Nevada State Journal (Newspaper) - August 8, 1956, Reno, Nevada Baseball Tonight Bock Your Sox NOVEMBER 23 Nevada's Largest Morning and Sunday aper Baseball Tonight Bock Your Silver Sox EIGHTY-SIXTH 219 PHONE FA RENO NEVADA WEDNESDAY MORNING AUGUST lOc DAILY SUNDAY ON NEWSSTANDS EIGHTEEN PAGES TODAY Allies Create Joint Striking Force Democrats Blast GOP Foreign Policy 91 Lawmakers Fear Flareup li Near East Vigorous Leadership To Keep Peace Advocated DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS Chicago Aug 7 tP Ninety-one cratic Congressmen charged day that the Eisenhower is drifting toward war in the Near East They asked Democratic form writers to commit their party to a new policy of leadership to keep the peace The platform committee which began laying the groundwork for a vigorous party blast at Republican foreign policy also Assistant tary of State Benton the witness assert that the nation been lucky to avoid disaster under hower foreign policy Benton former Connecticut Senator said It's high tune to return our foreign policy to competent and experienced hands of the B Nathan Ins for for j Action urged the form writers to avoid a foreign policy plank so politically op- and rigid as to handicap a Democratic elected under its Nathan an economist and chairman of the ADA national executive committee called on the committee to demilitarize our programs in writing a foreign-policy plank The 91 Democratic men submitted a proposed Near East plank through Rep Thomas J Dodd Dodd was among a number of at the committee's daylong foreign-policy hearings to charge the administration with fumbling vacillation and lack of leadership in its world tions he is concerned at the danger of hot war in the Middle East and the free world's loss of friends and influence in the area Benton who also served at one time as a Democratic U S ator from Connecticut was the witness as the Democratic National Convention's Platform Committee began gathering munition for an all-out election campaign attack on the hower administration's foreign policy In a statement prepared for delivery before the committee he said that in- a good foreign policy blueprint As long as the Re- publicans stuck to the print they fared reasonably he said When they struck out on their own trying to adjust to fresh developments the result to quote one Republican with long experience in fairs was a three-stage cycle boast and he said We have fewer friends and colder allies The neutrals are skeptical of us even to the point of contempt our enemies are more confident even to the point of arrogance The GOP administration he charged also has failed to counter appeal to the uncommitted and nations Stocks Stage Rally At Moderate Level NEW YORK Aug 7 Stocks rallied today with volume holding at a moderate level Prices regained half of day's losses Gains were noted through most of the list with the rails again producing the weaker Issues Oils steels and metals were the starts Their gains ex- tended to more than 3 points A long list rose 2 points or more Industrials hard hit in a wide active decline in the previous sion were the best gainers on average Utilities also moved up Carola Upset By Teenager Judy Allen Edges National Champ In Exciting Reno Match For the second time in as many days a major upset was scored Tuesday during the 19th annual National Skeet Tournament at Harolds Trapshooting Country Club when young Judy Allen Oakland defeated the nation's number one woman shooter Mrs Carola Mandel Chicago The trim dark haired a recent graduate of Stassen Gets New Rebukes Party Official Hits Move SAN FRANCISCO Aug 7 A Republican party official today rebuked Harold Stassen for his disruptive campaign to drop Vice President Richard M Nixon from the GOP ticket and said he had done a deep injury to ident Eisenhower and the party The criticism was leveled by Hugh Mead Alcorn Jr Suffield Conn vice chairman of the ar- rangements committee for the Republican national convention which opens here August 20 Alcorn voiced his full support of Vice President Nixon in a ter to Stassen dated August 3 and made public at a news conference here Alcorn said the letter was in reply to one received from Stassen asking that iie sound out other convention delegates on the possibility of nominating someone other than Nixon as vice president Alcorn challenged both the propriety and the wisdom of the presidential disarmament aide's giving public expression to his opinion on Nixon at a time when you are charged with a heavy re- sponsibility to the President and to the people of the nation There is a vast difference be- tween occupying the important post you hold and occupying a strictly political Alcorn wrote I am convinced that you have done a deep injury to the dent of the United States and to the Republican party which has so often and so signally honored you Alcorn a national man from Connecticut and a gate to the convention added that those of his colleagues with whom he had spoken about recent activities against Nixon regard them as an front to the vice president ident and party Earlier party Chairman ard Hall commented that Stassen so far has claimed five or six egates supporting him or less than one-half a delegate a day since he began his campaign Speed Trial Prospective Jurors To Be Questioned BOSTON Aug 7 IB rior Judge Felix Forte began eliminating unqualified men today in an attempt to speed selection of a jury to try eight men for the Brink's robbery The judge conferred with 92 prospective jurors and informed them what constituted automatic disqualification A court officer said about half of the 92 asked to be excused Judge Forte also conferred Anna Head's school scored 97 x 100 in the regular 100 target 28 gauge competition to deadlock with Mrs Mandel who holds the majority of women's records in U S skeet shooting The was determined in a two field shoot-off which went to 50 targets after both Mrs Mandel and Miss Allen were tied at 25 in the first field Miss Allen shooting in shorts against one of the nation's ten best dressed women didn't miss until Mrs Mandel was wide on a high house target and then missed her op- tional bird Miss Allen missed her next shot but quickly recovered to go straight the rest of the way and edge out the Chicagoan 48 x 47 Emotionally upset by her un- expected victory Judy burst into tears and the true trouper Mrs Mandel asked photographers to wait a few moments before photographing the two together The second day of competition in the six-day meet proved to be of championship caliber Chet C r i t e s Detroit president of caught up with Jaime Loyola San Juan Puerto Rico in midafternoon by posting and the two went into a to determine the Crites who was actually ing for theh traveling trophy he had contributed three years ago went straight in the shoot-off while Loyola dropped a single target to take runner-up spot It was the first big title won by an individual of the Puerto Rican team and Crites said his Detroit friends would say he awarded the trophy to himself Dilorio Victorious Class AA in the 28 gauge went See GIROUX P 12 C 1 Flood Payment Measure Now Law As Ike Signs WASHINGTON Aug 7 President Eisenhower today signed into law a billion ex- flood insurance plan The he signed also con- authority for the ment to contract for billion in long-term low-interest ter loans to home and property owners In an accompanying statement the President noted that the new program is a venture into an un- tested field of risk protection and is admittedly experimental He said it does not propose to put the federal government into the flood insurance business but instead will allow the government to lead the way for private enterprise to follow Comedian to Replace Sullivan on Show DERBY Conn Aug 7 OP without convening a formal court session with the prosecution and defense attorneys regarding a list of questions to be asked veniremen to determine their ness to serve on the jury BAN POPE'S LETTER BELGRADE Yugoslavia Aug TV star Ed Sullivan has not im- proved rapidly enough from traffic injuries to appear on his Sunday night program a hospital medical bulletin said today Comedian Phil Silvers will sub- for Sullivan on The Ed Sullivan Show this Sunday and until is able to return the Columbia Broadcasting tem announced A CBS man said H was expected van would return to his program Aug 19 A J Deluca administrator of Griffin Hospital issued the letin at 10 EOT 32 hours Russ Chided For Welshing On Promises President Forwards Personal Letter To Bulganin WASHINGTON Aug 7 President Eisenhower chided sia today for welshing on ises made at Geneva and appealed for new efforts to rid the world of fear In a personal letter to Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin Mr Eisenhower I must confess that I am as to how we can work gether constructively if ments which are negotiated at the highest level after the most thorough explanation do not seem dependable Asks New Spirit Rebuking Soviet failure to fill promises given at the Big Four chiefs of state meeting in Geneva a year ago the President May we not Mr Chairman do more to realize the hopes which were born of our meeting in He said I earnestly appeal for a new spirit in Soviet re- lations with the rest of the world in view of Russia's efforts to eradicate some of the evils of Stalinism Mr Eisenhower's letter was in reply to a June 6 letter from ganin in which the Soviet pre- mier said Russia was cutting her armed forces and urged other countries to follow suit The President said such a reduction I welcome But he made these Need World Control 1 What's needed to eliminate the fear and the vast cost of national armaments is world which will encourage greater reductions I regret that we have made so little progress in this respect 2 Russia rejected Mr proposals for aerial in- and exchange of military blueprints on grounds it would be an intelligence operation But intelligence that checks on dis- armament promises is just what's needed in the interest of peace and international confidence Can we not make progress on 3 Bulganin's letter ignored the President's proposal of March 1 for freezing nuclear weapons stockpiles at some future date Mr Eisenhower May I again urge careful consideration of the matter 4 After agreeing to free uni- of Germany Russia has indicated determination to keep that nation indefinitely divided At this point the President said agreements with Russia do not seem dependable He said the four power meeting made promises notably about Germany which desperately need to be fulfilled He said he and the leaders of Britain France and Russia also pledged ourselves to disarmament efforts for the good of the world Mr Eisenhower told Bulganin he is greatly disturbed by the developments which have curred since we met at Geneva last year I must confess that I am es to how we can work gether constructively if ments which are negotiated at the highest level after the most thorough exploration do not seem Mr Eisenhower said The President said nonetheless he is hopeful that progress can be made on the key issue ling armaments He said he realizes that the Soviet Union it- self has bean making efforts to eradicate some of the evils of an earlier period in the Soviet Union He clearly referred to the downgrading of the late dictator Josef Stalin 7 Communist after Sullivan was injured in a here have prohibited publication I accident at Seymour of Pope Pius June 29 letter to Alois Cardinal and Conn Earlier indications had been other Catholic prelates that Sullivan would leave behind the iron curtain hospital by Thursday the John Foster Dulles is shown in the Oval Room of the white House as he delivers a report to the nation on the Suez Canal crisis He was introduced by President Eisenhower who said the ed States was Vastly disturbed by Egypt's seizure and nationalization of the canal The dent listened as Dulles said that he was confident that the forthcoming conference in London will produce international control of the Suez Canal and recognition of Egypt's mate rights in the waterway The secretary said that Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal Co was an angry act of retaliation against fancied grievances International COMPLAIN SAN DIEGO Calif Aug 7 The operator of a nudist camp near here complained today that hundreds of large ants have in- the grounds and forced many members to put on shoes Air Force Faces Combat Unit Cut Power and Quality of Weapons Cited As Reduction Considered WASHINGTON Aug 7 Defense ment is preparing to reduce the planned size of the Air Force authoritative sources disclosed today They said the staggering power and increasing variety of nuclear weapons and guided missiles will make possible cuts in both manpower and the numbers of combat units The Air Force now has men under its authorized ceiling The Air Force now is ex- to reach its planned goal of 137 wings by next June 30 then gradually fall back to a smaller number of com- bat units Swedish Line Denies Blame To Ask Damages In Sea Disaster NEW YORK Aug 7 Swedish American Line charged today that the Andrea Doria veered directly across the course of the Stockholm on a moonlit sea and was entirely to blame for the collision that sent the Italian luxury liner to the bottom The line filed a petition in U S District Court here asking for exoneration and limitation of liability in connection with the July 25 marine tragedy It said it later would sue the Italian Line owners of the Andrea ria for damages and losses The petition gave a detailed account of the 20 minutes ing the collision off Nantucket Island in what had previously been described as thick fog ever the petition said visibility was good and the Andrea ria could be seen from the at a distance of holm's bridge two miles According to the petition the Stockholm and the Andrea Doria were in position to pass safely port left side to port and tht Stockholm turned starboard to the right to give even greater passing distance The Andrea Doria was showing her white masthead lights so as to pass at a safe it said The Andrea Doria however suddenly closed out her red port light showed her green light and veered sharply to her own left or port at undiminished speed turning across the bow of the the petition charged The Stockholm went hard right and full astern but it was impossible to avoid collision The petition said the holm's radar was operating FILM STAR WEDS LONDON Aug 7 actress Leslie Caron and British stage director Peter Hall were married in a city hall ceremony at a registry office here day It was announced today A wing varies in size from 75 fighter planes to 30 heavy ers with aircraft crews and porting units Air Secretary Donald A Quarles gave a tipoff to the plan in a speech to the Air Force Association convention at New Orleans last Saturday He said there comes a time in the course of increasing our air power when we must make a tion of sufficiency He was addressing an tion recognized as a big air power booster and in the presence of Sen Stuart Symington who has challenged the program as in- ferior to Russia's Decisions on the reductions are under debate They are expected to show up in President budget for the year ing next July 1 Both Defense Department and Air Force officials are weighing how to get over to Congress and the public this cardinal fact about American power as they see This power is so incredibly im- mense that it could kiH Russia probably four times over Hodge Offered To Republicans CHICAGO Aug T Democrat said today that the Re- publican Party owes the state treasury for political broadcasts sponsored by ville E Hodge ousted state auditor State Rep Richard Stengel candidate for U S senator sent a letter to GOP National man Leonard W Hall demanding that the refund that amount to the state j Stengel charged that Hodge used from funds taken surreptitiously from the state treasury to pay for radio and television time to urge a big vote for President Eisenhower in the April 10 Illinois primary Ammo Blasts Shatter City 50 Die as 7 Trucks Suddenly Explode CALI Colombia Aug 7 Seven army trucks loaded with ammunition and fuel were ed to have blown up near the center of the city The explosion blasted eight city blocks killing at least 50 persons injuring many others and causing heavy erty damage A two-story military police headquarters a number of cafes crowded because it was the eve of a national holiday and a ater were among the structures razed by the explosion Fires broke out in the area adding to the disaster The scene of the blast is only 12 blocks from Caicedo Square the center of the city A United Press survey of clinics and fire stations in- at least 50 dead many in- jured and heavy property losses Authorities managed through extraordinary measures to con- trol huge fires set off by the blast and organized emergency relief measures Only a huge crater marked the spot where the blast occurred The report that ammunition vehicles had blown up came from authoritative sources was not confirmed officially Draf tUpped to Be Called In October WASHINGTON Aug 7 The Defense Department an- today that the Army will draft men in October more than September The increase was ordered be- cause the Army wound up the fiscal year ended June 30 below its authorized strength the tagon said The October call raises to the total number of men drafted for military service since the Korean war started Assistant Defense Secretary Carter L Burgess who is in charge of manpower and reserve forces said The October call is indicative of the continuing need for the draft to maintain the proved strengths of our armed forces Jet Pilot Killed In Flaming Crash ALBUQUERQUE N M Aug 7 jet fighter burst into flame and crashed shortly after taking off from Kirtland Air Force Base here today ing the pilot Kirtland officials the name of the pilot the only man aboard pending notification of next of kin Huge Airlift To Carry Men To Outposts Conciliatory Policy By Egypt Urged By Dulles LONDON Aug 7 and France were reported today to have agreed to form a joint Mediterranean striking spearheaded by a massive British airlift if action becomes sary in the Suez Canal crisis In Washington Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told a conference of diplomats from 20 Latin-American countries that Britain and France might use force unless Egypt adopts a more conciliatory policy A spokesman for the diplomats indicated they save Dulles their support for the U S policy of moderation T Hopes for a successful Suez conference appeared dimmer and Cairo reports said Egypt had called back its officers from Communist training centers to man submarines and other naval units Calls Conference In Cairo meanwhile Egyptian Gamal Abdel Nasser called a press conference for next Sunday when he is ed to disclose Egypt attend the London Suez parley In Moscow where the Union still has not announced If it will attend the London con- ference there also was a flurry of activity Soviet Foreign ister Dmitri conferred with the French and British At the same time Premier Nikolai Bulganin called in U S ambassador Charles Bohlen British airline officials said Britain was preparing the gest airlift since the Berlin blockade to fly shock troops to desert outposts in the Middle East Hundreds of other troops were steaming toward the ern Mediterranean aboard fast carriers 3rd Carrier On Way Britain today dispatched a third carrier laden with troops and equipment and sent four large tank landing craft toward the Mediterranean in event operations should be- come necessary against the Suez Canal zone The military preparations over- shadowed the diplomatic rations for a ence here Aug 16 to try to work out a scheme for international control of the Suez Canal by Egypt Indonesia often with the neutralist bloc announced at the Hague it was celling a preliminary conference to dis- cuss the Suez crisis It invited Egypt and the Colombo powers India Pakistan ma and Indonesia Here were the major LONDON Official British sources rejected suggestions ing in Egypt that the explosive Suez dispute be referred to the United Nations The chief ment was Egypt's defiance of the Security Council order to let ships transit the canal LONDON Ten nations were officially stated to have accepted the invitation to the London conference Australia Ethiopia Holland Italy Japan Norway Pakistan Portugal Sweden and Turkey Unofficial reports said Iran and New land had accepted AUCKLAND N Premier Sidney Holland told Parliament New Zealand was considering sending the cruiser Royalist to bolster British naval units in the Mediterranean The now on a shakedown cruise in the Mediterranean area LONDON British Prime Minister Anthony Eden in- he would report to the nation on the Suez by television tomorrow night East News Agency announced the Arab League political meeting scheduled for day would be held next Sunday The meeting was expected to take positive to beck up Egyptian
