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Tougher Initial Policy May Have Prevented Breakdown In Korean Armistice Talks
- BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
wWASHINGTON, July 14.~(AP)—United States offi
.i.os ruefully re-learned this week one of the basic les
cons of past years in dealing with negotiators from
(ommunist lands — don’t politely take anything for
oranted.
" The record of Korean truce talks,from the beginning
(hrough the breakdown, suggests to some authorities
here that a tougher policy at the outset in demanding
Jotailed agreements on arrangements might have fore
.illled the breakdown and would have blocked some of
the Red propaganda gains.
(‘onceivably it may turn out in the end that the North
Lorean Red and Chinese negotiators overplayed their
hands in taking control of the truce city. It may be that
ihe patience of Admiral Charles Turner Joy’s U. N.
Jelegation in the face of Red provocations will exert a
f.vorable influence on public opinion in the free world.
Yet there have been some anxious hours in govern
ment quarters here over Red propaganda uses of their
how of strength at Kaesong. And General Matthew B.
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Inflati
U. §. Inflation
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Tohin Declares
WASHINGTON, July 14—(AP).
Socretary of Labor Maurice Tobin
returned from Europe today with
4 warning that unbridled inflation
n the U. S. will endanger “the en
dre free world.”
e thus seemed to spring quick-
Iv into a free-for-all fight in Con
ecs over -economic controls. A
Ilouse vote is expected Thursday
on a bill to extend the defense
production act. i
Truman administration forces
have taken a drubbing so far and
are fighting an all-out rear guard
action to salvage what they can
of the President’s proposals for
strong wage, price, rent and oth
er ¢ f‘:fltl‘OlS.
Tobin said his three weeks
abroad “brought home tc me the
importance of stopping inflation—
the importance not only to our
slves but to the economies of our
Allies.
Inflation Worries
“In every country I visited there
was great worry about inflation
and whether instability in the
United States would affect them.”
The cabinet member studied em
ployment and other conditions in
Fngland, F r an¢ ¢, Germany,
Greece, Turkey,. hfi.m&m
The dangers of inflation have
been emphasized by administra
tion leaders in the controls fights.
They conceded, however, that a
Republican - southern Democrat
valition has power to deny Mr,
Truman most of the new economic
powers he asked and to modify
some of those he already has.
During last week’s House de
bate, the coalition won repeated
victories in their effort to tailor
the measure more to their liking.
Some opponents of the adminis
fration controls program contend
controis are not needed at all. Oth
ers view the administration’s bid
for additional powers as a trend
toward socialism.
Farm state congressinen argue
that price rollbacks proposed by
stabilization officials tend to dis
ourage production and bring on
hortages.
Union Support
Labor unions generally support
Mr. Truman’s ecampaign for
stronger price controls.
The Senate recently passed a bill
reducing the President’s present
powers and giving him little of the
new authority he requested. The
House measure seems to be tread
ing a paraillel path. House passage
would send the bill to a Senate-
House Conference Committee for
ironing out differences in the two
ersions.
Farm state spokesmen from both
parties readied their campaign to
!nll off price rollbacks when the
lawmakers resume work on the
bill Monday,
Prime target was the 10 per cent
beef cattle rollback plus all future
moves toward cutting farm prices.
State Financial l
ATLANTA, July 14—(AP)—
Georgia in the last 10 years has
‘mproved its financial position by
more than $71,000,000 in addition
to vastly expanding expenditures
or state services. *
The annual report of State Au- l
litor B. E. Thrasher, jr., records |
'he financial progress from Dec.
!1, 1940, when the state had a net
ish deficit of $14,528,000 and net
obligations of $53,170,000 to the be
¢inning of the current fiscal year
last July 1, when there was a
ash surplus of $18,448,292.
The state mow has no direct
bonded debt, the only major state
obligation is $17,494,000 in out
tanding highway contracts, but
the casl. to pay them is on hand
a 8 highway contract reserve
‘,({,
Total state expenditures at the
me time have risen from the
949,339,657 of the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1942 to $139,195,709 for
the last fiscal year,
But dispite the apparently
ealthy condition of state finances,
lhrasher in “Notes” attached to
lis report, cautions that the record
$207,000,000 budget for the current
vear is a $68,000,000 increase over
ast year,
The surplus carried over, he said
represents only nine per cent of
e total® annual budget “which
'J";St;lot ve the state a very large
safe lgfl oto cover W;,{
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FLOOD RAVAGES KANSAS—No respecter of government property, the rampaging
Kansas river has spilled over its banks to inundate Fort Riley, about 70 riles west of
Topeka. This air view shows the water rushing through a barracks area of the camp.
Elsewhere the wild water is pouring through the streets of Topeka and Kansas City
itself. At least 10 persons have died and some 50,000 are homeless in this, the worst
flood of Kansas history.— (NEA Telephoto.)
Fight On To Maintain Essential
Services In Flooded Kansas City
OPS Interprefive
Team To Be Here
Help for Athens businessmen—
manufacturers, wholesalers and
retailers—in interpreting regula
tions of the Office of Price Stabil
ization will be provided Tuesday
and Wednesday of next week,
when three officials from the At
lanta District Office of the OPS
come to Athens for a two-day
stay.
Sharon C. Connally, jr., chief of
the consumer goods section; Wil
liam J. Folsom, of the food and
restaurant division, and James
Jarrott, of the legal staff, will es
tablish their headquarters in the
Chamber of Commerce, in the
Civic Building; and will be avail
able from 9 o’clock in the morn
ing until 5 o'clock in the after
noon, Businessmen of all types
and classifications in Athens and
the nearby area are urged to dis
cuss their problems relating to
OPS regulations, either in person
or over the telephone. The Cham-~
ber of Commerce telephone num
ber is 4100. Office space for the
visiting OPS men was made avail
able by Malcolnr Ainsworth, man
ager of the Chamber,
“The Office of Price Stabiliza
tion realizes that a large propor
tion of the violations we encoun
ter come about through a lack of
understanding of the regulations,”
James F. Hollingsworth, district
director of the OPS, said in Atlan
ta yesterday, “and for that reason
we are making the services of Mr.
Connally, Mr. Folsom and Mr.
Jarrott available to business peo
ple in the Athens area for this
two-day period. They are ready to
answer any questions and to deal
with any problems that have
arisen in connection with the in
terpretation or application of OPS
regulations. We hope that busi
nessmen will call upon them
freely.”
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly fair and continued hot
today. Possible widely scattered
thundershowers this afternoon.
GEORGIA — Mostly fair and
continued hot today, except for
a few widely scattered thunder
showers in afternoon.,
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... 50
Total since July 1 .. .. .. 3.82
Excess since July 1 .. .... 1.44
Average July rainfall .. .. zg.OI
‘Since. damiary 1 ;.. .35
gfii? 'fince January 1 ... 3.%
Ridgway’s switch from a policy of cool politeness to on;o
of stern command clearly refrects decisions reached in
determination to regain some control of the situation.
Communist Acceptance
Today, a Pyongyang radio broadcast reported Com
munist acceptance of Ridgway’s ultimatum. gt said “we
agree to your proposal of fixing the Kaesong area as a
neutral zone” and “we now agree to your proposal to in
clude the 20 reporters of your side as a part of the per
sonnel of your delegation.”
The initial specific issue which caused the breakdown
was Red refusal to permit newsmen cleared by Ridgway
to go to the conference city. However, Ridgway and Sec
retary of State Acheson have made clear that, in this
government’s view, the fundamental issue was equality
of the negotiating teams.
In other words, the U. N. negotiators finally decided,
presumably on consultation with Washington, that they
will not be controlled in their movements of personnel
by the Reds, Any other course would represent some
knuckling under.
The point is considered of utmost importance because
By CALVIN B. MANON ?
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 14—
(AP)—Severe restrictions were
clamped on the 900.000 residents
of this metropolitan area today as
officials fougnht to maintain essen
tial services disrupted by flood
and fire.
Gov. Forrest Smith at Jefferson
City declared a state’of emergency
for the entire state of Missour! as
the surging flood started down the
Missouri river.
All Kansas City’s non-essential
industries in the Kansas City area
were ordered closed. Citizens were
instructed to remain home except
on essential business. An area
half a mile wide adjoining the
flood zone was closed to civilians.
_ President Truman, himself a
resident of suburban Indepen
dence, asked congressional leaders
to rush through an emergency ap
propriation of $15,000,000 for re
lief of the flood stricken areas of
Kansas and Missouri.
Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, chief
of the army engineers, informed
the President that the damage
from the flood would easily ex
ceed $500,000,000 and that 500,000
persons were homeless.
A House appropriations sub
committee in Washington quickly
approved the grant which will be
submitted to the full committee
Monday morning and to the House
at noon that day.
Food Supplies
Secretary of Agriculture Bran
nan took steps to ship unlimited
surplus food supplies into the
flooded areas.
Citizens were instructed to boil
all water and in many sections
were ordered to restrict its use to
human consumption.
The water supply in XKansas,
City, Mo., had diminished to a
trickle in some areas. It was cut
first by the flooding of the Furkey
Creek pumping station which nor=-
mally handles two thirds of the
volume, and then still further as
firemen fought a blaze that de
vastated two square blocks at
Roanoke road and Southwest
Boulevard in the flood area. Much
of the fire-fighting water supply,
however, was being pumped from
the flood, itself.
New explosions spread the fire
this ‘morning, 24 hours after a
plast touched it off and the un
usual quiet in the metropolis was
shattered by sirens through the
morning as more and more fire
companies were called in an effort
to stem the blaze. Firemen said
damage from the fire might ex
ceed $1,000,000.
Ten firemen have been injured
fighting the blaze.
The known death toll for the
two states from tl'ge flood rose to
14 as a sightseer drowned in the
Missouri river flood water. No
one can say how many may be
missing as persons so reported of
ten appear later at refugee sta
tions,
Little Relief
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LUKE H. PERRY
+ « + Masonic Officer
Officers Elected
At Masonic Meef
Luke H. Perry was elected Wor
shipful Master of the Madison,
Clarke, Jackson County Masonic
Convention at its recent meeting
held with Freeman Lodge in Ila,
Madison county.
Other officers elected included
W. R. Pickens, Senior Warden; E.
J. Garrison, Junior Warden; Dew
ey Seagraves, Senior Deacon;
Leonard Brown, Junior Deacon;
Millard Seagraves, Senior Stew
ard; O. L. Tolbert, Junior Stew
ard; Guy W. Smith, secretary; and
Marvin Oldham, treasurer.
Represented in the convention
are Mt. Vernon Lodge, Athens;
Freeman Lodge, Ila; Shannon
Lodge, Conrer; John H. Jones
Lodge, Danielsville; Hudson
Lodge, Commerce, and Unity
Lodge, Jefferson.
Next meeting of the convention
will be held with John H. Jones
Lodge, Danielsville, in October.
Main speaker at the convention
was Most Worshipful Master of
Georgia Masons, Maryin Pound, of
Sparta, who was introduced by
Ben Cheek of Lavonia. The host
lodge served a delicious barbecue
supper.
. .
Civitans To Hear
.
Musical Program
Regular meeting of the Civitan
Club will be held Monday night at
7:3® o’clock in the Holman Hotel.
The occasion will be a supper
meeting and pupils of Mrs. Harris
Parham, supervisor of music in
the gity schools, will be presented
in an ehteftaining ‘program. !
ATHENS, CGA., SUNDAY, JULY 15, 1951.
the peace at issue is supposed to be not a dictated but &
negotiated peace. This is in line with the military view
held in Western capitals—and assumed to be held by
the Reds algso «— that nelther side is willing to pay the
price for a total victory in Korea. Hence, neither side is
in position to dictate and enforce terms,
Power Advantage
Whatever power advantage there is in the Korean
situation, in fact, seems to be with the U. N. force which
has repuised the heaviest Red attacks and driven on into
North Korea.
Three assumptions on the part of the U. 8. apparently,
had a lot to do with the way the situation developed.
These were: b
1. If the Communists really wanted to end the war,
they would be willing to do so on terms acceptable to
this government and its allies, but they would want to
find some way to save face in the process.
2, The U. 8. and its allies were ready on their part to
pay a reasonable price for peace and as part of this
were willing to go along with some Chinese face saving
Reds Yield To Ridgway,
Terms For Peace Talks
Resumption Of Talks Seen
This Affernoon Or Monday
BY NATE POLOWETZKY
SEOU, Korea, Sunday, July 15. — (AP) — The Reds
yielded officially this morning to resumption of Korean
cease-fire talks on General Matthew B. Ridgway’s new
terms.
AP Correspondent Robert Tuckman reported from the
advanced United Nations peace camp it was likely the
gessions at Kaesong would be resumed this afternoon or
Monday. AL ; e g T
An official copy of the Com
munist message was delivered to
an Allied liaison officer halfway
up the road to Kaesong. In it, the
Reds agreed to Ridgway's de
mands for removal of armed
guards from Kaesong and the ad
mittance of Allied correspondents
as a basis for resuming the armis
tice talks.
This cleared the way for the
third meeting of United .Nations
and Communist negotiators.
The Allied liaison officer left
BULLETIN
SEOUL, Korea, Sunday, July
15 — (AP) — Twenty Allied
newsmen and cameramen were
alerted suddenly today to be
ready to leave the United Na
tions peace camp at 11:30 a. m,
for Kaesong.
Armistice talks in the Korean
war are expected to be resumed
within a few hours at that city,
three miles south of Parallel 38.
the peace camp at 6:40 a. m. (3:40
p. m. EST Saturday) by helicop
ter today, received the message
from two Red Korean officers and
returned to the camp at 7:20 a. m,
. The message, asking for con
sultation on other points, ‘but
terming all the Allied demands
“side questions,” already had been
broadcast Saturday night and this
morning by the Pyongyang and
Peiping radios.
Official Reply
Two North Korean officers de
livered the official reply to U. S,
Col. Andrew J. Kinney at Pan
Mun Jom, six miles east of Kae
song. The message was written
in Korean and Chinese,
The Korean Red officers trans
lated it for Kinney.
At 8:40 a. m. (5:40 p. m, EST,
Saturday), Ridgway’s headquar
ters announced: “An English
translation of the message is now
being made.”
The five-member Allied delega~
tion, headed by Vice Adm. C. Tur~
ner Joy, had been standing by at
the advance U. N, peace camp for
further instructions.
Helicopters and . white-flagged
trucks and jeeps were held in
readiness to carry the delegates
to Kaesong.
The armistice talks began Tues
day but were suspended by the
Allies Thursday after Red armed
guards stopped an Allied truck
convoy because it contained 20
news correspondents,
The Red . reply to Ridgway
labelled the correspondent issue
“trifling.”
A wave of optimism swept
through the Allied “peace” camp
at Munsan; 23 miles northwest of
Seoul and 12 miles southeast of
Red-held Kaesong.
This marked one of few times
the Reds have acceded so fully to
United Nations demands. It was
viewed in Seoul as indicating the
Reds might be sincerely interested
in ending the war, now in its 56th
week.
The Red reply was signed by
Kim Il Sung, supreme commander
of the North Korean Army, and
Peng Teh-Huai, commander of
‘Chinese Reds in Korea,
Reds Agree ;
They agreed to clear armed
guards from Kaesong and also
“from the routes through which
your delegation and curs travel
to the area of the meeting place.”
The reply added:
“As to the size of the area of
the meeting place and other re
lated concrete questions, we pro
pose that these be left to the dele
gations of both sides to settle a 4
a single session.”
This referred to Ridgway's de
mands that Kaesong and a five
‘mile ragjuwund it be neutral
ized, and "each side be free
to send up to 150 personnel of its
own choosing. |
The 150 would include corres
pondents, They would be per
mitted to visit Kaesong but would
not be admitted to the residence
where the talks have been held.
Thursday, after the 20 news
men were turned back by armed
Reds, Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy,
chief Allied delegate, notified
North Korean Gen. Nam 11, chief
Red delegate, that the Allied team
;'f”t'h’ -t% t:. fi;und.
if the correspondents w: |
~ About the time Gc:::il Nam
réjected the proposal, Ridgway is
sued his neutrality demands which
made the correspondents only one
of the issues.
Today’s broadcast from Peiping
charged the Allies had used the
correspondent issue as a “pretext.”
Red Views
“The question of news reporters
which gave rise to the present
suspension of the meeting is a
trifling one,” the Red reply stated.
“It is not worth while suspend
ing the meeting for this, much
less is it worth breaking up the
meeting for this.
“Your delegation had raised this
question at the meeting. Our dele
gation at the time considered that
the arrival of news reporters of
various countries in Kaesong to
be inappropriate, as the meeting
had not yet achieved any result
(Continued On Page Twe)
IHeld In Death
0f Young Farmer
COLQUITT, July 14— (AP) —
Iliness of Pataula Circuit Solicitor
R. A. Patterson today forced post
ponement of a commitment hearing
for two men Involved in the mys
terious death of a Baker county
farmer,
Meanwhile Justice of the Peace
S. B. Wilkins, sr., said a Colquitt
and a Newton man—both being
held on open charges in the rail
road track death of John D. Peace,
jr., Baker county—will remain in
the Miller County jail heres until
the hearing can be rescheduled.
The 37-year-old Peace was in
jured July 1 and his blood
drenched body found beside the
railway tracks on the outskirts
of Colquitt, 'y J
George Raphel, 45, of Colquitt,
and Marcel Irwin, 25, of Newton,
‘were to be defendants at the hear
ing. They have been held by
Miller county authorities since
July 4 on warrants sworn to by
Peace’s father, John D. Peace, sr.,
of Newton,
Officers Re-Named By
Hubert: Growth (ited
Mrs. Blanche Hubert Brackett
has been re-elected president and
Mrs., Virginia Kellar, executive
vice-president and cashier of Hu-~
bert State Bank, it was announced
yesterday.
The stockholders in annual
meeting last geek elected three
new members to the Board of
Directors.
The new members of the Board
are Dr. Walker A. Matthews, Dave
Gordon and W. W. Bullock, Eight
members of the Board were re
elected. They are Mrs. Brackett,
Mrs. Kellar, W. R. Bedgood, sr.,
H.- Cutle,. J. T. Niddlebrooks, P.
B. Middlehrooks, J. L. Oldham and
move ecgasary, e T
8. gfunfe Bomn¥unbtl were sincere ahout pgjngu
would want gecret negotiations; therefore, the U. N,
would enter the talks intent on every Frecaution to in
sure seerecy. One of the first things which each d?‘:&
to find out when the negotiations opened was w ‘
the other sincerely wanted to end the war or was merely
seeking political or military advantage, Each side also
had to determine how badly the other wanted peace.
Question Arises !
The question which has arisen in reviewing the si i
tion is whether the showdown might more profitaily |
have come sooner. The same demands which the U, N. ‘
has now made could have been insisted on as a condition
of opening the meetings in the first place. |
This presumably would have meant some modification
of the Folicy of generous treatment at the outset in the
light of what the years since the war have shown about
the way in which the Russians and their satellite govern
ments usually conduct negotiations. Their aim, as o
high official recently put it, is not so much to fulfill n&
maximum demands as to get all the traffic will bear.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
George Sees Rejection
Of National Sales Tax
BY MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, July 14.— (AP) —Chairman George
(D.-Ga.) said today the Senate Finance Committee prob
ably will reject proposals to impose a national sales tax to
help pay for the defense program.
At the same time, George told reporters he doesn’s like
a provision of the $7,200,000,000 House-passed tax in
crease bill which would boost individual income taxes a
flat 1215 percent. - 2
Superior Court
To Confinue
Sessions Monday
Seventeen uncontested divorces
were granted in Clarke Superior
Court Friday, the smallest num~
ber in many menths. Two cases
were condoned and dismissed.
In all cases, divorces were
granted both parties,
Cases concluded were:
Corene S. Parrott vs. Eugene F.
Parrott; Leonard E. Hughes vs.
Erma C. Hughes; Leonard G. Hop
kins vs. Mattie I. Hopkins; Juiia
N. Gray vs. James Grag;; Betty
Hamilton vs. Guy A. Hamilton;
Elizabeth B. Bledsoe vs. Leo C.
Bledsoe; Oscar Caudell vs. Ola
Mae Caudell; Mrs. William P.
Cross vs. William P. Cross; Mrs.
Mary Anne Cushman vs. Edwin P.
Cushman; Mazie W. Harris vs.
Robert J, Harris; Sarah B, Golden
vs, Clifton Golden. v
C. D. Silvey, sr. vs. Mrs. Minnie
W. Silve¥; Frances Marlowe vs.
John Marlowe; Loy C. Borders vs,
Pearl Irene Borders; Mrs. Kath
erine McDonald vs. Hamilton D.
McDonald; Johnny H. Maxey Vs.
Mrs. Mable McK. Maxey; Fran
ces L. M. Nelms vs. L. J. Nelms,
jr.; Jack L. Sailors vs. Bessie W.
Sailors. e
Judge Henry West, presiding
over the past week of regular ses
sion of Clarke Superior Court,
heard pleas on criminal charges
which included cheating and
swindling, transporting liquor
and driving under the influence
of alcohol.
Nellie Viola Thomas, colored,
pleaded guilty so the charge of
cheating and swindling and was
fined SSO and an additional SSO
for restitution, and was given a
12 months probationary sentence.
T. C. Christian was fined S4OO
for the transporting of liquor.
Given a choice of paying the fine
or serving 12 months in jail, Chris
tian paid the fine.
Elmer Conley, who was found
guilty of driving under, the influ~
ence of alcohol and sentenced to
12 months (six on probation) in
March of this year, pleaded guilty
to similar charges Wednesday and
his probationary sentence was re
voked. He was also sentenced to
an additional 12 months in jail,
the sentences to be served concur
rently.
Court sessions will continue
next week.
J. C. Stiles.
Mrs. Brackett reported to the
stockholders on the condition of
the bank, outlining its growth and
progress sipce it was reorganized
as the Hubert State Bank Novem
ber, 1949, with assets of $432,-
201.44, One June 30, 1950 the as
sets had risen to $595,019.98, and
on June 30, this year, had increas
ed to $819,177.98.
On conclusion of the report by
Mrs. Brackett, Howell Erwin, jr,
voiced the praise of the stockhold
ers concerning the progress the
bank has made and highly com
mended the officers and directors
for the manner gn which they have
conducted the bank’s business, =
HOME
EDITION-
The Georgia senator made i%
clear he believes individual taxes
will have to be increased, but he
gsald he hopes to work out some
formula other than the one ap
proved by the House last month.
He added that he did not want to
discuss details at this time.
The finance committee is con
ducting hearings on the House
measure and the administration’s
request for a larger tax increase
‘totaling $10,000,000,000.
~ House Bill Provisions
Besides boosting individual ine
come taxes $2,847,000,000, the
House bill would hike corperation
income and excess profite levies
$2,855,000,000 and exclse taxes
$1,252,000,000. Miscellaneous ehan
ges in the revenue laws would
raise an additional $245,000,000.
Business groups, including the
National Association of Manufac
turers (NAM), have urged
George’s committee to approve in
stead a bill which would raise
most or all of needed defense rx
enue through some form eof
tional sales tax.
The NAM proposed that such a
tax be imposed st the manufac
turers’ level and that only food
be excluded.
George wag asked whether he
felt the sales tax idea was “ouf
the window” so far as the pending
bill ig concerned. 4
“T think it is,” he replied.
He noted that the House had
rejected the idea and he sald sen<
timent in his committee is divid«
ed on the issue.
Approval Unlikely
He added that he believes,
however, that the committee
would not approve the propesal.
But George did not close the
door to possible approval fn the
future “if we should need to have
another tax bill and if defense
spending were to continue at the
projected levels.”
George has said he believes the
pending tax bill will be the last
exacted during the ourrent de
fense build-up unless there is a
world war.
He said today that if there we
a world conflict, it probablx‘.m;z
be necessary for Congress con
sider a sales tax or some fax of
that character.” He sald that so
increase conventional taxes
enough to meet the need wunder
those circumstances would *“run
the rates through the ceiling.”
INGRED AND HUBBY SUED
ROME, July 14—-—(AP)-;3«1
Bergman and Roberto R ni
were sued by the doctor today for
a $4,000 medical bill covering the
birth of Roberto, their love child.
Lawyer Anzo Manfredonia said
he filed the suit with the Rome
tribunal on behalf of Dr. Gluseppe
Sannicandro.
The bill of particulars alleged
that the producer and his aetress
wife for more than 17 months have
ignored demands for payment. An
offer by the Rome Physicians’ As
sociation to mediate also was
spurned, the bill of partieulars
claimed.
| COMPOSER SCHOENBERG DIES
| WEST LOS ANGELES, Calif.,
July 14—(AP)—Death has taken
the founder of the Atonal School
of Music, Composer Arnold Secho
enberg. Long a sufferer from asth
ma, the noted teacher and eom
i poser succumbed last night at his
home. He was 786.
HUNTINGDON, Bng, July 1
NTI . » JU
(AP) — Fire abof# a -”‘m
express train sent a wall of flames
roaring over four crowded coaches
today, injuring 20 of tw'!da
‘of+ passengers trapped as s
