Blytheville Courier News (Newspaper) - March 7, 1949, Blytheville, Arkansas BLYTHEVILLE COURIER NEWS THE DOMINANT nm W 291 Newa Courier Herald Valley THE NEWSPAPER Or NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND after State Senate Argues Issue of Free Passes To Memorial Stadium LITTLE March Arkansas Senate argued bilter for an hour today over a i give free passes to the War Me Stadium to disabled war vet The failed by two the next 30 the Sen approved le bills which call he expenditure of more than In state funds during the Joel two The heated debate over the sta liim came when opponents It would affect games in the stadium by making impossible to estimate proceeds The sponsored Guy Jones of Con way and would live required the stadium com lission to give one free ticket to Icn stadium event to every vete tJi with 50 per cent Jerry of Hazen t he J Senator Jones shouted back may be but Ts also reckless when a man Is IM to walk Into a machine gun I ot Beebe lulled the stadium an empty hon to the states He that the name of the vet Ians has been used to get money the Fund Bills Not J The appropriation which tiled through almost without dis included one setting up annually to pay refunds gasoline used for agricultural 1 Also included in the list were to start construction of a list medical center near the state surplus funds for Magno lia and Monticello Col to finance Issuance new highway construction bonds for construction at and county Ind lor the State Depart of HOUK IThe Arkansas House today passed Ind sent to the Senate a which lould require the revenue loner to grant a wholesale liquor lo any J by Prank Snell of also lould require distilleries to sell any If their products to any person a wholesale Action was deferred on a to live county boards of education au to exempt any district from of the initiated school re Tlie was Introduced by Autry of Mississippi Imo said it was designed specifically la apply to the in his J He said the district is in good financially and has excellent facilities but has only 315 which under Initialed Act 1 would throw It into a The House was moved to furious by a motion to send to com a Senate to require mer to pay the state all money Collected In sales w F of Pulaski County asked that It be referred to committee for a hearing tonight but the mo lion was rejected and the was on the House Tax Amendment Fails the noon the rejected a proposed amend Incut to the placing an addl 25 cents a gallon tax on The amendment was offered by Lloyd Darnell of Garland who said he objected to reading of the Friday in he could present his amendments The by Crow of would place an additional tax f 23 cents a gallon on liquor and liive the money to the dis and county livestock shows for The first of Darnells amendments would have re the amount of the tax from p cents a gallon to five cents a Americans Fired As Security Risks Working for UN March VP Senator Mundt RSD said today the United Nations has lured some people who were fired by the State Department as security of several such Mundt are In the files of the House Un American Activities The Senator is a former member of the For some the committee has had Investigators trying to find out whether foreign govern ments have been using the United Nations as shield for spying on this I Mundt told we should take up with Uie Unit ed Nations the question of Amer who are employed by It and get an agreement that when Amer are they will be screen ed by the State Move to Dismiss 11 Reds Is Rejected NEW March sought of a con indictment against 11 hign today en the ground that President Trumans character isation of two Communist leaders as I macle a ilir impos The motion was promptly di The motion referred to a recent ark by President Truman when d to comment on a statement I Issued by the two top member of American Communist I Eugene Dennis and William Fos General secretary of is one or the 11 defend Poster is national chairman but his trial has been delayed be cause of poor In another motion for also the defense contended that selection of an Impartial Jury was because of recent statements by Francis Cardinal Roman Catholic bishop of New and Bishop DeWolf of the Episcopal Diocese of New Soviet ShakeUp Remains Puzzle Western Countries Bolster AntiRed Front after Switch By John Hightower March Western governments still puzzling over the Moscow Foreign Ministry shakeup are acting speedily to bol ster their frontier against Com The main conviction in Wash London and Paris is summed med up by diplomats this way Whether diplomacy tol ward the West gets soft er or continues unchanged the pri mary responsibility of the Western powers now Is to be prepared to meet any Actually many responsible au here believe that the re moval of Molotov from the Foreign Ministry and his replace ment by Andrei a man of lesser standing in means that the Soviets are about to In tensify their Internal programs and let up on communist expansion This may mean a new period of extreme Russian isola It may also mean further Com munist crackdowns on the aatel lite countries of Eastern Europe to secure absolute control over the governments and peoples of the See Showdown In a few highly placed informants privately believe that Premier Stalin and his associates in the Politburo may be preparing for a spring showdown with Mar shal Tito over control of American officials say they would not be surprised If Russia and some of Its completely controlled states neighboring Yugoslavia should move openly to crush The hardening Communist line in the world this side of the iron steady line of party leaders who say they would side with Moscow in case of considered by some experts on Sov iet Communism to be evidence of a toughening up of the Western officials frankly did not know over the weekend whether the switch meant a toughening or softening of Rus sias attitudes the American experts on Russia and Western European diplomats here were generally agreed that no basic change in Russias goals of world Communism could be It is to meet this ultimate chal lenge as well as to strengthen the west against possible Soviet aggres sion that State Department author expected to move forward on several fronts this Truck Driver Fined on Traffic Charge Four persons forfeited cash bonds in Municipal Court this morning and a fifth was fined and costs on charges of driving while under the Influence of Forfeiting bonds were Russell Oil and each and Herman Pied sproul of Half was fined 5150 and Sproul was arrested Saturday following an accident at the intersection of and 21st Streets involving his truck and a car driven by Avis of Mo of Hall who a passenger in the Sproul truck Is In Walls Hospital suffering from cuts and bruises received in the ac His condition is not believed to be According to Sproul was driving his truck cast on Avis car was moving west on the same Upon reaching the 2lst Street Sproul at tempted to make a lelt turn direct ly Into the path of the Avis In the Avis car escaped In other action In couit morning Woods forfeited a cash bond when he failed to appear io a charge of MARCH 1949 Inspect Home From a Boat TWELVE PAGES SINGLE COPIES FIVE CENTS Paul at left in boat looks into his home at Missouri through a window from a after water from the Boyer River flowed the lowlying residential section of the western Iowa Thawing weather and ice jams caused local flooding on many Iowa and Ne braska Others Iti boat ave Carl Stichler center mid Kenneth AP Wire photo Fertilizer Plant To Be Discussed Mississippi County Farmers to Meet in Manila Thursday Walter of the Arkansas will explain a proposed farmer own ed fertilizer plant to Mississippi County at a meeting In the Manila High at Thurs day president of tho Mississippi County Farm said that during the lust two years various groups of farmers had done considerable planning and work to ward the establishment of a far and that Thurs days meeting was being conducted to acquaint farmers in this area with the and to deter mine the extent of their He explained that the Farm Bu reau of Arkansas and the Mississip pi County Farm Bureau were not sponsoring the and could not put funds into the es of such a that since it was of farmer inter est felt that leaders should be fa miliar with all phases of the plant under One 2 Missing as Flood Waters Hit and Nebraska By The Associated Presi One man was dead and two university students were missing today as floods Inundated or threatened Hundreds of homes In western Iowa and New Limit of 21 Months Is Set on Payment for Cars March w Vou can go out and b an auto mobile on 21 months c today radios and tele vision also had their install ment buying limits raised to two The Federal Reserve Board be sieged by complaints of shopkeepers and car and the na tions ume buying fell off in Jan uary for the first time in three decided to relax the controls At Missouri more persons were homeless and disaster threatened some towns along the Missouri and Big Rivers in Neb Tlie dead man WHS George about who drowned in his Hooted Missouri The missing are Thomas and Charles students at Universi missing since yesterday Ju the flooded area near southwest ol They were on a hunting trip when they At Missouri hit town in the Hood the town was without and water and authorities said was in prospect for several All the towns inhabitants were to be Inoc today against Water still stood from three to and feet in more than 300 homes but il Red Cross relief head quarters Mid it buy the Kirlin has asked Jensen Iowa to apply for federal Nebraska Rivers Rise The trouble spots In appeared to be the towns ot Crete and in the Elkhorn Volunteer crews worked throughout the night to protect the town ot Ashland from the rising Platte and Elkhorn Rivers and and Salt Nebraska City escaped a flood crest ol the Missouri River yester day but hundreds ol acres of near by lowlands were With the north part of Crete Mayor Thomas Aron de scribed the condition there as the most severe in Some slight relief was promised in the form of rising temper atures from the but colder weather and snow were forecast for Tlie weather generally was fair over the nation today except areas of light snow in the Appalachians and rain along the Virginia Also excepting the Atlantic and Gulf the eastern half of the country slightly colder weath er pay off months Previously you had credit over in in 15 Down payments were also re by the board to 15 per cent it was Cars are an however Vou will still have to pay for one third of the total New York Cotton NEW quotations Open High Low Last Mar 3254 3257 3252 3256 3235 3239 3235 3236 July 3123 3128 3123 3125 2330 2825 2827 Dec 2SC8 2S08 2808 2S06 Woman Admits Mate Farmer Living Near Leachville Sent to Paragould Hospital Mildred 42 wile or near is being held In the county jail here on an open chargo pending the outcome of her hus who shot during a family argument Saturday In the Memorial Hospital In Irom wounds In hLi right hip and the lower part of his His condition was listed by hospital attendants as tilts According o Deputy Sheriff of who lu the Mrs sliot her husband with a 12jauge shot gun on the front porch of their home three miles southwest ol near the Caimi Deputy quoted as saying that she shot lioi he attempted to enter the house after the two had She told that when she leveled the gun to shoot her her daughter grabbed at tlic weapon In an effort to protect her Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Ar thur said that charges against the woman would not be riled until the out come of condi tion has been Trumans Confidants Expect Army Secretary Royall to Resign Post KEY March Presidential confidants disclosed today that Secretary ot the Army Kenneth Royall u the next hl ranking administration to BO reputable but unquotable officials said will out ten to twenty days His successor not yet been de they the President settled clown to the enjoyment of a fort nights vacation at this naval sub marine sixth trip to Flor He flew In landing at tlic Boca eight and a half miles from Odom Begins Second Try At Setting World Distance Mark SAN March Stance flier riding strong on his ing nonstop flight from Honolulu lo Nesv WMS reported only 150 statute miles off the Cali fornia coast at to away ahead of Tlie late report tame from Radio Station whose beam Odom is following Into San He is being pushed along by a 23mile an hour and lucki ly has avoided stormy weather north of hLs which might have hindered his Last January he was forced down far short of his goai on his first light plane record at Odom ran Into unexpected headwinds about miles olf the with the result that his gas oline supply was consumed and he landed at This more gasoline thus getting far better mileage from prospects of his leaching his objective at appear far A Coast Guard PBY took oil from Alameda Air Station this morning to escort Odom in and is expected to meet him at An escorting turned back to Hawaii at the mile mark alter Odom was at feet and finding the weather much better than It was In his last at tempt to set a new small plane distance The 29ye r old eased his Beech craft off the runway at last EST As favorable most of Ihe he expected to be over San Francisco In 17 on the ground at Teterboro In The craft made a perfect nursed by the man who flew solo around the world In the record time of 73 hours five n seconds In This Is said His pre vious attempt to make the Hono hop elided at Oak last January 13 after he ran Into bad weather over the Sierra Nevada and turned Were going to make It this With Odoms homburg head disappeared inside the cabin of the Beech and he wus Matching his new Tray hat was his gray plaid his lucky the one he wore on his Carries Gu Odom opened the The 185horsepower engine pulling the load Into the far short of the end of the runway The plane carried 288 gallons of gasoline 28 more than on the earlier The load was well under the pounds allow ed for the light plane One minute after Odom took a big rescue plane of the Hawaiian Sea Frontier follow With the rosy tints of sunset fading In the the and the mother Bn roared around Diamond Head Into the dark eastern The big plane was to escort Odom for the first Odoms final weather report was for an over the ocean and boosts ol 25 miles and better over the main Across the United Stales he planned to follow the commercial eastward from San fYan over Salt Lake Chey and Gets and Dollar A Red Cross worker gave him a Mower lei and an 1883 Hawaii sil ver dollar with Hawaiis coat of arms on one side and King Kala on the The dollar was for the New York City Red Cross chapters annual fundraising Odom asked that his luggage be to New La Hoover Group Asks Control Of All Transportation in For Commerce Department State Highway Commissioners Grain of Wilson May Bo Selected as malinger unil Co for tho Loe Wilson Com pany today slated lor Sidney to ono of Die two turns us on tho Highway which recently was by action ol the An Associated press news Item from Hock this morning In Imt for ho 12neiibcr probably would be sent to the nte for Slated for of tho to the As in another EiMit Ark ansas of Hcl Tlic of of Wilson to tho commission will the first In that County linx hnd on this most Im portant of tho suites honorary commissions nml was of the when Homer Another Mississippi county of who In n member of the com mission when Curl 18 Mu lie Mississippi County of highways are hoping thai attention will given to Im on State Highway IB west and the narrow concrete pavement can be widened n new bridge erect ed ot Big to replace a dilapi dated narrow wooden Preliminary surveys been by engineers for tile State Deportment and when the Improvements arc authorized the project in expected to Include some typo ot for a cutoff west Manila to shorten the distance between hero mid anil by a boul six Tlie over Slate High way 18 now links and The to would bo the same over the present and the which hnd department designation as an al ternate Members to He Named Fred Carter of Lake Craig head was mentioned as the probable appointee for District 10 of the State Highway Mississippi County Is In this and Is a brother of Carter of Others an Associated press sur vey Indicated would be nominated were District Adams of District of or Stanley McNulty of Pino District Spencer of Hope or or Nash District or Tom both of Port District Baker of Scarcy or of District 6Wlllinm Hum Sec COMMISSION o 12 Intelligence Goes to House March o u s Intelligence agents nnd give them some new powers abroad went be torc the House today In almost complete House leaders said It had to be that They arranged for strict on with no oppor to the on the floor and little time to Inquire Into Its Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said no details will be explained to The committee held brief secret hearings on the but Appointment Due Filibusters May Kill Rent Control Ceiling Law Will Die If Senators Prolong Rule Changes Debate March fl Two Southern suggested controls may die If Hie much longer Its for an change In Senate One of Senator that It con troli do they will never be re vived except In ease of and Senator tho nt by a Senate Ing Subcommittee on legislation to continue rent The on rent controls this Tho present luw runs out March Hiait will end then acte to con Tho House Committee hua approved a to continue Hie controls for 16 more Tlie House is due to act on Uio but both House and must ptas a to keep the controls In In a report to the chambers Bunking Commit tee told It In Hie opinion ot tlw commit termination of federal rent controls at this time would result In a sharp Increase In the level of rent payments would have an adverse effect on the entire cco structure of the Would Hurt Renters It would force millions to Increase their rent payments at the expense of and necessities of Housing Expediter Woods testifying before the Senate Subcommittee when May bunk and brought up Ihc filibuster Woods said hla agency Is vir tually broke and will have to tho bottom of the barrel to meet Its next Ho noted that a pending be fore the Senate Appropriations Committee would give the agency to carry it through until the last of Maybank commented no iic tlon cnn bo taken on the by the Senate as long as the rules change Is being Ho and Sparkman said the de bate on the rules change will lust throughout March If the Democra tic leadership continues Us an Intention to for a Weather stenographic record of kept no The was cleared last Friday Jy the House Rules Committee after Short RMo assured It the subject matter Is highly secret and deals with our national H would give the Central Agency permanent statutory authority for the things It docs low under executive orders and emergency powers of the Presi The highly secret nerve center for tho nations operations around the would be allowed to hide ils annual bud get in the budgets of other gov it docs It also would be excused from publishing its payrolls and as other departments are required to Arkansas forecast Fair this afternoon and Increasing cloudiness and Missouri forecast this afternoon and much Tuesday partly cloudy and mild warmer Partly cloudy and much colder Tuesday Low tonight 3545 Southeast high Tuesday In Minium this Maximum Sunday Maximum Sunset Sunrise Precipitation 48 hours to 7 a m Total since Mean temperature midway be tween high and Normal mean for Soybeans Chicago Open High Low May 224 July 218i 2191 218i 219218H 2343i 233Vi Plan Merges Eight Agencies By O ran March Hoover Commis sion recommended handing nil the governments controls over the nations transportation planes and to the Commerce In perhaps the most sweeping re plan of tho 10 it has thus far sent to the commis sion urged moving Into that ons department all or part of eight other government Ing the coast auard and the busl now activities of tho Coin Ths group on ment reorganization headed by former president Herbert Hoover explained its proposal this way It was tho original intent at In creating tha Depart ment ot that It should embrace the Interest In the development and safeguard ing of Our recommendations are di toward accomplishing tills Would Eliminate Its suggestion the of commerce be assigned the duty of overall route for land nnd water transporta the commission would eliminate existing waste and It would center on one official tru responsibility for planning growth and mobilization of Hie trans That broad authority would executive powers several ma jor but would only Indirectly power to grant routes and fix the the new setup line would be weighed not only other but against railroad and shipping with which it might The report was sprinkled with But who was sec of commerce under Presi dents nnd was oa COMMERCE on Grand Jurors Get Evidence In Spy Arrests NEW March attorneys marshalled to day for presentation to a federal grand Jury evidence upon which 1 Russian engineer and a woman em Ploye of the Justice Department are being held under suspicion ol Attorney Tom Clark an in last night that the case would bo presented to the Jury here at 11 The two Miss Judith and Valentine who has been suspended from the railed Nations have been served with subpoenas to ap pear before the grand Unable to raise they have remained In Jail since ar rest Friday Bail for the Rus sian was set at and for the woman at They are charged with conspir acy to commit espionage to re move government documents relat ing to national The wo man accused of attempting to turn over to the Russian typed ex tracts of government papers she allegedly hnd taken from Justice Department The York Herald Tribune today without more suspects In the alleged theft of secur ity documents are expected to rounded up The Russian government Is ex to Insist has diplomatic status nnd therefore is Immune from In Wash the Justice Department said Soviet representatives had told the engineer In an Interview Saturday midnight that he Is protected fully diplomatic New York Stocks Quotations T T 147 58 Tobacco gs 14 Anaconda 32 14 Beth Steel 3158 Chrysler 53 78 John Deere 3338 Electric 35 78 Motors 59 Harvester 24 Montgomery Ward 54 58 19 18 National 18 Penney 45 Radio 12 13 Republic Steel 24 78 1534 Standard oil 68 73 Sears 35 Toxas 52 Steel 72 Pacific 4231
