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PORT CHESTER, N. Y. (P)—Two pistol-brandishing
south of Natura.
boring Israel.
PARIS (P—France formally
to maintain an army and its
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Jarboe Unaware of Loss
Perfect Time
For a Picnic
Campaign
Set Back
Agreement Made
On $600 Month;
Wife Relates Love
Women's Pages..... 14-15-16
Editorial Pago
Neighbors Score
Victory in Attempt
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his wife were en route home when
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Mr*. J. B. Eskridge jr.
will receive $600 a month
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said, "then fell and exploded."
in district court Friday afternoon
that she married Dr. J. B. Esk-
ridge jr., society physician, be-
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON U—Jordan’s sud-
den ouster of Lt. Gen. John Bagot
Glubb from control of the Arab
Legion caused fresh apprehension
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THIRTY-FOUR PAGES—500 N BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, FRIDAY.MARCH 2, 1956.
won't be as warm, the weather-
man said, though.
CANB SWINGER JAILED
TULSA (-William E. DeWeese.
S3, has been sentenced to 30 days
in jail for thrashing a stranger
with his cane because the passer-
by refused to give him a dime.
Two policemen witnessed the inci-
dent and rescued the victim who
was treated at a hospital for scalp
cuts.
a.m.
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strument and instructor's rating
He had accepted a job with Pan-
American Airways and was await-
ing assignment.
Gibson, in addition to being a
flying instructor, had been with
the Tulsa fire department since
July, 1950. Tulsa Fire Chief G. N.
Paris said Gibson was married
and the father of several children.
In addition to the two daughters,
The weatherman says there'll be
fair skies, warm temperatures
and his good wishes in store.
Only chance for rain, although
most would give up a picnic for
moisture, is in the southeastern
part of the state—and that isn't
expected until Monday or Tuesday.
Showers may bring up to a quarter
inch of rain in the southeast.
Temperatures over the state as a
whole will average 5 to 10 degrees
above normal through Wednesday,
getting up into the 70s part of the
time.
Rainfall in Oklahoma City, mean-
while, is an inch below normal.
gunmen kidnaped a woman teller, held her captive all night the crash occurred. They were ex-
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Get SI88,000 at Bank Jarbog has.a
lot this year. He has indicated he
will set the double-barrelled 4year
term amendment for a vote in
July if it is in legal position then.
Controversy over the measure is
a possibility next week when the
legislative council's committee on
county government meets.
The lawmakers are trying to re-
codify Oklahoma laws pertaining
to counties, and have given some
thought to proposing a law under
which the people of counties could
have just about any type of gov-
ernment they wish in place of the
present setup, in which three com-
missioners run the show,
jewelry"stolen
CHICAGO (INS)—An investiga-
"rom"aMphis*u"“u
LOCAL—Fair this afternoon,
tonight and Saturday. Little
change in temperature this after-
noon and tonight. Warmer Satur-
day. High this afternoon, 63. Low
tonight, 33. High Saturday, 65.
ITATB—Fair this afternoon,
tonight and Saturday. A little
cooler in the extreme south por-
tion this afternoon. Little change
in temperature tonight. Warmer
in the central and east portions
Saturday. High this afternoon, 55
to 65. Low tonight, 25 in the
northwest to 35 in the southeast.
High Saturday. in the 80s.
Hourly Temperature*
-Times Staff pholo by Jim Lucas.
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Eskridge, in district court Friday
few minutes. It was carried out
while two policemen in a parked
police car were only about 35 feet
away, unaware that a robbery
was taking place.
The story book robbery plot be-
gan to unfold at 10:15 last night,
when the teller, Mrs. Mafy Kos-
tolos, a widow, drove up to her
garage four blocks from the bank.
She was about to open the
garage door when a man ap-
peared out of the darkness, pro-
duced a pistol and forced her
back into her car.
Teller Questioned
A second man jumped into the
car, and, with one of the men at
the wheel, they drove to White
Plains, eight miles away where
they blindfolded Mrs. Kostolos,
and began plying her with ques-
tions about routine at the bank.
They returned to Port Chester,
took Mrs. Kostolos’ bank key and
entered by the front door about
3:30 a m. They bound and gagged
her and put her into a closet
At 7:04 a.m., Ernest Marino, a
bank clerk, reported for duty but
was unable to get in. He went
away and came back 10 minutes
(See BANK—Page 1)
arresting officers, detective Jack
Ragland and Harold Hooper of
Stores' Protective Service, that *13
worth of gold was extracted from
the 3-ounce sample he had in the
bottle.
Judge Daugherty earlier heard
testimony that Dr. Eskridge owned
cause she loved him.
She directly contradicted her es-
Stuns English
LONDON —Britain expressed
deep shock today at Jordan's dis-
missal of Lt. Gen. John Bagot
Glubb, the Briton who had led the
desert kingdom's Arab Legion
since 1939.
The action by English-educated
King Hussein aroused fear that
more anti-British acts might be
in the offing in a country which
has long been regarded as this
nation's firmest friend in the Mid-
dle East.
Crisis Session Called
Sources in the Eden government
expressed concern that Britain
may lose her bases in Jordan or
that extremists there may lead the
Arab Legion, long subsidized by
social circles were in the court-
room andwaittag to testify in the
case when Daugherty stopped the
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garded as imminent.
The big explosion during the
night ripped a hole almost 300 feet
long in the mountainside. Th* gap-
ing new lava mouth was about
1,500 feet below a crater opened
in 1950-51.
That eruption, worst of th* de-
cade, caused widespread damage
to farmlands and orchards. burned
down some outlying homes and
forced evacuation of several small
villages.
HEART RESEARCH SET
BOSTON U-Dr. Paul Dudley
White, President Elsenhower's
heart consultant, is scheduled to
leave March 19 to direct heart re-
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in Tulsa were attempting to
notify him of the tragedy.
Both of his daughters had been
flying for some time. Jerry re-
cently passed her check ride for a
commercial license and was taking
multi-engine practice flights at the
time of the crash.
Training Completed
Christian recently completed
flight training with the Ross
school, acquiring commercial, in-
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agreement was made, according to
the explanation given her by Dr.
Eskridge, to satisfy the physicians a
Joan Collins wants *1.250 a month
separate maintenance.
London actor Maxwell Reed, 31,
told superior Judge Elmer D.
Doyle Thursday he has been un-
employed since arriving in Holly-
wood two months ago. He said he
expects to be “permanently with-
out funds to support himself "
Reed said the 25-year-old bru-
nette deserted him two years after
their London marriage in 1951
Judge Doyle calendared a hearing
March 19 on a support order and
*15.000 attorney's fees.
an equity of $246,926.09 in 13 co-
partnerships during 1955 and that
real estate in which the doctor has
some financial interests is worth
*338 050.
*45,001 Withdrawn
Joseph H. Hill, a certified public
accountant who recently made an
audit of the books and records of
the 13 co-partnership* in which the
physicianhas an interest, testified
for Mrs. Eskridge.
Hill testified that Dr. Eskridge's
net earning from his partnership
adventures during the preceding
year was only $3,871.66. In addi-
tion to that figure, the doctor
earned $36,638.53 from his medi-
cal practice during 1955, for a total
earning of *40.538 53.
Hill also told the court that Dr.
Eskridge withdrew from the Part-
nership adventures more than $45,-
000 during last year and the rec-
ords themselves do not indicate
whether he was reducing his cap-
ital investment or merely borrow-
ing the money with intention of
repaying it later.
Rosco* Sears, realtor, testified
that he appraised 11 different
pieces or blocs of real estate, some
of which was improved and some
unimproved and placed a total ap-
praised value of *338,050 on it
Attorneys for Dr. Eskridge, Ned
Looney, Clyde J. Watts, Streeter
B. Flynn and B. A. Potter, said
Dr. Eskridge does not own all of
the real estate upon which the
Sears appraisal was made and fur-
ther that some of the real estate
was included in the $246,926.09
equity interest Hill testified about
earlier.
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Volcano Perils
Sicily Villages
ZAFFERANI, Sicily un-A ter-
rific explosion has ripped open a
huge new lava mouth on the side
of flame-spouting Mt. Etna.
Anxiety increased in Zafferini
and half a dozen other villages on
the volcano side as a 500-foot-wide
tide of molten lava surged down
ominously toward orchards and
outlying homes. Up to daybreak,
however, the peril was not re-
Bright is a smooth talker, but
SM he couldn't talk himself out of go-
| tag to jail. The officers were a bit
f skeptical.
They remembered when Bright
L convinced Tulsans he was an oil-
■ man with “substantial connec-
4 tions" and that he planned to con-
a struct a 35-story hotel.
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L suspicious and started an investi-
I gation which resulted in Bright's
■ arrest. He had only 20 cents in his
■ pocket.
The brazen Bright claimed it
* was 80 cents, until Tulsa police
| overruled him. "Well, you can't
blame a man for trying," he de-
clared.
Bright has come up a bit in the
financial world during the last
year. When arrested in a down-
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David Lawrence calls Secre-
tary of State Dulles' job impos-
sible.
George Dixon visits our am-
bassador to Venezuela and
learns that our diplomacy in
that country is watched by al
Latin America.
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A former convict and confidence
artist, who convinced Tulsans a
year ago he was going to build
a 35-story hotel with only 20 cents
in his pocket, Friday was back in
business—almost.
Actually, he was back in jail,
Oklahoma City's pokey this time.
Lewis Merle Bright, 80. was ar-
rested for questioning about his
latest financial venture—sale of
stock certificates in a gold mine in
Old Mexico.
He not only had the stock cer-
tificates in his briefcase, but he
had a 3-ounce bottle of sand he
blandly stated was taken from the
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possibility of a military explosion attorneys can get the case at issue,
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to be spelled out.
NEW YORK (NS)— Auther-
ine Lucy said Friday she will
fight to overthrow her expul-
sion from the University of
Alabama. The Negro student
said she had authorized her
attorneys to go into the courts
to test the validity of the action
of the school's board of trust-
ees Wednesday night in expell-
ing her.
MUSKOGEE, tel — Mrs. Lil-
lian Garner, whose name had
been linked with that of Dr.
Ben Galbraith, McAlester phy-
sician serving a life term for
killing his wife, was granted
a divorce Friday from Irving
Garner.
WASHINGTON, te) — The
senate overrode objections
from Sens. Morse (D-Ore.) and
Lehman (D-N.Y.) Friday and
elected Sen. Eastland (D-Miss.),
outspoken foe of racial de-
segregation, as chairman of
' the judiciary committee.
tion was under way Thursday in
the disappearance of *11,025 worth Old Mexico gold mine.
_ . _ . tremendous gain in their cam-
Britain, into a war against neigh- paign to break British influence
The actual looting took only a recognized the independence of
Morocco Friday, with the right
A. Army Head
In Tense Jordan
in an art* where almost eve
incident creates the excitement
a match dropped on a powd__
house floor, the Glubb affair is hearing,
potentially of the utmost impor-
cruelty and desertion, the es-
Tuesday or Wednesday probably tranged husband of British actress
in Jordan. This campaign is aimed
to bring about greater solidarity
in the anti-Israel Arab world.
Jordan's situation first came to
a head several months ago when
Britain pressed the government
then in power to join the anti-
Communist Baghdad Defease
Pact. The move turned out to be
a strategic blunder. It was taken
incidentally against the advice of
Turkey and the United States.
Fund AM Pledged?
According to intelligence re-
ports reaching Washington, Saudi
Arabia spent substantial sums of
money in Jordan to stir smolder-
ing hatreds against Israel into a
violent storm of opposition to the
Baghdad Alliance.
Egypt was reported to have
poured in anti-Baghdad end anti-
Israeli propaganda The result
was a wave of rioting which made
It impossible for any of succes-
sive Jordan governments to line
up with Britain.
More recently there have been
published reports that Saudi Ara-
bia. wealthy from the sale of oil,
had offered to undertake the fi-
nancial support of Jordan's army
which has been given by Britain.
This undoubtedly is an important
element in the little country's de-
cision to remove Glubb.
British influence in Jordan and
particularly control of the legion
by British officers has been con-
sidered a restraining and stabiliz-
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OKMULGEE — Four persons were killed shortly be-
fore noon Friday when a twin-engine plane crashed and
burned 5 miles northeast of here.
Two of the dead were, daughters of Joe Jarboe, Tulsa
member of the state turnpike authority who is enroute
home with his wife from a vacation in the Bahamas,
Killed were:
JERRY JARBOE. 20, Tulsa.
MRS. JAMES PATTERSON, her sister, also of Tulsa.
REX O. GIBSON, a flight instructor at the Ross
Aviation Co., operating out of Tulsa airport.
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN, about 22. Tulsa.
' Cause of the crash could not be determined immedi-
ately. Howard Treat, a store owner in the community of
Natura nearby, said the plane sounded like engine trouble
had developed.
He said he saw the plane fall and burst into a “solid
sheet” of flame.
Employes of Jarboe’s livestock commission company
AMMAN. Jordan, (INS)—Jordan announced Friday
the surprise dismissal of Britain’s Gen. John Glubb, the
famed Glubb Pasha who has led the Arab Legion since
1939.
He was replaced as chief of the general staff by a
Jordanian officer in a move apparently prompted by the
• rioting at the turn of the year against British efforts t
persuade the Arab nation to join the Baghdad pact.
A royal decree issued Thursday night also terminated-
the services of the British officers in charge of intelligence
and ordnance in the London-subsidized Legion.
The reaction of the Jordanian public was swift. De-
monstrators shouted anti-
Glubb slogans and cheered
King Hussein.
The crowds also demanded fi-
nancial aid from the other Arab
nations to replace (he subsidy
from Britain.
Security Forces Out
Security forces patrolled the
streets to prevent any rioting. The
capital city was placed out of
bounds to British troops.
Gen. Glubb, who followed in the
tradition of Lawrence of Arabia,
left Amman Friday morning with
his family to return to London.
The Briton had served a total of
25 years as civilian and soldier in
Jordan, founding the Legion and
developing it into the most mod-
em and effective fighting force in
the Arab world.
Informed British quarters said
that while Glubb’s dismissal was
expected as an eventual develop-
ment its timing and short notice
came as a shock.
Seven-Hour Session
The cabinet held a seven - hour
emergency meeting Thursday.
King Hussein was visited by Pre-
mier Samir El Rifal, who came
into office during the January
riots on a pledge not to take Jor-
dan into the western-backed Bagh-
dad middle east treaty organiza-
tion.
The Legion, before Thursday's
action, had an estimated 80 Brit-
ish officers who helped spend the
*24,500,000 annual subsidy which
London provided for the training
of 30,000 to 25,000 Legionnaires.
Nationalist opposition to British
officers in the top army spots
came to a head after Glubb's
troops played the major role in
queling the riots against the
Baghdad pact.
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Sudden Move
tranged husband's charges that she
married him solely for mercenary
purposes.
The declaration of love was
brought out during Mrs. Esk-
ridge's interrogation concerning an
ante-nuptial agreement she and
the doctor signed last year poor to
their marriage July 1, 1955.
Signing Explained
The agreement provided that
each of the parties would renounce
a claim to the other's property
owned prior to their marriage.
Mrs. Eskridge said she did not
understand the legal language con-
tained in the instrument and she
signed it because "I loved him and
I believed he would take care of
me.1'
She had testified earlier that the
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own diplomacy under condi- first picnic? Try th* on* com-
te---«“mardenndene" eill ing up.
Prime Minister Eden met in a
2%-hour emergency meeting with
his ministers. There was no im-
mediate indication of what might
be done.
Officials recalled that a trouble-
shooting force of British parachu-
tist* and infantrymen were flown
to nearby Cyprus In January and
February for standby duty in case
British fives. property and inter-
ests in the Middle East were
threatened.
A foreign office statement, issued
while th* cabinet session was in
progress, said the British govern-
ment is “deeply concerned” at
Glubb's ouster and it* possible
consequences, both "internal and
external."
Kin* Quoted
The statement said King Hussein
and the Jordan government had as-
sured the British government "that
they wished the friendly relations
between the two countries to con-
tinue."
Western diplomats regarded the
dismissal of Glubb as a sharp blow
to British effort* to bolster middle
eastern defenses against Russian
infiltration.
Britain installed Hussein’s family
on the Hashemite throne before
World war II and gave Jordan its
independence after as a reward for
its remaining with the Allies
against Hitler.
of jewelry from a safe in the home
of Lawrence A Kimpton, chancel-
lor of the University of Chicago.
Police Mid the husband of a for-
mer maid of the Kimptons was
search among the Japanese onI taken into custody and given a li-
Hawaii and in Japan. I detector test which he failed.
and then robbed a drive-in bank today of $188,000.
The s tonrvwasalelaalothouranshecwsh bound The plane crashed about ■ mile
and gagged for a time, but otherwise unharmed. Treat said the craft passed over
The gunmen spent the night preparing for the rob- at about 1,000 feet. After the ap-
bery of a branch of the County Trust Co., near the center parent engine trouble, the plane
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Gary Fears Freeze
Of County Officers
Might Hurt Future
By HUGH HALL
Gov. Gary said Friday it might
not be wise to freeze some county
offices in the constitution and pre-
vent the legislature from ever
abolishing them under a proposed
amendment posing simply as a
4-year term for county officers.
Earlier the governor had said he
favored the 4-year term as a legis-
lator. and favors it now. He did
not indicate Friday he has changed
his position on doubling the pres-
ent 2-yea term of county officers.
However, the governor showed
he has given thought to a "sleep-
er” in the proposed amendment by
which the people, if they aodpted
it, would take from their legisla-
ture the power to change any of
the county offices.
Streamlining Out?
At present , the constitution
would permit such changes by the
legislature.
He said of the offices being put
beyond the reach of the legis-
lature. "some of them would be
all right—others may not."
Critics of the proposed amend-
ment-circulated by county offi-
cers over the state—contend it will
make it impossible for the legisla-
ture ever to pass laws under
which counties could streamline
their government under a manager
or for city and county government
to combine, such as in Tulsa and
Oklahoma counties.
Controversy Possible
The governor said he would not
actively support any of several
proposals which will be on the bal-
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By HENRY BURCHFIEL
of this factory surburb on
Long Island Sound, 25 miles
from the heart of New York
City.
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In overdrawn gangland style, a
shabbily-clad bandit early Friday
held up the plush Wilshire motel,
near the Turner turnpike, taking
*115 in cash and a number
of checks.
With his hand held menacingly
in an overcoat pocket, he forced
Mrs. Winifred Mummert, night
clerk, to clean out the eash reg-
ister:—
Unable to lock the door of a
small, rear room where he hoped
to leave her, the bandit forced
Mrs. Mummert to the rear of the
motel yards and disappeared in
the direction of the turnpike gate,
2 miles swsy.
No Gun Seen
Mrs. Mummert said she saw no
gun but was afraid he had one in
the overcoat
She said he appeared short of
1 feet tall and was about 25. She
estimated his weight at 145-150
pounds His shabby overcoat was
gray. He had black hair and
brown eyes.
The bandit walked into the mo-
tel about 1 a.m., explaining he was
cold A few minutes later, he de-
manded the money,
*5* Bill Included
A *50 bill was among the cur
reocy Mrs. Mummert gave him.
She said there also was a *30 bill
some of *5 and *10 demonination
and a few *ls.
Also taken were some *10 and
)20 travelers checks and a few
personal checks.
Deputies Paul Chapman anj
Warren Steffensen are investigat-
ing. ,
Actor Asks Pay
From His Wife9
Charges Cruelty
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OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES
children to whom he had given
some of his properties
Property Noted
District Judge Fred Daugherty
heard considerable testimony dur-
ing the day concerning the value
of Dr. Eskridge's properties and
his financial ability to pay his es-
tranged bride *1,000 a month tem-
porary alimony and *7,500 tem-
porary attorney fee.
Eskridge insists he is out of
ready cash and cannot comply with
the temporary orders without sell-
ing his property at a financial sec-
rifice.
Judge Daugherty told attorneys
st mid-afternoon that he had be-
fored him evidence showing Dr.
Eskridge is worth between $225,-
000 and *500,000.
Agreement Sought
He invited attorneys into his
chambers in an attempt to agree
upon new alimony and attorney fee
payments.
The judge Mid the divorce case
filed by Dr. Eskridge last Decem-
ber 1 after he and the bride had
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Briton is Ousted Eskridge
tance.
Judgment Withheld
State Department officials Mid,
however, that it would be well to
reserve judgment on its signifi-
cance until more information is
available on the reasons behind
King Hussein's action.
One thing seems certain. Egypt
and Saudi Arabia have made a
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