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THE NAVY WELCOMES TRUMAN—
President Truman shakes hands with offi
cers who are lined up at the Key West
Naval Station as the Chief Executive is
ike Leaders Arrange Last-Minute
Rally In NH Before Tuesday Vote
Vandenberg Tri
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KEY WEST, Fla, March 10—
(AP)—Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg’s
sudden and unexplained flight
here for an unusual Suanday con
ference with President Truman, at
the President’'s summons, stirred
renewed speculation today as to
its significance.
White House aides said the con
ference was “important” but not
necessarily of a ‘“pressing na
ture”, They would not elaborate.
In'Washington, Péntagon sources
were silent. Air Force officers
merely said that the plane Van
denberg normally uses had not re
turned to Washington .at a lale
hour last night.
The President left any further
action in the New York Ceéntral
railroad strike up to Secretary of
Army Pace, whose department is
operating the railroads for the
vernment.
Thé President’s assistant, John
R. Steelman, kept in close touch
with strike developments in a se
rizs of long-distance telephone
calls to Washington and New
York.
T h e President, ‘meanwhile,
showed no outward indication of
oncern over what might happen
ir the New Hampshire presidential
preference primary tomorrow.
Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee is
carrving on a door-to~door cam
raion to win the contest with Tru
n L
'ew Hampshire Democratic Na
tional ‘Committeeman Emmet J.
Kelley said the President will
“smother” Kefauver and win all
o' the eight Democratic party
delevates, Kefauver said this was
“roolly eyewash, - >
A bad showing by the President
could be damaging to his prestige
whether he seeks re-election or
trics to win the Democratic nom=
ination for another “Fair Dealer”.
"'rama Member
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The University of Georgia Thea
fre has scheduled five performance
o' William Shakespeare’s “Twel
fth Night” in Atlanta March 19-21.
ie play, with-an all-student
ccol, will be given in the Atlanta
man’s Club Auditorium. Mat
imees will be presented each bf the
'hree afternoons, and evening per
-I‘l‘t]'ances are scheduled for March
_ "he play is under the director of
~iahton M, Ballew, head of the
versity’s department of speech
ar- doamha. . .
_The production of “Twelfth
Nizhi” in Athens was praised by
j‘ ". Calvin Brown, University Eng
lish professor an Shakespearean
!;',;-‘. as “spirited and finely ba
: I.f‘f;ziing roles in the play are
dore by Carroll Conroy, Monroe,
Mi~heal © Sinelair London, Eng.;
Lsien Perkins, Savannah, Kelly
Holl, Rochelle; Carol Glassman,
Great Neck, N. Y.; Crayton Rowe,
Charlotte, N. ‘C.; Gretchon Ever
rardt, Valdosta; and Bob Charles,
\tlanta,
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
welcomed in Key West, Fla. Accompany
ing the President is Captain C. C. Adell
(left) commander of the Navy base.—
(AP Wirephoto.)
Taft Is Tagged
. a 2
As Isolationist
By The Associated Press
- With Sen. Taft gone, Eisenhow
| er leaders arranged last-mtn
rallies for tonight (Monday) to
sway as many votes their way as
possible in Tuesday’s nip-and
tuek New Hampshire presidential
primary.
l The Ohio senator, after making
| the most intensive three-day cam-~
paign any presidential candidate
ever conducted in New Hamp
shire, headed for Texas.
Taft’s final speeches on the eve
of his departure emphasized (1)
Eisenhower won't be a strong
candidate after he states his poli
tical views, and (2) the big ma
jority of farmers are against the
Truman administration and the
Brannan plan.
Gov. Sherman Adams of New
' Hampshire, an Eisephower. man,
| aceused- Taft in a %Mfipeeeh
yesterday of being an “Isolation=
ist” who has no understanding of
| current problems.
| Adams will speak at an Eisen
! hower rally tonight at Lancaster,
| Sen. Lodge of Massachusetts at
| another in Dover.
| In the nation’s first Presidential
i primary tomorrow expected to
| have at least a psychological in-~
| fluence on later developments,
| about 75,000 GOP voters may turn
| out to choose 14 national conven
| tion delegates. About 25,000 Dem
| ocrats are expected to name eight
i delegates.
| In addition to Taft and Eisen
| hower, Harold E. Stassen is an
!active GOP candidate in the pri
} mary.
| On the Democratic side are Sen.
] Kefauver of Tennessee and Presi
i dent Truman.
; KeFauver Confident
! Kefauver yesterday labeled as
| “really eyewash” a prediction by
New Hampshire Democratic Na
tional Committeeman Emmet J.
Kelly that Truman will “smother”
him and win all eight party dele
gates.
1. Sen. Kerr of Oklahoma, who
{ says he will seek the Democratic
'nomination if Truman doesn’t,
| said in a radio interview (Gan
| nett News Service) that Repub
licans had “far more corruption
' while they were in power than the
| Democrats have had.” And he
Jsaid in a television (ABC) show
that he hasn't tossed his hat in
the ring vet, but he has it in his
hand—ready.
2. Another Republican senator,
Mundt of South Dakota, said the
GOP would have “no easy time”
winning in November if the Dem
ocrats nominated Sen, Russell of
IGeorgia. Mundt added, however,
he believed his party would win
even if Russell were named.
Mundt echoed the view of Sen.
Nixon (R.-Calif.) who said it
would be hard to beat Russell—
but that Truman would be the
easiest of all Democratie nominees
{ to defeat. Nixon is backing. Gov.
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy and warm with scat
tered showers today and tonight.
Tuesday, clearing and windy
‘and turning cooler in the after
noon or night. Wednesday, fair
and cool. High today 70, low
tonight 52, high tomorrew 62.
Sun sets today at 6:36 and rises
tomorrow at 7:50.
G E O R G I A—Cloudy with
showers and little change in
temperatuves this afternoon, to=
night and Tuesday morning,
scattered thunderstorms tonight,
clearing, windy and turning
cooler Tuesday afternoon,
TEMPERATURE %
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MEATT ..ve seve ssss soee f... 056
Normal . isa'sias wcnw i
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. sees 00
Total since March 1 ... o« 2,12
Excess since March 1 .. «« 1.08
Average March rainfall ... 5.27
Total singe January 1. .. ..10.34
Deficit since January 1 ... 132
Stephens Rites
Are Conducted
This Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. R. P.
Stephens were conducted this
afternoon at her home on Wood~
lown Avenue by the Reverend
Dow Kirkpatrick, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, inter
ment following in Oconee Hill
cemetery. Mrs. Stephens passed
away quietly in a local hospital
on Sunday afternoon, after a brief
critical illness, though she had
been in failing health for some
months.
Pall-bearers were Tyus Butler,
Dr. John St;fwo eman, James Bar
rov/, Waltet Martin, Dr. John M¢é-
Pherson. An honorary escort in
cluded Robert Wilson, J. W. Nut
tycombe, Sidney Boley, Alfred
Scott, James Green, Troutman
Wilson, John Green, Dr. Will
Moss, Thomas Green, George
Crane, A. S. Edwards, T. W. Bax
ter, Arthur Gannon, Tomlinson
Fort, Dr. Goodloe Erwin, Duncan
Burnet, R. P. Brooks, Dave Bar
row, W. L. Erwin, Claude Chance,
E. R. Hodgson, jr., Dr. Sam Tal
madge, L. L. Hendren, G. H, Boyd,
W. S. Beekwith, TDr. Gu¥ O.
Whelchel, E. R. Parks,” Robert:
West, Williamy Tate, Marion Du-
Bose, sr. Bridges Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Stephens was the wife of
Dr. Roswell Powell Stephens, Pro
fessor Emeritus of Mathematics
of the University of Georgia, who
was for many years preceding his
retirement in 1945, head of the
Mathematics Department and
Dean of the Graduate School.
Born Mary Bell Chadwick in
Beaufort, N. C., Mrs. Stephens
was the daughter of Mary Thomp
son and Winfield Scott Chadwick.
After attending local schools; she
was graduated from Greensboro
Woman’s College with second
honor in g class of seventy-five
and continued her education,
earning her degree at Trinity Col
lege, now Duke University in Dur
ham. Mrs. Stephens prior to her
marriage, taught in the public
schols of North Carolina and
served as head of the English De
partment at Greensboro College.
Long Residence o
In 1913-s'l{—e°w_afis%m'arried to Ros=
well Powell Stephens of Baraes
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‘AIM OF THE GENERAL’S WIFE — Mrs. Matthew B.
.Ridgway, wife of the Supreme Commander of the Far
Tast, draws a careful bead on the target as gshe tries out
o .22 caliber rifle while on a visit to WAC Headguar=
ters in Tokyo. With Mrs. Ridgway is Captain Mary L
Sullivan of Omaha, Neb., commander of the WAC bat
talion.— (U. 8. Army Photo via AP Wirephoto.) i
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGIA OVER A CENTURY.
ATHENS, GA.,, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1952,
Surprise Strike By Three Unions Shuts Down
NYC Railroad: Question Of Extension Raised
Police Push
Of Sutton’s
Sky Drama Ends
Safely Through
Skilled Flying
DAYTON, 0., March 10 — (AP)
— A four-hour drama in the gkies
ended safely early today when a
skillful pilot belly-landed his
Lockheed Lodestar airplane with
four persons aboard.
Pilot Carl R. Siemer, 31, of Cin
cinnati, brought the craft down on
the flare-lit grass of Dayton’s
Municipal Airport at nearby Van
‘dalia while a crowd of several
‘thousand looked on.
He had been drawn so the field
by radio announcements telling
how the plane had a jammed land«
ing gear and was circling the field
trying to get the gear down. At
the same time the plane buzflg
up gasoline to lessen the danger
fire in event of a crash landing.
The five persons aboard were
shaken up but not injured. Besides
Siemer were his wife, Ruth, 26;
W. A, Burns of Cincinnati, presi
dent of the Trailmobile Corp.,
owner of the plane; Harry Eyler
of Milwaukee, Wis., an employe of
the firm; and William Pollard of
Cincinnati, co-piolt?
Not Too Worried =
“l wasn’t too worried,” Mrs.
Siemer told a reporter. “I have a
_grea’t deal of faith in Carl’s fly
ing.’
“Siemer did a ‘terrific job,” said
Burns. “While I'm president, when
we're in ‘Siemer’s care he has the
complete say. Anything he told us
to do, we did.”
Th plane had taken off from
Lansing, 111,, near Chicago at 4:30
p. h. on a business trip to Denver,
The landing gear treuble develop
ed shortly after the takeoff. . =
-~ Siemer decided to head for Day
ton becduse he was familiar with
the field.
Just before landing he ordered
all the doors and hatches removed.
He jettisoned his flares over a
nearby lake and the passengers
fastened down all loose objects in~
side the plane.
As ancther plane dropped flares
to light the grassy strip, Siemer
radioed the control tower: “I sure
would like to talk to someone who
has beily-landed a Lodestar.” But
it was too late.
At 12:18 a. 'm. (EST), Siemer
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Eight Athenians
In Honor Group
i Fifty-four outstanding Univers
ity of Georgia seniors were in
itiated into Phi Kappa Phi honor
society Friday. Eight Athenians
were included in the list.
\ Membership in the organization
iis limited to students with outs
tanding scholastic records.
The Athens students listed
among the new members receiving
the honor were: Bachelor of Arts,
Jefferson Mcßee, an<’ Johnp Wil
liam Merck; Bachelor i Science,
Hoyt Charles Foster; .achelor of
Ceojence # Agriewlt -+, Samuel
He~ .~ ( .qoepper; achelor of
Scier. a 2 Educatio- ,ames Fred
erick L “'. ana .oyd Edward
Mummer, “al of Business
Admisinstra rgia Allen
Sustare; Bachi. irts in Jour=
nalism, Emma « Soniel,
Manhunt
Fingerman
Probers Ponder
On Motive Point
By MARTY POST and
RONALD AUTRY
.NEW YORK, March 10—(AP)—
Police pushed a vast manhunt to
day for the killer of Arnold Schus
ter, the man who caysed bank
robber Willie Sutton’s arrest.
Two major questions puzzled
investigators:
Was the slayer an underworld
figure, who killed the 24-year-old
Schuster to avenge the arrest of
Sutton?
Or was he a crank, with a twist
ed mind hating informers and
police in general?
Some 150 detectives picked up
scores of ex-convicts for question
ing, and pushed through the city
hunting clues.
The number one man sought
was a convicted murderer and
prison fugitive, Frederick J. (The
Angel) Tenuto, an old pal of Sut
ton. They broke out of a Penn
gylvania prison together in 1947.
Tenuto, already on the ¥Bl's 10
most wanted men list, was re
ported seen in New York Friday
by a bartender. Police discounted
the report because the description
didn’t tally, but they rushed
thousands of pictures of him over
a wide area.
Schuster pointed out Sutton, the
most wanted man in America, to
police just 10 days -before the
young clothing salesman was slain
Saturday night.
Six doors away from home,
Schuster was hit by four .38 cali
ber bullets.
People_living nearby heard the
shots and running feet. When they
reached Schuster, he was dead—
vietim of a smooth, vicious, gang
land type job.
End of Torture
For him, it was the end of days
of torture, the fear of death ever
\,?lesem. e %
* Police disclosed that he had ré
ceived 11 threatening letters since
he put the finger on Sutton. He
had so many threatening phone
calls that he had the number
changed to an unlisted one.
Neighbors said he hadn’t left
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Cellist Kratina
Wins Audience
BY LEON DRISKELL
% Rudolph Kratina, featured ’cello
| soloist at Sunday afternoon’s Uni
iversity concert, completely capti
vated his audience with a display
lof fine musical ability and with
i his friendly and humble stage
.manner. His performances as
’cello soloist were greeted with
. appreciative applause ‘from the
audience of students and towns
people, witnessing * the concert
yesterday in University Chapel.
. The concert as a whole was
rated a success by all attendants.
The audience was appreciative of
the fine music offered them—
from the march from “The Love
of Three Oranges” to the waltz
from “Tales of the Vienna Woods,” |
- which ended the program on
a pleasant old-world note that
will keep concert-goers humming
throughout the week,
German born, Mr. Kratina
studied extensively in Europe be
fore coming to the United States
in 1938, Upon arrival in the
United SBtates Mr. Kratina chose
Athens as his home and has lived
’ here since then.
Heard yesterday in the Haydn
D Major Cello Concerto, Mr, Kra
tina was a favorite of the audi
ence for his magnificent musical
ability and his charming stage
manner, Selected highlight of the
concert, according to most at
tendants, was the Haydn compo
sition in which Mr. Kratina was
featured.
Kopp Conducted
Conductor for the concert was
Frederick Kopp, who showed a
great deal of interpretive ability
in the direction of the musical
program,
Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of Ani~
mals” was received by the audi
enfe with gusto and was explained
briefly by Mr. Kopp. The “Carni
val” is composed of 14 short num
bers which depict mrusically the
animals and persons which Saint-
Saens felt should be in the zoo.
Starting with the Grand March
and the Lion, the numbers pre
sented yesterday included such
selections as the Swan, the Long
Earned Personage, the Pianists.
Featured as soloists were Miss
Julia Schnebly and Miss Lucile
Kimble, both of the University’s
piano faculty.
Concert attendants were espec
ijally appreciative of the *“Pian
ists,” collection of erashing scales
played in dramatic style and in
terrupted occasionally by one
chord by the assembled and eager
orchestra. i
Strauss’ “Tales From the Vienna
Woods” ended the concert in great
style. The last selection was ably
chosen as the music was familiar
enough to most to enable them to
leave with fresh and vivid im
pressions of great music on -their
minds.
For Killer
Schuster
Cops Are Killed
During Gunbattle
In Mississippi
HATTIESBURG, Miss, March
10.—~(AP)—Two Hattiesburg po
licemen were killed in a wild gun=
battle after following a get-away
car from the scene of an attempt
ed burglary last night.
A man arresteds, three hours
later was quoted by police as say
ing, “Hell, they shot at me first.”
Patrolmen M. W. Vinson, jr., 32,
and Jesse James Everett, 28, were
shot and killed in the gunfight a
few blocks from the Ace Weathers
Motor Company. They had gone
there to investigate a hurglary
report, The intruders fled through
a side door as the police went in
the front.
Chief of Police E. C. Harris said
the arrested man identifield him
self as Luther Carlyle Wheeler,
21, of Jacksonville, Fla, .
Harris said Wheeler told of en
tering the building with a com
panion while the companion’s
pregnant wife waited in the car.
Oral Statement
Harris said Wheeler told the
following story in an oral state
ment:
The woman drove the car away
from the auto agency, stopping as
the patrol car came up on them.
Wheeler shot at the patrolmen
from the back window of the car,
but did not know if his companion
also fired. Their car was hit by the
patrolmen’s bullets, :
~ Wheeler got out after they had
driven some distance from the
gu_rg_t;att}e scene, T
Wheeler was arrvested after a
Hattiesburg man reported some
one was in his garage. He was
found walking in the neighborhood
by three patrolmen answering the
report. Wheeler had a .38 caliber
pistol under his shirt when ar
rested, the officers said.
Everett was shot once in the
chest, Vinson three times. A bullet
extracted from Vinson’s body was
from a .38 caliber pistol, Harris
A four-state police alert was
broadcast after the shooting and
roadblocks were thrown up in all
directions from Hattiesburg, at
Slidel, La., and near New Orleans.
Jolice in Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Tennessee hunted
the missing car and couple.
No charge was .filed against
Wheeler immediately.
Allied Speakers
Warn Reds Again
MUNSAN, Korea, March 10—
(AP)—Allied negotiators warned
the Communists today that threats
and intimidation will not force the
U. N. command to accept Red
terms for a Korean armistice.
Rear Adm. R. E. Libby said U.
N. negotiators did not propose to
“git and listen” any further to un
founded charges and repeated ac
cusations that the Allied delega
tion was “telling lies.”
Libby emphasized later, how=
ever, that he did not threaten to
break off the tightly deadlocked
negotiations, now entering the
ninth month. !
He said the next move is up to
the Reds. s :
Another group of truce negotia
tors beating truce supervision met
only long enough to agree to meet
again Tuesday. They adjourned
after only six minutes—four
minutes more than Sunday’s two
minute session which set a record
for brevity.
Libby’s sharp warning followed
two days of Communist attacks on
Allied treatment of captured Com
munist soldiers.
Classic City
Proves Big
The Classic City Group Enter
prises, Inc., rolled its last lamp
bookcase off the assembly line
this week, divided its profits
among the stockholders, and went
out of business. :
The closing of its doors marked
the end of one of the most suc
cessful businesses organized in this
town in some time. Enterprises,
Ine., novelty manufacturers, was
an educational experiment—an
experiment that worked.
The company was the Univer
sity of Georgia’s most recent ap
proach to learning-by-doing edu
cation, Organized as a part of a
business administration course in
the principles of organiaztion and
management, the Classic City
Group Enterprises, Inc., added life
and interest to a subject that un
til this year has been chalked up
by students as one of the “dullest
coursas required for graduation.”
R. L. Froemke, assistant pro
fessor of business administration,
teaches the course which gets
down to the brass tacks of cor-
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Army Secretary Orders Workers
Back Or Face Appropriate Action
CHICAGO, March 10, — (AP) — Cessation of a strike
which virtually paralyzed the New York Central Railroad
system rested today upon the Army’s promise of “appro
priate action.”
The men who run its trains walked off their NYC jobs
yesterday and a few hours later Assistant Army Secretary
Karl R. Bendetsen warned them: Get back to work er face
“appropriate action.” Circumstances indicated he tgxgy
have meant a court injunction, but he did not elaborate.
The surprise strike raised the
question: Will the walkout be ex~
tended to other lines, perhaps to
cripple the nation’s rail transporta~
tion?
Chiefs of the three big unions
which struck in concert for higher
wages—the Brotherhoods of Rail
way Conductors, Locomotive Een
gineers, and Locomotive firemen
and Enginemen-—themselves raised
the question without answering it.
Wriften instructions to strikers
said the orders would apply to
“every other railroad to which the
strike may later be extended.”
Another sentence said, “if it is
determined to extend the strike to
other railroads, full information
will be furnished to those in
charge”.
Await Developments
At a news conference in Cleve
land, the Brotherhood leaders, Roy
O: Hughest of the Conductors,
James P, Shields of the Engineers,
and David B. Robertson of Fire
men and Enginemen, declined to
elaborate. They said, “we'll have to
await developments.”
There was also a nossibility that
the strategy of the fight for more
pay envisages selected strike tar
gets and separate settlements, to
avoid government intercession.
The Army has been custodian
and nominal operator of railroad
lines since government seizure in
August, 1950, when the same Un
jons threatened a nationwide
walkout. Soaee
The unannounced strike halted
most New York Central trains west
of Buffalo Sunday morning, many
before they reached their destina
tions.
It also hit the St. Louis Terminal
Railroad, paralyzing this vital
switchin center for East-West
rail traffic. e
The railroad said more than
10,000 -quit work and the strike
affected close to 15,000 employes.
The union said the number on
strike was 5,500. An NYC spokes
man said a continuance of the
strike for several days would force
as many as 50,000 out of work.
Strike leaders said there was
“no particular reason” for singling
out the Nek York Central,
The NYC operates the largest
Chicago to New York and Bost
passenger service on any railrrod.
It hauls some 20,000 passengers
daily over the more than 6,000
miles of strike-affected routes.
Stranded Passengers
Stranded passengers were shift
ed to other railroad lines, notably
the Pennsylvania which put on
extra trains, and to airlines and
buses. Airlines were reported run
ning extra flights out of Chicago,
and were doing a boom business
on westhound flights from New
York.
At Cleveland, truck line facili-
Madison Primary
Is Sei March 18
DANIELSVILLE, March. 10—
The Democratic Primary in
Madison county has been set for
March 18th. AT
Five incumbents, W. H. Strick
land, Ordinary; Joe T, Tiller,
Clerk of the Superior Court; H. B.
Rurroughs, Tax Commissioner; J.
K. Brookshire, County Superin=
tendent of Schools; and C. B.
Ayers, County Surveyor, are with~
out opposition.
In the race for Commissioner of
Roads and Revenue are J. Clliff
Barnett, incumbent, and K. Oran
Randall, jr. For Sheriff the in
cumbent D. G. Seagraves is op
posed by Alvin W. Nelms. Four
are in the race for Coroner, H.
Carlton Echols, the incumbent;
Robert Dean, J. D. Harwell; and
L. R. Secarboro.
Group Enterprises
Success At University
poration management in a hurry.
Form Corporation
At the first quarter the 52
students regis in his class
formed a corporation, sold stock
at 10 cents a share, elected com
pany officers and a bogrd of di
rectors, and got ready to go into
business, 4
Tom Davis, Sylacauga, Ala.,
chief engineer for Enterprises,
worked out details for the manu
facture of a combination lamp
bookcase and set up the assembly
line; the purchasing department
bought materials and tools; and
company officials developed plans
so the company’s one-night as
sembly line operation.
After supper one night this week
the students met to test the theory
of organizaticn they had been
studying all quarter. Assem.bly
lines were set up, work began, and
it was not long ' before the first
lamp-bookcase rolled off the line.
At the peak of production one
lamp-bookcase was coming off the
assembly line every minute, and
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ties may be overtaxed because of
the railroad’s embargo on freight.
The strike was a new outbreak
in a three-year dispute over wages
and working rules. A ecarrier
spokesman said pay and hours are
virtually settled but the unresolv
ed issues of rules has held up a
contract putting the pay boosts in
to effect.
The railroads want the right to:
(1) give train crews longer runs:
(2) pay an employe the highest
wage plus a bonus instead es two
full daily wages when he performs
jobs in two classifications; gzlex
tend present J'ard limits te ude
industrial sidings outside present
limits; and (4) ask train erews to
report late for work instead of
paying them while waiting te take
over late train.
Protest Rules
The unions protest these rules
changes ‘“‘conld cost the men as
much or more than the wage in
creases offered.”
One wage issue unsettled is the
fireman’s remand for four eents
more than a 28-cent hourly wage
increase offered yard servics em
ployes.
A railroad spokesman said the
engineers have acc?tod the 38
cents an hour for yard service men
and all theree have agreed to a
23% ecent hourly boost fer road
service employes.
Strongarm Man
Leads Revolt
HAVANA, March 10 — (AP) —
Fulgencio Batista, Cuba’s oldtime
strong man, launched a revels io
day with® support. of W‘“
President Carlos Prio Soear ‘
called upen all Cubans so resist.
Two men were slain in a gun
battle'in front of the Presidential
Palace here. (private advices
I reaching Nek York said the Presi
| dent may have been injured in the
revolt.)
President Prio was in the Palace.
Batista was reported at Camp Col
umbia, the country’s major mili
tary establishment on the outskirts
of Havana.
This could be a trump eard for
Batista, the 52-year-old former
Army Sergeant who led & revolt
in 1933 from Camp Columbia and
held control of this {sland Republic
of almost five million people for
10 years. But the outcome ofathe
revolution could not be determined
in the first few hours.
Prio, who was elected in June,
1948, for a four-year term which
expires in October, in a statement
to the people, acknowledged that
Batista had taken control of the
Army. :
“I am informed that the general
staff of the Army has been taken
by officials who are friends of
General Batista complying with his
orders,” Prio said. Camp Columbia
is General Staff Hearquarters.
Prio claimed, however, that all
commands — presumably . the
Naval and Air as well as military
—had “reported loyalty to the
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Kiwanians To
Heor Vandiver
Local Kiwanians will meet for
their regular luncheon meeting
Tuesday, March 11. Featured
speaker of the evening will be
Major General Ernest Vandiver,
Adjutant General of the State of
Georgia, who will speak on the
topie, “Civil Defenses.”” Bob
Stephens is in charge of the pro
gram.
Members- are urged to attend
the meeting and-a reminder is
made of the colléction of dues.
the company’s entire order of 69
lamp-bookcases was filled in two
hours.
Actually three assembly lines
were set up—one for each majue
section of the lamp-bookcase. As
each piece came off the line the
lamps Wwere put together at an as
sembly point, sanded and shellack
ed, tested, tagged, and stored.
The company products were dis
tributed among the corpeoration
stockholders as dividend in kind.
Athens President
President of the now defunct
Classlc City Group Enterprises,
Inc., was Arnold R. Tedder, Ath
ens. Howard K. Holiaday, Augus
ta, was chairman of the board.
Other beard members were %«
gy Heath, Atlanta; Roland C.
Stubbs, Sylvania; Jerry A. Blond
er, Port Chester, N. Y. and
Tedder.. i
According to Prof. Froemke, fix
terprises was 8o successful that a
similiar company will be organ
ized when the course is teught
again next quarter, | [ ak-