El Paso Herald-Post (Newspaper) - November 13, 1950, El Paso, Texas El Paso VOL LXX NO 270 The Newspaper That Serves Its Readers EL PASO TEXAS MONDAY NOVEMBER 13 1950 DELIVERED BV CARRIER 25o PER WEEK Home Edition PRICE FIVE CENTS Disqualify Slaying Case Jurymen Cavalry Beats Back Red Attack Allies Advance Cautiously On 250Mile Front Set Trap for Commie Forces Below Woman Doctor Makes Bond On NM Kidnaping Charge By EARNEST HOBERECHT 1niled 1ress Slaff Correspondent f TOKYO Nov 14 Tuesday Nations forces ad cautiously on virtual ly the entire length of their 250mile Korean front Mon day They pushed to the walled city of and were setting a trap for Chinese Communists who dented their lines below The U S 1st Cavalry Division beat back battalion northeast of Kunu under heavy mortar fire and a pounding from a 76millimeter gun while other ele ments of the same division pushed ahead three miles to They did not occupy the town The cavalrymen in the third day of the United Nations offensive Northwest Korea were on their back to Unsan 11 more miles to the north where nearly two ago they took their worst de feat of the war Work Around Wedge They said the Reds appeared to be fighting a delaying action and to be showing no offensive spirit The South Korean 6th 7th and 8th Divisions were working around fi Communist wedge in their lines near the eastern end of the Allied northwestern line and were at tempting to cut off an estimated Chinese division Bombers Strafe Reds The powerful South Korean coun near virtually wiped out the gravest threat to the Allied line The Communists had driven two miles through the South Korean positions yesterday and forced Republican troops to aban don itself American roared up and down roads north of Hui chon 50 miles behind the northwest front strafing rocketing and burn ing small enemy columns stretched out over 20 miles I again blast ed the two enemy highway and rail way bridges across the Yalu at Sin in the northwest corner of Ko rea Forty other blasted the northwest border supply and re centers of Chosan and Blow Troop Movements A spokesman for Gen Douglas MacArthur said last weeks end carrier plane raids on the Yalu River bridges had substantially lowed the movement of troops and from Manchuria Dispatches from the northwest emphasized that the offensive is not the opening of a new race for the Manchurian frontier described it as an offensive designed to better the Allied posi tion Any new drive for Ihe frontier it was believed would await the of United Nations effort I to find a peaceful solution to Chinas Intervention in the Korean Paper Says Russia Has 8 Divisions in Manchuria Bv Press TAIPEI Formosa Nov iia has sent eight Soviet divisions and 100 more war planes to Man next door to embattled Ko rea the semiofficial China Union press said today Whats Cooking Tt isnt Hungarian Thats Majoh Amos B Hoople running a coffee test to determine the costs of his Hoople Hot Pot You know what the Hot Pot Is hy now of pot of roffee to be deliv ered on the front porch every morning with the milk The Idea horn in the great brain of Major a new epoch in public service Follow the course of Hooples newest and creation in Our Boarding House Turn to Page 25 today Inside Your U S Weather Forecast Fair and warmer Details on Page 2 Ann Carroll 18 Comics 25 Crossword Puzzle 25 Dr B U L Conner 16 Editorials IB Markets 24 IS 16 Programs 20 17 Sports 1920 Stokes 16 To and Fro 12 Womens News 1213 Dr Nancy Seeks Hospital Care V Associated Press SANTA FE Nov 13 J a n c y Campbell reputable voman physician charged vith the 320000 ransom laping of 9yearolcl Linda tamm was released from jail un er bond today Her attorney A L Zinn of Santa e said she would be taken im to St Joseph Hospital at Albuquerque for the medical at she needs so badly Zinn said that by medical atten on he certainly does not mean sanity hearing Dr Campbell displayed no emo on as she left the jail where she as been held since her capture as ne reached for the ransom ast Saturday night ace is Drawn Her face was drawn she red and when she spoke it was n an almost inaudible whisper to er attorney and her brother James Campbell China Lake Calif en She made no protest when pho took pictures and flank d by her attorney and her brother stopped walking when photographer called out just a moment please She carried what appeared to be blanket wrapped round a small package of which ould not be discerned She acknowledged the greeting of Santa Fe newspaperman an ac with a slight nod of ne head but apparently she did not the man our Sign Bond A few minutes earlier Zinn had bond with Sheriff Florentine Ortiz at the Santa Fe county a block away Signing he appearance bond were David Hughes Walter Turley Dr Char otte Jones and Dr Herbert F Ellis r all of Santa Fe Dr Campbell left the jail attired n a gray suit with a vhite blouse and shoes he same mannish dress in which he so frequently was seen making ler rounds in Santa Fe as a popular obstetrician and gynecologist She was wearing mans clothing Saturday night when 30 heavily armed police and FBI men sur prised her as she reached for a ransom cache at the gateway lo the estate of Allen Stamm Fe contractor whose daughter vas kidnapped Friday The girl was CONFESSES Nancy Campbell is shown with Santa Fe Police Chief Ben following her arrest and confession of the kidnaping of Linda Assassin Slays Chief of Venezuela Military Junta Was Leader of Army Revolt in 1948 BJ United CARACAS Venezuela Nov 13 Col Carlos Del gado chief of the military junta which governs Venezuela was assassinated today The assassination was announced in a nationwide broadcast by Lieut Col Marcos Perez Jimenez defense minister and member of the junta or governing executive board Perez said he and Lieut Col Fe lipe Llovera Paez third member of the junta which has ruled Venezuela since Nov 24 1948 would carry on the He denounced the assassination as a cowardly attack and vowed that the killers would he brought quickly to justice The junta deposed President Ru mulo Gallegos in a lightning coup n November 1948 and took over he country Gallegos Democratic Action Par y was dissolved on Dec 9 1948 and he after being jailed or a time was exiled IN Edna Mead appeared in court today io answer a of slaying her mother Mrs Ada Bradford She is shown with her hus band Phillip Mead found safe in the Campbell nearby Other clothing and some books which Dr Campbell had been ing in her cell were carried from the jail by Zinn and James Camp bell Maximum Is Death Zinn said the defendant charged with a crime carrying the maximum penalty of death would first be taken to her apartment and then to the Albuquerque hospital Friends of the 43yearold woman doctor have said she showed signs of mental strain in recent weeks because of overwork and possibly as the result of a head injury suf last summer in a fall A meeting between Dr Campbell and the stepfather of the child she allegedly kidnaped was averted only by seconds today at the jail Sees Visitor While Dr Campbell was In the office of Police Chief Ben Martinez signing the appearance bond for her release Stamm entered the po lice station and headed toward Mar tinez office Martinez saw him coming through the open door of the office and quickly rose He car steered Stamm into another room at the station Stamm notified the authorities when he received a ransom note Friday afternoon A was laid for the Saturday night pickup of the ransom money and Dr Campbell was arrested on the spot Im only a They said she shouted as they hurtled into her thinking she was a man Child In Auto But In her yellow convertible only a few feet away they found her bedraggled victim blonde Linda Stamm The little girl was groggy from a dose of sleeping medicine and chilled fom ex to weather but otherwise unharmed Lindas mother 32yearold Mrs Allen Stamm was shocked to find the admitted kidnaper was the same respected womens specialist who delivered her second son Craig Stamm just two years ago But after the 10hour ordeal she had little sympathy for Dr Camp bell I hope she will never be free again to bring to others what she Continued on Page 2 Col 4 Old Man Winter School Board Rejects Goes Smiles Ft Bliss Compromise Ole Man Winter town as smiling Sol continues to pour rays on El Paso High temperature today was fore cast as 72 Low temperature to lf j night is expected to be 38 in the i Frets AUSTIN 13 Board of Education voted today to ask Ihe Attorney Generals Depart city and 30 in the valley High to morrow will be 72 High and low temperatures yes were 66 and 33 The city is expected to warm up through Wednesday with tempera tures in the 70s the weatherman predicts by the El Paso Independent School District to include the Ft Bliss Military Reservation within the dis The board voted 98 to request n ruling by the Attorney General afler turning down a compromise proposed by El Paso spokesmen However cold air is again aked tnat nine square miles ginning to show up in Canada the mile military res may reach El Paso by the end be included in the school A arfs is an im factor in determining thp the week A weak cold front dropped tem in the Panhandle West Texas below freezing early of slate funds to he sllo day to a district Ralph Austin attor The Stain ney representing the El Paso School District said thp district stond to gain it the nine square milps were recognized by the Stale Board of Education as R part of the school district He said that children from the Ft Bliss Military Reservation have been educated by the El Paso dis for 40 The school district originally hari asked that the full 101 square mile of the military reservation he in cluded in Ihe district However the request was denied by Dr J W Edear state commissioner of edu cation M R Hollenshead assistant su of El Schools was here for the meeting E P Woman Picks All Winners Except One in Football Contest Contestants in the seventh week of The Football Contest almost won the battle of the ballots Especially one entrant Mrs Jose del Palacio Jr of 3615 Pera street Sunset Limited Runs Last On Surface Tracks Sunset Limited No 2 first pas senger train to run through the de pression ditch made history again today It was the last train to roll on the surface tracks and the last one to tie up downtown traffic The train chugged through town at p m bound for New Or leans Railroad officials allowed the engineer to run slowly at down town crossings so that camera fans could get shots Workmen started faking up the surface tracks Southern Pacific Railroad officials and Harlan Hugg project engineer made hasty last minute arrange ments for the blocking special The same special glided through the depression ditch in August It followed a flat car special train engineered by Mayor Dan Duke carrying civic leaders and friends The last freight train rumbled over the surface tracks last Mon day Rule Veniremen Called Illegally By Postcard Mrs Edna Meads Trial Is Snarled ICG Orders Reduction Of Western Freight Rates Rv A WASHINGTON The In Commerce Commission to day a cut n about 3T per cent in rail and water freight rates between a score of Midwestern lease nf tho quarry require that thr Commissioners Court Calls Quarry Bid Meet Commissioners Court today set a minimum amount he will remove special meeting for 2 p m row to open bids on a lease of Ihp rork quarry in Canyon Hugh McMillan has run the quarry on n from the county for the last six years Specifications for bids nn the cities and the remainder of the Western slaters Cities affected are on the West ern border of sn called Zone 1 of Western trunk line territory Tho zone traditionally has freight lower than the Eastern states and somewhat higher than the rest of the West to avoid Inn quarry at too abrupt a change in thp level According to Mr the es bidder buy thp improvements which have been placed at the quarry by McMillan The specifications by County Engineer Lee esti malp the value nf the improvements of charges in the middle of the country of value of thr improve ments was given In him by en general freight rale inj of Ihp McMillan company creases were granted in 1017 and i They include R fo 1E14R many shippers 0nd will nnd business Jones said that Ions competitive rej 5ajri it is fnr had been disturbed fo cause the one Western bor der points were included in the one increases rather than ihe The bidder also must agree to rent B crusher and power unit owned by Ihe county nnd to keep them in good repair The value placed on the improvements of the property would be subject lo the approval of a board of which would be snt up by commissioners court Three Hurt in Gar Truck Bike Crash in car trunk and bicycle accident at street and Wilson road Police said dump truck driven by Felipp Ramos 50 of S Dailey road collided with Alan Fraser ruled thlt afternoon that 119 answered roll call this afternoon will paid 2 each The trial of Edna Mead was reset for Dee 11 A 350man jury panel called for the trial of Mrs Edna Mead charged with the mur der of her mother Mrs Ada Bradford was discharged to day by Judge Alan Fraser Alpine Judge Fraser granted a motion by W H Fryer defense attorney to quash the special venire panel be cause the men had not been served in person with notices to appear According to state law special venire jurors in a capital punish ment case must be served in person with notice to appear The who filled the room this morning were notified by postcard lo appear in 34th District Court Two Technicalities After Fryer had presented hii motion Judge Fraser excused pros jurors until p m They were dismissed when they reap The defense motion lo force the calling of a new venire rests en two legal technicalities One part of motion alleges that Judge Roy Jackson supervised the drawing of names for the venire He was dis attorney when the charges against Mrs Mead were prepared and can take no part in the case The motion also alleges that the jurors were not notified in person as required by state law Judge Fraser sitting in the place of Judge Jackson would not say whether he would call for another special venire panel immediately or whether he will reset the case for another date With Husband At one point In the discussion about the motion to quash tha venire Judge Fraser told Fryer We are going lo stay with case until Christmas if necessary Mrs Mead accompanied by her husband Phillip entered the court room about a m and took sent at the counsel table She was and smiled to who appeared to talk with her She was dressed In a black skirl light brown blouse and black gloves Question Up First Time According to court officials to days motion by Fryer was the first time that a question has been raised about the calling of a special venire by postcard However Judge Fraser pointed out that when he presided over the trial of Capt Joseph Phil lips last year in El Paso an agree ment was marie by attorneys for the defense and state that the jurors could so be The Illegal calling of HIP 350 jurors for today will not cost the extra money for the trial Un slightly lower increases generally in the West applied Britain Rejects Red Plan To Leave Reich to be leaser to include a provision that the new lessee buy the improve nn the properly He said that provision fn the specifications fnr the rock quarry bins in cluded by order of Commissioners Court However County Victor less a juror is officially placed on the venire list he does nnt get pay for jury service None nf the ju rors was officially called Judge ruled and therefore is not entitled lo n fee Cost Sum The calling nf special veniremen in persons may cost the county large sum court officials estimated If deputies are to deliver all in person the anri time cost for the sheriffs of fice will run Into hundreds of dol lars Under another provision of state law special venire men may be summoned by registered letter This would result in acost to the coun ty of at least court officials estimated Sheriffs deputies who mailed out The child nn her bicycle Results of Games Results of in last weeks Football Contest The El Paso housewife described Texas Western 21 by her husband as a real football i Gilbert sair he I whether a new IO waiting for a stop light by the side nf the road when thp car hit her Black wnp Inken to El Papn flnn Hospital fnr treatment of head injuries Tom Bell nf Sunrise would have to buy the improvements nn the fan came within one game of win ning the grand prize of She picked 14 out of 15 games correctly missing only the Texas tilt which the Miners won by the narrow mar gin of one point 21 to 20 Another TIeless Week It was another week in the contest but there werp upsets and Mrs del called the turn on all of them with the exception of the Miners homecoming battle She picked the Texas Aggie win over Southern Methodist which along with Texas Westerns triumph rated as the two biggest upsets of the mons 20 Tempe 47 Arizona 13 3D Texas Tech 7 Texas A and M 25 SMU 20 Rice 9 Arkansas fi Wake Forest 13 Duke 7 Michigan 20 Indiana 7 35 UCIA 0 Georgia fi Florida 0 Dartmouth 14 Columbia 7 Missouri 21 Colorado 19 Tulane 27 Navy 0 21 Holy Cross 19 A itiri M 32 Wichita 20 Northwestern Purdue 11 fnr about half the entries were Purdue votes and the other 13 Foreign half Northwestern votes airl a Russian j Besides Mrs del Palacio tn enri thp armed We have never leased the prop erty tn anyone McMillan and the question has never come up be fore Gilbert said I think we will have to Innk at nur present with McMillan to see if it requires that the im ba purchased by any new lessee it would be up to the County Attorney to say whether any new lessee had to buy the im on the property County Tax Office officials fines j a passenger in Racks cnr was taken In F1 Paso Hns for treatment f faro I inns nrl that Blacks car was driven by Jack Jennings Black 2fl of Ratio avenue rM The truck turner and the car across the hit a light polo a concrete bridge nnd then struck 10yrnrnlrl Barbara Slier of other contestants close but of German v unacceptable all had been eliminated after the 13 day games in the contest had been completed Mrs dol Palacios list was the only survivor up until the two night vs Texas Western and Arizona vs were played Mrs dei Palacio picked Tempe hut lost by picking over the Miners Forgot to Enter the week Other surprises included Dart mouths 147 win over Columbia 2113 triumph over Holy Criss and Oklahoma Aggies were mild reversals of form and the entries in the contest were pretty well split on games Several other games figured to be so close that they could go either why and the division of entries was about SOnO 3220 victory over Wichita They In the game Mr del Palacio said he also picked 14 out of 15 sanies on the nose but forgot to mail his envies He he missed only the Cali game which was won by California 350 The eighth week nf the Contest will be held this week The list of 15 games will be published on Page 1 The Wednesday Look for those games Smelter Stack Throws Fumes High in Air Officials and workers American Smelting and Refining Co were sniffing tn see if the worlds tallest smokestack at the smelter really Fl Pasos air poured from the fill tall slack lile for the first time The slack re places niie only 225 feet tall K M Tiltman company manager said the purpose uf the high stack is lo lift fumes the Smelters lead so high that it will eliminate complaints of smelly imoka that the property is valued at less than on tax rolls They pointed nut that the county owns only a interest in the properly The covered by the lease to be let tomorrow is about acre Musi Hent Rork Crusher The will run Nov 22 for years The bidders must specify he amount nf royalty which he will pay fnr materials removed from Three rail posts at the intersection were knocked down Teachers and Pupils Escape Burning School by District Clerks office to serve the jury notices in person Time On Trial all court officials said the question of the method of call ing the jury had not come up be fore This is Ihe second time Mrs Mnsd has nn trial for the murder of her mother A mistrial was declared on March 5 when jurors were unable to rench a de cision after HO hours deliberation Mrs 63 was found hammered to in her apart ment at 21f West California early nn the morning of Dec 11 1949 Mrs Mead clothes stained Continued on Pap 5 Col 1 ted HOUSTON Nov A fire believed to have started when a gas heater exploded swept Ihe Gardens Fle School today and burned it within All of Ihe chil dren and wero believed safe said there are normally 550 students IT the bulld tnc Some of the students and 20 teachers fled Ihe building through smoke and sparks Others made it to safely at the first evi the rock quarry and specify the donee of the flra Report New Polio Case William Beaumont Army Hospital today reported a polio case The patient is Pfc Gene Phillips 10 of 2501h General Hospital Unit at the hospital His case is not se rious His home Is in Battlecreek Mich There Is one other polio patient in Ihe hospital Gilbert Lopez 18 months son of Mr and Mrs Gilbert M Lope of Ft Bliss STEAL CAR Steve of fiOl South Flor ence reported to police the theft of two from his car while It wss parked in the 3300 block of yester day
