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Vol. CXIX, No. 310,
Battered Enterprise
Sinks; Crew Rescued
Captain’s Valiant Fight To Save
Ship, Cargo Comes To Tragic End
m,i&?fifi?l%?difif%fif?.é’}fiESS TUG ENGLISH
sank in the Atlanti eighter Flying Enterpri
00~ ¢ today after rescue of her gallanlt.ptt;:/i)e.
~ Thus Captain Kurt Carlsen’s valiant fight against the
clements to save his ship and cargo—valued at about four
million dellars—came to tragic end.
The Enterprise went down stern
first just before 4 p. m. ((11 a. m.
EST). e 2 : :
The Enterprise was hit by a
wild Atlantic hurricane on
Christmas Day when she was four
days out of Hamburg. A new
<iorm rolled her over on her side
this afternoon and she slowly
went to the bottom.
Capt. Carlsen, who fought alone
on the ship from Dec. 28 until last
caturday, when he was joined by
Mate Kenneth Dancy of the
British rescue tug Turmoil, was
pulled out of the wintry sea by
the Turmoil in a lifebelt, as was
Dancy.
The Turmoil threw a rope lad
der over the side to get them and
iney appeared nimble and able
io move freely. The sea about
them was littered with cargo as
the enterprise slipped kbeneath the
waves.
From the AP tug the wind could |
he heard howling outside, prior
to the sinking of the Enterprise.
At 3:40, the last moments of the
Interprise had come. She was ly
ino on her side. The bow was
comnpletely under water.
With each wave, it ducked deep-
The water around the ship
scomed fairly to boil up with biis
of cargo coming from the open |
hatches,
The sea was washing complete
ly over the vessel.
But is would heave into view
acain so that between swells per
haps half of its bulk could be seen.
Debris alreadv had been scat
tered to a distance of half a mile
around the ship.
As the final moments came the
Associated Press tug Englishmen
hove up as close as it cculd get.
The Enterprise was going down,
stern first. The sea was littered
with her cargo.
For a little while she went down
more or less evenly, with the bow
a few yards out of the water. At
the bottom of the swells, both
anchors could be seen. Then her
stern was well under the water
and did not come into view.
About a third of the vessel was
visible at seven minutes before 4
p. M.
The Turmoil, with Carlsen and
Dancy aboard, hustled off in the
direction of Falmouth.
(U. S. Navy headquarters in
London said Carlsen and Dancy
got into dry clothes on the Turms
oil and began resting from their
long vigil. The Navy said they were
in the water only four minutes).
The Enterprise was completely
under water at 4:10 p. m.
NSL! Dividend
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10—(AP)
—Payments averaging about S6O
will go out this years to holders
of National Service Life Insurance
policies. :
The Veterans Administrgtxon an
nunced yesterday it will start
dividing a 200 million dollar divi
dend in March, This will be the
first regular dividend for vetert.ms
and servicemen, the VA having
paid two special dividends in the
past four years.
The VA said it is mailing out a
special form which will give a
pelicy holder the choice og re
ceiving cash or put the dividend
up as a deposit at 3 per cent in
terest. The deposit would be in
surance against possible lapse of
a policy or as advance payment
On premiums. -
The VA emphasized that the re
turned forms should include the
full name and address of t‘he
rolicyholder along with his policy
numbper. . .
Payments will be made after
the anniversary date of each poli
tvy covering the previous 12
months, The VA said payment, in
most instances, will be based on
t"e 1951 rate of 50 cents for each
51,000 of insurance for each
month the insurance was in forc_e.
ligibility will be based on paid
bremiums on a policy for any
'ree or more months between the
%51 and 1952 dates.
FEAae
FOUR KILLED
ATLANTA, Jan. 10 —(AP)— A
three-car crash 20 miles north of
here late yesterday killed four
Georgians and injured six others.
. Poy Hay, 50-year-old civic and
business leader of Buford, and
1 > negroes were killed. The
neoroes were from Toccoa.
Injured were Rufe White.. a
truck driver of Toccoa, and five
hieoroes, also from Toccoa.
Night Police Chief J. A. Smith
0f Duluth said the accident oc
turred when the negroes sought to
Pass a truck driven by White and
¢rashed into Hay’s car atop a hill.
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‘DISSATISFIED CITIZEN
W ASHINGTON, Jan. 10—(AP)
—A Pittsburgh resident has teld
Jcnator Martin (R.-Pa.) he wants
10 renounce his American citizen-
Ulp and move “where there are no
Ncome taxes,»
T'he man, who said he has a wife
“0d two children, asked Martin if
he knew of any’such place and
Bow he. should go about getting
there, ; 3 SR Rd
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Storm- Crippled
Ship Abandoned
By Crew Of 4
SATTLE, Jan, 10 — (AP) «—
Ships and airplanes sped today to
a spot on the storm-roiled waters
of the North Pacific where they
hope to find 45 men who aband
oned the disabled freighter Pen
nsylvania during a heavy storm
yesterday evening.
The crewmen and their officers
left the split-open, water logged
jinx ship at 4:30 p. m., pacific
standard time (7:30 p. m. EST).
They apparently preferred fight
ing mountainous seas and high
winds, in their frail life boats to
remaining on the wallowing 7,800
ton vessel.
Four terse messages in the space
of 25 minutes told of the dwind
ling hope after 10 hours battling
the elements and the hopeless task
of regaining control of the ship
which was down at the bow and
shipping tons of water through a
14-foot erack on its port side.
It was 6 a. m. yetserday when
the ship’s master, Capt. George P.
D'gver of Portland, Ore., radioed
the vessel was in trouble. At noon
he sent an SOS, reporting the
crack in the hold and that the
ship was taking water.
At 4:05 p. m. the radio reported
the steering, which had been out
of order, was fixed but useless—
th> stern was completely out of
water:
Radio Silent
“It looks like our only hope
is for the weather to moderate,”
the Pennsylyania’s radio said and
went silent for 17 minutes.
-~ At 4:22 they seat another SOS
and said ‘it looks like we have
to abandon ship.
Five minutes later: “Forty-five
persons aboard. Four boats.”
And at 4:30 the final dramatic
two words: “Leaving now.”
Meanwhile, seven ships —
the closest some 180 miles distant
—began churning toward the spot
465 miles northwest of the north
ern tip of Vancouver Island and
600 miles south of Central Alaska’s
southern coastline. It is one of the
roughest areas in the Pacific oc
ean, mariners say, and the weather
yesterday and today is among the
worst in three years.
Planes To Rescue
Four airplanes left during the
night from U. S. Air Force, Navy
and Coast Guard points. They
won't be able to sit down but
should reach the isolated spot at
daybreak to guide surface vessels
and drop such supplies as may be
needed, including life rafts and
first aid equipment.
The first ship is expected to
reach the scene about 10 a. m.
(1 p. m, EST) and two more in
the next three hours. Whether
they would find any or all of the
ment was only a matter for con
jecture. It will take real seaman
ship to stay afloat in that water,
Cloast Guard officials said at Seat
tle.
FILIPINOS SENTENCED
MANILA, Jan. 10—(AP)—Five
Filipinos today were sentenced to
death in the electric chair for the
ambush slaying of Mrs. Manuel
Quezon, widow of the late Philip
pines president, and her party of
10 almost three years ago.
The defense indicated it would
appeal.
Bride Decides To Keep
First Mate--A Red POW
ATLANTA, Jan. 10. — (AP) —
A pretty 22-year-old bride has de
cided to keep the first of two sol
dier husbands given her by a
strange turn of fate in the fortunes
of war.
In the name of Mrs. Agnes Dix
on, she petitioned Superior Court
to annul her marriage to William
S. Sasser. She asked that the mar
riage be declared null and void on
grounds that she is the legal wife
of Walter B. Dixon, once reported
killed in Korea but later listed
among war captives alive in Com-~
munist prison camps.
She and Sasser were directed
by Judge E. E. Andrews to appear
in court for a hearing January 28.
Sasser agreed in a signed affidavit
to abide by the court’s declaratory
judgment.
The Petition
The petition recounted that she
was married to Dixon at Conley,
Ga., on April 5, 1950, and was no
tified by the Defense Department
in June, 1951, that he had been
killed in action.
Last September she married
Sasser in the belief that she was
a gii‘dow, the petition related.
e found Dixon's name on the
rog.ot prisoners of war published
discovered it was the same t:E
Probe Underway
In Phenix City
Bomb Incident
PHENIX CITY, Ala, Jan. 10 —
(AP)—lnvestigators began clear
ing away the littered wreckage of
the bombed-out Hugh Bentley
home today, hoping to find tell
tale clues buried beneath the tons
of debris.
The Phenix City anti-vice cru
sader’s - lakeside residence was
shattered before dawn Wednes
day, but the four occupants—
Bentley's wife, his two sons and
nephew—escaped serious injury.
Bentley himself was away from
home.
Alabama and Georgia state in
vestigators, city and courly effi
cers and FBI agents sifted through
the remains of the frame dwelling
this morning as city crews began
the clean-up job.
Somewhere in the wreckage they
hoped to find traces of the 24
sticks of dynamite which army
demolition experts from nearby
Ft. Benning said appeared to have
been used.
Fuse Unsound
Success there, said chief Ala
bama Investigator J. V. Kitchens,
might shed light on the source of
the explosives and how they were
set off. The Fort Benning ord
nance officers said the charge ap
parently was set off by an electrie
device, but so far no fuse had been
found. 2
Aside from that, Kitchens said,
“no definite leads” have been
turned up. Officers questioned
Bentley yesterday and planned to
talk with members of his family
today.
The Alabama investigator, who
incidentally became the state's
chief fire marshal today, said of
ficers were trying to run down
reports of a strange automobile
seen near the Bentley house snort
ly before the explosion.
“There’s just a possibility it
might mean something,” he said,
“We're not passing up anything.”
Kitchens, although officially a
fire marshal now, was assigned to
stay on the bombing investigation
for the time being because it be
gan before his new appointment
became effective. .
Solicitor’s Plans
Solicitor Arch B. Ferreli, of
Russell county, said he plans to
seek the death penalty for “who
ever is found guilty” of the bom
bing. - Heé Wwould invoke It,,“§n ,‘
an- Alabama law providing death
for setting off -an explosion “in,
under, or dangerously near” an
occupied dwelling.
The explosion went off shortly
before dawn Wednesday. The 42-
year-old Bentley was away from
home but his wife; their two sons
and a nephew were asleep in the
house. All escaped injury, al
though 16-year-old Hugh Bentley,
jr., was hurled 30 feet by the con
cussion,
Bentley, operator of a sporting
goods store, has been crusading
against vice in Phenix City for 10
years. Last year he launched a
clean-up campaign and has kept
the lid clamped down tight on vice
ever since. :
Coca-Cola Plans
No Price Boost
ATLANTA, Jan. 10—(AP)—You
can continue to buy your favorite
soft drinks at five cents-a bottie in
spite of government authorization
for adding a penny to the retail
price.
Spokesmen for the Atlanta Coca-
Cola Bottling ' Company, kell
wether of the bottling industry,
say it is not planning a price in
crease,
Other bottlers are reported in
favor of upping the price but will
not take action unless Coca-Cola
goes along.
Under the government ruling,
bottlers are permitted either to
raise prices a cent a bottle if their
costs have gone up as much as half
a cent per bottle, or reduce the
size of the bottle.
number published with his name.
After a holiday vacation with
Sasser’s parents at LaGrange, N.
C., she and Sasser returned here
recently. Sasser is a soldier sta
tioned at Fort McPherson on the
edge of Atlanta and she is em
ployed at the Fort as a civilian
clerk.
Official records showed Dixon
failed to report to the Army that
he was married. The Army listed
his next of kin as a sister, Mrs.
Lorean G. Storey of (304 Moore
street) Sikeston, Mo.
GI Insurance
J. 8. Laseter of Cullman, Ala,,
father of Mrs. Dixon-Sasser, said
Dixon’s SIO,OOO service insurance
was paid Mrs. Storey, but that he
understood she had turned it over
to his wife.
Soon after publication of the
prisoner of war list showing Dix
on’s name, Sasser said he would
bow out of the picture if it devel
oped that Dixon was alive.
Mrs, Dixon’s petition for annul
ment said she received a letter
from her first husband January 2,
confirming that he was alive. She
did not disclose contents of the
letter. Presumably it was among
a large number of letters from
prisoners“‘t:ie Communists turned
: 4 ; B & 5 4 e
sh o e e S POW it
was published. :
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1952,
Truman Message Brings Congress
Demands For Government Economy
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN ADDRESSES CONGRESS
President Truman (arrow) delivers his
State of the Union address to a joint ses
sion of Congress meeting in the House
chamber in the nation’s capitol. Seated
Allies Accuse Reds Of Scheming
For Forced Repatriation Of POWSs
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 10— (AP)
— President Truman said today
he will keep General Eisenhower
on the job as Supreme Command
er of Allied Forces in Europe as
long as Eisenhower will stay there.
‘The President described Eisen
hower as & grand man, and re
peated at a news conference his
past praise for him.
Mr. Truman said he had the up
most confidence in the General
and had showed it by naming him
to one of the most important posts
it was within his power to give.
There has been speculation that
Eisenhower might soon return to
this country, now that he was
made it plain he would accept a
nomination from the Republican
party. for the Presidency, if it
should be offered to him.
In response to questions, Mr.
Truman conceded that the General
would have to resign if he were
nominated for President.
But he said he will never re
lieve General Eisenhower of his
post except at the General’s re
guest.
Eisenhower has said he would
not ask to be relieved.
Search On For
Missing Plane
ARCATA, Calif., Jan. 10—(AP)
—Searchers were sweating out the
end of a blinding snowstorm to
day before checking a possible
lead to a missing Air Force plane
with eight aboard. The plane has
been missing since Dec. 26.
The storm prevented the ground
party from reaching a silvery ob
ject reported on a mountainside
ir the Trinity Alps.
T-Sgt. Robert E. Luckie of
Hamilton Air Force Base, leader
of the party, said at least 30 inches
of snow had fallen and visibility
was only 10 feet,
The plane was enroute to Tra
vis Air Force base from Spokane,
Wash.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10—(AP)
President Truman today nominat
ed retired Admiral ,gaymond A.
Spruance of Californfa to be am
bassador to the Philippines.
The nomination went to the
Senate together with that of Har
ry A. McDonald, former chairman
of the Securgiege:nd Exchange
trator of the Recon l%
nance Corporation. urggied
behind the President are Vice President
Alben W. Barkley (left) and House
Speaker Sam Rayburn. — (AP Wire
photo.) "
BY OLEN CLEMENTS
MUNSAN, Korea, Jan. 10.
—(AP)—Allied negotiators
today accused the Commun
ists of scheming to strength
en their forces in Korea by
“forced repatriation” of
prisoners of war.
Rear Admiral R. E. Libby
said the Reds are “‘scared to
death” of giving war prison
ers freedom of choice as to
whether they want to be re
patriated.
He told the Reds that by oppos
ing this principle in the Allied
plan they “denounce individual
freedom and advocate slavery.”
The U. N. again rejected the
Red compromise truce supervision
plan because it failed to ban con
struction and repair of military
air fields.
As the armistice talks entered
the seventh month subcomnrittees
on truce supervision and prisoner
exchange appeared tightly dead
locked. However, both scheduled
meetings for 11 a. m. Friday (9 p.
m., EST, Thursday) in Panmun
jom.
“Your opposition to our proposal
is based solely on your aim of
improving your military manpow
er situation during an armistice,”
Libby told the Reds. “Only that
which benefits your side militar
ily do you consider true and right
eous.
“Having augnrented your forces
throughout the war by ‘freedom of
choice’ you now seck to continue
to augment your forces by its op
posite, ‘forced repatriation’.”
“Vicious Propaganda”
North Korean Major General
jLee Sang Cho called Libby's
i statement “vicious propaganda.”
! “you should not have used this
I manuscript in here in the confer
ence,” Lee said. “You should have
handed it over to your propaganda
man to give to the broadcasters
and news agencies.”
In a two-hour statement Libby
]told the Communists:
| “We have been informed that it
was your traditional policy to
ward (Korean) prisoners of war
to release them from captivity
(after indoctrination).
“The fact that they later reap
peared in your army was explain
'ed away by the fact that they ex
ercised their freedom of choice to
ljoin you side. Accepting these
iassertions at face value, the
United Nations conrmand proposed
that each individual be given the
right to decide for himself wheth
er he wanted to be repatriated—
to leave the final choice to the in
dividual under conditions free
from duress.”
Libby said the Reds insist on
| “forced repatriation” of war pris
toners for three reasons:
} Reds’ Reasons
“First, you do not trust the vol
lunteers of your army now in our
prisoner of war camps . . .
“Second, you do not wish to
expose the Republic of Korea Nat
ionals whom you have incorporat
ed into your army to freedom of
choice publicly expressed. You are
fearful that the results would in
dicate that many have actually
been impressed into your service
against their will.
“Third, having augmented your
forces throughout the war by
‘freedom of choice’ you now seek
to continue to augment your
[ forces by its opposite, ‘forced re
- Libby told newsmen afterward
(Continyed On Page Two)
Toll Roads Are
Widely Opposed
STATESBORO, Ga., Jan. 10 —
(AP)—Representatives of Georgia
towns between the South Carolina
and Florida borders have agreed
to “spare no expense” in opposing
creation of toll roads.
At a meeting here yesterday the
group voted unanimously to adopt
a resolution which stated they
were ‘“violently opposed to the
creation of any turnpike authority
in Georgia for the purpose of toll
road building, regardless of where
such roads may be placed.”
Gov. Herman Talmadge has
asked for such an authority and
said that legislation setting it up
will be presented to the General
Assembly which meets next week.
The opening meeting held here
was sponsored by the U. S. High
way 25 and Georgia Division of
U. S. 301 Associations.
James E. Hays, manager of the
Statesboro and Bulloch County
Chamber of Commerce, was named
secretary at the meeting and di
rected to “spare no expense in
bringing to the people the contents
of any turnpike bill presented to
the Legislature.”
Hays estimated today that a toll
road in his area would cost busi
nessmen and farmers $125,000,000
to $150,000,000 in trade.
The opponents believe that a
toll road would see tourists driv
ing straight through Georgia on
down to Florida, without stopping
as they now do for meals, hotel or
motor court accommdations and
purchase of local products.
Hayes said it also would cause
real estate prices to drop. Now,
he believes, tourists drive through
leisurely and often are so en
tranced by the Georgia country
side that they decide to buy pro
perty in this state instead of Flor
ida.
But they would whiz through so
fast on a toll road they wouldn’t
even get a dgood look at Georgia,
Hayes added. s
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair, windy and cold teday,
Fair and colder tonight, Con
tinued cold Friday., Saturday
fair and warmer. Low tonight
25; high tomorrow 46, Sun sets
today 5:42 and rises tomorrow
7:40.
GEORGIA — Clearing, windy
and colder today; fair and much
colder, low 20 te 24 in extreme
north, 24 to 28 in central!, and
28 to 34 in extreme south to
night; Friday, fair and contin
ued cold.
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours ~ ... .08
Total since January 1 ~.. .30
Deficit since January 1 ... 1.15
Average January rainfall .. 4.84
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Lawmakers Indicate They Will
Support Speed-Up For Defense
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, — (AP) — An election l“”
Congress responded with demands for economy snd<ne
more taxes today to President Truman’s State of the Union
appeal for a broad program of foreign aid and domestie
spending.
Lawmakers gave signs they will support a speed-up in
efforts to increase American military might.
But the Republicans and South«
ern Democrats who can muster a
majority of both houses when they
stick together appeared deter
mined to hack down the amount
of foreign aid and to scutle many
of the President’s domestic social
security proposals.
They had some backers among
administration supporters for their
economy - and - no-more taxes
movement.
With Britain’s Prime Minister
Winston Churchill listening intent
ly from a gallery seat, Mr. Tru=
man called on Congress yesterday
to meet the “very real” threat of
World War 111 by bolstering the
free nations of Europe and Asia
v;'ijth more economic and military
aid.
Truman Proposal
‘The President proposed, among
other things, (1) dan increase in
the size of the U, 8. Armed Forces
(2) an expansion of “Point Four”
aid aboard to combat *“stomach
Communism,” (3) tougher infla
tion controls and (4) a list of do
mestic welfare measures including
defense housing, labor law revis~
ions, aid to education, medical
care, stronger farm price supports
and a $5 a month boost in social
security benefits.
Senator McFarland es Arizona,
the Democratic leader, was pleas=-
ed that Mr., Truman called for an
increase in the size of the Air
Force and stepped up defense pro
duction.
“I was glad that he, stressed the
necessity of carrying on our dom
estic program,’” McFarland said.
“His advocacy of more social sec~
urity is in line with what I pro
posed and what was adopted by
the Senate in the last session.
~ Vice President Barkley thought
the message “superb” and Senator
Edwin C. Johnson (D-Colo), who
dosen’t always agree with Mr.
Truman, called it “one of the
President’s better speeches.”
Republicans pounded the point
that Mr. Truman made no mention
of economies. Senator Ives (R-NY)
said the message “showed pract
ically no concern over the actual
economic welfare of the country.”
Senator Martin (R-Pa) said Mr.
Truman was proposing ‘“high
taxes, big spending, deficit financ
ing, unbalanced budgets and ever
increasing debt.”
| “Depressed” Bolon
Senator Fulbright (D-Ark) said
the President’s messago left him
“depressed about the State of the
Union.”
Senator Taft of Ohio, a Repub
lican Presidential - candidate who
got a hand from his GOP collea
gues when he walked into the
House Chamber to hear the Presi
dent speak, had no comment ex
cept to ‘observe that Mr. Truman
seemed to have “backed down” on
previous demands for repeal of
the Taft-Hartley Act.
The President asked for revision
of the law.
Churchill called th? Presidefit’g
presentation *masterful” but Re
publicans sailed into it as a polit=-
ical campaign document which
Senator Dirksen (R-Ill) said laid
down only “a blueprint of ex
haustion.”
Republicans and some Demaerats
looked upon his message as out
lining the general issues on which
his party must stand in next Nov
ember’s election, irrespective of
whether he decides to run again,
In this connection, Mr. Truman
emphasized that (1) ‘“Economic
conditions in the country are
good.” (2) that plant construction
now underway “will mean more
jobs and higher standards of liv
ing for all of us -in- the years
ahead” and (3) “taking the good
and bad together, we have made
real progress this last year along
the road to peace.” -
He added his social security pro
pesals, plus a call for action on
Civil Rights legislation, to this in
formal party platform.
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A request program will be fea
tured during the weekly Music
Appreciation Hour in University
Chapel tonight at 8 o’clock, Hugh
Hodgson, head of the Unicersity
Music Department, originator and
director of the program, announced
today.
Only two works will be per
formed —the Hugh Hodgson Trio
for violin, ‘cello and paino and
the Rachmaninoff Second Piano
Concerto.
Violinist Robert Harrison, ‘cel
list Rudolph Kratina and pianist
Hodgson will perform the Hodg
son trio, and Despy Karlas will
be heard in the Rachmaninoff
composition, with Mr., Hodgson
playing the orchestral part at a
second piano.
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EDITION
BY JACK BELL
Halley On Stand
As Costello
Trial Continues
NEW YORK, Jan. 10 — (AP) —
Rudolph Halley, former erime
committee quizmaster, says Gam
bler Frank Costello was “definite~
ly defiant” on Senate probers when
he twice walked out of the hear~
ings last March.
Halley and Costello faced each
other again yesterday, this time
during the third session of the
gambler’s trial for contempt of the
Senate.
Testifying in federal eourt, Hal«
ley told the jury:
“He (Costello) was definitely
defiant and forceful, said, ‘l'm
leaving’ and got up and left. What
he did he did in a very definite
manner.”
| Defense Claims
| . The defense contends that the
60-year-old Costello suffered a
chronic throad ailment during the
committee hearings, and :gysi
cally was unable to bear further
questioning.
. . Gearge Wolf, Costello’s attorney,
said his client’s bad throat wasn't
helped any by the strain and ex
citement of the televised hearings
headed by Sen, Eates Ketauver
(D.-Tenn.). ! .
Telling of the gambler’s initial
walkout on March 15, Halley said
he thought the hearings were con
ducted in “perfect order™ and
added: :
“The atmosphere was similar te
this courtroom except for the
clicking of newsreel cameras. ¥
‘thought Senator Kefauver main
‘tained perfect order. There was
no talking and no applause. It
was warmer, but the heat was not
unbearable.
Costello Agitated
“He got up and walked out. We
called him back in. He answered
some further questions and left
again with hig attorney. He &g~
peared very much agitated just as
he appears right now.”
Costello flushed and then smiled
broadly.
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan
told the 10-man, two-woman juxy
to disregard the remark.
Costello took his second walk on
March 16, the following day. The
two walkouts and refusal to am
swer certain commitiee questions
concerning his wealth, debts amnd
financial transactions with peliti
cians led to the 11-count indict
ment for contempt.
If convicted, Costello faces a
maximum of 11 years in prisen
and an SII,OOO fine,
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Death Takes Mrs.
C. W. Porterfield
s " one
Mrs. Mozelle Barneit Porter
field, prominent Colbert leader
and wife of C. W, Porterfield, died
at her home this morning at 8:10
o'clock following a short illness.
She was 59 years old.
Services will be conducted Fri
day afternoon at 3 e'clock frem
Colbert Baptist Church with the
pastor, Rev. Willlam F. Crowe,
officiating.
Interment will follow in Colbert
cemetery, nephews of Mrs. Por
terfield serving as pallbearers.
Bernstein Funeral Home is
charge of arrangements.
An honorary escort will include
Grady King, John Williams, H. €.
Hardeman, Joe Hardeman, Ed
Hart, James Hitchcock, Ben
Spratlin, J. K. Brookshire, L. €.
Hickman, Sam Patton, Ralph Col
lier, Dorsey Patton, Seab Harde
man, H, L. Palmer, John Gauld
ing, Harold Gaulding, M. R. Leard,
Wyatt Benton, E, A, Elder, T. A.
Hart, Robert Morris, A. R. Morris,
Phil Hardeman, Willie Morris,
Zed Morris, Howard Bulleck,
Ramie Suddeth, Hollis Waggoner,
Grover Eberhart, Willie Eberhart,
Noell Eberhart, Paul Burrcughs,
R. A. Patterson, C. E. Eberhart,
Louie Ashworth, C. C. Tayler, J.
C. Adams, Harold Meadow, Jee
Biggs and Burroughs Holcemb.
Mrs. Porterfield is survived uy
her husband, four scns, Wpyatt
Porterfield, Athens, W. E. Portes
field, U. S. Navy, Norfolk, Va.,
and Troy W. Porterfield and Best
J. Porterfield, both of Colhest;
four sisters, Mrs, Jim Hix, Ath-~
ens, sMI":s l\%r P.J Ke;ver, Chflh.hn
ton, 8. C., Mrs. Jay tamni’. 4
risburg, N. C., and Mrs, Jay U?-
ker, San Angelus, Texas; h#
brothers, J. Cliff Barnett and Wi
. [Barnett, ‘ol | THE; SRV,
grhndbhild:‘?efi, Gfofia tield,
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