Shades.

New Washable Cloth Window Shades FREE ESTIMATES RUCKERS 1028 Eighth Ave. Ph. 100 The work will also help improve the quality of fishing for youngsters, Culter added. FBI Seeks Bank Bandits Grand Blanc, Au.c. --The FBI joined stale and county police in their search for a gunman and his confederate-chauffeur who escaped with $4,594 from the Grand Blanc branch of the First State Savings Bank of Holly.

yesterday. The bank's funds are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance thus the FBI had a right to step in. The robbery was staged while the bank was occupied by only four women employes. No one from this community of 1.012 entered while the five-minute stickup was In progress. USE THE TRIBUNE WANT ADS i secretary and Leavitt Booth of le Arvada, vice president of the Colorado Cattlemen's association.

The first antelope permit drawn was that of Joe of Mt. Hirris. with number 15 for area one In Moffat county. His father's number was the third drawn for this area. First number drawn for area 2 in northern Colorado was that ot Donald Hutchinson of Carr.

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