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One of Texas' Fire Most Consistent Xeuspapert VOL. XXXI, NO. 51 ODESSA, TEXAS, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1956 rriMi i a cpy PERMIAN EDITION SIXTEEN FAGE3 I Adlai Opens Swift Drive Over Oregon 72 Persons Are Claimed In Drownings By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Drownings accounted for nearly half the 26 weekend 1 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Adlai Stevenson moved wif tly into an Oregon campaign tour today seeking sups violent deaths in Texas. Choppy waters that made boating and swimming hazardous at many of the state's resort lakes caused most port of the state' 16 delegates to the Democratic National Convention.

He flew into Oregon last night and an hour later was making a strong appeal for the women's vote. Dallas, Lake Wichita, Lake A A.JL.- the Washington Bridge and then turned around and headed back to her base at New London. The Nautilus appearance opened observances of Armed Forces Week. (United Press Telephoto). ATOMIC SUB Crewman of the Navv tug "Cochise" wav a greeting to the atomic submarine "Nautilus" as it arrives in the harbor in New York City Sunday after a trip from her New London, base with newsmen and cameramen aboard.

The tub cruised up the Hudson River as far as 2 Million In Darkness Governor's Struggle Takes Over Spotlight a II Fails To Slash Car Inventory DETROIT Despite almost unprecedented April production cutbacks, new car inventories have continued to mount The monthly survey of Automo tive News showed today that on May 1 dealers throughout the country had 902,270 new cars Jammed in warehouses and storage lots or in transit from the factories. The total compares with an April 1 figure of 898,669 units and is only 1,519 units below the record total set March 1 this year. The auto makers built fewer cars in April than in March 600 vnits compared with 575,500 In the effort to reduce retail stocks. Most industry analysts expected production cutbacks through April to bring a reduction in inventories. Failure of the reduction to ma- a2I1a thv nnw aav fimnha- Ujpf that the sales sag been more serious than most industry sources realized.

On May 1 a year ago dealer Inventories at 763,041 cars. Factory production in the first four months of 1955 came to cars. Factory output for the January-April period this year was cut to 2,291,000. The auto industry customarily ibDerates at near peak levels at this season. April production last year came to 754,077 cars.

Most auto industry experts are agreed there will be no comparable production volume in any month this 'year. There still are some, however, who insist the in-, dustryg total output tor im wm come very close to the 6,666,000 unlt that made 1950 second best in industry history. Last year's total assemblies of slightly more man cars probably will stand as me recora lm manv vara in come. Retail Work Cutback of the 12 drownings at Lake Military Aid Up For Talks Before Group WASHINGTON UP The Sen- ateEpreign Relations committee calleli top administration officials Monday to testify on ways to trim the military aid portion of Presi dent Eisenhower's proposed foreign aid program. Secretary df Defense Charles E.

Wilson and Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will testify on the $4.9 bil lion foreign aid measure. Last, week Committee Chairman Walter F. George (D-Ga.) wrote Wilson asking how the vast over seas military aid program might be cut through improved buying practices.

Of the total amount of Mr. ti senaower's request, more than $3 billions is for military aid. The remainder is for economic and technical assistance and special em ergency The total re quest is union more man voted by Congress lor the current fiscal year. Other-developments: SCHOOLS A spokesman said the House Labor and Education subcommit tee may approve a two-year ex tension of a $200 million program of federal aid to 3,000 school districts across the nation. Backers hoped the bill would not become involved in a racial segregation fight.

Such a fight has tied up in committee the -administration proposed $1.4 billion school aid bill. CIVIL RIGHTS Southern members of the House Judiciary committee are drafting a report questioning the legality of some of the administration's civil rights proposals. The report will be a strongly worded document spell ing out the tact opponents win take to the civil rights bill if and when it gets to the House floor. INFORMATION Rep. John E.

Moss chairman of a House Government Operations subcommittee Investi gating suppression of public inior- mation, asked Attorney oenerai Herbert Brownell Jr. why the press has been barred from FBI seminars on civil rights being held for southern police. He acted on a report from Columbia, S. C.v that the press had been barred irom a seminar there on May 8., HOUSING A House subcommittee on hous ing, headed by Rep. Albert Rains said government action tightening the money market will make it "impossible to achieve the administration goal of 1.3 million" new homes this year.

Several federal reserve banks recently increased their loan discount rates to 3 per cent. BRAINWASHING Chairman John L. Mcdellaa (D- Ark.) said his Senate Investigating subcommittee plans to hold Hear ings which will expose how the Communist brainwashing program ooei-ates and how it can be coun teracted. He said the Defense Department will co-operate in the hearings. President TliesV Back To Capital WASHINGTON tl President Eisenhower flew back into Wash ington today after spending Moth er Uay Wltn Mrs.

ciw-muiwer and her mother. Mrs. John S. Doud, at his Pennsylvania farm. President flew to Gettys burg yesterday, bearing Mother's Day and birthday guts, it aas Mrs.

Doud's 77th birthday. Mrs. Eisenhower and her mother, who have been at the farm several days, remained there. Four Di In Crash ENCINO, N.M. Robert Gray, 47, of Houston as killed Saturday night in headon crash of two can near here, Three members of an Albuquerque, N.M aaa jj.

a competing tour wm oe opened Tuesday at Klamath Falls in southern Oregon by ISen. Estes Kefauver. Tuesday night at Eugene, Ore. they are scheduled to speak from the same platform in the Univers ity of Oregon i basketball pavilion. even greater age.

President Eisen hower is 65. He referred, too, to Last night Stevenson told some 650 persons at a meetingspon sored by a Portland Democratic women's group that he had found in his travels a greater interest and participation by women in political affairs. He called that all to the good." He told them also he favors improvement of social security benefits for wom en. He Jabbed sharply at the Eisen hower administration, and twice referred to the President, but not by name. He said he found it strange that one newspaper he did not name would oppose the can didacy of the late President Roosevelt when he was 63.

but now finds it perfectly proper for hower it 65. He referred, top; to another man to seek office at an the President's fondness for golf. He said he had replied to a Cali- fornian inquiry about his sunburned face by "Well, I didn't opt it nlavina- nlf Stevenson said ElsenhdeJ'l Cabinet has three members rr.e- senting one corporation, but none for organized labor. Neither Stevenson nor Kefauver officially filed as a candidate for president at the May 18 primary election so their contest will be one of write-in votes. Oregon Next SAN FRANCISCO Sen.

Estes Kefauver ends nearly a week of California campaigning today after speaking from1 the same county fair platform with Adlai Stevenson to attack Republican farm policy. the day in the San Francisco area He goes to Oregon tonight, fol lowing Stevenson by a day to push write-in campaigns for that state's 16 Democratic voter. The two Democratic contenders for their party's presidential nom ination paraded before some 50,000 in sunny Los Banc in the San Joaquin Valley yesterday. Later they took on Republicans one after the other at the Merced County Spring about 1,000 listened. Stevenson, after a flip of a coin, led the parade on a roan horse.

'I like to be like this," he said as he looked over the blue denim cowboy garb, including boots, red string tie. and hat, into which he was fitted. A hundred yards or so behind came Kefauver, riding in the back seat of a cream-colored Lincoln convertible. He was resplendent in a blue silk suit with a white carnation. Stevenson told listeners the average price of Merced County milk cows has fallen from J174 to $85 in two years.

He said its more than a dairyman's dilemma. "It's a nationwide problem not limited to the farms." He plumped for emergency measures "to re- store farm income." Kefauver. who listened to Stevenson's 20-minute talk from the shade of a tree, called for higher price supports for farmers and contended they "aren't going to be fooled by false promises any moore." Kefauver stopped in suburban San Mateo for-- reception en- route here and got stalled between floors in an automatic elevator with six other persons. They crawled up to the second floor by stepping on a chair after a wait which Kefauver estimated at 20 minutes. The failure was blamed on overloading.

Presidential Candidate CAIRO W-The Cairo weekly Akhbar el Yom says that Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser will Ibe a presidential candidate in the June 23 he For Senator Texoma, Grapevine Lake, the Brazos River near Wea therford, Beeville, Waxa- hachie, A a i 1 1 and the Angelina River. William Jones, 21. senior at North Texas State College at Denton, drowned in Lake Ralph Ellis, 15, and William HollW day, 19, both of Dallas, drowned in Grapevine Lake in Tarrant County. Howard Neeley. 16, son of Mr, and Mrs.

Homer Neeley of Weath erford, drowned in the Brazos west of Weather ford. Abraham Almare, 21, drowned in a stock unit near tteevuie. Two men drowned Saturday night while fishing with two com panions in Lake Wichita. They were Allen White, 39, of Wichita Falls, and William Price Jr- 40. of Durant.

Okla. High winds on Lake Texoma Sunday forced search parties from Denison- to cancel dragging for tha bodies of an Oklahoma City couple, Mr. and Mrs. L. Huskey.

They apparently drowned Friday night when their fishing boat hit a submerged object, Johnny Samson, 22, of. Austin. was killed Sunday -when his car hit a bridge near Two persons were killed In. a collision between a car and a pickup truck. They were James Williams.

44. of Kellar, Teiu. and boy, 13, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jimersoa of Wichita Falls.

Marvin Clark, 29. of Honey Grove, was killed when his car overturned east of Honey Grove. Lucerno Ybarra, 38, died In a fire that destroyed his house trailer at San Antonio Saturday night, Wilson Sims. 10, drowned while swimming at Waxahachie Satur day. Oscar Pace, 12.

of Amarillo. drowned Saturday in Old Martin Lake. I.E. McVev. 19.

wa stabbed to death Saturday in a fight at Houston. Leroy Brightmon, .21. was fatally slashed in the throat in west Dallas. Antonio Diaz, 10. died at Dallas on injuries received Friday when his bicycle bit an auto trailer.

Carl Underwood 30, Qj An drews, was killed when his car overturned near Andrews: Mrs. Leda Goad, of Amarillo, was stabbed to death in the grocery she operated. Police held a George Privett, 19, Bergstrom AFB airman from Knoxvtlle, was killed when, his car overturned north of Leander. Richard Self, 23, of Nacogdoches County, drowned while fishing in a slough near the Angelina River Friday night, Mrs. Alma Haby, or Castrovilie was killed when her station wagon plunged of( a' 15-foot embankment west of San Antonio.

Bernard Moye was shot tq death in a uanas tavern. Flavia Cordero, 65, of EI Paso died Sunday night of injuries sustained when she was struck by a car there earlier in the day. Cadets Honor Texas Mother COLLEGE STATION (JV-Mrt. Maria Reyes of "Beeville, who raised cotton to help 10 of her 14 children get a college education. was honored by the Cadet Corps of Texas yesterday the "Aggie Mother of the The corps, J.200 strong, march- ed before the mothers, but es pecially for Reyes, who re- ceived a plaque.

Four of her son have graduated from A fifth, Mike, gets a degree from this month- More than 6.000 parents and visitor watched the review after open house activities and special Mothers' Day observance over the weekend. Mothers pinned flowers on their sons commemorating Mother Day. You'll Find It- Oil Page 2 Sports Pages 6-7 Editorial Page 10 Radio-TV Logs Page 11 Amusements Page 11 ising bigger old age pensions and criticizing de-segregation. Ralph Yarborough, also pump ing for higher pensions, took swipe at O'Daniel's seeking the gov- ernorsnip wnne still running an insurance company. Daniel named Joe Greenhill of Austin his state campaign manag er and his brother.

Bill Daniel of Liberty, chairman of a statewide speakers bureau. Greenhill, a former first assistant attorney general under Dan iel, said state headquarters, will be opened in Austin this month. He said managers and committees in each county would spark the senator's bid until Daniel could return from Washington to cam paign. O'Daniel, former governor and senator, is making his first campaign since 1942. He got some of the old time whooping and holler ing response when he attacked desegregation at his Waco opening Saturday.

The crowd was small and the reaction tame compared to that in his colorful campaigns of the late 30's and early 40's. Other candidates Tor governor are former state House Speaker Reuben Senterfitt, Austin business man J. J. Holmes, and J. Evetts Haley, Canyon rancher; Houston Thugs Gel Cash, Furs HOUSTON UP Burglars took $31,000 worth of cash, furs and jewelry over the weekend out of the home of a Houston banker and his wife, who is the granddaughter of oil millionaire Jesse H.

Jones. The couple. Mr. and Mrs. John A.

Beck, discovered the loss Sun-da night. They had been out of the City since Saturday afternoon. The Becks live in a two-story brick home in fashionable vRiver Oaks. Police said the entire house was. ramsacked.

They said burg lars ran little risk of being spotted since' the house was surrounded by high shrubbery. Among the loot was an $8,000 full-length mink coat, a $2,000 sable stole and a $1,000 white ermine jacket. Also missing was a $3,000 brooch and a silver service for 12. deliveries last year were recoraeaXJoae lennessee senator spenus BUFFALO, N. Y.

KAbout two million persons in western New York were without lights for up to two hours last night as a power failure blacked out Buffalo and most of five surrounding counties, Officials still were uncertain to day what caused the failure. In Ontario, across the border, power failures were reported as far east as Kingston. Toronto, Kitchener and Hamilton were among other cities blacked out for a time. Thomas Katra, 67. was killed in nearby Lackawanna when he was struck by an automobile during the blackout.

Police said he was the victim of a hit-run driver. All traffic lights were knocked out in Buffalo, resulting in jams at nearly all main intersections. Police reported three burglaries during the period, and said several reports were telephoned to them concerning attempted! breaks. At Buffalo Municipal Airport, planes either landed on darkened runways, or circled until power was restored. Hospitals throughout the strick en area quickly switched to emergency power.

'Tvas Bad Day To fight Bulls REYNOSA. Mexico (B It was a bad day tor buimghters in tne Reynosa arena yesterday. Mata dora Bette Ford, who showed only flashes of her previously demon strated ability, said "If I had to fight bulls like this every day I'd quit" Stiff winds-whipped across the tiny ring, fluttering capes when they weren supposed to nutter and robbing the bull fighters of their controL The bulls were unpredictable and wouldn't charge unless thoroughly provoked. Miss Ford, who usually kills her bull with one thrust of the sword. required four thrusts on her first bull and three on her second.

She received an ear for fighting her second bull." Two "novilleros.I young begin ners, Gebreal Segura and Manuel got a more enthusiastic reception by clowning with their bulls. Both were knocked to the eround and trampled by' their bulls but got up to finish the kill. 1 1 Cool Front Hits Texas By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A mild cool front was due to take the touch of summer out of Texas weather and perhaps trig ger a few widely scattered showers late Monday and Tuesday. The front, described as "mild." kicked up some dust when it en tered the Panhandle last Sunday. Winds that hit 35 miles an hour Sunday had lost some of their in tensity by early Monday morning.

Temperatures Sunday ranged from 105 degrees at Presidio to 81 at Dalhart, bfjiind the front Early Monday the ranee was from 46 at Dalhart to 82 at Corpus No fain was reported. Skies were partly cloudy over most of the state but clear in sections of West Texas. Heavy thunderheads developed yesterday in central and north west Oklahoma as the cold air pushed south. Just after dawn the front extended from Wichita Falls southwest to the Odessa and Midland Temperatures dropped to the low 40s in the upper Panhan dle. The cold air -carried a threat of some turbulence but no storm alert" was issued.

Violent electrical storms swept a wide Oklahoma area from Oklahoma City to Tulsa, where 1.35 inches of rain fell. Torrential rain splashed Edmond, Crescent, Guth rie and Stillwater with thunderstorms continuing into the early morning hours. in, southern Oklahoma has light rain of .02 of an inch. Crashed Plane To Be Checked La. -Navy rescuers planned to remove today a wrecked plane from the edge of the Atchafalaya swamph.

The body of an LSU student, may be inside. -Two Marine planeg left New Or. leans yesterday morning. The Stu dent. Capt.

Ernest Roberts of the Marine Reserve, piloted one of them. The second plane, piloted by Maj. Louis Perkins Jr. of Baton Rouge, lost contact with Roberts AD Douglas Sky Raider. Roberts plane crashed into marsh land near Bayou Sorrell, about IS miles from Plaqucmine." burying the nose about 20 feet.

Witnesses saw no parachute. Adm. V. F. Kotov, questioned British Rear Adm.

P. W. Burnett about a mysterious frogman Sov iet sailors had spotted surfacing near the visiting ships. Burnett said he knew nothing about it, A day later a British police official four pages from the Sallyport Hotel register, in cluding the registration of Crahb and Smith. The British Admiralty an nounced April 29 that Crabb had presumably died nine days earlier.

It gave no details and no death certificate was issued. The British say they "deeply regret" the whole affair and obviously hope the Kremlin will let it drop. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The governor'a race, which took a backseat while the forces of Sen. Lyndon Johnson and Gov. Shivers battled it out for control of the Democratic party in Texas, got back on the road this weekend.

Sen. Price Daniel appointed a state campaign manager. Lee O'Daniet started tour ing the state in a fire truck, prom- Young Forgery Ring Is Broken AMARILLO -UP- Three juve nile forgers ranging in age from 11 to 13 wereln the Custody of their parents Monday after their arrest dh charges they passed five bad checks. Randall county deputy Sheriff Lem Pounds said they wrote the checks on several people, but the majority were forged on the sig nature of a woman for whom they had done yard work. All bore the words, "for yard work," and ranged from $5 to $13iin Pounds said the older boy was the" "brains" of the outfit and got the idea after being paid by check for doing yard work.

"They had no trouble cashing the checks," Pounds said. "Some of the merchants congratulated them for their ambition. One check was, cashed at a bank and the banker had a good word for the boys." They were placed In custody oi their parents pending a nearing before County Judge Roy Stevens. They were arrested Sunday. Andrews Youth Struck In Eye Buddy Blansett, 15-year-old And- rews youthj was in Medical center HosDital Monday with a serious eye injury.

Blansett, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan J. Blansett, Andrews, was hit in the right eye by a .22 caliber slug Sunday at his home. Hospital sources, who said the may lose his eyesight in that eye, said Blansett was hitting the rifle with a hammer when it ex ploded.

in Commons last Eden said Crabb was operating "without authorization" and that-it would not be in the nation't best interests to say more. The Russians insist the diver was spying. The British press generally has agreed. Eden said the retired naval officer was "testing underwater apparatus" and refused to go into details. In the debate tonight, Laborite legislator! hoped to force Eden into supplying the details.

Crabb was seen' swimming near the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze and two accompanying vessels April 19-the day after and arrived in Britain. He has not been seen since. The at 7.200.000, That sales volume was achieved largely through price slashing at the retail level, with extraordinary effort during the model cleanup period. Rites Set For fnlorful Texan DALLAS UV-Death yesterday ended fhe colorful career of Eugene Debogory, 75, World War I cavalry commander, and leeislator who lassoed lions in Africa and wrestled and alligator for movie cameras. He practiced law at Snyder and Abilene; and was in the legis lature.

As a colonel, he commanded the 112th Cavalry Regiment during World War I before mov ing to Dallas in He Introduced polo to Dallas and olaved a raised came tor years until his back was broken when a horse fell on him. On African hunts he and his son rode throueh wild same preserves on motorcycles without guides and he lassoed 'lions from horseback. He wrote a book on his African had extensive in terests In oil, banking, ranching and lumbering. The Weather TtiMHt frrai th V. S.

Weather ma a4 tlw Air Tcratlaal: Pu-tlv rlnudv. dustv and roowf thla aft'rnorr. II a 1 1 cloudy and mild tonight and Tueaday. Scattered lhn.nihnn llklv TlVHIT. High today 14.

low tonljcht high tomorrow m. Yeaterday hign 7, ov crnight low R. II. 4 Mia. Abiln 7-J CD 47 34 71 77 Alpine f5 Amarillo Chlcaro Pnvr 61 HI Pu Fort Wortn rirw iors Oklahoma City 2 Fan Antonio Jit Loula to Sun acta today at Tuasday at 1:62 am, p.m., ru Showdown Tonight Eden Slated Far Grill ing In Frogman Case Admiralty said ne was ''pre sumed dead," but didn't explain why that was presumed.

Gleanings of -information here and there have built up this puzzling account of the events that led up to Crabb disappearance. The diver and a arrived at the port of Portsmouth April 17 and checked in at the Sallyport Hotel. From the hotel Crabb wrote his aged mother that he was "going on a job, but It's a simple He told her pot to' worry and that Jpe be back in about two days. The following day the Soviet ships-pulled into port. On April 20 the Soviet commander.

Rear LONDON Prime Minister Eden mapped government strate gy for tonight's showdown Parlia ment session on his handling of the strange case of the" missing British frogman and the Soviet warships. Eden was headed for a sharp grilling id the House of Commons debate. Angry leaders of the Labor opposition want to know just what retired naval diver Lionel Crabb a World War II hero was doing in th8 icy waters of Potsmouth ships that bought Premier Bui-ganin and party chief i i a Khrushchev to. Britain. When-the question first came up 24 probably would be the omy man in the race I.