San Mateo Times (Newspaper) - July 4, 1957, San Mateo, California 3 OUSTED REDS LOSE CABINET POSTS INDEX Births and Deaths 16 Business News 19 Classified 21 22 23 Comics 17 Editorial 20 Peninsula 14 Radio Television 17 9 Sports 11 Theatre 18 T H E PENINSULAR TO THE INTEREST A LEADING NEWSPAPER OF SAN MATEO COUNTY ASSOCIATED AND UNITED PRESS DIRECT WIRES Story In Column 4 WEATHER Clear tonight and Friday continued warm Lew tonight 58 degrees high Friday 90 Gentle winds Vol 159 2 Sections 24 PAGES SAN 4 1957 PER PER MONTH BANDITS ESCAPE POLICE GUNS READY FOR POWDER PUFF Doris Choiniere and Chandler on plane right of Tucson Ariz are greeted by other derby entrants on arrival here This year the annual transcontinental air race will follow a route of 2567 miles from San Mateo county airport at to North Philadelphia airport Some 50 light airplanes will compete most of them with a crew of two women Reading from left Mickey Clark St Louis Mo Margaret Ethel Taylor DeKalb 111 Betty Diego Nina Price Villa Park 111 Lois Eartling San Diego and Thelma master sergeant The race gets under way Audrey Death m Toll Estimates Now at 700 LAKE CHARLES La Wl Cleanup operations in the cane-battered fishing town of eron went on at high pitch despite the holiday today with latest placing the death toll abound 700 and property damage near 100 million dollars Ham Reid of Parish county told newsmen 301 bodies have been recovered ish Coroner Dr Harry Snatic at least 400 more are missing said an official list of the missing the first such attempted had been started with 58 names already entered Of the 301 known dead 112 were unidentified Identification continued to be one of the mam problems due to the condition of the bodies JDr Guillermo Vasquez head of the local state health unit said Cameron is not habitable and added there is no accurate de- termination when it will be ready for its citizens to move back Stout in charge of Red Cross relief for victims of cane Audrey said his agency was prepared to provide money for refugees for food clothing cal care burials home repair home rebuilding furniture and needed for livelihood FORD FORD Ford Prices Are Still Lowest Extra Passenger Cart at Station Wagon start at Pick Ups lV Salti Tar and I We Will I Be Cars or Trucks Complete Stock Immediate Delivery SEE US or CALL US TODAY FORD SALES Motor Co J Hit K California Dr Burlingame Dl r and FORD TRUCKS South Brush Blaze Rages UP Flames roared through heavy brush today among the hills where hundreds of Hollywood Western films have been graphed Forty-five horses were ed one ranch in the rugged Santa S u s a n a mountains northwest ot worth Firemen said the big vijle movie ranch is Twenty families were evacuated during the night from homes in the Susana Knolls area U.S Has 35 Auto Deaths By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Millions of Americans headed for Fourth of July outings today jamming highways but traffic deaths appeared running below the first hours of the long Independence Day holiday period There were no traffic deaths re- ported in Northern California in the opening hours of of accidental deaths since the count at 6 p.m local time yesterday showed at least 35 persons killed in motor vehicle accidents In addition 5 persons and 5 others were killed in miscellaneous haps No were reported The National Safety Council has estimated that the traffic death reach 535 at the end of the extended weekend which covers the period ending at mid- night Sunday A new record for the Fourth of July holiday period would be set if the estimate is reached The current record toll of 491 was set during a four-day observation of in 1950 The traffic death toll for July 4 last year was 137 Enters Finals England Althea Gibson of New York crushed Britain's sensational Christine Truman today and Wimbledon tennis final against Darlene Hard of Montebello Calif Miss Hard won over Mrs Dorothy Head Knode of Forest Hills The final will be staged Saturday with the top seeded Miss Gibson favored Two Australians champion Lew Hoad and Ashley Cooper clash for the Foolproof Nuclear Check LONDON United States has told Russia an absolutely proof inspection system must be agreed upon before it will agree to a suspension of nuclear on tests American disarmament Deler gate Harold E Stassen added however that the United States is confident an inspection system can be worked out that will hibit any cheating of consequence provided all nations co-operate Stassen elaborated at day's meeting of the Dis- armament subcommittee on the U.S offer to halt bomb tests for 10 months as part of a limited arms reduction treaty He ised to complete his proposals Friday The U.S plan coupled the pension of nuclear tests with agreement between Russia and the West to stop assigning clear materials for arms ning in 1959 In the past the ern nations have insisted that clear arms production must be stopped at the sajne time any ban on tests into effect Russian Delegate Valerian A Zorin declined comment on latest remarks When the American first made al for a test ban ever he said he was happy the West was making an effort to achieve a solution to the test sue Top-level Soviet reaction was awaited from Moscow Detailing the Stassen proposed that the big powers should transferring stocks of fissionable material to civilian uses within a after the controlled ban on nuclear weapon tests goes into effect Molotov Pals Out in Major j Russ Shakeup MOSCOW UP Russia fired its dismissed party leaders from their top posts today ing the decks a major shakeup in the Kremlin Less than 24 hours after the Communist party's deci- sion was announced the dropped V M tov Georgi Malenkov and Lazar Kaganovich as deputy premiers It was the final disgrace for the three men who served side former Josef Stalin and inherited his upon his death There still was no official in- dication whether the group would have to face court trials as well Malenkov were released from the in a decree the Soviet Presidium the in- terim steering committee of sia's parliament There was no immediate ence to Deputy Premiers M Z Saburov and M G who also lost their memberships in- the party presidium in day's announcement Malenkov was fired as a deputy power stations title he has held since he was removed as premier in 1955 Molotov was fired as first deputy premier a cut above Mal- post and his assignment minister of state control This -is the try which supervises government Kaganovich job i first deputy premier He has departmental the cabinet replace Malenkov as electric power stations Supreme Presidium pointed Alexei lenko A 3 word party resolution the most severe deeds of party policy but there was no suggestion of criminal In London western diplomats said Khrushchev had emerged as undisputed master of Russia bent on removing the last vestiges of Stalinism in the party and from Soviet and external fairs Yugoslav Communist leaders were pleased at dropping of the old Bolsheviks and said the move would strengthen in the In Poland the Com- munist party said the Russian purge would Poland and the Soviet Union closer together in thought There was no immediate word of- the whereabouts of Molotov Malenkov or Kaganovich They have not been -seen in public here for more than a week The first effects of the shakeup were secretary Dmitri who joined the anti lost his job assistants in the ty secretariat and his alternate membership in the Central Com- M Saburov first Please See Page 2 Column 1 FROM BAY people were fished out of San Francisco bay yesterday after a seaplane caught fire while taxiing along the water Four of them are shown after their rescue by a fishing boat Left to right Lou Jackson 33 of Oakland pilot James Trevor of Sue Honig and her father Lewis Honig of San Francisco The plane was ready for off when a gas line broke and the motor caught fire A fireboat put out the fire and towed the plane's that was back to a private base es Blazing Plane James Trevor Hillsborough real Coleman road was one of five persons who caped fiery late yesterday when a chartered seaplane flared into names off Francisco's Pier 48 The plane was off on a holiday flight to Lake Tahoe r With three other passengers and the pilot Lou Jackson of the Marina Flying Service Trevor jumped from an exit door into the bay where all were picked after a short A lone fisherman and the coast guard trol figured in the rescue passengers were San Francisco ing executive his daughter Sue 17 and a partner jn J Earth and company All three are from San Francisco All of the passengers mayed by their experience em- barked on another plane two hours later their ed journey Pilot Jackson said he noticed something wrong when he ed to lift the flying boat after ing for the Seconds later Mane reported the blaze Jackson remained plane for a few minutes in a vain effort to beat out the flames and a futile effort to save the aircraft a engined Cessna was coast guardsmen using equipment Fireworks Tonight At Redwood City REDWOOD are scheduled to end today's part of the annual Redwood City Fourth of July celebration at tonight The fireworks dis- play will be at the former rodeo grounds Road Block Halts 3000 San Mateo police joined bay area peace officers in road block traffic checks last night and mid- night holding cars at Forty-third and Real checking 1171 vehicles and issuing 92 citations In attack on tive and of contributing to pated high week-end traffic dent tolls police sheriff's ties and patrolmen un- covered 1607 violations resulting in 1202 seven arrests No physical arrests were made among the 130 violators block but citations were issued improper 13 invalid operator's censes 72 improper defects and violations of- participated in the check here game and San tabulated into totals for the bay area for by the Topping the citations were 744 lights and 255 improper registrations Burlingame police officers on El mino at avenue between p m and midnight observed 1301 cars With 10 reserve officers and three regular men police issued 615 which 51 were for improper The der were for improper tion and a There were no physical arrests and no drunk driving was re- ported the total 19 were court citations 46 were warnings In San Bruno four regular lice officers and sevea reserve officers held a roadblock traffic check on El Camino Real at foran m and midnight observing 859 cars and issued 121 citations and noted 160 violations Violations included three ers who had been drinking 16 driving cars with improper 11 driving with im- proper operators licenses 13 defects with improper lights and 19 assorted minor violations Girard Coaxed Shot At Woman By NEIL MacNEIL WASHINGTON UP Ar- my buddy of GI William S rard has told investigators in a sworn statement Girard coaxed a Japanese woman to come close then aimed at her from the der and fired Rep Omar son The woman died as a result of the shot The Texas Democrat is man of a House foreign affairs subcommittee that investigated the Girard case He told the Walkout Hits Two Factories At Nearly 2000 machinists were on strike today against five plants in the San Francisco Bay Area in a move to force a factory wage increase from Northern California employers The struck plants were Dalmo Victor and Vacu-Blast in mont Victor Equipment company and Schlage Lock company in San Francisco and the Oliver company in Oakland A total of union ists were the dispute with 168 employers represented by the California Metal Trades association Negotiating committees for both sides met separately in San Francisco with federal mediators Wednesday Union members week re- the employer of- fer of wage increases ranging from 11 to 18 cents an hour this year plus half that much and a cost of living increase next year The union has demanded in- creases from 25 to an hour this year besides a number of important fringe benefits Nehru Offers to Mediate Peace Israel A Zionist official confirmed today Prime Minister Nehru of India is prepared to act mediator to bring about peace talks between the Israelis and Arabs President Nahum Goldmann of the Zionist World Organization said on his arrival here from London that he had talked with Nehru on Middle East problems including the peace prospects He said Nehru was eager to contribute to a solution United Press he has-been briefed by official sources on the affair and disclosed full details of the shooting Girard GI from Ot- tawa HI is accused by Japan of manslaughter for the death of the Japanese woman Mrs Naka kai The United States after an argument over the case waived jurisdiction to Japan to try rard This has touched off a furor in this country and -a move in Congress to agreements trials of servicemen abroad U.S Trial Burleson said Girard has been painted as a hero in this try but actually he played a smart aleck trick on the anese woman Mrs Naka Sakai and should be punished for it He said however that Girard should be tried by an American court marial not a Japanese court a U.S court tial would give Girard punishment considerably nwre severe than that meted out by a Japanese court The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on whether Girard should be turned over to Japan for trial A federal judge Please See Page 2 Column 2 Iran Quake Toll Climbs TERRAN Iran Hunger thirst today plagued the half million Iranians living in earthquake battered arc around the south end of the pian sea Families who fled to the after the violent shocks Tuesday faced the ard of attacks by wild animals Wolves were reported to have injured several persons who fled to the woods from the devastated villages of and The known official death toll was 750 with prospects of rising to more than 1000 More than 3000 persons from ruined villages but many of these were believed to have found safety in the country It was the most deadly quake since a temblor in Algeria which killed 1400 persons in September 1954 Fifteen hundred persons were seriously injured in North Iran more villages wrecked and property worth more than destroyed With tele- graphs lines down and roads blocks by avalanches the only means of communication in much of the square mile area were runners and horsemen Holdup Men Flee as Cops Blast Away MOUNTAIN VIEW The Fourth of July started off here today with unscheduled fireworks as three policemen pumped at least 25 bullets into a fugitive bandit auto Despite the fact the car was riddled by four shotgun blasts and 21 pistol bullets a young holdup man and his accomplice escaped capture Police Sgt Dan Coon who de- scribed the auto as a real said it is very that at least one of the fugitives was injured by the gunfire He re- fused to say whether traces of blood were in the car The auto which was disabled by the gunfire was abandoned at the of a residential street and the two bandits caped on foot Swank Motel The wild affair started at 3 at the Holiday Inn at 1984 El Camino Real Night clerk J D Yourse 55 said a tall slender man in his early twenties came into the office and asked to rent a room Youree turned away and when back he said he saw a 45 sticking at me produced from the till and his own pocket and handed it to the bandit The holdup man Youree with the gun and demanded to be the safe Youree and Clay Rambeau the motel who was ened at the bandit's insistence finally convinced the gunman that no safe He ran from the office jumped into a waiting car and drove away Youree called police and gave a description of the car Within a few minutes Sgt Coon spotted the car parked in a lot at the of Toft street at the railroad tracks He summoned Patrolmen Ed Henderson and Birt Well sist him Police Stake Out Although the car lights were- out Coon said he could see movement inside The officers unable to approach the car out exposing themselves staked out at a spot the car would have to pass if it left After a few the auto started up the lights went on and it drove ward the officers Henderson and Well armed with shotguns stepped out and yelled at the driver to halt Coon said the car slowed and nearly stopped but ahead again Henderson and Well opened fire with their shotguns from a distance of no more than 15 feet and Coon cut with his service revolver The car weaved for a second Please See Page 2 Column 3 summer fun SAN MATEO
