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104TH YEAR 2 Guatemala Capital Bombed by Hebe Rush-Hour Fire Guts Storage Building, Jams Home-bound Traffic DlP This Guatemala revolution re mains strictly a headline affair, with the point-size of type dimin ishing and the, story itself getting place "below the fold" or even inside. The rebel leader, CoL Car los Castillo, has done no better than get ten miles inside Gaute mala from the Honduras border; and the rise of the populace or attachment of the army to his cause Jus never developed. More communiques have been fired than bullets; and the revolution now gives promise of being just a flash in the pan. The net effect will be to strengthen the position of the Communist - oriented 'government of President Arbenr Target of sharp criticism from the United States and some of its neighbors, its ability to ride our the storm will add to its prestig. By the time the U.N. Security Council or the Inter-American organiza tion looks into the trouble it may all be over, and Col. Castillo again in voluntary exile. Revolutions in Latin American countries are nearly always inter nal upsets. The old days of gun running from the outside and overturning a government are pretty well over with. The revo lution of today is usually an army coup. As the army swings so does the fate of the president There is very little bloodletting as a rule though there have been gory scenes in Bogota and La Paz. A company of soldiers surrounds the palace, a tank rumbles into the plaza, a few officers (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Mercury Hits Midwest High By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The June beat wave tightened its grip on much of the nation Friday, with more hot and sticky weather in prospect -for the weekend. The temperature soared past the 100-degree mark in the Midwest while readings in the 90s covered most of the gulf area, the South west and parts of the East. In Chicago, the mercury hit 100.3 degrees at 3:30 p. m. to make it the hottest June 25 on record. The previous high was 95.8 in 1923. A high of 100 at Kansas City equalled a 17-year-old record for the date. At Brookfield. Mo., it hit 106. St. Louis had a record-breaking 100. ANIMAL CRACKERS v wARftCN aooomcH "A fast grounder Is year only chance for a hit here." - f Ji iia;.M..s& (JI v i SECTIONS 14 PAGES - - - j- r- - 1 1 - 1 City firemen and police both were busy Friday evening when fire destroyed the above building in the 400 block on S. Commercial Street. Used as a storage space by the Don Woodry Furniture Co., the one-story frame structure was engulfed in flames shortly after the alarm was given and firemen were unable to save it Police officers attempted to direct the heavy flow of traffic around the area but vehicles were lined up for several blocks. (Statesman photo.) Soviet's Delegate Corrects Record; 'Not a Gentleman' UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. Iff) "Point of order" (Russian style) rumbled out in the Security Coun cil Friday. It was Soviet Delegate Semyon K. Tsarapkin interrupting U. S. Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., council chairman. Tsarapkin ob jected to being called "the gentle man." Tsarapkin: I am not a gentle man. I am the representative of the Soviet Union. Lodge; The two are not neces sarily mutually exclusive. Tsarapkin: I would ask you to call me by my official name, that is, the representative of the Soviet Union. Lodge complied. 2 More FHA Officials Suspended WASHINGTON m Two more veteran officials of the Federal Housing Administration were sus pended Friday on charges of "se rious irregularities." As in a number of other cases announced since a major shakeup of the agency was started last Ap pril. no details of the charges against the men were given out. The latest suspensions are: James E. Hicks, 61, regional di rector for 10 Southeastern states and Puerto Rico. Andrew Frost 43, of Albuquer que, assistant state director for New Mexico. , Both men declined to comment, saying they wanted to find out more about the charges against them first. Housing Administrator Albert M. Cole said he asked the FHA to sus pend the men on the basis of in formation furnished by William F. McKenna, who has been conduct ing a special investigation of FHA operations. $29 Billion Defense Budget Voted; Ready for Ike Signing WASHINGTON OB The Senate passed and sent to President Eis enhower Friday a bjH appropriat ing $28,800,125,486 for the nation's armed forces in the fiscal year beginning July 1. In a busy session, it also ap proved two other big appropria tion measures. One was a 1,982,000, 000 bill to finance the Labor and Health-Education-Welfare Departments dur ing the next 12 months. This goes to a conference committee for ad justment of differences between it and a House version. The other was a .record $170,438, 847 measure for District of Colum bia operations next year. The total is $1,951,009 more than the House voted, so it, too, must go to con ference. , Action on all the legislation was by voice vote. The defense bill, by far the larg est of all the appropriations meas ures, is the fifth of the eleven reg ular money bills on which Congress POUNDDD 1651 Th Oregon Statesman, Salom. Oregon, Saturday, June 26, 1954 t " 'jp hp - V Nehru, Chou Confer; Talks Most Friendly NEW DELHI, India UP Prime Minister Nehru of India and Pre mier Chou En - Lai of neighbor ing Communist China met for more than three hours at tea Friday for an Asian - to - Asian talk on grave world problems. An Indian spokes man said afterward the meeting at Nehru's residence was "most friendly." Talks ia Chinese Despite his fair knowledge of English, Chou exchanged com ments with Nehru in Chinese. Only an interpreter was present for the first formal talks of Chou's three day visit in New Delhi. There was no announcement on specific subjects covered but the Indian Foreign Office said before hand Indochina and Korea would head the agenda. The conversations between Chou. leader of 500 million Chinese, and Nehru, leader of 350 million In dians, could foreshadow great changes in the history of Asia. ! Met At Airfield Nehru drove to Palam Airfield in the Indian capital's 100-degree heat to welcome Chou. "The government and people of China attach great importance to their friendship with the govern ment and people of India," Chou said in a statement at the airport. "May the friendship between China and India develop with each pass ing day." It was delivered in Chi- nese. Clouds to Remain, Weatherman Says Cloudy skies are forecast for day for tonight in the Salem area, according to weathermen at Mc Nary Field. Cooler temperatures are expected today wtih the high area ranging near 68. Sunday's forecast calls for morning cloudiness with some clearing later in the day. has completed action. Final fig ures were worked out in a Senate House conference. About 11 billion is budgeted for an enlarged Air Force, 10 billion for the Navy, 7V4 billion for a pared-down Army and the balance for the general defense establish ment. The Army bears the brunt of most of the 5tt billion dollar reduction from last year's appro priation. For the Labor and Welfare De partments, the Senate approved $12,604,000 more than the House and $17,697,500 more than the Pres ident recommended. Most of the increase would go to the national institutes of health for research in cancer? heart and other major dis eases. The Senate bill carries about 299 million dollars for the Labor De partment $1,681,000,000 for the De partment of Health, Education and Welfare; $1,217,000 for the Nation al (railway) Mediation Board, and $3,134,000 for the Mediation and Conciliation Service. flV'5i if Til ,.v- A f, - 1 1 .if:. . . .. ... Injury Plague Hits Climber Statesman Newt Service STAYTON F. C. (Skeeter) Baird, employe of the Pacific Power and Light Co., sustained a fractured shoulder blade and other injuries near Scio Thursday when a power pole on which he was working fell. He was taken to the Santiam Memorial Hospi tal here. Baird had only recently return ed to work after suffering an ankle injury in another accident Exploding Fuel Tanks Threat To LA Harbor LOS ANGELES CD Blazing oil from exploding fuel tanks sent towering flames over the Los An geles harbor Friday night with a loss expected to surpass two mil lion dollars. One worker was reported miss ing and two firemen were injured. All port pilots were alerted for duty to move ships out of the har bor in the event the firewall around the burning tank area of the Tide water Association Oil Co., should! break. A Tidewater spokesman said that of 20 storage tanks inside the area "we will be lucky if we can save four." An engineer at the company plant, L. A. Hamm, said the initial explosion felt "like an earth quake." Soon six other tanks rang ing from 5,000 to 50.000 barrels capacity had exploded and were burning. Firefighting equipment and fire boats rushed to the scene and con centrated efforts on halting the spread of the flames to tanks in the area 500 by 1,000 feet, sur rounded by the 12-foot concrete! fire wall. A tanker with 130,000 barrels of high test gasoline was warping into a slip at the company plant just as the first tank exploded but was able to back out to safety. HOLLYWOOD DUO WED LAS VEOAS UPl Screen Dlavers Arlene Dahl and Fernando Lamas were married Friday in a wedding chapel at the Last Frontier Hotel. ASHLAND SAFE CITY ASHLAND ( This city Fri day passed its 1,400th day without a traffic fatality. WESTERN rNTERNATIONAL At Trl-City 3. Salem 1 At Vancouver 6-4. Lewiston 2-3 At Wenatchee 3. Victoria 9 At Yakima 4. Edmonton S PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE At Oakland 1. Portland 2 At Seattle 2. Hollywood 7 At San Diego 12. San Francisco 1 At '.os Angeles 5, Sacramento 10 AMERICAN LEAGUE At Baltimore S. Philadelphia 1 At Cleveland 0. New York 11 At Chicago 6, Boston 4 At Detroit 3. Washington 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE At Brooklyn 3. St. Louis 1 At New York S. Chicago 2 At Philadelphia 0. Milwaukee 7 At Pittsburgh 4. Cincinnati I PRICE 5c Flames Sweep Through Old Store Building Fire in the 400 hlock on S. Commercial Street Friday eve ning destroyed a one-story frame building rented by the Don Woodry Furniture Company and caused a king-size jam in the heavy 5 o'clock traffic. The building, which formerly housed the company's used furni ture department, contained floor covering material plus several ar ticles of furniture awaiting de livery, according to P. W. Meier, company manager. No estimate of loss was made but all merchan dise was insured, he added. Cigarette Suspected The fire apparently started in an open area under the struc ture, city firemen said, and had engulfed -it before firemen ar rived. Cause of the blaze had not been determined Friday night but Fire Chief Ellsworth Smith said a discarded cigarette under the building may have been re sponsible. No insurance covered the structure according to owners Harry Walling. 2745 Linden Lane, and Mrs. Betty Loose, 360 Oak St. Two billboards next to the building were damaged but a concrete warehouse next door ap parently escaped damage. Motorists Cited City police struggled to untan gle the traffic snarl which was backed up for blocks and two motorists were cited for driving over a fire hose. They were iden tified as Elmo C. Jory, 1395 S. 12th St., and Lawrence E. Baer, 1068 Howard St. The fire alarm was radioed in by city officer Jess Jenness who noted smoke coming from the building. Owner Don Woodry was re ported to have left Tuesday on a three-week vacation trip and Friday night was unaware of the loss. Today's Statesman SECTION 1 General news 2, 3, 5 Valley news, X-word 3 Editorials - features 4 Sunday Radio -TV 4 Society - Womens news 6 Star Gazer 6 Comics, Radio-TV 7 Church news 8 SECTION 2 Sports news 1-2 Market news 3 Classifieds 3-8 U.N. Puts UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. ( Despite Russian cries that Guate mala City was being bombed while diplomats talked, the U. N. secur ity Council Friday put off furthei discussion of the Guatemalan con flict until the Organization . of American States can take action. Four members of the council voted to drop an agenda listing the Guatemalan complaint of "ag gression" for debate. Five mem bers voted against it and two ab stained. Seven affirmative votes were needed to approve this pro cedural motion. The Soviet Union fought, a losing battle to have a debate in the Se curity Council as asked by Guate No, 91 1P1 anes Observers Say Guzman Army on Run TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras UP Planes of the anti - Communist forces bombed Guatemala City Friday. Dispatches from the Guat emalan capital said the National Palace, where leftist President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman was at work, was strafed and an army fort hit with bombs. The two or three plane bombing attacK, apparently tne biggest air effort of the revolution, was an - nounced shortly after Col Carlos ! critical of each other's foreign pol Castillo Armas' secret ' liberation- i icy decisions, joined in a 24 hour al Radio" reported the capture of two towns, Zacapa and Chiqui- mula by his invasion forces and declared his army was "striking victoriously" toward the capital. The so - called Eisenhower -Bombing Threatened I Churchill "harmony conference" The radio threatened the bomb- ; got under way shortly before noon, ing of Guatemala City and advised ; less than two hours after Churchill residents to seek cover. 1 arrived by special plane with a Eight Americans, including a plea for continued Anglo - Ameri- Boston newspaperman who reached the Mexico border from Guatemala City, agreed in a state- ment that the anti - Communist Amenz ouzman s regime on the run aiteT eignt days of sporadic clashes and political maneuvers of a nerve war. The Boston reporter said he had een 400 wounded government sol diers en route to the capital. Claims of Hits Authoritative invasion sources said rebel planes bombed Fort Ma - tamoras in Guatemala City, and j scored a direct hit on an ammuni tion dump at Zacapa which "knocked out" the garrison of that town. ! "The cold war is getting hot," j the informants said. Informants here could supply few details of the attacks, but Guatemalan diplomats at U. N. and in Mexico City said three j planes took part in the attack on the capital about 3:30 p. rn. La Merced Church in the center of , Mountain Rocket was derailed a the city was reported destroyed. Lmile and a half north of here Fri The diplomats also reported the day night and at least 56 persons 1 i: . t rw a ,1 - . . . .... uuiiiuing oi zacapa ana iaiquimu - la, with many fires and some cas ualties at both places and strafing runs over one or two trains in which seven persons were killed. One Plane at Time Zacapa is an important rail cen ter midway between Guatemala City and the Caribbean port of Puerto Barrios. Chiquimula, a town of 8.848 in Eastern Guatemala, straddles the branch railway line which links El Salvador with Gua temala's major east-west rail ar tery. Associated Press correspondent Jack Rutledge said in a dispatch ! from Guatemala Cky that appar- ently one plane first attacked the city about 2 p. m., and another shortly after. Heavy Explosions There were heavy explosions and much antiaircraft fire. Rutledge said, and merchants hastily put down iron shutters-across the front of their shops. But many residents ran to their rooftops to see the excitement. He was unable to report on any dam age or casualties, but said appar ently the National Palace was not materially damaged. Short-Lived Hurricane Whips Boats BROWNSVILLE, Tex. OP i-.The first gulf hurricane of 1954 , blus tered a wet and windy route inland Friday night after smashing onto the Mexican coast south of here Friday morning. One person was killed, one hurt, and shrimp boats out in the gulf were tossed about as the storm spread rains, high winds and some property damage across Texas southern tip: . At least a dozen shrimp boats reached port safely Friday after noon through turbulent gulf waters. Old-timers called it the shortest lived hurricane in gulf history. It formed 160 miles southeast of Brownsville about 4 a. m., reached the coast at 10 a. m. and at 4 p. m. it was over insofar as the coast was concerned. Off Talks mala. Russia voted with Lebanon. New Zealand and Denmark to put the issue on the agenda. The United States, Brazil, Colom bia, Turkey and Nationalist China voted against it. Britain and France abstained. ' The council adjourned immedi ately after the vote after hav ing been in continuous wrangling session nearly five hours. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., chief U. S. delegate and council presi dent, strongly opposed further de bate in the council at this time, saying that the charter of the Or ganization of American States re quired that all disputes in the American states should be taken TooocBuy Topics Delayed! at ihe9 ClhiLoirclhiDil Talk By JOHN SCALI WASHINGTON (.-P) President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill Friday began a round of momentous conferences aimed at ending a grave American-British split on the best way to cope with I aggressive communism. i But before getting down to the touchy subject of Red expansion in Southeast Asia, the two leaders talked over plans to exchange I atomic information and add German manpower to European defense againsi communism. They apparently decided to delay until Saturday any detailed discus sions of their sharply conflicting Far Eastern policies. The United States wants a united front against communism there and looks with grave misgivings at a British plan to approach the problem by sign ing a non-aggression pact with the Reds. Talk of EDC. Atoms The White House, in a terse an nouncement of what Eisenhower and Churchill discussed Friday, mentioned only atomic information and the EDC. Informed officials reported they also briefly touched on Russia's policies and intentions throughout the world. Secretary of State Dulles and Britain's Foreign Secretary An- 1 thony Eden, who have been openly I ;"Y.: . ' "'J I dent's study. ! Cigar in Evidence can partnership in coping with the threat of Red expansion. His black cigar jutting from his 1 jaw. Churchill said he was here . can misunaerstanaings, ana ne re minded a welcoming throng that ! the Communist world undoubtedly ! was having troubles of its own. "I've come with Anthony Eden," I he declared on arriving, "to talk ' over a few family matters and ! fr-., mnl.A ........ 4U , tun.n nA il J LU UldJlC SU1C LlIdL UiCIC aic J no misunderstandings." : Rock Island Rocket Jumps Rails; 56 Hurt HALLAM. Neb. U The Rock Island railroad's crack Rocky ; required hospital treatment- State Safety Patrol Chief Col. C. J. Sanders at Lincoln, where many of the injured were taken, said 16 or 18 were reported by his men to be seriously hurt. Engineer Roy Ensign of Fair bury', Neb. said "I don't know what happened. The train started to shimmy and all of a sudden I was thrown against the controls." Eight Cars Derailed Conductor W. 0. Neilson of Oma ha, said "it went over easy." speaking of the head car in which he was riding. Eight of the 11 passenger cars and Pullmans of the train were reported as derailed. Col. Sanders said one car piled on top of an other. But the others just "tilted j over," his men reported. Townspeople Help Ambulances raced to the scene of the wreck and nearly everyone in the small town of Hal am who could do so, turned out to help. The injured were taken to hospitals at Beatrice, Nebr., as well as Lin coln both points about 20 miles from the wreck scene. Col. Sanders said at least 25 per sons were injured badly enough to need ambulance transportation and many others hitched rides in pri vate cars to Lincoln to get treat ment for less serious hurts. The Rocket was eastbound to Chicago. It originates in two sec tions one at Denver and the other at Colorado Springs, Colo. The sections are joined in Eastern Colorado and the train travels through Northern Kansas before entering Nebraska. Guardsmen Home Today . Salem National Guard Compa nies B and D of the 162nd Infan try Regiment, are. expected to ar rive by troop train in Salem short ly v after noon today following a two-week summer training period afc Ft Lewis, Wash. Citizen soldiers of Battery D, 722 Anti-Aircraft Automatic Wea pon Battalion, also are expected home, today .from their summer encampmenf at Camp Clatsop near Astoria. Despite Soviet Cries to the OAS before being brought to the council. ,. Semyon K. Tsarapkin, Soviet del egate, bitterly assailed Lodge on the grounds that 1h United States was trying tc ic Jrrrpine the U.N. Charter and told the Latin Ameri can countries to beware of the United States. Tsarapkin said during the hot debate that while the delegates talked here the capital of Guate mala was being bombed. He did not give details but the Guatemalan ambassador to the U. N.. Eduardo Castillo Arriola, told a reporter that he had called the foreign minister, GuiDermo Toriel lo, about 5:30 p. m. and that be Chinese Admit Seizure i By SPENCER MOOSA Taipeh, Formosa (J National ist China Friday announced it had seized a Russian tanker because it was bound for "Communist ban dit" Shanghai in defiance of the Nationalist blockade. In a stiff note raising the threat of a clash on the Far East's trou- Hlw4 caoc T?iievf ticAi4 U. S. Navy of seizing the 8,840- ton tanker Tuapse Wednesday 125 miles south of Formosa. Russia threatened "appropriate measures for safeguarding" Soviet ships in this area, where the U.S. 7th Fleet guards Formosa from Red invasion and small Nationalist warships watch the coast That could mean sending Soviet war ships to guard Russian merchant men. Billy Graham Stricken by KjdneyAilment DUESSELDORF, Germany l A kidney ailment kept the touring American evangelist Billy Graham confined to his hotel room here Friday. But he said jie would fill ! a spe axing engagement in Berlin ! Slinrfav "if thv K av fn .arm mm on a stretcher." Graham's secretary. Jerry Bea- van, issued a statement saying the evangelist was in "extreme pain, but his condition is not serious and he is responding to treatment" Graham was stricken in his hotel room early Friday after speaking to 25,000 listeners in Rhine Stadium here Thursday night. He woke up at 1:30 a. m. "feeling awful," Bea van said. Taken U Hospital Graham was rushed to a hospi tal, where examination and X-ray revealed he was suffering from what German doctors diagnosed as a kidney block, apparently only temporary. Afterward, he was returned to his hotel. Plans to Keep Date "Billy is resting welL" Beavan said. "He'll stay in bed this after noon and tonight and then tomor row we'll see if he is able to fly to Berlin." Graham was scheduled to leave early Friday for Berlin. "He'll definitely be able to preach Sunday in the Olympic Sta dium in Berlin," Beavan said, "you can be sure of that" An esti mated 140,000 persons are expected to attend. Graham said he will complete his itinerary in Germany and France before returning to the United States to recover. "Tell my friends there is nothing dangerous," be told a reporter.. SET GOODWILL VISIT BELGRADE, Yugoslavia UFl Three Egyptian warships will pay a good will visit to Communist Yu goslavia starting July 16, it was announced Friday.' Max. Min. Prcc. 7S as .at 71 53 JTT 92 43 J S3 SI .00 .59 '49 .00 78 4S .00 . 1 53 trac J0O 70 M . 91 70 trace .13 trac Salem Portland Baker Medford North Bend Roseburg San Francisco Chicago .. New York Los Angeles Willamette- River -4.1 feet. FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem): Mostly cloud y with scattered show ers today and tonight. Cooler with the high today near 69 and the low tonight near 47. Cloudy Sunday morning and partly sunny Sunday afternoon. Temperature at VIM a.m. today was 58 SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Year Sept 1 This Year Last Year Normal 4455 43.13 v 3S.89 was told three planes were bomb ing the city as they talked on the telephone. He said La Merced Church in the city had been destroyed by bombs. Mother, Grandma All on Same Day SULLIVAN, Ind. Mrs. Elea nor Marshall of Sullivan became a. mother and a grandmother Fri day. She and her laughter. Nancy Mc Clure, gave birth to daughters in the same hospital just 104 minutes apart.