Holdrege Daily Citizen from Holdrege, Nebraska • 1

NUMBER 'H2 VOLUM? SIXTY-EIGHT i 7 NEBRASKA AYJULY 23 House Override! Presidents Appeal Senate May Add to BilHon-Plus Slasti WASHINGTON (UJ9 A' strong move got underwayin the Senate Appropriations Committee today to take an even bigger whadc at President foreign' aid request than the house did Wednesday night In a decisive 288 to 115 vote the House overrode the President's personal appeals and approved a 21100000 000 slash in aid funds for the current fiseal year The administration has been looking hopefully to the 'Senate for restoration of some of the money But in the Appropriations Committee at least the outlook did not seem bright Senate GOP leaders were cautious about revealing their strategy but one informed source said the President would have to settle for some cuts in the hopes of salvaging the most urgent items Decision Soon This source said there was virtually no chance of the administration getting all the $5138822-277 it asked in spite of Mr new warning at news conference Wednesday thiat the TV Assured for Holdrege Area A permit to operate a television station on Channel 13 between Holdrege and Kearney was awarded the Bi-States Company today by the' Federal Communications Commission in Washington The United Press wire report indicated that the permit had been granted after the FCC had dismissed at th request of the More I US Holds ROK Chief to Solemn Pledge ll 100000000 cut was too deep 12 TOnTUR The United States made Lit clear tov the world today that Syngman Rhea guilty of breaking -a sol-entnpledge it he wrecks a Korean 3 announcing that Jb writlng' not to Obstruct a truce the idministra-itipn alsrfprovided justification in vance for any pleasure it might have tp take against toe South Korean president Secretary of State John- Foster Dulles disclosed Rhee had written President Eisenhower a letter promising would not obstruct in any manner the implementation of the 'armistice He issued the statement just as Rhee was claiming any pledges not to interfere with a truce were Understands "Misgivings Dulles said the United States understands Rhee has about the truce butaid the administration nevertheless is counting on him to live up to his word Neither State Department' nor other government- officials commented further on toe muddled efforts to get toe long-sought truce They took the position that the United States tossed the ball to Rhee and the next move was up to him Have Written Pledges -United States officials apparently were planning in go ahead with the armistice signing as soon Decision Is Now Up to Communists SEOUL Korea'dJR) Hie Korean truce agreement was reported by reliable sources today to be completed and ready for signing Only the final approval of the governments concerned is said to be needed 'before the formal signing takes place United States Ambassador Ellis 0 Briggs called on South Korean President Syngman Rhee this afternoon presumably to Inform trim of the completion of negotiations He bluntly warned the rebellious Rhee that there will be no further United States concession to his objections to the armistice terms This left the final decision bn signing the' agreement ending thi war up to the Reds The UJf Is prepared to make the agreement offlciaL The Reds' however have hot formally reacted to latest threat to bolt the agreement unless 1000000 Chinese troops are withdrawn from Korea 90 days after a political conference on Ko- rean unity begins Rhee Is Told Off Briggs went to presidential mansion to give him and Foreign Minister Pyun Yung -Tae the firm American stand on armistice policy in Korea During the conference Briggs told Rhee and Pyun the United States certainly had been generous as anybody could expect Iriformants said stqff officers of the United Nations and Communist sides had ironed out all- of the details inthe annlstfce 'docu- tntot and that the united Nations was ready to sign it These sources said' all thht is needed now is a meeting of -the full delegatinos for ratificatioh of the armistice terms and setting the date for the elaborate signing ceremony at Panmunjom UN Is Beady The broke a two-day The United Nations was ready to battlefront lull by savagely fight- sign of the Communists are wlll- FOOD FOB GERMANS Although Russia and the East Ger-riftsn Communist government 'spurned 8 offer of free food for hungry East Germany the first shipment was sent anyway Here crewmen maneuver a cargo sling into a hold of the onuighter American Inventor a cargo of tana of flour beans lard and dried milk tobe expedited under 8MA supervision to the border of the Soviet Zone the Communists chance their minds Ks Take masJiSif mseUAgain SEOUL Korea f(UR South Korean infantrymen captured vital Sam Hwon Hill on the Central Front as a for President Syngman Rhee but the Reds pushed them' off two hours later TIRED Wald CinctoaU-an testify the Boy Scout Jamboree Stypotf Bfuk tkUf kjntei out over a Urge area as cloaks' hie tired feet after a visit troop in the' camp applicants an application for a new television station filed by the Central Nebraska Broadcasting Corporation at Kearney Dr Wayne Brewster head of the Bi-States told the United Pt ess the tentative target date was Christmas" if possible Dr Brewster said be and his associates were by the sudden action' and had no immediate definite plans to announce The station which has not been assigned call vcuid serve areas out of television range en-'tirely and others now in what Dr Brewster said were areas of other stations in the state He said officials could make no estimate on how large an area the 1 station would serve until farther i information on the permit was re-i ceived The Kearney group had filed application for a permit on the same channel as the Bi-States Company The Bi-States Company is a partnership of Holdrege and Alma men and plans have been -drawn erect a station qn a plot of ground about three-quarters of a mile north of the junction of High- ways 6 and 44 east of Axtell The bid by the Central Nebras-: ka Broadcasting Corporation for a permit on Channel 13' last April threatened to hold up television construction in this area for three years With the dismissal of the at the request of the applicants the way was cleared today for early construction of the station The Bi-States Company is a partnership composed of Dr Wayne Brewster Harold Hamilton Dr William Bivens Wilbert GHuff and Willard Anderson all of Holdrege and Freas Jr of Alma Boy Drowns in Farm Pool MALCOLM Neb UR) Donald -i Riggins 13 Malcolm Neb drowned in a farm pond Wednesday where he and his eight-year-yAild sister had gone fishing His sister Virginia said she saw Donald on a raft in the pond on the Reed Gamel farm a half mile east of here Virginia returned home and told her mother that Donald and I find His body was recovered by the Lincoln Fire-Department 300 Reservations Available SFUCC Fall ootball Lincoln Three hundred reservations ore now available for the South Platte United Chambers of Commerce an Criticize Big 13 Diplomacy Still 1 Favor Conference MOSCOW'XUR) Pravda denounced the Western powers to day for using "behind the back' diplomacy before proposing Big Four conference lput indicated the Soviet Union would faVor shell a meeting certain 'r The official Communist Party newspaper was highly critical of the Washington conference of Big Three foreign ministers and tbe agenda they suggested for a meeting with Soviet representatives The invitation was extended July 15 after the meeting of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault and Acting British Foreign Secretary Lord Salisbury Their proposed agenda for the Big Four meeting included discussions of! the unification of Germany and an Austrian peace treaty Critical of Bisr 3 Pravda in the first Soviet reaction to the proposal said in a front page editorial that such a high level conference could certain conditions have important But the editorial said the proposed agenda showed the Big Three wanted utilize this four power conference for purposes which have nothing to do with interests furthering peace or with the tasks of reducing international ltaaid the-Westem foreign to Advance single one of the burning problems of international Pravda said all the Western powers really wanted was to consolidate Chancellor Konrad Adenauers position in West Germany and that was the reason for the Western decision to continue the plan for a European army knows that these plans are designed to make Germany a military state the newspaper said Vreeland Assumes Duties at Herbert Vreeland has been named to the custodial staff at the Holdrege post Postmaster Tom Morris announced Mr Vreeland has resigned his post as maanger of the American Legion Club in Holdrege He has served as club manager for about three and one-half years A World War IT veteran he was 'assistant manager of the club prior to moving up to the managerial post Mr Vreeland assumed his new duties this week No announcement of 'a successor at the American Legion Club has been made ip is )10for the fare a lunch-ai Coiner Terrace this fall SFUCC Secretary Cletusthyi tha Linpln Chamber of Cotn- mefCfl and football tickets by the nual trek to Lincoln to wateh- Nelson said today Cost of toe round- Allotments of tickets to lqembes towns by the--beard of directors 'at the on Arapahoe nfeetidg Nineteen reservations'have been set aside for Holdrege South Planters who -want to make the trip on the special train Oct 17 when the' Comhuskers play Miami Pay Dues' To be eligible for tickets oh the special train which wil leave Mc-Cook member cities must hiive Jl 'the 5 Vi'- "fr -iA A CNEA TeiephOto) -V r-i their 1953- dues -Mr -Nelson said cothtmy'bf jtko Lincoln cautioned Mri Nelsod wiU rhbve lrted Lh the event tickets re not taken' by'the 'city or town to which allotment was- made originally they will be re-allocated to other cities Townaand the number of tickets allotcKl to each in the Holdrege Jk Axtell 1 Beaver City 8 Bertrand 9 Etwood 13 Franklin 10 Orleans 15Oxfqrd 8 Republican City 2 WUcox 15 Mipden22 Other towns in the area which will become eligible for tickets upon -payment of 1953 dues include Alma Hildreth Loomis and Nap-onee Squally Weather in West Nebraska i By United Press Western Nebraska had another night of squally weather Wednesday' and the Weather Bureau predicted more of tiie same Thursday I Acqmbination of twisters thunderstorms rain -hail and a dust storm: filled out the weather picture for (he western part of the state Tbe storm center that caused most of the trouble in the west weakened as it moved east producing only a fe4tf tight scattered shoyirers' Rainfall was locally heavy in the Panhandle and central Nebraska but less- than one inch generally 1 I- jA twister touched the ground 20 miles south wesL cd ScottsbluH on 'the Clarence TSiniven ranch 'but there were no-reports of damage 1 TheNebraska of in its iioId-''age assist-ficniped from $1055 J)00 far June! Aid 4o dependent children parnnU 'down $000 while blind payments decreased The numier of persons bn as-kroUs dqcreesed by 159 thir monto HEmMtddnct Costs OMAHANeW CULO Rcibert JC and -A Beldjkn-used seption of Ne-' invok Jen toldtraffic court Kaiaskey i wquiditottletl himl passin an aMjtoe-roungxnan hia'armarouhd a 'girl and 7 1 1 ing -tjheir way to the crest of Sam Hwon which was seized with other important outposts in the recent 100000-man Chinese offensive President Rhee advocate of a fight' to the last man against the Chinese invaders made an unexpected appearance at the front and wept as he thanked the for their stand against the Kum-song bulge offensive To American advisory officers attached to the ROK 2nd Division Rhee said he hoped the aerifies rif American troops the 24965 who died from the beginning of the war up to last Friday not go in still hope and pray that your sacrifices win not go in he said in English to the Americans that we will gain our common In the air night flying Superforts fought running gun battles with enemy jets as they rained 180 tons of bombs on two Comr munist airfields in Northwest Korea All 18 Buperfbrts returned to their basq safely' -BIBLE TEASE Miark the perfect jribh and behold tin upright for the end of that man is peace-Psalm 37:37 The Senate Appropriation Committee has finished 'hearings on the bill and expecti fo decide late this week on the totals it will recommend In the House debate there were repeated efforts to reduce the size of the cut recommended by the House Appropriations Committee But they failed Lop-Sided Vote In the end 159 Democrats 128 Republicans and one independent voted -for the cutback $4438878-000 bill and 82 Republicans and 33 Democrats voted against it The biggest cut was the $312-197910 shorn from the request for military aid for Europe The few 'items that went through unscathed included aid for Nationalist China and Indochina Throughout the debate opponents of the cuts referred to President urgent appeals for approval of substantially everything the administration requested Changes in PMA Setup by County Group Notice of a sweeping change in operation of the Production and Marketing Administration in Phelps and other Nebraska counties has been received by Fred Johnson county PMA chairman From the county level it will shift administrative responsibilities from the county committee to an office manager and PMA committeemen elected by farmers will act in a policy-making function As policy makers the Phelps PMA committeemen will determine program and administrative policy only The execution qf their wishes will be carried out by the hired office manager 75-Day Work Limit Since 1934 when the first Federal farm programs came into being county committeemen have acted as administrators and executors of their own policies Mr Johnson said county com- mitteemen will not work on a full-time basis the new each committeeman will' limited to 75 days work per same work limit will likewise apply on the state level he The state committee will also as an advisory body only on a part-time basis CommitlM Hir es Manager hiring of an office manager the responsibility of the committee Because of the "rigid requirements for the job Mr Johnson foresees trouble 1 a-head in obtaining the right man for the post need a man with practical fanning background plus administrative ability and technical -he commented In Lincoln State PltA Chairman Frank Reed' said of these men maybe hard to find at Tfye Production and Marketing Administration maintains' 84 offices throughput toe state Standards and qualifications for office manager have already been established The requirements are listed in an announcement re-(Continued on page eight) 7 to Omaha for physical Exams Seven Phelps Coupty' men were sent to Omaha this morning to takepre-induction physical examinations MrsJ C- Lindstrom clerk of the Selective Service todr -yc Five from-the coiinty will go to Omaha to be inducted into tharmed services Monday July 27 Mrs IJhdstrom ladded-CThe five will meet the: Phelps County quotai'of 'tnen -fur a Noiefinite induction order has been set for AugustTVo sibly three men will be ieqi Of I I ing the sources said It te up to Reds to decide what to do in the view of Korean President Syngman latest threat to torpedo the truce Peiping Radio in its first comment on statement that Chinese troops in Korea must (Continued on page eight) WEATHER FORECAST Scattered thunders west tills afternoon moving tonight and early Friday locally heavy strong gusty winds Friday party cloudy with scattered thundershowers in Republican River valley low tonight 84 high Friday 87-93 TEMPERATURES- 11 a temperatore 83 High Wednesday 90 Low Wednesday 63 1953 to date 1463 1952 to date 17J1 TEMPERATURE RANGES Omaha 89-68 Lincoln 91-69 Grand Island 91-63 Lexington 88-59 North Platte 90-57' Imperial 93-57 Sidney 92-59 Bcottebluff 94-60 Chadron 92-6 Norfolk 88-65 BurweU 92-58 Valentine 92-58 Struck by Auto York Man Dies YORK Neb OJPJ An 86-year-old man who died of injuries received when struck by a car became this first traffic totality in more than six years Frank Collingham York died at 5:30 Wednesday He walked in front of a truck driven by Jack Stephens of Oklahoma county set-up be The said Serve working The will be of Has Britishers merit Once a truce a signed toe7: ezpect Rhee to abide by it knd give the -post-armistice political conference a chance to tip to settle the Korean problem If he should break the truce be- fore the conferencehad a fair opportunity to solve outstanding problems the United States would be armed with written pledges which it could show the World With these -serving as' a moral justification ''this could take whatever steps it con sidered necessary against the Rhee government 1 3-Inch Rain in Southwest Texas Oklahoma and Kansas Drought Area Get Heavy Downpours AMARILLO Tex UR) More than three inches of rain fell in the heart of the Southwest drought disaster area Wednesday fright and early today In eastern Texas lowlands -of the Sabine Rivef 'were flooded near Mineola Rains of from two to three inches were reported Wednesday overpart of -the Sabine watertoed -MraR RfeRucker river observed for thWLake Charles La Weather Bureau said the river wsa above flood stage of 13 feet and some lowlands covered Paul Cod chief of the Lake Charles Bureau predicted a ertet of three feet above flood stage by Saturday Life-giving rainiello soaked and recent ihowers in Oklahrana were reported Vo have eased the crisis there -Amarillo ia ths Texas Panhandle was visited byPtysident Eisenhower recienUy 'whqn' he a drought confertocewith governors of Mx'sottUiwest states The downpour Amarillo was 'the heaviest in the jeity since May 15'1951 1 75 Ridns leapfrogged snn vut em Kansps Some -farm areas ported jnuch a three inches the 'most iri two Garden City Kan reported USiadua Most of Oklahoma misaed ouf on the riiowere But 5 Gov Johnston Murray said recenV showere wd changed the dnufbt pkturt fat toe state so he haacaxi' celedplans torjbqld meetingswito farm leaders- oyer Hi situation Ne 3 LEWISTON Me UE -4Pne fricluidjvtbkfe beer The coppe? coin? yras inscrib ed: wittrthe' information thatihe beaTer '-couldexchange it fog a glass of suds at The JPbnny Tap The saloon wait of business City Okla about three hours before his death gIDEWALK SLANTS Elwood Infant DroWns in Tahk Jf An 18-month-old Elwood infant was drowned late Tuefcay Afternoon in a water tank bn his farm home He was John Weissert son of Mr and Mrs Marie Weissert who reside three miles' west (-Elwood The accident Vtook place when the child and an older brother and sister were playing in toe Weissert farm yard John tumbled accidentally in the water tank and lost his life His ather was in a field working and -toe mother was in the house at toe time of toe fa tal infishap With XeqfilatibnV byto 'uni tion sincev feorUyaftrar' WinibettC ascended the- thronel pqrtk' thcih)iig pfavkao histenedjtoe raaq-' wflurwnnTho Mil Jg not sched4 utodto borne bcdore'Parliamait Call for StepUp in Fund LONDON UR) The decision to replace Princess Margaret as a possible successor to the throne and thus give her more freedom in her private life be widely toe' influential 'Daily Express faid today The goverranent Wednesday announced its intention to amend the Regency Act replacing toe 22-year old princess probably by Queen husband Prince While such action would remove dne'fif toe hiajor obstacles to any posstole marriage' af -Margaret with Group Opt Pieter Townsend there appearaL no basis or spoc-ulation that the project -change could be meqni as approval by the queen fair such a match MargarehVthird in line fra: the throne will not be 'ee to! marry without toe approval until she readies the age of 25 It was pointed out that a-strong religious barrier to any such mar-riage to a divorced party tygard- less of this reasons far the divorce Townsaid''38l is a divxirced msn Since-both' toe queen and Mazv giretAredevotedr: church women they probd dlscugwed to whole -question with toe'clerity''v' Acting Prinm Minister iC Butiers axmoiincement thajtoe desirability of changing ithert- The raising of $20J000 in funds' tlm Mflitary Department of Ne-iri Phelps county will have to be braska wants to do stepped up Hie: Fair-Armory building is to be realized herfe news reports indicate: While the campaign conducted by a special committee headed by Titus with Xanring Anderson as campaign director hasTdrawn good response rom busiriessmeq rural residents trail inmaking theironationa" Meanwhile other cities are' putr tmgi'caltte pressure to obtain simflar buildings Approval of hope that the' response from' rural residents who will have full use of the dual-purpose building at the fairgrounds will make it-possible for construction' to get underway as soon as possible" said Mr Anderson --v He" pointed the dam' paign mutibe stepped tq4f the goal'ls to be reached in time for comtructibn to beghu Nebxaska communities all-over areiqterested in js-t derinans and Russians outnumber Swedes among Nebraska's foreign-bom population In fact these persona born in -Sweden rank fourth among thq foreign-born in the state If you are interested here are toe figures: Germans 12000 Russians 7000 Czechs 6000 and Swedes' 5000 Denmark rates fifth with four thousand At the other end' of the scale only seven Nebraskans were horn ip Portugal -Coincidence brought three brothers into toe same barber shop at the same time -toe other day for haircuts One wandered to emporium then the 1 second followed knowing the first was already in a chair Before the string ran out' 'the third brother a serviceman home in Oxford on military fur- lough from San Francisco drop-" ped in for a trim! and gaped -when he saw his brothers ahead uof him Nothing planned about lt--pure happenstance' American can find hiwwlf quickly and seriously in troubled waters by toe exercise to the fullest extent toe right of free 4 fir 'if! obtainingcom-mitments-of funds similar to' tKe one and Phripe 3 The cuunpaigri half-wty mark and there is an urgencythat' drinands that i the goal thefnext two or thzeeweekaMr Andtewm Contributions should be mailed to theiPhelpsir Fair-Armory: Cran- Vv: inlttM 1' t' SrJ l'' s' specificatiohi for National Guard armories at Hastings and Grand Island was being sought Wednes-f day by CdL IL Turner Nebrasr kadeputy adjutant' generaL i goingto make an etiort tflget' them both started this is exactly what the Phelps County ramimittee sponsoring 'the drive to-false the sum neraied to -snatch the $75000 committee by v- 1 9.