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River Stage 24-Hour Cheng (Flood Stag 13) Today 6.91 .19 Year Ago 13.28 .60 Drizzle Tonight And Sunday, Quite Coo! VOLUME 53, NO. 64 SIX CENTS PER COPY WINONA, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1953 TWENTY PAGES If La 1 4 lYoungdahl Senators Ask British Comet o. Martin Nelson Gets Supreme Court Post, Dell Chief Justice ST. PAUL V-A Minnesota lawyer who commuted by train nightly years ago to gain his legal education takes over July 15 as chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He is Roger Dell of Fergus Falls, named an associate justice only last Jan.

12 upon the resignation of Charles R. Magney. Dell will taue tne Derm Deing vacated by Charles Loring, a mem I -St Ky. (AP Wirephoto to The Republican-Herald) Herald) Good Vantage Points to see the Kentucky Derby were taken early today along both sides of the track at Churchill Downs near Louisville, 1 Killed in 7 More Tornadoes South BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Spring South for the second straight day least 12 others injured yesterday ern in Missing on Hop NEW DELHI, India British Overseas Airways announced that a Comet jet airliner which left Calcutta for New Delhi at 5 a.m.

(CST) today is missing and has not been heard from for six hours. The local flying control said con tact with the plane was lost with in six minutes of its take-off from Calcutta area, nothing further is known. 5 Persons Die In Plane Crash In Pennsylvania LOCK HAVEN, Pa. UP) A small private plane clipped the top of a barn soon after take-off today, then crashed in flames, killing the pilot and four others, two of them small children. The pilot was identified as Rich ard Smart, 31-year-old guard at nearby Rockview Penitentiary.

Dr. Doris Kissell, Clinton County coroner, tentatively identified the others as Mr. and Mrs. Donald Larimer and their two children, Barry, 3, and Kim, 18 months. Larimer also is a prison guard.

Sleepy Eye Quads Will Be 4 Sunday SLEEPY EYE, Minn. UR Sleepy Eye's "four-most" citizens the Seifert quadruplets, celebrate their third birthday Sunday and it promises to be sort of a community affair, as was their arrival in 1951. Three hectic years ago, Mrs Seifert made headlines all over the country and her husband's chest puffed like a barrel when the an nouncement came out of Sleepy Eye hospital. Since then, the Seifert home has been an exciting one. Following the progress of the four youngsters as each developed its own personality and character has been fun for the farm couple.

It has 'also been of great interest to friends and neighbors the Seiferts never lack company. Al's Bakery at Sleepy Eye was a busy place today as the birthday cake was prepared for the family dinner Sunday. The baker also provided the first and second birthday cakes. Sickness hasn't been too great among the quads. They all had measles around Christmas time last year, but got over them in the normal fashion.

Their favorite food is kernel corn, although they eat everything their mother puts before them. According to Mrs. Seifert, get ting away from the lines full of diapers several times a week has been "wonderful." The quads have a fair balance of squabbles, tenderness and tem perament all a part of growing up. Ike to Retain Defense Agency Claims Installations Office Saving U.S. Billions of Dollars By EDWIN B.

HAAKINSON WASHINGTON UPi Two South ern democratic Senators today urged President Eisenhower to change his mind about wiping out a defense agency they said saves the taxpayers billions of dollars. Sens. Long of Louisiana and Stennis of Mississippi protested the proposed abolition of the Office of Director of Installations, set up by Congress just eight months ago. Long, in a statement that questioned whether Eisenhower even understood what this office was doing, said in a statement: "I entertain the hope that the President will fully inform himself and reconsider this ill advised action." Stennis, who got Congress to set up the special watchdog agency, said in an interview: "I think the President should personally examine the facts and consider amending the plan. Both lawmakers had reference to the President's plan to reorgan ize the Department of Defense The plan was sent to Congress Thursday and, by law, goes into effect 60 days from then unless either the Senate or House rejects it by a clear majority.

Accept or Reject Congress must accept or reject such plans as a whole, although amendments may be made in sep arate legislation later with Senate and House approval and the President's signature. Long, who has been feuding with what he calls the "high brass in the Pentagon," said the new watchdog office had saved the taxpayers billions of dollars by putting "a bridle on the most out rageous type of military waste and extravagance." Stennis said that, if Congress al lows the defense reorganization to become effective, he will introduce separate legislation to re-establish the agency. Both Stennis and Long conceded in a ate interviews that chances of defeating the entire re organization plan are slim. Long said Congress set up the agency while Eisenhower was run ning for President and so "it is unlikely that President Eisenhow er would have known about the efficiency and unpublicized accom plishments." "The military brass fought to prevent this office being estab lished and has since sought to abolish it because it has been ef fecting savings of vast millions of dollars every day of the year, Long said. 20-Odd Employes "The abolition of this office, with its mere 20-odd employes, will re store to the brass the complete control of military construction which is denied them 'under the present arrangement," Long said.

Eisenhower, in urging congres sional acceptance of. his broad re organization plan, said its aim was "clear and unchallenged civilian responsibility." He proposed junk ing several boards and offices and switching their functions to six new assistant secretaries of de fense. The deadly funnels of destruction danced along a 60-mile path N. Korean POWs Tear Clothes at Transfer Center By SAM SUMMERLIN PANMUNJOM UFi Surly "North Korean war prisoners staged a clothes-tearing anti-American exit from Allied captivity today and about 25 captives "almost got out of hand." -t. The 30-minute demonstration oc- cured at the Red receiving center here as 500 sick and wounded North Koreans were being returned to the Communists.

Lt. Col. Leo T. Dulacki, U. N.

control officer, called the rebellious 25 "the most fanatical group I have seen." He said that for a few minutes the prisoners "almost got out of hand." North Koreans jumped from four American ambulances as the doors were opened and began shouting, "down with the Americans." They ripped their, overcoats and other clothing and some stripped to" their underwear. All waved their fists wildly and screamed anti-American curses. Dulacki, who is from Omaha, said one North Korean rushed at him "in a threatening manner," tearing his shirt, but a Chinese political officer grabbed the demonstrator and forced him into a tent. Another North Korean tossed a wad of toilet paper at Lt. Col.

Harry M. Odren but it missed him by about three feet. Odren, from Dunn Center, N. is U. N.

duty officer in the exchange. Another prisoner threw his duf fle bag at Odren's feet. The Allies protested to the Reds saying they should maintain order, but the Communists refused to accept the protest. Denies Plea to Kill Indictment Asks Government To File Details On Last 3 Counts WASHINGTON UP) A federal judge today threw out charges that Owen Lattimore lied about alleged Communist sympathies but ordered him to trial here Oct. 6 on three lesser counts of perjury.

District Judge Luther W. Young- dahl struck out four of seven counts on which Lattimore, Far Eastern specialist, had been indicted last Dec. 16. The judge denied defense appeals for killing the entire indictment, for moving the trial site from Washington and for postponing the trial until next year. He was indicted on charges of lying to the Senate Internal Securities subcommittee.

Lattimore has denied all the charges brought against him, in cluding what he called the "pure moonshine" statement by Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) that he was the top Soviet espionage agent in this country. Lattimore, a Johns Hopkins University lecturer, served on occasion as a State Department consultant on Far Eastern affairs. Judge Youngdahl threw out the first and basic count alleging that Lattimore lied in denying that he was a sympathizer or promoter of Communist interests. Youngdahl ruled the trial may proceed on these counts in the indictment: That Lattimore testified falsely he did not know until 1950 that Dr.

Ch'ao Ting Chi was a Communist. Chi was a man Lattimore worked with at the Institute of Pacific Relations and was labeled a Red agent by the Senate subcommittee. That he testified he lunched in 1941 with the Soviet ambassador in Washington after Hitler's in- vasion of the Soviet union, whereas the fact was that the meeting came before the invasion, while Russia and Nazi Germany were still allies. That he swore he never handled the mail of Lauchlin Curne, an aide of the late President Roosevelt. The grand jury said there was evidence he did so on occa sions when Currie was away from Washington.

In throwing out the first count, Youngdahl said "this count must fall because it is violative of both the first and sixth amendments." These protect freedom of speech and freedom of belief and the right of an accused citizen to be inform ed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him. The judge threw out two counts involving alleged knowledge of whether certain writers for the magazine "Pacific Affairs" which Lattimore edited were Communists. He also junked one count alleging Lattimore lied about arrangements for his visit in 1937 to Chinese Communist headquarters at Yenan. Youngdahl said there is "ser ious doubt" whether the three charges that are now left can be proved as material to perjury-charges against Lattimore, but added, "this must await the trial." He ordered the government to file a bill of particulars on these three counts showing more specif ically what they prove. Gl Home Loan Rates Boosted WASHINGTON The govern ment today boosted interest rates to AVa per cent on most home loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration and guaranteed by the Veterans Administration.

That means a per cent in crease on FHA-insured loans on single dwellings, and a per cent boost on VA loans and larger projects insured by the FHA. The increases apply only on new loans. Mortgages already in effect are "not affected. The present four per cent interest rate stays in effect for these Feder al Housing Administration mort gages: Military, defense and co operative housing. Missouri Collision Claims 7 Persons KANSAS CITY A headon collision of two cars on a bridge over the Missouri river early to- day claimed the lives of seven persons.

The victims were tentatively identified by police as Leo M. Bannister, Odessa, Patricia Ann Mullin, John Edward Mefford, Wilhe Munson, Donna June Mun- son, Mabel Grider and Bedford I Grider, all of Kansas City. ber of the state's highest tribunal since 1930 and chief justice since 1944. Loring, 79 last Nov. 20, was eligible for retirement in 1943 but elected to stay on.

He and his wif now are planning to move to Arizona. To take Dell's place, Gov. C. Elmer Anderson appointed District Judge Martin A. Nelson of Austin as associate justice.

Nelson twice was unsuccessful as a Republican candidate for governor in 1934 and 1936. He presently holds court as district judge in Fillmore, Freeborn, and Mower counties. Both Dell and Nelson are gradu ates of the St. Paul College of Law. Dell took his courses at night, commuting by train from his then home at Shakopee to the college.

He was a practicing attorney for 32 years at Fergus Falls before bis high court appointment. Nelson, a World War I aviator, practiced law in Austin until his appointment to the district bench. The moves mean that four of the seven supreme court justices will be up for election late in 1954. They are Dell, Nelson and Associate Justices Oscar Knutson and Thomas Gallagher. Sterling Record "Justice Lonng's record is a sterling one," Anderson said.

"His contribution to justice in Minnesota is one which I am sure history will record as one of the most outstand ing." The talL vigorous Loring leaves what he calls "the toughest job in the state" to move to Tucson, for his wife's health. A practicing attorney 30 years before he became an associate jus tice in November 1930 and chief justice in January 1944, Loring will retire on full pay of $14,500 a year until his term expires in 1956. Then he will draw 75 per cent of full pay $10,785 for the rest of his life. He was eligible for re tirement nine years ago. Loring graduated from the University of Minnesota law school in 1898.

He served seven years in the Army, most of the time as advocate general of United States forces in China. Dell was named to the high court by Anderson four months ago. An derson said of him yesterday: the time I appointed him to the Supreme Court, I had confidence in his unusual ability. The reports from members of the bar and bench I have since received indicate that his capability and diligence qualify him for advance ment." Dell, 55, ran for public office as county attorney in 1922 when he had been out of law school only two years and was beaten. Dell was chairman of the Min- neapolis-St.

Paul metropolitan air ports commission for two and one- half years, until his appointment to the bench. He will get a $1,000 boost in tav and will take on duties of a new type. The chief justice serves with the governor and attorney general as tne state pardon board. Airports Chairman Nelson, 64, was born in Hesper, la. He attended Mechanic Arts High School in St.

Paul and in 1912 became a registered pharmacist. He graduated from the St. Paul College of Law in 1916, then practised in St. Paul until World War in which he served as an aviator. He was a practicing attorney in Austin from 1919 until appointment as district judge in 1944.

He has Deen elected twice since then. a spoKesman lor the governor called Nelson "one of the most respected district judges in the state." WEATHER LOCAL WEATHER Official observations for the 24 hours ending at 12 m. today: Maximum, 48; minimum, 42; noon 44; precipitation, .11: sun sets tonight at sun rises to morrow at 4:56. FEDERAL FORECAST Winona and Vicinity Mostly cloudy. with occasional drizzle tonight and Sunday forenoon, becom ing partly cloudy in afternoon.

Continued quite cool. Low to night 38, high Sunday 50. AIRPORT WEATHER (No. Central Observations) Max. temp.

47 at 5:30 p. m. Fri day, mm. 42 at 9:30 a. m.

today. Noon readings sky overcast at 1,000 feet, visibility 5 miles with drizzle and fog, wind 6 miles per hour from east northeast, barometer 29.72 rising, humidity 94 per cent Martin A. Nelson TODAY Woman Saved Country By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON She was a plump, raddled, foolishly bedizened middle-aged woman, strangely hung about with jeweled chains and little bits of lace and unexpected clumps of silk flowers. She was always escorted by at least one very young, very attentive officer of the Royal Air Force; and quite often there were two or three of these escorts. The escorts submitted and even heavily responded to a continuous flow of coquetry.

Quite often, when she had 'taken a glass or two of champagne above her limited capacity, the coquetry would be rather appallingly transformed into girlish flirtatiousness. Altogether you would have said and indeed the world did say that she was more ludicrous than pathetic, and just about as nutty as a fruitcake Prize Bore Certainly Lady Houston for that was her name was regard ed as the prize bore and one of the very oddest fish among the decidedly odd clientele of the old Cavendish HoteL These reporters saw her there when they spent a little time in the Cavendish in their salad days. It was an amusing place for un attached foreigners in London, the old Cavendish. You never knew who would turn up whether Aug ustus John on a long night-out; or a couple of down-at-heel Edwardian dandies, full of tired gossip; or the last survivors of a court ball, the women glittering with diamonds. looking for a last drink after the legal closing hour.

The owner of this half-bar, half-salon, Rosa Lew is, still retained clear traces of the beauty that had fascinated Ed ward VII. Whoever turned up, Rosa presided over the changing scene with an air of rakish grandeur. The two old girls were nearly of an age. and had lived, one sus pects, much the same sort of early life. But Lady Houston had made her fortune by marrying the richest, oldest shipping magnate in Bri tain, who then obligingly died.

And Rosa Lewis had made her's by being a superlative cook, and per suading her two eminent friends, King Edward and Lord Ribbles- dale, to launch her in the hotel business. Rosa Lewis did not like Lady Houston, but she welcomed her to the Cavendish for an excellent reason. The Caven dish rule was the rich and old paid for the refreshments of the young and poor. This custom, as Rosa used to say, "helped to keep things bright, you know." Lady Houston was ooviousiy useful in view of this custom. Helped Fre World It may well be inquired why Lady Houston, now in her grave these 17 years, should be com memorated at tnis lengtn and in this manner.

The answer is simple Lady Houston signally contributed to Britain's survival! The whole free world owes her a consider able debt. And from her grave she points a moral for our own times when the competing requirements (Continued on Page 14, Column 1 ALSOPS tornadoes roaring through the killed seven persons and left at Alabama a shattering blow near Ashland Reds Obtain Delay in POW Caretaker Talks PANMUNJOM UP) The Comma nists asked today for a one-day re cess in the Korean truce talks af ter naming four Asian nations they consider qualified to take custody of war prisoners who refuse to go home. The Allies agreed to skip tomor row's session. North Korean Gen. Nam II said India, Pakistan, Burma and Indo nesia might be considered neutral nations to serve as caretaker for 48,000 prisoners who balk at re turning to their Communist home land.

Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison re iterated the Allied position that the neutral take custody of the pns oners in Korea until their future is decided. Asked whether any of the four Asian nations named by the Reds would be acceptable, the senior Allied delegate said: "That is a matter to be settled on levels far above mine.

Washington officials were quoted as saying it was possible the Um ted States would accept either Pakistan or India as the neutral to take custody of the prisoners Korea. The Communists asked the one- day recess without explanation af ter a bitter 65-mmute meeting. Meanwhile, the U. N. Command following a fanatical, clothes-rip ping demonstration at Panmunjom by a band of hard-core Red re patriates warily prepared to wind up delivery of disabled North Korean and Chinese prisoners Sun day.

A total of 185 Reds, including 21 women, will be returned, making the final total 6,670. That's roughly 800 more than originally promised. Nam repeated at the opening of today session the Red demand that the U. N. first agree to send balky prisoners out of Korea be fore the neutral custodian is named.

He insisted, however, that "it is obviously impractical" to ship cap tives to far-away Europe. "There are many neutral nations in Asia such as India, Burma, In donesia and Pakistan, can you possibly say that these neutral na tions are not suitable? Hull Reported 'Markedly Weaker' LA CROSSE, Wis. UPi Rep. Mer lin Hull of Black River Falls, who has been seriously ill for several weeks, was reported "markedly weaker" today. The 82-year-old congressional representative has been suffering from pneumonia following surgery.

The attending physician at Lu theran Hospital said that further complications had developed which dimmed hopes for Hull's recovery. Rep. HulL a Republican, is the oldest member of Congress. in North Central Alabama, striking where all the dead and most of the injured were counted. The Alabama tornadoes struck one day after Warner Robins, was ravaged by a twister that left 18 dead.

Between 250 and 300 persons were injured there, and dam age was estimated at 15 million dollars. Two Highway Patrol officers saw a tornado appear near Calera, 33 miles south of Birmingham. "We watched it form and begin to pick things up," related W. L. Allen.

"When it got too close to us, we ran like hell." A Negro mother and child were injured and "four or five" homes leveled in this section before the raging winds bounded toward the East. The storm smashed a cluster of homes near Ashland just as night fell, killing seven persons in three family groups. The blasting winds and an ac companying lightning storm knocked out all electric, power at Ashland. The first injured brought to the tiny Clay County Hospital were treated by candlelight. The dead near Ashland, as listed by the Highway Patrol and hospi tal: Mr.

and Mrs. John Lovelady, about 60, and Mrs. Becky Jones, 96, mother of Mrs. Lovelady. Esther Stubbs, 57, and her moth er, Mrs.

Sherman Stubbs, 87. Mrs. Mary Fulks, 84, and Sara Stevens, 60, Negro mother and daughter. Head-On Crash Near Shakopee Injures Five SHAKOPEE. Minn.

UP) Five persons were hospitalized as a result of a highway collision near here Friday night in which four cars and 19 persons were involved. None of the injured was in serious condition today. Cars driven by Celestine Gast, of rural Shakopee, and Leland D. Graber, 29, N. E.

Minneapolis, col lided head-on near the intersection of U. S. 212 and U. S. 169.

Dale Graber, 25, Leland's broth er, Florence Regehr, 22, Mar jorie Buse, 24, and Edith Ewert, 32, all of Marion, S. D. and passengers in the Graber car, were hurt. Dale suffered deep facial cuts; Miss Regehr, bruises, Miss Buse a dis located shoulder and Miss Ewert scalp lacerations. Dale was des cribed as in fair condition today at St.

Francis Hospital in Shako pee. The others are in good condition. Gast's wife, Anna, suffered a leg put their six children es caped serious injury. Shortly after the accident, a car driven by Lois.Geib, 21, Arlington, Minn, slowed down because of the wreckage. A car driven by R.

J. Whempner, 35, Minneapolis was involved in a collision with the Geib car. Whempner was not hurt and Miss Geib and her four pas sengers escaped injury. Sleepy Eye's "four-most" citizens, the Seifert quadruplets, celebrate their third birthday Sunday. To show how they've grown, the four children staged an impromptu preview for the camera man at their home at Sleepy Eye, Minn.

Shown blowing out candles on the bonus birthday cake are, left to right, Monica Mae, Michael Arthur, Marie Delores and Martha Ann. (AP Photo).