The Times Standard from Eureka, California • Page 1

OFFSHORE WEATHER Northwest wind 12 to 22 mph today and tor.isht and 10 to 20 mph Friday px- ccpt 20 lo jfl mph near Point Conception today. Partly cloudy north of Mondoclnn snd fair to HUMBOLDT TAX TIDES MABCH I LOW l)t. A.M. Ft. P.M.

PI. A Ft. P.M. Fl. 11 4:11 6.B 6:33 4.4 11:43 0.1 11:04 3.S 12 5:196.3 7:564.5 1:00 0.2 13 6:33 6.1 9:00 4.7 0:34 3.3 2:08 0.2 14 7:48 6.0 8:48 5.0 2:00 3.2 3:07 0.1 flumbolfr Ifflil5tanfrayfr rf WEATHER FORECAST Tor Eureka and vicinity: Partly cloudy to cloudy today, loniKht and Friday No I a chansc in temperature.

LiKht lo Kcntlc variable wind becoming occasionally moderate Friday. Temperature: 24 hours en dine 4:30 m. 45--34. a i a 24 hours 0.34 To dote this season .14. "2 To this date last season 32.40 Normal to date 28.03 Sunrise: 6:36 a.

Sunset: 6:19 p. m. Vol. 82--No. 60 EUREKA.

CALIFORNIA. THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH II, 1954 lOc Copy 28 Pages Today UPSWING NOTED IN HUMBOLDT WOODS AND MILLS BERLIN-- The i i story of a courageous rescue of two young girls from behind the Iron Curtain came to light here today when it was disclosed that Peter Grimes, a Harvard graduate, and his i Imigard (left) smuggled the children out of East Germany. The two children were being raised by their grand- a a rabid i to hate America. One of the girls, Monica, 14, is pictured in the snapshot at right. The children are the daughters of Mrs.

Grimes by a former husband, killed in World War II. Knowland Airs Alarm Over GOP Rift WASHINGTON Republican, leaders sought today to kill otf the McCarthy controversy before it damages the administration's program in Congress the party's chances in the November election. Senate GOP Leader William F. Knowland said President Eisenhower knows he has no power to "purge" a senator since "in past administration that was triec without notable success." He said a congressman also is free to say. what he pleases.

But See story below. the party to end the McCarthy Press Focrimil. Photo German Girls Smuggled To Freedom American, Wife, In Daring Rescue Favor Boost In Jobless Pay SACRAMENTO Gov. Bay Project Fund Voted Br JOSEPH FLEMING BERLIN- (U.R) -A young Harvard graduate disclosed today he had smuggled the daughters of his German-born wife to freedom from behind the Iron Curtain where they were being taught to hale America by their grandfather, a a a i Communist leader. "pptpr Grimes 32 of Belmont, ILJ jnti.vum.uii threat orment insurance benefits from request.

Republican WASHINGTON (UP) -The House Appropriations Committee today approved $410,335,000 for navigation and flood control projects. It clipped $33,987,000 or about ous to our legislative he said last night, "If these controversies continued and the party was involved in splits the kind that we couldn't get a program through." But there seemed little likelihood that the controversy would end immediately. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, center of the furore, ill have an opportunity to answer a speech by Acilai E.

Stevenson in a national radio interview tonight. This will give the Wisconsin Republican a chance back at Stevenson's to crack Saturday fro. President braved the arrest and long imprisonment to S30 has cleared its first The list of projects approved -rrt i f-i 4 li i vH 1 in 1 i i i Soviets in East a rescue the two in the Legislature. The i AB1 by Assemblyman Crimes said exclusive in- Gordon A. Fleury R-Sacramenlo, lerview that he entered East approval oC the Assembly Germany with a 10-day visa but 'Finance and Insurance Commit- remained there months while tee last night only after three he and his i won the children's confidence.

Then Grimes risked his liife by tight roll call votes. night. Humboldt Harbor and Bay $265,000. NEWS IN BRIEF make the reply over free radio and television time that McCarthy also sought but was denied. Two other prominent Republicans, Sens.

Irving M. and George D. Ail Opponents of the bill said this is only the first round" ar.d slipping "into" West Berlin with Promised more opposition to the the young girls. a unless it is amended to i i i A U. S.

officials confirmedj'-cstrict i i i i requirements I I Grimes' story of how he and his! for a i jobless pay. wife, Irmgard, saved the dren from Communism. chil- Grimes and his wife, Irmgard, the children over by The fight over unemployment insurance increases temporarily stole the i in the Legis- a the battle over li- to take them to a Gregory reforms. frck movie and buy them a police dag In America. Only action on the liquor front came late yesterday when an As- Their safe a i a in the westlsembly committee approved a by a i i the girls, of bills by Assemblyman 14, and Evelyn, 11, ended a.Caspar W.

Weinberger's com- three-year campaign to get their.mitte to tighten up on license children away from the Reds. a and other abuses of Mrs. Grimes' first husband a i laws uncovered by his killed in the war and she emi- committee, grated to the United States in! i a i reform bills to 1948 a working for A a control a a from the of Equalization and vest ican i i a government quarters in Berlin. She married Grimes one year power in a single director or a dual director commission reply this Saturday Nixon was selected to Ives Vt. took WASHINGTON Assistant Defense Secretary Charles S.

Thomas (left), who today was nominated to be Secretary of the Navy, by President Eisenhower, is shown above receiving congratulations upon his appointment by Hep. Edith Nourse Rogers, chairman of the House Veterans Committee. --(United Press Facsimile Photo.) Ike Nominates Navy Secretary WASHINGTON (IF) President Eisenhower today nominated Assistant Secretary Charles S. Thomas to be secretary of the Thomas will succeed Roberl about the same position as AntJerson Anderson has beer. Knowland in separate interviews, ngmed to succeed Roger Kyes 7 DIE IN FIRE PLYMOUTH (Ind.) (U.R)--Sev- en persons burned to death early today when a fire levelled a two story frame house at nearby Hibbard.

Authorities said 12 persons were sleeping in the six room house when the fire broke out at about 3 a. m. Five of them were believed to have escaped. today. Both applauded Mr.

Eisenhower's appeal yesterday for an end to the party strife. "We are supposed to be a team and not a bur.ch of grandstand players," said Ives. later and her a Paul were referred to finance dcr stubbornly refused to permit committees in both houses and the children to leave i probably will not go to the floor BRAKEMAN KILLED TRACY U.R) Graham, 60, of a a died early today a he fell a boxcar at Southern Pacific railroad yards here. Investigators said Graham, a a a for the railroad, app a suffered a heart attack. Territory and grow up as Americans.

"Why swim against the tide?" Grimes said Schroeder had asked him. "The future belongs to Communism. Come here and live." Grimes and his i i They told Schroerter, a local Commun- for a vote i next week. Predict Vote On Tax Exemption JAIL RIOT CHICAGO (U.R)--A county jail riot by 19 hard-shell hoodlums I was broken up by tons of fire hose water and volleys of tear gas I last night. The prisoners, includ- i a condemned murderer and WASHINGTON (U.R) Demo-lincorrigible 16-year-old boy, hud- as deputy defense secretary.

Kyes has resigned, effective May 1. The switches, if confirmed by the Senate, will take place May 1 Thomas, of Los Angeles anc one time head of a West Coast chain of clothing stores, served as undersecretary of the Navy for first five months of the Eisenhower administration last year He then was made assistant defense secretary for supply and logistics. Thomas, 56, has served in nava aviation in World War I and was a special assistant first to the assistant Navy secretary for air and later lo the late Navy Secretary James Forrestal in World Here's Weather Here, Elsewhere Senate Set For Tax Battle WASHINGTON (UP) The Senate gathered its forces today in support of the House-approved billion dollar excise tax re- resort last night and early today, jduction bill and the measure was ripping part of the roof from a expected lo pass with Jiltle, if LAS VEGAS (U.R) Gale-like winds swept through this desert hotel, downing power lines and fanning flames that razed a ware- any change. Senators were braced for a last house, causing an estimated ditch administration fight to 000 damage. Police said gusts up'block or modify the cuts to soften to were record- blow on the Treasury.

od They described the storm as! President Eisenhower i the worst in this area in 15 years. a nationwide radio and I television speech next week to ist power and head of the Com- cralic leader Say Rayburn pre: dled blankets the witnesses before his in- i cooperative organir.a-jdicled today that the House will caded day-room of the huge jail; estigating subcommittee. tion for the Oranienbwg next week to boost personal they wanted to visit East Ger-jincome tax exemptions $100. many in the hope of settling down there. Speaker Joseph W.

a i predicted a for the Demo- Grimes said Schroedcr "foughtjcratic proposal. us tooth and nail for the childrens'j Their i i forecasts fol- minds and affections but i House np- slowly won." "He knew he was losing proval of a bill to cut excise a about one billion dollars children and he was furious a year. he couldn't report us to the policej a in making his victory because he had vouched to get us.forecast noted that some 20 Rein and it would have been his; publicans have introduced to neck," Grimes said. increase exemptions. "We kuew it was time to, Martin said he believes "there leave.

The children wanted to are enough responsible Demo- extra-strong tear gas exploded almost in their faces. come along. We got a train but Brats' didn't dare sit with the children, hike. We scattered around the train so we would not attract attention. We didn't and we made it back to Berlin." to defeat the exemption SHAKE HANDS WASHINGTON (U.R)--President Eisenhower and Sen.

Joseph R. McCarthy, shook hands last night at a dinner honoring GOP Senate Leaders William F. Knowland, and Homer Ferguson, Mich. The meeting between the President and McCarthy was described as "very friendly" by Sen. Styles Bridges, R-N.

H. Doubt Effect Of Probe Curbs WASHINGTON Senate Democrats said today Ihe investigation committee reforms recommended by GOP leaders amount to nothing more than pious hope. vVar II. Sens. Hubert H.

Humphrey xhomas, at one time, was Los (Mir.n.) and Paul H. Airport commissioner, a (111.) said the committee prac- 3i re ctor Lockheed Aircraft tices that have drawn heavy fire: anc president of the Navy League's West Coast branch. Vote Money For Alcoholics Probe SACRAMENTO (UP) Testimony that Califonia has 350,000 chronic alcoholics and that the problem of alcholism costs the state as much as 300 million dollars has convinced an Assembly committee tbat action is The committee, without a dissenting vote, last night approved AB9 by Glenn Coolidge R- 2. Ban the taking of sworn Sanla Cr uz, to raise taxes on Temperature went down to 34 ex will not be corrected by the "minimum rules" proposed by the Republican Policy Committee. They said legislation was needed to do the job.

The program the GOP proposed grew out of the angry row between Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy and Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens over the Wisconsin Republican's treatment of for hours as water slammed i The seven recommended rules the cell and bomb after bomb of would: 1. Authorize an investigating subcommittee only by a majority vote of the full committee.

degrees last night, within two degrees of the freezing point, snow fell on the lowei slopes of the higher elevations, and hail piled up on the roofs and windowsiHs cf Eureka. Little change is expected tonight or Friday, except that the weather will be only partly cloudy, with the rain slackening off. Temperature Readings High Low Albuquerque 69 Cheyenne 62 Denver 76 Eugene EUREKA Fresno Medford 40 Phoenix 75 Portland 43 Red Buff 51 Reno Sacramento Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle 45 53 54 66 51 43 44 27 45 27 34 35 30 51 34 36 20 33 24 37 31 27 stand to the people. The hope is to develop enough support to counler the tax cutting drive in Congress. The measure would put a- 10 per cent ceiling on excise or federal sales taxes on jewelry, furs, cosmetics, entertainment tickets, 1 telephone bills and travel tickets.

Seasonal Output Sustained, Local Survey Shows By JOHN LO BUONO, Jr. Rains this week slowed down, what had promised to be an early spring pickup in Humboldt county logging and lumber operations, But the fir and redwood lumber operators and associated logging outfits throughout the county felt they had gotten 'off to good start i the first week in March. In fact, moSi of the woods operations had been able to keep fairly steady production during- January and February because of numerous dry spell breathers between the rainy iods. Last year operations in 1ha woods were brought to a halt for weeks at a time due to almost continuous rains. During the first jtwo months of this year, because of belter weather, there wero fewer layoffs and larger rail shipments.

One Forluna lumber mill operator said today he turned out more fir lumber in the first few days in March than he did during the entire month of March, 11)53. He, like other sawmill operators in county, were flowed up by rains that began last week end. A few of the smaller logging operations were shut down for long periods this winter, but on, the whole the larger operations 'were able lo keep up some woods operations through the winter. The Northern California Lumber Operators Association, representing fir mills, said there not been much of a winter slowdown among their member mills. California Redwood Association officials noted stable winter outputs among their Humboldt county membership.

The late February and early March pickup in lumber and logging operations was apparent in unemployment figures of tha Eureka office of the state department of employment. There wera 1 440 new unemployment insurance claims filed in the county in January. A decrease was seen These now stand at 15 and ebl ua i 1,289 claims filed, A large number of these per cent. The cuts, effective April 1, Asserts Ike In Fine Health WASHINGTON (U.R) Presi- VICE RAID BombWarning Held Hoax SAX FRANCISCO TO A telephone warning that a bomb had been placed in the mails brought an alert throughout all Bay Area 4, postal channel, today but was said the arrests have led to the SAN FRANCISCO (U.R) Dist. Ally.

Tom Lynch said today that the arrest of a red haired girl and a woman companion in a downtown hotel this morning dis- "substantial" call girl testimony unless a majority of the group is present or if the committee authorized it with a majority and minority member present. 3. Require a committee vote to issue subpenas. 4. Block hearings not authorized by the committee or subcommittee.

5. Ban hearings outside the I District of Columbia except by a majority vote. 6. Prevent release of ca tior. card; AB5 Weinberger mony taken in secret, or a wm gives counties and cities mary of it, unless authorized instead of 15 cays to file pro- beer, wine and hard liquor licenses and spend the $800,000 to investigate the causes and cure for chronic drinking.

The bill was one of four liquor reform measures given favorable consideration in an all-day hearing by the Assembly Government Organization committee. Other liquor reform bills ap- closed a dent Eisenhower is in "fine'declared a "hoax" by'postal in- revelation of the names the White House saidjspectors after a feverish search! principals 1 in the ring. of the proved by the committee included the three cent AB7 Coolidge making it a mis-Urettes would bring in to issue a false identi- 000 a year. a majority of the commitlee. 7.

Require that a witness be informed of his legal right to counsel. today. While House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty made the statement when asked for comment on a report by columnist spcctor Earie of packages failed to turn up any explosives. "Apparently alarm," said it was a false! Chief Postal D.

Chance, "but Italian Premier Wins Support ROME (U.R) Premier Mario turned today to dealing tests against the issuance of liquor licenses and AB4 Weinberger, a bill to take the profit out of licenses issued for vacant lot premises and then immediately resold for profit. KILLED BY CAR FRESNO CU.R)--John H. Balluff, Drew Pearson. Pearson was! we didn't i we could afford quoted as saying that President Eisenhower is suffering from high blood pressure and will not run lor re-election in 1956 because el health. to overlook it." Bay Area postal employes relaxed when the search was completed at 9 a.

m. after a night of tension. and k'lled by an auto while standing beside his parked car 30 miles east of here near Reedley last night. The Highway Patrol identified the driver of the auto as Woodrow Willingham, 36. would cost the Treasury almost a billion dollars a year.

However, this loss would be offset since the bill also cancels about the same amount in other excise tax cuts a presently are scheduled to go into effect April I. The cancellation would keep excise taxes at present levels on liquor, beer, wines, tobacco, igasoline, automobiles, trucks and other items. Anxious about loss of revenue, the administration urged cancellation of these scheduled cuts and vigorously opposed any new ones. By combining the cancellation with the new reductions, however, the House guarded its bill against a presidential veto. The House voted 411 to 3 for passage of the bill.

The only dissenting votes were cast by Democratic Reps. John E. Lyle Paul C. Jones, and Fred Marshall, Minn. Demo Candidate Assails Knight SACRAMENTO (UP) Richard Graves, Democratic candidate for governor, says the budget pi-oposed by Republican Gov.

Goodwin J. Knight "sacrifices The tax on beer would be in-1sound, pay-as-j'ou-go financing creased from 62 cents a gallon 0 the altar of election-year poli- $1.24 a gallon and would yield tics." four millions a year. The present Graves, in a press conference 80 cents a gallon tax on distilled. a a local hotel, said the govcr- Spokane 40 Propose Boost In Special Levies SACRAMENTO (UP) -A program was introduced in the Assembly today calling for increases in beer, liquor and horse rac- taxes and a three cent cigar- to be offset by a reduction in the state sales tax. Assemblyman George Collins Jr.

D-San Francisco introduced the four measures. He estimated the three cent a pack tax on cig- claims involved loggers, lumbermen, and allied workers. Other figures showed that loss than 20 per cent of the loggers ordinarily employed in southern Humboldt county were out of work. Rail shipments of lumber were reasonably stable during the last two months. Northwestern Pacific railroad officials said January shipments this year were well over those in January, 1953.

A decrease was noted in February even though logging and lumber operations were on the increase that month, Representative lumber operators explained that some mills probably shipped less lumber by rail in February because of rail freight rate increases in mid- January. actively with major problems facing his newly endorsed government. Opposition to the Euro-ideclaring "no election" in New 'No Election'Rule In Chavez Case WASHINGTON- (U.R) -A Senate subcommittee today filed a report spirits would be boosted to $1.50 and would bring in some $13,600,000 a year, Collins said. The increased stale share of horse racing money would amount to about two million dollars, Collins said. Collins said the approximate 55 million dollar gain from the new and increased taxes would be offset by exempting wearing appajel, drugs, orthopedic and surgical equipment, and food sold in restaurants from the 3 pean Army, threats of Communist strikes and attempts to link high officials with a sensational scandal.

Mexico's 1952 senatorial contest in which Sen. Dennis Chavez, a Democrat, had been declared winner, nor's budget "meat-axes" the state's building program. The Democratic candidate accused his Republican foe of using up reserves in order to avoid an 'inevitable" increase in state taxes. Stocks Creep To Hiqher Level NEW YORK nn Stocks crept higher today on average with the ir features in the specially main Trading picked up to 3DO.OOO shares for the first hour, against 360,000 shares for that period yesterday. Industrial shares set a new top since Oct.

25, 1929 and all but achieved the 300-level in that average. Rails made the best percentage gain of the leading groups. Utilities were at their best since Sept. 2, 1931. Two leaders included in the stocks making up the industrial average were strong.

American Telephone and Allied Chemical On liquor reform legislationleach gained a point. Steels pending in the Legislature, a i i ed fractions. Motors held es said he favored the Senate proposal for an appeals board to review decisions of a liquor administrator appointed by the governor. per cent state sales tax. The res- "I don't think it's wise to give taurant exemption would apply a single administrator excessive only to establishments that did.aulhorily that could be exercised not serve beer, wine or liquor, arbitrarily," he said.

steady. Oils were mixed. Two rails gained a point, Canadian Pacific and Southern Pacific. The others held in a narrow range. Hudson Bay Mining rose nearly 3 points and gains of more than a point were set by Berg-Warner, jHercules Powder and Hayonier..