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The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 1

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I 1 Temperatures i 1 Mbs Mi Mas Mi i 04a 41 34Js ft Bilhstl 41 MlBSBftBlia 47 i Stilt Siftiw Kirk ST Batts 44 Bras 1 84 Siam 44 Salt Laka S3 8 i Las Vafaa ft Ba Francitca 11 4S Tho Weather Considerable tie ss with a few shower today High 48 Low tonight 28 UTAH Considerable cloudiness north with a few shower today High 46-56 Low 25-35 lira OGDEN UTAH SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 25-1953 40 Pages 3 Sections 10 CENTS 82nd Year No 237 icei sokei Case Other Than That Schools Are Fine VIENNA (UP)-The Budapest newspaper Esti Budapest in an issue received here yesterday said state welfare schooling for children of Communist Hungary is all right as far as it goes the children are not being taught to read and it said A Says St Louis Probe i Ruined His Reputation i COMBINED AP AND UP ST LOUIS Lieutenant Louis Shoulders the St Louis police officer tvho broke the Greenlease kidnap case on a tip from a cabbie turned in his resignation yesterday He said he could not endure be after performing his duty i And later on the officer said he had had a second tip on the shocking crime but refused to reveal who the tipster was to the FBI or police commissioners whom he called QUITS Shown here during questioning by high police officials Lieutenant Louis Shoulders (facing camera at right) quit the St Louis police force yesterday He said his reputation as an officer had been destroyed by the investigation of reported discrepancies in the Greenlease kidnaping Tp his right is I A Long president of the board of police commissioners The others are not identified 30 Marooned Hunlers Saved Rescuers Fight Against Time SHERIDAN Wyo (UP) The number of marooned hunters rescued from the snow-packed northern Big Horn mountains rose slowly last night as weary rescue crews carried on what was de- scribed as a against I-loves To Win Back 22 Gi Beds Commies Lied Writes Yank i 1 Who Returned PANMUNJOM The American command made its first moves yesterday to induce 22 apparently fear-stricken Americans to renounce Communism and return home voluntarily just as their buddy Corporal Edward Dickenson had done i One American appeal was made in a letter by Dickenson of Big Stone Gap Va to his former comrades in neutral custody It reassured them: "You should not have any fear at all of being harmed if you come back There has not been any article printed that someone said you wrote "The Communists have told nothjng but lies to Dickenson wrote "They only want us for their Come The letter to "my good scrawled in rough handwriting! before he flew to Tokyo for medical treatment pleaded with them to "come back to this you go to China or any other Communist country there will be trouble and a dark picture in store for all of the soldier warned "Yes boys life can be beautiful if you make it that he said "The step you boys are taking will be a dark life for you Once more I will ask you all to change your mind and come on back My picture is already on television in the good old Army officers said Dickenson wrote the letter voluntarily but it was obvious the Army gave him help It pointed out the exact back pay accumulated by the prisoners during their captivity $4200 by one sergeant alone Another powerful American appeal (Came directly from the close and friends of the men in the form of 279 letters an average of about 12 letters per man The letters and appeal were turned over to the Indian Custodial Command Saturday fof delivery to the American holdouts The American approach to the prisoners came at a time when a formal split between the neutral nations Monday may throw the whole issue of anti-Communist war prisoners into new confusion Lt Gen Thimayya Indian chairman of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission was expected to reveal the serious development in a commission statement 1 The statement will formalize in writing the rigid opposition between Communist i Poland and Czechoslovakia and the other three commission members Sweden Switzerland and India on the use of force against unwilling prisoners i In simplest terms the issue is whether the commission will order force bullets bayonets and tear gas if necessary to compel violently anti-Communist North Korean prisoners to hear from the Reds The prisoners have threatened a breakout if Indian troops moved against them even with I At least 30 persons had Wen brought to safety as workers intensified their efforts in fear another blizzard might strike and take a heavy toll of deaths among the hundreds of hunters stranded by four and five foot snowdrifts "There is no immediate authorities said "but if another blizzard should strike a lot of those hunters would never get out National guardsmen and other ground rescue crews battled feverishly to reach the marooned hunters many of whom were 8000 to 10000 feet up and 15 to 20 miles from the nearest open road or trail planes circled overhead searching for hunters in distress No Distress Signals Thus far no distress signals have been sighted although there have been some requests for food supplies which were drppped Twenty-two of the rescued hunters including one wroman were brought in to the Medicine Wheel ranger station at Burgess Wyo Other national guardsmen using winch equipped trucks brought another eight out of the Hyattville-Pint Rock area some 50 miles south of where the bulk of the hunters were marooned Authorities said all of the rescued were in good condition and that most were unconcerned Meanhwile four snow-going army weasels were being flown in from Camp Carson Colo! to aid in the rescue work Officials said they would be taken as far as possible in trucks and then would take offr on their own at dawn today to battle their way to the side of hunters in the remote regions Authorities called for the weasels after learning that the marooned hunters now estimated at between 300 and 600 included several women and elderly persons Spotted Camps Pilots of planes flying over the area said they spotted 34 camps They said marooned hunters were in groups of three to 25 and in cabins and tents and said they should be reasonably warm and comfortable Big Hofn Forest Assistant Supervisor Ed Busch said the rescue battle now was oneof time imperative to get them out before we have another Arthur Is Proud resignation came within a few hours after police and FBI agents arrested a man and a woman in a raid on a skid-row hotel They were also reported holding a second unidentified man arrested after a search of a house on Westminster place The pair arrested in the raid were identified as a Betty Bradley and Woodrow Slay a minor police character Authorities staged the raids on information that a woman had "a big bundle of cash in a west end Questioned Again Taxi driver John Hager who led Shoulders and Patrolman Elmer Dolan to the hideaway apartment of kidnap-slayer Carl Austin Hall w'as questioned by the FBI again yesterday this time for six hours He said the FBI thinks he has the missing $300000 of the $600-000 ransom paid in vain for Bobby Greenlease! But the cabbie denied knowing anything about it It was the missing ransom money and the unsuccessful search for it that led the 55-year-old police veteran to quit after 27 years on the force Shoulders was the key witness in a current inquiry into possible irregularities in policy handling of the arrest of the confessed kidnaper and the recovery of half of the ransom' He had been excused earlier from an appearance before the panel of police investigators because he had been reported suffering a nervous condition since the arrest of Hall and his accomplice Mrs Bonnie Brown- Shoulders appeared voluntarily on Wednesday however and was questioned for six hours on discrepancies in police reports of arrest here Oct 6 The veteran officer said yesterday the FBI had never co-operated with him on the case and he indicated the bureau was partly to blame for his castigation "I got the kidnapers I got-the woman I got the gun they used what more do they want me to Shoulders asked "I did not get the Taken During Night Shoulders said he believed the missing half of the Greenlease ransom was taken during a night of revelry among the kidnaper prostitutes and former convicts at Coral Court a motel Last night three FBI agents appeared at the Federal Building with three black bags unlike ordinary luggage but they made a quick departure upon noting photographers Shoulders said the week-long investigation conducted by the police commissioners has Iniermounlain Region Gets Snow and Cold By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Snow or freezing weather gave sections of- the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains a preview of winter yesterday Snow on the ground ranged from an inch in Wyoming up to 30 inches in higher elevations of the Rockies Fourteen inches covered the ground in south central Colorado Low temperatures in the 20s were common in northern Montana The first hard freeze of the season chilled Nebraska Colder weather followed the snow storm in parts of the Rockies Ground parties searching for some 20 big game hunters stranded in Big Horn mountains operated in cold clear weather Tapered Off The two days of heavy rains that relieved severe drought conditions in Texas tapered off to light sprinkles Generally fair weather prevailed aTong the Eastern Seaboard and in California and Oregon Mild weather continued in the East but temperatures were mostly normal or below west of the Mississippi River Rain was general throughout Utah with snow at higher elevations At the Alta resort in the Wasatch Mountains five inches of new snow increased the depth on the ground to 12 to 15 inches In southwestern Utah 18 inches of snow was on the ground at the Cedar Breaks National Monument Utah Highways Claim 2 From Out of Stale -I By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A man and a woman both from out of state met death in separate Utah highway accidents yesterday I A Spring Valley Nev man was killed last evening in a car whith rolled over three times on Highway 6 near Delta The victim -W Barnard about 45 was a passenger in a car driven by Nile Bowring 50 of -Ely Nev Utah Highway Patrolman Kenneth Clements said the car driving on the left side of tpe highway suddenly swerved into the right-hand lane and rolled over I Bowring was not seriously hurt Ilit Icy Spot Mrs Myrtle Ross 71 of Salem Ore was killed and two others injured when the ear in which they were riding struck an icy spot on Highway 50-6 and spun down a 200-foot embank ment in Price Canyon She died shortly after arrival at a hospital here Driver of the car Hill 69 of Texas suffered serious injuries His wife 52 was less seriously injured -1- i 1': rXX A j- a 4 i ft if 1 i -x SbjvvtvnSr8 LONG BEACH Calif Returning from shopping yesterday afternoon Mrsi Margaret Parker found her television set turned on with two chairs still warm dran up before it and a kitchen window open Mrs Parker told police nothing was missing We'll Back Up if You Will Italy 1 Tells Yugoslavia i JIOME (AP) Italy! offered last night to pull back the forces she moved up to the Yugoslav-Trieste frontier just a week ago if Yugoslavia would withdraw forces from the Italian-Trieste frontier The Italian government said its proposal was designed to the tense situation along the border The first public hint of offer came from Washington aft er conferences between Italian ambassador Alberto0 Tarchiani and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles Friday Foreign Ministry confirmed the proposal had been made in Washington and London and Paris as well but had been kept under wraps in Rome order not to prejudice First Stop i The Foreign Ministry commented on reports that Yugoslav President Tito had proposed to Britain's Prime Minister Churchill aiwithdrawal of eight miles by each side said this "should constitute only a first Since the dispute over the Trieste free territory flared up Oct 8 both Yugoslavia and Italy have concentrated troops along the border big movement was last Saturday night Wives Will Never Believe This One LONDON (UP) Commuters Eric Pape and Frank Lee said yesterday they boarded a train for their suburban homes fell asleep and discovered upon waking they had taken the boat train to France will be another night- mare explaining to our wives when we reach Pape said i oiHim when you have a cast of 17 or 18 people that you pay some of them as much as entitled Godfrey said ha reasoned this way: If he gave LaRosa his freedom have to mention it on the air so hy not just go ahead and do it on the air? "I called him in Godfrey said "And asked him to sing a song I looked at the clock when he started The song required a minute and 45 seconds normally "I had planned to say at the end Julius wonderful glad you did such a good job your last song for me reached a point at which you can support a program bringing you 10 times as much as you are being Then said Godfrey fate stepped in: some reason he sang the song at a slower tempo than usual and used nearly 2 minutes and 45 seconds with the result that ht the end 1 had only 11 seconds to say anything thought going to look funny if I say Vote for 3 From Field 4 in IWards i Regardless of hich Ogden Inunicipal ward you live in you are to vote Nov 3 for three City Council candidates at large and for one candidate in each of tl)e four municipal wards 5 This explanation was given once again yesterday by Ogden officials as they observed continued confusion over voting pro- cedure in the municipal election) 4 City Recorder Elizabeth Til- lotson said voting results in the Ogden primary election Oct 20 disclosed that hundreds ho went to the polls voted only for candidates in their own ward "Everybody is to vote for a1 full Council of seven members' selecting and one said Twelve Contenders The Nov 3 ballot carries names! of 12 contenders who qualified in primary election There are) fsix listed in the field two each1 in Ward8 Three and Four and one each in Wards One and Two In the latter two there was no primary election contests because only one) had filed in each On a second ballot Nov 3 voters will be asked to vote for or against the proposition "Shall Ogden write a Sunday closing This will be a "straw only but the results will aid the Council in deciding the controversial Sunday closing issue The particular commercial activities that would be banned if the Council decides to write such an ordinance would be decided later under agreement of the Council As has been the case since the beginning of the Ogden election campaign citizen interest is centered mainly in the field so far as selecting a Council is concerned I All four Council members seeking re-election in the field' qualified in the primary election and now are competing for the1 three posts in the field that means ope must lose To supporters of the lncum-i bents this presents an awkward situation If voting strength to be lost incumbent supporters must be united in which of the three to vote for at the final election Incumbents in the field are Stanley Brewer James Foulger! Toby Larsen and Mary Woolley Work to Advantage But just the reverse is true for suporters of the two in the field Harman Peery and Delbert (Deb) Poole They feel that the frustration will work to the benefit of their candidates In Municipal Ward Four voter will be Chosen between John Hinckley auto firm official anc Howard Ogden insurances agent In Ward Three the choice is between Robert A Kiesel! associated with the Fred Kie sel estate and Austin Seager who seeks re-election in that ward Councilman Raymond Wright is unopposed in the First Ward and Richards also unopposed is the candidate in the Second Ward These two like) wise faded no competition in the primary! Benson Prepares1 To See Cattlemen I I WASHINGTON (UP) Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson announced plans yesterday for receiving a growing caravan of cattlemen determined to dis cuss their problems with admin istration officials Benson wired James Patton! president of the National Farmer Union Which is sponsoring the! trip that he and his staff will' meet with the group in the Agri- culture Department auditorium tomorrow He said the department is setting up a special "information and reception for the con venience of members of the caravan I three from the field from each ahej INDEX Joseph Alsop 6A City BaU Notebook 6A Obituaries 12B Drew Pearson A Radio-TV Programs 11B' Society IB-83 Sport Pages 12A-15A Theat Pages 10B 11B A1 Warden 12Ai olice As for reported discrepancies in the police reports Shoulders said "there are always honest discrepancies not based on efforts to hide anything in a case like this Police reports are made out by policemen not One of the discrepancies' concerned a report that almost an hour elapsed between arrest and the time he was brought into a district police station and booked Another report under investigation by St Louis police indicated two metal suitcases in which the ransom money was found in Hall's apartment were brought into police headquarters some timq after Hall was brought in French Beat Back i Vieiminh Troops Kill 150 Take 17 1 HANOI Indochina (AP) A Vietminh regiment attacked a column of French Union armored and infantry troops from ambush 10 miles south of Phu Nho Quan yesterday but was' beaten back into the hills after iive hours of hand to hand fighting -The French High Command announced 150 of the Communist-led rebels were killed and 17 captured in this second big clash since French and Vietnamese forces launched their offensive into Vietminh territory below the Red River delta Oct 15 The French too suffered losses in tho fight but did not disclose the totals The attack came as their column moved on a route called the "road of for- after destroying military installations in Phu Nho Quan a rebel stronghold the rim 50 miles south of Hanoi Spilled From Hill Armed with mortars machine-guns rifles pistols grenades and knives the 2000 or so men from the division 'No 320 spilled from the forested hills to strike at the French Union' infantrymen tanks and armored cars 1 The French Command said the French and Vietnamese seized hundreds of Vietminh arms while repulsing the attack Earlier in the campaign the French Union forces killed 230 of the rebel and captured 50 iq fightingeast and south of Phu Nho Quan $390000 Fire he switches to the Ed Sullivan of the TV show starting tonight 5 Julius LaRosa Arthur Godfrey let him go Names in News 3 'Nixon Is Ike's 1 Star Salesman I Vice President Richard Vt Nixon astounded a 1 wide-eyed ragamuffin yesterday by ducking away from his official greeters and shaking hands with the boy in Singapore Nixon here for a three-day visit abruptly left his official weltomers when he spotted the grubby barefoot bfly standing against the airport fence His action delighted a crowd of Malayans Automobile -drivers porters clerks and laborers crowded around for a word and a friendly smile ifrom Nixon who shook hands with each The grou'p was used to crowding around barriers at the airport to stare at visfting dignitaries but they obviously were not used to dignitaries returning the interest The English language newspaper Straits Times taking note of activities labelled him star sales man Lt Gen William Harrison who negotiated the Korean armistice for the United Nations Command returned fo Munsan yesterday for the first time since the agreement was signed July 27 He was visiting friends on an unofficial weekend trip to Korea i Prime Minister Winston Churchill may not be able to go to Stockholm in December to receive his Nobel Prize for literature The Prime Minister ill be 79 years old next month and his health and the burdens of office may force him to abandon the trip informed quarters said Mine Blast Kills 4 Traps 26 More SERAING Belgium (AP) 5 The collapse of an underground gallery yesterday smashed virtually all hope of rescuing 26 Belgian and Italian coal miners trapped behind a curtain of fire Falling stone cut off rescuers from three men when they had got within sight of them One of the three was heard -afterward tapping on the walls of his stone prison The rescue teams said fire flared up with renewed violence ij i Forty-one miners were trapped by a firedamp explosion 700 feet below the surface Eleven were rescued and four bodies were recovered i Thanks Many thanks to the hundreds who participated in The Standard-Examiner observance of National Want Ad Week Oct 18 to 24 We feel now that you have seen the results of Want-Ads that always- use them to help dispose of your no longer needed items for quick extra cash With the Holidays coming up and home winterizing needs to be taken care of need the extra cash that Standard-Examiner Want-Ads can bring you Phone 7711 let a friendly ad-taker help you write an effective result producing want-ad i MONTEREY Calif (AP) A raging general-alarm fire on Cannery Row late yester forevef my reputation as a police Way razed two big canneries with estimated loss of I 3 i -y All Is Sweelness and Light Again With Godfrey LaRosa I i WASHINGTON (AP) It sure "You get to a point whereyour last I get to fin- so Godfrey was paying him when IAS I AA if fill i m1 mm A 4 A f-L 11 tftL 41 1 1 C11 look 's' ish all I planned to say Doesn't Jibe Not all of this gibed with earlier explanation that LaRosa had to go because he had lost his But it seemed to satisfy LaRosa Promptly the 23-year-old baritone donned his old blue sailor suit went outnd launched his Godfreyless career with a nonfee variety performance for the swank Navy relief benefit ball Clowning adlibbing gaily he also cut out of the show several mild cracks at Godfrey which had turned up in the -dress rehearsal attended by Mrs Dwight Eisenhower only a few hours before Mrs Eisenhower liked it said it was "just In the finale singing his own words to "No Business Like Show LaRosa assured his 1000 listeners Including admirals on down that it was Godfrey and only Godfrey who "gave me my chance even tried to teach me how to LaRosa stands to make almost i 1v does as sweetness and light again between Arthur Godfrey and Julius LaRosa the Brooklyn boy he hoisted to stardom and then booted out of the Godfrey TV-radio empire in full view of a nationwide audience While Crooner LaRosa listened glued to a television set in Washington Godfrey said Friday night on a CBS coast-tocoast show that really very proud of the lad charming he called him In his solemn aw-shucks fashion Godfrey said he bounced the singing ex-sailor for La Rosa's own to give him a chance to make more money on his own As for those reports that dating Dorothy McGuire a singer on show had something to do with the ouster: snorted Godfrey "They had a little high school romance going on for some Godfrey said on his TV show "but we all knew about it and were happy about LaRosa he went on was butting his head against a salary ceiling Frogmen Hit Jackpot William Loeffler shows Sylvester' Abola the two slot machines he discovered while exploring an abandoned quarry Loeffler did a little more exploring with a hammer and discovered 527 in nickels and quarters inside The one-armed bandits are believed to have been hastily heaved into the quarry years ago just before a raid So 1 said Thanks Julie that's! three times the $1000 a week or i.

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