Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 1

Support Your Community Chest Jvbabn journal i ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER 23 1870 Largest Morning and Sunday Newspaper ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER 23 1870 Support Your Community Chest EIGHTY ITH NO 284 PHONE 3 4121 RENO NEVADA THURSDAY MORNING OCTOBER 20 1955 10c DAILY 15c SUNDAY ON NEWSSTANDS SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY Thunderbird Case Called Political Weapon Judge Studies Injunction for Hicks Jones Mayor Presses Action for Modern Ball Park Here Smith Defeats Jimmy Carter Suspect Young Toughs In Death of Small Boys reg left Reno Tahoe Area Speed Boat Loop Claim MacArthur OK'd Ross Entry New Big 'Quake? TALLAHASSEE la Oct 19 (UPJ The lorida supreme court ruled today that segregation in the public schools is not constitutional but gave school officials several months in which to prepare for the mixed enroll ment of whites and Negroes operate in municipal parks un der favorable lease conditions It has been pointed out that the Silver Sox could as is done in San Jose Stockton and other member cities of the California League share the ball park with the city recreation program such as the Industrial League on alternate weeks Half of the 120 league games are played at home and half away Giving Reno a modem ball park so close to the center of the busi ness district as Idlewjjd Park is a factor pointed out as one which Governor Loomis Cahill Rapped By Attorney would increase attendance The field was completed as to lighting backstop and grassed playing area last summer and has been used by the Industrial League A grandstand dressing rooms rest rooms concession stand and a fence are needed to complete it It has been pointed out by councilmen that the sta dium might also be available at times for such public events as rallies conventions dog shows fiower shows state junior base ball tournaments and many other happenings BERKELEY Calif Oct 19 (IP) A University of California seismologist believes that jthe great San Andreas fault respon sible for the devastating earth quake in California in 1906 will cause another big quake some day i Mayor Len Harris and City Manager Ira Gunn said yester day that the city is inter in the possibilities of im proving Idlewild Park baseball field for minor league games and that it may float revenue bonds to do the job Although the plans are 'in the very early stages Mayor Harris said there is definite interest in the project The mayor also said that President Paul XValters of the Reno Silver Sox had offered to provide $5000 and lumber for fencing if the city endorses the improvement of the park The world champion Brooklyn Dodgers recently revealed that they have offered a full to the Reno ball club would be regarded as a defi nite asset because the parent system would supply all the ball players throughout the year pay all spring training expensed and also pay some financial aid in re gard to the manager and players However the represen tatives indicated they would maintain this offer only if the Silver Sox played in a modern atal Heart Attack Hits Star While He Shaves ball park at Idlewild Park instead of Moana Park where the team has been housed The Brooklyn delegation which recently in spected facilities in Reno stressed as conditions they would insist upon such items as improved lighting up to date dressing rooms etc The mayor said that if the city undertakes the project build concrete and steel bleach He said the city is actively attempting to complete the neces sary transactions with the Dodger organization There were no definite figures available on how much the project may cost but Harris said that it may be about $100000 If bonds are floated Harris and Gunn said they would be revenue bonds which would be retired with re ceipts from the park Members of the city adminis tration have pointed out that the and the team is regarded as a Reno Silver Sox are a definite business asset to the community civic project They stressed that most of the successful minor league ball clubs are those which Publication of the papers fur nished new ammunition in the angry controversy which erupted around a statement MacArthur made last march when the State Department released the cele brated Yalta papers lyiacAfthur said then that if he had been consulted at the time of the Yalta conference in ebru ary 1945 he would have opposed Russian entry into the war that late He also said he did not learn of concessions granted Russia at Yalta until months POINT CLEAR Ala Oct 19 (IP) Gov Allan Shivers who led Texas into the Eisenhower column in 1952 cautiously cast his lot with the Democrats for today provided they nominate man I can He indicated Adlai Stevenson was not that man He chided the former Illinois governor for being about seeking the nomina tion and suggested he meet Sen Estes Kefauver (D Tenn) in California preferential primary believe Kefauver would beat him out Shivers saidfas the talk shifted inevitably to poli tics at the annual Southern Gov ernors Conference here on Mobile Bay told reporters thathe did not think Stevenson would win the nomination and had heard that the 1952 standard bearer would announce his candi dacy for the Senate next month Shivers accused both bringing on the battle over farm price supports which he said was probably made inevitable by Dem ocrat sponsored legislation tect their standings in the Amer ican Power Boat Association point race in which they all take part annually Jones Lombardo Lead Jones and Lombardo have taken the lead to establish the nation wide racing circuit for the Gold Cuppers with June and July agreed upon as dates for the Western swing and August and September for the already estab lished Eastern races Nine major races could result from the new plan Lake Mead Tahoe and Lake Washington like ly will be run in that order to begin the swinjf Then would come Eastern races to include the Silver Cup Detroit Memorial and the Gold Cup at Detroit the Pres Cup at Washington the Elizabeth City (N J) Re gatta and races at Madison Ind and Red Bank A strong probability now? is that a challenge will be issued in 1956 for the vaunted Harmsworth Trophy symbol of international speed supremacy in boat racing and currently held by Slo Mo Shun IV of the United States Likely challenger for the Harms worth Trophy is Canadian boat Miss Super Test owned by Gordon Thompson of London Ont and piloted by Bill Bradan The new co operative schedul ing program now under Way as a result of the work done by Jones and Lombardo would present a string of at least seven principal races for the unlimited hydro (See THRJTWXy P'IO 4) Yugoslav Deadlock Russia Attempts ilibuster By JACK CUDDY United Pres Sports Writer CINCINNATI Oct 19 Wallace (Bud) Smith Cincinnati kept his lightweight crown tonight on a WASHINGTON Oct 19 (IP) Artie Samish former California liquor lobbyist today won a delay in the start of his prison sentence for federal income tax evasion Supreme Court Justice William Douglas granted mo tion to out of prison until the Supreme Court acts on his appeal for a rehearing on his con viction for tax evasion high court refused two weeks ago to review his convic tion He faces a three year jail term and a $40000 fine The Su preme Court probably will act on the request for a rehearing in about six weeks WASHINGTON Oct 19 (UPJ The Defense Department today made public long secret ments stating that Gen Doug las MacArthur wanted Russia brought into the war against Ja pan as late as 15 days after the Yalta conference Defense officials said how ever that the 40000 word report did not conclusively settle the question of views on Russian entry in the Pacific war The department itself said rious were handled by other agencies By BOYLE United Press Staff Correspondent UNITED NATIONS Oct 19 (UPJ The United States suc ceeded today in keeping alive the chances for a United Nations Security Council seat The Soviet bloc attempted through a filibuster to delay Unit ed Nations General Assembly pro cedures until the 60 nation group would suspend session The British commonwealth countries Benelux and Scandina vian nations opposed the parliamentary maneuver in roll call votes 'But after four votes the United States succeeded in having the deadlocked Security Council race between the Philippines and Yu goslavia postponed while elections were held for the Economic and Social Council and the trusteeship council On Economic Board Yugoslavia only today agreed to become a Security Council candi date But the East European nation had campaigned actively for a seat in the Economic and So cial Security Council which it won today United Nations tradition is against a nation holding seats on two of the three top UN councils Therefore election to the Economic and Social Coun cil was expected to bring greater support to the United States backed Philippines in the Security Council The voting in the General As sembly began shortly after 3 today Australia and Brazil were elected to the Security Council as non permanent members last But the assembly was deadlocked at first in an attempt to name either the Philippines or Yugoslavia to the third seat which becomes vacant the end of this year The assembly cast three incon clusive ballots today with the Philippines and Yugoslavia sup ported by Russia and Britain as the candidates The Philippines led Yugoslavia on all three ballots today 31 to 27 on the first and third and 30 to 28 on the second But this was short of the two thirds majority of 39 votes required Princess Dines With Opponents To Her Romance By ROBERT BENNYIIO United Press Staff Correspondent LAS VEGAS Oct 19 Dis trict Judge Merwyn Brown to day took under study three days of arguments on whether a per manent injunction should be granted preventing the state tax commission from ousting Marion Hicks and Clifford Jones fromlhe Thunderbird Hotel casino Not for Monh Brown who normally holds court in Winnemucca indicated his decision in the controversy probably will not be announced for at least a month since he has a heavy court calendar during the next few weeks As the hearing ended Attorney I Harry Claiborne of Las one of three lawyers representing the former lieutenant governor and Hicks made a ringing de nunciation of the actions of Gov i Charles Russell Robbins Cahill Jand randsen Loomis in the I Thunderbird case Russell is commission chair man Cahill is executive secretary and Loomis its legal adviser Claiborne accused the trio of giving the tax commission a dis torted picture'df the activities of Hicks and Jones at the Thunder bird and said the record of the gambling license pro ceedings against the pair was "full of deceit and half "This was a Russell hearing a Cahill and a Loomis Claiborne declared "and it was planned that He accused the trio of con spiring on the eve of the No vember 2 general election to use the Thunderbird Issue to further chhnces of re election Expanding on this assertion he said "the one thing uppermost in Mr mind during all these proceedings was the welfare of the Republican party and the wel fare of the Claiborne said alsoj think there is a jjriem ber of the tax commission who knew what he was signing and understood (This was a reference to the findings of facts and conclusions of law which ordered Hicks and Jones to dispose of their interests in the Thunderbird casino by July 1) Claims Misleading He accused Cahill Russell and Loomis of deliberately misleading (See 16 5) LONDON Oct 19 Duty called Princess Margaret today from pursuit of her romance with RA Capt Peter Townsend to a state dinner with the queen and the heads of the Church of Eng land none of whom could condone a marriage between the princess and the divorced commoner It was the first meeting of Mar garet and the queen since Mar garet returned from Balmoral Castle in Scotland last Thursday The queen returned from the castle Monday The fact that it was their first meeting in days stirred reports that the romance had caused a coolness in the royal family The queen Margaret the Duke of Edinburgh who is reported op posed to the romance and the queen mother went to Lapnbeth Palace the home of the outspoken archbishop of Canterbury Dr Geoffrey isher to attend rededi cation ceremonies for a bombed out chapel and have dinner He declined to elaborate but indicated there was hope for a quick solution Lohman spoke as authorities concentrated on a theory that a gang of teen age toughs was re sponsible for one of the most shocking crimes in the history The beaten and mutilated bodies of John Schuessler 13 his brother Anton 11 and Robert Peterson 13 were found in a ditch in the forest preserve yes terday Lohman emerged from a strat egy conference with other inves tigators to report that have nov developed special lines of in Asked what this meant Loh man replied that "all we can say is that we now have narrowed it down from a wider basis to a nar rower Lohman said "Specifically we have sent out four teams of de to pursue the special lines of investigation He said these totaled 37 plainclothesmen Narrows Area Although Lohman did not say newsmen gained the impression he referred to a geographical nar rowing of the case Lohman said the of had been narrowed by some findings made in the policerrime labora tory All clues turned up in the big search were lleing sent to the laboratory for investigation These included a long list of abandoned articled of clothing found in the vicinity at "least one of them bloodstained There were several pairs of blue jeans one RABAT Morocco Oct 19 (IP) Bomb explosions rocked Casa blanca and Oran today shortly after the arrival of Si atmi Ben Slimane 57 year old white bearded moderate leader who rushed here from Paris to discuss an offer to make him first Moroc can premier in history Three blasts occurred almost simultaneously in Oran soon after Ben Slimane met with the throne council in Rabat There were no reports of casualties Shivers Plans Democrat Aid Bars Stevenson Decision Due In Hotel Case Within Month Presses ilipino Seat On UN Council CUMBERLAND Md Oct 19 (UR) ive persons were killed to day when a runaway truck loaded with aluminum sheet roared down a long grade on Route 40 and slammed into a dump truck and an automobile in the heavily populated suburb of La Vale The runaway tractor trailer caught the dump truck and the automobile from behifid The driver of the dump truck was decapitated apparently by a sheet of aluminum that slid from the runaway tractor trailer The other four victims died in the flaming wreckage of the car Paul Myers 25 Dover Pa driver of the tractor trailer walked away from the wreck with only minor injuries Myers said his brakes gave way as he was driving down Big Savage Mount near rostburg five miles west of here The truck roared down main street gaining momentum as it went Myers said he fought to keep the runaway under control but at 90 miles an hour a tire blew and the truck lurched into the automobile caromed into the dump truck and sheared off a utility pole before coming to rest prttyed' to God as I roared along that someone would think to call state police and them try to get the he said it By ROBERT LOUGHRAN United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO Oct' 19 (UP) Sheriff Joseph Lohman reported today that author ities have their investigation of the murder of three young boys who were strangled and their nude bodies dumped in a forest "preserve found near the spot where the boys were last seen Sunday night They had been wearing blue jeans In the basement of a bowling alley which the boys had visited Sunday night police also found evidence of what appeared to be blood stains Lohman said six 7r seven per sons have been questioned includ ing teen agers and adults but there were' no definite suspects among them Appearing to strengthen the teen age theory was an earlier report of motorist Malone that he saw two rod cars parked a few feet from the ditch where the bodies of the boys were found stacked like cordwood Malone said he saw the cars parked on grass near the ditch a few hours before the bodies were found Although police sought to trace the cars Lohman said no tire marks could be found in the rain softened earth Explosions Greet Moroccan Leader Becomes Link In Samish Delays Prison Stretch i the deck three times in the 13th round when he was staggered by a left hook and then bombarded about the ring But the excellent condition of 26 year old Bud enabled him to fight on and make a successful defense of the crown once worn by such notables as Joe Gans Benny Leonard and Tony Canzo neri Carter Rugged Carter also gave a grand dem onstration of ruggedness and gameness He suffered a reopen ing of a cut on his right brow in the third round andthat eye was closed tightly shut Kby the end of the ninth session Blood dribbled from his nose as he fought on At the end of the fight the ring officials required more than five (See BALLOT Page 11 Col 6) BY ALINE MOSBY United Press Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD Oct (UR) John Hodiak outwardly in ex cellent health but suffering from high blood pressure died instantly of a heart attack at the age of only 41 in his bath room today The tall handsome star re jected day the Army because of his hypertension was shaving for york at 20th Century ox studio when he suddenly dropped the razor and collapsed at 6:50 a Death was instantaneous from coronary thrombosis His sister Mrs Anne Sliva with whom he was living in a suburban San ernando valley hope heard Hodiak fall and rushed into the bathroom to find the actor on the floor His friends and family stun ned by the death termed him in good health But medical ex perts explained Hodiak had strikes against him a bad fam ily heart history and high blood father is partially paralyzed from a heart attack and susceptibility to heart trou ble is inherited doctors ex plained His ex wife actress Anne Bax ter wept when informed of his death She agreed he a hyp ertensive personality and blamedhe tragedy on the fact he "took things hard was one of the most sen sitive persons she said was hurt inside by many many things feel dreadful He was a magnificent husband a tender and' loving father and far more brilliant and sensitive actor than anybody knew He never wanted to hurt anybody and he never did "I have the deepest respect and love for Death caught up with Hodiak as he was enjoying some of the top roles of his 15 year career pn the stage and in films and tele TTi3 rnnet rPPPnt film VlblVH AAiq in which he plays a prosecuting attorney had just opened across the nation and was slated to be one of the most talked about pictures of the year He was scheduled to appear a CBS TV Nov 19 Caine Mutiny Court Mar a stage role that brought him acclaim His final TV ap pearance came Sunday when he appeared on Loretta Young ifodiak currently was work in the Threshold of at ox Studio but the picture can be finished with out him Ironically he Por trayed Lt Col John Stapp famed Air orce surgeon who tested the strain of rocket sleds on the human heart friends pointed out he led a quiet life and good care of Since his divorce from film queen Anne Baxter Jan 27 1953 he had not been involved in any altar bound Hodiak was a Pittsburgh coal son and his real namewas Pftgorzelliec The family moved to Detroit when he was eight He began acting at 11 in Russian and Ukranian plays in a parish of unanimous 15 round decision over 'ex champion Jimmy Carter of New York in a thrilling return bout whefein Carter tried to win the title for the fourth time At first the decision was announced as a majority vote then as a split verdict and later as unanimous decision However only the finst announcement was made from the ring One of the three judges Joe Blink caused the long mis understanding by failing to add his score card correctly The changed scoring gave 26 year old Smith a more decisive triumph in his first defense than he scored at Boston on June 29 when he took the 135 pound crown from Jimmy on a split 'decision gave Smith a triumph in their Each had istered a victory in their two previous fights Carter had beaten the Cincinnati hooker on May 28 1950 That was before Jimmy first won the crown There were no knockdowns to night but Smith almost went to Runaway Truck InTiery Crash ive Meet Deaths In lames BY LEN CROCKER Journal Sports Writer Emergence of the Reno Tahoe area as one of the centers of boat racing in the United States seems a thing of the immediate future according to plans revealed in Reno yesterday Ted Jones of Seattle regarded as the top designer of racing boats and creator of the famed Slo Mo Miss Thriftway Rebel Suh and many others of the leading unlimited class hydroplanes has been in the area for a short stopover on his way back to Seattle after watching the new Miss Thrift way through her paces in the Cup races at Washington Jones yesterday indicated a nation wide racing circuit has been' established for the big unlimited hydroplanes with Lake Tahoe the central stop on a three race Western circuit In addition Pyramid Lake now is being mentioned as a potential site for launching trials at world boat speed records Lake Tahoe already is host each year to the Mile High Regatta feature run of which is the Mapes Gold Cup for the unlimited hydros And now Jones says plans are well on the way to being jeljed to make the Tahoeraces middle point in a Western circuit to include famed Lake Washington at Seattle and Lake' Mead in Southern Nevada The West ern swing for the top unlimited boats would draw entrants from across the United States as a buildup for the continued swing to eight races in the East Already Miss Thriftway sec ond in the 1955 Gold Cup at Seat tle and in the Silver Cup at De troit has been entered for the 1956 running of the Mapes Gold Cup Also orchestra leader Guy Lombardo has committed his Sil ver Cup winning Tempo VII to a Tahoe run against Miss Thrift way in the Mapes classic Most of the other top boats are expected tojfollow the lead of the to pro 1 KJ variety of prizes these girls are among 22 competing for the "Miss title in 0udIINv3 London rom left: Jennifer Chines Miss Britain Margaret Anne Haywood Miss A Anita Oestrand Miss Sweden Karin Rasmussen Miss Denmark and Mirva Arvinen Miss inland Winner gets sports car $1400 and silver rose bowl (International) Movie Actor John Hodiak Drops Dead have road looks like people who saw the run away thought only to get to the scene of the Delay Segregation.