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W MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Governors Give
President New
Farm Aid Plan
Governor Reports
Ike Is Pleased By
Share Cost Proposal
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 16—</ff—
Governors of drouth stricken states
presented a federal-state share-the-
cost program to President Sben-
hower today and got an agreement
for federal assistance In feeding
starving cattle.
Governor Den Thornton of Colo-
rado, chairman of the governors'
drouth conference here, said the
president, who breakfasted with the
governors, was pleased with the
states’ action.
Thornton quoted the president
as saying their share-the-coat pro-
gram fitted In with his views that
the best government is government
on the local level.
Heads For Abilene
The president shared a hearty-
style breakfast with the 12 govern-
ors when took off by plane for a
quick trip to his boyhood home In
Abilene, Kan. He will return here
this afternoon. Thornton said the
president had assured them no
state would be penalized in the
drouth relief program if it could not
put up any state funds.
Agriculture Secretary Benson also
here for the conference, confirmed
that.
Benson said the funds to share
the cost of transporting hay would
be allocated on the basis of the
number of cattle In drouth disaster
areas.
States t« Bn.v Hay
The department of agriculture
will pay up to one half of the cost
of transporting hay Into the drouth-
seared areas or MO which ever is
smaller.
The states. In turn, will be re-
sponsible for buying and distribut-
ing the hay to farmers and ranch-
ers.
The president, made what the
White House described as a major
farm speech here last night. He
spoke to a national convention of
the Future Farmers of America
and, through theee youngsters,
asked fsrmers to be patient while
he and his administration build a
new farm program.
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o«cn race support*
The president promised that "the
price support principle must be
a part of any future planning.
"We must—and will—continue
i, faithfully to administer price sup-
port laws now on the statute books."
1 said Mr. Elsenhower,
l Some of the president's closest
gubernatorial friends were among
the breakfast group of drouth
state executives today. These close
assooclates included Democratic
Allan Shivers of Texas and Repub-
lican Dan Thornton of Colorado.
Benson In Evidence
Benson was in frequent evidence
1 In Kansas City. Administration in-
i riders said that, despite the recent
complaints from scattered segments
of the agricultural community,
I Benson was not on the way out
i'of the cabinet.
In his speech last night. Mr.
Eisenhower said he was giving the
j young farmers only a "sketchy”
foutlne of his farm plans.
"The goal is a solidly-based, com-
prehensive farm program that will
'remedy present difficulties In ex-
isting laws—a program that will
build markets, safeguard farm In-
come and protect consumers," he
said.
“I think we are now ready to
start hammering out this solidly-
based program for the future.”
El Reno, Oklahoma, Friday, October 16, 1953
(U P.) MEANS UNITED PRESS
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SECOND BRITISH A-BLA8T—A giant mushroom cloud swirls up-
ward as Britain's second atomic weapon Is exploded by scientists at
the Woomera rocket range In Australia. <NEA Telephoto.)
Dulles In Meetings With
French, British Leaders
LONDON, Oct. 16—(UP)—Secretary of State John Fos-
ter Dulles, British Foreign Secretary* Anthony Eden and
French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault met today to ap-
prove a “put up or shut up” note to Russia.
The note invites Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M.
Molotov to meet them at Lugano, Switzerland, on November
9 to discuss Germany, Austria and, for the first time, an
east-west non-aggression pact.
The three foreign ministers met for two hours and ad-
joumed for lunch, refusing to
Braves Bow
74-0 Before
Putnam CHy
Stork Sticks
Stockholders
NEW YORK, Oct. 1*—(AV- The
tork was winning in a landslide to-
'ay over the General Electric com-
>any.
The company thought It would
nice to give five shares of stock
o any baby born to a OE employe
•esterday on the firm's 75th anni-
'ersary.
A bachelor who cooked up the
ea figured there would be a dozen
r so lucky children but by today
ompany accounts had tallied 122—
1th more to be reported.
That means that the company
ust fork out more than $47,000 In
-k.
“And the west coast hasn't been
eard from yet," said a company
ckesman, a bit desperately.
General Electric stock closed yes-
rday at 78 7/8.
At 7$ 7/8—the quotation Is prob-
ly posted In many hospital nur-
rles-bach babe enters life with
res worth $394.48.
GE was shaken but dead game
the tally passed the 100 mark.
‘‘General Electric stands firmly
Its offer,” Its headquarters
The spokesman noted that the
pany had announOed the stork
ard plan almost exactly sine
the ago—on Jan. 14—and said
might have had some bearing
the upswing in births in mld-
After holding a big Putnam City
team to a scoreless half last night
the Etta Dale Braves lost their
fourth game by a 14-0 score.
The Braves, who played good bail
the entire game, had fought the
bigger and tougher team to a stand
still for the first two quarters but
a trick reverse play early in the
third quarter broke the Putnam
team loose for an 89 yard trip to
pay dirt.
The second touchdown for the
evening came in the last period
when the youngsters from the Put-
nam City pulled a trap play from
25 yards out and got the ball once
more inside the end zone.
A good crowd, in spite of the
weather, saw Coach Bailey Can-
trell's much improved team fight
the heavier team, and more than
once, force the outsiders deep Into
their own land.
Johnny Shaw, fullback for the
Braves, brought the team out of the
hole several times with his kick-
ing. Shaw got off a 35 yard punt
after the ball had been centered
over his head and he had to shake
off several wouuld-be tacklers.
Shaw also put a well placed 45
yard kick out on the Putnam play-
er's 11 yard line.
In addition to his fullback play-
ing Shaw did a good Job as defen-
sive linebacker. Along with Johnny
Wagner, who also backed the line,
he managed to keep the passing at-
tack of the victors from doing any
damage.
Co-captalns Tom Hamby and Jer-
ry Tillery turned In their usual top-
notch games as did the rest of the
Junior high team.
The Etta Dale football queen.
Mlsa Lilian White Thunder, who
was to have been crowned during
the half, was forced to wait until
a later date because of the weather.
The queen win be crowned at the
Chlckasha game Oct. 31.
answer questions about their
discussions.
Dulles. Eden and Bidault opened
their meeting In the British foreign
office to put their final stamp of
approval on the invitation.
Neto I* Moscow
The specific and straight forward
note already Is In Moscow to be sent
to the Kremlin as soon as the three
foreign ministers approve It.
Western officials regarded the
note as a decisive test on whether
Russia is ready to meet with the
big three foreign ministers now or
intends to delay a conference
through prolonged vague exchanges.
Meet In Eden Room
The three men met in Eden’s
high-ceilinged room which over-
looks St. James Park. A coal fire
flickered in the grate behind them.
Their three-day talks vere sched-
uled to range over the world’s
trouble spots from Trieste to Korea,
but at the top of the agenda was
the proposition to Russia.
Government To
Ask About Fate
Of Two in Prison
Austrian Prisoners
Give First Story Of
American Captives
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 —(U.R)—
Officials said today the United
States is getting ready to ask the
Soviet Union what has happened
to Homer H. Cox and Leland
Towers, Americans reported to be
held in a Russian prison camp.
Austrian World war II prisoners
released from Russia reported Wed-
nesday the Americana were being
kept In a prison camp about 150
miles northeast of Moscow.
First Information
This was the first Informs
the government had received In
dlcatlng Cox and Towers had been
Imprisoned by the Soviets.
The state and defense depart-
ments are now making a thorough
check of records on the pair to be
sure there can be no mistakes. If
the facts show Cox and Towers may
be In Red hands, the state de-
partment will ask the Soviet Union
what it knows about their where-
abouts.
Officials were unable to say how
soon the Investigations might be
completed.
Had U. 8. Passport
The state department said Tow-
ers, a 29-year-old San Franciscan,
had an American passport but that
it expired several years ago. Of-
ficials said he had traveled to New
Zealand, Sweden and probably
other countries under the passport,
but they were unable to say what
he was doing.
Cox, a 33-year-old army private
from Oklahoma. Is listed as absent
without leave from his West Ber-
lin post. The army said he disap-
peared Sept. 2, 1949. but it had no
information that he had been
seized by the Soviets.
Vol, 62, No. 196
Anti-Communist PWs
Threaten Break-out;
Explanations Delayed
Travel Suspended
In Trieste Zone
HEIDELBERO, Germany. Oct. 16
—(U.R)—United States army head-
quarters suspended today all travel
by non-duty military and civilian
personnel to the troubled Trieste
zone until further notice.
The suspension, effective Imme-
diately, was "advisable to prevent
any large influx of non-duty per-
sonnel Into the port city at the
present time,” the announcement
said.
U. 8. forces In Trieste are being
removed from the city and sur-
rounding areas In accordance with
the promise of the United States
and Britain to give zone A to the
Italians.
The Anglo-American pledge led
to expressions of dissatisfaction by
the Italians and threats of armed
violence from Yugoslavia.
Rock Island
Has Changes
In Personnel
J. D. Farrington, pjjqsident of the
Rock Island Railroad, announced
several changes In the passenger
traffic department, effective today.
A. D. Martin, who has been with
the Rock Island for 45 years resign-
ed Oct. 15 as general Passenger
Traffic Manager. Martin's .position
was taken over by Ingram C. "Bud-
dy" Bruce, who has been with the
railroad since 1917, when he began
his career In Fort Worth. »
Bruce, a native of Mineola. Texas
has served as assistant to Martin
since 1948.
Robert E. King, who has been
general passenger agent In Chicago
will succeed Bruce.
The position of general passen-
ger agent will be taken over by
Charles W. Jernigan. Jernigan Join-
ed the Rock Island In 1923 at Little
Rock, Ark., as a ticket seller.
Garrett J. Kerkstra. who began as
an office boy In the Chicago gen-
eral offices in 1927 at the age of
15, will succeed Jernigan.
Bob G. Wright, who has been
with the Rock Island since 1942, will
take over the duties of Kerkstra as
general agent in the passenger de-
partment.
Court Clerk To Face
Charges of Forgery
ANADARKO, Okla., Oct. 16 —(U.R)
— Russell Glass, veteran Caddo
county court clerk, today faced a
first degree forgery charge growing
out of an audit made by the state
examiner and the Inspector's office
last year.
Glass was accused of forging the
name of N. Chlober, Apache, to a
$62 voucher on Sept. 28. 1951, for
Jury service.
The complaint, signed by Caddo
County Attorney R. L. Lawrence,
said Chlober apparently never sign-
ed the voucher nor received the
money. ,
McCarthy To
Question Spy
In Atom Case
NM8T YORK, Oct. ie—iA>>—sen-
ator McCarthy (Republican, Wise
eons in) said today he will go to the
Lewlsburg, Pa., federal penitentiary
tomorrow to question atom spy
David Oreenglass on what he may
know about radar espionage.
The senator said he had cleared
arrangements for the interview
through the department of Justice.
Evidence that Julius Rosenberg,
executed atom spy, also master-
minded a spy ring at Fort Mon-
mouth, N. J., where radar defenses
against atomic attack are devised,
turned attention to Oreenglass.
Greenglass, a member of the
atomic spy ring, escaped with a 15
year sentence In the Rosenberg case
after testifying for the govern-
ment. He is a biother of Rosen-
berg’s wife, Ethel, who also was
executed for her part In the atomic
plot.
McCarthy expected "complete tes-
timony" to arrive today from a
German scientist who reportedly
told authorities that the Russians
were using secret data stolen from
Port Monmouth.
Among names Introduced during
yesterday’s day and evening hear-
ings were those of Morton Sobcll,
serving 30 years in prison for his
part in the Rosenberg plot, and
Greenglass.
McCarthy said several witnesses
brought up the name of Sobell, an
electrical engineer who once worked
at Port Monmouth. He said further
testimony disclosed that Sobell.
fired from the radar center, fre-
quently was a visitor to Fort Mon-
mouth and had “friends" In the
laboratory there.
McCarthy said the name of
Greenglass “has come Into the pic-
ture at least a dozen times during
taking of testimony here.”
*%,- ''Ll
BEAT THE DEMONS—The pep assembly at noon today brousht out all the cheers that the highschool
students could give. With the aid of the seven good looking cheer leaders It wasn't hard to get the assem-
bly going full swing. The yells were the last the Indians will hear until things get under way In
the El Reno-Duncan football game, at Duncan tonight, for the Indians’ second class AA conference clash.
BTW To Meet
Enid Wolves
Booker T. Washington school's
Panthers will play host to the Enid
Wolves at 8 p. m. today In Adams
park Memorial stadium, with the
local team looking for its second
conference win against no losses.
Last season the Panthers de-
feated the Ebrid team 14-0 on the
Enid stadium grounds.
Coach Roger Pierce Is depending
on power from his reserves tonight
as a number of the first stringers
will not see action due to injuries.
The Panthers' homecoming game
previously had been set for tonight
but was postponed until the Law-
ton game Nov. 12 because of com-
munity activities.
Weather
Stale Ferecaat
Mostly fair tonight and Saturday;
little change in temperature; low
temperatures tonight 55 to 60; high
temperatures Saturday In upper 80s.
South American
Reds Show Gain
Wiley Cites Spread
Through Continent
MILWAUKEE. Ost. 16—i/p.—Sen-
ator Wiley (Republican, Wisconsin)
said today communism has estab-
lished a strong beachhead in
Guatemala" and has taken root to
•considerable extent" elsewhere in
Latin America.
Wiley, chairman of the senate
foreign relations committee, was
the second top-level Washington
official to speak out publicly this
week about Red influences in
Guatemala, a Central American
country close to the vital Panama
Canal.
Plays Red Game
John Moors Cabot, assistant sec-
retary of state for Inter-American
affairs, told a Washington audience
on Wednesday that Guatemala Is
"openly playing the Communist
game." He said any nation so doing
could not expect "positive coopera-
tion" from this country.
Wiley said there is reported to be
a school In Prague. Czechoslovakia,
"wi h 1 c h is graduating literally
thousands of Red agents and pour-
ing them out through the under-
developed area of the world," and
he added:
Organizations Named
"Reportedly, the bulk of the pe-
sonnel for this school of revolution
comes from Communist parties In
Latin American Labor Federation,
headed by Vicente Lombardo Tole-
dano of Mexico.”
"Today,” Wiley said. “Moscow Is
training what she hopes will be
the future Red rulers of Brazil,
Agentlna, Costa Rica, Cuba, Pan-
ama, the Dominican Republic and
other Latin American lands."
Search Launched for Body Of
Missing Man in Kidnaping Case
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Oct. 16— (UP)—County jail prisoners
armed with spades begin a search today for the buried
body—if there is one—of Thomas John Marsh, the myster-
ious “fall guy” in the Bobby Greenlease kidnaping case.
Buchanan County Prosecutor John Downs said the pris-
oners would start digging in the yard behind the frame
bungalow of Mrs. Bonnie Heady, who helped kidnaper Carl
Austin Hall bury the body of their six-year-old victim in the
same yard.
Downs believes there is a chance he will turn up the
body of Marsh, who was named by Hall as the killer of Bob-
by Greenlease before he admitted the slaying himself,
Marsh has been missing since
Boy Admits Theft
Of Government Check
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 18—(U.R)
—Police said today a 12-year-old
boy has confessed taking a $100
government check and a camera
from a home here.
Officers took him Into custody
after he tried to cash the check.
The case will be turned over to
Juvenile authorities.
his name entered the case
In Kansas City meanwhile, Jack-
son County Prosecutor Richard K.
Phelps said he would set up legal
machinery for a state charge of
kidnaping against Hall and Mrs.
Heady in case any hitch develops
in the federal effort to send them
to the gas chamber under the Lind-
bergh law.
New Theory Offered
Phelps said he had asked federal
authorities to allow him to arraign
the pair on a state charge of kid-
naping. which also carries a maxi-
mum penalty of death.
In St. Louis, a new theory on
the whereabouts ol the missing
8300.000 ransom money was ad-
vanced by Police Lieutenant Louis
Shoulders, who arrested Hall Oct.
6 in a hotel room. He said he be-
lieved the money, half of the $600,-
000 paid to the kidnapers, was In
the hands of St. Louis hoodlums.
Theft Is Suspected
Shoulders said he believed the
money was stolen when Hall threw
a party in a St. Louis motel with a
prostitute. Sandra O’Day. The
woman apparently got only 81,000
herself, but Shoulders believes
“underworld chaiacters" who had
heard about Hall's free-spending In
St. Louis might have made a bigger
haul.
RATE TO REMAIN
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 16 —(UP)
— The October cutback on Oklaho-
ma oil production probably will be
continued at the same rate next
month, state conservation officer
Walker Ted Pound said today. Oc-
tober production has been cut 30
I percent below the August allowable.
Probe Urged
In State Park
Fishing Case
HOBART, Okla., Oct. 16 ——
Arrest of three state park officials
on charges of illegal fishing In Lake
Altus brought demands today from
two state senators for investigations
of the operation of Quartz Mountain
state park.
Senators Basil Wilson, Mangum,
and Charles Wilson, Sayre, both
said the park operations should be
studied.
Ira Tomlinson, park superinten-
dent. pleaded innocent to charges of
illegal fishing from Lake Altus as
did two other park employes, A. C.
Woods and R. G. Tuten.
State game rangers pressed the
complaints which were filed by Kio-
wa County Attorney Lloyd Reeder.
They came as a surprise to Mor-
ton R. Harrison, chairman of the
planning and resources board, who
said the matter had been settled fol-
lowing a discussion with E. W. Dahl-
gren, game and fish director.
The accused trio claimed they
were catching only the fish which
escaped from the dam when gates
were opened. They planned then to
place the fish back In the lake.
FAYS 859 FINE
Herman Joseph Carnott. Calumet,
entered a plea of guilty to charges
of driving an overloaded truck,
court records show today. Carnott
was fined 850 and court coat by
Justice of the Peace W. P. Ori8m.
Custodial Force
Withdraws To
Avoid Violence
Frenzied Captives
Prepared To Battle
To Avoid Rad Talks
PANMUNJOM, Oct. 16 —
(AP)—Thousands of impas-
sioned North Korean prison-
ers threatened to break out of
compounds in the Korean neu-
tral zone today, forcing a can-
cellation of the second day of
Red attempts to woo them
back to communism.
The Indian custodian com-
mand said it withdrew a bat-
talion preparing to force 600
POWs to hear Red interview-
ers after 2,000 massed North
Koreans armed with clubs got
set to break out of nearby
compounds at the first sign
of violence.
“Korean prisoners in all
compounds of enclosure G
were drawn up in neat rows
with the front rank of men
stripped to the waist and
ready with clubs to scale or
break through the barbed
wire fencing on signal,” the
Indian command said.
, ‘‘In pother compound, the
fence poles Were being loosen-
ed to crash through the wire
fencing,” the statement add-
ed.
The neutral nations repatriation
commission called off Friday's
scheduled explanations to 1,000
North Koreans after Major General
8. P. M. Thorat, the Indian com-
mander, reported that to use force
In such an explosive situation
would undoubtedly result In heavy
casualties."
Indians Give Up
Meanwhile, some official UN ob-
servers indicated they would pro-
test If the prisoners were dragged
forcibly before Red explainers.
For the time being, the Indians
gave up trying to budge the fren-
zied North Koreans from their
stockades.
During the negotiations steel hel-
meted Indian soldiers, armed with
rifles and packing gas masks, sur-
rounded the village compounds,
United Press Correspondent James
Morrissey reported.
No Shots Fired
“The soldiers—we found out later
there were 600 of them—were lying
on the ground, their rifles pointed
straight at the enclosures. It looked
like the beginnig of a battle, but
not a shot was fired all day.”
Morrissey said some of the North
Koreans ignored the negotiations
between their leaders and the In-
dians and began a track meet, car-
rying some sort of filled sacks as a
handicap. Other Koreans applauded
and cheered their racers from the
sidelines.
“It looked like a playground of a
grade school at recess." he said.
Other prisoners huddled near the
center of one camp. Every once In
a while, they would get up and
march around in circles, waving
South Korean flags and singing
songs. Their voices carried for
miles.
Dust Hides Scene
The marching feet stirred up
clouds of dust, hiding the entire
scene from newsmen.
During the last hour of negotiat-
ing, an eerie silence fell over the
camp, and there was no movement
In the compounds. Then the In-
dian troops marched off.
Loudspeakers blared inside the
camp, announcing there would be
no explanations today. Cheers rose
from the throats of 8,000 North
Korean anti-Communist prisoners.
Three City Teachers
To Attend Workshop
Miss Mabel Jones, head of ths
El Reno highschool English de-
partment, will serve as chairMn
of a discussion group Saturday
a workshop of the state ■
council on the University of
home campus at Norman.
Two other ■ Rene L
teachers. Mlsa How W1W
Mrs. Galvin Owtfa, also vfl
the ronfumnin
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