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Wichita FaHi AK car 103152 City Edition Paper WEATHER: Crider VOL NO 251 (AP) Associated Press WICHITA FALLS TEXAS THURSDAY JANUARY 27 1955 24 PAGES Phone 2-5241 Price 5e Per Cop Your The latest Morning News First To You British Secretary Backs Stand On Formosan Issue Airbuses om IFonmosd First Fighters Already Landed On Island Base was in the making in the United Nations dealing with the dispute He said: "Discussions are proceeding now of considerable importance between us and the United States and in particular New Zealand as the other member of the Security Council 1 hope to give the House in the next few days further At the United Nations in New York a Western source said consultation continued on the question of a cease-fire He said it is likely however that no action will be taken before early next week Formosan developments dealt a blow to the hopes at the UN fra early release of 17 Americans imprisoned in Red China and apparently lessened the chances the Security Council can act effectively to bring about a cease-fire order Eden in upholding policy pledging US forces to defend Formosa said: "The British government is convinced that the objective of the US administration has been to reduce the risks of any extension of the he said "Their treaty with Chiang Kai-shek was concluded with this object in view "The President has again emphasized the purely defensive nature of these arrangements with the Chinese Nationalists "We in this country respect President Eisenhower and know that he would sanction the use of US forces only with the greatest reluctance and when in his view the circumstances constituted an immediate and serious threat to the security of Formosa and the Eden said the smaller coastal islands in the Formosan Straits "have always been regarded as part of This was taken to mean that Britain would not contest Red China's claim to the Tachen and Matsu chain of islands The foreign secretary pointedly observed that Formosa for a half century In possession has not been a part of China since 1896 The British view is that future negotiations must decide whether Formosa becomes recognized as a part of China or acquires some other status HOUSE COMMITTEE BRIEFED ON MILITARY Defense Secretary Charles Wilson (left) poses with members of the House Armed Services Committee and Adm Arthur Radford at a meeting Wednesday at which he said the Formosa situation is "just a little ripple' in the world situation and has no effect on US military manpower plans The committee members are Rep Carl Vinson (D-Ga) chairman (second from left) and Rep Dewey Short (R-Mo) (AP Wircphoto) Sec Wilson Retracts Remark Formosa Threat Not Serious TOKYO Thursday Jan 27 (A-American F86 Sabre jets scourge of Communist air power during the Korean War landed on Formosa today to provide "air power at any place the Far East Air Forces announced today Gen Earle EL Partridge FEAF commander said Secretary of Defense Charles EL Wilson had ordered the 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing from The Philippines and Okinawa "to temporary duty bases on First Pines Arrive The first planes landed today and the "remainder will be la place shortly" Partridge uld A fighter wing hu up to 75 planes but does not always fly that many in combat "Other FEAF offensive units are being redeployed to forward Partridge said He called the transfer "a move that exemplifies -the global capability of Air Force units to move at jet speeds to any trouble spot" This apparently meant that long range Jet bombers such the B47s under the Strategic Air Command at Guam were being transferred closer to the troubled For-moun area possibly to Okinawa The Philippines or Japan The transfer of a Sabrejet wing to Formou cornu at a time of high tension with Communist China over the status of offshore now occupied by Nationalist China The Sabrejets were the scourge of Communist MIG13 jets during the Korean War and racked up an overwhelming score in combat 1 Win AM Fleet The Sabrejets on Formou will be in position to aid powerful stir- -face and air units of the UrVl 7th Fleet in defense of that No-' tiraolist stronghold the Peace-VL dores' and whichever of the off- shore islands the United States may consider vital to the Formou mission Meanwhile Chinese Nationalist bombers renewed their attacks on Communist YiMangshan last night and early today with excellent results officials reported Press reports said the UA 7th Fleet which hu massed a powerful air-sea armada in the Forme-u area staged of maneuvers yesterday north of For- mou in the general area of the invasion-menaced Tachen Islands News reports said 300 US planes streaked through the skies north of Formosa The reports came the Nationalists were deciding whether to pull out of the Tachen Islands goo mites north of Formosa Plans for the evacuation under protection of US sea and air unite were be-licved completed and only awaiting the Nationalist policy The pre-dawn Nationalist raid on Yikiangshan eight mites north ef the Tachens wu made through Intense antiaircraft fire the reports said Communist warplanes failed to challenge the bombers and all returned to Formosa the reports added The nightly raids ra Yikiangshan captured by the Reds Senate Panels Give Approval To Formosa Plan WASHINGTON Jan 26 UB-Pres-ident Eisenhower's fight-if-we-must defense plan fra Formosa drew a heavy vote of endorsement today from two key Senate and hot criticism that it signals In the first rumblings of a momentous Senate debate Eisenhower supporters jumped up to declare the only purpose of the policy is peace through a show of strength to discourage Red Chinese aggression By a 27-2 vote the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees approved a resolution to empower the President to use American men and weapons to keep Formosa the Pescadores Islands and "related positions and rat of Communist hands Attack Resolution But in committee and on the Senate flora a small but hard-hitting band of senators began a fight They centered their fire on the "related phrase and its implied authority to attack Red invasion forces on the Chinese mainland and to defend small islands strung along the Chinese coast "Put in plain said Sen Flanders (R-Vt) "this is preventive He told the Senate he would vote against the the showdown may not come before the end of the week or although he voted in committee to send it to the floor Sen Morse (Ind-Ore) likewise took a stand that the resolution permits preventive war and expands the possibility of conflict He encountered an immediate challenge from Republican Leader Knowland of California Knewlaad Defends Mere Over and over Knowland declared the resolution doesn't involve "one iota of desire or of preventive war against Red China or any other -nation Its only purpose Knowland said is peace Three other Republicans Sens Alexander Smith (NJ) Thye (Minn) and Saltonstall (Mass) backed him up on that As the debate rolled along: The only woman senator Margaret Chase Smith (R-Malne) told her colleagues: "There is no voice the circumstances do not permit us the liberty to differ with the President on his Sen Long (D-La) cried out that (Continued on Page 2) House Panel Quits Vets Land Inquiry AUSTIN Jan 28 In a stormy session beset with parliamentary difficulties the House Committee on Veterans Affairs today abandoned efforts to investigate the beleaguered veterans land program A resolution by Rep Dolph Briscoe Uvalde to set up a fireman investigating committee is still before the House committee on state affairs It is a different proposal bran the one killed today The veterans affairs committee last week had ordered a subcommittee to report on whether 'to draw up a resolution seeking to have this investigating committee appointed from among its own membership The Briscoe resolution makes no specifications as to membership on the investigating committee save that they be appointed by the speaker and hunt for his food rather than sit on his fanny and he added Some union leaders and Democrats interpreted his remarks as a slap at unemployed workers but Wilson said later he intended no Hur againzt people out of work and certainly intend people to dogs in any LONDON Jan 28 UR Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden today defended President Eisenhower's stand on Formosa and angrily rejected Laborite leader Clement Attlee's charge that the United States is inteferring in a Chinese civil war Renewing the British plea for a cease-fire in the Formosan Strait Eden told the House of Commons "force is not th? solution" He called the Formosa problem "one of the most difficult situations I have ever The foreign secretary appealed to the House not to press him too far and implied a new move Plane Ditched Eight Rescued NEW YORK Jan 28 UB-In a delicately tricky maneuver a crippled four-engined military plane covered hundreds of miles of stormy mid-Atlantic today then ditched beside a Coast Guard cutter All eight persons aboard the plane were picked up safely For an agonizing two hours and 21 minutes the plane groped through storm and gathering dusk toward the Coast Guard cutter Coos Bay a tiny speck on the vast turbulent sea Then minutes before nightfall the plane found its target The pilot brought his craft down expertly on the heaving gale-swept sea Lifeboats plowed to its side and the survivors were whisked to safety Radio was the thin thread that brought the plane and the cutter together in a life-saving rendezvous far from land The Coast Guard here said the plane brand from the Azores to Bermuda apparently accidentally lost 350 gallons of gasoline Short of fuel and 1000 miles east of Bermuda there was no hope of making land At 2:37 pm EST the pilot radioed the Air Force base at Bermuda said he was bucking vicious headwinds and despaired of reaching land The Coast Guard cutter Immediately changed course meanwhile guiding the pilot in its direction by radio Then in a race against darkness the two converged across hundreds of miles of angry ocean The Coast Guard here was in-framed that the plane had ditched within 2Vk miles of the Coos Bay at 4:58 pm EST A Coast Guard spokesman reported the C54 transport came within an eyelash of losing its race He said it was almost dark when the plane came down Total darkness he explained would have made a rescue all but impossible in such heavy seas Waves were reported as high as 13 feet the wind at 40 knots Rain further reduced visibility The plane was operated by the Military Air Transport Service an agency of the combined military srvices The Coos Bay was on mid-ocean weather patrol Its skipper is Cmdr Vaughan New Cold Front Moves Into State By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A gradual end to tha springlike weather enjoyed by much of Texas was predicted fra Wednesday night and Thursday as a new cold front moved in from the north Temperatures were expected to dip as low as 20 degrees in the Panhandle with freezing weather forecast fra the South Plains El Paso area and parts of North Central Texas Winds were expected to sharpen from the south then switch to the north as the front passed through the state Wednesday night Occasional showers and some cloudiness were predicted fra most of the state but no general moisture wu in sight no No hide end seek game Kith your RECORD NEWS supposed to be on your FRONT PORCH We try to have every subscriber's RECORD NEWS delivered on the porch and Insist that our carriers give satisfactory on-the-porch delivery Should your RECORD NEWS not be delivered promptly and on your porrh please call 2-5241 before 8 pm and ask for the Circulation Department If yon live out of Wichita Falla please call your local circulation agent WICIIITA FALLS RECORD NEWS maammmammMmma BOYD KELLEY KIRN Is Under New Ownership Purchase of Radio Station KTRN Wichita Falls was announced Wednesday by Boyd Kelley president of a new stock company which has bought all stock formerly owned by the Texhoma Broadcasting Company The sale will be completed following approval by the Federal Communications Commission Speedy approval Is expected Kelley his wife Joan and the chief engineer for the station Robert A Harmon will become sole owners of KTRN by the transaction Kelley also was president of the Texhoma Broadcasting Company which included other stockholders Station policies and personnel (Continued on Page 2) Offer of Reward Draws Criticism SAN ANGELO Jan 26 IH-Dist Atty Aubrey Stokes sharply criticized tonight the $10000 reward offer made earlier today in the bomb trap killing of Mrs Harry EL Weaver Stokes said in a statement that the reward "will hinder prosecution of the real murderer and tend to defeat He added: or evidence that would lead to final conviction in this case might be lost forever unless given directly to the district attorney's office" The reward offer was posted by the wealthy ranch woman's husband and two daughters It specified all replies must be sent directly to Weaver An attorney representing the Weaver family said tonight there would be no comment on Stokes' statement The typed statement was handed newsmen at a meeting called by Stokes Also present were Assistant Dist Atty Justin A Kever Texas Ranger Ralph Rohatsch Sheriff Cedi Turner and State Highway Patrol Sgt Ray Keating Mrs Weaver was killed a week ago today when a nitroglycerine bomb exploded as she stepped on the starter of hre husband's automobile "I am not at all pleased the way the offer of reward was Stokes said "Personally I feel that the offer of reward is worthless to the State of Texas the way it now stands If this offer is made in good faith the money should be put In escrow and paid on the condition that the information be sent directly to the district attorney's office "I respecfully request that all evidence pertaining to this case be delivered personally to my office Anyone having evidence in the case may contact me day Carl Runge a San Angelo attorney today offered the reward "for information leading to the arrest and final conviction of the person or persons responsible for Mrs Weaver's death He directed all information be given Weaver NO new developments came in the ease today though they had been expected Dist Atty Aubrey Stokes has predicted "the end is He claimed to have found "Important new on a mysterious out-of-town trip he made Monday He refused to say what it was chief defense counsel Maj Robert EL Hough Nugent is charged on IS counts of collaboration with the enemy A final motion to dismiss the last of the charges against Nugent was thrown out by the law officer LL Col Donald Manes The defense did sutceed in amending a charge which accused Nugent of urging fellow prisoners to "collaborate and with the enemy Talbert told of meeting Nugent about two hours after their capture by the North Koreans on July 5 1950 He said he two other enlisted men he knew only as (Continued on Page 2) WASHINGTON Jan 26 (A-Sec-retary of Defense Wilson today called the Red Chinese threat against Formosa "just a little but he said later his language was "I didn't mean that It was Just a little rippleta Tntentetional he told reporters covering his appearance before the House Armed Services Committee Woman Arrested Baby Is Found Safe at Denver DENVER Jan 26 A 24-year-old framer Denver woman hated was arrested by FQI agents today in a tavern on suspicion of kidnaping a 10-month-old Texas baby The FBI identified the woman as Mrs Dianne Cartwright She and her husband Tommy Cartwright 23 have been named in warrants charging kidnaping Federal agents said the child Randy Eugene Caskey of Amarillo was found with the woman He was taken to Denver General Hospital where his condition wu reported good The Cartwrights were baby-sitting fra Mrs Winona Caskey 23 of Amarillo when they and the baby vanished The husband wu arrested yesterday at Borger Charles Brown FBI agent in charge here said the woman also is known as Dianne Varner She is slender has brown hair and wu dressed in a print dreu and a blue-and-white checked sports jacket Brown said Mrs Cartwright told him she "hated policemen and really wanted to give them something to arrest her The Amarillo mother told offic-( Continued on Page 2) Vernon of Banquet Tonight VERNON Jan 26 (Spedal)-FI-nal plans fra the Vernon Chamber of Commerce banquet to be held in Wilbarger Memorial Auditorium at 7-30 pm Thursday were made during a chamber of commerce board meeting Wednesday according to President Norman Loader Eight newly chosen directors were also on hand Vernon Loveall Jaycees president said the citizen to receive the Distinguished Service Award was selected Tuesday during a meeting of presidents of the Rotary Optimist Kiwanis and Lions clubs Speaker for the banquet will be Dr Arthur A Schuck chief Scout executive Boy Scouts of America He will fly from New York City and upon his arrival here will be accompanied by Harold Lew-man regional Scout executive of Dallas and Coffield chairman of the regional organization New chamber of commerce officers for 1955-56 will be Introduced at the banquet meeting which is expected to be attended by some 300 members and guests Including delegates from all area cities and towns Scouts will be ushers and a is planned according to Jim Doyle meeting committee chairman Invocation will be offered by Rev Noel Guice pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church Musical entertainment will be provided by Mrs Jack Eure of Vernon and Williams and Tommie Cot-ncr both of Alius Okla Jet Sets Record SAN DIEGO Calif Jan 28 UH-A Navy FJ3 Fury jet plane has climbed to 10000 feet in 83 seconds from a standing start setting a new Navy record is very Important but it doesn't change our military needs "Formosa Is just a little ripple in our defense planning and I am talking of planning for the long pull But it is snore than a ripple In international Wflaoo ApriegtsM A' Tbs defense chiefs remark coming during questioning before the Committee made quite a splash in the afternoon newspapers and disturbed some of the congressmen who heard him They recalled that President Eisenhower had called the Formosa situation a serious threat to world peace When Wilson returned to (he witness stand after lunch Rep Hebert (D-La) expressed concern over his appraisal of the Formosan situation declaring: threat there hu all the implications of a tidal Wilson immediately apologized for what he called "my inept way when I said He explained he wu trying to make the point that there Is no necessity of expanding armed forces at this time No Increase Needed Earlier Wilson had fold newsmen that while the situation in the Formosa Strait is "important enough to take proper it is "nothing to get excited Questioned about this the secretary referred reporters to a paragraph in the special menage on Formosa that President Eisenhower sent to Congress Monday The President said: My recommendations do not can for an increase in the armed forces of the United States or any acceleration in military procurement or levels of detenu production If any unforeseen emergency arises requiring any change I wiU communicate with the Wilson's original choice of words before the House group contrasted in some respects with the language in Eisenhower's message The developing situation in the Formou Strait the President said a serious danger to the security of our country and of the entire Pacific area ana Indeed the peace of the Eisenhower declared the situation had become critical enough to ipipel him to ask Congress to approve measures which contemplate the use of the armed forces of the United States if to assure the security of Formou and the neighboring Pescadores Islands Wilson touched off a political storm in Detroit last October when he remarked at a news conference that while he had a lot of sympathy fra jobless workers he liked bird dogs better than kennel-fed "You know raw that will get out MacArthur Raps Conduct of War LOS ANGELES Jan 26 lA-Gen Douglas MacArthur celebrated his 75th birthday today by throwing an oratorical haymaker at the proponents of internationalism and collective security Before enthusiastic crowd of 15000 in MacArthur Park the vigorous old soldier spoke his love for America at ceremonies dedicating a civic monument in his honor The general of the Army alu hit at "the philosophy which calls war by some other euphemistic and in obvious reference to the Korean campaign from which he wu recalled in 1951 urged rejection of the concept "that we can plunge mu into war then call off the war or say we can't fight in certain places or send them through to victory Later at a luncheon for more than 1100 the general wu given an award of extraordinary merit by the Los Angeles Episcopal Dioces He said in accepting it that nothing hu given him more personal satisfaction than his work in religion in Japan I am of Caesar I rendered unto God that which wu MacArthur said The citation presented by the Episcopal bishop of Los Angeles Francis Eric Bley wu for "distinguished service to the church of God a Christian statesman and soldier" In acknowledging the monument the general said: "I understand full well this monument is meant to commemorate an epoch rather than individual army rather than a commander ideal rather than a personality" Royalty on TV LONDON Jan 26 IA-The Earl of Harewood 31 cousin of Queen Elizabeth tonight became the first member of the British royal family to appear on television professional performer He described "The Midsummer an eccentric opera opening tomorrow night Pogo Will Be Back All yu Pogo fans please be patient Pogo will be back in a day or two He wu last la the mall somewhere between New York City and Wichita Falls Duplicates have been ordered and all the back umbers will bo ran at the same time when he arrives probably Thursday or Friday Wo appreciate year fine interest in this outstanding comic character The Record News last wed: after a sizable amphibious invasion and heavy fighting apparently were aimed to supprau Communist guns which could har-rass an evacuation of the Tachens The Communists may bo edging closer to the Tachens 208 miles north ef Formou The Nationalists said they had seen lights on a tiny rocky island three mites northeast of the Tachens which would gtve (Continued on Page 3) The WtATHlR ev WICHITA FALLS AND VJCIMTTl no coMnr ThareOra no Dm-osjr iichti partly dnor no nw IWra- Risk IbereOap Os Nona CENTKAL TZXAS: PoOp dnOr nkr waihwrrt aaO enter Bflt MftiM paitlr cteara nO i wesr texasi TuUr (Mr a BMo miter ThanOra wanara IMOejr SUIT TEXAS! 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