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Fresh Blast Of
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By The Associated Press
More snow fell over the already
white-covered Midwest today and
a fresh blast of suo-zero cold was
on the way. Meanwhile, the na
tion’s death toli from last week
end’s severe wintry weather
mounted.
The snowstorm, borne on wind¢
of 20 to 25 miles an hour, moved
Fastward. The cold weather also
was expected to follow the storm
to the Eastern Seaboard.
The double dose of snow and
severe ecold appeared following
the pattern of the storm and icy
weather which walloped the east
ern half of the nation the last four
days.
Sterm Center
The storm center which moved
from the central plains to the
Chicago area early today brought
snow over the upper Mississippi
Valley, the Great Lakes region
southward to the Ohio Valley, %wo |
to five inches of fresh snow was
veported in the area. It was most
ly rain in the lower Mississippi
*alley and the Southeastern States,
with some freezing rain along the
potrehn and eastern borders. |
It was far below zero early to- |
day in most of the northern plains ‘
states as the cold air mass pushed l
across the Canadian border.
It was 25 below in Bismarch, N.
D.;—l6 in International Falls
Minn., —l2 in Ci{leue, S. D., and
-—3 Bin Miles City, Mont.
It was chilly in parts of the
pouth, with a low of 22 at Greens
boro, N. C,, and 31 in Atlanta.
But temperatures moderated in
the eastern states after yesterday’s
severe cold. The mercury dipped
to 30 below sero yesterday at
Houlton, Me., and Punxsutawney,
Pa, 5
Record low readings were report
ed in Virginia. They included 10
below in Winchester and —8 in
Yort Royal and Strasburg, all in
the Shenandoah Valley. Other re
cord lows were eight above in
Lynchburg and Danville and 13 in
Richmond.
now was forecast for most of
New York State, Pennsylvania and
the New England States today and
tonight. ;
Snow In N, Y.
Snow continued in western New
York. Buffalo’s fall measured 11
inches and it was two feet deep in
south Buffalo, - * " :
New York City warmed to 24
above early today after yester
day’s lowest reading of 1951—7.9
degrees above. At the same time
it was 26 in Salt Lake City; 24
in Chicago and Detroit; 36 in Fort
Worth; 43 in Seattle; 49 in San
Francisco; 52 in Los Angeles; 65
in New Orleans and 72 in Miami.
Deathg attributed to the storm
and cold rose to 151 today. Ind
iana, battered by sleet, snow and
rain, reported 20 persons dead
from causes attributed to the wea
ther.
There were 26 storm deaths in
Ohio and 19 in Illionis. The toll
in other states: New Jersey 10;
Massachustees 8; Alabama 8; New
York 6; Wisconsin 6; lowa 3§;
Maryland 5; Michigan 5; Kansas 4;
Nebraska 4; Tennessee 4; Missouri
8; Colorado 2; Connecticut 2; Del
aware 2; Georgia 2 Maine 2; Nev
ada 2; North Carolina 1; Virginia
1; Wyoming 1.
Promise Strike
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 18—(AP)
A strike ultimatum by the CIO
United Steelworkers put up to the
Government today the next move
to stave off an economica}ly crip
pling nationwide steel strike New
Year’s Day.
Philip Murray, president of the
million-member union, says a
strike is unavoidable unless the
industry frants his men a 15-
cent hourly pay boost and other
concessions. 1
Hanging in the balance is the
nation’s price and wage ceiling
structure.
Government sources say presgnt
wage ceilings would permit an in
crease of only eight to nine cents
an hour.
Industry spokesmen say they
can’'t absorb the wage increase
Murray demands without increas
in9 prices.
That puts it right up to the Gov
ernment—how to head off a strike
and keep the nation’s economy on
an even keel.
Cyrus S. Ching, director of the
Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service, told reporters in Wa§h
ington he planned a mid-morning
announcement today. f
Ching was expected: to call in
representatives of the union and
of at least one key company, per
haps the U. S. Steel Corp., the in
dustry’s biggest producer, for
Government - sponsored negotia
tions.
There are a number of steps
President Truman could take, but
for the present he likely will rely
on Ching to make every effort for
a settlement. s
If the situation drifts steadily
toward a certain steel strike, Mr.
Truman could invoke the Taft-
Hartley Aet, he could refer the
case to the Wage Stabilization
Board for settlement recommenda
tions, or he could make an 11th
hour personal appeal to Murray
for a strike delay.
Invoking Taft - Hartley would
likely mean an 80-day court in
junction against a strike. Most ob
servers !:QTI the administration will
rely on Ching, the Wage Board
and White House persuasion in
dealing with the potentially-ex-
Plosive situation.
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In Cult Deaths
-ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. B—(APY
A husky, 33-year-old railroad man
is going to prison for from 14 to
60 years for the whipping cult
deaths of his wife and another
woman.
Curtis Lennander, self-admitted
leader of the whippers, pleaded
guilty to two charges of third de
gree murder yesterday. He was
immediately sentenced by Judge
Clayton Parks to serve consecu
tive terms of seven to 30 years in
Stillwater Prison on each count.
“T was possessed of satanic fury
that night,” Lennander told the
court,
The defendant referred to the
night of Oct. 15 when he inflicted
the fatal wounds on his 35-year
old wife, Ardith, and Mrs. Anna
Halvorson, 64, in the flagellation
rites to “Drive out the Devil.”
“I am sane now and I believe I
was sane that night except for
being possessed by Satan,” Len
nander said. “God intends me to
plead guilty.” :
A court-appointed sanity com
mission reported on Nov. 28 that
he was sane.
Lennander was indicted for sec
ond degree murder by a grand
jury after the two women died.
But Ramsey County Attorney
James F. Lynch, recommended ac=-
ceptance of his plea to the lesser
charge because “tests disclosed
that his mind is depraved.” '
Both first and second degree
murder convictions carry life
terms in Minnesota, which has no
capital punishment.
In statements to the police, Len~
nander said it had been necessary
to whip his wife because they had
been engaging in abnormal sexual
practices for about six months.
He said Mrs. Halvorson was
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Mathis Elected
k. Of C. Head
W. A. Mathis, President of the
Mathis Construction Company,
Monday afternoon was elected
President of the Athens Chamber
of Commerce to sugceed J. Smiley
Wolfe on January Ist.
Ed H. Downs, President of
Downs Motors, Incorporated, was
elected Vice President. W. R.
Bedgood, President of the Bed
good Lumber & Coal Company
was re-elected Treasurer and Mal
colm Ainsworth was re-elected
Secretary of the Board and Ex
ecutive Director.
Serving as directors for 1952
along with the officers are: J. B
Alexander, H. Edsel Benson, John
P. Bondurant, G. A. Booth, New=-
man Corker, Julian H. Cox, Billy
Daniel Howell C. Erwin, jr., C. W.
Fitzgerald, Uly S. Gunn, Thos M.
Tillman, Durward Watson and J.
Smiley Wolfe.
aslo elected as ex-offico dir- |
ectors for 1952 were the Mayor of |
the city, the chairman of the coun-'|
ty board, the president of the Uni
versity of Georgia and the Presi-l
dent of the Jaycees.
. British Support Of Proposed Six
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" Nation European Army Is Sought
: BY JOSEPH E. DYNAN
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED POWERS IN
EUROPE, Dec. 18. — (AP) — General Dwight D. Eisen
hower is having British PMme Minister Winston Churchill
to lunch today in an effort to sell him on a unified Euro
pean army.
Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden heard a
long talk about the same matter from French leaders yes
terday and showed no signs of buying.
Eisenhower, military boss of
Western defenses under the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization,
(NATO) believes British support
for the six-nation European army
will assure its creation, even if the
British do not join it with troops.
The FEuropean Army is a key
part of Eisenhower’s NATO plans
to build up continental bulwarks
capable of standing off a Russian
attack.
Eisenhower’s associates said the
General planned to tell the two
Britons the six-nation army is
workable—and that it is essential
as a means of enlisting Western
Germany in non-Communist de
fenses without risking revival of
German conquests.
Ike Beliefs
The General believes German
force is needed to halt any Rus
sian drive for the channel coast,
from which Britain would be
threatened.
His argument to the British, as
he previously has expressed it, is
that if the European Army fails
from lack of British support, the
British will be exposing them
selves to more danger,
Present plans for the European
Army call for it to become a 43-
division segment of NATO forces
under Eisnhower’s command. He
wants to build up NATO defenses
to about 100 divisions by 1954, in
cluding American, British and
other forces in the 12-nation
North Atlantic Alliance.
The European Army plan, con
ceived by French Premier Rene
Pleven, has been agreed to by
France, West Germany, Italy, Bel
gium, Luxembourg and The Neth
erlands.
But The Netherlands is the only
country to ratify the plan so far.
The French National Assembly
has voted for ratification but the
action is not yet complete. The
other four nations are waiting to
see what happens, including what
line Britain _follows.
Unity Advocate
Churchill has been a prime ad
vocate of European unity in post
war years. But since he returned
to leadership in Britain Oct. 25,
he has balked at committing Bri
tain to the European Army.
Plevin and French Foreign
Minister Robert Schuman argued
into last night trying to convince
Churchill and Eden that the Euro
pean Army plan may collapse un
less Britain shows positive, public
support for it.
Political sources say Belgium,
particularly, is likely to stand
aloof unless Britain comes in.
Belgian Foreign Minister Paul
van Zeeland, like the Britich, is
cold to the proposal for a super
authority—with power to give or
ders to participating nations—to
run the continental army.
Pleven and Schuman want Bri
tain to pledge enough public sup~-
port to placate the Belgians, or
come in completely on an Army
plan of Van Zeeland's which
would not force Britain to give up
part of it sovereignty to a super
authority.
The United States supports the
European Army plan and Church
ill is expected to hold out British
cooperation in unity proposals as
a bargaining point for U, S. aid
and favors.
Foreign and Finance Ministers
of the six European Army coun=-
tries meet in Paris ,J?;e.. 27 to truy)
+to finish theip draff pf:d ‘treaty to
establish the Afinrtssz&*‘.> A Bdfflm’m
work is not expected to be fin
ished until after Churchill com
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Fireworks Store
Explodes In
Louisiana City
MONROE, La., Dec. 18—(AP)—
A wholesale fireworks store ex
ploded today at West Monroe and
unconfirmed reports from the
scene said that three men were
believed in the building. |
The explosion that occurred at
9:30 a. m. (CST) was heard for
many miles and shook the down
town Monroe area some 15 blocks
away. West Monroe is across the
Quachita river from Monroe.
A fire broke out after the ex
plosion and fire companies were
rushed to the scene from Monroe
and West Monroe. The blaze was
reported under control, however,
shortly after the explosion.
First unconfirmed reports said
“bodies were being removed from
the building” and that several per
sons were killed. This report was
not verified, however,
A school located two blocks
away from the blast scene was
not damaged.
The building where the ex
plosion occurred was of brick
construction and new. The tre
mendous blast damaged a dairy
across the street and windows
were shattered for two blocks. |
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Clearing and colder this aft
ernoon and early tonight. Fair
and cold Wednesday with rain
Wednesday night or Thursday.
Low tonight 22-25; high tomor
row 36. Sun sets at 5:56, rises
tomorrow 7:34.
GEORGIA — Consider
able cloudiness and cool this
afternoon with rain over south
east portion ending by late this
afternoon, clearing and colder
tonight with low temperatures
14 to 20 in extreme north, 20 to
25 in central and 25 to 30 in
extreme south portion; Wed
nesday fair and cold.
EXTENDED FORECAST
GEORGIA — Temperatures
will average one to three de
grees below normal, colder to~
night and continued rather cold
Thursday and Friday, warmer
Saturday and Sunday. Rainfall
one-fourth to one-half inch on
coast and one-half to one inch
elsewhere occurring Wednesday
night and Thursday, rain over
Georgia,
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lce Storm Does
litfle Damage
~ Athenians awoke this morning
to find the city wrapped up in its
first ice storm of the year, but a
bright, warm sun by noon had
melted practically all of the glit
tering mass except in places pro
tected from the sun’s rays.
It began raiming about 2 a. m.
today and with a low temperature
of 29 degrees, the trees, wires,
shrubs, ete., were soon coated
with ice. The high temperature
yesterday was 43 degrees.
Little damage was done by the
ice, the Georgia Power Company
reporting only a few minor re
pairs to be made and no big power
lines broken.
The Telephone Company report
ed even less damage with no wire
down or telephones reported out
due to the ice.
The bus terminal repcrted some
of its’ buses slightly off schedule
but not enough to affect transpor
tation. But drivers reported Ath
ens had a heavier coating of ice
than Atlanta and other drivers that
a heavy. fall of sleet hit Anderson
and Greenville, S. C.,, and Char
lotte and Asheville, N. C. had sleet
and a little snow.
The U. S. Weather Forecast, re
ceived from the local airport is
for clearing and colder this after
noon and early tonight. Fair and
cold Wednesday with rain
Wednesday night or Thursday.
The low temperature tonight is
expected to be from 22 to 25 de
grees and the high temperature
tomorrow 36 degrees.
City, Rotary To
Fete Footballers
Members and coaches of the
Athens High Sci:wol football team
will be feted tonight at a City
of Athens sponsored banquet to be
held in the high school cafeteria.
The festivities will begin at
7:30 p. m.
Tomorrow at 1 p. m. the Athens
Rotary Club will be host to the
team at the luncheon in the Geor
gian Hotel.
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iran Elections
TEHRAN, Iran, Dec. 18 — (AP)
National elections began today in
Iran amid high political tensions
that have touched off repeated
bloody riots and death threats in
recent weeks.
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh
and his Nationalist followers were
confident of winning on Mossa
degh’s reputation as a national
hero who defied foreign “enemies”
and took over the British-owned
Anglo-Iranian Qil Company ear=-
lier this year.
Voting is for the 136 seats in the
majlis (lower house of Parlia
ment). They select a premier.
Massadegh himself is not an elec
tion ¢dndidate, ‘and, under the con
stitution, could not be premier or
hold other office if he were a
member of the Majlis.
Reds Submit List Of
11.559 UN Prisoners
Kilgore Says lke
Is Only Man For
NATO Position
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18— (AP)
—Senotor Kilgore (D-WVa) said
today he thinks it would be a
“terrible mistake” for either polit
ical party to ask Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower to leave his European
command to run for President.
Just back from a trip to Europe,
Kilgore said he found an apparent
prevalence of feeling among the
people of France and Italy that
they ought to compromise with
the Russians.
He said that through Eisenhow
er’'s personality and ability pro
gress is being made toward erect
ing Western European defenses, He
said a two-hour conference with
the General at his North' Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO)
headquarters convinced him Eisen
hower believes the defense goal
can be reached. No politics was
discussed, he said.
Kilgore Stawment
Kilgore said he feels that no
other General could successfully
fill Eisenhower’s military and dip
lomatic shoes in Europe.
| “It would be a terrible mistake
for either party to ask him to
leave his command to run for
President,” Kilgore said. 6 “As a
military man, he has the complete
confidence of the Westarn Euro
pean Nations. If he should under
take a politieal role, he might lose
that confidence.”
Eisenhower is being boomed by
some Republicans for their party’s
Presidential nomination next year.
The General hasn't said he will
run and has declined to choose
‘publicly between the two parties.
| Senator Lodge (R-Mass), na
‘tional manager of the Eisenhower
for President campaign, yesterday
named Senator Carlson (R-Kan)
as head of the Washington office
for the drive. Lodge said head
~quarters will be opened here later
‘in the ‘week. ”
“Wrong Tree”
Senator Humphery (D-Minn)
told a reporter he thinks Dem
ocrats who hope Eisenhower might
run on their ticket are barking up
the wrong tree. Kilgore also ap
parently regards Eisenhower as a
Republican.
Humphrey, who took to the
White House several weeks ago a
resolution by Minnesota Demo
crats urging President Truman to
run again, said he is beginning
to believe that Mr. Truman may
not be a candidate. He said he has
no particular choice for the nom
ination at his time, if Mr. Truman
doesn’t run.
Whoever the nominee is, Hum
phrey said, the Democrats must
act swiftly to meet charges of
“corruption” raised by the Rep
ubliclans as a result of Congres
sional investigations. |
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Offices To Close
- .
During Holidays
Holiday closing dates for the
Area Rent Control Office here, the
U. 8. Vteerans Office and other
federal agencies were announced
today.
The Rent Control Office, Vet~
erans Office and other U. S. ag
encies, with the exception of the
Post Office, will be closed on
Monday, December 24 and will
not re-open until Saturday, Dec
ember 29. These offices will also
be closed on December 31 and
will not re-open until Saturday,
January 5.
The Post Office will be closed
only on Christmas Day and New
Year's Day, Acting Postmaster
Ellison Stone said today, adding
that provision has been made for
additional service windows to be
opened when demand is sufficient
to open them. Postmaster Stone
said Monday brought the heaviest
business so far during the Christ
mas Sseason.
The three local banks will be
closed only on the days of Christ
mas and New Year.
Good Fellowship Fund
Father Of Five Qut
Ot Work, Needs Aid
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Ban
ner-Herald is publishing a series
of case histories of worthy fam
ilies who need help. These are
compiled by the Welfare Com
mittee of the Salvation Army
Ladies Auxiliary and the City
Scheols. Who is number ene on
your list? In as much as ye do it
unto the least of these ye do it
urio me. Matt. 25:40.
Case No. Nine is that of a fa
ther who has been doing manual
labor on a construction job and
was dismissed due of bad health
and has not secured other work.
There are five children who need
good clothes to wear to school.
The oldest child is a bay 13 who
badly needs a pair of shoes. The
other children are boys age, 9,8,
and 6, and there is a little girl
five who wants to start to kinder
garten after the holidays. They
all need warm coals or jackets.
For further infoimation call 474
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
BY O. H. P. KING
MUNSAN, Korea, Dec, 18.
— (AP) —The Communists
turned over to the United
Nations today a list of 11,-
559 prisoners, including
3,198 Americans.
They said the' list includes
all prisoners of the Korean
war in their hands. The U.
N. gave the Reds a list of
132,474 Chinese and North
Korean prisoners.
General Matthew B. Ridgway's
headquarters in Tokyo said it un
derstood the Communist list in
cludes Major General Willianr F.
Dean, lost commander of the U. S.
24th Division, Dean has been miss
ing since the fall of Taejon in
July, 1950,
Communist newsmen at Pan
munjom said Associated Press
Phtotographer Frank Noel was also
listed.
Lists were exchanged Tuesday
when Communist truce negotiators
suddenly capitulated to U. N, de=-
mands. The prisoner subcommit
tee recessed until Thursday. Rear
Admiral R. E. Libby, U. N. mem
ber of the committee, said the
purpose was to study the lists.
Brig. General William P. Nuck
ols, U. N. spokesman, elaborated:
Nuckols Assertion
“The Communist lists have not
yet been verified. They probably
include errors, omissions and pos
sibly fictitious additions.
l “Every effort humanly possible
‘will be made immediately by the
!U. N. command to check the list.
The respective armrs of services in
the United States will notify the
next of kin immediately on veri
fication.
“I cannot emphasize too strong=
ly that this is a Communist list.
“Any information on prisoners
received {rom the Communists is
questionable due to their contin
ued refusal to allow international
committees of the Red Cross to
inspect their prisoners of war fa
cilities and operations.”
Of the 11,559 mnames on the
Communist lists, a U. N. comr
mand communique reported: 7,142
are South Korean, 3,198 American,
'919 British, 234 Turkish, 40__§§1i—
| Fino, 10 French, six Australian,
| four South African, three Japan
ese, and one each from Canada,
Greece and the Netherlands.
Nuckols declined to say wheth
er General Dean’s name was
among them.
Nuckols emphasized that the
exchange of names “is by no
means a solution to agenda item
four,” dealing with actual ex
change of prisoners.
“We mrerely have started off on
the road that will lead us to a
solution,” he said.
He reported the U. N. command
studied the Red document with
“skepticism as to its details, au=
thenticity, accuracy and com
pleteness.” |
| The Communist lists fell far
short of previous public estimates
of perhaps 100,000 or more.
~ The 3,198 Americans listed as
prisoners compare with approxi
’mately 12,000 Americans officially
listed as missing in action,
But a reliable source in Tokyo
said there probably was ‘“no
great disparity” between the offi
cial U. S. Army estimates of the
number of prisoners the Reds hold
and the number announced by the
Reds. He said that probably many
of those listed as missing actually
died in battle, l
Mass Slaughter
Colonel James M. Hanley of the
U. S. Eighth Army recently re
ported that 5500 Americans were
slaughtered by the Reds after be
ing taken prisoner.
The lists supplied by Red truce
negotiators Tuesday was the first
official information from the Reds
since July and August, 1950, when
the Reds gave the International
Red Cross the names of 110 pris
oners.
Coincidentally with the sudden
change in Red attitudes, General |
Ridgway flew to Munsan from
his Tokyo headquarters.
He immediately went into a top
strategy conference with his ar
mistice negotiators and nmlitary
(Continued On Page Two)
and refer to Case No. Nine.
Good Fellowship Fund
The Goodfellowship Fund has
‘increased from $148.00 to $205, in
the past 24 hours one of the civic
clubs sent a donation of SSO and
individuals sent in seven dollars.
The Good Fellowship Fund is to
aid the Athens school children
i (roth whilte and colored) that are
| in dire need of clothing to wear to
| school. There are more. than one
| hundred of these worthy children.
| They are the future citizens of
| your community, so give them a
[chance. *
There are 59 girls and 47 boys
from one year to 18 years of age
that need clothes. It is hoped that
each boy can be presented with a
| pair of dungarees and a nice shirt
;and that a skirt and good warm
i sweater' can be secured for the
;,.o,irls. Mail your check today, the
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EDITION
Investigation Of
By KARL R. BAUMAN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—(AP)
The start of a Grand Jury inguiry
into Abraham Teitelbaum’s story
of an alleged attempt to shake him
down for $500,000 in exchange for
relief from tax troubles appeared
likely today to be delayed until
next month. ;
The White House, meanwhile,
maintained secrecy on details of
the “drastic action” promised by
President Truman to @ m
wrongdoers out of the
Government, reportedly with U. S.
Judge Thomas F. Murphy of New
York wielding the broom.
And the House Ways and Means
subcommittee whose hearings fig
ured largely in Mr. Truman'’s de
cision arranged to question on
Thursday Henry Grunewald, about
whom some mystery developed in
its previous sessions.
Grunewald 111
William P. Maloney of New
York, Grunewald’s attorney, said
Grunewald may be released some
time today from Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital here. He is under
subpoena and Adrian Dewind,
counsel to the subcommittee, said
he is due to appear Thursday.
Dewind declined to elaborate,
but it was regarded that at least
the initial questioning of Grune
wald would be bhehind elosed
doors. The group last week wound
up its presently scheduled open
sessions. §
Grunewald was hospitalized
when the subcommittee sought to
question him earlier. One thing
members have said they want to
ask him about is a $1,300 loan
which Charles Oliphant, recently
resigned Chief Counsel of the In
terna Revenue Bureau, has listed
as a debt to Grunewald.
The .grand jury Inquiry, prom
ised by Attorney General Me-
Grath is aimed at finding out whe
lied under oath to the subcom
mittee about the alleged tax
shakedown. Teitelbaum, a wealthy
Chicago attorney, accused Bert K.
Naster and Frank Nathan of of
fering to help him out of tax
troubles if he paid them $500,000.
Naster, a Miami electrical engi
neer, and Nathan, Pittsburgh pro~
moter, categorically denied Teitel
baum’s story. Teitelbaum said
Naster and Nathan represented to
him they had contacts with a
| clique of high Washington offi
| cials, all of whom denied the ex
istence of any such combine,
‘ Several subcommittee memx,::
said it was obvious that som
]cornmitted perjury—lying under
oath—and McGrath said he would
lluunch an early grand jury inves
| tigation.
No Transcript
The subcommittee, headed by
‘Rep. King (D.-Calif.) has not yet
prepared an official transeript of
the hearings, including testimony
taken in secret but it has notified
the Justice Department the tran
script is being assembled.
Dewind told a reporter the
transcript would be forwarded to
the department before the first of
the year.
After the transcript reaches the
Justice Department, it will be giv
en a quick once-over by attorneys
in the ecriminal division beifore
being sent to U. S. Attorney
Charles Irelan, of the District of
Columbia, who would take it to
the grand jury. These details are
expected to be disposed of in &
few days, Justice Department of
ficials indicaded.
Mr. Truman’s press secretary,
Joseph Short, declined to comment
yesterday on authoritative reports
out of New York that Judge Mur
phy had agreed to accept an as
signment to head up the presiden
tial house cleaning campaign.
Studants Begin
Yule Holid
Uie RouGays
With the completion of exam
inations at the University tomor
row students will begin their
Christmas holidays. Many stu
dents have already left Athens,
exams having begun last Friday.
Registration for winter quarter
has been scheduled Wednesday,
January 2, with classes slated to
begin the following day. An
nouncement was made today that
all University offices will be
closed on Christmas day altheugh
some of the offices will remain
open -during a major portion of
the holiday period.
Students in the public schools
of the city will he released for the
Christmas helidays at 1:30 p. m.
Friday and will return to studies
on January 2, when a full sche
dule of classes will be held. The
Junchrooms will be in. operation
on January 2, .
County school students will like
wise get out for the helidays on
Friday and return on January 2,
with the lunchrooms being in op
eration. e
The Christmas holidays &l
vear have been slightly :
due to provisions of the Minimii
Foundation for Education =
call for a set number of school
dayr in the school year.