Lethbridge Herald, The (Newspaper) - February 26, 1954, Lethbridge, Alberta HIGHLIGHTED THE Charlie Now Charlotte By EIGIL ANDERSON doctors have again lent Nature a helping hand and a young American who came here last winter as Charlie McLeod is almost ready to return to Louisiana as Charlotte McLeod After a series of hormone in- and operations at hospitals through the last year Miss McLeod has reached her goal after ing troubles that she called just one year of hell The reason for all this Charlotte said was the bad publicity of a recent similar case xx xx xx SHE LACKS MONEY Leaning heavily on a walking stick because her feet still are somewhat numb after the last op- Charlotte said she wants to go back to the United States bul she lacks the money Charlotte said her home is in New Orleans She said she had planned for a long time to come to Copenhagen making that decision long before the Christine sen case developed But when she came here she dis- covered that Danish doctors were tied by a 1953 law that permitted them to make the initial tion only on Scandinavians XX XX XX UNOFFICIAL OPERATION The thought of having come all this way in vain and of re- turning as the Charlie I hated was she said So I managed to have this first operation made unofficially it happened on a kitchen table at midnight and that's all I want to say about that but the op- almost killed me It took Charlotte months to recover but then the Danish doctors could take care of her according to the law Injections and operations followed She spent months in hospitals and clinics Famous professors and plastic surgeons worked on her mostly free of charge because she could not afford to pay the bills XX XX XX HONORABLE DISCHARGE Miss McLeod said she was in the army for three months in 1948 and got an honorable discharge for medical reasons Everyone could see that I was no soldier and that it was all a she said Copenhagen hospital authorities confirmed that the operations were performed but refused to give the names of the doctors who were active in the treatment Since the Jorgensen case Danish doctors have shunned publicity in such cases Another Good Night VATICAN CITY Reuters Pope Pius again rested fairly well Thursday night and his condition was slightly improved today an authoritative source said The Pontiff has been ill with a stomach ailment for a month Edmonton 42 24 Calgary 41 42 Lethbridge 24 04 Medicine Hat 51 29 Saskatoon 34 27 Prince Rupert 40 33 04 Victoria 47 38 78 Vancouver 50 38 09 Moose Jaw 46 28 Regina 38 28 Winnipeg 32 30 33 Toronto 37 25 02 Ottawa 37 24 02 Montreal 35 29 07 SYNOPSIS Today is the last day of the rent mild spell Saturday will see a return to more seasonable in all regions of and Alberta The cold air is expected to reach northern Alberta and central Saskatchewan by midnight and engulf all but southwestern Alberta by noon Temperatures in the cold are expected to be 20 to 30 de- grees lower than today accompanied by moderate northeast breezes FORECAST Lethbridge and Medicine Cloudy this cloudy Saturday with flurries beginning in late after- noon turning cooler Saturday afternoon winds northwest 15 Lethbridge and Medicine Hat and 30 High 30 Turning Cooler VOL 65 ALBERTA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26 1954 CENTS TWO SECTIONS 22 PAGES Army Secretary and Senator McCarthy Seem to Be Still at War The Left Hand Corner Parry Sound's John and Mary In the Lead RIENDS of the late Col T E Lawrence leader of the Arab revolt in world war I are quietly organizing a campaign to refute a forthcoming book about him Tlie by Richard Aldington is to be published in May but ad- vance reports have been circulated by William Collins Ltd its ers saying it will prove Lawrence a congenital liar Mr has given an inter- view to magazine ing Colonel Lawrence of having been neither a great military leader nor a great writer but a phony Oxford esthete Mr Aldington's biographical En- promises to revive a violent controversy that raged over the personality of Lawrence of Arabia during his lifetime and only slowly THE LEFT HAND CORNER Continued on Page Three There was no peace today between Army Secretary Robert T ens and Senator Joseph thy despite a peace pact heralded as settling their of- differences on questioning United States Army personnel Conciliation efforts foundered Thursday when Stevens issued a definition of his position ed by President Eisenhower and McCarthy retorted that it con- a completely false statement Stevens statement was in- tended to counter the widespread impression that he had yielded to McCarthy on the issue of the senator's handling of army and to assure any tary personnel interrogated in the future of protection against what Stevens had termed abuse Stevens said he was confident there would be no such ment in the future because of assurances which I have re- from members of the Senate investigations which McCarthy the consin Republican heads Statement Termed False by McCarthy That was the statement Carthy immediately termed completely false The senator who a moment before had been speaking with reporters in c o m p 1 terms of Stevens said no concession was made that any witness was abused To promise they would not be abused in the future he went on would be admitting they had been abused in the past James C Hagerty the dent's press secretary said Eisenhower approved and en- 100 per cent the Stevens statement Stevens spoke of the assurances and also I shall never accede to the abuse of army personnel under any circumstances including committee hearings I shall never accede to their being browbeaten or humiliated I do not intend to allow them to be deprived of the long-established practice that they have the ad- vice of counsel when the matter under consideration is one of essential interest to me as as was the case with Gen Zwicker Thus the army secretary re- verted to the episode which plunged his row with McCarthy to its depth of senator's questioning of Gen Ralph Zwicker by such remarks as one that Zwicker was unfit to wear his uniform Stevens subsequently directed Zwicker and another general to disregard subpoenas lor an before McCarthy's sub-committee GEN ZWICKER Zwicker to Be Recalled for Questioning McCarthy Thursday night an- that he now will recall Zwicker and question him about an Affidavit the general sent to Stevens about the hearing at which he was questioned He said he wants to know whether Zwicker was mistaken or de- trying to misinform Stevens Moreover the senator said it was strictly untrue that he had refused to allow Zwicker to be represented by counsel He said he would ask the general whether he wanted counsel and if so why he didn't tell us Stevens Has No Further Comment Informed of M c C a r t h y's Stevens sent word that he had no further com- ment Su ended a day of ary efforts by top officials in- the president to find some formula for neutralizing critics charges that Stevens and indirectly the whole Republican administration had ed to McCarthy on a matter of principle and had left army unprotected in situations where their service orders ed with the investigations sub- committee's demands on them Thursday Stevens was ed by associates as shocked and anxious at the general tation of the agreement that he had struck his colors to thy and at the effect on vice Pushed into the background by the ex- changes over the questioning of Zwicker was the original cause of the whole controversy the case of a former army major Dr Irving Peress now a dentist Dean William Inge Dead at 93 in New York Peress has called McCarthy's charges against him sheer nonsense But McCarthy Thursday said he intends to go ahead with his investigation of Peress was promoted and given an able discharge although he re- fused on grounds of possible self incrimination to answer questions about membership in subversive organizations er is commanding officer of the army post where Peress was discharged SECRETARY STEVENS Press Canadian Photos WILLIAM INGE LONDON W Dr William K Inge 93 famed British churchman and former Gloomy Dean of St Paul's Cathedral died today Dr Inge had been ill for eral weeks with bronchitis His mind was alert to the end Even as he reached 90 he came forth with yet another of the dour which gave him his Ws are approaching another dark age In 1944 during the Second World War at 83 he As a great industrial nation We shall not and cannot recover from this war Dr Inge once explained how he got the title Gloomy Dean I believe I had a reputation for at one time just because I ried to tell the truth as I saw it Dr Inge was dean pi St Paul's one of the Church of England's cathedrals and Sir topher Wren's architectural from 1911 to 1934 Study Rule Changes for Govt Probes WAS H I N AF The United States Senate Re- publican policy committee day ordered a study of possible changes in the rules under which investigations such as those made by Senator Joseph McCarthy Rep Wis are conducted Chairman Homer Ferguson declined to say so publicly but it was obvious the move was precipitated by the uproar caused by charges of Army Secretary Stevens that an army officer had been as a witness before McCarthy's committee investigating Com- in government Know of No Govt Action to Close Polish Consulate OTTAWA CP Officials said Thursday they know of no ment action being planned to close Poland's one consulate in Canada Communist Poland maintains a legation in Ottawa under direction of a charge d'affaires The one consulate is in Winnipeg and is staffed by a single consul Consul Michael Krycun fled this post last fall and has been granted ary asylum in Canada Mr has been replaced by W ski Alberta Plans Long Debate On Education berta Legislature voted day lo invite all persons inter- ested in education to Rive views to the House As members engaged in the first flurry taf ex- changes of the session the cial Credit majority defeated a Liberal move for an tion to deal only with the problem The chamber approved a motion that the education committee which consists of all members of the House be requested to investigate and report matters affecting the shortage of teachers in Alberta school construction and all matters relating to education Attorney-General Maynard en- gaged in an argument with Hugh John MacDonald L Calgary about whether the Social Credit amendment was in order The amendment added the words school construction and all ters relating to education to the original motion from Harold E Tanner L Mr Maynard said Let's open jp the doors to anyone who wants o come before this House on any question relating to education Hon A O Aalborg education minister said the j situation is only one phase of the I education field Because the ALBERTA PLANS Continued on Page Two Wheat Crop Going Begging For Buyers DOZENS OF REAL BARGAINS are presented daily in the col- of the HERALD'S CLASSIFIED ADS WHERE BUYER MEETS SELLER Cars houses furniture clothing appliances musical instruments toys sporting goods livestock poultry machinery grain and many many more items can be bought and sold Classified Ads The Market Place of Millions Phone 5781 for Herald Want Ads Syrian Dictator Flees BEIRUT Lebanon AP Syria's deposed dictator Gen Adib fled into boring Lebanon early day as leaders of an army revolt appeared in control of his country's major cities his brother Salah and his adjutant drove across tiie border after midnight lowing Thursday's swift army uprising and an ultimatum that the dictator resign the presidency and get out of Syria within 24 hours The trio took refuge in rut's Saudi Arabian legation Speculation in the Lebanese capital was that they would continue on to that country The rebel army command now in control in Damascus the Syrian capital telephoned Lebanon's ident Camille Chamoun today to assure him of their good intentions toward which lies be- tween southern Syria and the Mediterranean and for 20 years after the First World War was joined with it as a French man- date The rebel command kept a tight rein on correspondents in cus Up to this morning Associated Press Correspondent Simon werdi had been permitted to send only two brief dispatches Gen Shawkat chief of the Syrian general staff issued an appeal from Damascus Thursday night for the country of mostly Moslems to keep calm He said the army is the one ible unit in the country's defence It appears that former President Hacken Bey de- posed in December 1951 in a bloodless coup will head Syria's new government Attasi is president of the National Assembly elevation was Thursday in a broadcast by army leaders in north Syria who launched the revolt there by ing over the major city of Aleppo In London the Syrian embassy's press attache said information from Syria indicated would be- come president if he has not ready done so army chief of staff from 1949 until his coup and the survivor of 26 assassination at- tempts and plots on his life in his resignation later to the sembly speaker that he was ting to prevent bloodshed among the people and army I so much love Truck Takes Plunge A delivery truck is hauled from a sewer excavation in Edmonton where it was found after the owners reported it stolen Police were unable to say whether anyone was in the truck when it plunged down the excavation The truck's utility box dangles from the battered body as it is hauled up Photo Seen and Heard ABOUT TOWN MAYOR A W Shackleford proving once again he's the most dangerous public speaker in Lethbridge As he began his speech to a joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce council and City Council at the Flying Club on Thursday night he tipped over a candle which sent a bow of flowers up in flames Chamber Executive Secretary Dennis Connell proved to be the hero of the occasion and ed the blaze And City En- gineer J C Neufeld making un- flattering comparisons between the taste of the Flying Club water and the water that goes through his own city filtration plant Father W Ducie cusing the cast of the St rick's Church of sending him a present of a can of baby food St Laurent's Tour of India Ends This Week With Visit to Madras NEW CP touring prime minister bade farewell today to India's prime minister Nehru and said his visit to this capital will remain one of the most memorable experiences of my life Prime Minister St Laurent then left for Bombay by air and arrived later in the morning He will also visit Madras and talk with Indian leaders outside the capital before to Ceylon during the end on the next leg of his goodwill tour Nehru his daughter Mrs Indira Gandhi and a large crowd including diplomats and members of the Canadian high commission staff here bade goodbye to the Canadian leader Nehru presented his guest with an album of graphs of the New Delhi visit which began Feb 21 longest stop on the prime minister's tour We lean very heavily on the part played by the nations of the East for peace in the world because their RCAF to Buy Neptune Bombers Worth CP The RCAF has confirmed that it will purchase American manufactured Neptune medium bombers for Maritime re- connaissance The number and cost were not given but it is be- the order is for 25 planes lor Purchase of the aircraft s part of an RCAF plan to replace Second World War Lancaster ers now being used as coastal patrol and planes The air force has also placed an order for some 50 British nia bombers to be and by Canadair Ltd at Mont eal U.S Said Hopeful Middle East Alliance Can Be Arranged By WARREN ROGERS JR United States officials today were re- ported more optimistic than in some time over prospects for a Middle East defence alliance despite political upheavals in Syria and Egypt While these countries are not envisioned as part of a defence chain to ring Russia's southern border their affairs naturally influence the actions of their neighbors The council of 11 young army officers who rule Egypt made a point Thursday of that there would be no change in Egypt's friendly at- toward the West This backed up a Washington state department estimate that the ouster of as was an in- ternal affair only There was no ready tation here of de- in Syria A tary coup there on Thursday forced the resignation of Adib who has survived 26 assassination attempts while ruling with an iron land for three years The big news from the point of the proposed Middle Kast Alliance was President announcement on Thursday of United States tary aid for Pakistan was careful to no- India's Prime Minister Nehru of the move in a letter obviously intended to avoid any further ruffling of Nehru's voiced sensitivity toward It Nehru has campaigned long and hard against military aid for Pakistan or any other try of the region He argues that this will upset the balance of peace But U.S officials are under- stood to feel that Nehru ing had his say may ease his criticisms now that they have failed to block Pakistan arms aid The Indian leader has said he will not move toward Communism in anger but will continue his efforts to weld a neutral buffer bloc between the Kast and West At Karachi Prime Minister Mohammed Ali said Pakistan has pledged not to engage in any act of aggression against any nation He added that the U.S has not asked for bases or other concessions At London a foreign office spokesman for the Churchill government said Britons be- ing convinced that the grant of aid Is designed to strengthen the defence of ths Free World believe that it will not be mental to defence influence is the Canadian leader told reporters before the off in his RCAF sport During the final handshake with Nehru the Canadian prime minister was overheard The time I spent with you in New Delhi will remain one of the most memorable experiences of my life Nehru No the pleasure has been entirely mine By coincidence a few minutes after the RCAF plane had taken off a commercial transport landed at the airport carrying Prime Minister Mohammed Ali of Pakistan whom the Canadian prime minister had visited last week Nehru smiled and greeted the head ol the neighboring Moslem state in the unscheduled meeting and held a chat It was regarded as significant in view of Thursday's announcement in that United States military aid would be given to Pakistan to strengthen her defences India a predominantly Hindu country and Pakistan have been at odds over several issues ever since the In- dian was divided be- tween them in 1947 Injuries Fatal In Drop CP Pte Raymond Jacques 22 of Mines Que died Thursday in hospital here of injuries suffered Feb 11 in a plunge from a plane with a parachute Jacques a member of the 1st Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment suffered fractures of the upper spinal column in the plunge from a C-119 flying boxcar during a rou- tine jumping exercise at nearby Ancienne Lorette airport PLUNGES TO DEATH KENORA old treaty Indian from the Big Trout Lake tribe Stanley Pox killed Wednesday when he plunged down a mine shaft at the Madsen gold mine Not One Bushel Sold OTTAWA CP Canada's bushel wheat crop is going begging for buyers Trade Minister Howe said Thursday in the Commons that so far none of the 1953 wheat crop second largest in history has been sold For that reason he informed Hazen Argue CCF the Canadian Wheat Board not at present make any in- terim payment to Western participating in the 54 wheat board pool He touched on current lems as he announced a delayed close-out of the pool The board will distribute to farmers as final payment on the pool's tion This amounts to an average 10.934 cents a bushel on the bushels delivered to the board in the crop year Aug 1 1952 to July 31 1953 It brings to a bushel basis No 1 Northern the total price paid to the farmer for his wheat compared with paid in the previous crop year Mr Argue observed that ths close-out prices announced are quite satisfactory But he wanted to know whether the government would this year as it has in recent years make an interim payment on the current wheat crop NO INTERIM PAYMENT The government's policy be announced in due course replied Mr Kowe but he could say an interim payment will not be made at the present time for the very good reason that we have not sold any wheat from the last crop Though Mr Howe gave no ther detail it is generally known that wheat sales are lagging On top of the bushels in 1953 Canada also carried over bushels of unsold wheat from the previous crop year On Jan 1 Canada still had about bushels of unsold wheat well up from the on Jan 1 1953 In the past the interim payment has helped farmers bear financial costs of spring seeding operations It now appears the board outside of the will make no further distribution of funds until the spring tion season opens and Canada is able to sell more wheat HALMRAST PLEASED CP Hon L C Halmrast Alberta's agriculture minister said Thursday the posed final payment on the wheat crop would be well received at this time due to the farmers inability to make adequate eries FLASHES PLANE MISSING CASPER ern Airlines plane six passengers and a crew of three was reported Friday over the rugged mountains of northern Wyoming or South kota The plane was last re- ported at Wright Junction mid- way between Casper and dan Wyo on a flight from Los Angeles to Minneapolis Weather In the area was de- scribed as SCELBA WINS VOTE Prime Minister Mario Scelba passed his first parliamentary test Friday ning a vote of confidence in the Italian Senate The ier received a slim majority of five votes P.M IN BOMBAY BOMBAY CP Prime Minister St Laurent arrived here Friday from Delhi in a Royal Canadian Air Force plane on the last stage of his week's visit to India MARCH ON SUEZ TEL AP biggest afternoon newspaper said Friday in a page editorial that Israeli forces should march on the Suez now to assure the security of the vital canal zone for the West RUSS TEAM WINS STOCKHOLM Reuters Russia defeated Finland day in the world hockey ment TRAFFIC STALLED TORONTO CP Three inches of snow delayed street cars and automobiles Friday making hundreds of citizens M much as an hour late for work
