Blytheville Courier News (Newspaper) - February 11, 1956, Blytheville, Arkansas BLYTHEVILLE COURIER NEWS THE DOMINANT NEWSPAPER OP NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Courier Blytheville Daily News VOL 871 Mississippi Valley Leader Blytheville Herald BLYTHEVILLE ARKANSAS SATURDAY FEBRUARY EIGHT PAGES Published Daily Except Sunday SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS Jenner Raps Glamorizing Of Presidency CHICAGO AP Sen Jenner today said the presidency of the United States is being changed into a Eu ropean office much more like the early Roman emperors He laid the blame for what h Hold Lincoln Day Talk Fests But Democrats Are Not Idle This Weekend By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Republicans were well along today in their annual round of Lincoln Day speechmaking but Democrats had no intention of giving them a weekend on the nation's quet halls Some communities held GOP dinners last night and scores more have scheduled party fetes for the coming week But this has brought no slackening in campaign efforts by the Democrats who will hold their annual ners later Stevenson was in Portland Ore to address a Democratic fund-raising dinner tonight And Sen Kefauver of Tennessee another Democratic presidential hopeful was moving into Michigan for a series of campaign ances Meanwhile both parties eyed New Hampshire where today is the filing deadline for hat state's See OOP on Page 8 called this transformation on th bureaucratic elite which wants t rule the country Jenner also criticized of State Dulles for the brink o war strategy attributed to him and called or the election of firm pro-American Congress The Indiana senator spoke on program sponsored by th Abraham Lincoln Republican Club Other speakers hit at foreign pol the Stale Department am the united Nations Under Jenner in a prepared speech said the change was under President Franklin D Roos evelt and continued under dents Truman and Eisenhower Hi The president is pictured as an indispensable man He is with sole responsibility for sions and achievements that i superman could not make He protected against criticism The office is being changed from the American office of First Citizen of the Re public into a European office much more like the early Roman em Don't Like It I do not hold our presidents responsible for this transformation I am not sure they realize thi change or like what they see glamorizing of the presidency the work of that bureaucratic eliti which wants to rule the United States in the protecting shadow o a loved and trusted symbol our chief executive into a he said The club has no official tion with the Republican party A spokesman nt the club's ters here said It has members in 46 states He described them as con- Republicans Bitter GOP Fight Seen In New Hampshire CONCORD N H AP The possibility loomed today of an struggle for control of New Hampshire's gation to the Republican National Convention if President does not run The New Hampshire primary 13 is the first ir the nation and tonight is the dead line for filing intentions of candi dacy Sen Bridges was ex peeled to file as a delegate candi date favorable io President Eisen hower before deadline His entry was interpreted in some quarters as confirmation reports that If Eisenhower does not seek reelection there will be a struggle between the so callec liberal and conservative wings the GOP in New Hampshire Bridges is regarded as more conservative in his political outlook than Lane and some other leading Eisenhower backers Favor Ike He already has notice he would fight any attempt to cor- ner the Republican delegation and would oppose any slate previously committed to any alternative candidate might designate Several of Bridges political including former ers of the late Sen Taft have entered the primary delegate contest as favorable to er Only the names of President on the Republican side and Sen of Tennessee on the Democratic side are en- tered on the presidential ence phase of thf primary In Primary Phase The battles exist in the phase of the primary in which delegates to the respective national tions will be chosen On the Republican ballot 27 candidates have filed for six for Sen Knowland of California and one for Chief Justice Earl Warren Two- dates are uncommitted All are running as favorable to their respective choices As such they did not need the con- sent of the men they are backing Webb Heads Hospital Staff Dr Jack Webb has been sleeted president of Blytheville's Chlcka- Hospital staff Other officers named nt an meeting include Dr H C Sims Jr vice president Dr F E Utley er And the following doctors who are board Webb Sims W W man I R Johnson Next meeting of the group will be on the second Tuesday of March when It will consider adoption of Mollet Inspects Rebel Stronghold French Premier Tours Algerian City of Bono BONE Algeria Pre- mier Guy Mollet made a first hand check of Bone today before returning to Paris to tell the National Assembly what he thinks should be done to restore peace in turbulent Algeria Mollet came here from Algiers after five days of probing into the troubles which had pitted Algeria's European and Moslem residents against each other and sparked an endless series of terrorist out- bursts The Premier planned to spend day inspecting military lations in eastern Algeria He is expected to return to the French capital tomorrow Met Hostility A Cabinet meeting has been called for Monday Mollet ably will make his report to the Assembly the following day He also plans a broadcast to the na tion shortly after his return Before leaving Mollet recorded a radio speech which was broadcast after his departure He I came to Algeria with great hope I am leaving with the found conviction that the Moslem community will become a living brotherly indestructible reality The road will be long and difficult before the future status of Algeria Is finally fixed I will travel the road with you Observers in Algeria were ed as to whether Mollet's mission here to seek a peace settlement with the Nationalist rebels was a success Meeting Monday The Socialist met open hostility when he arrived and quickly backed down on one im- portant issue He withdrew his pointment of Gen Georges as resident minister in Algeria Much of the colonial opposition Mollet encountered stemmed from his appointment of who was known to favor more rights for the North African territory's native Moslems Mollet then named to the post Robert LaCoste previously had been named finance and economic affairs minister LaCoste who ar- rived in Algiers yesterday In- stalled without any untoward TRANSACTION Reluctant sellers Asst Fire Chief Roy Moore left und Driver Crowder sell tickets to ball to willing buyer Eddie Saliba who just to be climbing a fire pole at the station house If cornered police and fire fighters can be persuaded to part with other tickets at per couple Dance will be held in Blytheville Armory Thursday Feb 16 at 9 p.m Proceeds go for police and fire uniforms Courier News Photo Mayor Scores CAA Exclusion Mayor Toler Buchanan said today that Blytheville's exclusion from a Civil Aeronautics Administration tion of for airport improvement in Arkansas was deplorable and unfair to local taxpayers We don't want anything that we are not justly entitled he said but Blytheville is ready willing and able to spend up to for development of a airport Yet CAA turned down our tion for federal matching funds apparently for no other reason than we favored giving the air base facility back to the Air Force Recalls History Buchanan recalled the history of Blytheville's ful efforts in establishing a airport with federal funds He said that when the city of- to deed the title of the base back to the Air Force CAA opposed the move The city deeded the land to the Air Force less and Blytheville Air Force Base was activated As a direct Buchanan said CAA has denied us ing funds for the construction of a new airport Not Recently the mayor wrote U.S Rep E C Took Gathings ing him to discuss action at top levels in a re- port on a preliminary tion said the situation did not appear promising but that he would continue his inquiry CAA Wednesday announced an allocation of nearly million for the financing of 319 projects under the Federal Airport Air Program nationwide Added to the million earmarked for 205 projects in August it brings tal allocations this fiscal year to million The taxpayers of Blytheville contributed their tax money ward that Buchanan said action are deplorable and unfair to Blytheville taxpayers In Municipal Court Kenneth Bennett of Osceola was ined in Municipal Court today or running a stop sign and ng his car into that of Airman Stanley Miller Mrs Miller suffered bruises and heir car was extensively damaged hie accident occurred at noon esterday at 10th and Main In other cases bonds put p by George Thompson Johnnie Moss and Carl oss were forfeited They were charged with petty left in connection with the loss f ft radiator Alias bonds were tied for their arrest when they ailed to appear Racing Head Denies Dog Track Report CONWAY Ark re- ports hat he favored granting a dog racing franchise to a new West Memphis track were categorically denied last night by the chairman of the Arkansas Racing sion Dr Edwin L Dunaway of Con- way said a news story quoting him as saying he personally favored granting the franchise and leave it up to the 1957 Legislature to straighten out the law was in er- ror Dr Dunaway said a reporter had suggested that course to him in an interview and that he I'd certainly like to get it straightened out it has taken up a lot of my time The physician added If I left the impression that I agreed with the statement as it was put to me I certainly didn't intend to 39 Are Missing In Boat Mishap TAIPEI nine persons are now listed as missing in a ry boat disaster off northwest For- mosa Thursday The ferry bound for Tansui from Pali capsized in rough seas Three of 23 survivors picked up later died First reports listed 36 persons missing Nine bodies have been re- covered Eastland Urges End Violence Solon Speaks At Meeting On Integration MONTGOMERY Ala AP A plea for the South to re- frain from further violence climaxed a roaring gation rally here last night that drew a crowd estimated al Sen James 0 Eastland challenged the throng to fight racial integration with massive resistance but without lawlessness As the rally ended State Sen Sam Engelhardt admonished the audience to go home peacefully and orderly Eastland made only an indirect reference to recent rioting at the University of Alabama he once at- tended Recalling his student days the outspoken advocate of white I think I know the people of Alabama well and you're not going to permit the NAACP to take over your schools A mob at times numbering or more threw eggs and rocks at a Negro student Autherine Lucy when she sought to attend class at the university Monday She won admittance under a federal court order backed by the National Assn for the Advancement of Colored People Barred From Classes The university board of trustees barred Miss from classes un- til further notice because of the violence She subsequently asked for another court order to compel the university to readmit her Eastland outlined a three-point program for resistance against forts to break down segregation the South First he said white persons in the South must organize a grass roots campaign to preserve their traditional separate school tems The South also needs a ported regional commission he added to answer the vast attack and cope with the tremendous sums that are being used to represent us organize every county city and every community into a grass roots organization such as you represent here land told the rally sponsored by t h e Central Alabama Citizens Council Firm He declared further that each Southern state must adopt a firm segregation policy that will enable white Southerners to stall off in- for a long time By changing state laws and creating new state policies which must be litigated and which must go to the Supreme Court of the United he suggested can litigate this matter for an in- definite period in hostile eral courts Eastland also endorsed the icy of nullification recently ed in Alabama A resolution passed by the Alabama ture declared the U.S Supreme Court's ban on school segregation null and void Eastland told the cheering throng No people in the history of have ever been forced to integrate against their and We must match the organizing ability and tactics of the NAACP They have done a successful job They did not submit when court decisions were against them They fought and are still fighting This we most certainly can do Police Commissioner Clyde lers the crowd in the huge state-owned coliseum at ooo to Get Red Atom Help MOSCOW Soviet union pushing its campaign to woo the Middle East has announced it will train Egyptian scientists and help set up a nuclear physics laboratory in Cairo The surprise announcement was made without fanfare in a report carried last night by the Soviet News Agency Tass Bridges Says Senate May Broaden Probe Of By JACK BELL WASHINGTON AP Sen Bridges said today a bipartisan Senate committee might seek broader investigating authority if evidence indicates others besides Sen Francis Case were offered campaign contributions by backers or opponents of the natural gas Eisenhower All Set For Physical Check It May Start Today BULLETIN WASHINGTON AP President Eisenhower arranged to go to the Army's Walter Reed Hospital here today for the start of a new full-scale physical examination The outcome could be an important factor in whether he seeks re-election By MARVIN L ARROWSMITH WASHINGTON AP President Eisenhower may un- dergo preliminary medical tests today as the first step in a full scale physical examination that could bear heavily on whether he decides to seek reelection of the presidency The preliminary tests will in- clude a blood analysis That may be done at the White House But he will go to the Army's Walter Reed Hospital here for x-rays tracing heart ance and other advance dures The four doctors who will team in conducting the anxiously awaited examination are Snyder Col mas W Mattingly chief heart specialist at Walter Reed Dr Paul Dudley White a Boston heart who has served as a consul tant since the President was en and Col Byron E Pollock chief of Heart Services at ons Army Hospital in Denver where Eisenhower spent seven weeks after his attack He told a news conference last Wednesday however that he is inclined to base his decision more on how he feels than on the report he will get from four physicians after they finish the checkup day James C Hagerty White House press secretary told newsmen that none of the doctors findings will be made public until the con- ends And he said their conclusions may not be announced until Wednesday morning Blood Analysis The purpose of the new coming more than months er Eisenhower's heart to find out how the President is bearing UP burdens of his job Eisenhower returned Jan 9 to what he termed the full duty Benson Attacks Agri Committee's Farm Action WASHINGTON AP Describing as inconsistent a farm combining the soil bank with high rigid price ports Secretary of Agriculture Benson says we cannot go both directions at the same time He contended in a statement the higher price supports would spur new farm production offsetting the cuts the soil bank is designed to bring about by ing land out of production The Senate Agriculture tee included both provisions in an election year farm it com- early yesterday The ure brought both general and de- ailed criticism from Benson who called on the Senate to strike the bad features and pass the kind of that will give farmers the help they need Aiken Too Some of his criticisms were voiced also by Sen Aiken rto predicted that President will veto the if it is passed by both Houses Without change But Chairman the Agriculture Committee al though conceding a hitter tle predicted the measure will pass the Senate pretty much as it came out of our committee Ellender described the e's plan to restore higher arts for wheat corn cotton rice and peanuts as about the only in the that would bring farmers some real relief this Bank Robbery Try Backfires ARLINGTON Ky Iffl An at- tempt to rob the Citizens Deposit Bank yesterday serious business t the time was good for some chuckles today among about 100 persons who watched its comical ending Two women of them carrying the bank's esti mated off and left Herman Maxey 52 holding n gun that wouldn't shoot and confronted by a mob of 20 ready citizens What Maxey didn't know was that his getaway cur was useless It was towed away after the ment because the motor wouldn't start Held al At last night Maxey Was held to the Federal Jury under bond on n bank robbery i The vacuum cleaner salesman entered the bank in midafternoon carrying a box and a pistol Ex- perts said later the pistol was loaded with cartridges that never would have fired Strange happenings in the bank outside and a posse was quickly rounded up by Marshal E C Glisson They were waiting when Maxey completed his business He left three hank employes and a mer lying on the floor and started to leave discovering his ment when he reached the back door He tried to solve matters by marching Mrs Gay a keeper In front of him She de- him in a burst of speed at the door Maxey returned tor Mrs Marie Beshears assistant cashier rie made her carry his box while he wrapped an arm around her waist and covered the posse with his pistol This trick failed when Grady Adams 24 a poolroom worker waiting unseen just outside the door slugged Maxey with his fist Mrs Beshears went the way of Mrs Watts carrying the money with her A kick on the wrist from another posseman ridded Maxey of his harmless weapon and he was less after that Another factor that puzzled cers Maxey's apparent desire to be seen in Arlington earlier In the day He had been away some time they said and had spent much of his time looking up old friends tion year Over a Busher Benson contended one provision in the would force the to pay well over SI a bushel to subsidize wheat exports compared with the present 80 Provisions for export sale of lus cotton and for a system for rice he said could bring adverse international tions He said bis department ready is preparing a long-range Ian to promote cotton sales abroad Ten Airmen Killed in Two Jet Crashes By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Two jet bombers based in Kansas crashed at widely ed points while on training missions yesterday Ten Air Force men were killed Six Air Force men died in a crash of one of the planes at worth Air Force Base Rapid City S D The 847 was based at Forbes Air Base near Topeka Four men died in the crash of the second near Westmoreland The plane was based at Smoky Hill Air Force Base Salina Killed in the Rapid City crash in- cluded Capt Robert Eugene aso 38 Peoria III Capt William L 29 Columbus Ohio Capt Floyd R Shirk 29 Rapid City 1st Lt Joseph Mchugh 31 Mobile Ala 2nd Lt Charles 24 Kansas City Mo and 2nd Lt Joseph L Petek 23 Pueblo Colo Victims of the Kansas accident were Lt Col Frederick G Wheeler 35 Menlo Park Calif as Hugh Wagner 27 Newcastle Ind 1st Lt John J 26 sey City N J and Kenneth R Patterson 22 Detroit Crash Boat Missing TOKYO Atr Force said today one of Its crash rescue boats with seven persons aboard is missing between Korea and southern Uland ot Kyushu 1 Bridges is secretary of a man committee inquiring into whether an improper attempt was made to influence Case's vote on the Bridges said if other tions are mentioned the tee will have to take stock of the situation since it is now limited to the one matter We might have to go before the Senate and ask for broader to look into ither he said in an interview He did not say whether he expected that to become necessary May Be Continued Chairman George said the hearing scheduled to end night may have to be continued next week unless it moves faster today Meantime the hearing a surprise disclosure that a grand jury has summoned John M Neff the Lexington Neb yer who said he left the donation with a friend of Case as a campaign contribution with no strings attached Neff has said he favored the ural gas passed by the Senate Monday which would exempt of natural gas from direct federal controls Case said he first favored the then decided to vote against it after the campaign fund offer from a porter of the measure Charles W Steadman counsel for the special committee said Neff has been summoned by a grand jury He gave no other de- tails Doesn't Know Source Case swore yesterday he doesn't know the original source of 25 bills Neff left in an envelope with E J Kahler manager of the Sioux Falls S D Neff had said in a telegram to Case that the South Dakota senator knew where this campaign fund came from and to whom it Was given Case told the committee that un- til it finds out where the money came from neither he nor It can say whether Neff's action was im- proper Case testified that John Griffin Sioux Falls druggist who serves as one of his campaign aides had him that the envelope Kahler turned over to Griffin bore one and possibly two names Relating a recent telephone con- versation with Griffin Case said Griffin used initials not names in referring to this Case sad he asked Griffin if he knew the ond party in Kahler's P Earlier testimony had brought out that Kahler in a Dec 7 lettei to Case had reported that and a Paul Whaley had been in his office and had discussed the natural gas In Lexington Neb Sheriff Paul Whaley of Dawson County said he had made a trip to Sioux Falls with Neff but saw no envelope con- any money given to ler My name or initials are not on any envelope containing any the sheriff said ab- noc Griffin interviewed at Case's of- fice declined to say what names were on the envelope until he takes the stand Called For Records South Dakota's secretary of state disclosed meantime that the com- has called tor records of the money Case received and spent in his 1950 campaign Miss Geraldine said she has sent the committee the terial it asked She said none of the individual contributions listed exceeded Case suggested yesterday the committee might want to check the authenticity of telegrams he had received from Sioux Falls ng him to vote for the gas He said one such telegram bore the fictitious signature of See BRIDGES on Page 8 Weather NORTHEAST clearing and continued rather cold this afternoon and tonight Sunday partly cloudy warmer Sunday High this afternoon low to mid 40s upper 20s to low 30s MISSOURI Considerable diness this afternoon tonight and Sunday warmer southwest and portions this after- noon low tonight in 20s high day north and in 40s south Minimum this Maximum Sunrise Sunset Menu 40.5 Precipitation 24 hours 7 to T Precipitation 1 to This Date Maximum Minimum this Jui 1 to
