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M0 3 rniv va aw -a 67th YEAR No. 192 "ull Leuaed Wira (tenon of The Aasnriated prett (APi-Ttie United Pra 't'Pi Imernjiion.il Nrwi Service 1INS1 EL PASO, TEXAS, FRIDAY. JULY 1 1. 1947 22 PAGES Properly Value Hike Blasted Mexico Curbs Imports Of American Goods laic wide Price Boost Probe Opens To Aid Dollar Balance Mexico City. (AP) The Mexican government announced Thursday night drastic restrictions on importation of luxury and nonessential Roods to protect her dwindling dollar balance In the United States The restrictions will ro into effect Friday.

The announcement was made by Treasury Secretary Ramon Beteta, who said Mexico's dollar balance in the United States at the end of the war was about $355,000,000 and that It had dwindled now to about S20J.000.000. By BOB IIAP.MAN Bankers, a realtor and the Chamber of Commerce president Thursday unanimously a greed that El Paso County property valuations should not be Increased 20 per cent to raise additional funds for the county budget. In an editorial Thursday morning. The Timei opposed the proposed county valuation Increase and urged, instead, that the county tax rale by advanced to the limit R0 for operating purposes) and if thin does not raise enough money, that time warrants be issued for the balance needed. The group, polled throughout the day.

approved the stand taken by The Times editorially 100 per cent. Austin. (AP) A statewide investigation of possible antitrust law violations in recent concerted boosts In prices of gasoline, milk, bread and other necessities was ordered Thursday by Atty. Gen. Price Daniel.

He said some preliminary work, particularly In milk and bread prices, has already been done in El Paso, Fort Worth and Dallas, and will be extended to other cities. Commenting on "uniform'' gasoline price increases by seven major oil companies which have brought tank wagon boosts totaling two and one-half cents a gallon since OPA controls were removed, he said they "appeared more than coincidental." "There is enough in it to warrant an investigation," the attorney general told a press conference during which he said he was calling on v. La Aid For Mexican Ranchers Urged said importation of goods in general categories would pi nlllblti'd. Among prohibited will ba furniture, washing machines, rugs, automobiles, pianos, watches and i adios. In another list, containing 1(1 categories, the Import duties will i)o laisid to the levels, which, a ill nuke it difficult for importers to bring in goods.

The proposed valuation increase, 'Flying Discs' 3Iav Be Air Field Balloons By SARAH McCI.FMION nnra Uaihluston orrrtpondrnt Washington Texas and the United States are sittine on opponents say, will net $64,800 to The restrictive measures will be the state and only $72,000 to the all county and district attorneys to county. The bankers, realtor and Cham bcr of Commerce official were em phatir on the score that valuations should not be increased until the a powder keg so long as there are 10.000,000 head of cattle "cteta said, but will be in Northern Mexico ready for market with the usual market! Mxico tPel her in Texas and other U. S. areas closed to them because of the 'bet id ha. foot-and-mouth disease quarantine, Sen.

Edward J. Thye notified of the restrictions as of Minnesota declared Thursday at a press conference hcki1 Article 10 of th by those who recently visited HM'2 trade treaty. Mexico to study the disease er.idi-! "There is one of the best' Mexico has tried to protect her cation program," canning plants in the world at balance in the United States Rep. A. L.

Miller of Nebraska Tampico but it Is not yet operating, shrough Increased production, but tax rate limit and time warrant methods had first been used. By IKS. TOM CIIAKI.ES Alamngordo, N. l. Many of the "flying discs" reported in this area Wednesday probably came from the Alamogordo Army Air Field.

Major W. U. Prichard, stationed here with the Watson Laboratories Bankers said they had handled local time warrants in the past and would lake the warrants in this in 'I sumiest that the successful only par get some of these surplus shun it i ''ally," he declared. stance, provided the legality of their issuance was established. Such warrants would bear three per cent pointed out that with cattle indemnities for slaughtered diseased cattle a few cents a pound higher than the market price that there might be temptation for cattle owners in Northern Mexico to in- and working with While Sands Proving Grounds, said he and his crew released balloons with attached equipment.

When the equipment collapses, he said, it easily misht Interest. might have on hand equipped to carry fiuen fi.od and send them down there as well as all available equipment to help out in In join in the inquiry. Daniel assigned 20 assistants half of his staff -to the statewide investigation. The Texas antitrust law forbids a combination of capital or acts by two or more persons, firms, corporations or associations to "fix, maintain, or reduce the price of merchandise, produce or other commodities." Daniel said his department was not concerned with price increases as such, but with any method of concerted increases that showed evidence of violating the law. Commenting on gasoline price increases, Daniel said that Conoco.

Cities Service. Gulf. Sinclair. Magnolia and the Texas Co. boosted (Continued'on page 3, column 4) Red Ultimatum Keeps Czechs From Aid Talks troduce the disease into their herds, process County Commissioners have passed an order increasing the valuations 20 per cent.

A slorm of protest, designed to have this rescinded, appeared to be developing just over the line from Texas. "So long as that It). 000.0(10 head Senator Thye said the United i of cattle is in northern Mexico. On the basis of the minister's figures, the useful dollar balance in the United States is not the $200,000,000 he quoted, but about S70.000.000. From the U.

S. dollar balance of S200.000.000 must be deducted the Hank of Mexico's 25 per cent legal reserve against bank note circulation and sight obligations, which in May totaled nearly $140,300,000. That leaves about $00,000,000 in New York, which may be bolstered by a few miscellaneous items. States and Mexico had to get to-1 there is picssuio on the eradica- Thursday. gether to find an outlet, which he'tion program.

And that pressure resemblv a saucer or disc. A limited number of these balloons have been released in the past 15 months, Major Prichard said, the number Increasing sharply in recent weeks. "Wo uc the balloon rather than aircraft in the experiment because it is slower in the air and can be more readily studied and followed," hp said. "It goes higher 1han the eye can see and a radar set is employed believes will be Europe. There al-is like steam in a boiler it is ready is an extensive organization about to blow iu.

We have got to It has not been determined yet Just how much money the county will need and this will not be known, officials' said, until the for this purpose in Mexico, he said, act fast. there will be dif- budget Is made up. Without submitting the proposal but U. S. aid is needed to get an ficulties.

You Know export outlet. jmrat, too. "We'xe got to get the meat from; "Ranchci in the area are tense Northern Mexico killed, canned or I for lack of cash. They are the frozen as soon as possible," Thye I iCmiliiuird I'me 8, Column 51 City's Second to follow its course." The equipment Is a six-cornered reflector, covered with tinfoil held in place by small slabs of wood. (Continued on pate 3, column 1) County Tax Rate Decision Due Monday Council Will Extend City LimitsFrcv Concert To Include Morninside Heights Set Tonight City Council Thursday agreed to project the northern city limits to William Beaumont General Hospital properties to bring the Mom- I Thousands of Kl Tasoan.

snrl mgside Heights and Summit Place additions into the city. friends from nearby cities are ex- Thc area will be placed on the city tax rolls as of March 1, 19111. ported to crowd El Paso Huh Paris. 'CP i The hues between Europe's eastern and western blocs were clearly Friday, on the eve of the Pans conference on U. S.

aid F.urupc, as Moscow reported that Iwo nunc Soviet satellite stau had declined to take part. Fourteen of the 22 nations In The Commissioners' Court will meet Monday for showdown on the controversial county tax rate and extension of city services ill follow completion of the annexa-i School Stadium Friday night for base for 1947, County Judge Victor Sometimes they cany instruments, but all have a tag reading "Property of A. M. C. 'Aircraft Materials Corps) Watson Laboratories, Ala-moeordo Air Field." The balloons usually are exploded by hish altitude pressure.

They are boiled for a full hour before beins; filled, to increase their tensile strength. Major Prltchard doubted whether the balloons had reached the Pacific Northwest, where the discs fust were reported, but they could easily trawl over the Fiocky Mountain area, he Said. Purpose of the experlnenls is (Continued On Page 8, Column 3) tion program. Council action on the annexation ordinance is all that the second outdoor concert of El B. Gilbert, said Thursday.

Paso Symphony Orchestra's Sum vited bv Kngland and France to discuss the Marshall Plan had ac Earlier meeting of the court Is precluded by the absence of County Commissioner Fred Bunsen. Bun-sen has been out of town for several days and will mt return to mer series, which will begin at 8:20 p. m. These concerts. "Music under the Stars," are sponsored by th City of El Paso and are free to the cepted.

F.ight countries all mem bers of the Soviet btoc nan ne-dined. Albania and Finland, ac public. Joking Remark Of Dallas Mayor Cosls Him SI 7 El Paso until" Monday, Judge Gil bert said. cording to Radio Moscow, were the Special busses will be available leaving San Jacinto Plaa at 7:15 is lacking in the annexation move, as notice of intention and its 30-day publication went through sonic time ago. Final action was held up by the council at that time to provide time for the council to arrange for extension of municipal services to the areas.

An additional police radio patrol ear will he added to the Police Department for protection of the new area and adequate fire protection will be available. Kx-chaimos will be wan ked out with I Full meetinf of the court la last to decide to slay out of the Paris parley. However, official re- p. m. for the Stadium, and will re sought for the regular session Mon plus from inese iwo nan oui uecu Colonel Says day, when decision must be made as to whether a 20 per cent valua cceived here.

Czechoslovakia, a "bord'T state" main there for the return trip to town after the concert. The program will open with "Strike Up the Hand'" by Gershwin, followed by the "Light Cavalry Overture." F. von Suppc; Selections iAF Testing 'Freak Things' Dallas. (AP) A joking remark made by Mayor Jimmy Temple In wrlromlne drlcfatrs to a convention here last wrrk backfired Thursday. The mayor told vlsitlnj firemen that if any nf them ft Into trouble in Dallaa to Just talk In him; he would fix it with the chief of police.

Three delegates who (ot traffic tickets took the mayor up. City Manager Roderlc II. Thomas ruled the only way the mayor could "fix" the tickets was to pay llirin off. It coat Temple $17. Fort Worth.

(API Mass hysteria the City School system to handle scholastics in Myra Winkler School, which will he taken in with the area. The school is one of the few remaining rural independent districts in the county system. Water and sewer facilities will be extended to the area in the near future at an estimated cost of officials said. fleeting plimpses of distant P-5ls, winch had agreed to attend the Pans meeting, reversed that decision Thursday, responding to a Russian ultimatum. In Prague, a high government source revealed that Czechoslovakia withdrew from the conference because of a last-minute warning that Russia would cancel their treaty of alliance.

A high American official here warned the nations of F.urope that the Marshall Plan was their last hope of getting help 1he United States. Bulgaria. Hungary. Poland. Romania and Yugoslavia, all firmly within the Soviet orbit, had declined invitations.

Rci-giuin, Denmark, Eire, Greerc, Ice MAY BE 'FLYING SAUCERS' Many of the objects seen recently in Soutluvestem skies are believed to be the tinfoil devices released in large numbers from Alamogordo Army Air Field, N. where large-scale radar experiments are being conducted. The balloons and attachments have been flown from Alamogordo for the past 15 months. In top photo a. crew is preparing to send a balloon aloft.

Center photo shows the balloon and tinfoil attachments airborne. The crew shown in the lower photo is tracking the foil-covered device. (U. S. Army Photos.) or just plain specks before the eves, are factors to be considered in the firm belief of an increasing nortion of the population that "flying discs' been sighted, Col.

from "Naughty Marietta," Victor Hoi bort; "Gold and Silver Waltz," Franz I.ehar; 'Gypsy Airs," Sara-sate, violin solo to be played by Abraham Chavez and the Orchestra; Maidi Gras from the "Mississippi Suite," Ferde Grofo; "Malaguena," Ernesto Lecuona; "Vienna Life Waltz," Johann Strauss; and music from the opera, "Carmen," Georges ilizet. Chavez, guest soloist for the evening, is assit.mt concert master of the orchestra, and this will mark Ins first appearance as soloist. II. Arthur Iirown will conduct. tion order, passed by the court two weeks ago, will stand or be abandoned in favor of rentention of the $60,000,000 valuation ceiling.

Two meetings Thursday threw some new slants on the unpopular valuation increase program. W. E. Casteel, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce tax and economy committee, and Paul Harris, committee member and Southern Pacific Co. tax expert, conferred the court at a morning session.

The committee last week went on record opposing the valuation increase. Harris suggested that a 95 per rent tax collection base be figured in computing budget needs instead of the 87 -cent level used in past years for a "conservative figure." County tax collections during war years have averaged 95 per cent. Use of the 95 per cent tax collection base and increase of the county ad valorem rate from 76 (Continued On Page 3, Column 3) Alfred F. Kalbcrer, Eighth Air Thomuson Resigning Second Walk On Bridge Group Approves Border Fence Sum On July Senate Votes Change land, Italy, Luxembourg, toe lein. erlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden Switzerland and Turkey nave Washington.

(AP Legislation Opens Today Force intelligence officer at FWAAF, said Thursday. Col. Kalberer. whose 20-year flying career has included commercial flying in Dutch East Indies and F.uropc and has closely associated him with atomic bomb activities, was guest speaker at the Arlington Heights Lions Club luncheon meeting. "The airlines pilot who saw the discs might have seen a guided missile directed by a plane some distance away," he "We are playing around with all sorts of freak things almost as bad as were the Germans near the end of the war." he added.

He explained that the Army Air Forces are extending every effort to determine If there is any basis for the so-called "flying discs" but err.nhasi7ed that so far nothing definite had been discovered. 'Flying Saucer' Termed Joke San Pedro, Calif. "UP)- Hiissell Long's "genuine radio-controlled, jet-propelled flying saucer" which authorizing expenditure of $600,000 for construction of two anti-smuggling fences along the Mexican Border was approved Thursday by the Senate Foreisn Relations Committee. The committee recommended early completion of the fences and that their cot be limited to Timrn Waililmtnn niirrntl Washington. Mop.

Ewing Thom-ason of El Paso said Thursday that he will next week mail his resignation as congressman from the Kith Texas District to Gov, Ileaufoid Jester. The resignation will become effective midnight, July 31. A copy will be sent to the Hoii.se of representatives. Thomason said he was issuing International ceremonies will open the new pedestrian walk on the west side of the International Santa Fe Street Bridge at 11 a. m.

Friday. Present will be Mayor Dan Ponder, Mayor Carlos Villareal of Jua In Crop Insurance Washington. 'AP) A bill to revise the Federal crop insurance program was passed Thursday by the Senate and sent to the House. S)nsoied by Senators MrClellan iD-Ark.) and Aikne the measure would limit application of crop insurance to primary areas. Wheat insurance Would be limited to 6H3 counties where the crop is of primary importance.

Cotton insurance would be continued on an experimental basis In 56 counties, McClcllan said. Insurance Mercury At 102 For Second Day The weatherman predicted 100 rez, heads of Mexican and United' Mid-Week Traffic Figures Down Police Traffic Capt. J. W. Fitz-Gerald disclosed Thursday that traffic to and from the downtown business district, has shown a midweek decline of approximately 200 cars per day.

The figures were taken from a traffic survey being conducted throughout this week at 21 intersections bordering the downtown section. The survey is being made by volunteer workers from civic clubs. Thursday the combined total of inbound nnd intbntmd cars reached 17,662. Wednesday total was 17,885 Captain FitzGerald said a volume count would be made by his department at a later date to determine the amount of traffic in certain blocks of the downtown district, for the purpose of relieving down-lown traffic congestion. $4,000,000.

plopped into his North Hollywood garden Wednesday night and created quite a stir was pronounced a "practical joks" Thursday night by The committee said the fences. extending from El Paso 675 miles States immigration organizations, this notice now because he had had officials from Mexican and United numerous inquiries recently from States consulates and executives of i who wished to make ar-El Paso City Lines. rangements for the special election degree temperature Friday alter two straight days of 102 maximum. Low expected Friday was 74 while 73 decrees minimum was recorded here Thursday. Weather Bureau records at Ed authorities at Fort MacArthur here.

westward and along the Rio Grande from Del Rio to the gulf, are need uld ba written up to 75 per cent on me rcmonciing his successor. ed to prevent loss of American the recorded or He expects to arrive in Kl P.oi..!f th rrim Anderson Airport revealed the all cattle and influx of tick-infested "It looks like a gag." the adjutant's office said after Army men inspected it. "It wouldn't fly. We are holding it. however, pending instructions from the Sixth Army Headquarters." Long's disc had a 30-inch dia is being done by El Cit.v Lines at a cost of $35,000.

Changes on the east side of the bridge are expected to be completed in about two weeks. Chris Fox, general manager of El Paso Chamber of Commerce, and Harris Walthall, customs collector, are in charge of Friday's cattle, and to guard against smug-sling and the illegal entry of aliens. It said the fences already have been authorized and the resolution simply would transfer to the Boundary and Water Commission $300,000 for each pro- time local high for July was 105 degrees, reached once in 1909 and asain in 1932. A 20 minute sprinkle was reported at Ed Anderson Airport Thursday afternoon. The Weather Rureaii called it a Rain OIL TRACT I.F.

lSFn. Santa Fe. UPi Yeager and Armstrong of Midland, Texas, paid $21,500 or an average of $27 per acre for a lease on an oil tract in Lea County, New Mexico, the S'ate Land Office reported Thursday. The monthly sale of oil and gas leases brought a total of $78,380. on Aug, 1 and on that day take ihp investment.

the oath of office as judge with Judge Hen Rice of the Western It K.IECTS A A GRANT. District of Texas swearing him in. Washington. (UP) The Senate Thorn. isoii said by the time his rejected Thursd.iv a move by Sen-tenure of office ends he believes ator Lodge, ift.

to add will have disposed nf all pending jooo.lsiO to the Army appro-husiness in the House concerning 'pr'atinn tn give the Air Force 750 hi.s district. i additional places. meter and weighed about 10 pounds. He also had Inquired, "how about gotting that $1000 reward" offered for a flying disc by a group of and hail were reported in Salt Flat jeet out of State Department appro- program. priations.

Thursday afternoon. Truman's Popularity Takes Slight Drop In Most Recent Gallup Poll any other major groups in the EXCLUSIVE I.NATIOMAL 5, MffMgffS 2. UNION MEMBERS Ma Truman's Popvlarity population. The President went to bat for organized labor by vetoing the Taft-Hartley act, expressing his opposition in vigorous language. Today's survey, which gives full reflection to the post-veto mood of union labor, finds that as compared to May the President has held his own with this group, and if anything has gained a little.

In the case of farmers the Ine .84 11 SB 'St' i ib! i. s. 11 period of farm prosperity undoubtedly has a great deal to do with the present popularity of the head of i1, 'M By GEORGE GALLUP riirrrlor. Amrrlran lntUule of Public Opinion. Trinceton, N.

J. President Truman's general popularity with the voters has declined in the last two weeks. But the drop from May has not been sharp. In late May 57 per cent of the nation's voters polled by the Institute approved of the way Mr. Truman was handling his job as president.

Today, 54 per cent say they approve, while 33 per cent disapprove and the rest express no opinion. Thus, one year before the 1948 nominating conventions, Mr, Truman in spite of his troubles with Congress continues to enjoy sub-st: ntial support from the people. Two powerful voting blocs account for a large part of his popularity and for the general strength of the Democratic party labor union members and farmers. Among those two groups Mr. Truman's popularity greater than among the Administration in power.

During his two years in office, Mr. Truman has had rises itTid falls 'AY A a as 4 YAVA 1, of popularity that resemble a ride VWMA Ys APPROVE TRUMAN AE TRUMAN on a roner coaster. Starting in July, 19t3 from the YYAVA VS. WJJXVXXA dizzying height of 87 per cent-higher even than Franklin D. Roosevelt ever polled he plummeted to 32 per cent in the short suace of 15 months.

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