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Vol. CXVII, No. 184.
Record Ga.
Corn Crop
Foreseen
Georgia corn and tobacco . ops
v i} set new record high yields per
scre this year, based on conditions
as of August I, it was reported to
day by b. L. Floyd, agricultural
gtatistician in charge of Georgia
Crop Reporting Service, and Ar
chie Langley, agricultural statisti
cian with the same service.
D. L. Branyon, Clarke county
sgent, told the Banncr-Herald to
dey indications mnow are that
Clarke county. eorn crop will not
pe as good as last year’s crop due
to the hot, dry weather this sea
son.
He said this is definitely a locsl
¢radition and is probably not true
fr most areas over the state. Mr.
Branyon added that the< young
cern is being hurt most by the
lack of rain and the extremely hot
werther, However, Mr, Branyon,
said this year's crop will produce
scme good corn, but the yield
won't be quite as large as last
year.
Over the state a record high
vield of 17 bushels per acre of
ccrn is exepected. The majority of
corn in South Georgia was made
pefore the extreme hot dry wea
ther of latter July and early Aug
ust and in North Georgia the crop
was only damaged in local acreas.
The two statisticians report that
present indications are for a pro
duction of ° 04,485,000 bushels,
which is about five million bushels
over last year, c
Tobacco Crop
Indicated tobaceo production for
the state is 113,512,000 pounds,
which is near a record high, being
exceeded only by the large 1947
crop of 127,142,000 pounds. An all
time high yield {»er acre of 1,249
pounds is indicated foi the state.
Mr. Floyd and Mr. Langley re
port that weather conditions dur
g July were generally favorable,
except in a few local areas, for
food and food crops.
They sald peanut prospects are
gererally good, but the sharp de
cline in acreage for picking and
thrashing will result in a smaller
glroduction than in recent years.
ay crops are much above the
average and pastures are furnish
ing excellent grazing for livestock
jl. most areas. The 1849 peach
harvest is over and the final out
turn was less than earlier season
expectations, The sfim and npg;
crops are very short. Indica
pecan production is slightly below
average and much below the bum-~
ber crops of 41945 and 1948, the
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
buletin said.
The nation’s 1949 corn crop es
timated at 8,538 million bushels
would be the second largest on
record, exceeded only by last
year’s all-time high of 3,651 mil
lion bushels. Also a total volume
of crops sscond only to 1948 con
:F_tjnuea in prospect for 1949, the
“bulletin stated.
Clark 4-H
Clubbers To
'Attend Meet
Five Clarke county 4-H mem
bers will represent the county at
#State 4-H Club Council meeting
7 In Milledgeville, which begins
tomorrow and lasts through Sat
urdav.
+ The delegates are Dcn Bran
yoi, jr., immediate past presi
r.dent of the District organization,
!"vice-president of the Wizétervi}le
Club, and the county 4-H Council;
‘Lane Nicholson, president of the
#University Demonstration High
School Club for boys and assist
ant secretary of the 4-H Council;
~flopnie Clements, Secretary of the
University Demonstratgon Hixsh
School for boys an 0 vice
president of th{ céflr'?ty I-g Cotn
cil
Eula Lee Cochran, veporter for
the University Demonstration
High School Club for Trh; and
Peggy Tarpley, girls vice-presi
dent of the county 4-H Council
and secretary of the University
Demonstration Righ School Club
for Girls.
At the state meeting winners of
Various district contests will com
pete, state officers will be elect
€d. and there will be a number
of other activities for the youths.
WEATHER |
ATHENS AND VICINITY I
Partly cloudy and not much |
temperature change today, to- i
night and Tuesday. Scattered
thowers this afterncon and
4z"in Tuesday afternoon. High
today 88; low tonight 72. High
tomorrow 88. Sunset today will
be at 7:20; sunrise in the mor
ning at 5:55,
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued rather warm this
efternoon, tonight and Tues
day: a few scattered showers
228 {hundersiorms this after
hoon and evening and again I
Tuesday afternoon, mostly in |
West and morth portions.
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OUT OF JAIL — TEMPORARILY
Mrs. Alice Ramstetter (right), 69, who insisted on going to jail
on a gambling charge, is allowed to take her meals in her own
restaurant in Central City, Colo. She paid a visit to Marjorie Bolt
(left) and Chief Cook Lillian Warren in the kitchen, They showed
her a cake in which they said they would put a file. It was just a
gag, however since Mrs. Ramstetter can get immediate release by
signing an appearance bond. But she says she won’t do it. She is
one of 39 people in Central City charged with gambling.— (AP
Wirephoto.)
New Syrian Cabinet
West German Voters Rebuff Reds;
Boost Odds To Join Europe Council
By The Associated Press :
A new cabinet was named in Syria today following &
lightning military coup in which the president and pre
mier of the Middle East country were slain.
President Husni Zayim, who had seized power only
four and & half months ago, fell before a firing squad at
the Mazza military barracks yesterday. Premier Muhsen
Bey Berazi, generally considered the brains of the regime,
died with him. e e e : _
The coup was carried out by a
group of senior army officers led
by Col. Sami Mennawi, 51, Syrian
hero of the Palestine war. He -
nawt told- Syrian political leaders
l: st night that Zayim was guilty of
“conceit and despotism” apd said
the uprising was
jforced by the
President’s reck
less spending of
s e
World News
Roundup :
government funds and his fail
ure to follow through promises
of reform.
The political leaders cslled on
elcerly former President Hasem
Bey Attassi t¢ form a new gov
ernment. He in turn named 11
men to serve in his cabinet.
Arab Confab
The coup had mmediate reper
cussions in the Middie Eeast. King
Abdullah, vho has made no secret
ol his desire to incorporate Syria
into his Hashemite Jordan (Trans-
Jordan), -urged an immediate
meeting of the Arab League to
discuss the Syrian crisis.
Egypt's cabinet har been called
into emergency session to-discuss
the situation. Abdullah‘s ambitions
have caused concern among Egyp
tian leaders.
Voters in western Germany
have rebuffed Communism and
extreme right pro-Nazi groups.
More than 24,000,000 Germans
{;articifpate% 2yesterday in the elec
jon of a 402-member parliament.
J'l%he éonserva ive Christian
Democrats gained the largest pop
vlar vote, 7,356,025. The Social
Democrats (Socialists) weie close
behind with 6,932.303. The Free
Democrats gained third place with
7,827,948 votes.
Red Slump
If the Christian Democrats and
Free Democrats join forces they
will be able to form @ Conserva
tive eabinet.
The Communists, who gained 10
per cent of the popular vote in
1046 state elections, slumped to
sbout six per cent. — 1,360,469
votes. This was regarded as the
fourth major defeat for the Com=-
munists in western Europe since
ti.c war. The other setbacks came
il, France, Italy and western Ber
lin,
Observers in Strasbourg believe
s PERCENTER PROBERS TOLD OF:
Smuggling In Deep Freeze Deal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—(AP)
— Senator McCarthy (R.-Wis.)
said today an employee of the
company reported to have paid for
dee% freezers sent to Mrs. Harry
S. Truman and a number of other
notables had engaged in “attempt
ed smuggling activities.”
McCarthy emphasized that he
does not think there was anything
“gven remotely improper” on Mrs.
Truman's part.
The Wisconsin Senator made his
statement at the opening of today’s
five percenter hearing. The Sen
ate investigating committee is try
ing to find out whether improper
influence with government offi
cials figures in the activities of
perpong who charge fees for help
in landing government contracts.
Albert J. Gross, a Milwaukee
manufacturer, told the comzaitfee
last waele that his cemßany sent
dug,!r«url to Maj. G-~ Harry
H. Vaughan, Presiden . an’s
,w:fldc".and'a v oarYL i 08
F e ae—s Wast otc s,
the cutcome of the election has
buosted western Germany’s
chances of joining the eounci’ of
Europe, now meeting in the
Fiench eity. e v
- Jap Anbiversary
Intimates of Winston Churehill
caid Britain’s wartima prime min
ister now would ‘hrow the full
weight of his personal prestige be
hind the battle for German mem
bership.
Today marked the fourth anni
versary of Japan’s decision to
surrender to the allies. It passed
without any direct reminders to
the Ja @ lese of their military col
lapse in World War 111. Instead
their newspapers fold them how
much progress they had made
sirce the war.
In China, the southward move
ment of the Communist forces
continued. The Chinese Reds have
by-passed hesieged Kanhsien and
attacked N nking, 195 miles
northeast of Canton, the Nation
alists’ provisional Capital.
Europe Arms
Aid Heads
House Agenda
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—(AP)
—House leaders gave President
Truman’s $1,450,000,000 arms aid
program top priority today. They
still weren’t too confident they
could steer it tg{l;ougb a storm of
x’Tu:untmg{ opposition.
The ouse roreign Affairs
Committee tentatively decided to
'tlgliu finlal action ‘tttOd?:,’ :‘egsion.
e rules committee re to
clear it prom;?fy }or House de{atc
stwti‘ng Wednesday or Thursday.
ile the bill stands a better
than even chance to emerge with
out major change from the For
eign Affairs Committee, the siory
in the House itself may be entire
ly different.
Opponents of .granting the full
amount request by President
Truman to help friendly nations
arm against possible aggression
have given up the fight in the
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He said the units were paid for by
the Albert Verley Company, &
Chicago perfume house.
In a statement to newsmen Sat
urday, Vaughan said two old
friend of his—one of whom is as
sociated with the Verley Company
and the other reported to have
pbeen associated with it tormerlg'-—
gave him seven freezers in 1945,
and that he in turn made gifts of
them to friends.
Thank-You Note
Vaughan said he had one of the
treezers sent to the “Little White
House” at Independence, Mo. A
commi{lte’ rfimber has said he was
told that Mrs. Truman sent a
thank-you note for this freezer to
Gross, thinking he was the donor.
At today’s session McCarthy
...:d!
«I feel there is nothing in the
record suggesting that there was
anyining even remotely improper
on the part of Mrs. Truman. She
ig the type of lady who is incapable
of doing anything improper.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Nine Die
I T i
n irain,
By The Associated Fress
Automobile and train accidents
svuffed out the lives of nine
Georgians over the week-end.
Three of the deathe cccurred at
Millin, Ga., and one in Miami, Fla.
Eight-year-old Byron F. Dailey
was killed at Millen yesterday
when he fell from the rear of a
trick and landed under the w eels
of the moving vehicle. A rope
cuught his body as ne fell ar ° it
‘erked him under the wheels
A young couple died near Mill
en Friday hight when the station
wagon in which they were riding
ccllided with a school bus. The
dead were Rebecca Jane Harris,
19 of Millen and Jack Coleman,
27, of Summit.
Vernon B. Elzey, 20, of Atlanta
was killed Saturday when his car
crashed ppto a utility pole near
his home. B N
Joan T. Trippe, 22, of Atlanta.
received fatal injuries when the
car in which she was riding slar. -
med into a utility pole in Miami.
Her brother, Richard E. Trippe,
26, was seriously injured. He has
been bocked for investigation of
manslaughter,
The northbound freight train
struck and killed Mrs. C. F. Mad
dux, 72, as she returned home
from a visit with friends in Flo
villa Friday night. E
A convertible " and a truck
¢rashed head-on near Atlanta,
Filling Day Joyce, 31, of Hapeville.
A 66-year-old negro, Fred
Toomer of Perry, died from inju
ries received late aSturday when
te was struck by a car as he
crossed a highway.
A 16-month-old child, Roger
Fioyd Turnipseed ~f Atlanta, died
yesterday from injuries received
when hit by a troll 2; Friday night.
Kiwanis Speaker
Dr. Howard P. Giddens, new
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
will be guest speaker at Tuesday’s
meeting of the Athens Kiwanis
Club in the N & N Civic Room at
1 o’clock.
On August 22 the Charter Pre
gentation Meeting of the Hartwell
Club will bé held, and ali Athens
Kiwanians and their wives are in
vited to attend.
Cotton Bowl
The second report of cotton
opening in this area was told the
Banner-Herald today. Paul Hen
drix brought to the paper office
two open bolls, which he had pick
ed from his farm near Daniels
ville this morning.
Mr. Hendrix is a member of the
Veteran Training on the Farm
program. ”
Hart Services
Are Set For
Tuesday, 10:30
Henry H. Hart, well known Col
bert resident, died in a local hos
pital Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clack.
Mr. Hart was 71 years old and had
been ill for the past five months.
Services are to be conducted
Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock
at Colbert Baptist Church with Dr,
E. L. Hill, pastor of First Presby
terian ehurch here, and Rev. A. E,
Logan, pastor of Colbert Baptist
Church, and Rev. J. W. Eberhart,
pastor of Colbert Methodist
Church, oifiicaling.
The body will lie in state at the
church for thirty minutes before
the services.
Burial will follow in Colbert
cemetery, Bridge Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Pall
bearers will be Malcolm Rowe, A,
M. Doolittle, J. C. Hardeman, J.
M. Gaulding, B, L. Bullock, H. G.
Parr apd R. M. Rowe.
An honorary escore will include
Elders and Deacons of Ila Pres
byterian Church, of which he had
long been a member, and the fol
lowing Colbert business men: 8. N.
Benton, B. B. Spratlin, Dorsey
Patten, C. W. Porterfield, S. W,
Patton, W. T. Benton, James Sprat
lin, M. R, Leard, T. G. Carter, T.
G. Eberhart, A. R. Morris, B. A..
Holcomb, Bill Meadow, Billy
Hardman, J. Z. Morris, W. A,
Threlkeld, R. C. Collier, C. W.
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“I don’t think she knew anything
about the perfume company’s eon
pection with John Maragon.
Good Friend
“] am sure, for example, she
knew nothing about the attempted
smugglnig activities on the part of
an employe of this company.”
Maragon is a former Kansas City
bootblack who once had a White
House pass and who has said
Vaughan is a good f_riends of his.
Two weeks ago the committee
began investigating a report that
Maragon was involved in a cus
toms duty incident in 1948.
The committee based ifs investi
gafion on a story which appeared
in the New York Herald Tribune.
The newspaper said it was re
ported that Maragon had been
charged $1,600 duty on a supply of
valuable perfume essence he was
said to have brought back from
France. The paper said the cus
toms charge was made after an
alert custorns guard had discovered
the sssences ;
ATHENS, CGA., MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1949.
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NAVY’S NEW GUIDED MISSILE
This Is the Convair Lark, shipboard-launched guided missile
built for the Navy by Consolidated. It is designed to intercept and
destroy enemy aircraft before target can be attacked and is oper
ated by remote automatic control from land or ship. It is powered
by liquid fuel rocket motor. At top, the Lark is launched in test
at San Diego, Calif., testing area. At bottom, it is shown in flight
after the twin-rocket booster assembly kasz fallem off. — (AP
Wirephoo.)
Talmadge Re-Election Rights
May Be Tested By Court Suit
Roy Harris Claims Talmadge Foes
Planning To File Suit Next Summer
ATLANTA, Aug. 15.— (AP)—Governor Herman Tal
madge’s political opponents are planning a court suit next
summer to test his right to re-election.
Political leader Roy Harris of Augusta today quoted
Talmadge opposition as saying the suit will be filed in
Coweta Superior Court under Judge Samuel Boykin.
Harris made the disclosure in a lengthy article evalu
ating prospective candidates for Governor—a politicians’
eye view of other politicians. z O
Of Talamdge, whom he vigor
ously supported last year, Harris
said:
“The thing that is worrying the
Governor’s friends most is the
possibilty of another law
suit testing nis eligibility to run
for re-election. They look wupon
the Supreme Court as being un
favorable. . .
Harris said the plan is to bring
a suit before Judge Boykin against
State Democratic Chairman James
Peters, to keep Talmadge’'s name
off even the primary ballot.
No Comfort
He contiaued:
“Judge Boykin was appoinied
by former Governor Ellis Arnall
and the Governor’s (Talmadge’s)
friends can get mo comfort out of
this fact.
“Whether Talmaafe will take
chances of Snothor awsuit to be
decided by Judge Boykin and the
supreme court is not lmown.":1 J
0 Sizing u an of individ
ua} cfiz‘&fsa{c% %arrgfdealt most
ly with. prospects of a race be
tween Arnall and Talmadge.
Repeatedly he said Talmadx;
has 7lipped a lot and made ma
mistakes. But he concluded that if
Talmadge can “get around a court
decision,” or be declared eligible,
‘he will be re-elected unless he
defeats himself.”
He said Talmadge has lost
strength through “clumsy” hand
ling of patronage, through disputes
an.ong his followers, through fail
vre to support the April 5 tax ref
erendum anc. thus avoid a finan
cial “emergency.” But:
Trips Cited
; “The things that hurt him worst
' were his trip to the Governor’s
iConlerence and the County Com
'missioner's Conventi)n in Sa’an
pgh and the fact that he could not
I-oe found in his office in Atlanta
2pd that he failed to keep engage
w.ents,
S“Talmadge’s biggest fight is for
control of himself and some of his
associates. If he gains and keeps
cortrol of himself he has a clear
head and can be counted upon to
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY
WENDY HILLER, born August 15, 1912, at Bram- [S-REisiISE
hall, Cheshire, England. This actress, whom Shnwv,,"' ’{ ; !
chose for the part of Joan of Arc in his “Saint S 5
Joan,” was born to the stage. Her mtoher’s fond- 3 »
ness for the drama, and particularly for Sir James fEEE %M,
Barrie's plays, was shown in the naming of her, Y
children. &’endy started acting in children’s playss i Y
at Winceby House School, Bexhill. At 18 she joined SRS & s
the Manchester Repertory Company. She crashed} o *f‘
London’s West End with “Love on the Dole,” in S el
which she captivated Shaw. Gabriel Pascal cast 4
her in the “Pygmalion” film that won the Holly- i v
wood Academy Award ip i 937. Since then She hHas GG
appeared in “Major Barbara,” “The Cradle Song,”
among gther hits. : : T SMENDY HILLER
do a swell job, provided he re
shuffles and ltrenqlnem hi, or
genization at the Capitocl 1! he
fails to do either he is headed for
Gifflonlly. o SRR
“His great problem is to got a
ccurt deeision in time, Should the
supreme court hold him ineligi
ble to run during the primary
campaign, he would suffer a dis
asterous blow.” : el
Harris said Arnall aiready has
a nicleus of 104 county unit votes
out of the 206 needed to win.
Whether Arnall ecould gain the
cthers depends on the future, Har
-118 srid.
Harris, who has backed aimost
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FOLLOWING GUN BATTLE
FBl’s Public Enemy No. 1
Arrested In Louisville, Ky.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 18.— (AP)—A man tabbed by
the FBI as “Public Enemy No. 1” was held here today in
connection with the fatal shooting of one policeman and
wounding of another last night.
Police Chief Carl Heustis identi
fied by Heustis as Bircham’s wife
—Mrs. June Bircham—was held
without charge.
An FBI circulat said Bircham
was wanted for fleeing Kansas to
avoid confinement for robbery and
had been charged with bank rob
bery in Tennessee.
Bircham was captured id min
utes after the officers were fired
upon as they approached an auto
mobile they had chased as a speed-
Patrolman John H. Tennyson,
32, died shortly after being taken
to General Hospital. Patrolman
John A. Ross, 22 was reported in
a critical condition at the hospital
today, He was shot twice under
the heart.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Areg
18 . Pt . §
Nine Die In Forced Landing;
- .
Trawler Rescues Passengers
BY OSGOOD CARUTHERS
GALWAY, Ireland, Aug. 15. — (AP) — Its fuel ex~
hausted, an Amerioan four-engined air liner bellied into
the Atlantic off western Ireland in darkness early today.
Nine of its 58 occupants were killed and the rest were
gsaved in a dramatic sea-eir rescue,
~Among those saved was Ruth Nichols, 48, noted Amer
ican aviatrix. '
The bi%‘Skymuter. bound from
Rome to New York with 47 Italian
emigrants to Venezuela and 11
Americans aboard, overshot Shan
non Airport. Another American
airliner tried to escort it back to
Shannon, but the Skymaster's gas
oline gave out and it plopped into
the calm sea 15 miles off the Irish
coast.
British and American transport
planes guided surface vessels in
the rescue operations.
Nine of the Americans aboard
were crew members and two were
employes of Transocean Airlines,
owners of the plane,
Ten hours after the plane drog
ped through a cloudbank énto the
sea, the gritish trawler talbuz
pulled into Galway harbor with 4
survivors. The Irish steamer Lan
ahrone had helped her in the res
cue work. :
One American crewman Wwas
killed. The other eight dead were
passengers, according to Otis Nel
son, president of Transocean Ajr
lines.
Neison identified the dead crew-~
man as Radio Officer Herbert As
bel of Brooklyn, N. Y. Survivors
said he was killed while he was
trying to leave the plane. Ap
parently he was struck by a piece
of the plane’s broken tail.
It's nothing unusual for fire
men to receive thanks for their
efforts in putting out fires, but
when they are given six home
baked cakes in addition—that's
real news!
Athens firemen answered a
call to the home of Mrs. H. H.
Cobb at 1175 South Milledge
avenue yesterday morning and
on arriving found the wires In
her electric stove afire. They
readiiy exiinguished the blazes,
which were caused by grease
seeping down to the wires and
becoming fgnited. :
On completion of their fire
fighting duties the men were
given six cakes of the chocolate,
caramel, and coconut varieties
besides a hearty “thank you” by
Mrs, Cobb.
No damage was incurred ex
cept to the wires of the stove
and the house being smoked up
slighily.
The policemen were shot in a
back yard when they exchanged
shots with the gunman. The gun
man fled in his car. E
Heustis said Mrs. Bircham: re
mained in the car throughout the
shooting and was captured by an
other resident who held her for
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X Presstimeßulleting
The contract for complete renovation and addition of 2 wing at
Athens General Hospital now has approvai of state and federal
health authoriifes and the contract will be signed as soon as pos
sible, it was announced late today by the Clarke County Commis
sioner’s office.
State approval was received several days ago, and today = tele
gnm wes received from Johsel. Ransom, director of division of
ospital service of the U. B§, Department of Public Health, giving
approval of the low bid of G. M. Caskey and Son for the work.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—(AP)—The House Foreigy Affairs
mm today approved the full amount asked by ‘l‘m
for Wesiern Europe arms aid. The commities, however,
spiit U up hatwaen sacsh and sontvast sutharity,
The commitiee aiso refused to include any suthorization for a%
arms-aid program for mon-Communist China,
BIBM]NW., Aug. 15.— (AP) —M‘rfl $50,000 wag
Bet M:fi for A. Youngs, sccused by the of being o
of the slickest confidence men in the sountry.
Youngs, who is charged with bilking lofll;:::n of thousands
of dollzrs in the past, said he couldn’t make ;
SHELBYVILLE, Teun., Aug. 15 (AP) — A m-m&
Beechraft plane from Chsnute-‘neld, fi crashed near here
Ay, killing two cecupants,
The plane came down in flames n this ord
munity on the Lewisburg bighway, a %m
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Radio Blank
When the plane was approm
Shannon, Asbel’s radio equipme
was blanked out by atmospheric
conditions, and this caused the
glanc to overshoot the afrport.
ver the Atlantic, the plane went
down so gently, the survivors said,
that they were not even thrown
from their seats.
Authorities at Shannon gave this
tentative list of the other ecrew
members. They "gc
Capt. Edward C. Bessey, Wheth
ersfield, Conn.
First Officer Richard B. Msll
Long Beach, Calif.
Second Officer John Moore,
Windsor Locks, Conn.
Navigntor James A. Bauman,
Great Barrington, Mass.
Second Radio Officer Robert
Thomas, Windsor Locks, Conk
Purser Ralph H. Fischer, a
tog Springs, N. Y.
ewardess Genevieve ¥, Crow
ley, address not elvm.
Miss Luigina Cerabona, seeond
stewardess, address not givena,
Life Rafts
Some of the passengers dived
into the sea and began to swim
when the big four-engined Sky
master plopped down thr;zh s
heavy cloudbank. Gihers off
from the plane in life rafis. The
Stalberg found the survivors seat
tered over a quarter mile m
of sea. Many of them
from shock.
The Royal Air Yorce air-sea
rescue wing smd surface wvessels
searched the svea for persons siill
migsing. e P
Capt. Edwerd Bessey, %d
the big glam, lost and nearly two
:t.x;i a haif hours ovhu;!ua, had
n trying to nurse menger
gasoline supply until he reached
land under the escort of anether
American air liner. His engines
started cutting out and he inform
ed his escort he would bave to land
on the sea,
Last Contact
The airliner was due at Shan
non at 1:30 a. m,, Britifg: sUMMer
time (7:30 % m., EST, Sunday
night). An hour and a half be
fore the plane was scheduled to
land the eontrol tower here lost
radio eontact with it.
All airccraft in the arem were
alerted to be on the iookout for
the missinwlam.
Shortly ore 4a. m., the pilot
of a British overseaes airliner re
ported he had s!iht-ed the lost
plane flying 30 miles out at sea,
west of the Irish coast.
At about the same tima a fresns
world aglincr bound from Shan
non to New !’ork, arrived on the
secene,
Follow Me
The Bi.iot %fd the f{ransocean
gmc, gt. ward of
gther=Bald fonn. radl he
was lost and running out of .r
Capt. Charles Adams, the
conirois of the TWA plane, ra
dioed beek: “Follow m."h!c!:
swu around and s
for ggannon, with mem«m
plane following.
Fifteen miles from: land, m
reported his engines were
ninf' to eut oyt.
“I'll have to ditech it” ke told
Adams,
Adams followed him down to
within 300 feet of the water, where
he ram into a cloud bank. Bessey
continued on down snd bellied the
big Skymaster to a landing on the
water.
Adams dropped flares to light
the area and returned to Shannon,
where he unloaded his &l.l"n
and Ercpared to lead rescue
search.
Meanwhile, the Stalberg reached
the scene of the emergency landing
and began picking up the survi
vors.