Sun-Advertiser (Newspaper) - March 1, 1951, Yuma, Arizona of Yi Highest last 24 hours K Lowest last 24 hours 39 Average high this date 76 Average low this date 48 Relative humidity at 11 SUCCESSOR TO THE YUMA WEEKLY SUN AND THE YUMA EXAMINER Forecast to Friday Mght Mostly cloudy with widely tered showeis tonight and Friday Somewhat wanner tonight ly windy tonight and Friday VOLUME 47 Telephone YUMA ARIZONA THURSDAY MARCH I 1951 C opy 9 Expect Red China s Jry Form New French Govt PARIS March former Premier and er of the Popular Republican ty agreed today to try to form u new coalition government to replace that of Rene Pleven Pleven's coalition government resigned last night amid a domestic squabble over a new and complicated High-Ranking Prisoner Red China Will Huri Troops In Korean Fush ON THE WEST-CENTRAL FRONT Korea March 1 Red China will throw troops including the 3rd Field Army into its most powerful Korean offensive of the war this month a high-ranking Chinese prisoner has told U.S officers The Chinese will support the attack for the first time with jet fighters heretofore seen only over northwest Korea far behind the fighting front he said The prisoner said the nist objective will be to smash UN forces while they are in at- tack formations break through their lines into southern Korea and force one or more evacuations He said the rested and ably and reinforced 3rd Field Army will join the tered Field Army already fighting south of the Parallel in the offensive The 3rd Field Army has been out of action since it forced the outnumbered U S 10th Corps to evacuate northeast Korea by sea last December The army surrounded the U S 1st Marine Division and elements of the U S 7th Infantry Division around the Chosin Reservoir and oral system Each party wants look extremely heavy losses trying the system modified to give its h Drait Law Fades March for quick Senate passage of the Administration's draft faded somewhat today Amendments caused the trouble Sen Wayne It Ore had al ready to offer Action on the amendments will cause the delay But Senate Democratic Leader Ariz said he hopes for votes on some of the amendments by the end of the week One amendment that Morse intends to offer would cither set the lower draft age limit ut or hold the term of service tu 21 months The Administration provides for an draft and 26 months service hi other congressional walkout representation in the mobilization program stirred Sen John Bricker H O He said it wus a terrible mistake and would ask the economic controls committee to look into it TROOPS Republican Leader Kenneth S Wherry wild must resolve a deadly dollar grab among the military services The outcome he said will determine the pattern of the nation's defense establishment for years to come Meanwhile the Senate foreign relations and armed services committees went into closed session to consider resolutions on the issue House agriculture committee snid that farmers needs for production materials nre being disregarded It called for those in charge of the defense program to revise farm policies COMMUNISM The House Un-American Activities too will hold hearings next week which may lead Lo an investiga- tion of communism in Hollywood own group the advantage was asked to form a new government by President Vincent Auriol He promised to start con- with party leaders im- mediately and report by tomorrow whether he was likely to succeed Bidault was premier for s i x months in and again from October to June He was Foreign Minister in eral post-war French in vain to prevent them from caping to the coast Chinese Nationalist intelligence reports more than a month ago Deadlock in State Legislature Appears Dissolving March 1 possible break appeared today threatened deadlock over the Arizona Senate's refusal to act on two controversial bills the House said that the 3rd Army had passed earlier in the drawn to Manchuria to rest and regroup after the northeastern battle The high ranking Chinese Com- inuniit prisoner whose name and position cannot be disclosed said the Chinese command has been waiting patiently to build up its ments He was not Included in the supplies for the new offensive Pleven cabinet at his own The recent rean attack through the central Pleven declined to try to form mountains toward Wonju was not a new government because his a major offensive but designed wife was taken seriously ill three only to discourage an Allied days ago and now Is under con- Ing of the Han river into Seoul medical care Pleven's resignation marked the downfall of France's jjl ment since 1944 Court Upholds Retirement Act PHOENIX March Arizona Supreme Court upheld the public employees retirement as it effects state an informal decision handed down late yesterday 4 The court announced its ruling a memorandum opinion It will a formal written opinion at a later date Action was rushed on the sure so that the legislature might be given time to consider funds to put the act into operation The state awaiting court and force the 8th Army to realign ts divisions he said ingi had not taken acton to vide necessary funds for the act since it went into effect July 1 1949 Since that time state em- ployees have contributed mately to the fund The Supreme Court has sized the ruling applies only to that portion of the public retirement act as it effects state employees The retirement act provides for pensions at the age of 65 ing to the salary and length of service of the applicant Arizona Protestant Churches Oppose Draft PHOENIX March The Arizona Council of Churches announced today it formally op- josed universal military training and the drafting of In a resolution to bc sent to Arizona's congressional tion the church group charged universal military training would destroy the freedom from military service which has been a ished part of our national would introduce the danger of militarism would invade the rights of the individual religious conscience and would add than detract from the of war The Council represents members of the Protestant denominations in zona 2 County Officers Arrested In Vice Probe TUCSON March 1 A Pima County grand jury ed its probe into vice and crime in the southern county today alter returning against two former officials yesterday Arrested by sheriff's deputies were Bryce Wilson former county attorney and former Undersheriff Maurice T Guiney They w ere jailed on counts of conspiracy re- bribes and receiving the earnings of a prostitute Guiney was indicted by the man jury on five counts and the ormer county attorney also faced ive counts Both were held under bond When Guiney was jailed he bled the charges A frame I'll prove in court that I'm in nocent that I have been framed and he said Wilson's only comment was a erse I'll probably file a of complaints myself Both men were held on bond Charges against Guiney in elude three he accepted money ii amounts of 5300 and from Alice Miller who the charg cs claim had prostitutes for her The break came when the lower chamber announced it would de- bate two mea sures dealing with administration of the state's liquor laws Appearance of the Senate bills the House committee of the calendar came as a prise and apparently ended the ower boycott of ures from across the hall First indication the House ied to withhold action on all ite bills came two days ago when he lower chamber announced it vould consider its own measures only in committee of the whole sessions yesterday today and next Tuesday Reports indicated that the House loped in this manner to force the Senate to act on the disputed oil and gas conservation and land ease bills which an upper jer committee recommended shelving for at least a year The committee felt that fees provided in the leasing act would not bring the state a sufficient re- irn With the liquor bills scheduled debate today there were re- ports the House may have giver up its attempt to force the ate to act on the oil and gas sures Both proposals were still in senate committees and the chamber gave every indication keeping them there The liquor bills measures the senate would like to sec ed to Gov Howard Pyle would freeze the issuance of new liquor licenses for a year and require a license applicant to wait a year before reapplying for a permit if it was previously rejected The Senate yesterday mended passage of a al amendment to limit the nor's tenure to two terms T w o other amendments were tentative ly approved by the House on to limit the House membership ti 72 and the other to t h existing board of pardons a n c paroles Sen Harold Giss Yuma coun y urged passage of the gover s tenure limitation that it would prevent any chic executive from stacking slat departments with political tc's He wu specifically referring to the new health welfare am correction department The proposed amendment must be referred to a vote of th people comes up for a final vot tomorrow before it goes to th House In recommending a limit on th House membership the lowe chamber failed to act on a pro vision which would have ed the Senate's site to 28 mem bers As the proposal cleared th House committee it leaves t h present Senate undi turbed e in Paris Lay Groundwork For Foreign Ministers Meet MOSCOW March 1 ila agreed today to a Western HSU! for a meeting of British American ami Soviet In Paris Monday to ay the groundwork for a lower foreign ministers Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei formally accepted the of the three Western lowers In notes handed to tho shortly after 1 p.m 7 A M Gromyko met with the three The French embassy said later t had received for 17 visas for Russians who wish to go to Paris The list of names Foreign Ministry sellors Victor Michael and Nikolai First Secretary Karp tov and Second Secretary mir Lavrov Gromyko summoned U S Alan G Kirk French Ambassador Yves and British Ambassador Sir David y to the Kremlin i p.m 7 A M He handed them Russia's reply to notes received from the three Western Feb 19 The notes had proposed that representatives of the four powers meet in Paris Monday to prepare an agenda for a conference of their foreign ministers Russia originally proposed the foreign ministers meeting grounds that rearmament of ern Germany threatened world peace The Western powers de- Soviet charge and gested that the Big Four meet to discuss all East-West disputes WASHINGTON Mar The American delegation will hold up its departure for Paris pending receipt of the full text of note agreeing to a Big deputies parley The reports so far are sketchy to make any travel a State Department official said The Soviet note will have to bi translated from Russian into lish at the American embassy in toe 600 Korea Marines Home On Rotation SAN FRANCISCO March 1 About 600 Marines veteran fighters of the bloody Changjin Reservoir battle in Korea will be brought home next week in a i n -n lion UL Lin V II Manne Moscow transmitted to the State 5 Arizona Children Die of Whooping Cough PHOENIX March 1 State Health Department reported today five children died of ing cough in Arizona in recent weeks Dr L R director of the division of maternal and child health of the department said that last week there were 272 n e w cases of measles reported in the state He said the two childhood diseases were responsible for a great deal of childhood deaths and Junior Fair Committee Visits Projects Today Members of the Junior tural Fair livestock committee were scheduled to make the first tour of 4-H club and FFA of the year today The group was to meet at the complications chamber of commerce building at He noted whooping cough causes p.m and begin the tour at more deaths among young thai point ren in the nation than any other During the afternoon the men communicable disease He urged were to visit young livestock all parents to have their children ers in this area and discuss their vaccinated against the diseases as Corps announced today Maj Gen Graves B Erskine commanding general of the De- of the Pacific said the roops will reach San Francisco on the Transport General Monday morning In addition to the 600 combat veterans -100 others from the First Warine Division will be aboard These men are convalescents among wounded fighters Erskine aid Korean veterans will be id lo the U S as ments become available ing to the Marine Corps rotation plan announcement There is no system for rotation the corps announced Those to be sent home under this program are selected by field commanders on the basis of com- bat service dependents and other factors the announcement said Gen Clifton B said the rotation plan hinged on the con- favorable military situation in Korea projects soon as possible Department and recorded before it can be studied here Terms of the Soviet note also must he relayed to Secretary o State Dean who is va in Bermuda If the Russians in fact have agreed to a broad discussion 01 East-West problems the Ameri can delegation could fly to Paris during the weekend Ambassador Philip C Jessup will a small U S delegation Death Of Former Yuma Woman Learned Word has been received in Yu- ma of the death of Maude Toland of Springfield Ohio on Feb 1 Miss Toland was the sister of Mrs E CJ Snider and spent many ters in Yuma during the years that Mrs Snider lived here Mrs Snider now lives in Tucson where she is head of a girls at the University of THK left works over smile t ruining plans fur the Sia with Conk They with Del started the working mil today at Hold Sun Stuff Padres Begin Workouts Here Under slightly cloudy and cool weather conditions the San Diego Padres opened Spring training day at Panther Field Twelve players showed up as Padre Manager Del Baker sent his charges through initial workouts More men will arrive today and tomorrow hut a group is ex- from the Cleveland Indian training camp in Tucson The Padres played a little per shagged flies from Baker's fungo bat and ran around the out- field warming up or trying to stay Other duties ed to posing for photographers and looking over the two chilled bathing beauties who appeared to give them a warm welcome Players turning out were Red Embree pitcher Whitey mann utility infielder Dec Moore and Frank Kerr catchers Harvey Storey Daley third baseman sensational left handed Buddy Former Yuma Man Dies in Mexico James P Ainsworth 61 for three years a resident of Yuma died Tuesday in Mexico after ing from a scaffold The accident occurred 18 miles below San Luis Sonora where Mr Ainsworth was serving as a lay missionary for the church Services are to be held at ham Brothers San Diego at p.m Friday Mr Ains worth a retired chiropractor is survived by his wife Ruth Charges RFC Officials Conspired To Grab Control of Corp Father-Son Banquet At Elks Friday Night Yuma Elks lodge will hold a father and son banquet at the clubhouse this Friday night at 7 o'clock Exalted Ruler H Ratliff announced today Dinner will be served at 7 lowed by entertainment Elks may bring their sons or any other boy as a guest pitcher which Cleveland signed to a San Diego contract and Bob Schulte left handed pitcher Others Frank Tornay third baseman Roy an- other left handed pitcher Don White and Jack Tobin outfielders and Jim Warner on trial as an outfielder The weather didn't seem to bother Manager Baker too but he was worried the con- dition of the infield He said that he ground was ton soft What it needed he added was some sandy loam to give the players good fouling and still lot have the ground dig up from the players spikes Practice sessions of the Padres have been set for 10 tu 2 p.m but it will depend on the weather The first practice game will be with Cleveland Indian B team here on March 10 Midnight Is Deadline For Claims To Be Filed Figures released today through the Yuma office of the Veterans Administration show that claims totalling have been paid to 358 people in Arizona who were eligible for payments from the War Claims sion Word has also been received that claims postmarked before midnight of March 1 will be by the Commission Forms for filing claims THE HOTTEST THING IN GOP Ranks Split on March In plain sight now is a powerful political axis ing the Senator's chance for next year's Republican presidential Anchor states arc California Pennsylvania and New York Washington knows ii become such and may do so wise this axis might fall apart although that is less likely Its formation by of Neu began Gov Thomas York that an- he foot soldiers Neb and Taft as a comfort t Duff is a presidential possibility Stalin He did not imply that Mieh in his own right He is the fort was intentional Warren tical boss of Pennsylvania and he j will control the California can prove He also nets talks mighty like a man who would support Ike for the i n 1 in may be obtained combined convention 1 wanted Ike for President in nomination with considerable assuming he didn't have are the three largest in the will control the New York at the Yuma VA office Forms in- bc a house in the report of personal injury I N a 111 n a 1 Convention report of loss or damage to Together they cast 107 votes in sonal or real the Electoral College as now con- out of World War II and cation for living civilians H is too early to call this de- benefits applications by situation a movement for nf deceased prisoners the nomination nf Gen Dwight D r a chance himself made move to bond off Taft All of those considerations align Thr next development was him ns of now thr of Sen Ionics H Duff R Pa among the opponents of the group lion of Sen Robert A Taft Gov Earl Warren of California partly disclosed his hand this which wants to put some brakes week Ho blasted the position on President Truman's plans to taken by former President WASHINGTON March Carl G Strandlund charged today hat some RFC officials engaged in a deliberate conspiracy to ake the Corp away from Mm and give it to a ring which E Merl Young husband of a While House typist Strandlund is president of the defunct prefabricated housing company into which the RFC sunk He said RFC director Walter L Dunham twice ened to close the plant unless consented to turn over control to the conspirators I have been subjected to the most brazen and open conspiracy on the part of certain officials of the RFC and their Man Fridays that has ever been brought out into the open in connection with any government agency lund said Strandlund testified before Senate banking subcommittee in- a web of influence which it charged affected the construction Finance Corp I Strandlund said he hired Young al a year on the of RFC Director Harvey and promoted him to an a year vice-presidential spot three months later on the recommendation of then R F C Board Chairman Hurley Sen Charles W Tobey U N H asked if Young wasn't just i flunky foisted on you by the RFC who immediately started working In behalf of Dunham's pointment to the RFC board and was a part of scheme As far as usefulness was con- cerned Tobey said you'd mark him He was Public Enemy ber Strandlund replied re- ferring apparently to the acy Strandlund said that Young created the impression that he had in high places by quoting conversations with the Boss Young left the impression Strandlund said that he meant the President In a news conference held 83 the went ahead with its hearings President comment on the lion He previously had said that a first report by the tec under Sen J William D Ark was asinine Greyhound Driver Strike Threatened SAN FRANCISCO March 1 R Pacific Greyhound bus vice in seven western may bc tied up at midnight today Icss AKL drivers nnd management agree on a wage contract Omar H no had been reached in A settlement will be today hr said bus drivers nnd lion employes have voted to strike Suggest Bevin Resign Because Of 111 Health LONDON March ish Foreign Secretary Ernest in today attended his first cabinet meeting since he ill in and members of the On- and Labor parties gested he should resign because of his health with pneumonia Jan 21 had ailing for some time before that He will speak at a meeting of his Labor pally in his constituency of East GE Closes Plant In Oakland After Strike OAKLAND Calif March The General Electric com- pany announced today it will and sell its Oakland trans- former plant because of failure to settle a strike Plant Manager Paul R Martig said the United Electric Radio and Machine Workers union must assume responsibility for the closing The plant largest of its kind in the West opened in 1023 Until the strike it employed about 325 00 of them the union Thp strike was called in the to put into effect a work plan The union claimed the have meant pay cuts fnr all the workers and that the agreement is not made j Woolwich and may indicate then company to lay Tho strike would affect all whether hound in California he expects to resign Utah and Texas What he said this week did align him against Taft in the raging within Republican party and it will be raging when the convention meets next year Warren presumably is for But if he can't have Warren he talks like a man who doesn't want Taft but would take Ike This three-state nation is the hottest thing in S K I tier right off workers could not meet new wurk quotas said the system in the com- other plants which also members nf the same union He said no pay cuts would have resulted General Electric said the plant had been losing money for some by Tames B McLay of the j day night time superior court I The thieves broke into the Sine the union would not They ara Burtado Medina ing through the back door of to a settlement that would Licensed To Wed Two area couples were sued marriage licenses Bar Sheriff's deputies arc burglary of the Roundup Bar in Officers reported that WRS taken from the cash register year old laborer and Margarita pool hall and broke the enable th plant to a both of ami James E Senders vear and Lillian r-i Yuma Amos glass out of a connecting door Deputies Hay Meador ami Kelly arc basis said company had no but to opera-
