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JL iiiiniiHfiifNiffi 111 fill iffm 4 SSSk frjWCff iftt SkfM INDEX Mditorials Form and Markets Oil Women's News Sports Comics Amusements WEATHER Rain Choppy Yesterday's High and Low CofC 54-50 Airport 53-17 Sunrise 7:12 am Set 6:17 pm Moonrise 6:13 am Set 5:27 pm High Tide 1:21 am Low 8:38 am 4:01 pm VOLUME 74-No 18 tMfi CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 1956 Forty-Four Pages in Two Sections PRICE FIVE CENTS A enate Group Soil Bank Plan US TRUST CASE Mandatory Supports Put on Basic Crops WASHINGTON Friday Feb 10 (AP) The Senate Agriculture Committee voted approval of the Eisenhower Auditor Says Firm Could Have Been Saved Last Fall soil hank program early today after add ing to it many features nut asked by the administration The committee confirmed its earlier 8-7 vote to restore mandatory price supports al 90 percent of parity to cotton wheat corn rice ana peanuts It did so in the face of a warn-' ing from President Eisenhower two days ago that such action would "nullify the great benefits Ocean Drive DALLAS Feb 9 (AP) A certified public accountant said here today he severed relations with US Trust and Guaranty Co last year after he refused to prepare for A Shoemake "certified financial statements inconsistent with my evaluation of the Felix Einsohn head of a leading firm of accountants Dallas said he told Shoemake that he could not con- sider preparation of any certified Wreck Falal To Sailor that the (soil) hank can Chairman Ellender (D-La) announced approval of the omnibus measure by a 12-3 vote after closed -door sessions that lasted more than 11 hours Reversal Reversing a previous tentative decision the committee voted to raise price supports on milk butte- and other dairy products to not less than 80 per cent of par- Two Rescue Operations Completed One NAS sailor was killed and two others Injured when their car went nut of control on rain-wept financial statement not based on hia own findings The accountant expressed belief today that Trust could have been saved even last fall had sound business practices been put into Trust now is in receivership and its president Shoemake is recovering from effects of a bullet he sent through his head in an attempt at suicide Einsohn who is under subpoena and will testify before a state Senate committee investigating operations of Shoemake' properties ity It also recommended use of an old parity formula that would 0cMn Drive and gpun nto KILLER BRIEFS POLICE ON POST-ESCAPE DAYS he's not anxious to return to Indiana (AP Wlrrtferto) 6Mad Irvin Taken Catalina Hotel Apartments short ly after midnight last night The accident developed into chain-reaction collisions when the automobile struck the curb In the 4300 block of Ocean Drive then hit two buildings a mailbox and several trees before stopping Thrown From Car One sailor was thrown from the when it hit the court He FFIJX EINSOHN inconsistent with farts (AP SMnto) granted an interview and issued i formal statement iolhpr companir- npcratlon "I want to clear the a11 way husky personable accountant 1 out nothing said "I was retained by jUnuxual for a firm to need the Trust just as I am retained by I See AUDITOR rage II Quietly on West Coast DOCTOR SAYS SMOG EXISTS "What do you think about your execution date June he was asked that's the reason I Irvin said whole jury believed I was guilty and said so even while they were picking the jury and before the trial started My lawyers Theodore Lockyear and Jam eg Lopp are trying to get me a new trial but I don't know how going to come out Hitchhiked filed for a new trial the day after I Irvin said he hitch-hiked all the way from Indiana to California meeting with Victor Davis a pianist in Tex Williams' orchestra in See KILLER Page WASHINGTON Feb 9 W-The Navy today reported the completion of two far-flung rescue opera-flora and disclosed a tremendous air-sea search is under way for the three-man crew of a bomber missing since Monday off Jacksonville Fla Helicopters seaplanes submarines amphibious planes and blimp converged on the missing bomber area which already has been swept repeatedly by 45 planes and six surface craft "Mission was reported in the rescue of all seven fliers who had been missing in the antarctic since last Friday and In the recovery from a Venezuela Jungle of eight Navy and Marine men forced down while en route to help them The antarctic rescue was reported in a brief message from the task force there which said hands safe and well" The men were downed while flying' from Marie Byrd Land to Little America An Army helicopter retrieved five more men from a North Venezuelan jungle-marsh where their long-range Neptune patrol bomber made a crash landing Tuesday night while en route to help in the antarctic search The five were flown to Port of Spain Trinidad where they joined three fellow crewmen plucked from the jungle yesterday All eight were reported unhurt AF GENERAL SAYS SOVIETS CLOSING GAP 3 Charges Are Filed On Rollins struck a stirway and died almost instantly The other two sailors were rushed to Naval Hospital but their identities and extent of injuriea could not he learned last night The accident occurred at 12:05 am ahd doctors were still work ing on the injured at 1:30 am Police Cnpt Davis said the car was headed south on Ocean Drive He said It swerved to the left side of the road struck the curb and knocked down a mailbox Car A pun The car then apparently spun slammed backwards into the north side of the courts knocking down the porch supports and then caromed into a masonry bus shelter It knocked over several small trees and came to a rest about 150 feet from the point where it left the road The rear end of the car waa demolished Damage to the front end was comparatively light Both the courts and the bus shelter were badly damaged have the effect of raiaing them further At present dairy product price supports may drop as low as 75 per cent of parity Parity la a legal standard for farm prices said to be lair to producers in relation to their costs The House in approving last year a bill to return to rigid price supports at 90 per cent of parity for basic crops had included the per cent minimum lor dairy products Approved Fuymmtu liie senate committee approved 81100000000 fund lor soil bank payments this year to cotton wheat corn and tobacco farmer who voluntarily reduce allotted plantings The committee added buricy and flue-cured tobacco to Its earlier decision that cigar binder type could share in tha sod bank payments Stricken from the bill waa a proposal to convert a present "set-aside" of surplus cotton and wheat into a "national security that could be used only in time of war or emergency This would retain the present set-aside except that the secretary could Include corn if he wishes The theory of the sod hank subsidies is that they will induce farmers to reduce their plantings and thus cut down on the amount of surpluses of which more than eight billion dollars worth are now held by the government Contention The administration contends these surpluses were piled up because wartime high price supports were continued too long in peacetime The surpluses have the effect of depressing current prices The committee voted to retain in its bill a special 250-million-dollar authorization that could be used to bolster market prices of pork beef and other perishable farm products that do not get regular supports Ellender said he will file the measure In the Senate as soon as lawyers complete its language Debate may not get under way until about Feb 20 he said Many Republican senators expect to he awaw until Feb 16 making political speeches The foggy question of smog and air pollution over Corpus Chris ti arose yesterday as Dr Franklin Yeager told the Chamber of Com merce board of directors the problem exists Dr Yeager himself a board member and also a member of the State Board of Health said "General opinion to the contrary there is air pollution Dr Yeager said after the meeting that his statements had behind them thoughts of the future in that when plentiful water and port facilities become reality the smog problem will increase with increased Industry Nearby Industry when the' fog comes in and the north wind blows Driscoll Village and Hillcrest sections are blanketed with dark SAN FRANCISCO Feb 9IA-Plainclothesmen today captured Leslie (Mad Dog) Irvin slayer of three Indianans and three Kentuckians who escaped Jan and was the object of a nationwide hunt The well-dressed -soft-spoken killer went along meekly to jail after being arrested at a pawn shop for investigation of jewelry in his possession Not Surprised Later after admitting his identity the 31-year-old Evansville pipe insulator told The Associated Press: wasn't too surprised I've been expecting to get picked up for quite a while Getting out of jail at Princeton too hard I made some keys out of cardboard backs of books and went through three "Where was the sheriff when all this he was asked "Sheriff (Earl) Hollen was up in front watching Irvin said see the sheriff and his family live in the front part of the jail It was about 8 o'clock-1 guess and nobody else was around" Experienced Irvin laid he escaped the supposedly escape-proof jail after three days of "experimenting in making the He declined to say just how he made them but volunteered that he'd had experience escaped from Army stockades seven he added referring to his enlistment during World War CINCINNATI Feb 9 (AP)-The Air Force issued one of the strongest notices on record tonight that the Soviets almost closed the air power Gen Thomas White vice chief of staff told a General Electric Co dinner that the Russians airplane after airplane are approaching us in quality and surpassing Us in The superiority of the Air Force he said rests almost entirely upon our better system of worldwide bases and upon our better more experienced crews "The Soviets are presently beating us at our own At the same time White declared that the aircraft industry must devote increasing efforts to research CO-OP DEAL POSSIBLE Three criminal charges filed in San Patricio County yesterday against Leonard Rollins who held hostages pt gunpoint for five hours Wednesday before surrendering to police Rollins was charged with kidnaping robbery by firearms and car theft all committed during a drama-packed reign of terror resulting from domestic trouble with his wife Rollins took Miss Pat Smith 17 and her brother John 23 from their home in Aransas Pass early Wednesday afternoon and after picking up his wife at gun point fled to a bam near Taft rollce Held at Bay He held about 50 police officers at bay by threatening to kill his hostages Buta he released them one by one turning John Smith loose after Cliff Russel a Caller-Times reporter took the young man's place Finally only Mrs Ex-Policcnian Kills Three Of His Family King Ranch City Study Cost of Moving Effluent seven million gallons daily and McClure said future expansion to 15 million gallons daily would provide irrigation to some 6000 acres Plans as mapped by the engineering firm would route the effluent from the Oso plant through Removal of Breakwater Rocks Delayed by City ST LOUIS Feb 9 UR-A retired police sergeant ran amok and shot to death three members of his family today interrupting preparations for a canasta party at their duplex home A fourth person was wounded before the former detective sergeant 71-year-old Henry Sieck-haus wounded himself critically Dead were police CpI Lester Sieckhaus 47 his son Mrs Lester Slcckhaus 47 his daughter-in-law and hia 70-year-old wife Mrs Amelia Sieckhaus Mrs Mary re her 65 mother of Mrs Lester Sieckhaus was shot through the chest and critically wounded smog from nearby industry" Dr Yeager said "Houston almost waited too late to take steps regarding smog and that city has spent 86 to 88 million trying to resolve the "The slate" he said no laws to enforce prevention of air Dr Yeager went on to say that he felt this should be remedied and that some way should be found locally to make agreements with incoming industry to limit its smoke and Dime output Bears Out Report The physician's statements dovetailed with a recent letter and report sent by Dr Metzger acting director of the City-Onunty Health Unit to Dr Henry A llolle Commissioner of Health for the State in Austin In this Metzger stated that "for well over 300 days a year the southerly winds blow and protect us from industrial pollution because most of our heavy industry is north of the city However the Oso area contains one of our present sewer plants which is in the process of enlargement and the area is the source of odors gases and air borne sandy debris Property values have decreased in the southern part of the city because of these "For about 30 to 50 days each year the wind Mows from the the report to Holle continued "When it does It frequently causes parts of the city to be Marketed with a variety of unpleasant air borne Irritants A heavy sticky debris am) various nauseating and otherwise foul odors come from the industries in the area north of the city' Dr Metzger's report said that Increasing numbers of complaints are reaching the Health Unit from the Hillcrest area which borders on the northern Industrial area "In addition several physicians have expressed their concern to me because of correlation of asthmatic attacks and northerly A4ha Protilotn The health officer said yesterday that part of the asthma problem could be due to a significant rise In pollen count when the north winds came He added however that determining just how much health damage was done by natural as opposed to Industrial causes could rally be determined by complicated air sampling devices Dr Metzger said that the problem is a study for experts not amateurs but added that even the tate the necessary devices for measuring air pollution He said that Dr Holla feels the slate needs them and that he Dr llolle and Dr Yeager hid discussed the need Future Problem His letter Dr Metzger said was partly designed to bring about an awareness in Austin of Bra SMOG PfS 84 43500 feet of 36-inch pipe to a Three-Day Lull Ends TAIPEI Formosa Feb 9 After a three-day lull on the offshore island front Red Chinese on the mainland today fired 154 shells at tiny Kantrng Island in the Mat-sua the Nationalist Chinese Defense Ministry announced Rollins was held by him The 24-year-old gunman ended his pistol-point reign by meekly surrendering his -32 caliber revolver to Sheriff Odem Dolan posing as a businessman who promised to make bond if he would surrender Bond of 85000 was set on the charge of kidnaping Miss Smith A bond of 84000 was set on the auto theft charge but bail was denied on the robbery charge which means Rollins will remain in jail Auto Theft Complaint The auto theft eomplairit resulted from Rollins forcing John Smith to drive away from Aransas Hce ROMANS rage in the city aeawall fund Mayor Pro Tern Minor Culli said last November This amount is now sufficient to pay for rock removal and possibly the Navigation District will give financial aid Culli saidf Rocks to be removed will be used to dose the southeast opening to the yacht basin Use of rocks left over has not yet been definitely determined but a proposed extension from the seawall to protect the north side of the Street T-head has been mentioned reservoir lift station west of Rodd Field and Oso Creek From there it would go 43500 feet in a canal to a re-lift station and then 16500 feet In irrigation ditches Plans for King Ranch would irrigate Garcias Santa Cruz and El Chiltlpln pastures The report pointed to the economical operation which the system would mean to the ranch McClure Mid The meeting with Denman in City Hall yesterday was attendee by Mayor Smith Councilmen Roberts and Maldonado and Director of Public Utilities Jerry Letch Removal of about 500 feet of rocks from the breakwater at the Port entrance will be delayed until the federal government undertakes to widen the ship channel City Manager Russell McClure said yesterday McClure said that the city has not been informed as to when the ship channel will be widened The project will be part of the current Port improvement project high bridge Approximately 868000 is on hand Estimated cost for installing facilities to pump effluent from the Oso sewage treatment plant to the King Ranch for irrigation purposes would be 81546000 City Manager Russell McClure said yesterday McClure announced the figure in an afternoon press conference after a meeting with Leroy Denman King Ranch attorney The amount is based on a survey conducted by the firm of Scigler Clark and Winston he said Neither the city nor the King Ranch is interested in paying the full cost of the project but both agencies are interested in a possi-ble cooperative agreement with other land owners McClure said Cost of getting the effluent to tiv King Ranch would be 8711100 and cost of a storage reservoir and irrigation canals would be another 8834900 McClure gaid know how the project can effectively be McClure said the interested parties could create an irrigation district as provided for in federal The city manager said that Mayor Farrell Smith and Denman both Plains Again Snow Hit by Cliff Maus To Get Occasional Rain Forecast Here By Thu Associated Tress A new snowstorm that was expected to add between 2 and 3 inches to the white mantle already covering the South Plains was falling heavily near midnight Thursday The snow which started about dusk extended from Lubbock over a radius of 60 to 80 miles where 2 to 12 inches was still on the ground The Highway Patrol at Lubbock $375000 From WMlher Map Page 8A Occasional light rain which left a trace of moisture at down-indicated that they would pursue I town Corpus Chrlstl and Cliff the project further and talk with Maus Airport will continue to Airport McClure said that the city expects to pay out 8847000 In addition to the 8960000 requested from the federal government Members of the City Council probably will consider a bond issue election just as soon si they obtain estimates on cost of land necessary for airport expansion he said The city Is still short of Its required hinds by about 8500000 and this amount and possibly more will be placed up to the voters fall in this area today The forecast calls for cloudy skies and cool temperatures today with partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures tonight and tomorrow The high temperature today will be 54 to 38 degrees with a low tonight of 36 to 40 degrees The high tomorrow will be 50 to 54 degrees Winds will he northerly st 15 to 25 miles an hour today diminishing tonight Tomorrow's winds will ha northeast at 12 to 18 miles an Federal funds totaling 8375000 were authorized yesterday for improvements at Qiff Maus Airport and City Manager Russell McClure said additional federal funds are expected next year The city manager said that a total of 8990000 in federal aid has been requested from the Civil Aeronautics Administration The request was for an appropriation to be made In a two-year period he said end the amount authorized yesterday is considered the first of two installments In addition tha CAA yesterday allocated 812500 lor improvements to the Rio Grande Valley International Airport at Brownsville and 810000 for improvements to the Rockport Municipal Airport The three allocations were part of a 82-million appropriation slated for improvements to 19 airports in Texas The money Is for use In the fiscal year ending June 30 The 8375000 McClure said is presumed for land acquisition The city has another 8300000 available for the same purpose he said Improvements totaling 81837000 are contemplated for Cliff Maui other land owners who might be interested in irrigation aids "There's no city obligation in this McClure said "The position is that the effluent Is available and for sale if land owner can use 11" The engineering firm's survey Indicates that effluent from the Oso plant when running at full capacity would irrigate a maximum of 3000 acres This number of acres could be increased by use of an overhead sprinkler system McClure said Tha plant now has a capacity of Both were erroneously reported Thursday to have been freed from the drill The State Highway Department in Austin said heavy snow began falling at El Paso 'Thursday morning apparently the forerunner of' the new front Later in tha day however the snowfall grew lighter at the extreme West Texas city The Amarillo Weather Bureau issued "heavy warnings for its area through Thursday night and moat of Friday said roads In the South Plains 30 to 60 miles west and northwest of there were icing and extremely hazardous A heavy snow that started about dusk continued early Thursday night at Plainvtew Railroad workers freed a Fort Worth Denver work train that got stuck in a snowdrift two miles out of Plainvinw while attempting to reach a freight train stalled near Dlmmltt Wednesday They will try again Friday to dig out the freight In a bond election Bra AIRPORT rage 84.