Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - June 12, 1948, Yuma, Arizona Weather at last 24 hours 102 Lowest last 21 hours 06 this 101 Average lo date Relative humidity at AND THE YUMA ARIZONA SENTINEL Weather Forecast to Sunday Clear with little temperature change this afternoon tonight ami Sunday VOLUME 139 Yuma June 12 VOLUME 139 Senate Votes Western Europe Aid ISO DROWNED IN SUNKEN DANISH SHIP COPENHAGEN June navy divers reported today that the bodies of an 150 men women anil were packed in the sub- merged cabins and of the costal steamer which struck a mine and sank in 30 minutes off the coast of land yesterday The divers said mosl of bodies were in salons and cabins just below the surface the thest point they were able tn reach before the water reached them The mine blew bole yards square In the bow below the writer line livers reported ting the water in so fast that more than a third of the gers and crew ere trapped below decks Hearing Postponed To Await Victim Preliminary hearing of James Cannon colored yesterday was until June IS at 2 p m because of the inability of Morris Jones 17 to attend the Jones to the state's complaint was shot in the hip and back by a 16 gauge shotgun fired by Cannon on June 3 Mrs Pearl Evans mother of the victim told the that her son would hn fined to bed for at least another week because of the wounds Santa Cruz County Will Build Hospital NOGALES June 12 The Santa Cruz county board of announced today it would call a bond election to raise the hospital after it re- a petition tures of HO qualified voters The federal government was ex- to provide for the Under proposed plans the county would add 000 to that sum Becomes Queen Without a Country Ex-King Michael iif and his bride Anne of appear after their marriage in he Kuyal at Athens Greece Way Is Cleared for Injunction In Impending Maritime Strike SATURDAY SALVOS Things just aren't what they used to be The good old days arc gone alas forever Take the matter of that fine American soda fountain Any resemblance be the soda fountain of the time when a sundae was a sundae and the ornate concoction palaces of today is purely wishful thinking on one's part including the cash register Remember the days and the evenings after the show at the Bijou when you strolled ly down to the corner drugstore on the chairs had wire legs at the round flat table that had wire legs ordered a chocolate da for you and a lemon phosphate for You took an hour to finish during which you talked about important things like Ain't Miss So and So mean in class Not any more Now they whip in in a hot rod dash through the door like they had to catch a train climb up on a swivel stool that moves in a complete circle with five of padding order a double it down make a couple of lousy jokes about Harry Truman and the Republicans toss some loose change including a tip twice as much as what we used to get in a month and they're off And it isn't all on this side of the counter cither We took cedes into one of the local ice cream dispensaries the other ning intending to dawdle a bit over a chocolate soda which we love even more than a perfect We ordered and the waitress looked at us in disgust We be- gan to think it a crime to be so old-fashioned as to order a plain old soda when wo could have had a Scrumptious Delight But we stood ground Ya says the girl I ain't made a plain soda in years After we took our first taste we realized she was telling the truth had taken us two hours to convince Mercedes that the budget would stand It Continued on Page 5 A presidential fact-finding board today cleared the way for the government to seek an in- against the threatened nationwide maritime strike by reporting that it would tie industry The board said that if the status quo can be continued real and sincere collective ing may finally avoid the dis- ruption Six maritime unions have threatened to eall their 100.000 members out on strike at mid- night Tuesday unless con- tract demands are met A Hartley law injunction would prohibit the walkout for 80 days Threatens Safety An spokesman indicated the White Ho u s e would ask the ment to seek a federal court in- junction the er today or Monday The Morse Is To Accept Top Labor Position SAN FRANCISCO June S Undersecretary of bor David A Morse today was termed the most likely date for the a year post of director general of the Inter- national Labor Organization Election of a new director eral to succeed retiring Edward will be high order business before the ILO conference ing here Thursday The governing body of the ILO will meet here today and Monday to lay out an agenda for the ence Sources close to the governors predicted that first in line to succeed the lute Lewis as boss of the U S Labor Department may take the top ILO post in- stead Should he accept the director generalship Morse would ically be eliminated as a of the cabinet post as the ILO position is a full-time job iDr Luis Alvarado Peruvian minister to Canada and man of the governing body will preside over the sessions day and Monday The governing body is com- posed of 32 members of which represent governments eight employers and the remaining eight labor Firestone Agrees To Raise CLEVELAND June The Firestone Tire Rubber Co and the United Rubber Workers CIO today signed their first master contract including an cent hourly wage increase for employes The contract and wage ment covers employes iin stone's plants at Akron O Memphis Pottstown Pa Fall River Mass Los Angeles Cal and Newcastle Ind and DCS Moines la The wage increase will become effective Monday bringing the 1 Firestone workers average ly pay to eminent will contend that a strike would imperil the national health or safety The injunction probably will be sought in New York San cisco unions have their headquarters The fact-finding panel ered its report to the White House yesterday It was made public today The board said the strike virtually all ators of American flag ships the Gulf and Pacific coasts and a v considerable portion of on the Great Lakes Basis of the controversy reported is the im- pact of the law on established hiring and ment practices in the shipping industry Compare Closed Shop contend that the hiring halls operated toy the un- ions arc a form of closed shop outlawed by the act They say they intend to con- using hiring halls but want to be free to hire men from er sources too The unions want the hiring halls continued under their present status where the operators obtain virtually all of their men Other issues iin the dispute have been shoved into the ground by this problem the board said Gets 30 Days Labor For Reckless Driving Albert Murphy 19 today was sentenced to 30 days ot labor by Police E C Byrd on es of reckless driving was driver of a Model A Ford which last Wednesday a vehicle of the Yuma Bus company Owner of the Ford Frank Nelson 37 was released on drunk charges agreeing to pay to the bus firm damages in the sum of Others appearing today in lice court Skinner 50 vagrancy 00 days Robert Allen 23 drunk 30 days labor Glen Carr -18 drunk 30 days labor No Elks Flag Day Services This Year Flag Day exercises of the Yu- ma lodge of Elks traditionally held on June M each year will not be presented this year as the lodge presented the full program before the public during Yuma's recent Freedom Train Week Exalted Ruler Ersel C Byrd ex- that the ceremonies in- cluded oratory remarks on the subject of Our Flag and Its and a history of the flags of the United States Yuma Boy Scouts aided in the program which was presented from the the high school WASHINGTON IS erml wage tutors that week-long or n new 1018 contract lias broken FLOOD WATER SWEEPS OVER MOW ACRES PORTLAND Juno 12 watery today engulfed the huge Portland Columbia airport swept over 2.000 homes in North Portland and the Reynolds aluminum plant The Columbia river reached a third critical crest along its lower reaches now dikes and pushing brown water a vast expanse of North Portland A wave oi water whipped with whitecaps n foot break in the peninsula age dike The water swept over a strip of rich farmlands dairies golf courses and suburban homes in the north Portland area The crisis was n n n b n L c d throughout tho Pacific Northwest At Wash the Col- buckled the city's pumping station and left the dents with only a single wa- ter supply Work crews labored through the night an nate reservoir Army engineers said the bia river dike at Riehland Wash near the government's atomic en- dition Army planes flew plant was in critical con- sand bags to Riehland the re- quest of officials of the plutonium works Two Ministers Collide But No Hard Feelings BEACH fill June cars of ministers collided here in one of tho politest traffic accidents on record witnesses said today Tin drivers were Rev Lester V of Christ Episcopal church and Dr C Stevens president chaplain of the American Institute of They looked at their damaged cars yesterday shook hands and each said he was sorry was treat Ml for minor injuries Ku Klux Closes Scout Camp in Alabama BIRMINGHAM Ala June 12 today promised to investigate a night raid on n nearby Girl Scout camp by a band of men wearing the white robes and hoods of Ku Klux Klan Two white girl scout tors conducting a leadership course for some 20 gro girls reported that the ed men broke into their tent late Thursday night and gave them hours to get out Scout officials snid the camp was broken up yesterday to guard the lives of the students and instructors The incident came to light Mrs L E a member of Birmingham Girl Scout Council complained to ties Deputy Solicitor H A cr of Bessemer near which the camp is an in- to determine if any state laws had been violated And in New York Scout such safeguards said the Federal Bureau of Investigation was checking into the incident Rocket Plane Credited With Supersonic Flight The Air Force's shown during tests tins flown much faster limn the speed of sound many according to announcement by Air secretary W Symington The sliced of sound Is about 760 miles per 1 our at sea level Report Russian Jet Fighter Also Flies Faster Than Sound WASHINGTON June 12 Aviation Week said today that a Russian DPS jet fighter based on German designs imd flown faster than the speed of sound The trade publication which disclosed that the ican had exceeded sonic speed quoted reports from Russia to of its in- formation 11 said the Russian plane reached a speed of miles an hour The speed of sound is 760 MPH at sea level off to GUO at feet The magazine published with its story on this and other Soviet jet developments what it ed as authentic illustrations of four of Soviet jet craft which make it clour sian designers are not be- hind current practice of the U S aircraft industry at least in the experimental field One of the pictures purportedly was of the DFS It had a Truman Vetoes Railroad Rate Agreements WASHINGTON June 12 Truman today vetoed the which would exempt rate agreements among railroads and other riers from the laws if approved by the Interstate Com- merce Commission No legislation n major industry immunity from the anti- trust laws should be enacted un- less adequate alternative are provided for the lic interests Mr Truman said in a veto message sent to the Senate This measure fails to provide sweptback wing a fin and tail surfaces mounted on top of the fin nither than the bottom as is customary Another showed a er It somewhat resembled a Boeing but does not have the American sweptback wing Aviation Week sakl its tions were drawn mi- aeronautical engineer from greatly enlarged motion picture film smuggled from behind the Iron Yuma Air Force Reservists Plan Training Program Bernadotte Checks Truce Violations U.S Planes May Have Killed 14 TOKYO June VI U S Far East air forces admitted today that Tuesday's bombing of Korean fishing vessels in which Koreans were killed and 10 wounded may have involved Far East air forces aircraft An official announcement said that a practice bombing mission was airborne above the Japan Sea off the east coast of Korea nt the time the incident was ed to have occurred Strike photographs and sion reports are being studied and a complete investigation is being made to determine whether these aircraft were the an- said Earlier the Korean National Police in Seoul reported the ing was carried out by nine aircraft bearing the star and circle insignia of the U S air force Eleven boats were sunk the attack the lice said Bike Is Stolen Russell Byrd 651 First avenue reported to officers this morning his black and silver colored Elgin bicycle was stolen last night from in front of the Yuma theater lie said 40 Wet Mexicans Seized in Chicago CHICAGO June J2 Police today seized -10 Mexican als an citizen who admitted bringing them north from Texas in a false-bottomed truck after they were smuggled across the border Police officials snid they would turn the aliens together with nil evidence over to federal gration officials to do term inn whether the Mexicans were gled into the States as part of a nationwide gang operation to vide cheap labor for farms ami factories Three squads of officers seized the Mexicans JD men nnd a man in a four-story building on the near west side shortly before dawn today Another man ed by leaping out a window Also seized in the raid was Reynaldo Sanchez anil his wife Victoria 25 who snid were American citizens Sanchez admitted that he brought the Mexicans north from San Tex in his red semi- trailer truck which was found parked near the west side Ing The truck had a false flooring built feet above the true floor Thn upper portion was ed with cantaloupes The cans had crouched or sprawled in tho area beneath the false floor CAIRO June Notions observers under Count began moving to fronts in Palestine today to investigate Arab and Jewish charges of truce violations and re- port on present conditions Bernadotte himself accompanied by Harold Evans the American Quaker named as United Nations mayor of Jerusalem was uled to fly to Jerusalem today to confer with the consular truce commission there Both Arab and Jewish charges of truce violations been ex- by Bernadotte before the armistice went into effect The acid test of thn four-week truce agreement was expected to come however after the initial period of tension had passed There was optimism in party that the presence of United Nations observers on the eight m a j o r fighting fronts of Palestine would solidify the won truce ami set the stage for the next major step of ing a permanent peace Melons from Yuma This Season shipments from Yu- ma so fnr this season have taled 150 carloads ley of Market News Service re- ported today Yesterday's volume was 53 carloads A late season this year lias placed volume of shipments far behind the pace set last summer Tnis time last year loads had been moved Demand however is good for jumbos and standards Mrs sley reports Jumbos were at 57 a crate nnd standards at SG Demand for ponies was confined Ill the near future may be the home of a full-strength tive army air force reserve ron John said this week It is planned by the air forces reserve officer's In hold weekly ground classes and possibly training from the government in order that they may function on a regular air force training basis Considerable enthusiasm was expressed by the former air force officers attending an meeting this week At next week's meeting Wednesday S p.m nt the American Legion hall the second ground training class will be held and manuals in certain technical fields will be available for officer reserve bers As well as being eligible for motion within their reserve status through attending ground classes and limited flying members will receive compensation from the government for their training Dresbach explained that officer reserve arms at Phoenix and son are now very active and ex- pressed hope that Yuma air force reservists will take an active part in the Yuma organization U S MAY EVENTUALLY SEND ARMS WASHINGTON June President Truman had a Senate go-ahead today to lend American support and perhaps eventually U S arms to Western European alliances lo check aggression and insure world peace The Senate voted 60 to -1 to advise the it favors renewed efforts to curb the United Nations veto power The resolution also looked toward U S backing for such defense pacts as the Western Union arrangement in Europe It came amid even stronger hints that the U S will not stand idly by in event of a military down in Europe Sens Walter F George Oa and Carl A Hatch N M Democratic members of the foreign relations committee told the Senate that in such a ease this country would give actual military support to Europe Support Senate President Arthur H denberg called upon members to lace the grim reality that pence may fail by voting for the lution He termed it an effort to make certain another war will not be our fault Diplomatic sources hailed the action as the first step In a move to furnish peacetime tary aid to the friendly nation's of Europe believe the Senate's gesture will salve some of the dismay iin Western Europe over recent House cuts in the Euro- pean Recovery Program Thcy also suggested it will alleviate fours of some of the 16 Marshall nations which defied the Soviet Union by joining the dollar project No General relief was reflected ut the same time that ure had successfully forestalled earlier congressional demands for drastic revision of the UN ter and that it escaped crippling amendments The resolution did not commit this country to join a military amance or to give any military Continued on Page Produce Buyer Is Wanted Here Yuma county sheriff's office day radioed messages to officers to look for William Massey a produce buyer wanted for of at El Centro He is believed to be driving a Cadillac sedan with a Texas cense plate No 7081 Description given of Left leg cut off at knee uses crutches black brown eyes tall 170 pounds Russians Halt Then Release Berlin Trains BERLIN Juno 12 Russian army cut off rail freight traffic from western to Berlin for a time today but ally readied an agreement with the British permitting ot normal shipments lo tho man capital Col Hans chief of the transport division of tht erican government an- Unit had left to a settlement which would permit resumption ot freight to Berlin by this evening Twenty-seven freight trains from the western zones which had been tied up at by the Russian action were released im- mediately and some already were proceeding to Berlin it was snid Mexicans Are Held on Immigration Charges Juan Ramirez 10 was held on a SHOO bond to answer to tho V S District Court day by U S Commissioner John on charges of unlawfully entering the United States out proper passports Investigation by local Customs agents reveal has several previous criminal convictions to his record and bos been ed from the United States on eral previous occasions At ent he is on parole from San Di- ego authorities Yesterday's hearing wan the second this week as last Tuesday Commissioner McGuire ordered ores Rivas held on bond to answer to the U S District Court on charges of claiming to be an ican citizen She had been living in Yuma under the name of Lucy Lopez by JONcS OSBORN As you read this millions of the world's children are starving Dozens of youngsters will die before you finish the last para- graph Take one part cold one part fear and one part hunger Mix well and you've got tile terrifying new look on children's faces all over the world today Xot here of course Most of our own kids are fat and sassy and full of beans Lucky But elsewhere the world's are aching with hunger They die for want of food such as we Americans waste every What are you going to give It's cheap of course But give advice to a starving child and he goes right on starving Because the things that keep these youngsters alive arc tho same things that keep our own warmth and love i These things are hard to come by in regions today In many cities half-starved dren helpless innocent walk the streets until they fall down then lie there until they die millions arc needed and needed now For hunger breeds hate hate breeds war and there is no time to lose Send your contribution no matter how small Crusade for Children New York N Y Twenty-six long-established re- lief agencies are making this single request for aid Remember your own dren's future depends directly on the future of those other less fortunate hungry children For hunger breeds an- hate breeds war And if war comes pray hard for your Johnny and Susie They'll need
