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News In Brief
F. F. A. QUEEN SELECTED
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Feb, 27.—(AP)--Ann Wallace, a
petite, darkhaired miss from Riverton, Ala., has been named 1952
Queen of the Tri-State Future Farmers of America.
It took the judges more than an hour last night to pick Miss
Wallace over Mary Hemphill of Chatsworth, Ga., and Robbie
withrow of Cleveland, Tenn,, the runners-up, and 41 other girls,
The nanring of the queen was the highlight of the 14th annual
FFA dinner here which had Governor Gordon Browning of Ten
nessee as its featured speaker. '
1t was Queen Ann’s many accomplisments that won the title
over other girls entered by the FFA chapters from Tennessee,
Alabama and Georgia. :
TURNPIKE LEADER NAMED
ATLANTA, Feb. 27.—(AP)—Georgia’s new Turnpike Authority
will be chairmaned by Freeman Strickland, Atlanta banker and
eivic leader,
Governor Herman Talmadge named Strickland to the position
yesterday and said the state is fortunate to be able to get a man
of his “ability, echaracter, and integrity to serve the state at no
palary whatsoever.” Two other members will be nanred later.
Indications now are that the turnpike itself will be somewhat
shorter than contemplated when it was authorized by the Legis
lature.
The State Highway Department has already secured right-of
way to extend the present Atlanta-Cartersville four-lane highway
on into Calhoun, Ga., some 25 miles beyond its present terminus.
FACES KIDNAP CHARGE
SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Feb. 27.—(AP)—William Clarke was
on his way to Georgia today to face a kidnaping charge.
The 29-year-cld East Point, Ga.,, man, arrested in a motel here
January 20, Y charged with the kidnaping of 3-year-old Sherry
Lynn Roberts of Mapeville, Ga., last December 31.
Two Georgla agents, armed with a Georgia warrant, took cus
tody of Clarke last night.
Justice Willard L. Best of State Suprenmre Court had dismissed
& writ of habeas corpus for Clarke at Fonda last Thursday. Gov=
ernor Dewey had signed extradition papers for Clarke January 29.
The child and her mother, Mrs. Bessie Mae Roberts, were in the
motel with Clarke when he was arrested. Mrs. Roberts was not
held.
Clarke's attorney, Samuel Levy, had contended that the mother
and child had accompanied Clarke willingly on the frip from
Georgia,
GEORGIAN ON LOST PLANE
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 27.—(AP)—An Albany, Ga., sailor
was among the erew of a Navy anti-submarine plane which disap
peared off the California coast Monday night.
The Los Alamitos Naval Air Station where the plane was based,
said Donald J. Allen, 26, aviation electronics man, third class,
was aboard. No trace of the plane has been found,
The Air Base said Allen was the husband of Mrs. Jacqueline R.
Allen of Long Beach, Calif., and son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman L,
Allen of (1415 Palimyra Road) Albansy Ga. . :
The Navy said the plane with & crew o 1 three was on & training
mission when it plunged into the sea 40 miles south of San Diego.
Crewmen of a nearby submarine reported they saw the plane hit
the water.
NATIVE ATHENIAN DIES
ATLANTA, Feb. 27.—(AP)—Joseph R. Palmer, 100, died yes
terday at'the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. R. Annis.
Palmer, who was too sickly to attend school until he was twelve,
took up rowing a boat to conquer his illness and underwent a
major operation when he was 98.
A native of Athens, he came to Atlanta in 1902.
VIOLATE WAGE LAW
ATLANTA, Feb. 27.—(AP)—The wage and hour division of the
U. S. Department of Labor said today 642 Georgia firms were
found to be in violation of wage and hour laws or the public con
tracts act in 1951.
The Department investigated 601 Georgia firms during the
vear. William R. McComb, administrator, said a breakdown of the
Georgia violations showed: Minimum wage, 253; overtime, 387;
child labor, 63; and safety and health, eight. ;
IS THIS SOUTHERN CHARM
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb. 27.—(AP)—A young man with a
Southern accent robbed the Lincoln Theater of $1,347 early today.
Manager Gordon Spradley told Detectives V. G. Miller and
William Murray he had just finished counting the evening’s re
ceipts about 12:25 a. m. (EST) when a young man stepped into the
office and pointed a pistol at him.
“I guess you know what this is, Don’t be a hero. Open up. I'm
¢razy er I wouldn’t be here.”
CONVICT IS RECAPTURED
ANDERSON, S. C., Feb. 27—(AP)—A young convict who
dodged into the bushes and escaped from a Coffee county road
crew near Douglas, Ga., two years ago was recaptured here while
having his car repaired at a garage.
The FBI, which aided in tracking him down, identified him as
William Curtis Smith, 24, who escaped July 19, 1950, while serving
five to seven years for robbery. An agent said he had been work
ing at a cotton nrill here as James W. Davis.
“Twelfth Night”
First Night Audience Is
Pleased With Fine Show
Reviewed By Dr. Calvin Brown
The small audience which brav
ed last ‘night's weather for the
opening of “Twelfth Night” in the
Fine Arts Auditorium was re-
Warded by a spirited and finely
balanced performance. This play
Is always a challenge to produc
€rs and actors, for the sentimental
At 12:30 o’clock this morning,
local firemen were called to a
Fine Arts Auditorium dressing
foom where an electric light
bulb had set fire to costumes for
the Drama Department’s pro
duction es “12th Night.”
Three eostumes, which oute
fitted principle eharacters in the
Play were burned badly and s
dressing room fmble was alse
burnegq,
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Tomantic comedy of the main plot
van easily be killed by the slap
ik farce of the sub-plots—as
Jappened .in -the- Barter Theater
Periormance here a few years ago.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
The success of the play hinges on
a balancing of the two types of
comedy.
This equilibrium is delicately
kept in the University Theater’s
production. Crayton Rowe* and
Gretchen Eberhardt, as Count
Orsino and Olivia, belcng almost
wholly to the high comedy and
have a sentimental fervor and an
affection of melancholy suited to
this position, The low-comedy
group of Eston Perkins, Kelly Holt,
John Hamlet, and Carol Glassman
do a lively and sometimes hilar
ious job. Sir Toby Belch is parti
cularly to be commended for keep
ing his remarkable eructatory vir
tuosity within the limits of good
theater and good taste.
Most Difficult Paris
The most difficult parts are
those which move in both worlds,
especially the roles of Viola and
Feste. Viola is called on to run
the gamut from the pathos of
“She never told her love” to the
happy idioey of ‘her ‘dyel with Sir
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John Richard Bayless (third from
left), stands in custody of FBI agents who
arrested him in New York as he left a
TWA trans-continental plane and
charged him with a $19,628 Los Angeles
bank holdup. A description of the holdup
suspect was radioed to the plane. FBI
agents waiting at the airport double
checked the deseription radioed back
Taft And Warren Join In Effort
To Keep GOP Campaign “Friendly”
Ex-Convict Killed
By Posse Hunters
In Mississippi
COLUMBUS, Miss.,, Feb. 27.—
(AP)—A posse hunting the slayer
of a white plantation owner shot
and killed a 39-year-old negro ex
convict near this northeast Mis
sissippi town.
Sheriff’s Deputy Tom G‘l'over
* ...‘ o L e 'wu‘wt\- on
as‘!!e“flng at ! group of ‘abc?(it
eight posse members while he fled
across a field yesterday. The field
was four miles west of the plan
tation where John Allison Hardy,
sr., was killed early Tuesday.
Hardy, prominent in New Or
leans as well as here, was fatally
shot as he sought to stop an argu
ment at the house of his negro
cook. Sheriff C. E. Farmer said
the cook told him later Cobb had
been there and told her he would
never be taken alive,
As soon as the death of the 62-
year-old planter was noised about,
between 75 and 100 neighbors as
sembled at his home and were
deputized to hunt Cobb. Other Co
lumbus countians joined the hunt
under authority of a Mississippi
law which authorizes any citizen
to arrest any person known to be
wanted for a felony. ‘
Possemen blocked off an area of
several square miles and began to
comb it. As several approached a
clearing, they sighted Cobb- run
ning across it from concealment in
a wooded area.
Glover said they called on Cobb
to halt but the negro turned and
“fired at least twice” before the
guns of posse members cut him
down.
Sheriff Farmer said J. A. Hardy,
jr., told him he accompanied his
father to the house of the negro
cook after they had been called to
quell a disturbance. Young Hardy
told the sheriff his father ~was
shot by someone inside the house
before a word had been exchang
ed. The planter died four héurs
after the midnight shooting.
The elder Hardy was a director
of the New Orleans Federal Land
Bank, a member of the Boston
Club of New Orleans, and promi
nent in agricultural affairs here.
He is survived by his son, his
widow and two daughters
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Private John C. Wheeler, sr.,
46, has son, John, jr., on the
Korean battleground. The elder
Wheeler volunteered for nine
months extra duty in Korea so
he could be with his son and
the 25th Canadian Light Infan
try Brigade. Here the two dis~
cuss John, jr’s sniper rifle.—
(Canadian Army Phot via NEA
Telephoto.)
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
ATHENS, CA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1952,
SUSPECT SEIZED AS HE LEAVES PLANE
Senator Is Back
Of Party Choice
By The Assoclated Press
Senator* Robert A. Taft and
California’s ‘Gov. “Earl Warren
joined today (Wednesday) in an
apparent effort to keep the GOP
presidential battle goun a more
friendly basis. >
TFhe Ohio senator aisclosed a
“friendly” letter exchange with
Warren and said he hoped the Re
publicans could unite in support
of whoever is nominated. Both
Taft and Warren are avowed
candidates for the nomination. !
TEft m‘g newsmen he had re
‘ceived a ial” letter in~wi j
Warren explained that his app
ance for a speech in Clex¢
last night was “non-political.” The ’
Ohioan said he would write a
friendly reply. ‘ l
Warren was in Cleveland, 0.,
where he addressed the National
Association of Soil Districts Con=
vention last night, He told re=
porters his trip was strictly non=
political, but he made a point of!
praising Taft as a “great A?:er
ican.” ]
Warren’s address included his
first public stand on guvermiment
farm price support program§. He
said they ae necessary to ptotect
farmers from “boom and . bust
cycles.” { l
Following his unity theme, Taft
said he has never questioned the
presidential qualificaticns of Gen.
Wwight D. Eisenhower “although
I may not agree with him on poli
tics.”
Will Back GOP Choice
“T am opposing him for the nom
ination,” Taft said, “but I want
a Republican to win in November
and would support him if nom
inated. I hope he would support
me, too.” 3
In Keene, N. C., Senator Duff of
Pennsylvania spoke along the
same lines, saying there would be
no name-calling in the Eisenhower
campaign.
Duff said Eisenhower is a can=-
didate “we know we can elect,”
but added he would support the
Republican candidate regardless of
who he is.
However, Duff said “scurrilous”
publications being distributed are
“intended to bring all candidates
into disrepute except Taft.” He
said he did not know the source
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Estate Planning
Will Meet Here
The second annual Instituté on
Estate Planning will be held at
the University of Georgia March
28. ;
The all-day meeting wflltge
sponsored again this year bythe
University’s School of Law @and
Division of General Extension. A
program on estate planning of
interest to the general practitioner
is scheduled. ’ s
According to Prof. J. J. Lenoir,
chairman of the Institute, the ses
sion’s primary objective will be to
present a program that will in
terest those who have some
knowledge of the subject matter
of estate planning, put who!are
not specialists in the field. !
It is expected to appeal not only
to-lawyers, but also to trust men,
accountants insurance underwrit
ers, investment counselors, and
others whose work touches “the
estate planning field.
Plans for the Institute program
include addresses on estate plan
ning by well-known legal experts
and a panel discussion based on a
typical trust ease.
Charles J. Block and Robert B.
Troutman, both former presidents
of the Georgia Bar Association,
will preside at the morning ses=
sions, while F. M. Bird, curtent
president of the Georgia Bar As
'sotiation, will preside at the after
noon panel. £,
from the plane. When the airliner landed,
the agent at left, wearing TWA uniform,
went to top of the plane ramp and seized
Bayless as he stepped out. Agents said
Bayless had a revolver partly out of his
belt when they grabbed him. Agent at
right holds brief case in which, according
to the FBI, Bayless was carrying the bank
loot.— (AP Wirephoto.)
Justice Probers
Request Office
Space In Capitol
By B. L. LIVINGSTONE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 —(AP)
— Homeless House Investigators
appealed to speaker Rayburn today
for help in getting office quarters
for their investigation of the just
| icgrgepartment. "
L. appeal was accompani
IBy bfi&‘cfiflwmmi‘
quiry was being “roadblock” by
denial d&“?operating space. -
| Rep. Keating (R-NY), ranking
Republican of the special house
!judiciary subcommittee beginning
{an inquiry into Attorney General
McGrath’s do?in, said he regard
ed inability of the committee to
find quarters “very disturbing.”
{ He was backed by Rep. Hillings
‘(R-C‘:t), a fellow investigator,
| Keating accused “those who are
jinterested in preventing an in
!vestigation of the Justice Depart
ment” of being responsible for the 1
peculiar predicament of the com
mittee. He named no names, how- |
ever. |
{ Chairman Shelf (D-KY) told
| newsmen he was disturbed, too,
but said he was unwilling to view
lack of quarters as a “roadblock”
until he talked matters over with
the house speaker.
The decision to go to Rayburn
wag reached after a fruitless can
;ass Oft the bclfll)ciiti‘)l and the two
ouse office buildings.
%nchédimuue
“We've reached an impasse,”
Chelf concluded.
He seid not only was no office
space available on capitol ki'l, but
that the general services admin
istration—the government’s house~-
keeping agency—had found no
room in any government-owned
building in Washington,
Chelf said the committee was
faced with the prospect of going
out and hiring a private hall —
providing it got permission from
the House or speaker Rayburn.
This would be unprecdented, but
it is common knowledge on Capi
tol hill that committee space has
been tightening becouse of the un~
wusual number of special inquiries
under way. These range from the
Katyn Forrest Massacre to a study
of chemiecals in food.
New Airport Lights To
Be Accepted Tuesday
Six Civil Aeronautics oificials
as well as several high officials of
Southern Airways will fly into
Athens next Tuesday on a South
ewn plane for final inspection of
4ne runway lighting znmm at Ben
!z}ig‘psj Agm rt, the municipal flying
field, and a - short (L»eercmony at
which the lights will be officially
agcepted by the Board of County
Commissioner; at 6:30 o’clock? -
Flying to Athens for the event
will be Hugh ‘W, Davis, vice-pres
ident in charge of operations for
Southern; R. W. Hunt, traffic
salés manager, and three hostesses,
G. B. Giles, manager here for Sou
thern Airways,said today.
Members of the Board of Com=
missioners said today the public is
cordially invited to attend the
ceremony and see the transforma
tion the lights made at the air
port. :
Until the new lights were in
stalled, the field had been lighted
for night flying by rows of
“smudge pots.”
Cost of the lights is $15,794 and
was a joint undertaking by the
Civil Aeronautics Administration
and Clarke gounty, each paying
half the cost.
mfiu'grginfs-Calloway Company of
Columbus, Ga., low bidders on the
pioject, has completed its work.
Churchill Wins
VYote In House
POW Question Is Given
Parley’s Sub-Committee
Still Deadlocked
On Police Issue
By GSORGE A. McARTHUR
MUNSAN, Korea, Feb. 27 —
(AP)-—Staff officers tentatively
agreed today to drop the question
of voluntary exchange of prisoners
of war back into the laps of a
truce subcommittee.
They've settled all prisoner ex
change details but this key issue
and one :ainor translation prob
lem. The translation was to be
ironed out Thursday.
The subcommittee of armistices
negotiators tentatively was sche
duled to take over again Friday.
A second staff committee head
ed toward a similar stalemate over
Communist insistence that Soviet
Russia help supervise the truce.
Col. Don O. Darrow told the
Reds they “appear to be more in
terested in arguing the merits of
the Soviet Union than in reaching
an armistice agreement.”
North Korean Col. Chang Chun-
San said the Communists would
“vategorically reject” any Allied
proposal to sidetrack Russia. He
said the only solution was for the
U. N. command to accept the Red
nomination of the Soviet Union,
Poland and Czechoslovakia as
neutral nations to help police a
truce,
Germ Warfare Charge
Communist charges that the
Allies are using germ warfare
were heard in Panmunjom outside
the truce tent.
The charges, repeated regularly
for four days over Red radios, also
drew first official note from an
Allied spokesman. In Seoul, a
U. S. Eighth Army spokesman
said:
“It is not true as far ag this
headquarters is concerned. We
have at no time or in any place
engaged in any such a;ctivitie:s."“l
i . f Wfl sa
'hed charg s indicated epidemics,
perhaps the bubonic plague, were
sweeping North Xorea and the
Communist propaganda machine
was trying to blame it on the U.
N. command.
At Panmunjom Communist cor
respondent Wilfred Burchett of
the Paris Ce Soir said the Com
munists have instituted a wide
spread innoculation program for
bubonie plague and cholera. IHe
said the Communist correspond
ents in the truce town were in
noculated Tuesday night.
Burchett charged that Allied
war planes were spreading the
diseases using spiders, crickets,
fleas, lice and flies as carriers. He
asserted they were contained in
cardboard cylinders dropped by
planes over North Korea on eight
occasiong between Jan, 26 and
Feb. 186. j
His story followed the Red ra
dio’s pattern but added specific
details to repeated Red radio
“atrocity” charges. They have not
been mentioned in the truce tent.
~ But in Tokyo a U. N. command
officer predicted Communists
would use it to stall armistice ne
gotiations.
ACTOR LIKES IKE
NEW YORK, Feb, 27.—(AP)—
Commentator Tex MecCrary is tak
ing a leave from his radio and
television shows to campaign for
General Dwight D. Eisenhower for
the Republican gomination for
President. b
His wife, former actress Jinx
Falkenburg, will earry on the
show they jointly conduct over
the National Broadcasting Com=~
pany network. McCrary announ
ced last night that he will leave
March 3 and return later this
year.
Earl Roberts, Athens, and engi
neers of the Civil Aeronautics
Administration did the electrical
design work.
Southern Airways operates at
present four flights a day from the
field where is located a United
States Weather Bureau.
‘ln an effort to continue im
provement of the airport, which is
officially certified for scheduled
air carrier operations, the Board
of Commissioners, James Towns,
Harry Elder and A. P. Winston,
have applied to the Aeronautics
Administration for an additional
project—that of re-surfacing the
runways. The work would be done
by ‘the county forces, the county
and-the government sharing even
1y in the expense. The paving on
the runways is equivalent to about
ten miles of road paving.
DECLINES NATO POST
LONDON, Feb. 27.—(AFP)—An
informed source said today Sir
Oliver Franks, British ambassador
to Washington, has declined the
post of secretary-general of the
Ifliiorth Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion.
she North Atlantic Council on
:%opfid%y invited Franks to avcept
e job. e
Read Daily by 33,000 People In Athens Trade Asea
Athens Startled
By Sudden Snow
Storm Yesterday
Hopes for an early spring to
follow an unusually warm and
mild winter were dispelled for
Athenians yesterday as the first
snow flakes of the year began to
fall over the startled city shortly
after 1 o’clock. The rain ended
an all-day drizzle which had ap
preciably dampened spirits
through the day.
Although yesterday’'s snow
proved that “Old Man Winter” is
not yet through, local weather
prophets today foresaw warming
weather for Thursday following
an aftermath of cold which will
probably last through tonight.
Beginning to fall in early after
noon yesterday, the snow was rap=-
idly melted on contact with a wet
ground until shortly after 4 o’clock
when the white fluff began to
collect on tree branches and ear
tops.
Slick sidewalks and slippery
streets ensued within an hour and
the Big Snow was on,
Flurries of snow in man-made
forms began soon after the snow
started to stick, as University and
local students got out into the
weather for “winter fun” The
first snow ball was probably
thrown as soon as enough of the
“goo” was collected from the top
of a car parked uptown.
Approximately 4 inches of snow
fell on Athens the southermost
area of the snow blanket which
igili on Georgia, the Camu‘niu, &nd
Virginia. -According to ‘Weather
officials, there was still an i%ch of
snow on the ground this morning.
The snowstorm caused cancella
tion of the afternoon flight of
Southern Airways through Athens
which was probably the only can
cellation of services caused by the
snow flurries. Local transportation
facil¥*izz vere rushed at 5 yester
day, as up-town wo%ker hurried
home at the peak of the snow fall.
Citizens gladly heeded warnings
last night not to travei unless it
was absolutely necessary as the
snow wag still falling and roads
were in bad condition. !
Blairsville holds the distinction |
of having the most snow for the |
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Spurgeon Taylor
I. R. Candidafe
C. Spurgeon Taylor, well known
Athens business man, today quali
fied with the Clarke County Dem
ocratic Executive Committee as a
candidate for County Tax Receiver
in the County Democratic Pri
mary to be held on March 26.
Mr. Taylor is a native of Greene
County, Ga., and became a resi
dent of Athens fifty-five years
ago. For forty years he has been
a partner in Taylor Electric Com=
pany and this is the first time he
has ever sought public office.
Mr, and Mrs. Taylor reside at
480 Milledge Terrace and they
have one child, a daughter, Edith
the wife of Colonel Gordon Kim
brelll. Col. and Mrs. Kimbrell and
their three children are currently
stationed in Frankfurt, Germany.
Mrs. Taylor for some seven years
was connected with'the University
of Georgia.
Mr. Taylor is a member of all
branches of Masonary and is trea
surer of Godfrey deßouillon Com
mandery, Knights Elmplar; trea
surer of Keystone ®hapter No, 1,
Royal Arch Masong and is also
chairman of the Adviscry Coun
cil of Frank Hardeman Chapter,
Order of DeMolay,
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and continued celd to
day and tonight, windy through
out today, fair and warmer
Thursday. Low tonight 28, high
tomorrow 58. The sun sets to
day at 6:27 and rises tomorrow
at 7:06.
G E O R G I A—Fair through
Thursday, - windy and rather
cool this afternoon, cold again
tonight with low temperatures
26 to 32 in north and 32 to 36
in" south- portion. Warmer
Thursday afternoon, frost to
night.
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Total since February 1 .... 8.74
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Average February rainfall . 5.09
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Confidence
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Minister Denies §
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Pact With Trumen
LONDON, Feb, 27. — (AP) -/
Prime Minister Winston
won a House of Commons
dence vote on his foreign
last night after asserti
pledge of “prompt, rm
effective” action in Korea
continued policies set last My
the former Labor governmest. |
He disclosed also that flwm
regime of Premier Clement p
secretly set up a plant for fi
production of atomie bomiss
had produced an atom bomb.
Churchill won the eor ‘
vote 318 to 285, a nmargin eof
votes, Liberal party
swelled his nominal Conservative
eage of 14 votes. }
His revelations om Korean peole
icy and the atom bomb ‘4
Churchill said, from cabinet h-(
uments whicn he had no chanee q*
see until his Conurvltivog.
ousted the Laborites im last
ber’s general election. !
His disclosures brought eonfus«
ion and anger among the Labere
ites. This may sharpen the @iviee
ion between such moderate leads
ers as Attlee and Herbert &n
son and the left wing factéem
by former Labor Minister Ameus
rin Bevan,
The confidence vote came on &
Labor censure motion M |
Churchill of mokingd secret mwilie
tary pledges to President Towman,
Socialist critics charged z
pledges nwero hinted at
Churehill promised in a speech
Congress last month that .:
would take (;com’ft, resolute ]
effective” action a Korea hz
were reached, then broken by
Communists.
~ No Agreement
| Churchill denied any m=secret
agreement with the Presidesst.
He sald Attlee’s government
reached a secret military under<
standing with the United
last May to take djolnt action -
| side Korea” if Communist
ibadly blasted W. N. forces #rom
Chinese bases.
Churchill said Attlee wag justi
fied in making such arrangements
and added:
téw‘lk“‘:““;e’!&p..a."““""_fi;
policy of our }
indeed, in some respeets, it
be said that we did not commit
gurselvu even ag far as they had
one.”
Bevan denounced Churchill’ for
what he called ecowardly diselos
ures .of cabinet secrets and de-,
manded, without success, that
Churchill produce the actual dec
uments to prove his statements.
The Prime Minister said he fi
is convinced the U, N. w
make a mistake to start a war
with Communist China and “few
adventures could be less useful or
fruitful” than to launch defeated
Nationalist leader Chiang Kai
shek on a new mainland wp=,
against the Reds.
Furious Uproar
Furious uproar broke out on the
Labor benches at Churchill’s dis
closure the Labor government ss
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day, March 4, 8:30 a. m. at the
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SHOOTS NAGGING
WIFE
After what he c¢alled “M
vears of aggravation” 73-year
old John Geelthoed took his gum
and shot his wife three times in
their Tampa, Fla., home. The
retired carpenter eplarged his
story by tellin{‘ that his
wife “nagged him constantiy”
Mrs. Geolhoed is rem%d in
serious condition 28 a Tamye
hospital.—(NEA FPhote.)