anaheim-bulletin 1954-05-25

10 — ANAHEIM (Cal.) BULLETIN Tuesday, May 25, 1954 News of the World as Se DIKE GIVES WAY—The Kootenal River breaks through a dike near Bonner's Ferry, Ida., flooding thousands of acres of rich farmland. Fast melting snows in surrounding mountains raised the river level above flood marks threatening the town with severe damage. Engineers and volunteers are working around the clock to patch and fill weak points in the dikes. SHOULDERS GUILTY—Louis Shoulders, former St. Louis police lieutenant, poses with his wife in their Kansas City, Mo., hotel room after he was found guilty of perjury by a federal grand jury. Shoulders had been charged with lying about what he and Patrolman Elmer Dolan did with suitcases containing ransom money in the Greenlease kidnap case. Still missing is $303,720. Sentence was deferred pending the defense filing motion for new trial. Maximum penalty is five years' imprisonment and $2000 fine. CHARGED WITH MURDER—Former Army Capt. James M. CHARGED WITH MURDER—Former Army Capt. James M. Leech receives phone call in Lima, O., after being charged with ax slayings at Passau, Germany on Jan. 7, 1946 of three Army officers. U. S. Prosecutor William D. Canfield asked U. S. High Commissioner James B. Conant to extradite Leech from the United States to face trial before a U. S. court in Germany. NEW LIGHT—Senator Joseph R. McCarthy said in Washington that he tried to tell President Eisenhower his side in the McCarthy row before it "exploded" publicly but failed to get White House appointment. McCarthy said sometime between 22-24 he asked Victor A. Johnson (left), director of the Senate campaign committee, to seek the appointment through Maj. Wilton B. (Jerry) Persons (right), the President's liaison man Congress. SERIOUS SIDE — On the portico of the White House, President Eisenhower engages in a serious conversation with Republican Senator Charles E. Potter of Michigan, a member of Senate investigating subcommittee. The President had just been host at breakfast to the Marching and Chowder Club, a group of young congressmen. HAS PLAN — V. K. Kirshner Menon (above), special envoy to Geneva from India, will arrive in the United States with a promise plan for ending the 71-year-old Indo-China war. Menon dispatched by Indian Premier Nehru, is author of the prisoner formula that led to the Korean armistice. HIGH LEVEL HUDDLE—Wisconsin's Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy (center) goes into a huddle with South Dakota's Senator Karl Mundt (left), temporary chairman of the Senate investigating subcommittee, and special counsel Ray Jenkins (right) just before opening another day in the hearings on McCarthy's dispute with the Army. Ferry, Ida., flooding mountains raised the meers and volunteers TELLS OF WIFE LEFT Berlin on a murder assisinternal security subcomher and their 2-year-old man was responsible for VERSION—This photo, received from an official Soviet source, according to the original caption, a Communist Viet Minh giving a drink to a wounded prisoner of war after the battle here in Indo-China. 'SUPER SPY' ON THE FLY—This gentleman, who gave his name as Arthur Perfitt and his address as 1188 Grand Concourse, BN. Y., is ejected from the Army-McCarthy Hearing by Lt. L. Disney of the Capitol Police for creating a disturbance. Ching to be a "super service spy," he thumbed his nose at the committee and shouted "Think you're Flying Tigers, don't you? THE BETTER PART OF VALOR—Volunteers and firemen retreat in haste as the last in a series of explosions erupts at the Rothschild Oil Co. refinery fire at Santa Fe Springs, Calif. Two workers were injured in the first explosion, which started the blaze, consuming over one million gallons of gas. HIT THE SILK—Paratroopers stream from C-119 troop carrier over Pope Air Force Base, N.C., during operation Tacair 54-7, a training exercise of the tactical air command being conducted by 9th and 18th Air Forces. The drop is being held simultaneously with Exercise Flash Burn, the Arsenal atomic maneuver involving 9000 men. TELLS OF WIFE LEFT BEHIND—Nikolai Khokhlov, former Russian secret police agent sent to West Berlin on a murder assignment, holds a picture of his wife, Yanina, as he appears before the Senate internal security subcommittee in Washington. He appealed to the American public for help in saving her and their 2-year-old son he left in Moscow. He said the influence of his wife made him a religious man was responsible for his decision to flee to the West. OFF ON INSPECTION TOUR—Defense Secy. Charles E. Wilson (right) says goodbye to Adm. Arthur Radford (left), chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Nathan Twining. Air Force chief. Mr. Wilson took off from Washington by air for a three-week Far East inspection tour. Before leaving he told reporters that the Armed Forces are "entirely capable" of digging out security risks without congressional investigations. AINT SHE SWEET?—The lovely with the lobster is Jarvis Ann Downs, of Magnolia, Ark., who was voted "Miss College Week" in Bermuda. Jarvis, a freshman at Hollins College, Va., was among the more than 4000 fun-seeking students vacationing in Bermuda during the annual five-week period which constitutes "College Week." SINGAPORE SLING—Due to the increase of crime in Singapore, Judo schools are crammed with students of all sexes and ages. Here, instructor J. Bell is being tossed by one of his more adept female students. 'Classes are held for 180 pupils in this school, and 22 of them are women who have decided they want to be able to hold their own in this man's world.