The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 29, 1954, Page 10

¥ REBELS CONTINUE FIGHT TO OVERTHROW GUATEMALA GOV’T By SAM SUMMERLIN 'TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras #— Col. Carlos Castillo Armas’ anti- Communist rebels kept up their fight today to overthrow the Guate- malan government after demand- ing the “unconditional surrender” of their country’s new ruling mili- tary junta of top army officers. The Guatemalan radio reported y afternoon that insurgent had bombed the capital. ‘Then the station went off the air. A communique from the rebel headquarters made no mention of the bombing, but earlier rebel broadcasts had warned that air strikes would be renewed unless Col. Carlos Diaz, the new “ visional President” and head of the junta, gave up. Diaz, former army chief of staff, took over Sunday night after the army-forced resignation of left- wing President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. The new military regime promptly outlawed the Communist party, but’ this failed to placate the anti-Red rebels driving toward the capital. from the Honduras ‘Associated Press Correspondent Jack Rutledge, in a dispatch from Guatemala City delayed 18 hours a Communists. He said two Red members. of Parliament had taken refuge in the Mexican Em- bassy. ‘1 among the first acts of Py gs eine, regime had been a shift in the top police command, with Jose Luis Morales Melgar named to succeed Rogelio Cruz Wer as chief of the civil police and J. Antonio Saravia supplanting Jaime Rosenberg as secret police Arbenz, Rutledge said, was con- fined under heavy guard yester- day to his private residence in the suburbs of Guatemala City, with an armored car stationed in front. However, the Guatemalan govern- ment radio in a broadcast later yesterday said the ex-President was flying to exile in Argentina. ‘The Argentine government an- nounced in Buenos Aires last night that Arbenz’s wife and two chil- dren had been given asylum in its Guatemala City embassy. Rutledge messaged that develop- ments in the capital yesterday were “so rapid that general con- fusion reigns.” He said censorship, lifted Sunday night after Arbenz’s resignation, had been clamped back on tight, “‘due mainly to the ” He said U. S. Ambassador John Peurifoy was scheduled to confer with Diaz sometime yesterday. Arbenz’s broadcast eo, = nouncing his resignation nam Diaz as “provisional is regent Rutledge ‘wrote. ‘However, the Junta really is in control,” he said. He said the capital was blacked out Sunday night after Arbenz’s broadcast and sporadic shooting occurred throughout the city. The rebels’ surrender ultimatum was laid down in a manifesto broadcast last night by the ‘‘Liber-| bridge ation Radio.” It declared: “We will accept nothing short of unconditional surrender despite ths changes.” The rebel radio labeled the change-over in Guatemala City a “desperate maneuver” made “on orders from the Kremlin.” It charged the “simulated outlawing” of the Communist party was de- cided upon in conferences between leaders of the junta and top Guate- malan Reds. i Diaz himself had attended a Communist school in Prague, the radio charged, and his closest col- leagues are “fellow travelers.” The broadcast reported that mili- tary action was at a standstill throughout yesterday. Earlier, however, authoritative sources in Tegucigalpa had reported there had been no letup in fighting around the east Guatemalan rail center of Zacapa, but detailed re- We built a better mousetrap! Around the corner or many miles away we can serve you quickly, economically and well. See us! ARTMAN PRESS sults were not known. The rebels previously had claimed a victor in the region, i Monitors in Honduras gave con- flicting reports on the Guatemalan government accounts of yester- day’s air raid on the eapital. Some listeners said 12 planes bombed and machine-gunned the city, but others understood only one or two attacked. Previous rebel strikes had involved no more than three planes at a time. The Guatemalan radio, heard last night in Mexico, declared that the junta under Diaz had decreed an amnesty for all political prison- ers and exiles. This appeared to be a bid for support from political Pro-| refugees living abroad. In Washington, the council of the Organization of American States (OAS) called for Western Hemi- sphere foreign ministers to meet in Rio de Janeiro July 7 to con- sider means of stemming Red pen- etration into Guatemala. The coun- cil decided to go ahead with plans for the meeting despite Guatemal- an declarations that the party had been banned. The Inter-American Peace Com- mittee, a body within the OAS, prepared to go to Guatemala to- day on a fact-finding mission. The Guatemalan Embassy in Washing- ton assured the committee it would not be barred from the fighting area, despite the change in govern- ment. Whiting Willauer, U.S. ambassa- dor to Honduras, said here last night that two American newsmen did not crash-land in Guatemala as the embassy previously reported. The pair — Robert Lubar, Mexico City bureau chief for Time and Life, and George Silk, a photogra- pher for the magazines—made a normal landing in a light plane near Esquipulas and went on to the rebel headquarters at Chiqui- mula, * The ambassador said their pilot, Bill Quick of Superior, Wis., crack- ed up when he tried to take off again from the muddy field. He was unhurt and has returned here. A. U.S. C47 transport that went out yesterday to contact the Amer- icans after the crash report got a warning burst of fire over El Salvador, according to Col; Sawyer, U.S. military attache in Tegucigalpa. The incident took place about 15 miles ) the Guatemalan border. Sawyer ' said the fighter was a P47 of the type used by the Guatemalan rebels. The transport was not hit. Fishing Boat Skipper Survives Freak Accident LIVERPOOL, N. S. W—Warren Levy, 41-year-old skipper of the fishing boat Janet Irene, stood at the rail while his crewmen flipped halibut aboard. As a winch drew in the trawl line, one of its dangl- ing hooks snagged through the of his nose. A sailor leaped for the winch, stopping it seconds before Levy was drawn face first into the mesh- ing gear. The stocky captain clenched his teeth against the pain as his men filed. the eye off the hook. They worked the metal loose, then Poured iodine into the gaping ‘wound. Levy ordered his men back to work, refusing to head for shore until the last trawl was hauled in. His eyes were swollen nearly shut when the Janet Irene finally tied up here. Hospital authorities said his con- dition was satisfactory last night after an emergency operation. When the Panama Canal was opened in 1913, engineers said it might have been completed two years earlier except for huge land- slides which hampered work in the Necessary deep cuts. Page 10 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, June 29, 1954 Laredo Residents Evacuated As Rio Grande Flood Rages Byrd Appears Sure To Win Md. Primary BALTIMORE (#—Dr. Harry Clif- ton Byrd apparently won the Dem- ocratic nomination for governor early today by picking up Talbot County’s four unit votes. This gave the former University of Maryland president 77 unit votes, the number necessary for nomina- tion under Maryland’s county unit system, similar to the electoral col- lege in presidential elections. George P. Mahoney, Baltimore paving contractor, had 68, with seven still in doubt. The race was so close in several counties that only the official can- vass can determine the winner for certain. \ 5 It also was likely there would be a demand for recounts. The popular vote, which governs only if the unit count ends in a 76-76 tie, stood at 155,432 for Byrd and 152,937 for Mahoney with 1,290 of the state’s 1,338 polling places reported. Dr. Byrd was running for his first elective office after 18 years as president of the university. The battle for. the Democratic nomination overshadowed all other counting of the Maryland primary, which saw Republican Theodore R. McKeldin easily turn back three challengers in his bid for renomination by the Republicans. In the three congressional con- tests involving incumbents, Repub- licans Edward T. Miller and Frank Jr. and Democrat Samuel 5 iedel were easily renomin- a The other four sitting con- ay aa had no primary opposi- 4 Comptroller J. Millard Tawes, LAREDO, Tex. (#—Police in this border city hurriedly evacuated residents of low areas today in the face of the Rio Grande’s great- est flood. Police said an expected 40-foot crest would send flood waters this city of nearly 52,000. Across the steadily rising ram- paging boundary river the twin Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo abandoned attempts to sandbag the levee. Workmen started moving everything possible, including the Population, to higher ground. Police expected the waters to envelope the already closed Inter- national Bridge at any moment. Thousands of people on both sides of the U.S,-Mexico fled to the hills. Nearly 100 miles north of the Rio Grande, in the rich oil-and-cattle country of far west Texas, 14 persons were be- lieved dead after flash floods swept through Ozona. Flood stages 5 to 15 feet higher than ever before were expected \in the border cities today. But an ‘International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) spokesman, after a plane flight over the river, said: = : “How much the river will rise tfter this crest passes is any- body’s guess.” The IWBC had lost contact with its gauging points north of Langtry, ome 60 miles upstream from Del Back of the picturesque border Tiver’s churning, debris-laden crest were shattered bridges, flooded towns and washed-out railroads and highways. Thousands were forced from their homes, but—ex- cept for tragedy-ridden Ozona— there had béen no loss of lie re- ported, River-wise city folks quickly evacuated their homes. Farmers had been warned and joined the thousands in the Mexican hills. Much of the Mexican side of the river is lower than the U.S. side. The rains, some up to 22 inches were spawned by last week’s Hur- longytime associate and distant rel-|Ticane Alice, which lashed the ative of Byrd put a pronounced neutral in the factional top-level struggle, had little trouble dispos- ing of Baltimore grocer Harry Kemper for renomination by the Democrats. State Sen. C. Ferdinand Sybert and Philip H. Dorsey Jr., seeking the attorney general nomination on the Byrd and Mahoney tickets, re- spectively, were wrapped in a see- saw battle. In a judiciary contest which pro- voked an unusual amount of politi- cal discussion Judge Hall Ham- mond appeared headed for victory in his efforts to retain his seat on the State Court of Appeals. With only 10 of 297 polling places unreported, he led challenging Cir- cuit Judge William C. Marbury by. 49,460 to 25,560 on the Demo- cratic ballot and, with 43 still to be heard from, held an 8,747-7,283 lead on the Republican side. Nom- ination by both parties would mean election. STEVENS LAUDS CIVILIAN AIDES LEAVENWORTH, Kan. ®—Sec- retary of the Army Robert T. Stevens told a nationwide gather- ing of his civilian aides yesterday they were “making a major con- tribution to greater public under- standing of Army activities.” The secretary has civilian ad- visers in each state. Forty-six were present at the meeting at Ft. Leavenworth. Citizen Classified Ads Pay Off! Texas-Mexican Gulf Coast for 12 hours last Friday. Ahead of the rushing floodwaters lay the great is Falcon Dam, dedicated less than -yer go by the presidents of the United States and Mexico. It was expected to keep the damaging floodwaters from the lush vegetable and citrus- growing lower Rio Grande Valley and its big population. For the lower valley, the great flood was a blessing. Beyond Fal- con Dam, the river has been vir- tually dry. Now the flood will be used in future months to slacken the mammouth thirst of the orange and grapefruit groves, the vege- table arms and cotton-growing areas. At least half of Ciudad Acuna, across the river from Del Rio, Tex., was under water. Some 15,000 People huddled in the Tamaulipas Hills. Water, medical supplies, food and clothing were being flown in by the American Red Cross. The privately owned International Toll Bridge was swept away between Ciudad Acuna and Del Rio. Fifty-five miles south of Del Rio, between Piedras Negras and Eagle Pass, the raging flood beat the city owned International Bridge to kindling about 9 p.m. last night. Eagle Pass’ only hospital was iso- lated by the swift-moving flood waters and could be reached only by boat. Both the United States and Mex- ico hurriedly marshaled forces to combat the mad waters. The U.S. 4th Army flew field kitchens, cots, blankets and clothing to flood- harried towns, Time and again you have heard the story about the man who builds a better mousetrap. Well, lots of firms in and around Key West used to jump around from one printer to another until they discovered THE ARTMAN PRESS. 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Although neither Big Steel nor the union would comment on re- Ports of a settlement, the Pitts- burgh Post-Gazette said an agree- ment had been reached. The news- Paper predicted quick ratification and said the other major steel companies, facing the same con- tract expiration deadline: of mid- night tomorrow, will fall into line. A source close to the union was quoted as saying the reported agreement provided a package in- crease totaling about 12% cents an hour. However, industry sources were reported to have set the fig- ure at about 8 cents an hour. The 600,000 USW members em- Ployed in the-basic steel have been averaging from $2.14 to $2.24 an hour. Russians Get More Ice Cream During Summer MOSCOW (#—The Malenkov gov- ernment, pledged to give the Soviet common man more to eat and drink, says it is making good this summer on the ice cream front. The press admits there is a long way to go before consumer goods and housing reach the desired lev- el. But Soviet Trade, organ of Anastase -Mikoyan’s Ministry of Trade, says tons of ice cream are being produced. “Tee cream is demanded more and more by all,” this paper ob- serves. “There has been a con- siderable increase in sales over last year. The number of sellers has been increased from 3,030 to 3,420. In addition there is more ice cream in restaurants and cafes. On hot days the volume sold in Moscow averages 160 to 170 tons and on June 13 it hit a record 200 tons.” Last week the government closed STRONG AIR FORCE PLANNED BY JAPAN TOKYO (®—Th English-lan- guage edition of the po Mainichi said today Japan has an ™mannounced five-year plam fa building her new air force to 1,30 planes, including 525 Sabre jets. 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