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BLYTHEVILLE COURIER NEWS TQL. 125 Blytheville Courier Dally.New THE DOMINANT NEWSPAPER Of NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Blytheville Herald JLYTHEVILLE. ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1953 TEN PAGES SINGLE COPIES FIVE CENTS Allies Seek to Bridge US-British Differences By A. I. GOLDBERG UNITED NATIONS, N.

Y. (AP) The 16 nations that fought under the U. N. banner in Korea readied another try today at patching up British-United States differences over the proposed inclusion of India and the Soviet Union in the forthcoming Korean political conference. Red POWs Injured In Clash with ROKs By WILLIAM C.

BARNARD PANMUNJOM (AP) The U. N. Command said South Korean civilians stoned tauting Communist war prison ers moving north for repatriation yesterday, injuring 314 Reds and nine American guards. The outbreak of violence near Inchon brought immediate echoes at this dusty village where 400 mors Allied prisoners were freed from Communist camps today. prison within three days.

The U. N. Command Friday told the Reds to say definitely whether they plan to withhold any Allied prisoners. The U. N.

has made no mention of a Communist' protest. Saturday's group of 60 Americans was the smallest returned so far by the Reds. Fifty British and 300 South Koreans also were repatriated Saturday. Sunday's group the, Beds said, will include 15 Americans, 75 British, and 262 South Koreans. The ROKs freed Saturday stripped off their clothes as parting defiant gestures at their Red captors.

Pour American Marines cans back to the Dnited States I had to grab one South Korean who gained momentum. One transport spotted a Chinese at the exchange Fifty Americans, all of them apparently hale and hearty, were among the group freed on this, the llth day of the great prisoner exchange. Nine others prisoners liberated of them seriously ill or due at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco today after a flight across the Pacific. the airlift of Ameri- carrying nine soldiers, eight of them seriously 111 or disabled, landed Saturday morning at Travis Air Force base near San Francisco. Another plane, with four ailing American soldiers aboard left Tokyo for the hop across the Pacific.

The U. N. Command said some 3,600 Red prisoners, flaunting banners and chanting Communist songs, hurled boots and metal canteens at South Korean bystanders as they were being trucked to a rail station from Inchon Harbor. The South Koreans responded with rocks. The U.

N. POW Command said 314 Reds were slightly injured. Nine American guards also were. hurt, two seriously. Neu- Atrocity Stories Saturday's liberated Americans added to the stories of horrors in Reel "POW stockades.

AiSi Commu-1 nist Peiping radio continued war of words over the withholding of some prisoners. Peiping said the Reds had protested to the armistice repatration commission against what it called "the forcible retention of a number" of Communist prisoners due for repatriation. The broadcast accused the U.N. Command of "brutal treatment and murder of Korean and Chinese POWs." The broadcast said the protests were lodged Friday and that an explicit answer" wa.s demanded point, and tried to kick the Red. Seven Sentenced Armistice Day Three American prisoners told newsmen at Freedom Village the Communists are forcing: captives to give false stories to U.

N. Bed Cross teams in North Korea. The three said that Friday night at Kaesong, gathering point for Allied prisoners just north of Pan- munjom, Chinese guards threatened not to repatriate them unless they told Red Cross workers they had received good treatment in captivity. The three said they did not follow the orders. Pfc.

William Blackburn of Monroe, said British repatriates "did all the talking." But the freed prisoners opened up when they reached Freedom Village, relating steadily their stories of life In bleak North Korean camps. And again, the returned captives told of buddies thrown into Bed jails on "trumped up" Communist charges. They said these men were handed sentences ranging from few months to three years. Pfc. George Pennington of Augusta, said the Beds In his camp announced prison sentences for seven men "the same day the armistice was signed.

The repatriates turned bitter as they spoke of fellow captives who See REDS Pije 8 Delegates gathered at n. S. mission headquarters for their third private huddle on the issue only a few hours after the British government declared it was not committed to a renewal of the Korean War if the armistice were broken by any nation on the TJ. N. side.

The declaration apparently was aimed at South Korean President Syngman Rhee, who told a mammoth rally in Seoul today that "it is our wish and determination to march north at the earliest possible time" to achieve unification of divided Korea. The British-American rift over the makeup of the political conference followed Britain's nomination of both Russia and India. The London government has maintained that if the world wants a real settlement Russia must be represented and it put forward India as a symbol of non-Communist Asia. The United States has insisted only countries which fought for the U. N.

have the right to represent the international organization at the parley. It maintains his is the clear meaning of the armistice agreement. Assembly May Get Issue The British reportedly were prepared to carry the issue to the "loor of the General Assembly un- ess prior agreement is reached the 60-nation body assembles Monday for its special Korean iession. A Latin-American source said Hurricane Veers to Sea; OnlySkirtsNewEngland BOSTON (AP) Atlantic hurricane B-for Barbara swung out to sea today leaving heavy little damage its wake as it skirted the New England coast. The weather bureau said the hur- The hurricane caused at least ricane.

the second of the season, was about 200 miles at sea by 9 a. m. and moving northeastward at about 27 miles an hour. The center of the storm passed within 20 miles of Nantucket with summer 4.30 a. m.

bringing 60 mile ary hour winds that lashed the island. Winds of only a little less force buffeted Cape Cod, another crowded summer resort area some 30 miles to the north of Nantucket. The storm brought heavy rains to the New England coast during the night. The heaviest downpours were reported at Block Island, R. with 4.86 inches.

New Bedford with 4.85. and Falmouth on Cape Cod with 3.90 Inches. The tide to abnormal highs along the New England coast last night, but it had ebbed by the the hurricane the In a few places the 'high tide but re- swept over beachside roads, no substantial damage was ported. Pour "hours after the hurricane passed Nantucket, the fishing and resort town of Provlncetown at the tip of Cape Cod reported winds still reaching 50 miles an hour. Only minor damage was reported from scattered areas In Rhode Island and Massachusetts which wers closest to the storm.

Clear Skies Two cruiser yachts were blown at Block Island and one of them was damaged by.rocks. A lew yachts, most of them small sailboats, were reported sunk; at their moorings at resort harbors. Only minor dislocations of electric power and telephone service were reported In the sections closest to the storm. By mid-morning a northwest breeze and bright sunshine brought clear skies to most of New Eng- five deaths and more than a million dollars damage as, It moved along the Southern and Middle At lantic coastal states. Crops were damaged in North Carolina.

The fringes of the hurricane skirted the coasts of Maryland Delaware and New Jersey leaving 7.29 Inches of rain at Atlantic City. An estimated 30,000 people evacuated the beach resort area of Ocean City, as the storm approached, and about 1,000 fled their shore homes on the Ocean Side of Long Island, N. Y. Among the deaths attributed to the storm were, those of a man blown from a pier at Wilmington N. and lost in the sea, and a policeman who was electrocuted when he touched a fallen wire in Norfolk, Va.

A Long Island, N. man died of a heart at Wading River while pulling a boat from the water after being alerted to the storm. Henry Cabot Lodge chief U. s. elegate, had indicated the United "tales would oppose India all the vay but might abstain on Russia the issue came to a vote in the Assembly.

Lodge conferred with delegates rom the 20-nation Latin-American loc last night. The source said told them a U. esolution would name 10 countries U. N. participants in the con- erence.

The nations listed, accord- Jig to the source, were: Australia. Canada, Thailand. Co- 'mbia. Prance, The Philippines urkfty, Britain, South Korea and Urifjeg The Brutsn teVla'iation on possible renewal of the Korean fight was issued last night from No. 10 Downing Street.

Prime Minister EARTHQUAKE REFUGEES REACH SAFETY Greek women, once carrying her baby, leave a rescue boat at Piraeus with, salvaged belongings on arrival from the earthquake-wrecked island of Kefallinia off the Western Coast of Greece in the Ionian Sea. AH available craft were engaged in rescue work as tremors shook the islands of Zakynthos, Ithaca and Kefallinia for the fifth successive day. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Rome) City Retains Bond Firm To Handle Sewer Plan v. he sterc a retained the Little Rock bond firm of Womeldorff and Lindsey to handle technical and legal details involved in moving toward solution of Blytheville's sewer problem via issuance of bonds for as much as $1,300,000. Signing of this agreement marks the first of the major steps that must be taken before financing of a new sewer system of any type or cost can be accomplished The agreement was signed yesterday by R.

P. Lindsey of the bond firm and Alderman Rupert Crafton. John Caudill, Charles Lipford and L. G. Nash, members of a committee ap- tion to the voters.

Nearly all of the aldermen have indicated they prefer submitting any sewer financing proposal to a vote, and this committee member reported that the bond firm recom- pointed Tuesday night by Mayor -mended an election. Rigid Wheat Controls Voted by Huge Margin By OVID A. MARTIN WASHINGTON (AP) The nation's farmers have voted overwhelmingly to accept rigid controls on next year's wheat crop in return for continued high government supports. Gigantic Rescue Operations Begin In Greek Islands 50 Warships Standby with By ALLAN JACKS PATRAS, Greece W) Air and naval forces from many nations mounted a gigantic rescue operation on Greece's earthquake-ravaged Ionian Sea islands today as tales of devastation and horror continued to pour in. At least 40 warships from Greece the United States, Britain and Israel standing nif the three stricken islands sent a steady stream of men and relief supplies ashore.

Many other smaller vessels, mostly Greek, removed hundreds of victims. resident Syngman islands of Ithaca. Kefallinia Rhee. He had improperly released I were ripped by a Churchill's official residence. It was designed to clarify the government's position on an agreement by the 16 nations with forces in Korea to resist anv new aggression in the war-devastated peninsula.

New Factor The declaration said the 16-nation pact actually had been agreed upon in December, 1951. "But, meanwhile." it added, "a new factor has been introduced by the behavior of Pre: The action, approved by a 7-1 margin among the farmers voting: in yesterday's referendum, eased pressure on farm belt Republican members of Congress facing campaigns for re-election in 1954. Preliminary returns announced by the Agriculture Department today showed 361,382 growers voted for marketing quotas on the 1954 wheat crop. Only 53,252 opposed. The restrictions will cut production and sales about 20 per cent from this year's 10 per cent above normal crop.

7he returns showed a favorable of 87.2 per above 2 Per cent required and atf Mg-gfcst proportion ever piled up in a wheat quota referendum. The Agriculture Department said it expects little change from that percentage when the final official tabulation is made. The main issue in the nation-' wide balloting was next year's price resulting from approval or ejection of quotas could have been close to $1 a bushel, or perhaps one billion dollars on the whole crop. Dan Blodgett to work on sewer financing arrangements. To be in effect nine months with extension at the option of the bond firm, the contract simply retains Womeldcrff and Lindsey to act as the city's agent in legal matters pertaining to sewer financing.

It does not involve bidding on or sale of bonds. In fact, one clause specifically states that the firm "will not be permitted to submit a bid for the sewer revenue bonds." For the services should the bonds be issued the firm will receive one and one-fourth per cent of the amount floated. (If $1.300.000 in bonds were issued, for instance, this fee would be S1G.250.) If for some reason such as defeat in an election the bonds are not issued, the firm will receive nothing. A member of the City Council's committee said this agreement could be construed as indicating an election will be called in order to submit the proposi- Top Figure Chosen The Sl.300,000 figure would finance a citywid sewer system, as recommended by Black and Vetch, Kansas City engineering firm, nearly three years ago. Recently, alternative plans involving lower costs -and smaller systems have been suggested.

However, the Council felt it should work on the top figure since a smaller one could be used if an alternative plan were finally decided on. While authority to issue the maximum amount will be sought, only bonds in the amount actually needed would be issued. First action Womeldorff and Lindsey will take will be to confer with a firm of bond attorneys to draw up a bond ordinance. The firm also will meet with Black and Veatch to determine the rates to be charged users and the method of collecting these rates. A proposed ordinance including the rates will then be submitted to the City Council.

A public hear- ing on the proposed rates will follow and then the Council will act on the ordinance. Bidding: to Be City officials pointed out that this agreement does not constitute a "negotiated deal" and that bidding on the actual bonds will open to all bond firms except Womeldorff and Lindsey. This is the second time the city has entered into such an agreement in connection with the sewer problem. The first was negotiated with C. O.

Miles, bond consultant of Chicago, back when the issue also involved purchase of the water company. This proposition was defeated heavily in a special election, however. According to the contract signed yesterday, Womeldorff and Lindsey will, if the proposal is put to a vote, "assist in preparing necessary educational data prior to said election." The bond firm also will bear the expense of issuing a prospectus to potential bond buyers, in- sorting advertising in bond journals and printing bond forms. It also will pay the fee of the bank or trust company authenticating the bonds and the bond attorney's fee. 8-Months-Old Twins Killed As Fire Razes Wilson Home Barbara Ann and Bobby Joe Stout, eight-month-old twins of Mr.

and Mrs. R. J. Stout, died in a fire that destroyed their home at Wilson last night. The mother was across the street when she heard shouting and Ml the church to see what the disturbance was.

The house wa.s nlrnost razed and Mrs. Stout had to be torceably restrained from going into tile fire in search of her twins. "The three other 'stout' children, Larry, Curtis, and Donald, who were in the house were brought to safety by iheir uncle, Jim Stout, who was staying with them. There was no hope of reaching the twins as the fire started in the loft above the back bed room where they were Big Biow Nay Storm Center Strike Formosa Carnival Hand Fined for Lie Charles Brown, operator of cafe for the Southern Valley Shows was charged In Municipal Court at Oj- ceola this morning with obstructing justice In connection with the capture of R. L.

Keller this week, according to Jim Hyatt, deputy prosecuting attorney. Brown was found guilty and fined $100 and costs with a three months suspended sentence. Mr. Hyatt said Brown had given a false alibi for Keller, which delayed his capture and almost allowed his escape. Keller iyn one of the four men charged with beating and 27,000 whom an agreement had been signed with the Communists.

He had also talked of the possibility of resuming the fighting after an misticc if his requirements were not met in the political conference. "We therefore felt it right to em- Jhasize that the declaration was concerned solely with what we may an 'unprovoked' breach of he armistice by the there were any breach of faith anyone on our side, Her Majesty's government would be entitled to reopen the whole question. Rhee, in a speech at the Seoul rally, predicted that the Korean political conference would end in failure. He accused the Communists of using the as a screen for carrying out their program of subversion and "hateful and hurtful propaganda." Little Hope for Settlement U. N.

observers held out little hope for an early settlement of the British-American differences over the political conference makeup. was learned that the British scribed as feeble post-quake rumb- were especially ruffled by the U. S. 6pm last night rejection of Russia. and 8 a.m.

this morning. The ob- Brltam has been pushing the idea servatory said, however that the of a Big Four meeting with the shocks were the lightest noted series of shocks starting last Sunday. The quakes completely destroyed the three largest cities on the islands, partially wrecked many Villages, tore up roads and left thousands homeless. Death Toll Mounts There still -was no accurate count of the dead and injured, but almost all officials agreed the eath toll will reach ,000 and may be even hisher. Many thousands of the lands' 120,000 residents have been injured.

Only light tremors were felt on the devastated islands today but people continued to die some from injuries received earlier, others from fire still sweeping the port city of Zakinthos on Zakinthos Island. The blaze has raged continuously since uesday, the day of the strongest shocks. Zakinthos, and Agrostalion and Lexourion, on the island of Kefal- linia, have been almost completely destroyed. They are the largest communities on the islands. The Athens observatory said recorded 10 more de- hope that such a parley might settle many of the cold war differ- Sec U.S.

8 '54 Wheat Quotas Okayed in County Mississippi County wheat growers turned in the largest vote of the 63 ArkansHs counties Inking part in the wheat quota elections yesterday. By a margin of 107 to three, Mississippi County farmers approved the government proposal to put the 1954 wheat crop under marketing quotas. Farm law requires the government to support crop prices at 90 per cent of S2.20 a bushel in the case of farmers approve quotas in times of surpluses, and at only 50 per cent of S1.22 for if they reject controls. This year's support rate is 52.21. Parity is a price legally declared to be fair to farmers in relation to what they must buy.

Inasmuch as market prices usually reflect support levels, rejected quotas could have meant a sharp drop in farm income in major NAHA, Okinawa Tropical winds shrieked over this key American military ba.sc tonight in an ominous warning of an approaching typhoon, but the island may osc.ape the full fury of the big blow. Tile typhoon, one of the wildest ever recorded in the Pacific, mav bypass Okinawa if it remains on its present course, said Maj. Maurice R. Fowler, spokesman for the Ryukyus Command. The storm's center, carrying 160 mile winds, may strike Formosa, weather observers Winds of up to 75 miles an hour lashed Okinawa tonight and were expected to increase to 100-140 miles by morning.

But the island was rendy. In last minute preparations, farmers gathered crops and strung ropes over roofs. Americans were housed i concrete shelters. The big storm was last charted 1157 miles from Okinawa, moving northwest at 15 miles an hour. Lt.

Jim Wolff of the Okinawa Air Base communications center said the typhoon veered slightly late Saturday and that if it remains on its present course the center would pass south of the island. "We'll know by 9 a. m. tomorrow (6 p. m.

Saturday he said. Light rain and winds up to 60 m.p.h. hit the island during Saturday. sleeping. Bently Rhodes, chief of the Wilson fire department, said the firemen had difficulty in reaching the fire because of the large crowd that stood around the area and hinder- by getting in Ike Due to Sign Over 200 Bills Possible Veto Of 18 Measures Is Predicted DENVER (m President Eisenhower acts today on the final batch of the more than 200 bills which Congress sent to him shortly before it adjourned.

There was a hint from Bernard Shanley, Eisenhower's special ed the fire fighting uy 4Vl lv ----the way of firemen executlv. Mrs. Stout had the two lod.st! g' 8 me of the remaining children, Charles and Mary, with measl Shanley, talking to newsmen at her at church when the fire broke out. Mr. StorJt was working at Newport and was notified of the tragedy.

the family's possessions the President's lers at Lowry Air Fore none of the 18 bills 'acation headquar- Base, Baid 'as of major were lost except the clothes they importance so, far as substance were wearing. was concerned. Citizens of the community are Bi planning help for the stricken fain- 1 had But he added that some of them required more than the usual ily and have asked, all persons to amount of study because of nolicv send clothes to R. J. stout, Box 48, precedents which approval or veto so wild establish for the new ad Citizens Funeral Home, West ministration.

Shanley cited one bill Memphis, is in charge of the funeral arrangements, which were incomplete this morning. Audrey Adams Named Keiser Superintendent since Sunday. Lt. William H. Cooner.

of Mobile I ther recoverv See RESCUE ra 8 wheat producing states at a time when many farm area Republican were seeking rc-elcc- Huge Tent Erected -ion next year. Price Recovery Expected In this connection, the quota ap- MTJNSAN, Korea huge tent cltv is built near Panmunjom iroval was expected 10 brine fur-1 to house 2.1,000 North Korean and wheat, prices in I Chinese prisoners who refused re- Sce WHEAT P.IKC. 8 patriation. Rhee Shouts Determination to March North By GEORGE MCAR.TJIUR SEOUL Crack South Korean paraded through this bat tered capital today and President Syngman Rhee shouted his deter, mtnation to "march north nt the earliest possible time" as this war- shatterejj republic marked its fifth Independence Day. In an address to thousands packed Into Capitol Plaza Rhee.

re- terated that the post-armistice po- Itical conference has 90 days to unify Korea. And he predicted gain that the conference will fail. Rhee made it clear that unifica- lon is his goal. The one and only standard by which the success or failure of the lolltlcal conference may be Judged whether it achieves this common objective," he declared. Rhee said the armistice shifted robbing Dan Lewi near Bassettlihe "battle of Korea" from mill Tuesday night.

remains the crucial struggle to avoid World War HI. He spoke at a giant gathering eluding U. S. Ambassador to Korea in front of the war-scarred Capitol building. At least 100.00C South Koreans lined the streets and Capitol Plaza to hear the speech directly and over loudspeakers.

Korean police estimates ranged as high as a half million. After the speech, the Republic of Korea proudly paraded Its military strength. Units from 16 ROK divisions marched smartly through the streets. Cadets from the army and naval academies joined the Parade and a battalion of Korean Marines In full battle packs took ing stand where Rhee stood surrounded by foreign dignitaries, in- a salute. Air Force tent 0 24 Fll Mustangs low over the parade.

Big guns, tanks, trucks. Jeeps. ambulances nil the equipment Ellis O. Briggs and 8th Army com mander Gen. Maxwell D.

Taylor. "It Is our wish and determination to march north at the earliest possible time to save our North Korean brethren from the sure death they are facing today," Rhee declared. "We are destined to share with them life or death end we nre fully aware that our mental attachment and official ohliRatton to them hardly allows us to delay their ultimate salvation another few months." Rhee strongly denounced any political "appeasement 1 of Communists. His speech was obviously aimed 'he statesmen who will meft. at the.

United Nr.iion.i in New York place and makeup of the political conference called for in the Korean armistice agreement. Foreign observers said the speech was one of the most powerful ever delivered by the 78-year-old President. For the date, he chose the eighth anniversary of Korea's liberation, the fifth anniversary of achieving independence and the first anniversary of his second inauguration n.s president. "The war could have been won." Rhee declared, "but the United Nations deliberately decided against victory as Its gool. "Soon the political discussions will begin, and the world will eee whether the solutions abandoned on battlefield can be won around conference table." And If the battle Is lost, Rhee warned, "The Communist world will see Ihe nrren light held out Audrey Adams, former elemeni- school principal at Keiser, has been named by the school board to post of superintendent to fill the vacancy left by the death of Charles M.

Dial. At the same 'time, the board named Mr. Adams' wife as secretary to the superintendent. The Adams will move to Keiser from Osceola where they have lived for the past five years. Mr.

Adams commuted to the Keiser school each day. Previous to his connec- toin with the Kei.ser school. Mr. Adams was elementary principal at Wilson for six years. Brewer Hesner has been numi'd to replace Mr.

Adams as elementary principal at Keiser. i in that category as an example, a measure designed to prevent discriminatory legislation against Indians. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said Eisenhower had no special plans for the week end and tht he probably would just take it easy in Denver, where he staying at the home of Mrs. Eisenhower's mother, Mrs.

John Doud. Eisenhower got in another round KOlf yesterday after spending about three hours at his desk at the Lowry air base. He signed 21 Dulles Takes Vacation WASHINGTON of State Dulles left by plane yesterday for a week's vacation on Duck Island. Lake Ontario. plans to stop off in Nev York afterwards to attend some U.N.

Assembly sessions. Weather Rep. Gathings To Address Rotary Club (Took, ttrv to Dolitlcal field'but It still of mivWn umimi Nr.iion.i in see me urcen ngnt held ury to political field but it sum of modem war passed Monday to decide the time, Ho invite its further advance. one speaking appearance in Blytlie- vilta next week. Dr.

James C. Guard, Rotary Club president, announced today lhat Rep. Gathings is scheduled "to appear before the Rotary Club on Thursday. Topic of his address was not known, but it Is believed his remarks will include certain aspects of farm legislation. Mr.

Is a member of the House Agriculture Commutes. 131.58. ARKANSAS Partly cloudy thli afternoon, tonight and Sunday; widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers; not much. change in temperature. MISSOURI Generally fair to- nisnt and Sunday; cooler southeast and east central tonight; warmer southwest and extreme west Sun- I southwest; hifih Sunday 80s north- ea.xt to 90s southwest.

Maximum Minimum yc.stertlay—7J. Sunset Smirisp lust 2'I hours to 8:30 m. Menu tempenitin-fi (midway between hlRh nnd Precipitation Jan. I to This Date Last Minimum Maximum on January 1 to dfti.