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Vol. CXX, Ne. 9.
Senate Approves
Flector Bill
ATLANTA, Jan. 22 — (AP) —
Administration stalwarts gave a
ittle ground today and shoved
Ciov. Herman Talmadge’s presi
qential elector bill through the
Genate 36 to 15.
Amendments
rhe Administration today ac
cepted two amendments to Gov.
Herman Talmadge's controversial
presidential Elector bill.
As the Senate opened debate on
the measure, Peyton Hawes of El
berton offered an amendment lim
ting the election revision bill to
»ur years. Grady Rawls of Al
pany, administration floor leader,
obtained unanimous consent for
adoption of the amendment.
The other amendment would put
‘he Secretary of State on the Board
%0 administer the act, in place of
¢he Comptroller General.-
prior to beginning debate, the
senate effective balked recording
of debate by adopting a resolution
requiring that any radio station
broadcasting any part of a sena
-lor's remarks would have to use
his entire talk. The resolution also
required stations to give equal
time to debate on both sides.
Fortson Comment
After the amendment relating to
cocretary of State Ben Fortson
was accepted, Fortson said, “I still
aintain that 1 prefer not to be
on the board but thé General
Assembly Is a sovereign body and
CORONER’S SALARY
ATLANTA, Jan. 22—(AP)—A
bill (HB 848) fixing the salary
of Corener at S6OO a year in
rowndes, Clarke, Whitfield and
walker counties was introduced
in the House today.
can direct the administrative offi
cers of the state to perform any
duties it sees fit. I'll do my best
to carry out these duties in con
formity with the law.”
Fortson’s opposition became
manifest yesterday when the
amendment first was proposed on
the grounds that if the administra
tion had wanted him on there in
the first place his name would
have been contained in the origi-
In the House, Speaker Fred
Hand was ready to bring the toll
road plan to the floor.
Rep. Owen Adams of Upson
County introduced a bill in the
House today to ease the financial
demands on children of needy pa
rents. He would not require chil
dren to aid their parents if they
made under S3OO a month. The
present scale, fixed by regulation
of the Welfare Department, starts
at S2OO a month. '
Adams proposed that in addi
tion to a S3OO, children also be al
lowed S4OO more for one depen
dent, $475 for two, $525 for three,
$560 for four, $620 for five, S6BO
for six and $740 for eight. Thus a
“child” with eight dependents be
sides his parents -would be able
to earn $740 a month without be
ing required to make any contri
butions to his parents.
Exempts Counties
Another House weifare bill,
similar to one offered yesterday
in the Senate, would exempt coun
ties from all administrative costs
in carrying out aid to the blind,
aged and dependent children’s
program, 2
Welfare Director Alan Kemper
said he opposes this bill because it
would cost the state about $2,500,-
000 a year. He added that if
counties knew the state would pay
all administrative costs there
would be less incentive to keep the
costs down.
The Senate, meanwhile, refused
to approve the House action yes
terday in amending a resolution
acking Congress to limit federal
taxes on income, inheritances and
gifts to 25 per cent. The House
amendment would have made the
limit apply only to increases un
der $50,000 a year.
Morning Devoted To
Naming Drewry Jury
Clarke Superior Court recessed at 11:45 until 2 :30 p. m.
today, nine jurors having been selected from a roster of 65
to serve on the case against Mrs. Kathleen Merry Drewry,
charged with assault with intent to murder the present
Mrs. John E. Drewry, formerly Miss MiriamATEurlrrr\lonr,ln(]lr.m‘r
(exan Addresses
\eacher Session
A Texan told Georgia school
teachers and educators here yes
lerday that the answer to one of
cducation’s knottiest problems —
that of the attraction of the t;est
young people to the teaching field
—is probably sitting in her class
room right now. ;
Miss Waurine Walker, promi
nent Texas educator, in an address
10 a Teacher Education Conference
at the University of Georgia, said
that the task of recruiting teachers
begins not in college or high
school, but in the elementary
schools,
“Most people who are going to
be teachers decide about it early,”
she said,
Our trouble is that we have al
lowed the idea to develoP that
“anybody can teach school,” she
bointed out, “This attitude, S:u
pled with a' relatively low
scale, simply doesn’t make the
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Record iumber Likel
To Seek Nomination
BY EDWIN P, HAAKINSON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. — (AP) — A record crop of
Democratic Presidential candidates was sprouting sud
denly today as President Truman kept mum on his own
plans.
Some party politicians said the list may swell to 20 if
Mr. Truman delays announcing his decision until near con
vention tirie in July.
§22 430,000 Is
Asked For Ga.
River Projects
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 —(AP)
— In his budget message to Con
gress President Truman asked ap
propriations of $22,430,000 for
power and flood control projects
in or partly in Georgia.
His money request, presented
yesterday, included $11,330,000 for
the Jim Woodruff Dam near the
Florida state line; $3,000,000 for
the Buford Dam just north of
Atlanta, and finances for Savannah
River projects near the H-bomb
plant.
He asked for eight million dol
lars to start work on the 80%
milliom dollar Hartwell power
and flood control projects near
Anderson, S. C., and enough prac
tically to complete work on the 77
million dollar Clarks Hill Dam
near Augusta, Ga.
The President said four million
dollars will be necessary in the
fiscal year beginning July 1 on the
Hartwell project. He asked for
$4,100,000 for the Clarks Hill Dam.
Army Engineers termed both
developments urgent because of
their proximity to the huge Atomic
Energy Commission layout across
the Savannah River in Aiken and
Barnwell counties, South Carolina,
They also pointed out their need in
view of rapidly expanding South
eastern industrices.
Three-Fold Project
The Hartwell rojects entails na
vigation and flood control as well
as power. Congress provided $342,-
600 last year to plan the exten
sive development, to be located
where the Seneca and Tugaloo
meet to from the Savannah River
at Hartwell,
Army Engineers have estimated
to complete the Clarks Hill pro~
ject when this year’s requested
funds hiave been spent. Clarks Hill,
another multi-purpose affair, is
about 60 miles from the H-bomb
plants. Hartwell is about 140 miles
away.
Reps. Brown (D-Ga) and Riley
(D-SC) have joined the South
Carolina Senators in urging Con
gres to provide enough money to
bring both projects to a speedy
conclusion.
In yesterday’s budget message,
President Truman also asked Con
gress for nearly 215 million dollars
for transmission lines in the Sav
annah basin from Clarks Hill to
Batesburg, Aiken and Greenwood
in South Carolina and from Clarks
Hill to Hartsville, S. C., and Aug
usta, Ga.
CONDITION CRITICAL
NEW YORK, Jan. 22—(AP)—
Diamond-studded Fannie Ward,
who appeared ever young both on
stage and off to passing genera
tions, was in critical condition in
a hospital today.
The seemingly ageless counter
part of Peter Pan—now in her
80’s and perhaps older—suffered a
stroke in the Park Avenue apart
ment where she lived alone,
Miss Ward, who outlived two
husbands, started on the stage in
1890. She has appeared in more
than 50 plays and-in vaudeville
acts and motion pictures.
She often has attn'butgd her
youthful appearance to @ secret
facial treatment confided to her
by French stage star Gaby Deslys.
lJ R T B ey T
Court convened at 10 o'clock,
' Judge Henry H. West presiding
~and Solicitor General D. Marshall
Pollock prosecuting for the state.
Three jurors remained to be
selected when court reconvened
this afternoon, twenty names hav=-
ing been taken from the top of the
jury panel to obtain the necessary
12-man jury.
The nine jurors selected this
morning were Grady Seagraves,
Harold M. Morris, Marvin L. Old
ham, J. B. Leggett, W. I Stephens,
Ernest L. Harrison, William A.
Glenn, S. I. Routson and George
K. Jones. Judge West, in his re
‘marks to these jurors prior to the
court recess, instructed them not
to discuss the case. They were
told that they would be served
lunch in the courthouse and that
they could, in a body and under
the direction of the bailiff, make
use of the recess period in any
way they desired. They were
permitted to telephone their fam
ilies.
Mrs. Kathleen Merry Drewry,
wearing a two-piece grey suit with
black accessories, sat throusl:%\:;
the morning session ' confer
with her attorneys while the jury
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
But most of those stepping into
the Democratic spotlight are in
the role of “favorite sons.” A can
didate in this status normally
holds the party’s convention vote
from his own state until he is
nominated or pledges it to some
stronger candidate.
Two Democratic hats landed in
the Presidential ring yesterday in
Illinois, as slates were filed for
Senators Kefauver of Tennessee
and McMahon of Connecticut for
the April 8 primary.
Oppose Taft
The Republican Presidential
primary in Illinois also was en=
livened when Harold E, Stassen,
former Minnesota Governor, and
General Douglas MacArthur were
entered in opposition to Senator
Taft of Ohio.
Shortly afterward, however,
MacArthur was quoted as saying
he would have his name with
drawn, that it had been entered
without his knowledge.
But the man who entered the
General in the race, Lar Daly of
Chicago, said he would take legal
action, if necessary, to prevent
MacArthur or anyone else from
withdrawing the General’s name.
Daly, founder and director gen=-
eral of the “MacArthur and Mec~
Carthy for '52 Club,” said, “We
are aware that General MacAr
thur is not a candidate but we
believe he’d accept a draft.”
The Illinois primary is advisory
only and is not binding on the
state’s convention delegates.
Taft.and Stassen tangle first in
the Wisconsin primary April 1.
Opening a two-day campaign in
that state, Taft said yesterday,
“There is no better place to test
my candidacy than Wisconsin, I
shall make this the main battle
ground for an all-out campaign
for the nomination.”
After he and Kefauver were
entered in the Illinois primary,
McMahon issued a statement say
ing Illinois backers “have done me
great honor.”
Informed Democrats said Presi~
dent Truman knew that McMahon
would enter the Illinois primary
if Kefauver did. Wiy P
Still- Undecided
Kefauver, former chairman of
the Senate’s crime-busting com
mittee, is going through the mo
tions of an active candidate, but
he says he will not nrake a formal
decision until about February 1.
Senate sources said the name of
Vice President Alben Barkley may
be boomed soon by Kentucky
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|. B. M. Target Of
Anti-Trust Suit
NEW YORK, Jan. 22—(AP)—
A government civil anti-trust suit
has been filed against the Inter
national Business Machines Corpo~
ration (IBM), the largest manu
facturer of tabulating machines
and cards in the world.
The suit, filed yesterday in Fed
eral Court here, charges IBM “has
unlawfully restrained and mono
polized the tabulating industry in
the United States” in violation of
the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
IBM issued a statement from its
New York headquarters denying
the government's charge.
More than 90 per cent of all tab
ulating business in this country
and 95 per .cent of all tabulating
machines used by the Federal gov
ernment are controlled by IBM,
the complaint said.
The government accused IBM
of hoarding new developments
and inventions in the field, divid
ing territory and exchanging data
with foreign manufacturers, ac
quiring foreign concerns that were
potential competitors in America.
It also charged IBM keeps a tight
hold on machines so users are de
pendent on IBM for service and
repairs and obtains patent rights
in other business machine fields
so it can retaliate against any
company threatening to enter the
tabulating machine field.
IBM machines are not sold, the
government said, but only leased
to users under “burdensome and
unreasonable restrictions.”
Thomas J. Watson, IBM board
chairman, stated last night that
his firm “never employed any
measures to eliminate ot restrain
competition” and that to call it a
monoply was to “disregard the
facts.” .
He said there are numerous oth
er makes of tabulating machines
on the market and that the field
is “highly competitive.”
Bad Co!d Has
s . s Il
'Winnie’ Down
NEW YORK, Jan, 22—(AP)—
Prime Minister Winston Church
hill, who is suffering a cold, is
scheduled to leave for home to
night following talks in Washing~
ton that brought a closer align
ment of British and American po
licies.
Late last night the 77-year-old
Briton’s physician, Lord Moran,
went to the home of financier
Baruch where Churchill is stay
ing. Baruch’s Butler later was ov
erheard to say that Lord Moran
planned to remain through the
the night at the Baruch apartment,
The butler indicated that Church
hill’s eold was not serious.
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1952,
Two-Day Session
On Agriculture
Is Opened Here
Visitors from practically every
part of Georgia and experts in
agronomy and farm mechanization
from the leading agricultural col
leges in the nation gathered on the
University of Georgia College of
Agriculture campus here today.
They are attending the fifth an
nual session of the Georgia sec
tion of the American Society of
Agronomy and the second annual
Farm Mechanization Conference.
The farm mechanization lead
ers began their reports on the pro
gress in this field in recent years
at 10:00 o’clock with a welcome
from Dean and Director C. C. Mur=
ray of the College of Agriculture.
More than 100 agronomists ar
rived on the campus late Monday
and opened their two-day session
with a banquet Monday evening.
%peaker for, this occasion was Dr.
. E. Waggner, agronomist, Agri=
cultural Experiment Station, Belts
ville, Maryland. His subject was
“Potentialities of Grassland Agri
culture.” A native of Kansas, Dr,
Waggner is leader of pasture man
agment of production propects of
the United States Department of
Agriculture.
Tuesday Program
Nearly a dozen persons skilled in
agronomy appeared on the pra
gram Tuesday morning.
Alexander Nunn, editor of the
Progressive Farmer, Birmingham,
Alabama, reported on develop
ments in agronomy work in Eng
land where he visited recently.
He called particular attention to
the English practice of making
silage directly from pasture mow
ings without chopping the grass.
He said the practice is spreading
rapidly and seems satisfactory.
Roy Lovorn, weed control ex
pert, U. S. Department of Agri
culture, Washington, told the group
that although chemical weed con
trol is less than 10 years old, “for
the past two years some 30,000,000
acres of crops have been treated
annually.”
Continuing, he said, “We now
have practical means for chemical
wzed control in corn, wheat, oats
barley, rice, flax, horticulturai
crops and grasslands. To a lesser
extent farmers are using chem
icals for the control of weeds in
cotton, peanuts, sugar beets, and
other plants.”
Paul Tabor, soil conservationist,
South Carolina, reported on the
strong and weak points of a num-~
ber of major zrazmfil crops used
in this’ section. of the = coufitry.
“Fescue Is more successful in the
cotton belt than orchard grass be
cause it is more tolerant to heat,
drouth and overgrazing,” he stat
ed.
B. H. Hendricwson, superivor of
the Southern Piedmont Consreva
tion Experiment Station, Watkins
ville, declared that tests with fes
cue grass and kudzu planted to
gether have been satisfactory.
First planting of fescue grass
were studied about 10 years ago
by the Soil Conservation Service.
“Simple management practices
with pastures are the ones giving
the greatest economic returns,”
Orien L. Brooks, Georgia Moun=
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Khatiri Probl
JONESBORO, Ark., Jan, 22 —
(AP)—Officials of Arkansas State
College here have a puzzler on
their hands:
What to do with a 20-year-old
Arab whose life savings were spent
on a trip to the United States for
a free college education.
Schukki Mohammed El Khatiri
appeared at Arkansas State yes
terday, saying he was ready to
begin classes. He had only $lO in
his pocket—all that remained from
the sale of a farm in Israel to
finance his trip to America.
Khatiri gave Dean of Men
Robert Moore this account:
After finishing high school in
Jerusalem, he started writing let
ters to colleges in the United
States in hopes of completing his
education.
Scores of Colleges sent him cat
alogues. And then a form letter
from Arkansas State arrived, It
stated that “campus life at State
is full, free and friendly,” and
Khatiri took the sentence literally.
He decided that Arkansas State
was the place for him.
He got S4OO for the small farm
left him by his late father and
used the money for a steamship
ticket to New York.
He arrived in this country with
SSO. Khatiri decided that-wasn’t
enough to get him to Arkansas. He
visited a friend in Portland, Me.,
who gave him $45.
Khatiri arrived at Jonesboro
yesterday. He had $lO left,
Dean Moore said the slightly
built young man is being quar
tered in the men’s dormitory un
til school officials figure out what
to do.
The Dean said an effori would
be made to get Khatiri a job if he
could raise S3OO to finance his
first year’s study.
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WINTER PATROL — With the truce
teams still bickering at Panmunjom, the
action on the Korean battle front is lim
ited largely to hit-and-run raids. Here,
No Progress In Truce Talks But
Steps Taken To Protect POWs
Bloodmobile
To Beln
Oconee County
The Red Cross blood bank
will be in Watkinsville, Ga.,
Wednesday, Jan. 23, 1952 for the
donors of that Copnty. We are
soliciting the eco-operation of
everyone in this area who can
make a blood contribution to the
needy cause that now exists in
the Korean War, as there is a
dire need for blood. As in the
past, you have always responded
so readily we feel assured that
you will come to the rescue in
this hour of emergency.
—An Appeal.
March Of Dimes
5-50 Division
How Hometown, U. 8. A, and
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis are waging a
winning war against polio was
described today by R. H. Kimbrell,
director of the 1951 Clarke County
March of Dimes.
In Georgia, as elsewhere in the
nation, he said, halt of the funds
raised in last year’s campaign
were retained by the local chapter
for benefit of adults and children
stricken by polio in the state. This
direct help is given anyone whose
family cannot bear the full fin
ancial burden of polio without
undue hardship, Mr. Kimbrell as
serted,
The other half is forwarded to
National Headquarters, where it
becomes the ammunition for the
greatest war ever waged against
a specific disease by a voluntary
organization, he asserted.
“Actually,” he said, “the 50-50
division of funds is & partner
ship of the American people in an
undertaking which affects them
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy and mild with showers
ending early tonight. Clearing,
windy and much colder Wed-~
nesday. Thursday fair and cold.
Low temperature tonight 36,
high tomorrow 46. Sun sets to
day 5:52 p. m. and rises tomor
row at 7:36 a. m. .
GEORGIA — Showers, not
much change in temperature
this afternoon and tonight, turn
ing cold over north portion to
night; Wednesday, clearing,
windy and much colder.
EXTENDED FORECAST
Extended forecast for period
ending 7:36 p. m. (EST) Sunday,
January 27:
GEORGIA - Temperatures
will average near normal, cold~
er Wednesday and Wednesday
night, continued rather cold
Thursday and Thursday night,
warmer Friday and Saturday;
rainfall e¢ne-fourth to one-half
inch, occurring tonight and
again about Saturday.
TEMPERATURE
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DRORE s v anie Erve nirell)
T R ePR
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours ~ ... .18
Total since January 1 .. .. .19
Deficit since January 1 ..., 2.46
Average January rainfall ~ 4.84
clad in winter combat uniforms, a United
Nations patrol moves along a snow cov=
ered railroad bed in search of the enemy.
~—(NEA Telephoto.) ‘
BY WILLIAM C. BARNARD
MUNSAN, Korea, Jan. 22.—(AP)
—The Allies accused Communist
truce negotiators today of making
“an out and out grab for mrilitary
advantage” in Korea and showing
“ruthless disregard for the rights
of the individual.”
Rear Admiral R. E. Libby made
the charge in again rejecting Red
demands for “forced repatriation”
of all prisoners of war,
“We again tell you,” Libby said,
“that we are not going to give up
‘our insistence upon” voluntary re
patriation.
In a second subcommittee ses
sion the Reds refused to ban air
field reconstruction although the
U. N. command offered to accept
Communist wording on other
terms for supervising a Korean
armistice. That meeting lasted
only 14 minutes.
No progress-toward a truce was
mrade by either subcommittee.
But negotiators did take steps
to safeguard prisoners of war
from air attack. They agreed staff
officers would start working out
safeguards Wednesday.
Mark Plainly
Presumably this would require
the Reds to tell the U. N. com=~
mand exactly where their POW
camps are situated and to mark
them plainly. Noen is marked now.
The U. N, command said its air
men have not been able to locate
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Fighting Slowed
By SAO SUMMERLIN
SEOUL, KOREA, Jan. 22—(AP)
— 1. 8. jets paced MIG Alley over
Northwest Korea for 30 minutes
in foul flying weather today with=
out sighting a single Red swept~
wing fighter. :
Other United Nations Planes
roared through heavy clouds in
continuing attacks on Communist
rail lines in North Korea.
It was the fourth straight day
of bad weather but the U. S.
Fifth Air Force racked up 153
sorties by noon.
On the frozen ground front, the
battle calm was distrubed only by
patrol clashes, Snow flurries slow
ed action all along the 145-mile
fighting line.
On the Western front an Allied
patrol killed 10 Reds and wounded
four in a hand grenade fight north
west of Korangpo before dawn.
An Allied tank-infantry raiding
unit destroved five Communist
bunkers without opposition west
of Charwon.
Throw Back Probes
On the Central front a U. N.
unit threw back three probes by
two Red squads northwest of
Kumwka between midnight and
dawn. _
U. N. Forces on the Eastern
front reported light engagements
with enemy units up to a platoon
in strength. One U. N. patrol in
the East slipped up on about 30
Communist soldiers resting in
their bunkers, killed 24 and cap
tured five.
Republic of Korea soldiers hunt
ing guerrillas in South Korea re
ported 100 Reds killed and 23 cap
tured in 18 engagements Sunday
and Monday.
Ten B-29 Superforts pounded
Red rail tragets Monday night.
Four other B-29s flew close sup
port missions for the infantry.
B-26 lifin bombers and Marine
aircraft Monday night fiounded
Communist road networks. Re
turning pilots reported 75 Red
trucks destroyed.
Allied carriers launched their
warfilanes at East coast rail lines,
trucks, bridges and supply build
mg.
.. U,. N,, warships Egumhd Red
ta‘rffts' off both ‘&’e st and West
coasts,
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athonq—fifl;fir_n_
Missing Payroll .
ng Payroll |
Clerk Arrested
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan,
22— (AP)—Ernest L. Whetzel, ir.,
who fled Camp Gordon, Ga., with
a Coast Guard payroll and a
blonde waitress, has been arrested
here and $20,000 of the-money re=
I covered. y
- Chief of Police Richard M. All
shire said the missing 36-year-old
Coast Guard pay clerk was seized
last night in a night club a block
from the police station. He quoted
Whetzel as admitting he left Camp
Gordon Jan. 8 with $30,000 of
Coast Guard funds.
The FBI reported that Whetzel
left with the waitress “simulta
neously with the discovery that
$45,339.99 was missing from the
safe of which he had eustody as
payroll officer.”
Allshire said Whetzel told him
he “had been going through the
payroll for some time” and took
only $30,000 when he left early
this year.
He said he and a young woman |
came to West Palm Beach Jan. 5,
but went away. He returned this
time alone, and Allshire said he
had s cache of 25 bottles of whis~ |
ky with which he planned to “hi~ |
bernate for a while.” |
Routine Check
The arrest took place in the
night club after Detective W. H.
Fletcher dropped by for a routine l
check. He spotted Whetzel.
The detective wasn't sure of the
man’s identity, eased out of the
club and hurried to the police sta
tion. There he picked up an FBI
“Wanted” folder on Whetzel and,
accompanied by Det. H. L, Con
yers, hurried back to the night
spot.
Fletcher and Conyers engaged
Whetzel in coniversation, then told
him to come with them to head
quarters, The man protested at
first and denied his identity, but
when new fingerprints were com
pared with the FBl's he talked
freely, said Allshire.
Whetzel said after the first visit
to this section he went to Char
lotte, N. C. While here he bought
a used car for $1,500. He returned
only yesterday to West Palm
Beach.
“I expected to be arrested even~
tually,” he told the officers.
The FBI agents in Georgia did
not disclose the name of the
waitress when they broadcast a
lookout for Whetzel, explaining
that no charges had been lodged
against her. :
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Jolson’s Widow
. . .
Wins Million
L.OS ANGELES, Jan. 22—(AP).
Al Jolson’s widow has won more
than a million dollars in a court
approved settlement of her com
munity property claims against his
four million dollar estate.
Mrs. Erle Jolson Krasna—she
married movie producer Norman
Krasna last month-—was already
the beneficiary of a million dollar
trust fund set up for her by the
“Mammy” singer.
Negotiations between her attor
neys and the estate’s executor,
New York® Lawyer Charles
Schwartz, involved determination
of what part of the estate was
community property under Cali
fornia law.
MILLIONAIRE IS SUICIDE
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Jan, 22 —
(AP) — Orator F. Wcodward, 66
heir to the Jell-O millions, leapeé
to his death today from a window
of his $1,600-a-month suite on the
eighth floor of the Hotel Sheraton.
Coroner Cornelius P. Danehy
gave a verdict of suicide.
HOME
EDITION
No Chance Seen
0f Preventing
Federal Deficit
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.
— (AP) —The usual wave of
economy demands came ot#
of Congress today im the
wake of President Truman’'s
record $85,444,000,000
peacetime pending budges
for the fiscal year starting
July 1.
Cuts of up to 14 billion del
lars — enough to prevent a
federal deficit next year—s
were demanded.
But there seemed little likeli
hood that such a goal—or even
anything resembling it—would be
attained.
Actually, Congress s limited in
trimming the President’s rn
program, since much of con
templated outlay will come from
money already allocated but no#
yet spent. ;
Congress works only om appro
priations, although it cam recap
ture unspent money appropriated
the preceding years.
New Appropriations
In new appropriations for the
coming year, the President re
quested $84,260,000,000, some 1@
billion less than he had soughs’
for the present year. Congress ‘“"%
this year’s appropriations a little
‘over four billion.
~ With national security programs
taking 76 cents out of every dellar |
planned for 1952 spending, Con- f
greu may concentrate its economy, |
rive on the old-line civilian agen~
cies. Cuts of up to 10 per cent im '
civilian employment have been '
demanded by leading Republicans,
who claim such a slash would save
a billion dollars in the new year.
~ Defense s ending also is likely
to be curbeg. but barring an un
expected turn for the better in
world affairs, me deep cuts sre
probable. o
* Congressional sentiment on mile
itary spending in this general elec~
tion year was didclosed pointedly
last week when the House ap~§
proved an 832 million doliar ame |
nual pay raise for armed service
personnel by a top-heavy vete.
~ There was one thing fairly cers |
tain about the fiscal outlook: The |
President isn’t likely to get any
of the extra tax revenue he wants,
His budge message called for $4.«
600,000,000 more taxes. Congress |
doesn’t take kindly to tax ine
creases in election years. §
Truman Prediction i
Withoutd ntew ta;el. the Presie
dent predicted the gow \
would go another m,mw
in the red next year, raising the
national debt to $274,922,000.000
by June, 1953. The statutory deb¥
limit is 273 billion, and only Cen
gress can raise that,
The President told Congress he ‘
is gravely concerned about comtin- ,
ued deficits and reminded the
lawmakers that their refusal te |
approve all of the 10 billiom im
new taxes he sought last year has ;
caused him to abandon his hope
for a pay-as-we-go defense pro- :
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Blizzard Covers
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Northern Plains
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‘ By The Assoolated Press
A blizzard ‘struck wide areas of
the Northern Plains states today
and headed into the North Ceritral
region.
Highway travel in the Dakotas
was virtually paralyzed.
The blizzard hit the Dakotas,
Nebraska and Montana and moved
into Minnesota and Wiseonsin,
Fregsh falls of snow measured 2 to
6 inches.
Winds of 55 miles an hour,
blinding show and sub-zero tem
peratures were reported in Pierre,
S. D., early today, It was -12 in
Minot, N. D., with blowing snow
and winds up to 43 MPH. \
Four to six inches of new snow
whipped into huge drifts that
blocked roads throughout the Da
kotas. The State Highway De
partment urged all motorists te
stay off rg;ids. At least 40 high
ways in North Dakota were re
ported plugged.
Some bus and plane schedules
were cancelled. A Chicago-Rapid
City passenger train arrived at
Pierre last night 16 hours late.
A caravan of 17 cars and two
trucks marooned for eight hours
on a highway 15 miles south of
Pierre were freed last night. Two
push-plow operators were report
ed stranded 38 miles west of
Pierre. a
Snow, northerly winds and sub
zero temperatures are forecast for
Minnesota, Wisconsin and parts of
lowa tonight.
Temperatures are above normal
today in the Middle Mississippi
and Ohio River Valleys while it
continued mild along the Gulf
Coas:. Rfiadingst:ref a}z;mmd nor
mal in other parts of the iry.
There were a few wet é%m- 1
side the blizzard area. rain |
belt extended from the Gulf Coast |
northward over the Qhio River
Valley. Rain and snow was re~
ported over the Great Lakes Re«
gion. ]