El Paso Herald-Post (Newspaper) - July 18, 1947, El Paso, Texas El Paso U S Weather Forecast Partly cloudy Details on Page 2 NO 171 EL PASO TEXAS FRIDAY JULY 18 1947 DELIVERED BY CARRIER WEEK Jewish Forces Fight Battle at Sea tu International Hews Service JERUSALEM July 18 A pitched battle was fought at i b e t w e e h British and il legal who in prevent seizure of their ship attempted to carry 4554 refu gees to Palestine immigrant ship and two Bri tish destroyers were damaged the fight 17 at sea when the refugee vessel engaged in evasive action Tear gas was employed by both n tides in the strenuous battle in which otoe Jew was reported killed j and 125 other injured Resistance The immigrant ship the former Warfidd which was renamed the European Exodus 1947 was boarded by the British strong resistance 17 miles cff the coast ol Palestine The secret radio of Haganah re arm of the Jewish Agency for Palestine reportedly sponsored the voyage of the ship arrival of which was timed toi while the United Nations mission inves the Palestine problem re mained in the Holy Land Sympathy Strike Advices from city Tel Aviv said about 200000 Jews declared a sympathy the British interception of the im migrant vessel violence elsewhere in the Holy Land cost the life of one and resulted in in jury to six others The soldier was and three others injured when a mili tary vehicle was blown up Three more soldiers were wound td in ambush near a moving pic ture house in Jerusalem President Creates Rail Strike Board V Sr Associated Press WASHINGTON July ident Truman today created an emergency board to intervene in the Pacific Railroad labor In which strike bat been for Monday United frm SAN July 18 Locomotive Engineers went ahead today with preparation to strike the Southern Pacific Rail road Monday despite a hint from President Truman that he may ap point a board to investigate the dispute A reporter Truman yes in Washington if he were going to appoint such a board The President replied that he assumed the dispute would follow the usual course of railroad mediation Labor experts took this remark as a definite indication that the ap pointment of factfinders was under consideration White House has appointed boards in several similar Harrison C Hobart grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers definitely would be called at B pm Monday unless the railroad agreed to 19 charges conditions Hobart said he believed all pro visions of the National Railway Act have been fulfilled Since an was appointed in 1945 and heard the cases that pro vision of the law has been executed Allows to Buy Vet Home Mortgages July Senate banking and currency com has given a favorable report on legislation which would permit the Reconstruction Finance Corpo ration to continue purchase of home building mortgages of vet erans and Senator Sparkman Ala bama Democrat expressed hope that Republican leadership give the measure Sparkman said the Senate is cer tain to pass the but a House Republican leader who declined per mission to use his name said It doesnt have a chance in the Houss of the called continuance of RFC essential because banks in rural areas and r urban areas cannot continue to carry the whole load SEEKS HOSTILITIES END Java July Premier Amir said in a radio speech today the Republic was prepared to halt all hostilities and unfriendly action provided the Dutch show an eager ness to reach a peaceful solution too Inside Your Book Shelf A Roosevelt 4 Snorts J i Womens News S Army Dwindles By 385 Men a Day To Low of 990000 Press WASHINGTON July wartime American Army of 8000000 officers and men has dropped to a peacetime 990000 and is dwindling away at the daily rate of 385 men War Department officials said today The Array estimates that it is discharging 7000 men a week It signed up only 4318 recruits in the first week of July This makes a net loss of 2682 men a week in what should be one of the best recruiting months of the year The Army already is 80000 men below the number authorized by Greek Army Planes Guerrilla Troops Bv Press ATHENS July in northwestern Greece scattered to day under heavy strafing attacks from Greek aircraft but a fresh guerrilla force was reported form ing in Albania Greek War Minister George Stra tos said the new guerrilla force was sighted behind Lake at the juncture of the Albanian Yugoslav and Greek frontiers Stratos said measures were being taken to meet a possible new at tack Planes Bake Greek shot up the guerrillas which the Greek government claimed from Albania Sunday The air min announced that 800 guerrillas presumably including those turned back from the gates of were spotted near Zagoria Greek fighter planes the air min the wooded area with machine gun fire The Greek army reported that guerrillas from the area were splitting into smaller and smaller groups some southwestward toward Metsovo The group headed for Metsovo appeared to be fleeing deeper into Greece Metsovo is 12 miles from the Albanian border The Greek army did not estimate the number of guerrillas but announced that it Greek infantry divi sions them of the defense force indicated the army considered the guerrillas dan gerous Guerrilla in the lion itsa area totaled 62 killed 46 wounded and 102 captured Officials indicated growing con cern over a socalled Tree Greece radio broadcasting forthe las It warned that a new govern ment would be set up in northern Greece Pilot Killed in N M Plane Crash A P80 jet plane crashed into a illing N M on an attempted takeoff this after noon killing the pilot and injuring at least three other persons H M Carrizozo jailer told The the pilots body burned He said the jet plane was en route from Riverside to San Antonio The plane made a forced landing at Carrizozo Wednesday Mr said and attempted to take off from he highway when the accident oc curred today He was unable to identify the pilot but said he understood his name was Captain Soule Sheriff to Attend Louisiana Sheriff Falby said today he will eave early tomorrow for Baton Rogue to attende a special meeting of the board of governors of the National Sheriffs Association He is first vice president of the organization which will meet in El Past next spring Congress and pointed by the General Staff as the irreducible minimum carrying worldwide occupation duties Spread Thin Some 90000 of those still in uni form are either in hospitals or on terminal leave listed as non effectives Maj Gen Willard S Paul War Department director of personnel will tell a press conference late today what the Army intends to do about speeding up enlistments This situation has the high com mand worried because it already troops spread too thin over a tremendous load of work Yet it cannot expect a resumption of the draft j 10 Division Army There are only 10 divisions in today according to the General Staff We have two and divisions to this country one airborne division on the At Coast one on the West Coast and one in Texas The rest of the combat troops are scattered globe great numbers of support ing units to The biggest drop in enlistments las been in men without prior serv ice There were 70556 of these en listed in the 30 days before the end of the G L of Rights guar antee In the period since the draft ended on Oct 15 Continued on 2 Col Congressman Sees Shooting War Soon Bt United Press WASHINGTON July Chair man A Eaton of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said to day the United States is within sight of a shooting war this minute in The New Jersey Republican told he House Rules Committee that toe Union as a result of Secretary of State Marshalls plan lor the rehabilitation of Europe has taken off its mask Either America will stand and hold the fort in Greece or Russia will take over Eaton said If lussia takes over Greece the des mankind is at state Eatons warning prefaced a re quest that the Rules Committee ap prove a resolution authorizing the foreign Affairs Committee to travel abroad during the summer con gressional recess Answering complaints that too many congressional committees are planning overseas trips Eaton said hat if we could send 100 people over there it would be a great Home Edition PRICE FIVE CENTS Rain Floods 100 County Prepares to Trim 1948 Budget The Commissioners Court today was the return of County fudge Gilbert to begin trimming the 1948 County budget now tenta setat Commissioners Monday rescinded a 20 per cent increase in assessed property valuations and agreed to are the new budget to only the most necessary items The present budget is Judge Gilbert candidate for Con gress obtained permission of the Manday to be out of the County for a week Secret Plans Prepared to Rush Americans From China If An Emergency Rises By WILLIAM H NEWTON Staff Writer TOKYO July plans have been drawn up for evacuation of Americans from China and Korea in event of an emergency it was learned today With the situation in China steadily deteriorating and the United joint commission deadlocked In Korea military and naval leaders in the Far East have prepared for quick evacuation of from either country largely by air The United States does not have a sufficient military force in China for example to make a stand against largescale serious efforts by the Chinese Communists who repeatedly have demanded that all Americans leave There are several divisions of American troops in the south half of Korea but if trouble should arise it would be necessary to evac hundreds of civilian employes and Army dependents The Russians have trained and equipped a north Korean army of several hundred thousand Routine Precaution While officials say the evacua tion plan is a routine precaution there is evidence that the program is receiving their serious attention and that training of personnel and securing of additional air evacua tion equipment has begun As a result of this steppedup pro gram the air forces here are now capable of evacuating 100000 people within 30 days Meanwhile the combat readiness of the Far Eastern Air Force Americas major defensive weapon in the been stepped up to 100 per cent Eince June 19 1946 according to Far Eastern Air Force commanders As a result of rapid demobilization of the Army Air Force after VJ Day combat effectiveness in the Continued on Page 2 Col 4 Showers at End El Paso was rapidly dry tog out under sunshine today fol lowing a which swept the entire area with the years heaviest down pour late yesterday flooding more than 100 houses and business build ings The storm began shortly after p m and remained to treat home El to visibility and flooded streets I continued until p m accord ing to Weather Bureau records after dropping a total precipitation of 66 inch No more rainfall was in sigh today although the high pressure area moving from the north helped to bring on yesterdays storm will remain to keep temperature in the low 90s for another 24 hours High today will be 90 followin yesterdays 98 Low in the will be 67 and high tomorrow 9 Todays low was 68 The temperature at 1 p in was 88 Above Normal Rainfall Last nights downpour brough July rainfall to a total of 96 inch The year to date has seen 371 which is 32 above normal Basements in low areas of the city were reported flooded early in the storms progress The Wa ter Department switchboard was choked with calls for assistance Some southside homes were en tirely Seepage in the base ment of Hotel Dieu caused momen tary alarm according to Water De officials but was soon wought under control with im portant damage Electric current was cut off temporarily in some areas Mechanics Wade To Cars Torrents swept through streets and dozens of cars drowned out as they were driven through high water at intersections Stalled motorists sat helplessly m cars in centers of flood pools Many stalled cars ware pushed by other autos In garages repair men kept busy drying wiring on wet autos Mechanics waded in water at Cotton avenue and Texas streets where cars were lined up or 10 blocks Lights Out track intersections of rippling brown water the entire street Track signal lights were put out of order by the downpour Several main traffic arteries were covered with a layer of silt and rocks from the moun tain and high areas inside the city Cotton avenue arid and Copia streets received their cus tomary layers of debris after ing made almost impassable dur ing the height of the flood The Wyoming street took its usual Continued on Page 2 Col 4 President Signs Succession Bv Associated Press WASHINGTON July dent Truman today signed the pres succession placing Speaker Joseph Martin setts Republican in line to replace him in the event Mr Truman is un able to complete his term The legislation which Mr Tru man requested immediately after he entered the White House and vacated the vice presidency was signed as part of the presidential routine There was none of the ceremony that sometime accompanies the signing of important measures The new outlining order of presidential succession places the speaker immediately behind the vice president The President Pro Temp ore of the Senator is next in line of succession after the Speaker of the House Cabinet officers starting with the Secretary of State follow in order provided by previous law City Will Enforce Sanitation Rules The City today began action for the cleanup of South El Paso through enforcement of health and sanitation ordinance as requested yesterday by the Veterans Unity Club Council member have instructed department heads to begin at once Mayor Ponder said Alderman Kyser Council mem ber in charge of the Health De conferred with Dr L T Cox of the Health Unit for the assigning of one inspector to work in South El Jaso during the cleanup campaign Mayor Ponder will instruct the engineering department to send a building inspector to inspect the tenement houses selected by the veterans club as the ones in the worst condition Police fire and sanitary depart ments have also received tions TAPS ACQUITTED Bt Associated Press TSINGTAO China July 18 A Chinese press dispatch from Tsinan Shantung province capital said to day that a Chinese military tribunal acquitted 14 Japanese officers charged with war crimes and gave all 14 a banquet House Overrides Second Truman Veto on Tax STREET IS water sweeping down Franklin in background flooded many El Paso streets late yesterday Bog shown at Cebada and Manzana streets German Scientists at Bliss Receive Up to a Year Police Use Hammer On Gaming Devices Four gambling machines valued at were destroyed by Police T Robey yesterday after police men moved the machines into the police garage to avoid yesterdays rainfall Chief Robey wielded a pledge hammer the machines The had received the ap proval of Alderman Karl Wyler There was no money in the machines which were the type in which a quantity if colored balls are allowed to into slots to determine cores Players hold tickets sold for twentyfive cents The machines were seized July at the Moctezuma bar at 420 East Overland street Jakes bar at 2706 Piedras street Harmony Club at 410 North Oregon street nd at the Bank Club bar of 327 East San Antonio street proo Emmett Conlin C S Cissell and Elbert Wallace were arrested and charged with operat ng or possessing the gambling machines All forfeited bonds n Police Court with the exception f Kissell who forfeited a jond Marine Veterans Are Greeted by Riot Police United Press HOUSTON July detail of 3l Marines were greeted in Houston today by a iot squad of 15 husky policemen after staging a freeforall aboard a rain just to help pass the time The Marines mixed it up for four ours in a Missouri Pacific pas enger coach en route from the Cor us Christ Naval Base last night hey were en route to Norfolk Va or reassignment M C Barnes conductor of the rain said they locked the doors of leir car and started the battle royal wo hours after leaving Corpus Christi at last night The fight lasted almost until we Houston this morning larnes said and I wired to have police detail meet the train Even though two were taken to e naval hospital here for some atching up and most sported and black eyes nobody was eally made at anybody else Corp Hal Fox 25 of Dallas a ferine of nine years service and in harge of the group even had a atch over his left eye He said the ight started over nothing in lar and helped to pass the time Corporal Fox said he hoped the of the long trip to the Eastern seaboard would be more But he had his doubts to Request Jap Crime Data It international News Service TOKYO July American attorney for remler Hideki Tojo and 24 other ormer Japanese leaders was to eave today to gather additional in the United States The attorney Owen Cunningham lans to spend four months in The trial at preset is in Cunningham said that he to get testimony from Joseph Grew former American ambas adorto Japan and Joseph E Javies former ambassador to Russia German scientists at Ft Bliss receive a year in allowances work under the Army Ordnance Depart ment The learned to day There are 396 German scientists and technicians in the United States Of this number 118 or al most onethird are stationed ai William Beaumont General Hospi tal Annex where they are em ployed on rocket research Ordnance officials did not re lease the full but said the pay scale decreased ac cording to the importance of the work Housed in Barracks In a top salary of a year German technicians and scientists receive a day for lodging food and incidentals They are housed in barracks termed suitable for junior officers The Germans have brought 394 dependents to States They get no allowance for depen dants and the Government does not pay the expenses them here The scientists and technicians were brought to the United States by the War Department at Govern ment expense They are under military custody Eligible For Citizenship Washington Ordnance officials said the Germans are eligible for citizenship if their work and con duct is regarded as satisfactory If so they are permitted to make ap plication for citizenship which is through the Joint Chiefs of Staff If approved the applications are sent to the Justice Department hen they are sent through regular citizenship channels Activities of the Germans were carefully screened in Germany with checks on them nd their antecedents and even minor Nazis were not admitted to the United States the Ordnance De said The Germans will remain in military custody until they become citizens Ordnance officials said some Ger man scientists are working for Russia and it is presumed the British have some also A large number of the scientists are stationed at Wright Field They are engaged on jet propulsion and aeronautics research Ordnance Continued on Page 2 Col 5 BONDS APPROVED AUSTIN July totaling 6770000 for 13 Houston projects lave been approved and sent to he State Comptrollers Office for registration the Attorney Generals Office said today Committee Denies Cow Plague Fund Bv United Press WASHINGTON July 18 Th House Appropriations today denied a request for an ac to eradicate hoo the Sec of func available to the department The committee pointed out tha last Department es the cooperative program with Mexico would coun try Congress voted 500000 Says Forecast Incorrect Then the Department boosted it estimate to The committee is convinced o the dire Necessity of disease before it reaches ou own country andis willing to make every necessary precaution for th purpose it said in a supplementa appropriation report But the committee said it wa unwilling to recommend sums substantial in view of the impossibility of an ac curate forecast of what would be needed No New Territory Dr Bennett T Simms of the Ag Department Bureau o Animal Husbandry told the com last month it was that infected animals would be slaughtered at the rate of 3000 a day by This wasa higher rate than originally anticipated said He said the disease has not in very much new territory recently and that he did not think t had invaded any new territory in the last 30 days We donot know how many cat tle are infected he said But he said that in the area where the disease exists to the greatest ex ent that there are probably some thig like 1000000 head of cattle Simms did not name this area of Mexico Senate Expected To Kings Cousin Must Leave U S Bv Associated Press PHILADELPHIA July ris Mountbatten cousin of Great King George VI must eave the United States by Sept 1 she violated her visitors a job The Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization announced it has renewal of the visa be ause she engaged in compensatory work contrary to the terms of her japers Weather Forecasts JULY 19 THROUGH JULY 23 DISTRICT 13 Temperatures averaging one to hree degrees above normal with no important daily changes little or no rainfall DISTRICT 12 Temperatures near normal one to wo degrees above normal near iower Texas coast Little or no pre except for light rains n western Louisiana and near up per Texas coast and scattered thun about Tuesday DISTRICT 28 Little change in temperature Fair hrough Monday scattered after noon showers Tuesday and day DISTRICT 32 temperatures ex cpl for temperatures n east portion around Sunday Scattered by tomor row becoming more numerous by Monday and decreasing Wednesday DISTRICT 33 Temperatures above normal Scat tered In eastern Arizona spreading to Colorado River valley by and de creasing by Wednesday Presidents Action By United Press WASHINGTON July 18 President Truman today again rejected the Re publican income tax reduction but this time the House promptly overrode his veto The House vote was 299 to over ride the veto and 108 against This was 27 votes more than the two thirds majority necessary to over ride The Senate however is expected to sustain the veto late in the day This would kill the tax reduction for the second tune in a month and eliminate all chance for enact ment of a tax cut this year In the House vote 63 Democrats joined 236 Republicans in voting to override Voting to sustain were 105 Democrats one minority party member and two Republicans Carl Anderson of Minnesota and Merlin Hull of Wisconsin the same two men whose vote to sustain Mi Trumans first veto a month ago supplied the margin by which the original was killed New Argument In vetoing the revived with its Jan 1 effective date Mr Tru man repeated his previous objec it was inflationary un sound and unfair to the low income group And he injected a brand new ar gument the international crisis caused by the recent sharper div between the Russian bloc and the West Although the House overrode his decision a veto sticks unless both the House and Senate override by twothirds majorities The Senate was expected to fall two votes short ot the necessary twothirds Republican Mr Truman with abusing the pres veto power for political purposes National Chairman Carroll Reece said in that apparent ly Mr Truman is determined that tiis tenure in the White House shall go down in history as the veto administration Mr Truman raised the interna tional question without mentioning Russia by name He said this coun try now was exposed to greater risk by the recent refusal of Rus sia and her European satellites to join in the Marshall Plan for Eu ropes economic recovery Chairman Harold Knutson of the House W ays and Means Continued on Page 17 Col 4 House Group Votes More Relief Funds Bv United Press WASHINGTON July 18 The House Appropriations Committee oday the Administration an additional for foreign elief including the full 100 requested for the sh aid program The committee however cut by the projected 000 relief program or Poland Italy China Hungary Austria Greece and Trieste It left ittle doubt that the action was aimed at benefits earmarked for he Communistdominated countries of Poland and Hungary Less Than Asked The relief funds were included n a carrying a total of 603199094 in supplemental ap for the current fiscal pear The was less than he Administration had asked The foreign relief program was cut by including a ut of in the War De request of for elief in the occupied areas of Ger many Japan Austria and Korea Former President Herbert Hoov r appeared before the committee to urge approval of the ull War Department request Countries Extended In making the cut in IB liberated countries program the said that this amount the sum intended to o to certain countries which have ot shown a disposition to comply ith the requirements of the act the appropriation The committee did not name the it had in mind but pre referred to Poland and ungary The authorization act re uires that the relief recipients be that the goods came from he United States and that no part f it be given to persons other an those intended Patterson Resigns t United Press WASHINGTON July Patterson resigned today as Sec of War and President Tru an named Undersecretary Ken eth C Royall as his successor
