Holdrege Daily Citizen from Holdrege, Nebraska • 1

ti wm'i ii1 "I STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY I ri- 1 1 NUMBER 22 holdrege phelps county Nebraska Monday September 21 1953 See Possibility of Gigantic Hoax in Story of Deposed Soviet Leader KHOL-TV with CBS See Test I by NoV 7 Members Station Personnel Announced by Manager Watts Building Is Nearing Completion i Announcement was made today in New York City by Edward Scovill of the staion relations department of the Columbia Broadcasting System television network of the affiliation of KHOL-TV with its nation-wide system 1 Duare Watts station manager for the new television outlet now under construction between Holdrege and Kearney said that the contract had been signed by the Bi-States Con pariy and the national network He added that pegotiationi are proceeding and virtually certain that other network affiliations will be signed before KHOL-TV beam its first programs Barring delays the first video programs are expected to start November 15 the network television association viewers will be assured of top-notch -programs and they will hae telecasts when they want said Mr Watts Test Date Set Test patterns fgr the new station will be made about November Construction work on the building which will house equipment offices and a live studio is rapidly nearing the finishing stagbs -The station expects to start moving equipment into the building by October 4 Part of the equipment has already arrived and workers will quickly complete the installation as fasas it arrives from the Generla Electric Corporation The 500-foot tower is to be shipped September 29 from New Wales Pa It will be installed immediately upon arrival by the Electrical Tower Equipment Company of Peoria 111 Evening Programs First Mr Watts assumed the station managership post today He formerly managed Radio' Station KHAS in Hastings He said that the first programs will be on an evening time schedule television time schedule will be increased as rapidly as Mr Watts explained The increased time will come as soon as problems are sqlved and1 policies set The manager also announced names of seven members of the personnel Jack Lewis now with Station KGFW in Kearney will be chief engineer On the engineering staff with him will be John Seide who has moved to Holdrege from Newcastle Wyo where he was associated with Station KASL Indianan Coming In the program department will be Jack Gilbert who will come here from Bloomington Ind Mr Gilbert has been a staff member of Station WTTV in that city Sales department members announced by Mr Watts include Richard Hackney with General Appliance Company at Omaha Wayne Beavers with Station KFNF at Shenandoah Iowa and Robert Schnuelle with Station KGFW at Kearney Receptionist will be Kay Moffitt now with Station KGFW in Kearney Cub Scouts Aid Sale of Flags Cub Scouts in Holdrege are on a crusade to make residents more patriotic 9 Killed in Nebraska 1 Crashes Bloody Week-end Chalked Up on State Highways By United Press A bloody weekend on Nebraska pads upped the traffic vount nine more notches to' 226 Five persons were killed Saturday Four yung men met death Sunday in three separate crashes all one-car mishaps Reuben Qomez 19 of Scottsbluff Was found dead in an irrigation ditch near Scottsbluff His pickup ruck evidently went out of control and plunged- into the ditch Three mitts south of Auburn Pvt Dale PjPize 20 Lincoln and Alvin Steffens 22 Auburn were' killed outright and three other men were hospitalized when their car smashec head-on into a road bank after Hurtling across a ditch 30 feet deepand 40 feet wide The injured are Bill Birdsiey 22 Auburnjsa senior at Jhe University of Nebraska Jim Humphrey 18 and Ralph Stuck 19 Auburn a freshman at Peru State College Refers 16 West Point was killed distantly when he apparently lost control of his car (Continued on page six) Crash Victim 'Was Native of Hotdrege A Lincoln youth who formerly lived in Holdrege was instantly Informant Says Eager to Come to This Country and Tell All He Knows WASHINGTON (UR) Government officials expressed skepticism today about a report that deposed Soviet leader Lavrenti Beria has escaped from Russia The report came from a highly-placed informant op Sen Joseph Senate Investigating Subcommittee The informant who would hot let his name be used said Beria is with sub-committee agents abroad and is eager to come to this country to all he knows about the international Communist Beria once the No 2 man in the Kremlin was fired July 2 as head of the Russian secret police and charged with treason Western authorities assumed that he was in a Soviet prison awaiting trial but there has been no direct wal'd on his whereabouts Farther Investigation The McCarthy subcommittee informant conceded the possibility that reported escape may be a gigantic hoax He first told reporters flatly that has been out of Russia for more than a month and the subcommittee has been in personal contact with him for a considerable length of Later however he said the subcommittee is still investigating the matter and does not yet have conclusive proof that the man claiming to be Beria really is the deposed Soviet leader State Department officials said they knew absolutely nothing about the case A White House spokesman said He assumed that Beria wished to contact officials he would make his approach through diplomatic or intelligence channels rather than through a-Senatee subcommittee FBI Has No Comment The FBI and the Central Intelligence Agency officially had Privately government Intelligence experts were decidedly skeptical of the report 1 The McCarthy subcommittee informant declined to give any details of purported escape Gravel Bids Awarded for Nearby Jobs 6 South Central Nebraska Projects Included on List Eleven contracts for maintenance gravel resurfacing of state highways six of them in South-Central Nebraska have been awarded State Engineer Ress said today -The 11 jobs went to nine different firms at the letting the engineer said: The winter gravel jobs include several highways in well-traveled South-Central Nebraska A contract for $526680 for distributing 3420 cubic yardrf of gravel on State Highway 23 between Elwood and Loomis was awarded Luther of Kearney The other two bids on the job were respectively 44 and 56 cents per cubic yard or a total of $150480 and $191520 above the winning hid Oxford-Orleans' Work" Herman Obering of Lincoln won a $399966 contract for plac ing 2247 'cubic yards on State Values for Everyone And from the advertisements appearing in the big special section of today's edition of the Dally Citizen it's certain that thpy've found them Read them aUd make a list of those articles need at the sale price There special reductions od every item heeded about your hornet There- are values far MohuDad and the kiddies YquH find' the savings are puallty -products always fafemnit with Holdrege mar-chahis-r-are offered in every store' Thay er the names you know -and want 'most Ffee: Parking -inerghants of Holdrege are fully aware that real values will future customers" said Presdicnt Charles Nie-haiis of the Holdrege Chamber ofCoiunttft There will be free parking both days in downtown Holdrege The meters will be hooded- according io-an order issued today by Mayor Roy Kissier Chamber Secretary Cletus Ndiop ur ged Holdxege residents Slacks Ibilers aall-able to every out-of-town er show our hispitality by not using them' more then we have he commented Mark the days and remember Holdrege businessmen will be looking for you Harold Dravo Dies in Oregon Harold Dravo about 53 a former Holdrege resident died of Heart attack Saturday at Portland' Ore Mr Dravo was stricken while at work for a construction company according to word received here He was the son of the late Samuel Dravo one of the early day attorneys in Holdrege He had made his home on the west coast for a number of years Mr- Dravo was a World War I veteran It was reported here this morning that the body would be returned to Holdrege for burial Survivors include his wife Grace one daughter Mrs Betty Mickel Puento Calif two sons Jack Topeka and Samuel in the Navy VOLUME SEVENTY GQP Tax 'Muddle' Powder Keg Issue of 1954 Demos Plotting Strategy OMAHA UR Nebraska Republicans faced with th powder-keg issue of property" taxes in 1954 are trying to take a calm approach on what could become one of the biggest political liabilities GOP leaders concede it will be a but some of them find it hard to believe the current tax situation cbuld upset the Republican applecart in Nebraska Democrats are busy plotting campaign strategy designed to put the blame for the on the Republicans in the 1954 gubernatorial election Wait and Saa Republicans certain what their tack will be on the issue wait and see what actual effect all the fuss has on voters pocketbooks They hope may win as -many friends as it loses the GOP in the end When two Republicans meet these days taxes somehow seem to get into the conversation Much of the side talk at meetings and rallies is about valuation taxes and dollars The fact that a senate seat as well as the four congressional seats will be at stake ip 1954 overlooked GOP leaders want party members to get too complacement after overwhelming across the board victory in the state Isn't Their Baby Alone A frequent answer to queries about what the GOP will do is "What would the Democrats have done with the same Republicans feel the ancient tax dilemma their baby alone They concede that under withering blasts from eager Democrats dollar-conscious voters might feel differently Republicans say the tax situation is "misunderstood" All taxes are local they say and -disgruntled taxpayers should point their finger at local officials who spend the money Jhey think voters should credit the GOP with for effort in trying to straighten out the tax muddle But they know that such sometimes gets misplaced in a hot political campaign Man's Leg Broken in Motorcycle Mishap doyd Johnson Rt 2 Holdrege suffered a broken right leg about 8:45 a mj5unday morning a motorcycle lhishap on Third aVenue near the ftehnkg Dairy Products Company- Mr' Johnson was westbound on Third avenue on the motorcycle and attempted a left turn into the alley just east of the dairy firm The wheel went out of control and- in- attempting to straighten the vehicle it crqphed on its right side The wheel pinned Mr right leg the emergency unit was called' to take the injured man-to Holdrege Hosidtal Both bones below the knee of the right leg were fractured 4he mishap in a half hour in trees near his home one night but it did no good The town has also planted stuffed owls around town but the birds practically snuggled up to the predators Town Tries Everything Some persons collected tin cans zealously and strung through trees and bushes but the birds cackled contentedly among the makeshift noisemakers 1 The residents tri4d firecrackers which entertained small fry but scare the birds Finally the- Fire Department rigged up a high pressure hose and tried blasting the pests out of shade trees with water but the wet bedraggled birds circled and came right back Dietz was asked what Walcott planned next "We Jmow what to he said sadly go away when it gets real he said hopefully But always another spring a Highway 3 between Oxford and Orleans and on State Highway 46 between Oxford and State High- way 89 He was lone bidder on the work His price was $178 per cubic yard compared with $185 paid in 1952 when the highway was regraveled Ervin Amman of Naponee was awarded a contract to place 900 cubic yards of gravel on State Highway 3 between Alma and a point north of naponee for $1323 The only other bidder was 11 cents per cubic yard higher or a total of' $99 above Price Arapahoe Bidder Wins A contract for laying 2690' cubic yards of gravel on Highway 283 between Arapahoe' and the junction With State Highway 23S went Paul Weyerka of Arapahoe Nd other firm bid on the job price of $198 per cubic yard compares with $185 paid in 1952 whi the road was regraveled Bladen Sand and Gravel of i Continued on page six) Dollar Koldpfft'i have added a new twist to their big at- traction- And that Is DouUf Poll-Days i The crowd-drawing event Is scheduled far Wednesday and Thursday Sept 23-24 For a long time- mer-chants have been planning i the- ones -each-six-months sales -vent And the fall edition promises to give customers the biggest bargains ever- Buyers will haye the double opportunity to mvs money for weeks Holdgege stores -have been combing the markets fair the best bargains possible Rites Wednesday for JSlosn 80-year-old Ragan resident died Saturday evening About 630 after suffering heart attack Mr Sloan had returned home after bring down town and he was struck by the! fatal attack in the front yard of his Ragan home He had resided ifl Ragan since 1933 Born in MihonkIllron October 28 1872 he came-to Nebraska with his parents in 1887 when 15 years old He later resided in several states but Returned -to the Ragan community in 1917 He farmed until his retirement about 20 years ago Funeral services will be conducted from the Baptist Church in Ragan at two Wednesday afternoon with the Rev John Evans officgtjng Burial will be jn Freewfcfer Cemetery with the Zulauf Funeral Home of Alma in charge of arrangements Survivors include his wife Carrie one' daughter- Mrs Luhi Bawson Ontario Calif two sons Roger Ragan ibid Kenneth of Kan opfe sister Mrs Leona Armstrong Jolly Iowa one brother Harxton of Kansas City Mo ten -grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren Freezing Temps in North Dakota By -United Press A fast-moving coUrfranfcchilled most of the country today and kicked up scattered showers Freezing temperatures were reported in North ftakota end most of the i Midwest shivered in temperatures in the" 40s and 50s It was wanner in the East and South with the mercury hovering in the 60-70 range The cool front which rolled eastward and southward Sunday night and early today broke- a late Season heat wkve In the Southwest that had shattered September records Try a Citizen -classified ad SIDEWALK SLANTS Saturday has gone forever next Saturday may' never cqpne and today is too short to worry about the way 'Holdrege 'fans fait upon their return from Lincoln -where they saw Comhuskers flop in their setaon debut against Oregon- Maybe 'Bill' Glassford gave his diarges the want ad- vice possiblebyteQingiiiemto be themselves The national suicide rate is repqrted to -be at a new low Curiously people are 90 busy worrying themselves to death 'they don't have time to kill -themselves: A Holdrege fallow (name withheld) thinks the? mowae theatres ought to stayt giTtog away dishes so moviegoers would have something to toss bade at the 3-D characters on the screen who throw everything at them including the kitchen sink Wisdom jn a Few Words: A luxury becomes a necessity if you can make the down payment on itj ment tain with skepficistryi Disarmafiient Action Tasked by Vishjnsky little More) than Rehasli of Old Proposals UNITED NATIOls NY (UP) Andrei -V Vishinsky demanded today that the United Nations Security Council take immediate action to prohibit A atqmic land hydrogen weapons and to order the dismantling of military bases in foreign countries The Kremliri 'TnoXTthpieCe" put' before the General Assembly what appeared to be little' more than a rehash of Soviet atomic proposals previously rejected by the West "More Favorable Conditions" He presented a resolution which would have the assembly note that the end of the Korean war had created favorable con- for international measures to avert a new -world war and recommended: 1 Unconditional prohibition of atomic hydrogen and other weapons of mass with the Security Council instructed to prepare an agree- ational con it a intern atic ment to "insure trol of such prohibit 2 Reduction by £he Big Five powers of their forces by one-third within a ear with tle Security Council to convene a brief an international conference fyr the reduction of armaments all Dismantle 3 The Security measures for the military phases in ft! ies recognizing thiras a most important contribution to insure lasting peace and 4 Cessation ofLi propaganda campaigns a nuihber of designed to (Stimulate hostility and are with thjj fundamental principles and proses of the Fast on 1957 Production VIENNA AUsfc-ia UR) A Hungarian factor worker named 'Stephen Badicjs is the pride of his Communist bosses according to the Hungarjdh newspaper Nepszava yf Badics a or shock worker is far ahead of his production schedule is now working op bis 1957 WEATHER LOCAL FORECAST Fair and warmer tonight low near 45 Tuesday lair east to partly cloudy wssi and warmer highs tO east 25 west 11 a temperature :61 High Saturday 88 Low Saturday 53 High Sunday 82 Low Sunday 40 1953 to date 1739 1952-to date 2020 TEMPERATURE RANGES Omaha 72-45 Lincoln 71-43 Grand Island 71-36 Lexington 70-31 Imperial North Platte 68-29- Sidney 6729 Scottsbluff 67-34 Chadron 67432 Norfolk: 68- Cubs in Pqck 217 are cooper-jjn ating with Lions Club members in selling three-by-five foot Ameri- an American flag free The project has been moving along arid ithe Cubs in each den can flags By selling ten flags the Cubs in each of five dens will get are hoping for a successful campaign leading to their goal Cubmaster of Pack 217 'is La-Vem Palmer TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE The Lord is my strength and song and He is become my salvation Exodus 15:2 I present hiding pioce But he three other high ranking Communists escaped from Russia at the same time and are now with Beria He said the subcommittee is prepared to issue a subpena to bring Beria to Washington to before the He the subcommittee would go to the State Department and obtain an entry permit for him has said he is willing and anxious to testify before the sub committee and is ready to list the names of American Communists with whom he has worked in the the informant said State Feels First Bite oi Winter By United Press The coldest weather of the season sent temperatures below the freeze level Sunday night in Nebraska and left crisp but sunny weather 'over the state Monday The mercury fell rapidly Sunday night as cold dry air pushed over the state The lowest read ing was 29 at North Platte where light frost was reported Valentine had a low of 31 with jight frost Low-lying areas in other sec- tions had a thin layer of the familiar early-morning frost also as the first pangs of winter were felt and there Light frost was forecast again Monday night for parts of the Panhandle and eastern Nebraska The Weather Bureau said however that the low temperatures were generally about 15 degrees below seasonal normals' High pressure area -which caused the drop moved off to the south Monday and southerly winds 'began Mowing into- thi state Thom Leaves ipr Army Induction A lone Phelps County young man left this morning for Omaha for induction into the armed service' V1 He is David Thom son of Rev and Mrs Phillip Thom The Phelps County quota for September was a single -inductee Mrs Linds trom clerk of the Selective Service Board1 said Mrs Lindstrom said the county had received no call for preinduction examinations for both August and September Information from Selective Service Headquarters indicates their will J6e examination for physical' examinations for October Mrs Lindstrom aded Iowa Village Waits Longingly for Winter to End Mass Bird Invasion killed early )5unday in an auto accident on an curve three' miles south of Auburn on Highway 75-73 He was Pt Dale Bize 20 who was born irt Holdrege and moved to Lincoln with his parents in-1935 His father David Bize now of Lincoln was aj Holdrege High school principal the early Killed in the same accident with Bize was Alvin Steffens of Auburn Three? other young men werfe injured in Ipe mishapall of from Aubuyn En Rente on Furlough The Auburn youths had bgdd-bowling in Falls City and were on their way home piior to the -accident BizA -who was stationed at Ft Leonard Wood Mo was en route to Lincoln on a furlough and was riding with I the Auburn men An investigating officer said that the car injwhich Bize was riding -attempted pass another car and des wiped 'an oncoming car driven by Calvn Hillers of Auburn The containing the five youths continued on down the road out og control for about one-quarter mile veered to the right of the highfcray sailed across a 40-foot wide jwjntf 30-foot deep ditch and then fattened out on if tight side on ditch embankment fined in Car the other youth who uieu in were pinned in the vehicle Pvt father David resides at 1830 street in Lincoln and his mother Mrs Lois Fegram lives at 1845 street in Lincoln Other survivors include his brother Davjp Jr of Lincoln his grandparents Mr and Mrs Kennedy of Lincoln and his grandmother Mrs Paul Bize of JuliaA The dJd youth attended grade school inj Lincoln Wentworth Military Academy and the Allen Mili- tary Acaggmy in Texas hi I' WALCOTT Iowa UR Residents of this little town waited longingly today for winter winds and surcease from a mass bird invasion that may drive some townspeople' to call for the moving van Until cold weather comes along Walcott has no hope of driving off the birds untold thousands of them -Each day at twilight the birds sparrows' starlings and black into this community of about 600 persons 10 miles northwest of Davenport blacken the' trees and- set up a din VV Worse Every Year been getting worse every year- the birds keep up like they are getting wbrse every said Walcott resident Arthur Die to might as well plan on moving out of Walcott in another four years -or Dieto 'uid that he -and some friends killed' more than '3000 I birds with shotguns in less than MR a Uttle skeptical but Pvti'Hary Bartow toft and CpL Joan Stewart listen far the answers ttone asked the talking robot at National Radio Shew Sgt Bernard Seottin demonstrates electronic-powered speaking ability 37 Valentine i i i -4 wm 1 fT.