Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 22

8 A £3 -f--r-r 1 I 4 'i I i fc -i Jv 1 i ii i I 1 CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER Fri March 4 1955 BRITON LAND SCHOOLS Cteltaeed Arons Fage 1 QUAKES Continued from Fage 1 Cfeatlmtd from Pip I POGUE Cbntinued from Fage friends who were associated establishing the NATO Navy In tion workers lies farther east of the old eruption ares which has begun to quiet down The fissure from which lava la spouting is onty a mile and half north of the abandoned village of Kappoho which Is near the coast at the eastern tip of Hawaii Most of the eruption was coming from the western half of the fissure Red-hot lava was flung high in the air and the flow appeared to bo getting stronger early in the day The situation was tense Police Chief Anthony Paul of Pahoa stopped all but official can from moving out east Bid scattered bands of sightseers still were seen in the forbidden sres i Continued from Page II should have been given more time I to study such an Important or- charged that I waa trying to delay dinance inasmuch as it vitally the decision for political or aey affects one of Cbcpus another reasons Mr Owen would toTtadustrtre to soteof Mr hsve heard Councilman Jamro ta Nslsmith inform the group that I mnfiAmt the City win do he ted several changes to suggest I everything possible to study and In the ordinances Mr Owen would I get on this ordinance I have com-also have known that I left the faith in their Integrity and Council meeting before the Coun- to totieve 'that cU voted on whether to read the Ly djt and I would not re-ordinance for the first time I ceive the fairest of treatment did not learn until reading Mr I "Mr accusation that my Gwens charges again die that the All City Ticket the first reading had been de-h to expect more vorable treatment from that ad- "As chairman of the Zoning minbtretion is the type of smear and Planning Commission Dale that it HiWfuir to interest STATE GoaHinied hem Pago The first check paid out of the account Johnson said was for 13000 made out to John Bell Another check for 1500 to Bell was dated Oct 9 1952 and paid the following day Both checks were endorsed 1 by Bell and Cleared by a bank in Cucro he said Also presented in evidence was a photostat of a check for $3QP0 made out to Vandygriff under date of Oct 8 1811 of Legal Feq Vandygriff appeared before the committee to say McLarty had hired hiim as an attorney to Represent him both in Austin and In South Texas He said the $3000 was in part payment of a $5000 legal fee He offered no explanation of the partnership account -The committee asked Johnson to prepare photostats of all checks paid out of the McLarty accounts for more than $100 and submit them to the committee Johnson said he would do so Also Introduced in evidence was a report from Assistant State Auditor William Harrison concerning an audit investigation of the McLarty land deal in Guadalupe County Harrison said the land sold to the state for $4795 an acre average price had been told to Me-X4rty a few months earlier at $2130 an acre Two years previously he said the land had paid at $1250 an acre Harrison also presented photostats of two letters found in the Veterans Land Board files both dated after the dosing of the Guadalupe County transaction One addressed to former Land ODouniaaianer Giles and signed Bayes Salmon gtochdalc Owen must realize that neither good citizens in actively he nor any other person holding working to elect good officials appointive office can mate an Mr Own knows that I was one of agreement that binds the mem-1 hardest-working members of ben of our Oty CourclWhen he Government Party charge that 1 am gufltyofbreach elected preront City of folth he Pre-empts the privi-1 Council and he knows that I CbuT to determine have never asked tor any special bet treatment for any client Any the -city It is my duty aa thel ta had dealings should never have been The admiral wu asked about a recent article in a national magazine saying that forces are having to serve as an "umbrella" to protect the British Isles because of the inadequacy of British military forces perfectly true in a way" the admiral replied "No member of NATO not even the United States can ritand on its own feet these days- Barnard entered the RoyI Navy in 1916 and served a midshipman on the HMS Renown during the Prince of cruise to India and Japan in 1921 In 1935 he became the youngest commander in the Royal Navy During early World War he received the Distinguished Scry ice Order for gallantry and devotion to duty for service on the mis Warspite during the Battle of Mat-apan In 1942 he was promoted to captain and became naval deputy chief of staff for the execution of the North African landings which he had helped to plan In this capacity he announced the beginning of the assault to Gen Dwight Elsenhower in his underground headquarters at Gibraltar He commanded the cruiser HMS Aurora during the landings in the South of Friince and white skipper transported Churchill and President Roosevelt during their meeting in Alexandria Harbor after the Yalta Conference Subsequently he took King Ibn Saud and his staff back to Jeddah Barnard was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and deputy chief of the Naval Staff In 1952 and went from that position to Washington The admin) planned to view Chase Field lit Beevilte and Cab-aniss Field from the air this morning and then fly to the Kingsville Naval Auxiliary Air Station to meet some 33 British students undergoing flight training in this area He was to inspect NAS this afternoon and leave Corpus Christi tomorrow morning cause he did not enter service from Texas McLarty then outlined to him a plan Brady testified whereby McLarty would get qualified veterans to sign up for the land but Brady would mate their payments lease the land from them for five years and then exercise an option jo buy It from them Assured of Legality 'Brady said he had been assured it was all legal before he entered into the agreement but later waa advised by attorneys that he had bought turkey Ale said they advised him that acknowledgments fon his contract were not dated and that he would not be "in very good shape1 should one of the veterans die lease agreement was with eight of fiw 24 veterans involved in the Guadalupe County transaction McLarty formerly of Cuero and now of Denver Goto waa one of six persons indicted by a De-Witt County grand jury in its veterans land program Investigation Of 21 indictments against McLarty 19 charged "falsely Inter prating written instruments" and two charged forgery Father Called McLarty father of McLarty appeared before the committee briefly in answer to a subpoena He declined to testify however because he said he had been named in six indictments all charging interpreting written instruments" The House committee recessed its investigation late in the afternoon until tomorrow at 2:30 pm Meanwhile Dut Judge Charles Betts signed an order calling into session March 10 a special grand jury aimed at keeping an expiring Ttovia County grand Jury's Investigation Into the veterans land program going at full peed The order will keep the new grand Jury In session until July 30 Judge Betts said five commissioners appointed hy him but whose names have not been dia-dosed will meet tomorrow morning to pick fiw panel from which the special grand jury will be choeen attorney for the subdividers whom city have been argued I represent not only to present open hearings la a shocking thing to be attacked tor doing my iee civic duty in supporting the canto baste objections tothe pro- Ufoyrf fine men for public of- to ficTlIr Owen must know that I campaigned actively for the material to administration through the study It Is their vital responstbil- VT ity to determine the proper or-Prent wU dinance to be passed I county races JM "The fact that even one council school problem and help re-establish the school Want said a group of since tried for some time to negotiate a com promise settlement between the board and Beard but tailed Beard waa ousted and the personnel then walked out because of "intolerable conditions" Ward said "The personnel was operating under tension emotional instability physical and' mental exhaustion" he explained The board In Its announcement tonight said "any further statement will likely be from the progress made in conference between the lawyers representing each taction and toward reaching a recommended resolution to file Beard strode into the school offices this afternoon to begin his preparation for the required appeal to the State Board of Education He and Young met once Three were terse nods but no conversation Earlier today the board announced It had fired more than 200 teachers and administrative employes and was hiring replacements Young said some of three fired ir-'Tht he retired later but only afuir talk to them in an individual The eight schools In the city of about only 15 minutes by auto from downtown have remained open with mothers housewives and businessmen substituting for the missing teachers and employes had never had any trouble with the board before last Beard told newsmen "The fundamental Issue in my being discharged was this group getting control of the community and of the school board it tout the only thing I know Young said the "first ripple in the smooth occurred about two years ago in connection with the building of a new gymnasium He said the hoard felt that plans for the gym was rushed on them and they had no opportunity to study or evaluate the project He said there had been other but refused to elaborate He said attorneys had advised the board not to give a specific reason for Beard's discharge "until both Beard and the board met before a competent body such a court or education Beard a young looking 53 hu been superintendent here for 514 years He drew a salary of $9700 annually He formerly wu superintendent at Wellington and Childress (He mice wu business manager of College at Kingsville before going to Austin for a job with the State Education Department) Young Is 40 His office a certified public accountant is in Dallas His two children attend school here technically-trained graduated waa far in excess of the -supply and that Arlington State was needed as a four-year institution Gov Shivers originally recommended an increase of 2 cents a gallon on gasoline making the tax 6 cents and 1 cent a pack on cigarettes making that tax 5 cents to raise the $135 million for highways schools and general purposea In other legislative developments today Gov Shivers signed a effective immediately under which banks may operate under a 5-day week They would first have to obtain permission from the State Banking Commission Shivers signed another bill adding Medina and Sutton Counties to those which may permit killing id doe deer when conditions justify it Introduced in the Senate was a by Sen Ottis Lock of Lufkin raising unemployment compensation benefits from $20 to $25 a week It would make ineligible for benefits any person whose only reason for not working is unwillingness to cron a picket line It would remove from eligibility temporary part-time and seasonal workers ulterior and Glover served as chief of staff to the NATO Navy Command Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Atlantic (SACLANT) before coming to Corpus Christi Barnard at that time deputy chief of the Naval Staff Barnard answered questions freely On political matters he stuck to previously expressed views of the British government Fu-moM Question He wu asked if he thought the defense of Formosa wu endangering peace "The danger we think of Formosa" he said "is that someone will let off a gun on an island that may or may not be vital One thing we believe the Foreign Secretary is trying to do Is to stop the gun from going off there "Someone said think we have shown in two world wars that we mind being killed but we want to know what we are being killed for' On a question about British relations the admiral said be personally could not have been treated better wherever he hu been in the United States since he took his present position last August Patch We went through a bad patch about a year ago" he said "They were not political differences but things where we viewed the same problem from different He started off by saying he felt pure someone would ask him "whim Winston is going to an unMing i wherever I go" the admiral said with a chuckfo No one asked Mm A reporter asked his opinion of when Churchill may retire Prime Minister I honestly believe that not even his associates in the government know when he is going to tuck said the admiral who mice had Sir Winston aboard his tip during World War II 'As tar as I can see the old man hu given no idea whatever of when he plans to Coopers tion Hailed The 53-yearold admiral praised the cooperation he hu received from the armed forces of the United States His mission is concerned primarily with the exchange of information with military forces and with representing the British Chiefs of Staff at NATO Navy headquarters He rebuffed views of a fellow British officer Field Marshal Montgomery who said in a recent speech in the United States that Navy aircraft carrier! are outmoded tor modem warfare Barnard referred to an official British white paper issued last week that said aircraft carriers will be used for carrying guided missiles and atomic weapon in the Royal Navy' I he said "that nuclear warfare tar from making the Navy obsolete hu given it a trigger and more important job than ever before have had trouble with people like General Montgomery saying carriers are no good The White Paper put Navy air power back on the map from which it member indicated he would pro- pore changes in the is W-beca man in the pub-proof that the Counc1 does not con-1 nak aider itself bound by any agree-! ment Mr Owen claims to have nude with the subdivide In opinion it would be ethically and I statement that it is just an morally wrong for the subdividem to tk! uaorI to attempt to mi any deal with from A commission and put it Mr Owen and attempt to bind the where they think they can get more Council through such a deaL I concessions' in reference to raised hy me at pW responsibility for engineering the Council meeting were the re-1 requirements on platting in the sr It of many months of study! hands id the city engineering sec-concerning the plats zoning prob- tion lem Throughout our negotiation! Mr- Owen means to imply with the Zoning an maiming that our city engineers are not to Commission we consistently main-1 be trusted it is his duty to the tax-tained the attitude that when thlglpsyns of this city to place any ordinance came before flu City evidence he possesses with the Council the subdividers would file proper authorities I have no rea-with the Council their objections son to assume that responsible to the ordinance This was made! city employees would mate con-plain In a statement by Mr Ellis I cessions beyond those granted by Brown Assistant City Attorney I appointed boards It is my opfo who hu worked diligently on ton that Mr Owen has not only this problem with a completely maligned me but has- also in-impartial attitude suited a number of fine men who "Contrary to Mr charge I are working for the city serving I have no reason to wish a delay I on the present administration and in passing this ordinance Dale I announced lor office on the Owen has in my opinion been! All City Party ticket" grossly unfair to the present Court- done so for reasons TV 1st School Music Festival Slated Tonight at Ray Ore tinned from Fage 1 form and ranch loan agent advised Giles under data of June 1953 that the land involved was known as $10 land" In fids part of the country aOoar km on fids land la a disgrace" the letter aid lot of others (loans) am away dut of line know who your appraisers are an this land but they should can-suit men who know file value of land in each locality before mi loans" Giles had replied the price paid for the McLarty ranch "was in' keeping with the reported price of other adjacent Ha also told Salmon all the veterans were keeping 9 their payments Harrison teatfied three of the veterans involved had been delinquent in all five semiannual taatailments as of Feb 28 1955 "Among other witnesses before the committee was William Btady of San Antonio -who testified Ms attorneys had advised him he had been defrauded by McLprty Brady said McLarty had approached Mm on buying land under the veterans land program hr 1952 but Brady said he plained he could not qualify be- dl in delaying submission of this) Cintampiit IVnt ordinance to such a late datePiaiemcm His commission' has worked Gmitlz this ordinance spasmodically for pap III- uliuui almost two years My clients and rjy Owpn SaVfl I have devoted a good part of six HCKd AWCI1 months to study of this problem The first of six music festivals directed by the public school system will be given at Ray High School gymnasium tonight Raymond Rhea coordinator of music has announced The program will begir at 7:30 pm and will feature dl grade levels of students from! Wilson Windsor Park Elizabeth) Fisher Houston Menger and ttemmer Schools Tonight's program Is strictly an elementary school production Three other elementary festivals will be presented Rhea slid The others have been set for) Miller March and April 22 aid Ray May 6' Two Junior and senior school festivals will be keld this year Both win be held in Del Mar auditorium March 24 and SI Reha said the first Del Mar concert will be chiral only The second will be insfcumentaL We feel that the City Council Ex-Counterspy Dies DULLES Stolen Checks May Be Forged Merchants Told from Fage 1 lii DEAL England March 3 (AP) Brig William Hinchley-Cboke 61 top British counterspy dining World War died today He wu a member of MI-5 the top secret British military Intelligence fo a reference to the examiner's findings regarding the application of Superior Television Inc the broadcast bureau made special reference to statements during the proceedings hy Mrs Maria Helen Alverez of Tulsa Okfo She is vice president and treasurer and owns 25 percent of the stock of Superior Steflen Manager Sane of the statements had to do with her role aa manager of television Station KOTV in Tulsa In his decision the examiner referring to Mrs Alverez statements observed that Is not uncommon for Station managers to their accomplishments And Indeed extreme dlffirif'-f is not always a characteristic of their profession" Referring to this observation fey the examiner the bureau said: "We submit that the matter is not treated by the examiner in the proper perspective and with the proper weight and requires a finding adverse to KEYS Brier The brief of exceptions by attorneys for KEYS Inc alter a point-by-point challenge of the position taken by the examiner tid: "The examiner erred in concluding that KSIX-TV should be preferred over KEYS-TV Inasmuch as the record clearly Indicates that KEYS-TV would operate In the public interest and that its proposal presents a greater probability of performance than either of Its The brief of exceptions filed by Superior Television foe also dfo putes the examiner's position It held that "Superior proposes a better balanced program offering than either KEYS or and concludes that the public Interest would he served by approval of Superior's application I I' e- I of the altuation and would stay here until Saturday to take any taps needed to meet the situation Adm Felix Stump commander of the Pacific Fleet and Vice Adm Alfred Pride commander of the 7th Fleet which guards Formosa also were present The Kuomlntang Central Com- ralttee the real ruler of Nationalist Grins adopted reabhifions opposing cease-fire with the Oommu-ijists It also opposed any Geneva-type conference on the Chinese question Dale Owen chairman of the ymtng and Planning Commission said last night that he did not intend to involve the Farrell Smith ticket seeking office In the April 5 dty election in the platting ordinance controversy which flared after Wednesday's City Council meeting "Many of my friends after having retd of my position on the proposed platting ordinance seem to feel that I have certain misgivings shout the Farrell Smith ticket I want to mate it clear that this definitely is not my attitude "Although I am not personally acquainted with the men running for eouncUmen on that ticket I have known Farrell Smith for a long time and I am convinced that his honesty and integrity are positively above reproach "I think he will make Corpus Christi a fine mayor end I Intend to vote for him I am sure that the other members of the Smith are men of the same high character would also like to mate dear that this does not change my basic pftrifton on the platting ordinance controversy This is an which the Farrell Smith ticket is not PRESENTS Our Newest Arrival Police yesterday cautioned merchants to be on the lookout for forged checks after blank checks were stolen in a safe burglary Wednesday night from the office of South Texas Cotton Oil Co at 102 North Port Burglars also took a check writing machine which can be used to produce authentic looking payroll checks a typewriter and $380 in cash Detectives (Willy) Williamson and Tommy Lowrance tid about 400 blank checks were taken Burglars overlooked a $1-000 war bold and several antique pieces of silver in the safe The safe crackers apparently professionals knocked the dial from the safe and used a punch to knock the pin out and open the door police said By Oral arguments are expected to be held on the controversy later before file commission Broadcasts Criticised The K-SIX brief of exceptions expressed approval in general wttlC the decision While agreeing ineome details it held that he erred in foiling to make certain other findings providing additional support for its ruling in favor of K-SIX The Broadcast document of exceptions criticized K-SIX operation of its AM radio station In Corpus Christ! over the peat few yean (Although the application Is filed in foe name of KSIX Television foe the proposed television station would be known aa KSDC-TV The radio station is KSIX) Vagrams Questioned Hie bureau criticised K-SIX local programs and said this record should he considered Indicative of what it would do in operating a television station The bureau also called attention to the forge Latin American population in the Corpus Christi area adding: It is submitted that if consideration fo given to the factor of the degree of reliability which can be placed upon the Spanish language proposals of KSDC-TV in the light of its past programming in such field no preference can be awarded to KSIX-TV" "Hence since the overall pro forence awarded by the examiner to K-SIX is slight end is baaed also in part upon inconsistent applications of standards such preference la Network Questlen Still later and continuing to refer to operation of the radio station the bureau said: believe under the facta In this case it must be concluded that KSIX In various respects has abandoned its promisee in that its basic type of operation nevqr has and presently does not In any reaaonablo degree conform to its representations made to the commiaston in the hearing on its application for a station "This was never any community type operation nor was thqre any attempt to operate without a network as represented "K-SIX never attempted to institute its community type non-network programming or to determine whether it was economically feasible Indeed the day after the receipt id its construction permit KSIX began negotiations with a network lor affiliation which was consummated prior to the station going on the Not a Disqualifies tioa fo conclusion the bureau laid "We believe that the record cannot sustain grant to K-SIX" for a television permit and added: "Such consideration la not fo tended as S' disqualification but with respect to other comparative criteria" mademoiselle thtfajdfr uhe' Throe Rqy Youths Due To Appear On Hayride Show Three Ray high School boys were to have left last night for Shreveport La where they will appear with the Louisiana Hay-ride program Saturday night as a harmonizing Western trip the Rayburn Brothers The boys (not brothers) are Sterling (Butch) White who plays drams and rhythm guitar Wayne Samford who plays the takeoff gqttar and Kenneth (Slim) Witt who atruma the rhythm guitar All three ling will atop off in Beaumont formate two recording! for the Starday Records FURNITURE WAREHOUSE CLEARANCE 305 STAPLES (Next to Young-Wise Seed Co) Bonner Trial Arguments Slated Today THOUSANDS OF IN REPOSSESSED FURN ALSO FLOOR SAMPLES WILL BE SLAUGHTERED TO THE PUBLIC NAME YOUR BID EVERYTHING MUST GO TO THE BARE WALLS! ATTENTION PUBLIC DEALERS ALSO NAVY PERSONNEL HOTEL MOTEL ALSO APARTMENT HOUSE OWNERS REGULAR $1795 VALUE DONT MISS THIS UNHEARD OF COLOSSAL SALE TREMENDOUS EAR-GAINS VALUES GALORE FANTASTIC SAVINGS ALL MERCHANDISE LISTED IS LIMITED FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS (A) Shantung and Nylon Lace Conies in Black also White MERCHANDISE WILL BE ON DISPLAY TOMORROW FROM 1 TIL 5 PM Final arguments will begin at 9:10 am today In the murder trial of Melvin Bonner Jr in Judge Tillman Smith's 94th District Court -Bonnar is charged with the knife 1 slaying of Minor Ray on April 22 1954 at the Hoot Club Bonner became the last of eight witnesses to tote the stand yesterday He was placed on the stand by his attorney Robert Fagan and testified that he acted jjri self defense Bonner who admitted stabbing Ray said the men had attempted to hit him with a pool cue stick and jammed Ms right hand Into his pocket as though going-for a knife Bonner said the altercation followed an argument over who would pay for a i game of pool Opposing counsel will present jtliipl arguments this morning The rase is expected to go to the jury before noon Lee Mahoney and George Shaf-J'or assistant district' attorneys an representing the state Uvins Room Srrponate Alaa WUhtns MacMnt Lata at Xnean Brand Uaad RaMcmtenL Alaa Mew Vtcla Gan Ocraalofial Quin In Vartoua Colon a Style Rite Stand End and CoirroTaUN Lampn Dtnfttaa Formica I Chroma with PUaU Brain Alan Bedraem Suitca Odd Chaata VMUt Kitchen (B) Shantung and Nylon Lace Comes in High and Medium Heel Black Navy Also White ROACH CONTROL 1 50 PER ROOM Coll lonemiriiie MaUrmH' aln Boa Sertnu -Korkin rw Radar Odd Chain TV end watutt Ihreca Vartoua eUien Mia linen Service Cfccrje for Recall or Smaller HURRY HURRY WALK RUN DRIVE FLY IUT BE HERE ON TIME! 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