Corpus Christi Times (Newspaper) - May 12, 1955, Corpus Christi, Texas SHOWERS U S Weatker Burtan COMPLETE LOCAL NEWS VOLUME 266 Entered second mail matter at tie post office At Corpus Texas under Act ot March 3 CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS THURSDAY MAY 12 1955 Published every by tho Publishing Co 44 Pages in Two FIVE CENTS Mrs Stevens Says Husband Home on Morning of Safe Burglary Mrs Derward Stevens took the stand in her hus bands defense today after Dist Judge J D Todd Jr overruled a defense motion to dismiss the burglary charge against Stevens a former sheriff Mrs the court her husband was home between 1 am and 3 am last Feb 25 the morning of the safe burglary at Plenums Grocery Two additional witnesses were Dist Atty Sam L Jones Jr in the trial this morn ing The stale had announced yes that it rested Its case Character Witnesses Following testimony by the two states witnesses the defense be gan presentation of its case Six teen character witnesses were called by the defense and then two sheriffs officers and a form er deputy testified Mrs Stevens took the stand be News Service Corpus Christ boy died of head injuries received early today in a car truck crash on Highway 281 just north of here The child Alberto Uresti was the son of Mr and Mrs Uresti of 2701 Christi The crash occurred about am and the boy died mately one hour later in Brooks County Hospital at Falfurrias Mrs Uresti was admitted to the hospital with cuts about her body but her condition was not believed serious None of the other persons involved in the crash was injured M E Hill Brooks County de sheriff said unusual circum stances surrounded tlie accident Hill said the car was facing south and parked on the csl shoulder of tiie roadway where Uresti was changing a flat tire The truck involved was head ed north on the highway The by L Mil ler of Mobile driven by Jackson Ed Jordan also of Mo bile An unidentified companion was asleep in a sleeping compart ment in the 1955 Sco INFANT Pago 22 Woman Injured When Gun Discharges Joyce M Lister Fifteenth was wounded in the left side about noon today when a 22 calibre pistol she was cleaning accident ally discharged She was taken to Spohn Hospital where was not im A hospital spokesman said the bullet entered the left side and came out through tho back Police were investigating anc were not immediately available for comment Hospital spokesmen however said the firing of the gun was accidental fore the noon recess today She testified that her husband came home about 1 am in the morning of Feb 25 and went to bed about She said there were no telephone conversations until about 3 am when Stevens got a call said he was going to Plemons Grocery and left He came in again about 6 am Mrs Stevens said and slept until she awakened him about He left shortly after 9 and neither made nor received any telephone calls during this period she said Two other defense witnesses this morning Deputy Domingo Pena and former deputy Hugh Crawley testified concerning Jim Corleys efficiency as a radio dispatcher Crawley said that he found Cor ley drinking on the job and asked him to go home the night before Corley resigned Pena told occasions when he believed Corley was intoxicated He referred to the night before Corleys resignation and to another occasion when Corley was re ported drunk in front of local un ion hall Found Asleep Pena said the night Corley was drinking on the job Corley was asleep with the radio go ing and the phones ringing when Pena and Stevens his partner for the night walked into the dis patchers office Pena said he did not consider Corley a good accurate dispatcher and said that notations he made on the log would have been inac curate probably if Corley were drinking and accurate if he had not been drinking E W Britt superintendent o the sheriffs identification depart ment told of his actions the morn ing the Plemons burglary was discovered He said dispatcher Corley noti fied him about am and See STEVENS Pago 22 mg equipment Club Raids State liquor agents city police and Texas Rangers raided five bottle clubs in the city and county last night arresting five persons liquor and gam bling equipment The four men and a woman picked up as operators of thn clubs were placed in county jail for in of operating open sa loons Charges were to be filed today L R Jones head of the State Liquor Control Board in this area said the raiders hit the Oil Patch Club the 44 Club the Lucky Club Coral Club and the Western Club Members of the city vice squad headed by Capt Oscar Condron did not go to the Western Club which is out of the city limits Condron said the confiscated gambling equipment included a dice board cards and poker chips A large quantity of liquor was picked up by the liquor agents Condron said none of he gambling equipment was in use at the time of lie raids so no gambling charges wore filed LATE NEWS NAVY CRITICIZED WASHINGTON May 12 AP Secretary of the Navy Thomas was accused of ducking and dodg ing questions and the Navy of dragging its feet on unification at a boisterous House hearing today SAVINGS SET RECORD WASHINGTON May 12 AP Individual Americans saved billion last year while increas ing their mortgage debts by a recordbreaking bil lion The Securities and Exchange Commission re ported today THREE ESCAPE Texas May 12 AP Sheriff J T Harrington today said three prisoners escaped when they picked a door lock and walked out of the jail at breakfast AUTO STRIKE POSSIBLE WASHINGTON May 12 AP Secretary of Labor Mitchell said today he thinks it is a toss of a coin whether there will be an auto industry strike this summer Scattered Shower Predicted for Area Crops Benefited by Rain Gets Most Moisture More showers and scattered thundershowers are by the U S Weather Bureau tonight and Friday for the Corpus Christi vicinity following much needed rain which fell throughout the area yesterday Most of the local area didnt re any additional rain after midnight last night although 01 of an inch was measured at the Chamber of Commerce gauge Rain After Midnight Several area towns however re up to es much as an inch after midnight The towns and amounts are Woodsboro 50 Math is 10 Taft 125 Sinton 07 Re fugio 05 George West OS and Three Rivers SO Beeville had 08 The Taft rainfall didnt extend to areas around the city The result of yesterdays local tornado alert and resulting rain ranged from bogged down autos to a lire A total of 216 inches was re corded at The gauge downtown during the day while the U S Weather Bureau at Clifi Maus Airport officially had 201 From 5 to 3 inches foil in the area between Highway 44 and the Trade Winds Motel but the southeast part of town only had a sprinkle A line about 30 cars bogged down on South Staples yesterday afternoon near Weber Road when they pulled off to let arj lance pass police reported Firemen answered a call 1100 block of Chaparral where a burning wire and moisture seep ing into a transformer started a blaze which heavily damaged the Station Cut Off The State Highway Patrol radio station was without telephone and teletype service last night after water flooded a cable and halted telephone service in tho area During the tornado warning pe riod public school officials here notified all school principals to keep students in school until the danger was past School officials today began distributing tornado safety rules to schools Students in music classes and in at Del Mar College both of which arc wooden struc tures were moved build ings as a safety precaution Two streets were closed for re pairs yesterday as a result of the rain ames Publishing Ad s in Antitrust Suit I NEW YORK May 12 The government today filed a civil antitrust suit against six major publishing and advertising assoc It accused them chiefly of con spiring to restrain national adver from placing advertising copy direct with media without employing an advertising agency and lo fix the rate of agency com missions Named as defendants were the American Association of American er Publishers Association Pub Association of New York City Associated Business Publi cations Inc Periodical Publish ers Association of America and Agricultural Publishers Associa tion The government is opposed to the practice of newspapers and other publications of accrediting about 300 advertising agencies These agencies receive a 15 per cent discount on advertising placed in newspapers and other media The agency retains the 15 per cent Atty Gsn Herbert Brown ell Jr announced yesterday in DCS Moines that the suit would be filed today The government complaint charged a series of conspiracies by the defendants One effect the alleged con it said was to sub lessen competition among members of the can Association of Advertising Agencies Inc in soliciting busi effect it said was to restrain the entrance of new ad agencies into the busi ness The complaint asked that each defendant be enjoined from adopt ing any understanding or agree ment to fix or establish the amount of agency commission pur suant to which any member o the defendant media associations denies credit or agency commis sion to any advertising agency The government hejd that th defendants conspired to agency commissions only to advertising agencies which to retain and not rebate to o split with national advertisers any part of agency commissions It asked an injunction restrain inj any agreement relating to re bating or splitting of agency com missions Big 4 rian Treaty Carrizo was blocked from Com anche to Lipan when the street aved in over a recently installed term sewer Shely between Ayers and Naples was closed after the because of street repairs The treet had been torn up by tho city for repaving and the rain made it impassable No water or gas line breaks vere reported Courthouse Shelter The tornado alert sent 35 Norll Jeach residents to the courthouse for shelter In the area the heaviest rain was reported from the Hogg Ranch Ive miles north of Taft where rain totaled from 7 to 10 inches Fields along Highway 181 from a point east of Sinton to four miles east of Taft were a solid sheet of water Streets in he residential and business sections of Taft ran A look at county rainfall until last midnight shows that in Nuc ccs Midway received the greatest amount with Other readings were Del Mar College 131 Violet area 4 5 Agua Dulce 15 4 NAS a trace 1 and American Smelting 410 DOING THE MARGARETS FANCY Fun loving Princess Mar garet joins in the spirit of a folk dance especially devised for her and named Princess Margarets Fancy by the English Folk Dance and Song Society at its exhibition in London Tuesday night Her partner is Peter Kennedy son of the society director He has been Princess Margarets companion in recent public gatherings AP Wirephoto FESTIVITIES BEGIN See 22 Rainfall May Heavy downpours in parts of he River watershed dur ing the last two days may fill the citys principal water reser voir Lake Corpus city water officials guardedly predict ed today Its too early to tell for sure out if most of the reported rain all in parts of tho watershed ac runs off he Frio arics and and feeds in o the lake the lake may fill John Cunningham water construc tion coordinator and veteran water official said Possibility of Plenty If it does fill he lake he added well have plenty of wa ter up o the first of next year Reports today indicated substan tial rain in of he watershed Among areas feeding the rivers which supply the lake Frio Town reported 7 inches of rain during the past two days Derby reported a total of 4 in ches Dilley had inches for the same period and re ported 5 Cunningham also had reports of good rains in the and Cotulla and said he heard 5 inches of rain foil at do Cunningham said the chances for Lake Corpus Christi filling still were only possible but he said the lake will get some support from the rainfall The rains in the immediate area of the lake appeared to be light Only a quarter of an inch was recorded at Mathis Dam at the lake However at Swinney Switch 25 inches wore reported at Di nero the same amount was re corded and rancher H o 1 m a n Cartwright whose ranch house is near the lake reported 15 inches About Half Full The rains came at a time when the lake principal storehouse for Corpus ChrisMs water supply was about half full City Mana ger Russell E recently broached the possibility of re use of water Rain Wont Dampen ay GRAHAM MAY TALK TO REDS Rain rather than dampening tho Buccaneer Days celebration which got underway this morning will put in proper holi day spirit C A Chatter Allen director of festivities predicted today I believe it put everyone in a good humor Alien said Weve needed it for so long and every body is smiling for a change Tourney Starts The tennis tournament began at 9 a m at South Bluff Park and the amateur photo contest which will last throughout the celebra tion started a later Todays events will be rounded out with the Buccaneer Ball at p m in Memorial Auditor Spectator tickets lo the coro nation are on sale at each at the auditorium After the coro nation spectators will be enter with dancing and a show in Exposition Hall Children all over town are ex Mayor Pro Tom Minor Culli to day turned the first spade of dirt on the site of a proposed tele phone building at and Blucher Chamber of Commerce President Jeff looked on and then helped Culli pitch the first spadeful of earth in tradi tional groundbreaking ceremonies The brief ceremony was wit by about 55 persons in directors of the Chamber of Commerce who adjourned their meeting lo be present other city officials telephone representatives and other businessmen The new building costing ncar ly a million dollars will repre sent a major expansion of the tele phone downtown ex change and will house new equip ment placing Corpus Christi on a nationwide dial service network The building to go up starting immediately will be about a year in construction It will adjoin the rear of the present ex change building at 401 North Broadway and will extend to Car to don pirate costumes to morrow morning for three parades will begin simultaneously at a m at Shell Center Six Points and North Beach Prizes totaling are being offered to The senior tennis tournament starts at 9 am tomorrow and the junior tournament continues at a m Cross country runners from Ray Miller Robstown and Victoria High Schools and Del Mar Col lege are scheduled to complete their relay race at p m tomorrow at City Hall to officially open Buccaneer Days A band of pirates flying the Jolly Roger will then land on the and storm City Hall forcing Mayor Smith to surrender the cily for the cele bration During tomorrow afternoon events will include an aquatic show at 2 pm and 4 pm a cast ing exhibition and contest at 3 pm a handball tournament at he YMCA at 5 pm and a roller skating exhibition at pm Decorated boats wil parade through the yacht basin at 6 pni and a band concert will follow at pm on the THeads About 53000 will go up in fire works from barges oft the T Heads at pm tomorrow Events which will follow include the Buccaneer Beauty Pageant at pm inMemorial Auditor the Buccaneer dance at 8 pm in Exposition Kail and square dancing at 9 pm on the Lawrence Street THead To End Sunday The contests and entertain ments will continue all day Sat and Sunday with an il parade of 97 units scheduled for Saturday night Festivities officially end at 5 pm The Hames Carnival will be in operation from 1 pm until midnight on the each day of the celebration Many other booths will he open along Shore line Drive Continuous shows of local talent entertainment will be presented afternoons and eve on the Open house will be held on the USS Hailey a Navy destroyer from 1 to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday OTHER HIGHLIGHTS Sen Kefauver demands women supporters of Bricker amendment register as lobbyists Page A Presidents press secretary changes mind after blowing top at reporters Page 18 DEFENSE Marine Corps battles lo keep Congress from cutting its budget Page 8 PEOPLE What do they say in a courtroom Page 18 ALSO News comment Editorial Page 10 Womens News 1921 Sports 1316 Comics Radio and TV 18 Movies 17 Document To Be Signed Over Weekend VIENNA Austria May 12 AP Big Four reached agree ment today on an Austrian inde treaty reported by informed Vestern sources in advance of a The foreign ministers of the Slates Britain France and he Soviet Union will fly to Vienna his weekend to put their signature n a treaty the Austrians have eon wanting for 10 years Ratifications will mean that Aus ria will be free and sovereign for he first time in 17 years Some troops of Russia and the Vest will leave Nino Days Agreement was reached after nine days of difficult negotiations it was feared earlier today might break down For the past days the ambassadors of the our powers had boon deadlocked on a Western demand that tha Russians put into tho treaty eco nomic concessions granted the Austrians during talks in Moscow last month Western informants said the Rus sians finally gave way to the West thus paving the way for the actual signing Informed sources said the am decided to make tho Soviet concessions an annex to the treaty The concessions include return of the oil fields and the Danube Shipping Co to Austria British Foreign Harold Unify LONDON May 12 Evan gelist Billy Graham disclosed today that he is prepared to scheduled a Paris de conduct a series of religious parlure for midmorning tomor behind the Iron Cur vow lor Vienna tain if a formal invitation is extended to him Graham speaking before a press conference here srid he was advised that Bishop Peter of Hungary had been quoted as he would like for Graham to come to Budapest The Carolina evangelist said he was prepared to go to Rus sia Hungary or any other Communist country to preach the Word of God He disclosed also that he was planning an evangelical trip around the world late in 1956 It will include Africa In dia Singapore Far Eastern countries Australia New Zea land and other points Graham opens one weeks meeting at Wembley Stadium here Saturday night Ui is expected lo draw more than 300000 people a night To Leave Tomorrow U S Secretary of State Dulles was expected to do likewise French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinny had already planned to leave tomorrow for the Austrian capital Soviet Foreign Minister V M Sec AUSTRIA Pago 22 WEATHER Grease Pours Over Childs Body A yearold boy suffered severe about this morning cn he an electric deep fryer off a abln emptying the hot grease over his body The boy Alexander Moreno son of Mr and Mrs Tony Moreno of 1846 Bemadino was admitted lo Memorial Hospital with second j am tomorrow low am degree burns over about 80 per cent of his His condition was reported as fair late this Forecast for Corpus Christi and vicinity Showers and scattered thundershowers tonight and Fri day Little change in temperature Low for tonight 7074 high for tomorrow Wind forecast Light southeast winds becoming routh cast and cist 12 to 18 miles an hour with gusts to 25 miles an hour on Friday Strong shifting winds expected in the thunder showers Rainfall past 24 hours in ches Highest temperature yesterday and lowest this morning Cliff Maus Chamber of Commerce Water temperature at Port Ar this morning Sunrise am tomorrow sunset pm today pm today am tomorrow Gulf of Mexico tides high tomorrow Rainfall deficiency for 1955 inches Quiz AUSTIN May 12 M A court of inquiry to investigate affairs of the General Land Office was opened here today before Peace Justice Travis Blakeslee Atty Gen John Ben Shepperd who formally requested the in said Gov Allan Shivers and Land Commissioner J Earl Rud der had joined informally in ask ing him to seek the in Travis County Ally Thomas Blackwell held the role of leading counsel as the hearing got underway Shepperd Shivers and Rudder are members of the School Land Board and the Veterans Land Board Affairs of both boards arc administered within the General Land Office At least one purpose of the court of inquiry could be to develop in formation in the veterans land scandal investigation The proceed ing may last six to weeks depending on number of witnesses called Special Assistant Atty Gen Ce cil E Burney of Corpus Christi heading a group of assistants who will interrogate witnesses said office has been inves operations of the General Land Office as well as its vet erans land division We feel that it is now time to preserve the testimony in the records of a judicial hearing said Burney The veterans land scandal un der investigation from numerous angles since last November de during the administration of former Land Commissioner Bas com Giles He resigned Jan 1 has since been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit theft and accepting a bribe and faces trial or the latter charge a week from Monday See
