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Newspaper Page Textr COTTON 1-INCH MIDDLING ...... 4114 e Vol. CXX, No. 47. Winds Lash West In Year's Worst Storm Reds Studyi Allied Que MUNSAN, KOREA, March 18— (AP)—Comunist negotators pro posed four changes today in truce time ports of entry into Korea and said they could not answer seven Allied questions about exchanging prisoners. The United Nations command reiected the preposed port chang es and said it would wait for the Reds to figure out the prisoner answers. Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols, U. N. command spokesman said he did not believe the port of entry roblem would take long to solve. He seemed optimistic over the pri soner situation; said the Reds ap peared to be really “studying the questions.” Communist staff officers tried to change two of the five entry ports the Allies had proposed for each side. They balked at Pyongyang, North Korean capital, as an en try point. They wanted to substi tute Sinanju, absut midway be tween Pyongvang and the Man churian border, On the East.coast they wanted to replace Hamhung with its vnort ecity Huhgnam. Wanted Substitute The Reds tried to remove Seoul from the Allied list and substitute its port, Inchon. They also object ed to Taegu, an Areal entry spot in Southeast Korea. Instead they proposed Suwon, another air cen ter situated on a rail and high way punction. But it is in west Korea, about 20 miles south of Seoul, Allied staff officers argued that Seoul and Inchon should be con sidered a single port of entry in the armistic agreement. They also tried to get Pusan and Masan identified as a single port. Pusan,l in Southeast Korea, is the major U. N. seaport in Korea. Masan is another port 30 miles to the west. The Reds objected to both ideas. | The Allies said the Communists‘w weke attempting to unduly restrict movement of neutral inspection teams which are to supervise men and supplies coming into korea during an armigtic. | Two=Hour ‘Session Tuesday’s two hour and 16 min ute session did bring comm:unist asreement on the three other ports the U.N. nominated for each side. In North Korea these are Sinui ju and Mampojin on the Yalu riv er boundry with Manchuria and Congjin, on the east Coast about 70 miles from Soviet Russia. In South Korea: Kangnung in the East, Kunsan in the West, and Pusan. The committee session on ex changing prisoners lasted only 22 minutes. Chinese Col. Tsai Cheng Wen said the Comunistts did not feel ready to answer seven ques tion .e U. N. Asked Monday. The answers are expected to clarify an carlier Red Proposal that negotia itnc proceed on the basis of pri=- soner lists already exchanged. “It did not sound like a stall,” Nuckols said. “Tsai gave the im pression that they were really still studying the questions and unable to answer. He asked for a recess because .no one had anything else to say.’ Andrew cordier, American as stant to U. N, Secretary Gener -1l Trygve Lie, said at Pusan the I N. feels an armistice can be reached “on a completely” honor ble basis” and should not be cached -“on a completely honor- Jle basis” and should not be ached on any other basis. He did not amplify. “'adison County ™ » e “rimary Today ‘ I_)!\NIELSVILLE,—I\'Iar(‘h 18— itizens of Madison County went to the polls today in the County Democratic Primary with a heavy ballot expected from the 4,500 to 000 registered voters. Yo contests are involved for five offices, while there is cpposition three. __Unopposea for re-nomination js H. Strickland, Ordinary; J. K. irookshire, School Superinten dent: H. B. Burroughs, Tax Com f‘/' "~">f":(‘r,' J. T. Tiller, Clerk of & ‘ and C., B. Ayers, County Survevor. Battling it out at the polls today n contested races are: Sheriff B. G. Seagraves, op bosed by Alvin W, Nelms Coroner o Echols, jr., is opposed by J D. Harwell, Robert Dean and L. R. >earoorough. _J. C. Barnett, Commissioner of Roads and Revenues, is opposed by K. O. Randall, jr: o KING STILL TOPS B HERMAN OAKS, Calif., £ rch 18 — (AP) — Little Karen flingo didn’t mind at all when she was knocked down by a car yes terday. The drive was Roy Rogers. _The 8-year-old said from a hos pital bed where she was treated L'ii:nl.)rulses and a possible concus & He came to see me and held 11‘15 in his arms. He was dressed 10\:‘ ,2 cowboy, He's a swell fel . .The'Wﬁestem actor was rot held _LMLCQ- ? ATHENS BANNER -HERALD Associated Press Service Bureau Warns Of More Tornados ALBUQUERQUE, March 18 — (AP)—High winds from the west lashed parched range and farm lands in eastern New Mexico and West Texas yesterday and last night, churning up the worst dust storm in years. A small tornado damaged roofs, uprooted trees and disrupted elec- ‘ trical power in Wichita Falls, Tex. The Weather Bureau warned that other tornadoes might develop as the storm passed over Texan and Oklahoma today, The storm is expected to strike the Chicago area tonight. The Weather Bureau said the amount of rain and snow would increase as it moved east. In the West Texas-New Mexico area, the wind whipped around a mixture of rain, snow, hail and sand—particularly sand. Precious top soil, dried to dust by what has been called one of the worst droughts in the Southwest since the 13th century, whirled high into the air. The wind reached a top velocity of 110 miles an hour at Wink, Tex., near the New Mexico line. “Pink Hail The mixture was described as “pink hail” at Stamford, Tex., and ‘l;2 shower of mud” at Portales, N. Snow left by the storm blocked three New Mexico highways early today. At the peak, two other highways in the state were closed for several hours because of blow ing dust, one after an accident that sent eight people to the hospital. The New Mexico Highway De partment early today was still hauling stalled cars out of the mountainous area around Alamo gordo, where between four and eight inches of snow fell. Mountain reads from Alamogor do to Roswell, Artesia and Corona were closed by snow. Motorists were warned to drive carefully on other highways. | Aside from Wichita Falls, the only damage reported was a few signs blown down. But the clouds of dust, towering from 15,000 to 20,000 feet high, remained over the area today to get in people’s hair and eyes and generally make | housewives unhappy. ‘ .ol g ; Rites For Mrs. ! \ Butfs Pending Mrs. Lucille Butts, well known Arnoldsville resident, died in a local hospital this morning at 10:45 o’clock. Services will be conducted from‘ Arnoldsville Baptist Church by Rev. Wylie Holland, the pastor,( and Rev. Ray Melear, pastor of Crawford Baptist Church, the date and time to be announced later by } Bernstein Funeral Home. Inter ment will be in the Arnoldsville cemetery. | Mrs. Butts is-survived by her husband, Clarence Butts; daugh ter, Mrs. B. W. Drake, jr., Ath ens; two sons, Robert Butts and Neil Butts, both of Athens; two sisters, Mrs. C. K. Fleming, Ar noldsville, and Mrs. G. T. Dean, Florencevilie, Fla.; three brothers, Grady - Carithers, Decatur; Gus Carithers, Union Point, and Harry Carithers, Atlanta; and one grand child. She was a native of Arnoldsville and a lifelong resident there, be ing a member of Arnoldsville Bap tist Church.’ Brother Of Dr. ‘Matthews Dies L. G. Matthews, brother of Dr. Walker Matthews of this city, died in Lawson General Hospital in At lanta, Monday at 6 p. m. Mr, Mat thews was a prominent resident of Covington, Ga. 1 He was 60 years old and is sur | vived by his wife, Mrs. Maggie | Rooks Matthews, Covington, and | one daughter, of Decatur, in ad | dition to his brother in Athens. | Funeral services are to be con | ducted Wednesday, the arrange ; ments to be announced later. | N T | RUSSELL RALLY SET . WINDER, Ga., March 18— (AP). Hometown boosters of Sen. Rich ard B. Russell (D.-Ga.) will hold the first big public rally in his ‘ campaign for the Dechratlc Presidential nomination tonight— but the senator won’t be present. The rally was organized by the winder - Hometown Russell - for - President Club, headed by Super jor Court Judge Clifford Pratt. About 750 Russell fans are expect ed. PENALTY ON SUCCESS SAVANNAH, Ga, Madrch 18— (AP) — Gov. Herman Talmadge declared last night that “our Fed= eral government is placing a pen alty on success through a confis catory income tax.” The Governor spoke at the 140th annual hibernian banquet high lighting the annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration. e TATE GETS BOOZE VINES SAT’?JANTA, March 18—(AP)— State courts are taking over SIOO,~ 000 a year in fines that formerly went to Atlanta Courts. This is the average collection from drunk en drivers which the Georgia Su preme Cour has held must be tried in state courts under statg law insted of in Recorder’s Couris under tity ordinances. X B R R O T 000 R . - O N R A RO SN ‘ R BRI e Te T Re R BRI T B 1 SRR RA R A RR R R --x&'%;z.‘:».-\: R R TR g L { PR RTINS R R £ : RIS Re R e TN X R 3§ { R R 1 N \ R PR R ' o R R 3 P R R 8 S R R 3 R SRR S RS s R S R e B B A Nag oy B T e S .’Q“"‘ \‘§\\>§\:- &R . o B R AR Q’ .PR z\» R e S S &8 \\3&\%\\\%% 3 . 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S 0 9‘5*., R R RA A S SRRSO A 3 PTEN R e R S R AR R 3 R R ey L L e e RRE R \, #3 bR R R R O R ke T E ee R S Gk e F o i SRR e R oW " el R S ) R R )::':-4-.:52'-\'s:ss‘:s:"‘:_ AR AR R ; e BO g SN PR. R O S R R ) RIRRRRG A % R S B 08, W :\z‘r,‘}’ S AR SERRE i R R A R 4 e e N T S s R R s L MR RO S R PRI, v e SRR 4 A e \:ﬁ'v,“ ERB B AP BEN SN, eWe e D BRI SR R S R R 2 2 S AR G R < Y e B et SSO HOSTESS HELD IN SHOOTING—PoIice Chief Browne Hairgrove (left), of Overland, Mo., escorts Miss Betty Lou Tracy, an airline hostess who is held without charge at St. Louis in the fatal shooting of Lawrence E. Keil, 43, a superintendent of Ozark Air Lines. Hairgrove said the attractive 20-year-old stewardess told police she shot Keil during a quarrel after he accused her of dating other men.— (AP Wirephoto.) School Plant Planning Meet Set Here Mar. 24 eet Jel rere iviar. The question of what goes into the ideal public school plant will be answered here next week when the school building experts and the superintendents of school systems get together for a conference on school plant planning. The conference will be held at the University of Georgia March 24-25. . . During the meeting school au thorities and architects will put their heads together in an effort tomdesigxg e}}flgcschool plants that W 0S vely serve a eom ‘munixt?f’s Tieeds T = The plans mapped in the meet ing here will be used in a school building program over the state made possible by recent appro priations to the State School Build- Authority, Attending the meeting will be superintendents of Georgia school systems, members of boards of ed ucations, architects, and builders. Building Probleras Specifically the conference will take up all the problems connect~ ed with the building of schools from the selection of a site to the final instalation of classroom ma terials and equipment. The con ference will also discuss the all importment point of financing a school building program and ways of obtaining -priority for critical materials. Common problems in school planning scheduled for considera tion are artificial and natural lighting, heating and ventilation, sanitary requirements, and struc tural economics. Leading the sessions will be authorities in both the architect ural and educational fields. Hubert C. Millkey, president of the Geor gia chapter of the American In stitute of Architects, will lead the conference session on the duties and responsibilities of the archi tect in the school building pro | (Continued On Page Two) S 7N ot Y (] NS © iQN — CLOUDY AND MiLD ATHENS AND VICINITY Showers and scattered thun derstorms late today and to night. Wednesday, clearing and slightly cooler. Low tonight 45, high tomorrow 56. Sun sets at 6:45 and rises tomorrow at 6:39. GEORGIA — Cloudy, windy and mild with widely scattered light showers this afternoon, heavier showers, thunderstorms and windy tonight, beginning over west portion this afternoon, Wednesday clearing, windy and a litile eooler, EXTENDED FORECAST Extended forecast for period ending 7:20 p. m., Sunday, March 23: GEORGIA — Slight cooling Wednesday and Wednesday night but generally mild throughout period with temper atures averaging two to four de grees above nermal, rainfall one-fourth to one-half inch in scattered showers tonight and some light showers Friday or Friday night. TEMPERATURE Highegt .... .... ... gl T L s e B BERAH & vica waos snas Susiwsnn B - e NRSRAE I s Mg RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours ~ ... .00 Total since March 1 .., ... 5.52 Excess since March 1 .. .. 2.42 Average March rainfall ... 5.27 Total since January 1 .. ..13.14 Excess since January 1 ... ,12 ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1952, Ousted Watdist K&i ¥ A kdn_ By EDWARD POLLAK CAIRO, Egypt, March 18 — (AP).—Fuad Serag El Din Pasha and Abdel Fattah Hassan Pasha,l key men in the ousted Watdist party cabinet, were arrested early today and whisked away to vil lages in Northern Egypt. Serag El Din, party strong man, was Interior and Finance Minister in the regime of Premier Musta pha El Nahas Pasha. Hassan was social affairs minister. No charges were filed aga'mst' them immediately, Egypt’s Prosecutor General however, recently accused Serag El Din—whose interior ministry controlled the police—of “admin istrative responsibility” for the ‘ disastrous fire riots of Jan. 26 which took 67 lives and caused millions of dollars worth of pro perty damage. Hassan has been accused by anti-Wafdists of making a speech which “excited the population” the day of the riots. Strong police detachments cor doned off the homes of the two men shortly after midnight. Es corts took Serag El Din to his estate at Bilbeis village and Has san to Bassioun, where they are being detained. Both Questioned Both had been questioned by the prosecutor general during his investigation of the riots. Political circles term the arrests the “first major blow” aimed by the independent government of Premier Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha against the Wafdist party which ruled Egypt for two years before King Farouk ousted it after the Cairo riot. . Serag El Din, in a telephone conversation with the Associated Press, said heavy police guards were around his estate at Bilbeis to keep him from leaving. He said he was confined under a military order. Household servants remained on the estate, he said, but no mem=- bers of his family were with him. Hilaly, the second independent premier since then, took office March 2 and immediately sus= pended the Wafd-dominated Par liament for 30 days ‘ Pledged Clean-Up | He has charged the Wafd with responsibility for the riots and pledged his eabinet to clean up corruption in Egypt. A govern ment official recently said Parlia ment would be dissolved and new elections held. Only last Saturday Hilaly in a broadcast accused the Wafd of “planning to instigate in Egypt a sedition which will expose the country again to adlarchy and de struction.” Serag El Din, secretary general of the powerful anti-British Wafd party, is considered one of fits policy makers. The prosecutor general’s report, made public earlier this month, said Vgafdlst government state ments on the bloody clagi betiveen | Egyptian police ang British troops at Ismalia on Jan. 25 stirred up popular anger and contributed to the fire riots the next day. Political Leaders Are Alerted Today For Hints On Truman-lke Intentions Morris Faces Trouble With Senate In Probe Juliana To Have InVisitTo U. § nVisit lo U. ). WASHINGTON, March 18 — (AP)—lf you think your job is tough, consider that of Queen Juliana of The Netherlands. Suppose within three weeks you had to address Congress and make nine other major speeches—all different — in a language other than your native tongue. Suppose within three hours and 45 minutes you had to stand up and in a formal speech hold the attention of say, Sen. Tom Con nally, Sen. Joe MeCarthy, Vice President Barkley, Speaker Ray burn, and then rush to three re ceptions at which you would shake at least 3,000 hands. And all the time you've got to say “the right thing,” look as if you really know each person you see—and keep the seams of your stockings straight and powder on your nose. Madame J. H. Van Roijen, wife of The Netherlands ambassador, outlined to women reporters the program scheduled for Juliana during her three-weeks visit, April 2-22. The Queen; her husband, Prince Bernhard; her country’s Foreign Minister, D. U. Stikker, and her party of 11 others are due here by plane Aptil 2. The Royal couple, the Foreign Minister and three others will be guests for three days of the Presi dent and Mrs. Truman in the White House—the first guests In the newly redone executive man= sion, © Mrom then on,“4ntil she’ leaves Washington for a cross-country tour, the queen will be on the go almost constantly-—Mount Vernon, Arlington National Cemetery, dip lomatic receptions, dinners, lunch eons, news conference, visits to wounded servicemen back from Korea. Her speech to Congress is set for 12:30 p. m, (EST) on April 3. Matthews Seeks Rep. Chappelle Matthews Mon= day afternoon qualified with the Clarke County Democratic Execu= tive Committee as a candidate to succeed himself as one of Clarke’s two Representatives in the House in the State Democratic Primary to be held May 14. Rep. Matthews, who is finishing up his second term in the House, is a native Athenian, son of the late Judge Vincent Matthews and Mrs. Matthews. He tatended local schools and graduated from Athens High School. He graduated from South ern Law School and also attended the University of Georgia and the University Law School, entering the practice of law in 1934. Rep. Matthews is a member of First Methodist Church, the Ex change Club and the Elks and re= sides with his wife at 190 Ruther= ford Lane. In qualifying as a candidate, Mr. Matthews made the following statement: “I am a candidate for re-election to the State House of Representa tives, since you have to name your candidate, to succeed myself. I am runing on my record as your Re presentative for the past two ses sions of the Georgia General As sembly. “The list of things that have been accomplished since I have been in office have been done with the co-operation of my colfeagues in the General Assembly, and the officials of the City, County and University. No one person can do everything by himself but all have to work together. For Clarke County we have secured the new Princeton Bridge and Road; the Nowhere Road; two new raods on the Agriculture College campus; an extra SIO,OOO for Clarke Coun~ ty; the roads now under cons/ruc tion to connect Princeton with the Atlanta Highway; a new State Police barracks on the Atlanta Highway; in November of this year the State Highway Board promised the delegation that the Lexington Road will either be re surfaced or new pavement will be put down from the Oconee River to the County line; money also was made available so rthe eaépansion of the Athens General Hospital. In addition, Rep. J. Phil Cam;l)bell, jr., of Oconee County, and I got a new steel bridge at Barnett's Bridge between Clarke and Oconee Countjes, which is now under con struction, Great Saving “The Minimum Foundation Program, which 2en%fitted the €lty and County schools, was pas sed by the General Assembly, and we are now fighting to get money to give us completely adequate school facilities fer all. This will * (Contsuued On Page Two) / Truman’s Sleuth . - Mails Questions By JERRY T. BAULCH WASHINGTON, March 18 ~— (AP) — Newbold Morris faced more trouble from irate Congress men today as he set out to ask 25,000 higher-paid government of ficials to list their sources of in come, The mailing of questionnaries to the 25,000 signaled the launch ing of Morris’ widely-heralded search for corruption in the gov ernment, He called a news con ference (4 p. m. EST) to unveil details of the questionnaire. Morris has made clear that gov ernment officials receiving the He said if anyone refuses to give the desired information on outside income and is not fired, he will kuit himself, Asks Cooperation President Truman has called on the entire executive branch to give Morris full cooperation. Meanwhile, Chairman Mc¢Carran (D-Nev) summoned his Senate Judiciary Committee into closed session (2 p. m. EST) and announ=~ ced he would urge it to reject Truman’'s request that Morris be given power to seize records and summon witnesses. McCarran said he would vote powers only for some cleanup man appointed subjec tto Senate ap proval—and with safeguards for Congresssional investigative pow ers. McCarran contended that Mor~ ris had shown “utter disrespect” for congress and the people who elect its members. Expressed Resentment The Nevada Senator was one of several lawmakers who expressed resentment over Morris’ hot tem pered testimony last week before a committee questioning him about Lgxi;i rcle’j in pt!;’f;!tabl:ﬁh 1::‘9 deals trade with Re ina. Morris accused d‘anrxé Senators of showing “diseased minds” in their questioning and he called Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) a charac ter destroyer. The President apf:ointed Morris, a New York Republican, on Feb. 1 to cleanse the government of wrongdoers, The corruption crush=- er has been under fire since—pri= nicpally from his fellow Republi cans. Sen. Jenner (B-Ind), a judiciary committee member, told a report er he would back McCarran’s turn= down demand. “Any such power,” Jenner said, “should be entrusted only to some one appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The way Morris has been blowing his top around here, he’s not apt to ever get confirmed.” Truman named Morris a special assistant to the Attorney General, which does not require Senate confirmation. McCarran said he plans to get Morris before the committee be fore Easter to say under oath’ whether he ever associated with any Communist front organiza tions. Penied Charges Morris denied away such associa tion last month when Rep. Potter (R-Mich) said Morris had been used by “front” groups during his public career in New York City. In the House, tax investigators scheduled a private session with former Internal Revenue Commis sioner Joseph D. Nunan jr., now a New York attorney. The House Ways and Means Committee is investigating alleged irregularities in the New York tax collecting agency. Monroe D. Dowling was" fired yesterday, the third Revenue Col jector ousted in the New York ofs fice. Revenue Commissioner John B. Dunlap announced the Presi dent had accepted Dowling’s in come tax returns, The announce ment said this was “not connected with hig conduct of the collector’s otfice.” Dowling, a negro, took the sll,- 500 job last August from. another ousted collector. He was not available for comment. » Mayor WellsTo Speak Tonight ‘ Mayor Jack R. Wells will speak to the citizens of Athens over Radio Station WGAU tonight from 7:30 to 7:45 p. m.(Mayor | Wells’ talk should prove ¢f much interest generally, since it will be devoted to the proposed ex pansion of the downtown busi ness district and the housing situation, [(EITTLE LIZ] 4; G "“' 7 : ’ N &2 ( j ! Y7\ » \ i“ | s ; e '-:..:""!.“ 4 . Nothing broadens a woman like - travel--except a pair of slacks. Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area General Whets Hopes Of Backers With Statement To GOP Members By The Associated Press Political leaders were alerted today (Tuesday) for fresh hints of the intentions of President Truman and General Dwight D. Eisenhower-—the two “mystery” candidates for the Presidential nominations. It. was considered probable that the Democratic eams paign was being charted in conferences between Truman and National Party Chairman Frank E, McKinney at Kay West, Florida. R Sl i Truman has not said whether he intends to run. A national committee official said in Wash= ington the Democrats were anxi ously urgin gthe President at least to let McKinney in on his secret. Gravedigger Is Held As Writer NEW YORK, March 18 — (AP) ~ An elderly gravedigger was held today as the anonymous writer of a threatening letter to slain Arnold Schuster, whose tip led police to bank robber Willie Sutton. The gravedigger wag to be ar raigned at about the same time that Sutton was put on trial for a 1950 holdup. Schuster, 24-year-old Brooklyn clothing salesman, was killed near his home March 8. Just a month ago, on Feb. 18, Schuster had spot ted the nation’s ace bank robber and prison escape artist on a sub way train. The FBI arrested the grave digger, William ° Brinckerhoff Brown, 61, of New York, last night and said he admitted writing Schster on Feb. 22 that “your days are numbered for being a squealer on Willie Sutton.” Schuster received about a dozen threats before he was shot. FBI agents refused to answer ‘newsmen’s questions on certain aspects of the case—what Brown’s motive in writing Schuster might have been, " ‘hether the grave digger was questioned about the 'murder and how the FBI traced him. Denied Killing However, he was reported to have denied killing Schuster. Brown was cnarged with violat ing the federal extortion statute and held for arraignment in Brooklyn. In the neighboring borough of Queens, Sufton and two of his alleged accomplices were due to enter a heavily guarded court room for their trial on charges of holding up a branch of the Manu facturers Trust Company for $64,- 000. Special gecurity measures in clude screening all who enter County Judge Peter T. Farrell’s Court. Guards will be provided for each juror selected. Squads of police and extra detectives will be in and arouand the building. Co-defendants with the 51-year old Sutton are Thomas Kling, 45, and John De Venuta, 37. Their ar rests followed Sutton’s by a few days. Sutton, known as “the actor” because of the disguises he used in a number of spectacular holdups, already faces life impresonment for four felony convictions. He never finished two of his prison terms, escaping from Sing Sing, N. Y., and later from Holmesburg, Pa., prisons, ; ”‘i"‘z»«m&v PR ey o S T ;o . o it s ng‘ .. . ? i % i a 4 F Eg R 1 ¥ 2 o N R e 2 2 ,’;; a Ei ﬁ ;ﬁ R 9§ e e s PR BF o IT7 e e dok B i s a ei:; g P e = y»* i ¢i S T L W i:4 e R b 7 o D e PRrsEs FomßSee GG R g Ee 00l fde o et o so A i P PR R b S o e OT e g «# ‘ 4 }&;};@«mﬁ?‘m ey Rl e e e R il L G R e {‘“f’ AWAY THEY GO—Meet the hoofing team of Durante, Truman and Jackson. The President’'s daughter finds little time for warbling as Jimmy “Schnozzle” Durante (left), and his veteran partner, Eddie Jackson, go into - ‘. » . - "y * one of their zany routines during a practice session at Los Angeles for the trio’s television show. Miss Truman, who has been vacationing near Los Angeles between concerts, will be a guest star on the .comedy show..» (AP Wirephoto.) HOME EDITION They said the party chairman l should have at least enough of an insight to give them private guid ance. : Eisenhower whetted the hopes of his Republicin backers with a letter to 19 GOP House members that was made public yesterday. The General said he does not re gard himself as “indispensable to the success of NATO"—the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, whose military forces he now heads. He promised he would regularly re-examine” the politi= cal situation, " Most members of Congress who commented interpreted this te mean Eisenhower was leaving the way open for him to come home and campaign, althougx few ex= pect him back before May. Fisenhower said in January he would accept the nomination if it were offered, byt “in the absence of a clear-cut call to political du ty” would not ask to be relieved of his command and would no¢ engage in preconvention cam paigning. Other Developments Other happenings in the Presi= dentil kaleidoscope: . { Paul G. Hoffman, an Eisen~ hower supporter, sal& in Paris he had talked with the General and urged him to come home when= ever he can with a clear con=- science, whether this be tomerrow or in May.” Sen. Taft of Ohio opened his Wisconsin eampaign for the Re publican nomination by speaking in nine towns yesterday, criticiz ing his GOP opponents and Tru= man’s administration, Wisconsin’s presidential primary is April 1. Harold E. Stassen, covering much the same ground in Wiscon= sin, invited supporters of Eisen= hower andl' Gen. Pouglas MacAr thur to bdck delegates pledged to him. THe former Minnesota gov= ernor said neither is entered in the Wisconsin primary but “my poli cies more e¢losely represent their views than any other candidate.” Sen. Estes KeFauver of Tennes see, seeking the Democratic pres idential nomination, told a New York news conference his eam= paign finances “are still a worry with us—a very big worry.” Ask Write-ins ~ Minnesota voters hold their (Continued On Page Two) - . University Ends . Winter Quarter University of Georgia students will complete winter quarter ex aminations here Wednesday and then leave the campus for a four~- day spring vacation. The exams which started here Friday round off one of the busiest quarters in the University’s his tory. The 12-week period was marked by conventions and insti tutes which brought hundreds of visitors to the campus as well as by special student activities and athletic events. Registration for the spring will be held Monday, March 24, with classes scheduled to begin the following day.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, March 18, 1952, Home Edition, Image 1