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SWEETWATER, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1954
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NOLAN COUNTY
OIL
ROUND-UP
Union Oil Co. of California and
B. A. Duffy of Midland have asked
for permit to drill the No. 3 Eve-
lyn Cox, 1,400 feet northeast of
Canyon production In the Lake
Trammell west multipay field.
Drilling tin the 480-acre lease is
due to start April 25.
Location is 1.080 feet from the
north and west lines of block 22-
T&P.
The R. II. K. oil test on the
Schleuter place six miles east of
^Claytonville, is drilling ahead.
No. 2 Peters test northwest of
Claytonville production was plug
ged at around 5,900 feet. It had
been reported looking favorable un-
til the finishing stages were reach-
ed.
No. 1 E. C. Parker, just a mile
and a half northwest of Roby to
test for the Cambrian pay by Gen-
eral Crude Oil Company, will be
, «W660 feet from the south and west
lines of labor 13, Steel & Millsapp
subdivision, Bastrop county school
land, and on a 300-acre lease.
Strawn production has been as-
sured in the South Noodle Canyon
sand pool of Jones county, four
miles northeast of Merkel in the
the No. J. R. Walling test by Edgar
Davis Drilling Co. in section 19,
block 19, T&P survey.
^ A 62-minute drillstem test from
*'4,791 to 4,811 feet surfaced gas in
two miles, mud and 42 and oil in
43, with no estimate of flow. Re-
covery was 390 feet of oil and 10
feet of heavily oil and gas-cut mud.
Operator has set 7-inch casing at
4,793 feet for completion attempts.
Sinclair No. 1 GC&SF test north
of Sweetwater on Santa Fe lake
property was last reported at 5,346
feet in sale and shale.
^ Reports from a "'-^-hour drillstem
test between 5,232-246 feet showed
' recovery of 90 feet of gas and 1"
feet of gas-cut mud. There was a
weak blow for 20 minutes. Flowing
pressure and 45-minute shut-in
pressure was zero. Hydrostatic
pressure was 2,730 pounds.
King et al No. 1 C. E. Boyd
southwest of Lake Sweetwater was
reported at 4.005 feet in lime and
shale.
A Moore and Moore No. 1 Lee re-
ported drilling at 5,043 feet in lime
and shale. On 1 '/a hour drillstem
test between 4,006-26 feet, recov-
ery was 30 feet of slightly oil-cut
mud. Flowing pressure was zero.
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PRISONERS — Barefoot, wounded Communist Vietnamese, cap-
tured by French in Dien Bien Phu, Indochina, are escorted to aid
station for further treatment. American-made cargo planes landed
in the besieged city Wednesday with urgently needed ammunition
for the defenders. (NEA Telephoto)
Big Cambrian Well
Completed At Dora
against McCarthy
Army Says
Proof Is
Available
North Dora multipa- south
of White Flat in thr is has
completed its mos Cam-
brian producer, a 1,665 feet north
extension of the lield. with comple-
tion of Skelly Oil Co. No. 5-B C.
E. Boyd.
The potential was based on a two-
hour flow of 194 58 barrels of oil
through 3-4 inch choke and per-
WASHINGTON, April 15 —UP—
The Army has declared in a secret
new report that it is prepared to
prove Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy
used "improper means" to get
favored treatment for a drafted
aide.
Capital Hill sources disclosed
Thursday that the seven-page doc-
ument also specifically charges
Cohn with telling the Army it would
be "shabbily treated" if the aide,
Ovt. G. David Schine, did not get
a New York assignment. And it
adds that the Army believes Mc-
Carthy knew about the threat.
The report, submitted to the Sen-
ate 'investigating subcommittee
Wednesday, lists nearly 30 different
charges accusing McCarthy and
Cohn of various efforts to pressure
the Army into easing achine's
Army life.
Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S. D.>,
acting subcommittee chairman in
charge of the Army - McCarthy
investigation, said the report is
supposed to contain data to which
Army witnesses will be willing to
swear "under oath."
It is substantially the same, it
was learned, as the 34-page docu-
ment in which the Army madfe its
original charges against McCarthy
and Cohn. The difference is that
Iho Army now says it is ready to
Seaboard has not yet announced I prove its statements. Written
any plans for adding a Cambrian charges also will be submitted by
test to its well in the field. Caddo ^'£,9arVly' , , , ,
The Army report leaked to news-
I men as staff investigators of the
committee began questioning
witnesses in secret in preparation
been I
for next week's televised hearings
The witnesses were not identified.
At the same time the subcom-
mittee called a closed session to
work out ground rules for the ex-
and Skelly production has
very good in North Dora.
Sharp Rise
The Cambrian wells in North
Dora are three miles south of the
Whitaker wells in White Flat field.
Iterations between 6,090-154.5 "feet I No. 5 Whitaker has an elevation of
in 5'i inch casing cemented at | 2.046 feet. The Skelly well just com-1 plosive inquiry II was learned that
6,147 feet on total depth of 6,160 j p]<>1ed has an 2.496 feet — show- j a fight could break out over wheth-
feet. Plugged back total depth is jnf? the sharp rise in the hills to j er McCarthy should step down from
a icc *—i i - the subcommittee while IC; is being
Investigated.
An informed source revealed
that some members feel strongly
that McCarthy must bow out com-
was picked at 6 0901,)rian production in North Dora, pletely and that they are ready
k floor elevation of Location is 660 feet from the north
2.496 feet. Completion was natural, P"'1 467 fcet from lhe east li,nes ol
C.as-oil ratio was 1.140-1. 51.-20-T&P on a 1,440-acre lease.
Tubing pressure was 260 pounds, \
easing pressure, 450 pounds. I .oca-1
tion is in 58-20-T&P.
Skelly Oil No. 3-B. Cambrian dis-
covery in North Dora, was finaled
for 3312 barrels. Chicago 1-T-TXL
was finaled for 828.48 barrels. Chi-
cago's No. 2-TXL was finaled for
1,426.56 barrels.
Chicago is starting No.
6,155 feet. j t|j,- south.
Thintjgh i' 'i ee - quarter - inch I
choke, the,well is calculated fori Skelly Oil Co. has filed applica-
2,334.96 barrels of 47 gravity oil in ! tion to drill its 1-A Adrian test as
24 hours. ja 7-8 mile north outpost to Cam-
Top of pay
feet on derrick uuui eievauuo m [
to appeal the issue to the full Sen-
ate if they are outvoted on the
subcommittee.
Rio Grande Valley Flood
Waters Continue To Rise
Candlelight
Era Revived
In Sweetwater
A Bohemian atmosphere was
prevalent in downtown Sweet-
water Wednesday night,
brought about by a power
failure which darkened several
downtown blocks.
Patrons of cafes ate their
meals by candlelight, a prayer
meeting at the First. Baptist
Church was conducted without
electricity, and the movie at
the Texas Theater was disrupt-
ed for approximately one hour.
Lights were out along Broad-
way, Oak and Elm Streets as
a break in relay lines was be-
lieved to have been caused by
contact during the day of ma-
chinery used in the Lamar St.
underpass project
A water main on Elm Street
near the First Street crossing
was also broken Wednesday. It,
equipment being used in tear-
ing out the Elm Street paving.
Oppenheimer Charges
Anger Scientists
FULL RESPONSIBILITY—Maj.
Gen. Leslie R. Groves, World
War II head of the Manhattan
Atomic Bomb project, told re-
porters in Darien, Conn., Tues-
day he accepted "full responsi-
bility" for putting suspended
Robert Oppenheimer on the job.
(NEA Telephoto)
Additional Rainfall
Predicted For Area
ALAMO, Texas, April 15 —flTP)— Lower Rio Grande
Valley flood waters which have driven more than 4,000 per-
sons from their homes rose still higher Thursday, and the
TJ. S. Weather Bureau at Brownsville predicted the Valley's
heavily-overcast skies would yield more rains.
Showers were forecast for both |
Thursday and Friday. _ , ,, — ig
mWA1?: Dinner Here Tonighl
county area of roughly 100 square _ « ■
miles, which includes seven flooded I A f MPfllfil!
cities and thousands of acres of ■" I IwUlvOI
farmland.
Light showers also fell during
the night. The McAllen city water
plant, which measured just over J The annual convention of the
three inches Wednesday, said .07 | Second District of the Texas Me-
meeting here
Association Meeting
inch fell from midnight to dawn, | ^S#KC'a t*in*
j todav at the Blue
Routed from Homes
Political Refugee
Helps Australia
To Crack Spy Ring
Hidalgo county Bed Cross disas-
ter chairman Charles McKasson
said the figure of 4,000 routed from
homes was a "conservative esti-
mate." He also reported an urgent
need for nurses Thursday in Ala-
mo, the worst hit city.
Schools were closed in Pharr,
San Juan and Alamo, but school
buses traveled their usual routes
Thursday morning to pick up all
children who have not yet received
anti-typhoid inoculations.
Dr. Charles H Miller, Hidalgo
16,000 persons have been inoculat
ed against typhoid. He called the
disease threat "very serious" be-
cause of contaminated flood water.
About 200 of the 4,000 homeless
were cared for by the Red Cross
last night in Alamo, Pharr and
San Juan. McKasson said the rest
of the evacuees moved in with j jng its meeting in conjunction with
friends or relatives. ! the convn t'on.
Cots Set Up
At the Alamo community build-
ing, where 91 persons slept on cots
in one room. McKasson said, "this
I is one of the most pitiful things
3-TXL.
Skelly 6-B Boyd in North Dora
field at 6,055 feet, lime and shale.
Skelly n Cox at 4.838 feet in lime
and shale; Skelly 5 Cox at 2,940
feet in shale. 'Both wells in Lake
• Trammell area).
c* Skelly 1-C TXL southwest of
North Dora at 2,450 feet in shale.
Sun 1 Everett northwest of Black-
well, 4,220 feet.
A. A. Cameron Kathleen Baker
near Roscoe. 4,612 feet.
Lowrey Allen No. 1, between
White Flat and North Dora, 5,770
feet.
Sam Lett No. 1 W. E. L. Fischer,
just north of Roscoe, is around 6,350
feet.
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Excise Tax Slash
Brings Reduction
In Telephone Tolls
Sweetwater telephone users soon
will be paying less on their tele-
- phone bills, announced George
w Beard, Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Co. manager.
Every telephone customer will
benefit directly by the Bill just
passed by Congress authorizing re-
duction in many Federal Excise
Taxes, according to Beard.
Effective April 1, cost on all long
distance calls of 25 cents and over
will be cut 12 per cent. At the same
time, cost on other long distance
calls and all local telephone ser-
vice will be reduced about five per
cent, Beard pointed out.
"Since the telephone company
acts only in the capacity of a col-
lecting agent for the excise tax,
the savings in reduced rates is be-
ing passed directly to our custom-
er, Beard added. "The Telephone
subscriber will be the one to bene-
fit. from the new law."
To illustrate the savings that
could be realized. Beard cited the
example of a typical Sweetwater
business concern which makes an
V average of $50 worth of long dis-
tance calls each month. Under the
present rale, the business pays a
federal excise tax of S12.50. With
the new tax, the firm will save
$7.50 a month or $90 a year on long
distance service alone. In addition,
the firm will pay about five per
cent less for local service.
"The telephone company is very
pleased with the results and the
savings it will mean for our r «-
tomer," Beard said.
Funeral Services
Are Held Today
For Dr. Wimberly
Bill Outlawing Communist
Party In Texas Is Signed
Funeral for Dr. A. .1 Wimberly,
67, widely known dentist and Here-
ford breeder, was held at 3 p m.
Wednesday at First Methodist
Church, ol which he was a stew-
ard.
The funeral was conducted by the
Rev. W. E. Peterson, pastor. Inter-
ment in Sweetwater was directed
by Cate-Spencer Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were J S. Schooler,
Willis Davis, Ray Boothe, Rigdon |
Edwards, Tom Donahue, Henry
Rogers, Fred Wills, and Lance
Sears.
Listed as honorary pallbearers
were all members ol the West Tex-
as Dental Society, the 17th Dis-
trict Dental Society, and lhe Nolan
County Medical Association.
Dr. Wimberly, who had been in
| failing heallh for years and in the
hospital this time since April 4,
died in Sweetwater Hospital at 10
a. m. Wednesday. His home was
at 811 East Broadway, lie was
born in Terrell on Sept, 20. 1886,
and was reared there, lie received
his dental education at Atlanta
(CJa.) Dental College 'now Emory
Universityi and began his practice
here in 1908. The next year he
married Miss Vivian Snell of this
place.
A past president of the Texas
Dental Society, Dr. Wimberly had
always been aclive and had held
office repeatedly in the West Texas
Dental Society (which he helped to
organize 43 years ago); in the 17th
District Denial Society, and in the
Nolan County organization, lie had
also been active in Hereford circles
for many years.
He was a past president of the
Sweetwater Board of City Develop-
ment and of the Sweetwater Club,
and was a 32nd Degree Scottish
Rite Mason. In addition to being a
steward, Dr. Wimberly was other-
wise active in First Methodist
Church as long as his health per-
mitted.
Surviving are his wife; one son,
Fred Wimberly, Sweetwater hard-
ware dealer; a granddaughter, Pati
Couch; two brothers, Dr. Homer
A. Wimberly of San Angelo and D.
D. Wimberly of Roswell. N. M.; a
nephew, Dr. Russell Wimberly of
Longview.
AUSTIN, April 15—UP—Gov. Al-
lan Shivers Thursday signed into
law legislation outlawing the Com-
munist party in Texas and provid-
ing maximum punishment of a $20,-
000 line and 20 years imprisonment
for membership in any subversive
organization.
The governor, who personally en-
dorsed the death penalty for con-
victed Reds, hailed enactment of
the law as "one of the finest ac-
complishments of the legislature in
recent years."
"I still favor lhe death penalty,
and think juries should have the
right to assess it," he said.
However, he added, "we'll see
how a $20,000 line and 20 years in
prison works."
"I would like to see the federal
government outlaw the Communist
party, too," he added.
Texas' law has been questioned
as unconstitutional by some legal
authorities.
"That's a matter the courts will
have to decide," the governor said.
Even if the law is held illegal,
Texas will have achieved some-
thing. he added
"At least Texas is making an at-
tempt to control the Communist
party. . . It recognizes what the
courts have said. . . That the chief
design of t'.ie Communist prrty is
the overthrow by force and violence
of our government," Shivers ex-
plained.
Outlawing of the Communist par-
ty has been criticized by many au-
thorities, including U. S. Attorney
General Herbert Brownell Jr.
The new law was the result of
a hearing last December by the
Texas Industrial Commission into
Communist activities and plans in
Texas. It was one of Shivers' ma-
jor recommendations to the legis-
Russia Blocks
H-Bomb Talks
UNITED NATIONS, April 15 —
UP—Russia has thrown a major
crimp in Western hopes for quick
launching of secret new United Na-
tions talks to halt the East-West
hydrogen bomb race.
Britain proposed to the 12-nation
Disarmament Commission
Wednesday that a subcommittee of
the Big Four powers and Canada
get to work next Tuesday to wrestle
again with the long-deadlocked dis-
armament problem, and hold sub-
sequent sessions In London.
lalors, when the special session be-
gan March 15.
Shivers Wednesday signed the
$26 million tax increase bill, which
takes effect Sept. 1. and announced
he would sign the bill raising
teachers' pay by $402 a year at a
ceremony April 22.
Hall Testifies Cash
Remained In His Car
KANSAS CITY, April 15 —UP—
The $600,000 Greenlease ransom
was left in a police car while kid-
naper Carl Austin Hail was booked,
the man who arrested Hall testi-
fied Wednesday.
Former Lt. Louis Shoulders of
the St. Louis police department tes-
tified in his own defense at his
perjury trial. He is accused of ly-
ing to a federal grand jury about
what happened to the money, more
than half of which is missing.
The husky former policeman
broke down under questioning by
his own attorney. Henry Morris,
and cried "how much can a guy
take?" Shoulders regained his com-
posure during a 15-minute recess
ordered by Judge Albert A. Ridge
and was calm during cross-exam-
ination.
The defense rested after Should-
ers left the stand and Ridge or-
dered the prosecution to make its
final statement when court con-
vened at 10 a.m., est, Thursday.
The case was expected to go to
the jury after the defense summa-
tion and Ridge's charge.
Shoulders told the jury he and
Elmer Dolan, a suspended patrol-
man. took Hall, who has since been
executed, to the Newstead Ave. sta-
tion to be booked.
"Let's go get those bags," he
said he told Dolan after the book-
ing. On his way out. he received
a telephone call from June Marie
George, whom he has since mar-
ried, and told her their date was
off.
When Shoulders got to the po-
lice car, he said he found only one
of the suitcases containing the ran-
som money. He took it to his of-
fice, where he found the other,
presumably put there by Dolan,
as well as a briefcase.
Dolan was convicted of a similar
charge of perjury last month.
Government witnesses testified
in both trials they didn't see any
suitcases at the time Hall was
booked.
WASHINGTON, April 15 — npl —
Some of the country's outstanding
scientiests, angered by the loyalty
charges against Dr. J. Robert Op-
penheimer, want his case aired in
public, a source close to the ac-
cused scientist said Thursday.
They specifically want the House- I
Senate Atomic Energy committee | CANBERRA, Australia, April 15
to hold open hearing on the record —UP— Australia has cracked the
of the great physicist who played ! codes used by Soviet secret police
a key role in U. S. development of j t° transmit reports to Moscow, re-
atomic weapons. liable sources said Thursday.
Wheater Oppenheimer himself j These sources said documents
wants a public hearing could not turned oyer by refugee Soviet em-
be learned. But many of his col- ] bassy third secretary Vladimir Pe-
leagues and friends have voiced | trov contained such detailed blue-
strong dissatisfaction with the se- | prints of Russia's codes the Soviet
cret proceedings now going on at would have to draft new systems.
the Atomic Energy Commission. The disclosure came as Prime
A special personnel security Minister Robert G. Menzies denied
board, headed by Former Army as "ludicrous" Soviet claims that
Secretary Gordon Gray, is hearing Petrov had been "kidnaped" in-1
charges reflecting on Oppenheim- stead of seeking political asylum j , T"e Red Cross was in radio con-j
er's veracity, conduct, and loyalty, voluntarily. \ 'acJ with the National Guard, which j
Menzies said he was satisfied ; had local headquarters in the San i
Petrov was not a Russian "plant" j''uan armor>\ 'wo miles west of
who gave himself up merely to ™alamo.
gather further information. | McKasson said there's no way j
Menzies denied a claim by Soviet to tell how soon the emergency j
Ambassador Nikolai Generalov will be over, but that it may be
that the embassy applied to the a long time.
Australian govenremnt for permis- Hidalgo County Commissioner I
sion to speak to Petrov. If this is Charles Green of Edinburg said j
done. Menzies said, Petrov will be after a survey of the flooded land
consulted first. that there was no way for the j
Mrs, Petrov told a press confer- i water to be drained or pumped
ence Wednesday her husband had | away.
been kidnaped. Generalov backed j Seven cities and towns were com-
her claim and described Menzies' pletely or partiallv flooded. Thev
statement to the House of Repre- ranged from McAlien with a popu- j
sentatives on Petrov as "utter rub-j lation of 20,000 to LaBlanca with 100 j
bish." | residents. Others were Pharr. San !
Australian interest over the Pe- | Juan, Alamo. San Carlos and Elsa. !
Bonnet Hotel,
will be climaxed tonight at a ban-
quet in the Sky Room of the Hotel,
where delegates will hear Dr. F. J.
L. Blassingame, president-elect, of
the Texas Medical Association.
Some 75 persons from the dis-
trict, covering a wide West Texas
area, were here for the meeting,
which featured talks by four Dallas
specialists,' associate professors of
the University of Texas Postgrad-
uate Assembly.
The speakers, and their subjects,
were: Dr. W. Maxwell Thomas, In-
juries to the Eye; Dr Samuel Shel-
county health officer, said about i by. Cardiac Diseases; Dr William
Bush. Injuries to the Genital-Urin-
ary Tract and Dr. Eugene Legg,
Injuries to the Hand.
Dr T D. Young of Sweetwater
is District president and Dr. Fran-
cis Hood of Sweetwater is secre-
tary. .
The Medical Auxiliary was hold-
The Communist control law con-
fiscates the property of the Com-
munist party and subjects indi-
vidual members and subversives
to a maximum penalty of 20 years
in prison and a $20,000 fine Indi-
viduals convicted under it also are
barred from holding public office.
The tax increases were levied on
beer, natural gas production and
corporation franchises. The beer
tax was hiked from $1.37 to $2 per
barrel, and the corporation rate
went up from $1.25 to $2 per
j $1,000 of corporate assets.
The natural gas tax will be in-
creased from 5.72 per cent of the
wellhead market value to 9 per
cent. But the tax will drop to 8
per cent on Sept. 1. 1955, to 7 per
cent in 1956 and remain at that
level.
The tax increases were necessary
to pay for the teacher pay raises,
estimated to cost $23.5 million a
year, and a $120 annual pay b«ost
for state employes, estimated to
cost $2.5 million.
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trov incident was heightened by
the arrival in Sydney of two mys-
terious Russian diplomats from
Rome, F Jarkov and V. Kardin-
sky. They refused any comment on
the Petrov case or whether their
sudden appearance was connected
with his defection.
Robert M Law
Hearing Date Set
On Big Spring TV
WASHINGTON, April 15 —UP—
The Federal Communications Com-
mission announced Wednesday that
hearings will start May 14 on com-
peting applications for three tele-
vision channels.
The applicants are
Texas Telecasting. Inc.. and Big
Legislators who sponsored the ad- spring Broadcasting Co., Channel
ministration tax bill estimated the ! 4 RjC Spring. Tex.
beer increase would bring in $3 j 'Mission Telecasting Corp. and
million annually, the corporation j the Walmac Co., Channel 12, San
tax $9 million, and the gas tax the j Antonio. Tex The commission de-
remaining needed $14 million.
Recent Rains Fill
Texas Reservoirs
ABILENE, Tex.. April 15 — CP-
Some West Texas water reservoirs
were full Thursday and others rap-
idly approached that stage as the J
run-off from heavy rains earlier
this week continued.
The rains filled Breckenridgc's
Lake Daniel to its 11.400 acre foot
capacity, and Ballinger officials
said their two lakes were full to
their 4.400 acre foot capacity. Bal-
linger had enough water to last
two or three years. The city lake
at Winters also was full, with a
four year supply.
Oak Creek Lake, supplying
Sweetwater, gained 5,000 acre feet
with a rise of about five and a half
feet. Hoard's Creek Lake, which
supplies Coleman was within 18
inches of its alltime high water
level, and the city had enough wa-
ter to last two years.
The three lakes used by Abilene
gained an estimated 330 million
gallons, adding a 45 day cushion
to the city's water supply, now es-
timated as enough for two and a
half years of normal usage.
nied Mission's petition to dismiss
the Walmac Co. application.
Large Citrus Area
The flooded southeastern half of
Hidalgo county is a very fertile.
highly cultivated delta with large
areas devoted to citrus fruits, vege-
table truck crops and cotton
"It looks like we're soing to have
more bad 'heavy) thundershowers
this morning and afternoon," said
observer Gradcn Harger at the
Brownsville weather bureau.
"They'll he general from Del Rio.
which got 1.36 inches late last
night, to the Gulf of Mexico here
at Brownsville."
The lower Rio Grande Valley is 1 Bob Homer, second vice presi-
virtually flat, an asset in normal! dent; Bill Norred, treasurer; Paul
times when the level ground makes : Zanowiak, secretary. Jim Pearson,
it easy to irrigate from the Rio 1 Joe Liner. S. H. Esters and Kermit
Grande and wells. But the flatness j Wilson, directors for two year
was a dinstinct handicap now. j terms; Ray Shannon, director for
"There's no way most of the wat- a 0I,C year term.
er can be drained off." said Hidal-! Holdover directors are Vince
go County Commissioner Charles j Cornoyer. Vick Thompson and
Green. He had hoped it would be 1 Wade Kirkpatrick.
possible to dig a ditch to drain a | Law. an accountant, succeeds
huge lake formed by the first tor- w'eldon Kirk as president of the
rential rains last !■ riday. | organization
Robert Law Elected
Jaycee President
Robert M Law was ejected pre-
sident of the Sweetwater Junior
Chamber of Commerce for the
1954-55 year Wednesday at the
Jaycee meeting.
Other officers elected were Dr.
Zane Jones, first vice president;
SOVIETS INTERESTED
McCarthy Arrives
Uninvited Russians Are For Texas Speech
Aircraft Show Visitors
NEW YORK. April 15 — UP—
Officials discovered Thursday that
the most interested spectators at
a national convention of aircraft
specialists here was a group of
uninvited Russians who crammed
their brief cases with notes and
pamphlets about the latest trends
in the nation's aircraft design.
The Russians, led by an aviation
expert from the Soviet embassy in
Washington, have been attending
meetings along with 1.000 of this
nation's top aircraft designers and
executives, an official said, but
have been careful not to identify
themselves.
Their presence was discovered
Wednesday when a delegate to the
convention recognized the accent
as belonging to Lt. Col. Boris Bo-
gatyrev, assistant air attache at
the Soviet embassy in Washington,
who attended the convention last
year.
DALLAS. April 15 —UP— Sen.
Joseph H McCarthy 1 R-Wis > was
"somewhere in the Southwest"
Bogatyrev registered last year as Thursday, resting up for an impor-
an uninvited guest, but apparently j 'ant speech at Houston next week,
didn't even bother with such trivi- McCarthy and his wife were be-
auties this year Neither did the lieved to be guests of millionaire
small swarm of Russians he oilman Clint Murchison Sr. A maid
brought with him
For that reason, the Society of
Automotive Engineers, sponsor of
the convention, decided it had a
perfect right to tell the cloak-and-
dagger Reds to go away if they
showed up at closing sessions
Thursday and tried a repeat per-
formance.
Delegates who watched them
Wednesday said there was plenty
of zip among the Russians.
Smiling and bowin but talking
as little as possible, they took down
long and detailed accounts of meet-
ings. bought up all technical pam-
phlets they could find, and now and
then even asked a guarded ques-
tion at one of the 750 exhibits
spread through the Statler hotel.
at Murchison's home said she
didn't know where he was, but
that he would be available for a
telephone call at nine o'clock iesti.
Thus there was no immediate
comment from the controversial
Wisconsin Republican on formal
charges by the Army that he and
an aide, subcommittee counsel Roy
Cohn. improperly sought favors
from the Army for Pvt. G. David
Schine.
McCarthy flew to Dallas Wednes-
day from Phoenix, Ariz., where he
had been vacationing.
"I'll he somewhere in the South-
west until "this throat of mine
clears up," he told newsmen. "But
I'll be in Washington in plenty of
time for the hearing."
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