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Batista's Cabinet
Drafts Decrees To
Avert Rebel Strike
Havana (tp The Cuban
cabinet met in emergency
session most of the night and
drafted a series of stiff de
crees to avert a rebel-threatened
general strike aimed at
overthrowing the govern
ment, It also moved to end a
run on Cuban banks and pre
vent a financial crisis.
The cabinet session, from
midnight until after 4 a.m.,
came as the Dominican Re
public rushed five plane loads
of arms and ammunition to
Cuba to help in what govern
ment sources called "its great
est hour of peril."
Emergency Request
Dominican strongman Ra
fael Trujillo acted on an
"emergency request" from
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President Fulgencio Batista
as rebel forces tightened a
stranglehold on Oriente prov
ince and called for new "am
bushes" in threatened towns.
Widespread arrests were
reported in Santiago, which
has been virtually cut off
from the rest of Cuba. No
reasons were given. At least
19 rebels and their weapons
were reported seized in Ha
vana itself.
The weapons shipment was
intended to strengthen the
government's hand against
the swelling revolt in the
province, where 30 to 50 per
sons have been reported killed
in two days. The arms would
replace 1950 Garand rifles
whose shipment from the Un
ited States was blocked Mar.
14 by the State Department.
Porter Assured
In Washington Wednesday
night, Rep. Charles O. Porter
(D-Ore.), said the department
had assured him that the Cu
ban government will get no
more U. S. arms until the
situation in that country re
turns to normal. Porter is an
outspoken critic of the Batis
ta regime.
Censorship and communi
cations difficulties made it
difficult to determine the ex
act situation in Oriente, but
the best information avail
able indicates that public
transportation and most oth
er activity are paralyzed.
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Civilians Joined
By Soldiers To
Battle River
Carmel, Calif. (IP) Sev
eral hundred soldiers and ci
vilians battled furiously to
day to hold the Carmel river
within its sagging levees lest
it flood 300 homes in the Mis
sion Fields subdivision.
The historic Carmel Mis
sion overlooking the flooded
area was in no danger.
Half the subdivision al
ready was up to a foot or two
of water in some spots.
Streets were like canals.
There was no general evacu
ation, but a few residents left
their homes.
Bridge in Danger
The swirling river inundat
ed the Carmel River Inn, a
motel in the same area. Own
ers feared some of the build
ings would be swept into the
ocean less than a mile distant.
Fears were expressed for
the Carmel bridge, a concrete
structure on Highway 1.
A 100-foot wooden bridge,
one of three swept down
stream by the torrent, ham
mered against the Carmel
bridge at right angles. Offi
cials in charge of the flood
control work feared the" wood
en structure would turn
parallel to the bridge and
dam the river.
Deputy sheriffs and coast
guardsmen spent the night
rescuing residents along the
river in Carmel Valley. The
coast guardsmen, from the
Monterey life boat station,
carried a skiff on a trailer.
Hazardous Trips
Just before daybreak, depu
ties and coast guardsmen
made two hazardous trips in
a skiff to Odello Island a half
mile north of the Coast High
way in the middle of the
river.
They rescued Mrs. Licia
Linder and her next door
neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Rich and their four children.
The they went to a group
of four two-story apartment
buildings isolated upstream
from the Carmel river bridge.
None of the occupants want
ed to be rescued, but they
said some had previously
waded ashore waist deep.
Los Angeles jdPt Land
slides, fallen trees and power
failures plagued Southern
California today as a new
storm struck with rain, snow
and gusty winds.
Two minor rock slides oc
curred on the Pacific Coast
Highway near Las Flores
Canyon in the Malibu area,
but the Highway Patrol di
rected traffic around the de
bris until it was cleared.
There were other small slides
in mountain canyons and the
Pasadena Freeway was
blocked briefly by a fallen
tree.
There were dozens of pow
er failures throughout the Los
Angeles area.
At Lake Hughes, near New
hall, the Weather Bureau re
ported three inches of rain
during the night.
Grand Jury Returns
Two Indictments
Indictments were returned
by the Jackson county grand
jury Tuesday charging Gor
don Smith, 106 Crater Lake
ave., Medford, with second de
gree burglary, and Lester
Price, Butte Falls, with grand
larceny.
Smith was arrested by Med
ford police on charges of bur
glary early Sunday morning.
He is suspected of breaking
into the Southern Oregon Dis
tributors Inc., 710 South
Grape st., some time Satur
day night or Sunday morn
ing. Police said 58 cases of
beer and the company safe,
which contained about $40 in
small change, were taken.
Price is charged with taking
two electric generators from
Reter Fruit company ware
house recently.
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Jet Age in Commercial Aviation Expected
To Be Reality Late This Year or Early '59
New York (IP) A big
step forward in man's race
against time and distance
the advent of the jet age in
commercial aviation is
slated to get underway in the
United States late this year or
early in 1959.
The jet airliners will shrink
world travel time by 40 per
cent. They will be able to
speed from New York to Paris
in less than seven hours, from
New York to Buenos Aires in
10 hours and 40 minutes, from
Honolulu to Los Angeles in
just under five hours.
Few cities in the world will
be more than 12 hours away
from Americna airfields, ac
cording to Pan American
World Airways which ex
pects to become the first
United States airline to op
erate American-built com-
House Committee
To Study Other
Channel Awards
Washington (IP) Rep.
Oren Harris (D-Ark.), said to
day House investigators are
"seeking light" on several
disputed television channel
awards in an effort to deter
mine whether to call a new
series of public hearings.
Harris, chairman of the
subcommittee which has held
marathon hearings on the
Federal Communications com
mission, declined to say
whether there will be sessions
on the award of Channel 5
in Boston which figured in
testimony Wednesday.
Not Singled Out
"I wouldn't want to single
out Pittsburgh, Boston or any
other case," he told reporters.
"But we are seeking light on
any of these and any others
we can get."
He added "we are interest
ed in any" TV case handled
by the FCC involving more
than one applicant"1 "that
would help us toward our ob
jective" of examining wheth
er regulatory agencies are
following the intent of Con
gress. The subcommittee expect
ed to complete its current
hearings today with testimony
by Mrs. Frieda Hennock Si
mon, a former FCC member.
No hearings are scheduled
during the Easter -congressional
recess.
Ex-Chairman Approached
Former FCC Chairman
George C. McConnaughey
testified Wednesday that two
of the four applicants for Bos
ton Channel 5 approached
him at separate lunches here
after an FCC examiner had
made his report and while it
was under consideration by
the commissioners.
The two were Robert
Choate, publisher of The Bos
ton Herald-Traveler which
owned the firm that finally
got the award last April, and
Forrester Clarke.
Rubirosa Pays Fine
On Traffic Violations
West Palm Beach, Fla. (IP)
Playboy Porfirio Rubirosa
paid a $25 fine Wednesday
for speeding, making an im
proper turn, using an improp
er muffler on his Italian
sports car and speeding on
the way to the police station
after he had been stopped.
Rubirosa denied the charges.
"I've been driving in this
city for four months and this
is the first time anyone said
1 did anything wrong," he
said.
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and not by Robin Hood arch
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the contrary.
mercial jets.
Pan American has 44 jet
transports under order at a
total cost of $275 million.
These include six Boeing 707
121 stratoliners, ' 17 Boeing
707-321 intercontinental and
21 Douglas DC-8s.
December Delivery Set
First of the stratoliners is
scheduled for delivery to Pan
American in December. It
could go into operation with
in five or six weeks. The
other jets are due to be de
livered in the summer of 1959.
The airline says it still
faces a number of problems,
including Civil Aeronau
tical Administration certifica
tion of the jets, longer run
ways at airfields and training
of flight crews.
CAA certification tests are
expected to start soon, Pan
American officials told a re
cent press seminar on the jets.
Heat affects the runway
problem. For example, a strat
oliner on a 98-degree tem
perature day would require
more than 11,000 feet of run
way to get off the ground. The
longest runway at New York's
Idlewild Airport is 9,320 feet.
However, Pan American of
ficials pointed out that if the
runways are not lengthened
and if authorities permit
use of the field the jets could
Fire Breaks Out
In Luckenbach Ship
Portland (IP) A stubborn
fire broke out in the afterhold
of the freighter Robert Luck
enbach at the Luckenbach
dock here Wednesday night.
Firemen said the flames,
brought under control after a
couple of hours, were con
fined to the afterhold.
The flames broke out in a
shipment of paper bags that
had been loaded at Longview,
Wash., and general cargo.
The freighter, a converted es
cort aircraft carrier, was due
to leave here today for Cali
fornia and East Coast points,
with her destination Phila
delphia. 1 II
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The jets not only will be
faster than present airliners
but also -will be able to carry
more passengers.
The jets, said Pan Ameri
can, will be able to cruise at
575 miles per hour compared
to 353 miles per hour for
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The immediate ancestors of
the B-707, said Pan American,
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of the "Strategic Air Com
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pany said, of switching from
a bomber concept to a com
mercial concept to bring the
jet age for the airline trav-
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