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The El Reno Daily Tribune
'“Single Copy Five Cents
(U.PJ MEANS UNITED PRESS
El Reno, Oklahoma, Friday, June 18, 1954
UP) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hitchhiker Robs
Young Preacher
From Piedmont
Young Gunman Says
He’s AWOL Soldier;
Held in County Jail
A brief chase through El Reno
greets and following arrest Thurs-
' ay evening of a 17-year-old AW-
7L soldier hitchhiker climaxed a
two-hour nightmare which will
)ng be remembered by a young
•iedmont Baptist minister.
In county Jail today charged with
rmed robbery, Rona'd W. Davis,
7, who told autuorlties here he
A AWOL from Port Campbell, Ky„
vas identified by Rev. John R.
■iggin, pastor of the Piedmont
taptist church as the young hltch-
Jiiker he picked up east of El Reno
bout 3 p. m. Thursday, and who
ter robbed him at gunpoint.
• In a statement to Police Chief
'<‘e£ Harvey and County Attorney
im Phelps, Rev. Rlggin said he
>icked up the somewhat begrimed
'outh near the U. S. 66-81 “Y"
‘st of El Reno "sometime about 3
■ m." He said the hitchhiker asked
im for a ride to the west out-
irts of El Reno where he might
atch a ride toward Las Vegas
IS. M.
Produces Pistol
Rev. Riggins statement, which
ivas later repeated by the young
;unman, said the AWOL soldier
oroduced a pistol and ordered him
■lo "keep driving." They drove west
jjoward the Calumet "Y", when the
areacher said he was told to stop
the car and "hand over your
noney."
The young Baptist pastor said he
as robbed of his watch and wallet,
hen the young gunman told him.
• You look like the kind of a guy
ho would have a bank account.
low about writing a check?"
Riggin said he told the youth he
ould get him $200 in cash if he
•'ould take him to Oklahoma City,
.nd they agreed to turn back east.
Victim Leaves Car
When they got to the comer of
lock Island avenue and Wade
treet in downtown El Reno, they
• ere halted at a traffic light, then
he robbery victim leaped from the
ar and called to service station
. ttendants nearby, warning thetrf*
hat the man was armed.
' Davis also left the car and
'tarted toward the preacher, then
t that point he calmly handed over
'is gun to a service station ettend-
nt and struck RiRgin with his fist.
The preacher said he was struck
'several times" before his young
tssailant fled afoot toward the
south.
A short time later, Patrolman
Vol. 63, No. 95
AWOL From Airbase,
Five Yanks Captured
By Reds in Indochina
FUTURE ADMIRAI^S CHECK BIG GUNS—Charles F. Coker, right, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Coker, 147 North Donald, and a fellow cadet at the U. S. naval academy,
Annapolis. Midshipman Hoyle Miller of Charlotte, N. C., show a lot of respect for the
big 105 MM howitzers at the U. S. naval amphibious warfare training with a unit of
cadets from the Canadian Royal navy. (Navy Photo).
U. S. To Alter
Eastern Policy
Breakdown at Geneva
Spurs Move in Korea
TOKYO. June 18— (U P) —T h e
United States will embnrk soon on
a major revision of Its far eastern
military policy as the result of the
breakdown of Korean negotiations
in Geneva, army sources belived
hurman Hale of the city police j tod? '
:aught up with Davis and carted
lim to the city jail.
Threatened Clergyman
Davis, who was dressed in blue
idngarees at the time, told Chief
ilarvey he was AWOL from the
.umy. He made a full confession,
verifying everything Rlggin had
laid.
’ The Piedmont minister said at
->ne time during their drive back
‘toward El Reno from the point of
Two developments are foreseen:
1. A speed-up in the organization
and arming with modern weapons
of an enlarged Republic of Korea
army.
2. The building up of a mobile
strategic reserve of the United
States troops on bases in the west-
ern Pacific.
As the South Korean army is
built up, it will be possible to with-
draw substantial numbers of Amer-
; obbery west of town, the young To'exi^'T,pimon K°,<,a
»unman had threatened to shoot I
dm. and had formerly demonstrated / ou “
hat the pistol was loaded by firing , These troops would be in position
, shot into the air. |to ,n'ove. <’ulfkh' to Place 1,1
.. ____, , „ I.southeast Asia the Chinese Com-
However. when Rlggin left the muntet# ralRht threaten.
:ar ot the service station. Davis !
•eportedlv handed over his pistol I failure of the Geneva talks
ito Joe Lagaly. a station attendant. adds “ueh >»’P<,r,!,nce t0 thp re’
•ithout further threat of shooting. P™* General James * Van P1*et'
retired commander of the eighth
army, will make soon to President
Eisenhower.
Van Fleet is shuttling between
Japan. Korea and Formosa, as the
president's personal envoy, to assess
j the military situation and make
| lecommendations.
Watch for ‘Incidents'
„ ,, i , j Failure of the Geneva talks.
By the Associated Press wWch was expected here, means a
Ale ter signed by six labor union , stalemate ln Koreil wlth the
fficials was nmlled o,rt oday en-,unlted
-rslng U. S. Sen. Robert 8. Kerr ____„ "
munists along the truce line.
General John E. Hull, the UN
commander In chief, and other
high officers do not expect the
Communists to renew' the war.
Six Oklahoma
Labor Groups
Endorse Kerr
or re-election on the Democratic
cket.
The letter took issue with Kerr’s
ajor opponent, Roy J. Turner for
uoting back "testimonial” state-
ments they had made for Turner
‘n 1950.
"It is both regrettable and un- j
fortunate that a candidate has eith-
-r authorized or permitted those
harged with conducting his cam-
aign to revert to a testimonial din-1
ter held ln 1950 while that candi-
ate was governor, wherein we of
“rganlzed labor were requested,
among others, to have something
f a complimentary nature to say
fore the two farm boys and girls
organizations—the Future Farmers
*f America and the 4-H clubs of
klahoma." the letter said.
The letter then said the labor
roups had officially endorsed Kerr
or a second term. It was signed
by Dean Baugh. AFL; Len Yar-
borough, CIO: Reuben G. Martin,
ailroad Brotherhood: Russell El-
iott. Oklahoma City central trades
nd labor council; Harlan Bell:
ilroad Brotherhood and Erwin
Cotter. Communications Wark-
rs of America, CIO.
Fair and Hot
Sign Still Out
The "fair and hot" sign was
hung out today for Oklahoma's
weather the next two days.
The forecast called for high
temperatures today from 95 to
100 with lows tonight only in the
70s.
Much the same weather pre-
vailed In the state yesterday and
is expected to continue into the
week-end.
There was no rain anywhere in
the state last night and none Is
predicted for the next two days.
Lowest temperature overnight
was 69 degrees at Guymon which
also shared with Gage the "hot
spot" title yesteiday when a high
of 98 was recorded.
Criminal Charges Against
Probe Witnesses Studied
WASHINGTON, June 18—(AP)—Democrats on the
McCarthv-army investigation subcommittee today called for
the Eisenhower administration to consider quickly whether
there should be criminal prosecutions as a result of the hear-
ings—for perjury or misuse of a secret document.
Sen. McClellan (Democrat-Arkansas), speaking for the
Democrats, said there should also be a fast decision as to
~ whether there is need for an
“immediate house cleaning
Charles May
Get Another
Shot at Title
NEW YORK, June 18—(U.R)—
Rocky Marciano, battered and
bruised after a successful defense
of his heavyweight title against
lion-hearted Ezzard Charles, in-
dicated today he may take on
the Negro boxer in a return bout
next September.
Manager A1 Weill, exuberant
over his fighter's unanimous 15-
round decision before 47,585 fans
in Yankee Stadium last night,
said Charles would be "our first
choice" for another title defense
in September.
Weill explained, however, that
any September bout was contin-
gent on Marciano's eye healing
by that time. The Brockton,
Mass., battler suffered the re-
opening of an old gash on his
left brow in the fourth round
last night. It took 11 stitches to
close the wound.
Marciano's victory was his
third successful defense of the
title and his 46th straight pro-
fessional win.
Charles, 32, lost the decision in
his second attempt to win back
the title, but the Cincinnati,
Ohio boxer earned lasting admir-
ation for his heroic gameness and
amazing ruggedness.
They fought a thrilling, bloody
battle before a crowd that paid
a gross gate of $543,092.
Escapees Given
Six More Months
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 18—i/Pi
—U. S. District Judge W. R. Wal-
lace today added six months each
to the sentences ot two men who
escaped May 3 front the El Reno
federal reformatory.
They are Edw ard Richard Hagen -
locker. 34, sentenced March 2, 1951.
to five years by a military court
martial in Japan for assaulting a
Japanese civilian; and George An-
on the staff of the McCarthy
investigation subcommittee.
McClellan held a news conference
after the subcommittee met be-
hind closed doors to discuss the
problem of preparing reports on
the hearings. The meeting reached
no decisions.
Senators Symington (Missouri)
and Jackson (Washington! the
other two Democratic members, met
reporters with McClellan and said
they concurred in his views.
McCarthy on Vacation
Senator McCarthy could not be
reached for comment on McClel-
lan's statements. His office staff
said they assumed he and Mrs. Mc-
Carthy had left on a brief vacation.
Even before the Democrats, one
I Republican had talked of pos-
sible perjury in the hearings. Sen-
ator Potter (Republican, Michigan i
said in a statement last night that
he believed basic charges of "pres-
sure" and "blackmail” had been
proven. He added:
"There is little doubt tliat the
testimony of witnesses of both sides
was saturated with statements
which were not truthful and which
might constitute perjury In a legal
sense."
McClellan said he feels the wind-
up of the hearings leaves two "Im-
mediate" problems for the execu-
tive branch of the government to
consider:
Parts of Letter
1. A justice department inquiry
to determine if perjury has been
committed" in the sharply con-
tradictory testimony.
2. “The probability of a crime
having been committed in connec-
tion with the 2 1 4 page document"
which came into controversy in the
hearings.
Senator McCarthy produced this
paper, first identifying it as a
letter from FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover to army intelligence. The
subcommittee checked with Hoover
and wias advised it was not a letter
by him but did contain excerpts
lrom a lengthier FBI report to the
army of security problems at Ft.
Monmouth. N. J.
The document was never made
Wheat Storage
Problem Faced
In Other Areas
Local Crop About In,
However Other Zones
Are Not as Fortunate
Canadian county wheat farmers—
those who hadn't completed har-
vest today—were getting down in
the short rows, and Judging from
reports of other areas, they not
only had a bumper crop but they
were fortunate in finding suitable
storage for It.
For instance, in the Dallas area
down south reports came today that
they're getting into the final half
of their harvest there, but all bins
are about full and producers are
facing a storage problem.
The United Press reports that
combines are just getting underway
in southern Kansas, and the storage
situation Is expected to become
more critical as harvest opens on
north through Nebraska and into
the spring wheat of the Dakotas.
'Ground' Loans Asked
Texas Agriculture Commissioner
John C. White has urged Agricul-
ture Secretary Ezra T. Benson to
approve government price support
loans on grain stored on the ground.
White said today that ground
storage "has proven successful,
losses have been small."
If it isn’t allowed this year the
crop "will rot in the fields and the
price of wheat will be practically
nothing." he said.
Meanwhile, at Fort Worth, Tex.,
grainmen looked with interest on
a new experiment in storing wheat
—putting the bread grain under
circus-like “big tops."
Tent Storage Studied
Burrus Mills and Elevator com-
pany of Fort Worth was readying
tents with a capacity of 8.000.000
bushels. The trial had the full
blessing of the commodity credit
corporation, which grants fanners
the price support loans.
Observers said it would take a
full year to determine if wheat can
be stored successfully under can-
vas. The Bumis tent bins have
hardrolled canvas floors and con-
veyors will be used to move the
grain in and out Just as they do at
conventional elevators.
Nation's Crop Judged
Thermometers will check the
temperature of the 80-foot grain
piles at various spots, and zippers
will permit sampling around the
sides.
drews Osborn, 26, given seven years; public because Attorney General
May 30, 1951, by a federal court in Brownell ruled It made "unauthor -
Arkansas for driving a stolen car lzed use" of secret material, and
across state lines and assaulting a l*lal release It would be contrary
U. S. marshal. I to the national interest.
The two were captured within 24 McCarthy said he got the paper
rtrom an army intelligence officer
hours after their escape from the
reformatory.
He declined to disclose his name
TWO-BIT FISH
BRYSON CITY, N. C. June 18—
(U.R)—While cleaning a catfish he
caught in the Tuckaselgee river
here, 14-year-old Johnny Spludc
found a quarter. The theory is that
the fish struck at the shiny coin
when it was tossed into the stream
by a tourist in the Great Smoky
mountains.
Lost Since Tuesday, Airmen
Left Airfield To Visit Beach;
Sighted in Group of Prisoners
SAIGON, Indochina, June 18—(AP)—Five U. S. airforce
men stationed at a French air base in Tourane are missing
and American officials fear they may have fallen into the
hands of the Communist-led Vietminh.
The U. S. embassy said a Vietnamese peasant had re-
ported seeing five Americans among a group of 20 Sengalese
war prisoners 10 miles south of Tourane.
General John O Daniel, chief of the American aid group
flew today to Tourane on the central Viet Nam coast mid-
way between Saigon and Hanoi, to conduct an inquiry into
the disappearance of the men, missing since Monday.
Their names were withheld.
The Americans left the big Tourane air base Monday
afternoon and drove off in a French vehicle to a beach three
miles away. Officials said they had no passes and were not
authorized to leave the base.
Their absence was discovered when they failed to report
for roll call Tuesday morning.
Vietnamese said they saw the group at the beach target
shooting with carbines. No
Too Late
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 18—
<U.R)—A letter from Bradley uni-
versity at Peoria. 111., arrived
here a day too late.
Bradley, planning to build a
new student union building, is
surveying student union facilities
at other schools. A letter from
the Peorie school was received by
Oklahoma City University yes-
terday. asking about the size and
operation of the student union
building here
The building burned down
Wednesday.
Packingtown
In Chicago
Hit by Blaze
CHICAGO, June 18—()P>—A fire
that tossed geysers of smoke and
flame 150 feet Into the air burned
out a five-story building in the
Chicago stockyards area today.
Anthony J. Nullaney, deputy fire
commissioner, estimated the loss
at more than a half million dol-
lars.
The fire broke out in a plant
used to process meat for animal
food.
Firemen kept it from spreading
to other structures in the section
known as Packingtown. They con-
fined it with streams of wrater
spewed from 23 hose lines, two high
pressure trucks and two water
towers.
The smoke was seen for miles in
any direction from the yards on
the south side.
A fire wall kept flames froir
reaching a 50-foot section of the
flame-charred building. Chief Fire
Marshal John J. Haberkorn said
alcohol and chemicals were stored
in that section on the cast end of
the building.
weapons were reported miss-
ing trom the base, however.
The vehicle the men used also
was missing. Native villagers who
reported seeing the five south of
Tourane said they were on foot, ln
their swimming trunks.
Planes Aid Search
French observation planes were
sent up today to search for the
missing men.
French military officials had no
immediate comment on the disap-
pearance, but staff officers of Gen-
eral Paul Ely, French commander
in Indochina, conferred earlier to-
day with General ODanlel and
Robert McClIntock, acting U. S.
ambassador.
Some 350 U. S. technicians are
based at Tourane repairing B-26
bombers America has supplied the
French. The group was brought
here last February on a stop-gap
mission to help French air crews
service the growing fleet of U. S.
supplied bombers.
French authorities feared the five
would be used for propaganda pur-
poses to "prove" the United States
had intervened in the Indochina
war.
Names Kept Secret
The U. S. embassy in Saigon re-
fused to release any of the captured
men's names or home addresses un-
til relatives have been notified.
On the fighting fronts, French
union forces evacuated the strategic
port of Moulapamok in southern
Laos on the Mekong river, the
French high command announced.
The communique said defenders
of tile post abandoned the garrison
yesterday after repulsing a violent
rebel assault on the night of June
15-16.
Moulapamok, located some 15
miles north of the Cambodian bor-
der, is situated just south of a point
where the broad Mekong river
swings east from the border of
Thailand.
British Won't Help Shakedown
Arms Ships; Guatemala Jittery
LONDON, June 18—(/P>—Britain
disclosed today she has rejected
an American request for power to
search British vessels which may
be carrying arms to Guatemala
But Britain promised at the
same time to undertake police
action on the high seas to stop
The belief stemmed in part from
from Guatemalan Ambassador
Amadeo Chinchilla, who said he
had received reports that resis-
tance forces would launch a re-
bellion today against the Arbenz
regime.
Reports from censorship-blank-
a7ntforGuatemlL ports eU>dGuatemala ^ZZuiel
The United States was so in-
formed today, the foreign office
said.
A statement declared:
"The British government will
cooperate to the fullest extent pos-
sible under British and Interna-
tional law in seeking to prevent
British ships from carrying arms
to Guatemala. There is no gen-
eral power of search on the high
seas in peacetime."
Meanwhile, armed Guatemalan
exiles were reported massing
along their Jittery homelands
frontier with Honduras amid in-
dications today may be D-day for
a revolt against President Jacobo
Arbenz Guzman’s Communist-In-
fluenced regime.
Patrol Halts
Six Violators
MISS OKLAHOMA CITY—Amor
the contestants competing for tl
title of "Miss Oklahoma” and tl
right to represent the Sooner Stal
In the 1954 Atlantic City "Mi;
America" contest will be Charts
van Baker, 20-year-old Oklahom
City secretary, shown here aft(
she was crowned "Miss Oklahom
City.” she won the right to rep
resent the capital city In the stal
contest by defeating seven othei
in competition based on bot
beauty and talent. (AP Photoi.
Six out-of-stale drivers were de-
tained in El Reno long enougli to
shell out $10 fines and court costs i
of $8.50 each, for similar violations passengers.
Each of the triple-unit cars
Rock Island To
Gel New Rocke
‘Revolutionary Type’
Fast Train Ordered
CHICAGO June 18—</P>—Tl
Rock Island lines said today it h:
ordered a light-weight Jiigh-spe<
passenger train of “a new and re'
olutiouary type."
The announcement said the Ro<
Island is the first railroad in th
country to order such a train.
The Rock Island train has bet
tentatively named the "Jet Rocket
J. D. Farrington. Rock Islai
president, said the ACF Industrit
Inc., will start work at once <
this road's"Talgo-type streamlinei
These details were given:
Tile "Jet Rocket" will have foi
cars. Each car will consist of thri
articulated units. The train w
have a seating capacity of aboi
there were readying a massive
public demonstration today. Os-
tensibly this was to show solid
support for the government, but
observers here also interpreted it
as a possible move to mobilize
pro Arbenz forces for action in
case a revolt breaks out.
Dispatches from Guatemala said
100.000 laborers were expected to
parade through the streets of
Guatemala City.
In the Honduran capital, armed,
khaki-clad men—apparently re-
cruits for the exile resistance
movement directed from here by
Carlos Castillo Armas—continued
to leave the city, presumably for
the border.
of state highway regulations, as
highway patrolmen continue to
comply with Governor Johnston
Murray's "get tough" order.
All six were fined for passing in
a no-passing zone.
Trooper Robert Lamb filed com-
plaint against Harry O'Niel Leav-
erton, of River Rouge, Mich., who
was driving on U. S. 66. as Were
the five other violators.
Charges were filed against J.
Wiesenforth, of Amarillo, Tex., Al-
marene Hargis, also of Amarillo,
Roy B. Baker, of Hallstead, Penn.,
and Elliott L. Brooks, of Hereford,
Tex., by Trooper Joe Dunn. Trooper
Ira Walkup made the complaint
against Edward T. Scott, of Los
Angeles, Calif.
Justice of the Peace W. P. Crites
fined the drivers. Baker was fined
by Justice J. H. Craven.
have an over-all length of
feet.
Delivery is expected in Decemt
1955. The new train then will
place the Peoria Rocket, runn
between Peoria. 111., and Chicago
Farrington said the new trai
ability to get under way and si
down rapidly and to maintain hi
speeds on curves should cut t
tunning time on the 161-mile roc
at present 2 hours and 35 minut
The Rock Island said it hoi
eventually to have trains of t
new type in service between Mi
neapolis-St. Paul and House
Tex., and between Chicago a
Denver-Colorado Springs.
One Car Damaged In
Accident Thursday
One car received minor dam
and another was undamaged a
result of an accldenut at the Ini
section of Boynton and Shul
State Forecast ! streets Thursday afternoon.
Mostly clear and continued hot: The damaged car was driven
and humid through tomorrow. Mildred Lucille Hill. 1150 Soi
Lows tonight in the 70s. Highs to-! Miles, and the other was drii
morrow from 95 to 100. | by Alfred Plaut, 1113 West Lond
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