Tucson Daily Citizen (Newspaper) - August 15, 1953, Tucson, Arizona RHEE ASKS MARCH THE WEATHER Scattered showers Continued hot 2 pm US table page 12 Unofficial noon sun temp 103 WEEK END FINAL VOL NO 195 TUCSON ARIZONA SATURDAY EVENING AUGUST 15 1953 DIAL FIVE PAGES i Korea Parley Splits Allies Rift May Hit VN Floor UNITED NATIONS N 16 nations that fought under the UN banner in Korea readied another try today at patching up States differences over the proposed inclusion of India and Union in the forthcoming Korean political conference Delegates gathered at U S sion headquarters this morning for their till Id private huddle on the issue only a few hours after the British government declared Inquest Jury Gives Ruling By FRITZ A coroners jury ruled this aft that Norman Roberts a Pima Indian from Sa caton met his death near here ently was aimed at South Korean early last Sunday morning at President Syngman Rhee person or persons un it was not committed to a re of the Kocan war If the armistice were broken by any na tion on the UN side THE DECLARATION appar told a mammoth rally in Seoul today that It is our wish and known ONLY TWO witnesses were sworn to testify at the inquest determination to march north at Tney were Deputy Leonard Me the earliest possible time to who spearheaded the divided sheriffs investigation and brought in the youth who con fessed to slaying Roberts and Johnny J Martinez athletic coach at the Tucson Indian school Martinez was an unexpected witness called at the suggestion of Atty Bob Barber who is rep resenting Stanley Johnson Following McCullochs testi mony Barber suggested that someone should tell the jury that Johnson an Papago residing at 944 S 10th aye has repudiated the confession he signed following five hours ques by sheriffs deputies McCULLOCH had testified that he hadnt talked with since the confession was made Martinez said he conferred with the young defendant in his jail yesterday and Johnson how ing to the Indian school coach Johnson said questions were fired so fast that he couldnt ans wer them coherently He as the afternoon wore on and finally agreed to sign if theyd leave me alone It has never been even hinted by Johnson that any force or threat of force was used to extract the purported confession achieve unification of Korea The rift over the makeup of the political con ference followed nom of both Russia and India The London government has that if the world wants a real settlement Russia must be represented and it put forward India as a symbol of nonCommunist Asia THE UNITED STATES has in that only countries which fought for the UN have the right to represent the international or at the parley It main tains this is the clear meaning of the armistice agreement The British reportedly were prepared to carry issue to the floor of assembly unless prior agreement Is reached before the body assem bles Monday for its special Kor ean session A source said Henry Cabot Lodge Jr chief US delegate had indicated the US would oppose India all the way but might abstain on Russia If the issue came to a vote in the assembly LODGE CONFERRED with del egates from the Latin American bloc last night The source said he told them a US sponsored resolution would name 10 countries as UN participants in the conference The nations listed according to the source were Australia Canada Thailand Colombia France The Philip pines Turkey Britain South Kor ea and the United States Charles Lynn Phillips 24 ex convict who lias admitted rob bing liquor store twico in three days to day waived preliminary hear ing In justice court and was ordered held fo answer to su court on two of armed robbery See Third Strike Page 2 Typhoon May Miss Okinawa Could Strike At Formosa NAHA winds shrieked over this key American military in an ominous warning of an approaching typhoon but the island may escape the full fury of the big blow THE TYPHOON one of the wildest ever recorded in the Pa may bypass Okinawa if it remains on its present course BOSTON Atlantic hurricane B for Barbara swung out to sea today after leaving heavy little its wake as it skirted the New England coast The weather bureau said the hurricane the second of the was about 200 miles at sea by 9 am EST and mov ing northeastward at about 27 miles an hour said Maj Maurice R Fowler spokesman for the com mand The storms center carrying winds may strike For mosa weather observers said Winds of up to 75 miles an hour lashed Okinawa tonight and were expected to Increase to 100 140 miles by morning But the island was ready In last minute preparations farm ers crops and strung ropes over roofs Americans were housed in concrete shelters THE BIG storm was last charted 157 miles irom Okinawa 15 miles an hour Lt Jim the Okinawa air base communications center said the typhoon veered slightly late Saturday and that if it re mains on Us present course the center would pass south of the island Well know by 9 am tomor row 5 P M today Tucson he said Greek Island Quakes Die As Vast Rescue Force Works PATRAS ter series of earthquakes that visited death and destruction of Greeces Ionian islands appeared to be dying down today as air and naval forces of many nations pressed a vast joint rescue oper ation The Athens observatory re ported earth tremors were con but it said they were only feeble rumblings Observatory of would not say that the danger had passed completely but they predicted there probably wont be an immediate recurrence of this weeks disasters As rescue and relief work grew in magnitude tales of destruction and tragedy continued to pour in At least 40 warships from Greece the United States Britain and Israel standing off the three stricken islands sent a steady stream of men and relief supplies ashore Many other smaller ves sels mostly Greek removed hun dreds of victims The islands of and Zakinthos were ripped by a series of shocks starting last Sun day The quakes completely de the three largest cities on the islands partially wrecked many villages tore up roads and left homeless There still was no accurate count of the dead and Injured Photo COLD SNAP HELPS DERBY CHANCES Struck by an chill Tucson was a hot contender to win when the 1953 seven city Ice Derby opened at 10 am today Suffering from the unseasonable cold are left to right Gene Krietemeyer Jin Hepler fending off agents from enemy cities Jaycee President Dave Steger and E P Bud Gordon wonder ing who needs ice on a frigid day like this El Paso Albuquerque Santa Fe Phoenix Mesa and Yuma are betting theyll have more ice on their scales when the Derby ends at 4 But on a brisk day like this how can Tucson lose QUAKE STRICKEN GREEKS FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES Collapsed form a tragic backdrop for residents of Greek city of Argostolion who flee from a collapsing quay Thursday following five days of earthquakes that have spread death and desolation through this and other Ionian Sea ties Argostolion is one of the biggest towns on island of Kefallinia largest of the group Pima County May Finance Mt Lemmon Sewage Plan The Pima county board today that public funds may be spent to install a sewage disposal plant in the Mt Lemmon area The advice was in the form of a legal opinion from Gordon G Aldrich chief civil deputy county attorney He was asked to investigate permissive lawsto de the county could THE acted at the re quest of a Chamber of Commerce committee Aug 3 At that time Chairman J 0 Niemann said he was asking only that the county spend funds for a feasibility and cost report on the Mt Lemmon sewage problem Niemann said some 12000 cars visited the area July 4 that vis were Pima county residents in the main and that the area visited was a county recreational park He said therefore he be the sewage problem tobe a county affair Shortly after the release of the sewage Mr and Mrs Hurst Amyx were ordered in su court to make adjustments on the large septic tank serving Mt Lemmon lodge It was found from the tank was contaminating the creek Judge Robert sl Tullar ordered that leaching fields draining from the tank be and the tank be pumped VISITORS to the area using lodge facilities were found to be responsible for the condition thus prompting the Chamber of Commerce request for a county solution Whether the county will fi nance a and what its cost would be is not known It was Indicated By Board Chair man Lambert Kautenburger however that the county in in finding a solution to the problem Aldrich said his opinion that the county could lawfully spend public funds on the matter came from section 161502 of the code which provides that the county may hold maintain and improve a public park Sections 161503 and 161504 go into the countys participation further and permit it to enter into cooperative agreements with the federal government and with improvement districts Sum is an improvement dis Aldrich said and the share costs with the district Aldrich recommended that immediate steps be taken to forestall any peo ple which might reason the Inadequate sewage dis posal Heat Records Are Falling If your car reeds washing And house windows the same Lets clean em up Then maybe itll rain Heat records are falling these days with almost monotonous regularity Yesterdays 104 at the weather bureau bettered by three degrees previous high for Aug 14 etin 1942 The thermometer really went all out registering a high of 107 to knock out by a degree its former record notched in 1898 The low was 75 Other temperature extremes around the state were Doug las 9870 Flagstaff 8148 Grand Canyon 8252 Phoenix and Yuma 11183 Reds Promise To Release 75 More Yanks PANMUNJOM Korea UR The Communists promised today to release 412 allied prisoners including 75 Americans tomor row tonight Tucson The Communists returned only 50 Americans today the smallest number in a single day since Operation Big Switch began 11 days ago They were freed along with 50 Britons and 300 South Koreans Returning American prisoners said today the Communists were holding back two men at nearby Kaesong because they exposed camp conditions to neutral Red Cross teams THEY TOLD newsmen they did not know the names of the under the Reds base camp Communist RedCross representatives attended the in the freed prisoners said It was Relieved the United Na tions was trying to confirm the reports that the two Americans were being detained because of their conversations with the Red Cross team The United Nations yesterday formally demanded the return of all captives of the Communists who have asked to be repatriated THE FORMAL demand followed a Communist claim the Reds were not obliged to return socalled criminals until they completed their terms U N spokesmen on the joint prisoner of war commission point ed out the Korean armistice agree ment stipulated specifically that both sides must release prisoners desiring to go home Meanwhile the poll of Ameri cans listed by the Communists as having died in Korean prison camps rose to 358 today with the publication of 134 more names THE DEFENSE department al so identified 36 of the 147 U S POWs who the Heds claim escaped from their captors It said however that they never reached United Nations lines With publication of the 134 names last night the department passed the one third mark in its heartbreaking task of notifying the wives and relatives of the GIs Communists say died in prison The department has been re leasing the names In Installments was the emphasizing that the Communist reports have not been verified in a single case See 50 Page 3 Additional Pago 12 LATE SPORTS By Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE NEW YORK Marv Grissom American league refugee snapped the York Giants losing streak today by defeating Philadelphia a in the first game of a First PHILADELPHIA 001 000 6 1 NEW YORK 000 300 4 8 0 Simmons and Burgess Grissom and BROOKLYN slugged its old Pittsburgh th four home runs in a attack today to smother the Pirates 146 for the seventh straight Dodger victory PITTSBURGH 101 002 6 11 2 302 15 0 Face Wangh Bowman 6 and Atwell Meyer Wade 3 and Walker Wade Brooklyn Morgan Furillo Campanella Walker MILWAUKEE 000 200 0 CHICAGO OrtO 000 0 Spahn and Crandall Church and Adcock St Louis at Cincinnati night starting pitchers page 4 AMERICAN LEAGUE NEW YORK 200 Oil 0 PHILADELPHIA 101 020 0 McDonald Gorman 6 and Berra Byrd and Astroth New York Berra McDongald CHICAGO 100 DETROIT 122 Dorish Dobson 3 and Wilson Gray and Batts HR Detroit Nieman First WASHINGTON 000 000 203510 0 BOSTON 000 001 29 1 Stobbs 9 and FitzGerald Henry Kinder Delock 8 and Wilber Only games scheduled NEWPORT R Trabert of Cincinnati trounced Aus Ken Rowwell 63 63 84 in the semifinals of the New port Invitation tournament today shortly after Ham Rich ardson of Baton Ronge lot bad upset Lewis Hoad the Aus favorite 62 61 In a quarterfinal match See earlier story sports National Collegiate Athletic association ap proved intercollegiate track records today for Wes Santee of Kansas shot patter Parry OBrien of Southern California and discus thrower Sim also of ROK Leader Renews Idea Earliest Possible Move Called For To Save Brethren From Death SEOUL Korea President Syngman in a blunt speech on South Koreas sixth anniversary as a republic called for a march north at the earliest possible time to seize North Korea from the Communists Rhee predicted the political conference would fail to unify Korea peace fully He clung to his demand that a limit be placed on the conference IT IS OUR wish and determin ation to march north at the earl iest possible time to save the North Korean brethren from the sure death they are facing today Rhee said We are destined to share with them life or death and we are ful that our mental attach ment and official obligation to them hardly would allow us to de lay their ultimate salvation an other few hours he said The Korean leader said the United Nations could the war but deliberate ly decided against victory as its goal SOON THE political discus sions will begin and the world will see whether solutions aban on the battlefield can be won around the conference table Rhee said He called for unyielding resist ance to Red propaganda at the conference Rhee said he expects the Com Britain Wont Back Rhee If He Attacks Would Stop Red Moves Minister Winston Churchill warned today that Britain would not support South Korean President Syng man Rhee with her fighting forces if he breaks the truce At the same time Churchill said Britain would join 15 other Korean allies in resuming and extending the fighting should the Communists wreck the armistice CHURCHILLS statement his first direct political move since to attempt to divide the j doctors ordered him to rest last opposition with assertions of their June was issued amid a contro love of peace and charges over the declara against the United States and tion on support for South in event of Communist treachery The prime minister said Brit ain would consider herself bound to the agreement only if there was what we may term an un provoked breach by the Com The opposition Labor party in an official statement said it re any implication of commit ment to extension of hostilities in the far east that may be con in the declaration WERE angry be cause the declaration was signed while parliament was in session but was not announced until after members had recessed until next October Some sections of the Labor party demanded a recall of ment for discussion on the Ko rean Issue Conservative opinion rallied around Churchill A foreign office spokesman said the Churchill statement could be reduced to this Commu start something Britain will actively support the allies to the hilt in meeting it if Rhee kicks up trouble thats a different matter and this country would reserve the right to review her commitments The prime ministers son Ran dolph Churchill criticized the at of certain groups which would pull out of Korea to ap pease the Russians South Korea IN OUDER to keep attention directed away from their own illegal occupation of North Korea they will accuse the Republic of of every crime Rhee Korea said They will nurture the fears of timid nations They will appeal to the avarice of trading nations that desire at any costs to win the advantage of trade with Communist aggressors They will hint vaguely that if Red China and the puppet regime of North Korea are admitted to the United Nations this event may mark the beginning of a new era of peace AND ALWAYS they will hold upin for every one to see the awful threat that if their demands are the result may be the dreadful out break of an atomic war An estimated 100000 Koreans heard the address French Strike Wave long costly series strikes seemed today to be running out of steam It was still too early to say when the work stoppages might end or that there would be no recur enthusiasm appeared to be waning No new walkouts were an yesterday and a few perhaps breaks were appearing in the solid front the strikers put up the past week Although most of the demon were still off their jobs there was no way of estimating the real strike strength Today is Assumption day normally a holiday The big test will come Monday and Tuesday when the holiday week end is over and many workers are due to report back to their job An increased number of sub way trains operated in Paris to day despite the holiday In Lyon railway union officials conferred with Mayor Edouard who is also president of the French national assembly and then announced they would ask their members to stay on the job Reports from around the coun indicated postal employes were returning to work under requisition orders by the govern ment Previously the workers ig nored these orders despite the threat of penalties that went with them Telephoto PRINCESS Britains Princess Anne poses for her birthday picture The child official title is Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise of Edinburgh is three years old today Theater in production of Goodby Again at Santa Rita hotel TOMORROW 9 at Santa Rita park in city Softball tournament vs Grand Central am Hughes Aircraft vs Flowing Wells Ranchers winner of Knotty Pine vs Hall Insulators plays State Hard ware pm winner of El Paso Gas vs Americans plays Krueger Air Conditioners 630 pm loser of Knotty Pine vs Hall Insulators plays loser oi El Paso Gas vs Sino American club 8 pm Ibser of Grand Cen tral vis plays loser of Hughes Aircraft vs Tucson Tonight Tomorrow The Cowboys open a new series tonight and Corral Theater ends its current run of Goodby Again tomorrow Open to the public TONIGHT annual soft ball tournament in play at Santa Rita park 8 Cowboys open series with El Paro Texans at Hi Corbett field Wells pm loser of Elks vs Motor Supply plays loser of Re deemer Lutheran Church vs 43rd Medics 8 Cowboys vs El Paso Texans at Hi Corbett field Theater pre sents Goodby Again at Santa Rita hotel Index Valley fever strikes heavily among DM airmen Page 2 traffic cures are a lit tle too drastic for Tucson Page 3 Your Fat Boy diet Page 7 Threat of civil war In Morocco appears ended Page 12 John Harlow the Week End Gardener Page 15 Ariz Album IS Films 20 21 Churches 17 Homes 14 16 Comics 6 Radio TV 2425 Crossword 6 5 Womens 13
