Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 1

EIGHTY SEVENTH NO 158 Big Bargains Wise sellers anil buyers are reg ular customers of the Journal' classified section See Pages 16 17 and 18 of Journal for classified advertisements 7 JKebaDa journal Nevada's Largest Morning and Sunday Newspaper ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER 23 1870 PHONE A 3 4121 RENO NEVADA TUESDAY MORNING MAY 28 1957 10c DAILY 15 SUNDAY ON Today's Journal Amusements Pages 8 9 Journal Sports Pages 12 13 14 Social News Pages 5 6 Pages 16 17 18 Editorial eatures Page 4 Daily Comics Page 19 NEWSSTANDS 20 PAGES TODAY CHIANG TROOPS HALT ORMOSA RIOTING Storming American Embassy at Taipei Ihousannds of enraged Chinese and ormosans wrecked the embassy overturned cars and injured at least 13 Americans Observers said pro Commu nists started trouble after an American Army sergeant Robert Reynolds was acquitted for killing an alleged "Peeping (International) fjews US Arms Plan Briefs Studied by West WARNS BUSINESSMEN WASHINGTON May 27 Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks warned his fellow busi nessmen today against joining the "budget butchers" in a drive to smash President Eisenhower's peace and prosperity program Weeks Boston financier and one time director of the National Association of Manufacturers ap pealed to businessmen to refrain from bringing pressure on Congress to cut the budget ANTI RACKET BILE WASHINGTON Maj 27 (UR) Labor Secretary James Mitchell urged quick congres sional approval today of a stiff new anti racketeering bill that would provide fines and prison terms for anyone embezzling or falselj reporting union welfare funds HAITI NORMAL PORT AU PRINCE May 27 (UR) Haiti swung back to normal today under the administration of Daniel ignole this third provisional president in five months The outburst of civil strife killed an estimated 80 per sons Saturday DEBT UP WASHINGTON May 27 (UR) The net public and pri vate debt rose $28000000000 last year and stood at a record 8684000000000 at the end of 1956 the Commerce Depart ment reported today JUDGES NAMED TOKYO May 27 Three ranking Japanese judges were named to try Army Special ist 3c William Girard for man slaughter today despite American claims that Japan does not have jurisdiction RED LEADER DIES MOSCOW May 27 Mrs Anna Pankratova 60 leading Soviet woman1 historian and a member of the central committee of the Soviet Presidium died Sat urday 7 MILLION DRIVERS SACRAMENTO May 27 Gov Goodwin Knight today issued California's seven mil lionth license to Dlrs Vivian Teske Sacramento house wife WEATHER irst figures indicate highest temperature during the last 24 hours: second lowest yesterday morning: third rain during the last 24 hours: II Reno 80 43 Minneapolis St Paul 68 47 Chicago 55 51 Boise 85 50 Portland Ore 74 49 Los Angeles 77 50 Phoenix 98 61 Salt Lake City 80 44 San rancisco 71 50 Denver 76 48 Boston 79 59 15 New York 76 68 01 Washington 82 69 01 New Orleans 87 71 Miami 83 77 Precipitation Data During the last 24 hours none: July 1 to date 473 to date last year 1176 normal July 1 to date 650 ORECAST Reno: Mostly fair with thunder showers in the afternoon and eve ning little change in tempera ture Nevada: Partly cloudy scat tered afternoon thunder showers in the mountains little change in temperature Sierra Nevada: Mostly fair scattered thunder showers in the afternoon little change in tem perature Sunset today 8:18 sunrise to morrow 5:36 Binion Loses In High Court Revenue Code Quirk Upheld in Ruling WASHINGTON May 27 The Supreme Court refused today to shorten the jail sentences of gambler rank Costello Binion of Las Vegas and others who challenged a quirk in the 1939 internal revenue code Others whose cases are gov erned by opinion include rubber magnate Poncet Davis of Akron Ohio and Thomas Banks Minneapolis gambler The 7 to 2 decision came in the case of Sam Achilli Chicago auto mobile dealer Justice elix rankfurter spoke for the majority Dissenters were Justices William Douglas and Hugo Black The legal point was which of two tax laws should control the sentence of persons convicted un der the 1939 code of filing false returns with intent to evade their income tax Congress straightened out the confusion when it enacted the 1954 code Meantime however individuals claimed to be affected if their cases are still in court or if they have not finished serving sentences under the old law One statute which makes it a crime to atempt wilfully "in any to evade the income tax carries a maximum sentence of five years in jail and a $10000 fine Costello and the others were sentenced under this law But they contended that they were governed by another law which they claimed punishes filing of false and fraudulent returns in any kind of federal tax Violation is a misdeameanor rather than a felony and carries' a maximum sentence of one year in jail and a $1000 fine Apology Refused By Mickey Cohen LOS ANGELES May '27 (IP) Mickey Cohqp talkative little ex gambler vvho is never at a loss for something to say today refused to take back a word he said about Los Angeles city officials on a nationwide television program Cohen stood by remarks about Police Chief William Parker former Mayor letcher Bowron and the Los Angeles police com mission even after the American Broadcasting Co aired a nation wide apology to local city officials last night for remraks made on the Mike Wallace show May 19 retractions made by per sons in regard' to the television show I appeared on with Mike Wallace on the ABC Network do not go for Cohen declared BAPTISTS CONVENE CHICAGO May 27 (IP) An estimated 15000 members of the Southern Baptist Convention rep resenting more than 8500000 per sons were expected here this week for SBC's golden anniversary meeting ward the disarmament He checked on the outcome of President disarma ment discussion with West Ger man Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at Gettysburg yesterday and then conferred with the i i rench and Canadian delegates The Western huddle came just three and one half hours before the conference resumed Stassen met British Minister of State Al lan Noble Jules Moch and Canadian Ambassador David Johnson at the foreign office It became apparent during the morning there would be no sud den dramatic plunge toward agreement Stassen said on arriv ing the American proposals "will unfold in the succeeding days of the Opposed Writeoff Letter Indicates WASHINGTON May 27 Interior Secretary erd A Sea ton recommended against grant ing a fast tax write off to Idaho Power Co a month before the firm was awarded the special amortization privilege it was disclosed today At a Senate hearing into the controversial case Seri Estes Kefauver (D Tenn) confronted Defense Mobilizer Gordon Gray with a letter Seaton wrote to predecessor Dr Arthur lemming on March 11 Kefauver accused Gray of trying to conceal the letter Seaton expressed the opinion that "it would be most inequit for the federal government to assume any portion of the cost of two Pacific Northwest dams Veterans Must Pay In County Hospitals SAN RANCISCO May 27 (UR) Attorney General Edmund Brown ruled today if a veteran has the money he must pay for medical care at a county hospital Brown made the ruling at the request of District Attorney Don ald Littlejohn of Colusa coun ty who asked if veterans and their dependants had a legal right to free hospitalization irrespec tive of financial status benefits established by the legislature (only) include aid to indigent veterans burial of veterans aid to widows and a county home for Brown ruled Townsend to Sail or Hawaii Visit TOKYO May 27 British Group Capt Peter Townsend making an automobile trip around the world said today he will leave Japan for Honolulu June 6 andi will then tour the United States for an "indefinite Townsend once linked romanti cally with Princess Margaret re fused to tell newsmen if he still corresponds with her discuss he said Stassen Outlines Secret Proposals As East West Talks Resumed LONDON May 27 (UP) delegate Harold Stas sen delivered secret American disarmament proposals to the Western Allies today before plunging into the most hopeful round of East West arms cutting talks since World War II Soviet Deputy oreign Minister Valerian Zorin' fresh from 10 days of consultations in the Kremlin had another plan of his own ready for the resuming London disarma ment conference Stassen flew here from Washington this morning bringing a blueprint for measured to LV Game Issue Dead State Tax Board Holds Reno Police Changes Win Informal OK Improved Efficiency Seen by Manager Under Plan Reorganization of the Reno police department was given in formal approval by the Reno city council yesterday City Manager Kirinison predicted flatly the efficiency of the department will result from the shift Basically the city manager ex plained there are two basic fea tures in the change: 1 The traffic division and the patrol division will be merged with their operations to be headed by a' captain and 2 The detective division and the juvenile division will also be merged with a captain in charge am sure that this will in crease the efficiency in the de Mr Kinnison said Noting that there has been fric tion between some of the divisions in the past the city manager said that this is aimed at curing the problem Although there are no plans to remove or demote anyone the city manager said there is now "too much in the depart ment and this move vill tend to correct that situation There was no discussion yes terday in the council session on what personnel changes will be made under the new system but there have been reports Capt Louis Spitz now heading the traffic division will become night captain when the change is made Atom allout Probe Starts Power Plants Safe Expert Says WASHINGTON May 27 (LP) An atomic energy expert said to day that active materials inevitably result from nuclear explosions but that a "great atomic power plants can be operated normally without danger of radioactive Dr Charles Dunham the medical director testified at the opening round of hearings by a special atomic energy sub committee which are aimed at clearing up some of the world wide controversy over the dangers of radioactive Dunham did not mention the controversy directly but did dis cuss the "undesirable pol which inevitably results from nuclear explosions "To say that we will tolerate no increase in exposure to radia he said "is equivalent to saying that we will make no Use of nuclear Texas Drenched By Heavy Rains DALLAS Tex May 27 Torrential rains battered south and southwest Texas with up to nearly eight inches of rain today as about a fourth of the 6000 evacuees in flood battered ort Worth and Dallas returned to their homes with a wary eye on new thunderheads lash flooding struck scores of towns west and south of San Antonio and all the way to Cor pus Christi New cloudbursts deluged the Nueces River water shed Anyone want a slightly used fire pole? Officials in suburban Oak Park said about ready to admit de feat in trying to sell a 20 foot highly polished fire pole perfect con i i and even been used for three years Oak Park Public Safety Director Glenford Leon Sen Green Takes Age Honor Settles or May 30 Date WASHINGTON May 27 (UR) Sen Theodore rancis Green stil spry at 89 plus becomes the oldest man ever to serve in Con gress this week To settle disagreements over the exact date he has chosen Thursday May 30 as the day his title becomes clear and un assailable experts he said on whether the history making day would fall yester day today or tomorrow I decided not to side with any of Green told the United Press "I have chosen May 30 so there be any doubt Besides it's Memorial Day a nice if Mail Cutback Threats Made Thousands of Offices May Be Closed WASHINGTON May 27 Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield confronted gress today with new threats of a massive shutdown of postal services unless it meets his de mands for more funds Summerfield said that if Con gress does not provide 140 million dollars in additional funds probably have to close hundreds WASHINGTON May 27 (IP) President Eisenhower signed the trimmed down Post Office Department mon ey bill today with a warning that mail service will have to be starting Juty 1' unless Con gress votes the department more funds if not thousands of small post offices throughout the as well as cut back other mail services The Senate and House knocked 58 million dollars out of the Post Office budget for next fiscal year to show they in the economy drive But the postal chief said that far from accepting such a cut his department will need 140 million dollars more just to maintain present services Summerfield said that he would request the sum a few He warned at the time the cuts were made that he would have to curtail postal services July 1 un less the reductions were restored and another 70 million to 90 mil lion dollars appropriated Even if Congress restored the 58 million dollars he said yester day it not be enough for us to maintain present mail service in Summerfield said if the funds are not forthcoming "it will probably mean the elimination of all Saturday deliveries complete ly probably have to close hundreds if not thousands of small post offices throughout the country and we may even have to find ways to curtail some of the mail the people ask the post office to He blamed the need for extra appropriation on the growth of the economy and in creases in the use of mail Rumor of Romance With Elvis Denied HOLLYWOOD May 27 (IP) Starlet Yvonne Lime insisted to day that there was nothing to re ports that she and rock and roll singer Elvis Presley planned to be married in Mexico this week are friends but there is nothing to that the 20 vear old Blonde actress said ard said the city placed an ad in a municipal profes sional magazine and thus far even received a nibble used to be indis Leonard said buying them these days I guess there's nothing so He said the city decided to sell the pole when it combined its police and fire departments Thunderbird Battle Ends After Ruling 'Lost Battle Won War Russell Tells Board By UNITED PRESS tax commission hold ing it was pointless to pursue the matter further yesterday voted against further disciplinary action against Marion Hicks and former Lt Gov Clifford Jones licensees in the Thunderbird Hotel gam bling casino The decision ended a two and a half year legal battle in which Jones and Hicks successfully fought a commission order 25 months ago revoking their licenses on grounds they had permitted Eastern underworld figures to hold secret interests in the hotel's casino Nothing to Gain Commissioner Robert A Allen declared nothing would be gained by carrying the question further Walter Larsh another member of the commission said he believed the commission would appear if it took further revocation action against the two men The commission ordered their licenses revoked in April 1955 making the order effective June 1 1955 Hicks and Jones subs quently obtained a temporary re straining order from District Judge Merwyn Brown in Win nemucca blocking the commission from enforcing the revocation Brown subsequently granted the hotel a permanent injunction in Las Vegas against the com mission's order The tax commission appealed ruling to the supreme court holding that the law the district courts were not au thorized to issue injunctions or restraining orders in gambling matters Not Sufficient Earlier this month tire su preme court ruled the commission did not have sufficient evidence to support its major accusations against Jones and Hicks The court said however other accusa tions appeared to be well founded and perhaps the commission would take further action against the pair The court also agreed with the tax commission contention that the courts were not authorized to issue temporary restraining or ders or preliminary injunctions to block the commission from en forcing its orders Gov Charles Russell who also favored dropping the matter said we get this out of the way the better off going to He added that while the commission had "lost the battle we won the Up to Commission randsen Loomis commis sion legal adviser who announced his resignation at the conclusion of the session discussed the meaning of the decision for 90 minutes He told commissioners the court had said in effect that it could take action against Jones and Hicks on some of the accusa tions of the original revocation order in your lap you can do anything you want to Loomis said He said the courts after study ing the record before the commis sion on revocation actions could grant a permanent injunction pre venting enforcement of the action But he said they can not grant a stay while they study the rec ord or permit new evidence to be admitted There is no question about the so called day in Loomis continued "If the Thunderbird wanted to it could have been in and out of the dis trict court and to the supreme court before the revocation order became Gaming control board member William Sinnott told the commis sion the decision "certainly strengthens the position of the state in gaming control It may have a profound effect on the New York (rank Costello investiga tion) But he was unable to answer question as to the affect of the decision on the gam bling fraternity MICHAEL BRUCE DIES VANCOUVER May 27 (UR) sir Michael Bruce 63 a de scendant of the first king of Scot land died here today at St Hospital He had been under treatment for some time follow ing three heart attacks Highly Polished ire Pole Offered at Bargain Price DETROIT May 27 (IP) Riots Organized US Victims Say Communists in Asia Seize on Clash To Discredit American Activities TAIPEI ormosa May 27 officials said today the anti American riots in Taipei were possibly by political forces anxious to make a deal with the Chinese Communists Communists throughout Asia seized on the riots in an all out effort to discredit American activities in the ar East A threat of new anti American riots in Manila caused the embassy there today to order precautions The Americans said they believed no top government officials had any part in the widespread destruction of riday but they did blame inaction by the government on the completeness of the destruction American officials pinned some of their suspicion on the deliber ate attack on the embassy code room an attack which compro mised some of the codes used by the embassy The demonstrators entered the embassy armed with heavy tools and set to work on a heavy door guarding the code room When they failed to make a dent they began digging through the six inch concrete wall Ordinary demonstrators in flamed by some momentary anger probably would have passed on to some easier target the American officials said Ambassador Karl Rankin said the code room destruction win mean some readjustment of American codes He would not elaborate The American sources said Chinese elements in Taipei might have had internal political rea sons for ordering the attack which wrecked the interior of the embassy and other American buildings here They said anyonq wanting to take over the government from Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek might find such anti American outbreaks and serious destruction of American property a big ad vantage against support of Chiang At the same time the Ameri cans insisted there could be no with the Communists as long as the American military was firmly entrenched here Teamster Union Battle Expected WASHINGTON May 27 (IP' A pitched battle for the throne of the giant Teamsters Union seemed likely today if James (Jimmy) Hoffa seeks the presi dency soon to be vacated by Dave Back Beck under fire on charges of having used International Brotherhood of Teamster funds to enrich himself and his fam ily announced Saturday he would not run for reelection to another five year term next September Teamster sources said they not be if the dapper Hoffa ninth vice presi dept of the union in Detroit de cides to try for the top spot However the five foot five inch Hoffa is under two federal indictments and can be expected to meet opposition within the giant labor organization 9 Turkish Villages Wrecked by ISTANBUL Turkey May 27 (UR) Rescue workers today found 40 more bodies in nine rubble strewn Turkish villages today bringing the death toll from the Sunday earthquakes to 50 The quake hit hardest at the village vof Bolu in northwest Tur key where residents panicked when a mosque toppled It was felt here in Ankara and other cities Several hundred homes were destroyed Some 286 homes were destroyed in the Modurnu district alone if ATOMIC SUB LEET WASHINGTON May 27 tIP) Sen Henry Jackson urged President Eisenhower today to decide whether top priority should be given to developing a fleet of atom powered submarines armed with ballistic missiles with hydro gen warheads House Rebuffs Defense Plea Ike to Take Battle To Senate WASHINGTON May 27 House Republicans decided today to fight for only one fourth of the $1200000000 President Eisen hower insists must restored to this proposed defense budget The House appropriations com mittee chopped $2587000000 out of the 36 billion dollar defense request Eisenhower said a large part of the total was a mere saving which he could accept but that the $1200000000 is vitally needed for aircraft procurement and guided missiles House Republicans decided at a 90 minute policy committee meet ing however to fight for restora tion of only about 300 million dol lars They conceded they would probably meet defeat in seeking' a larger amount got to face GOP Leader Joseph Martin Jr said This means the administration will have to make its main fight in the Senate for the full amount of defense funds the President wants if Witnesses Balk Dio Trial Ends NEW YORK May 27 The trial of John (Johnny Dio) Dioguardi charged with master minding the acid blinding of la bor columnist Victor Riesel was adjourned indefinitely today because the key witnesses against him refuse to testify US Attorney Paul Wil liams moved for the adjourn ment saying tlie government is to prosecute Dio guardi and three co def endants at this time in face of the of the silent witnesses Korean Prisoners Listed as Dead WASHINGTON May 27 State and Defense Department officials told Congress today that they now presume 450 American prisoners of the Korean War never accounted for by the Chinese Communists are dead They said however that they would continue diplomatic efforts to make the Communists account for the men because there is a that some may be alive any evidence that any of them is said Assist ant Secretary of State Walter Robertson Stephen Jackson deputy assistant secretary of defense agreed The Defense Department he said has no positive information or intelligence from any source that such is the Pacific Raft Sinks In Hurricane Winds SANTIAGO Chile May 27 (UR) Hurricane winds sank the bat tered trans Pacific raft Tahiti Nui yesterday Its five man crew had nearly 6000 miles from Tahiti in an effort to prove South Pacific islanders once settled the coast of Chile The crew of four renchmen and one Chilean was safe aboard the Chilean frigate Baquedano which answered the raft distress signals last Sunday and took the bamboo craft in tow.