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System Might Help US Balance Budget WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -UP Financial expert Beardsley Ruml said Thursday the federal budget never can be balanced under the government's present system of handling its accounts. Ruml, the father of the pay as you-go. income tax system, outlined a plan said would remove billion of items from the budget-items "which don't belong there in the first place -and he figured increased "economy and efficiency" could lead to another 62 billion saving. For example, Ruml told conference, he would remove peewe cost of constructing the Atomic Energy Commission's plutonium facilities from the federal budget.

This separation from the federal budget woul not reduce the amount of over-all borrowing the government might have to do, but it would cut federal tax needs, he said, because in his system the cost would not be borne entirely out of one year's taxes, but would be spread over years in which it is in operation. Such a project in the first place would be financed by borrowing from individuals, with repayment made from its earnings. Elimination from the budget of such capital items as a plutonium plant and of investments, like federal mortgage purchases, would allow abolition of excise taxes on manufactured items and services, he said. set up under the Ruml said the federal budgeton: keeping st cannot be balanced because a sharp cut in spending to eliminate the deficit would curtail activities too a sharply. He said he has not discussed his plan with Secretary of Treasuray George M.

Humphrey but he 1s sure Humphrey will want to "study" it. 'SELL HIGH' Rufus, Restless Hornbill, Mere Zoo Guest Now ST. LOUIS, Aug. 13 (A) Rufus, the restless hornbill that a flyer on Wall Street, is just another character now in the St. Louis Zoo birdhouse and is likely to have an uncomfortable time resting on his laurels.

Rufus arrived last night as part of a shipment from New York including another hornbill and three noisy, and bald-plated capuchin birds from the Guianas. Big-beaked Rufus is confined in the same quarters with Jabbo, the myna bird that talked himself out of a job, and Caesar, the huge condor that was humiliated and deflated by Cieopatra. Rufus is strange-looking bird, native to the Philippines, who caused a flurry in the New York financial district last week. He escaped from a Manhattan dealer and flapped from one skyscraper to another. After leading a humane society agent on a futile 2- day chase, Rufus trapped himself in a pigeon pen atop a building.

Jabbo the Jabber, the mnya bird that learned to, talk too much, noisy capuchin birds along with Rufus. Jabbo used to live in the office of the ZOO curator, where he received speech lessons. But he was exiled to the bird house when it began talking too much, shouting "Quiet!" right back at the office workers, and confusing them with a realistic imitation of a ringing telephone. Caesar, a powerful with a 10-foot wingspread that once fatally ripped two eagles, was the terror of the birdhouse. But Caesar lost his confidence along with a portion of his sharp beak with the arrival of his mate, Celopatra.

Caesar's bill was dulled with an electric grinder for Cleopatra's protection. immediately took over more than her share of the horsemeat and now rules the roost and her hen-pecked husband. Rufus has been renamed "Sell High" in honor of his financial district adventure. His companion hornbill is known as "Buy Low." Rev. J.

H. Larson Dies in Illinois The Rev. J. H. Larson, 55, former Travis County resident, died Thursday at his home in East Moline, Ill.

Funeral services and burial will be heid Saturday in East Moline. Born in 1897 in Olivia, Texas, Rev. Larson attended schools here and was graduated from Rice Institute Trinity College in Round Rock, and the Augustana Lutheran College in Rock Island, Ill. At the time of his death he was pastor of the Emmanual Lutheran Church in East Moline. Rev.

Larson served with the Marine Corps during World War and was a chaplain with the Army during World War II. He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Alice Johnson of Elgin; a daughter, Miss Helen May Larson of East Moline; a sister, Mrs. A. E. Olson, Del Valle; three brothers, O.

S. Larson, Austin, Hjalmer Larson, Weslaco, and Arthur Larson, Freeport; and two nieces, Mrs. Sam Cooper Mrs. Ed Barkley, both of Austin. E.

L. Smith Resting After Heart Attack Ernest L. Smith, senior cashier in the city, water and light department business office, was reported "resting comfortably" at St. David's Hospital Thursday afternoon following a collapse at his City Hall desk. Smith's associates said he apparently suffered a attack and blacked out.

He regained consciousness in the hospital. He been ill for some time and recently had been relieved of some of his duties. Smith has been with the water and light office since 1922 and moved up to the senior cashier's job after working as a trouble clerk, assistant cashier and adjustOn Admit East Germans Sabotaging Hard Coal Field BERLIN, Aug. 13 (A) The Communists said today that rebellious miners are seriously crippling production in East Germany's only hard coal field, the foundation for its strategic industry. The field, located in the Chemnitz area, regularly produces three million tons a year.

Walter Buchheim, first secretary of the party in the area, said "in all mines there has been an important drop, in daily and none is filling its He charged Communist that slackness among union officials was playing into the hands of the class enemy, meaning the West. enemy not only has placed its agents and helpers in the hard coal industry," Buchheim contining on their disruptive ued, "but they are actively, use of miners' disconmills, thereading provocative slooperating rumor gans and instigating the miners to walk out during their shifts--that is, to strike. "In the Karl Liebknecht and Karl works, whole brigades have walked out." The Chemnitz coal area embraces Zwickau, Oelsnitz, and Freital. The coal is indispensable to many German enterprises manufacturing machinery, chemicals and other strategic wares for the Soviet cold war economy. The Communist admission of mine strikes was made at a meeting of party leaders in Karl Marx Stadt (Chemnitz) and published in the local partia newspaper.

Buchheim that "not a sinplea June miner 17 laid down his two tools" million in thest German revolkerf, "but since that event, output has steadily dropped." He denounced Communist union officials in the mines for "lack of control and failure to exercise personal responsibility, thereby aiding the work of the class enemy." new wave of police confiscations hit East Germans trying to get back to their homes today with free American foodstuffs from West Berlin. Red cops seized them as they crossed the Soviet sector border at Potsdamer Platz in- mideity or got off at elevated railway stations in Russia territory. Food noccupards, without which Germans are automatically liable to jail, were snatched away. Thousands trekked into Berlin afoot to evade the Red railway blockade. A worker from the former Farven nitrogen works at Wittenberg said the Communist management had temporarily canceled vacations to stop the food rush.

He said he came on his day off because his 17-year-old daughter was ill with tubeculosis and needed milk. With 27 People Face Polygamy Count ST. GEORGE, Utah, Aug. 13 (P) persons described as residents of the Utah side of the border-straddling community of Short Creek, agreed today to waive extradition and face Arizona authorities at Kingman. The 27 are wanted in Arizona in connection with the recent raid by authorities of that state on the allegedly polygamous community.

Officials said the Utahns agreed to waive extradition on condition they be arraigned without bail. The agreement followed a meeting between Arizona and 1 Utah authorities and Leroy Johnson, leader of the "United Effort" group which was raided last month. Paul W. LaPrade, assistant attorgeneral of Arizona, said he would recommend that the Short Creek residents be released on their own recognizance after they have renched Kingman, Ariz. The agreement followed attempts Wednesday of Washington County Sheriff Antone B.

Prince to serve warrants of arrest and extradition papers on the 27. Prince took nine women into custody, and they were released on recognizance. Sheriff Prince said it might require six months to serve the papers on the other 18 persons, as he felt at that time the others may have fled the area. The nine women appeared before District Judge Will Hoyt, who set up court in a tent just inside the Utah border. Judge Hoyt gave them until Aug.

17. to make applications for writes habeas corpus. He said he would rule on return of the writs Aug. 27 at St. George.

Secretary of State Lamont F. Toronto, acting in the absence of Governor J. Bracken Lee, granted extradition of the 27 Utahns Tuesday. Hofheinz To Sell Harlingen Station WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (AP) Houston Mayor Roy Hofheinz has been authorized by the communications commission to sell his watt radio station KSOX at Harlingen, Texas, to Harbenito Broadcasting Co.

for $225,000. The FCC stipulated Harbenito must divest itself of all interest in station KGBS, Harlingen, and that a major stockholder, J. C. Looney, must end his ownership of KURV, Edinburg, Texas. To this end, the commission authorized Looney to sell KURV to Rogers Kelley, Albert C.

Ryan and V. D. Raimond for $75,000, Harlingen and Edinburg are in the Rio Grande Valley. Harbenito notified the commission that it will surrender the KGBS license, Car Without Driver Hits Man, 2 Autos A driverless automobile went on a rampage Thursday morning, striking a pedestrian and other cars before it came to a halt, police reported. auto, belonging to Dr.

A. L. Exiling of 505 West 15th Street, rolled from its parking place in the alley behind St. David's Hospital and struck down Howard Schutt of 1301 Justin Lane, fracturing his leg. Then the auto hit unattended parked cars belonging to the San Jacinto Laundry and Martha Davis of 3003 Red River.

Schutt is undergoing treatment in St. David's, Cotton Harvest Of 'Free World' May Be Down WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -UP The international cotton advisory committee Wednesday estimated free world cotton production in the 1953-54 season at 26,9 millon bales. The production estimate is down somewhat from the 28.4 million bales produced in 1952-53. Outside the States, production is tentatively estimated at 1 million bales less than last season and the first official estimate of the American crop showed a reduction of slightly more than half a million bales.

"Free world production in 1953- 54 will likely be much more closely in balance with the free world consumption than in either of the last two seasons," the committee said. Exports from free world countries in 1952-53 are estimated at 10.4 million bales against 11.1 million one year earlier. But, "it world consumption in 1953-54 remains stable, as is presently indicated," the committee sees the possibility of increased trade. Free world consumption in 1952- 53 totaled 25.5 million, an increase of nearly 500,000 bales from the previous season. National Forest Fire Rages Out of Control HELENA, Aug.

13 (AP)The worst forest fire of the year in Lewis and Clark National Forest raged out of control Thursday 80 airline miles northwest of Montana's capital city. Up to 500 men were called into the primitive area from parts of the state. Soruce described as dog hair thick and jagged rocks kept the smoke-jumpers out of the 350-acre blaze. No habitation is involved. The fire was started by lightning.

Friday, August 14, 1953 THE AUSTIN AMERICAN, AUSTIN, TEXAS Page A-9 OKINAWA BRACING ITSELF AGAINST GIANT TYPHOON (three obtained identity 12 cards of of his American family, cans milk, besides lard, flour and dried vegetables. Other workers told of mass desertions from the Communist Free German Trade Union Federation in the Soviet zone. At some plants, as much as 50 per cent labor force has quit the federation, they said. With approximately 100,000 food packages distributed today, the total for sis days neared the 2 million mark. It was officially 570 last night.

A Brandenburg railwayman was sentenced' to three months impris. onment for being caught with American food at the Potsdam station. The anti-Communist West Information Bureau reported that the the East German government Soviet Union has levied a fine, on 100,000 marks, payable current products- for its delays in reparations deliveries. The Communist Railway Minisdisclosed it has 12,000 freight cars in service for hauling reparations to Russia and carrying on trade with satellite states. It did not specify how many of these were used for reparations alone.

Tribal Princess Dies in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 13 (AP) Brazil's most famous Indian princess, Diacui Prairie Flower, died Thursday in childbirth, reports reaching here said. She achieved nattonwide fame last year through her marriage to Indian Agent Ayres Da Cunha over strong government objections. Agents are not supposed to marry into the jungle tribes with which they deal, but an exception was made in face of strong public pressure. Diacui was just 17.

The child, a daughter, was reported to have survived, TOKYO, Friday, Aug. 14 (P)- -The big U. S. base at Okinawa prepared today for the bludgeoning of a typhoon expected Sunday or Monday and said, by the Tokyo weather bureau be worst ever recorded. spokesman for the Ryukyus command headquarters at Okinawa said, late Thursday the typhoon, winds of 173 miles per hour reported near its center, was 695 miles southeast of Okinawa.

Okinawa, key base for U. S. fighter planes and B29 bombers, is well prepared to meet the storm, said Maj. M. R.

Fowler, public information officer. Fowler said the typhoon was moving in a northwesterly direction 11 miles an hour. The Tokyo weather bureau said it may hit Morocco Sultan On Shaky Throne RABAT, French Morocco, Aug. 13, (UP) -Rebellious Moroccan chieftains plan to depose the ruling sultan of Morocco and install his cousin on the throne Friday, authoritative sources said Thursday night. The chieftains were said to have made the decision in a solemn war council in Marrakech called by Pasha of Marrakech, arch foe of the ruler.

The present sultan is Sidi Mohamnied Ben Yousset. Authoritative sources said the chieftains have summoned his first cousin, Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa, and plan to crown him Friday. French authorities feared the outright rebellion against authority could touch off a civil war. Already there have been unconfirmed reports of uprisings in the south. French Resident General Augustin Guillaume cut short an Alpine vacation and hurried back to Rabat to consult with the sultan while French soldiers and shock troops of the Moroccan security brigade surrounded the palace.

JUST COMMUTERS In 1930 in the United States about one out of seven employed persons living on farms had nonfarm jobs, but in 1940 the figure was one in five and in 1949 one out of three. GOOD YEAR GREATEST TIRE SALE OF THE YEAR Trade In Your Old Tire and We'll Allow LIST OFF PRICE GOODYEAR DELUXE TERMS: 30-60-90 DAYS NO CARRYING CHARGE WESLEY PEARSON TODAY Sinclair Credit Cards Honored SOL IN 301 S. CONGRESS PHONE 2-1194 IN TOO ONE TON INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER ROOM AIR CONDITIONER $37500 5 Year guarantee on the refrigeration circult 1 year guarantee on the balance of the unit. Price includes ining included. Price FOB Aushung window.

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Heavy rains hit South Korea Thursday ahead of the typhoon. 6-hour storm dumped more than inches of water on Seoul, warravaged capital of the country. At least one Korean was killed and an estimated 10,000 persons were made homeless in the city. United Nations Command airfields were crippled and communications were knocked out. American installations on Okinawa have been constructed to withstand the driving force of typhoon winds since the disastrous storm of 1949, when damage totaled nearly 100 million dollars.

Fowler said American personnel on the island will have adequate I protection. When threatened by a destructive storm, fighter planes are flown to safe fields in Japan. The bombers, fully manned, are turned, into teeth of the storm and with their engines running they ride out typhoon on the ground. DO YOU FEEL BAD? Suffer from aches and pains? Perhaps your nerves bother you! Office Hours, 1, Saturdays and Sundays, 9 to 1 HARRISON CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC 1608 E. 6th Ph.

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