. See Story rs~Al Franchise Page Four , al "\eroing The State University of Iowa Clnd the PeoJ)le of Iowa City Five Cents a CO!lV MembCr 01 Associated Press - AP Lcased Wire and photo sentlee Iowa City, Iowa. Tuesday, July 17, 1956 Hodge Resig·ns Post . , , . • ·As, Auditor in Illi, nOls . u.s. Accuses Russ - Fire Causes Minor Damage Cashing' of 01 Holding Airmen Siafe Checks MOSCOW IA'l-The nited States Monday night accused the Soviet Un· ,Questionable' ion of holding a number of American airmen. Some have been missing more than silc years. SPRINGFIELD, III. I.fI-Orville A U.S. note to the Soviet Foreign Ministry dem:mdt'd inform:ltion E. Hodge, a leader in Gov. Wil· (Da1l1 , .... I'bolo b l' Larry DaY ) about them and others. I THE HIAT WAS no problem for the .. low. City youngste... as th.y took to the , "r before , cooling Llam G. Stratton's Republican ad­ ministratioll, resigned as IIIil)oil> "'UIIIe In the city pool Mond.y .fternoon. The ,.nl, led he ... by 80bby .nd Mid,e didn't ...m to be p.y. It said the U.S. go vernment is Ked M C 1ft, MIl' .ttention to the 9O-d.' .... he.t which h.s blister.d the low. City ar•• for the p... few d.ys. informed and is com pell d to be- I stale auditor Monday under fire I say ry of an investigation of his office's He VI' the Soviet Union i detaining finances. military per onnel fa'om two U.S. The dramatic cllmax came as a planes. Parents Too, state grand jury opened its investi­ Heat , Is Here They were a U.S. Navy Priva· . - gation oC charges that at least .. Z Present Film Showing slate warrants were issued by teer. lost ove r the Bailie April 8, oC 1950, and a U.S. Air Force B29 But No Circus Hodge's office in lhe amount • - . ,To Stay, Say $544,000, and cashed. under q~s­ that went down on the iea of Japan PJTISBURGU lA'I- The Ringling tlonable circumstances. 01' n ar Kamchatka June 13, 1952. Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus, . Announcement Hodge had quit 'WISS Try at Everest Forecasters The note added that it may well America's "Greatest Show on was made by Gov. Stratton a,t a Iowa Citians will receive no let­ be lhat the Soviet government has Earth," called an end to its circu news conference in his statehouse "the Challenge of Everest," a color film record of two Swiss expedi­ up Cram the heat today or durine in custody crewm n from other tour which for years has thrilled office shorUy aner Hodge visited millions of youngsters and grown · tions which sought to conquer the world's highest mountain in 1952, lhe remainder of the month. aircraft, specifically m n who Stratton and Ullnois "Atty. Gen. La­ will be shown in the Main Lounge oC the Iowa Memorial Union at 8 p.m. Caught for the UN command in Ko· ups in nearly every corner of the tham CasUe in the executive man­ Thursday. High temperatures In Iowa City rea. The United States asked the land. sion. today reached into the middle The film will be shown by Norman G. Dyhr~nCurth, the official pho· Soviet government to make a tho· John Ringling North, said the cir· Stratton said Hod~e also with· wg{apher for the second 1952 Swiss 90s, several degrees bclow SUD­ rough Investigation and keep the cus wa folding its mammoth tenl drew as the Republican nominee f~pedl\.ion . Dyhrenfurth will also day's high of 99. embassy here Informed of its pro· for the last time Monday night fol' fl second term in the aurtitor 's Serve as narrator for the film pre· Not much change is oxpected gress. aCter a performance at nearby office and resigned as a delegate· ~ntaUon. The program is open to Heidelberg rac ~ track. today with highs ranging from 84 The note said reports concern­ at·large to the Republican National tlre public. No admission will be ing prisoners came Cram persons "The tenl d circus as it now Convention in San Francisco Aug. charged. to 92 and lows in tile middle GOs. released from detcntion in lhe So· exist Is, in my opinion, a thing o( 20. "Tbe Challenge pf Everest" Scattered thund rshowers are viet Un ion and have "now b comc the past," North said. "We ar The governor, with Morton II. shows Swiss mountaineers working predicted for Iowa City today. so persistent and detailed and so considering plans for the future Hollingsworth. fina.nce dircctor and which may in vCil/ ve an almost com· tnall, I.W~D Photo by Latry Dar) against desperate odds in cl1mblng The weath(!r bureau' SO·day credible that although Ihe U.S. IOWA CITY FIREMAN Ray H.ss, right, .nd George Wrigtlt, c~nt.r, state GOf chairman seated beside ,Pletely mechanlcaUy controlled . oVer enormous gl:!ciers, and hack· fQT cast calls for abo ve normal government is not ble to identity help H.rm.n Villh.uer, left, put on olly~en m.sk befllre he goel In him, said be bac:\ accepted the 1nI' out I'ey roolhold~ on perilous temperatures throughout the by name the e American nationals hlbilion." t. smoke frll.d bas.ment to comb.t fire. Fire was confiMCf to bas,. resignations, effective immedi· sl~ while' hampered by freezing norUlwest with preCipitation in now detained. it requests the So­ North emphasized the circus will m.nt area of hou ...t 219 N. Dubuque St. belonging to Mrs. Loul .. ately. I gales. Physical exhaustion finally the Midwest to exceed normal. viet government to inform the U.S. eontinue, in dlCferent form . He Stephens. Auhtant Chl.f A. F. Rlttenmey.,. st.ted th.t fi~ d.m.,. Stratton said "Of course, it will oC forced the leaders the expedi­ Temperatures across Iowa government in detail concerning said: could be conlid~red "minor" and thlt no ...,er. d.ml,. was done to take a day or two to name a suc­ tion to give Up after climbing to Monday were mostly in the 80s, each military person who has been "The all·ncw 87th presentation of the hou ... cessor, and, oC c\lurse, the present within , 900 feet oC the lop oC the compared with 20 degrees and detained in the Soviet Union since Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey ------:--------- - ----------- auditor (Hodge) stays In a day or 29,Oo2·fool peak. more higher than thaI on Sunday. Jan. I, 1949, of whom the United two, since we have to get a new States has not hitherto been in­ .combined shows will open as usual R t L /'11 "What really defeated us," Dy­ The weather bureau said the on April 3, 1957, at Madison Square bond approved for his successor." formed by the Soviet government. epor uce ness htenCurth says, "was the approach reason for the change was that Garden in New York and will pLay Hodge had left the executi,ve giving in each ca ~e the name of or winter with its shortened days, cooler air hovered over the state tbe 1957 season in other alr-condi· 1 , mansion session visibly shaken. and a blanket of Ice with no cover· Monday. the person and the circumstances ing of snow." underlying his detention." ~:a~~/rena s all over the United Due to Arsenic Dust He told newsmen, "I'm beat, Temperatures at 2:30 p.m. fellows." Then, be said, "Bu~ I As DyhrenCurth explains it, the Monday included 90 at Des Labor troubles, bad weather and NEW YORK IA'l--A bizarre diplomatic secret was reported Monday didn 't kill anybody, did I?" aun disappeared behind the moun· rising costs sounded the death knell Moines, 88 al Cedar Rapids, 89 at night: A long series of illnesses oC Clare Boothe Luce, U.S. ambassador The sensational crisls in lhe au· talns each day at 1: 30 in the after­ I Cor the road show under the giant Waterloo and 86 at Council Bluffs. GOY Long Signs Bill to Italy, was caused by arsenic !)Oisoning. ditor's office began some two noon. "Then all camp activity canvas umbrella. The deadly ar enic came from paint on the ornate ceiling oC her bed· ceased," he reports. "The only months ago as a ripple when a Earlier this year, two other cir­ room in Rome. II sifted down in ' - --------- -­ reader of the Chicago Daily Nqws thing to do was climb into sleep­ Vote To Declo re To Segregate Sports cuses shut down on similar rea­ tiny amounts of dust during the ,------------, called at the newspaper's off,ice Ing bags and try to sleep. But this sons. They were the Clyde Beatty first 20 months she Ji ved there, was impossible," he adds, "be­ BATON ROUGE , La. {..f\ - Gov. and told Executive Editor BIl;;il City Jobs Vacant and King Bros. circuses. il&Il'_c<"" ~etling into her Walters a story that the editor I:ause the winds were constant and Earl Long Monday signed a bill Part of the bankrupt King Bros. Jreakfast coffee. The -News thought worth investlgating. bJ'4!w with l00-mite·an-hour force. DES MOlNES IA'l-In a surprise banning interracial athletic contests Circus was lItranded Monday in 'n hot weather. They whislled and roared and Norman G. Dyhrenfurth move, the City Council voted 3-1 in Louisiana effective Oct. 15. ; h e inhaled it Reporter George Thiem wor/Wd Stroudsburg, Pa., on its way to several days beCore filing the ru:st .bOOk your tent and you couldn't MODday to give p;e1iminary ap' l The new la wwill prohibit "danc- southern headquarters at Macon, laUy.