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VOL. LXIII, NO. 351
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ABILENE, TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1954—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
Rebel Outburst
Wipes Out 200
HANOI, Indochina, June 3 —
Three regular Vietminh battalions
numbering about 2,100 wiped out
300 Vietnamese and mauled 100
more today in a sudden outburst of
activity' on the central Annam
plateau.
The Communist-led rebel forces
struck three companies of Viet-
namese national army troops at
Cung Son, 25 miles west of Tuy
Hoa. This is about 230 miles north-
east of Saigon and far south of
the Red River Delta area.
Outnumbered 7to 1
The French High Command said
the Vietnamese, outnumbered 7 to
1, fought valiantly but were unable
to withstand the rebels' over-
whelming odds. Two companies
were killed or captured. A third
company was badly pounded be-
fore cutting its way out and with-
Red Chinese Relent
On Policing But
Other Demands Stay
GENEVA, June 3 in-Red Chi-
na’s Chou en-lai gave ground
slightly today on the disputed
question of policing an armistice
for Indochina. But be remained
firm on other Western demands
for settling the war.
Chou relaxes the Communist
position at the Indochina confer-
ence on the work of a proposed
neutral nations supervisory com-
mission to the point of permitting
ft to deal with subjects other than
importation of troops and arms to
Indochina. Yesterday the Commu-
nists had insisted the commission
could not mix in other and more
important policing duties
Supervision Rejected
But the Chinese foreign minister
rejected outright any supervision
by the United Nations of the arm-
istice under discussion here. He
also refused categorically to give
Laos and Cambodia any different
status in the armistice than that
of Viet Nam
Laos and Cambodia have threat-
ened to walk out of the conference
if they are to be treated as na-
tions torn by civil war They have
insisted that the only resistance
to the present governments is that
of Vietminh "invaders" who have
See RED CHINA. Pg. 3-A, Col. 3
drawing to Ae Rieng, a post six
miles to the south That post itself
had just beaten off an assault by
a rebel company.
This was the first bitter en-
counter in eight weeks of Opera-
tion Atalante, which established a
beachhead at Tuy Hoa and fanned
out to recapture rich coastal farm-
land long held by ths Vietminb.
The Vietnamese made a better
showing just north of Tuy Hoa,
where two companies aided by
artillery put strong rebel forces
to flight, killing and wounding 40
rebels and capturing 10 others.
Bombers Strike
Far to the north in the Red
River Delta, French bombers
struck heavily at rebels to com-
pany strength 13 miles south of
Hanoi
Planes also dropped delayed ac-
tion bombs around embattled
Chonoi, near Hung Yen and 30
miles southeast of Hanoi, where
French Union defenders have been
encircled for nearly a week.
Rebels who attacked Chonoi for six
TO GOVERNOR'S CHAIR? —
Former Marine fighter ace Joe
Foss, who won the Republican
nomination for South Dakota gov-
ernor, tries out a T-33 jet train-
er at the Twin Cities' Air Base
in Minneapolis, Minn. Foss shot
down X Jap planes to win the
Congressional Medal of Honor.
His victory in the primary vir-
tually assures him of election in
traditionally Republican South
Dakota.
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STRINGS ATTACHED
Keeping Secrets
Ties Up Hearing
WASHINGTON, June S m—Sen.
McCarthy and the Defense Depart-
ment got into a deadlock tonight on
the question of keeping secret the
names of 133 suspected security
risks who, the senator says, are
working in U.S. defense plants.
McCarthy, under prodding from
Democrats and Army counsel, an-
nounced he was offering the names
to the Pentagon—but on condition
they be kept secret for the time
being.
straight nights held off last night.
Planes dropped more supplies to
the post.
Huge Philippine Shakedown
Ring Revealed by U. S. Army
WASHINGTON, June 3 i—The
Army disclosed today it has un-
covered an American-led shake-
down ring in the Philippines in-
volving millions of dollars in claims
for damage from World War II
operations in the islands.
The investigation has shown,
the Anny said, that at least one
and possibly many of the claims
were fraudulent.
The Anny's Provost Marshal of-
fice reported two former American
soldiers are being sought by the
FBI as leaders of the ring, which
preyed on Filipinos.
The two, whose names are being
withheld until they are located, are
believed to be in the United States
now, an Army spokesman said
The. Army said the case involves
forged Army documents, imper-
sonations of U.S. officials and the
possible swindling of many Filipin-
os.
The Army got its first clue to the
confidence ring last March in a
letter purported to have been
signed by two American officials
in the Philippines. The letter ap-
peared to be on Army stationery
and was addressed to a Filipino,
informing him that his claim for
more than a million dollars for
having supplied food and materials
to guerillas fighting tbs Japanese
had been approved.
Subsequently, the two fugitive
“Americans contacted the Filipino
and sought money from him on
grounds that they could speed pay-
ment of the claim. Instead of pay-
ing. the Filipino became suspicious
and sent the letter to Washington.
Army investigators went to Man-
ila and quickly determined that the
letter was a forgery. Working with
the Manila police, the Army inves-
tigators were able to identify one
of the imposters as an American,
honorably discharged in Manila
The Defense Department replied
that it wanted the names—but with
no secrecy strings attached. It told
the Wisconsin senator in a letter
that it "must be free to act (with
respect to any individuals on the
list) without consulting you.”
Won’t Give Names
McCarthy then told newsmen he
would not hand over the names un-
til ths Pentagon promises not to
make them public. It is “a firm
and basic” policy of his investi-
gating subcommittee, he said, not
to publicize names until the per-
sons have had a chance to testify
before the subcommittee.
He expressed confidence that he
and Asst. Secretary af Defense
Fred Seaton, who wrote him to-
day's letter, win be able to work
out some arrangement "that will
allow us to turn the names over."
He fixed the exact number of
names on his list as-133. At the
after World War II. Later a second
man was identified. Like his com-
panion. the second man had taken
his discharge in the Philippines,
Officials on Trial
Further investigations put offi-
cials on the trail of other Filipino
victims, but the search far all
clues has been hampered, the
Army said, by the reluctance of
victims to come forward for fear
they themselves might be implicat-
ed in possibly fraudulent activities.
The Army said the two Ameri-
McCarthy . Army bearings they
have been variously referred to as
Communists, suspected subversives
a or security risks. In response to re-
porters' questions tonight, howev-
er. McCarthy said some of them
may be innocent.
IKE GIVES TORCH — President Eisenhower hands to
Lt, Gen. L. T. Gerow, former Fifth Corps commander, a
torch in Washington to be lighted in France at ceremon-
ies marking the 10th anniversary of the Normandy invas-
ion. Gerow and Lt Gen. Manton S. Eddy, center back-
ground, commanded troops in the landing and will take
part in the ceremony. (Story on page 14-A).
REDS LOSE
TRUSTY IS GOOD COOK
Sentell Has Guests,
Eats Steak in Jail
By GEORGIA NELSON
Reporter-News Staff Writer
SNYDER, June 3. — The steaks
The representative’s
brother.
John, pointed out that he was not
i .... in the worst of company by being
were, ood, the cooking excellent sent to jail for contempt of court
and the company pleasant ------ -
If this is life in jail — it’s for
me.
But if you ever have to go to jail
and want this kind of treatment,
be sure your host is somebody like
State Rep. Frank Sentell of Suy-
der. 7
Sentell was serving the last hitch
of a 72-hour sentence for contempt
of court. He was released from
Scurry County jail at 11 p.m.
. Thursday.
As a last fling before the end of
his involuntary confinement. Sen-
tell asked in a few guests to have
lunch with him.
Even Ice Cream
The guests were Mrs. Sentell.
the representative's brother, law-
yer John E Sentell, Joe Dave Scott
and the writer.
Anderson Davis, Jr., of Snyder,
trusty in the Scurry County jail,
cooked and served the lunch. He
produced excellent fare — steak,
french fried potatoes, salad. Iced
tea and ice cream.
Sentell was taking his incarcera-
tion philosophically. Completely un-
perturbed by the fact that he was
under court order not to leave the
confines of the county jail, he chat-
tod amiably while smoking his
William C. McCraw once served a
jail sentence for contempt, he said,
before becoming attorney general
of Texas and later a candidate for
governor. And even so eminent a
See SENTELI, Pg. sA. Cal. 2
Give Information
And Get Fired,
Stassen Warns
WASHINGTON, June 3 un-For-
eign Aid Director Harold Stassen
said today he would fire any em-
ploye who gives unauthorised in-
formation to Sen. McCarthy (R-
Wis).
"Any employe of the Foreign Op-
erations Administration who violat-
ed the laws and executive regula-
tions." he said, "would not be an
employe very long He would of
course be discharged.”
Stassen spoke out at a news con-
ference in reply to questions about
whether he has called the attention
of his employes to last Friday's
White House statement on this
matter.
cans, possibly working with other
accomplices, generally worked
their game by persuading Filipinos
they had proper claims for war
time assistance but that it would
be necessary for the claimants to
pay over money in advance to In-
fluence U S. officials and to cover
expenses Some of these Filipinos
paid and filed claims. The Army
said that it is not known now how
much the American confidence men
obtained through such operations.
Pledges Impossible
Ha said he would not object to
the Pentagon suspending suspects
provided their names were not dis-
The Pentagon letter said, how.
ever, that a secrecy pledge wee
impossible because it may be that
"the Department of Defense has
already begun action regarding
some of the individuals."
The deadlock came after twe
days of jockeying at the Army-Mc-
Carthy hearings. McCarthy and
aides have frequently mentioned
the list, and yesterday Democrats
on the hearing committee and
Army Counsel Joseph N. Welch
burst forth with demands thst Mc-
See SECRETS, Pg. S-A, Cal. 3
Crewman Killed as Belgian
Plane Fired on Near Border
VIENNA, Austria, June s —
A Belgian plane loaded with pure-
bred pigs was fired upon today
over Yugoslavia near the Hungar-
ian frontier. Crewmen said a
Soviet-made MIG raked the trans-
port with cannon fire, killing the
radio officer and wounding the
pilot and mechanic.
The surviving crewmen said the
MiG bearing red star insignia
pipe.
An inveterate yarnspinner, be
discussed current news topics such
as politics snd the recent U. S. Su-
preme Court ruling banning racial
segregation in schools snd inter-
spersed the conversation with
jokes.
On the subject of hie being held
fa contempt of court by District
Judge Sterling Williams. Sentell
first it- - --------------------------—-— ------
had happened to him. He recalled responsibilities after being named one of Abilene’s “honorary coaches” for visiting col-
that several years ago when wii lege athletic teams entered in today’s NAIA tournament. Here he spoon-feeds Delmar
liams was Scurry County judge, he Brown, left, track coach of the East Texas State Lions. The barbecue-for NAIA officials,
cited the lawyer for contempt but coaches and athletes was held at the Abilene Country Club Thursday night For more
later remitted the sentence. on the huge national tourney, turn to the sports pages. (Staff photo)
COACH’S FIRST JOB—Guy McCarty Jr. of 4077 Monticello St., fulfills one of his first
on the huge national tourney, turn to the sports pages. (Staff photo)
dived suddenly out of the clouds
on the Sabena Airlines DCS snd
tried to force the two-engine trans-
port toward the Hungarian fron-
tier.
Flew By S Times:
Their account said ths MIG flew
by the transport three times and
then opened fire when the Belgian
pilot ignored the MIG's maneuver-
ings.
The cannon firs killed Joseph
Clauwaets, 42, the radio operator,
snd wounded Arsene Devreese, the
pilot, and Victor Sluyts, ths mecb-
ie. All are Belgians.
Devreese, with two shell frag-
ments in his shoulder, was unable
to carry as. Douglas Wilson, the
British copilot, turned the plane
around and made an emergency
landing at Graz, Austria.
No Announcement
There was no official announce-
ment tagging the nationality of the
attacking plane. A British Em-
bassy statement la Austria re-
ferred to an “unidentified plane.”
Sabena Airlines said in a state-
ment the attack was by "two
fighter planes of unknown national-
Ky” but the surviving crewmen at
Graz discounted the idee that more
than one plane was involved.
The attack occurred shortly be-
fore 10 a m as ths transport was
flying about 6,000 feet over Murska
Sobota, a town of 5,000 population
about 10 miles from the Hungarian
frontier and the same distance
from the Soviet occupation zone of
Austria.
NEWS INDEX
overrode Russian objections 10-1 to-
day snd took up Thailand's plea
for a peace patrol to check on the
threat to Thailand resulting from
the seven-year-old war in Indo-
china.
This action brought the Indo-
china conflict to the U.N. for the
first time.
Acts With Speed
The Council acted with unusual
speed at a meeting lasting only 62
minutes. The initial test came as
military representatives of five
powers. Australia. France, New
Zealand, Britain and the United
States began exploratory talks in
Washington on Southeast Asian de-
fense. In Geneva, the talks on In-
dochina droned on without appar-
ent result
Thailand's case was introduced
by Pote Sarasin, Thai ambassador
to Washington. He told the Council
the situation in the Indochinese ter-
ritories bordering Thailand had be-
come so explosive there was a real
danger of invasion of his country.
He urged the Council to send a
peace observation committee to
Thailand as an impartial group to
observe events and report to the
international community. Ho closed
with the statement that. “This is
the time for the Council to act."
Soviet Delegate Tates
Semyon K. Tsarapkin, Soviet del-
egate, fired the opening broadside
of opposition when Henry Cabot
Lodge Jr., United States delegate
and Council president this month,
called for the delegates to adopt
an agenda listing Thailand's ap-
peal as the subject of discussion.
Tsarapkin said it was not neces-
sary for the Council to debote the
Thai appeal. He said everyone
knew it referred to the war in Indo-
china and the Great Powers were
negotiating on that in Geneva. He
said talks here would hamper the
Geneva negotiations and added
that the war was being brought be-
fore the U N. because "certain ag-
gressive circles sf the United
States" are preparing for Ameri-
can intervention in Indochina.
His opposition indicated to some
delegates the Russians likely would
veto any resolution to send a peace
observation group to Thailand. In
that case, Thailand could appeal to
the General Assembly, where there
is no veto.
Calls far Vote
After Tsarapkin spoke. Ledge
called for a vote. Delegates of the
United States, Britain. France, Na-
tionalist China, Denmark. Colom-
bia. Brazil, Turkey, Lebanon and
New Zealand voted to take up the
plea. Tsarapkin held up his hand
in lone opposition.
Senate Vole
Hailed as
Major Win
WASHINGTON, June 3 u_Pres-
ident Eisenhower’s housing pro-
gram. liberalizing aids to home
owners and providing for 35,000
public housing units in each of the
next four years, a total. ” of
140,000 units, was approved by
the Senate today on a voice vote.
Passage of the bill was hailed as
s major administration victory by
leaders in the Senate, particularly
in view of the vote for public hous-
ing. The House version of the legis-
lation did not follow this Eisenhow-
er recommendation.
Many Differences
The measures now go to a Sen-
ale-House conference committee,
which will reconcile the many dif-
ferences in the two bills.
The limited public housing au-
thority was written into the bill on
the Senate floor by a 66-16 vote.
Sen. Maybank (D-SC) tried to
knock out all public housing ad-
thority but the Senate rejected this
on a voice vote. Maybank formerly
was a champion of public housing
but he changed his stand recently
after the Supreme Court acted, as
he interpreted it, to outlaw segre-
gation of whites and Negroes is
public housing developments. da
The Senate version would lower
down payments and lengthen re-
payment periods for homes bought
with governmentinsured mart-
gages.
Contains Safeguards
n continues the farm housing
program and contains safeguards
against “windfall" profits and
other scandals which have plagued
the Federal Housing Administra-
tion in recent months.
The legislation does tbsss other
things:
1 Tightens up on the home re-
pair loan program and leaves the
maximum loan at 33.500 and the
terms at three years. Eisenhower
asked a liberalized program.
% Continues the Federal Nation-
al Mortgage Assn. as the govern-
ment's secondary market for pri-
vately held mortgages. The
President has asked that this oper-
ation gradually be tamed over to
private control. -
3. Inaugurates a smog clearance
program with a five-million-dollar *
research fund to the government.
-4. Boosts the direct loan program
to veterans to 200 million dollars
a year.
Down payments under the Sen-
ate bill would drop on an $8,000
new home from the present $650
to $400; on a $10,000 home, from
the present 31350 to $700; snd on
a $16,000 home, from $3,200 to
$2,200. '
Texas Senators
Vote for Housing
WASHINGTON, June 3 UB-Hoth
Texas senators, Johnson and
Denial, voted far Eisenhower's
public housing program today The
measure passed the Senate 66 to
16.
THE WEATHER
PHENHWERA FACE
ABILENE AND VICINITY —Partly
cloudy and warmer today, tonight, and
Saturday. Maximum temperature 8s: low
6s. High Saturday around so degrees.
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS: Friday
fair, warmer in the northwest portion.
Saturday partly cloudy and warmer.
K. ■. ROWLAND
... going to DeLeon
Baird School
Johnson to Probe
Why Texas Missing
As Academy Site
aw Academy Story on Pg. 12-A
WEST TEXAS: Friday fair. Warmer ••• • FA ■
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sours CENTRAL TEXAS: Generally
air and mild Friday and partly cloudy
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High and low temperatures for M hours
ended at 8:20 p. m. VS and 58.
High and low temperatures sa
last year: es and es.
Sunset last night TA p. m. Sunrise to-
day 5:82 a. m. Sunset tonight 7143 p. m.
Barometer reading at 9:20 p m. 36.86.
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BAIRD, JUM 3. (RNS'-K. H
Rowland, 44, superintendent of the
Baird Schools since 1949, resigned
Wednesday te accept the job as
superintendent of the DeLeon
Schools.
He will assume his new position
July 1, moving from Baird June
20.
Rowland recently was given a
new three-year contract by the
School Bsard.
His resignation was accepted by
the board at its regular meeting
Wednesday nighL
Rowland is married and has a
daughter, Nancy, 10.
WASHINGTON. June 3 4—Sen-
ate Democratic Leader Johnson of
Texas said today he wanted to
know why the Air Force didn't in-
clude Texas among the three pros-
pective sites for its new academy.
A site selection board narrowed
down the choice to Colorado
Springs, Colo., Lake Geneva, Wie.,
and Alton, III.
Johnson said in a statement:
"The recently appointed selec-
tions board to composed of the
men. They inspected a number of t
sites before narrowing the choice
*te Tueie Colorare, WIscon
“A previous air academy solec-
tion board looked with favor on
Texas sites. I am sorry the new!
board did not agree with the old.|
1 want to find out why."
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