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GETTING READY FOR THE BIG DAY
wn above are members of the Ath- Walter Crawford, co-chairman of the
¢ns Shrine Club delivering tickets to Cap
tain John Kroege of the Salvation Army,
and Miss Mary Collier, County Welfare
Director, who will distribute the ‘‘Circus
Dads’ Tickets” to children who otherwise
might not be able to attend the big King
Bros. Circus here April 7 under auspices
of the Shrine Club. The tickets were pur
chased by Athens merchants. In the pic
ture, left to right, are Hal Durham, secre
tary-treasurer of the Shrine Club; Coile
Brown, ticket chairman of the circus com
mittee; Captain Kroege; Miss Collier;
News In Brief
“LILLIOM” AUTHOR DIES
NEW YORK, April 2.—(AP)-—Author Ferenc Mollnar, 74, whose
“Lilliom” became a theatrical classic, died yesterday after a long
illness.
The Hungarian-born Molnar, who came to the U. S. in 1940 as
a refugee, wrote his first play, “The Devil,” in 1907. He started
his literary career as a newspaperman and novelist,
“Lilliom," his best-known work, was filmed by Hollywood' and
in 1946 was produced as a hit mnrusical play under the title,
“Carousel.”
Others of his better-known works are “The Red Mill” and “The
Guardsman.”
GEA MEET SET
As many as 75 faculty members and officials of the University
of Georgia are expected to attend one or more sessions of the
Georgia Education Association Convention in Atlanta this week.
President Q. C. Aderhold, former association president, will head
the list.
The University will staff a booth at the convention, making
available information on the University. An alumni luncheon is
also planned as a part of the University’s activities in Atlanta.
Delegates from the University GEA unit are Dr, James E.
Greene, Lamar Dodd, Dr. J. J. Westfall, H. B. Ritchie, Dean John
A. Dodson, and Dean 8. Walter Martin. Alternates include Dr. K.
C. Garrison, Dr. Florene Young, J. L. Dickerson, and Dr. 8. J. Sin=-
gleton.
BUREAU ENDORSES RUSSELL
The Clarke County Farm Bureau met on Monday night, March
31st, at the Winterville school.
A resolution was unanimously adopted by the group endorsing
Senator Richard B. Russell for President.
J. R. Carreker, Agricultural Engineer of the Southern Piedmont
Experiment Station, was the main speaker. He discussed the
growth and development of the conservation work being done at
the Experiment Station.
Mr, Carreker pointed out that by the use of soil conserving
crops in the rotation, the ability of the soil to hold moisture and
plant food is constantly improved. As a result top soil is saved and
vields are increased.
CHAPEL LECTURER .
Jacques Barzun, professor of history at Columbia University
and author of many widely read book.s, will speak in the Univer=
sity Chapel at 11 a. m. tomorrow.
His subjects will be “Beliefs for Sale: 1900-1952.”
Prof, Barzun will be on the University campus as part of a tour
of the state under the auspices of the University Centex of Georgia.
He is perhaps best known for his incisive and popular critique
of higher education, “The Teacher irr America.” His other books
include “Race: A Study of Modern Superstition”; “Romanticism
and the Modern Ego”; and “Darwin, Marx, Wagner.”
: AAUP CONFERENCE HERE ot
The Southern regional conference of the American Association
of University Professors will be held at the University of Georgia
April 11-12,
The University chapter of AAUP will be host for the fourth
annual meeting.
Members of the Association from seven Southern States and
Puerto Rico are expected to attend.
'CONSPIRATORS CONVICTED
BALTIMORE, April 2—(AP)—A jury of nine men and three
women yesterday convicted six defendants of conspiring to advos
cate violent overthrow of the United States government.
The six, subject to fines of SIO,OOO or five years in prison or
both, are Philip Frankfield, former chiarman of the party in
Maryland and District of Columbia; his wife, Regina, one-time
secretary; George Meyers, present Maryland-D. C, chairman; Mrs.
Dorothy Rose Blumberg, former secretary-treasurer; Leroy H.
Wood, former party organizer in Washington; and Maurice L. Bra-
Verman, Baltimore attorney.
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'S DILEMMA
WASHINGTON, ApgileE.—s-(AP)-—lt General Dwight D. Efsen
hower should become President he would have to choose which of
two pay checks he wanted to dray—a five-star general’s or the
President’s,
The Economy Aet of 1982 prohibits the drawing of two pay
checks jrom the government if, together, they totel more than
$3,000,
The military pay amd sllowances of a five-star genersl otel
$18,761. & : L 1 i
The Président’s salary & SIOO,OOO, plus & §50,000 tas-fee ex-
Pense allowsmaa, ..
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
ticket committee, and Millard Seagraves,
general chairman of the circus committee.
Funds raised by the circus will be used
by the Shrine Club’s general charity and
welfare fund. s
L. W. Eberhardt, jr., president of the
club, who was unable to be present for the
picture, called attention to the fact that
a big parade will be staged by King Bros.
at 11 a. m. Monday. He said this is the
second consecutive year the Shrine Club
has sponsored the performances here of
the world’s second largest circus.
Russia Issue Is
Turned Over To
Top Level Talk
MUNSAN, Korea, April 2 —
(AP) — The Russian problem
shifts to a higher level in Korean
truce talks tomorrow but the Al
lies announced it won’t make any
difference. f ' %
In their final word on the sub
ject, Allied staff officers told the
Communists today that U. N. ne
gotiators at any level will not ac
cept Soviet Russia as a “neutral
nation” to help police an armis
tice.
A sub-committee of top ranking
truce delegates will tackle the
question at 11 a, m. tomorrow (9
p. m. tonight EST) at the Reds’
request.
It will be the first time the
sub-delegation on truce supervis
jon has discussed Russia. The
Communists first proposed Rus
sia as a neutral supervising nation
at a staff meeting Feb. 16. The
subcommittee of delegates last
met Jan, 27, when it reached an
impasse on whether Reds would
be permitted to rebuild airfields.
Staff officers spent an hour
Wednesday repeating well-worn
arguments about Russia and the
name to be used to designate Ko
rea.
Col. Don O: Darrow, senior U.
N. staff officer, said the Allies
would insist on designating Ko
rea both as “Han Kuk” (the Han
nation) and “Chosen” (Morning
Calm), An Allied communique
said he pointed out ‘it is absolute=
ly essential that legal terms in this
document be used for both sides.”
Another group of staff officers
met in secret on prisoner ex
change. It made no report. It
meets again Thursday at the same
time as the truce supervision sub
committee.
Juliana’s Gowns
Fit For A Queen
| WASHINGTON, April 2 —(AP)
| — Juliana of the Netherlands is
| traveling with a wardrobe fit for
i a queen—about 10 dresses, seven
! evening gowns three suits, two
i suit dresses and a dozen hats.
j When she steps off the plane
!here about 4p. m. (EST) today
| after flying the Atlantic, the ad
| vance word is that she will be
I wearing a raspberry-red silk dress
| with a bell shaped skirt. Her hat
| of tulle and lace will be dressy;
. her gloves and shoes black. On her
| silver fox cape will be a dark red
| corsage.
| With the Queen will be her hus
|band, Prince Bernhard; Foreign
! Affairs Minister D. U. Stikker;
Baroness Van Boetzelaer Van Cos
terhout, other court officials, a
lady-in-waiting, secrearies and
aides plus three detectives to keep
an eye on the Royal Jewels.
{ Th party stopped last night at
{ Gander, Newfoundland.
| The President and Mrs. Truman,
| Secretary of State Acheson, other
members of the cabinet and their
wives will be at the National Air
port to welcome the Royal party.
The Queen will be received with
full military honors.
i WIRE STRIKE EFFECT
ATLANTA, April 2 — (AP) —
;six hundred Atlanta employes
will be affected if a nation-wide
l strike by Western Union workers
becomes effective at midnight.
The Western Union strike would
affect all telegraph operations,
About 40,000 commercial tele=
;rapher union members would be
idled over the country. There are
apyroximately 4,000 union mem
bere in the nine ' Southeastern
states,
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY.
ATHENS, CA.,, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1952,
Taft Hits Comeback Trail With Wisconsin
Victory; Clings To Small Lead In Nebraska
Kerr Concedes
Nebraska Vote =
By DON WHITEHEAD
OMAHA, April 2—(AP)—Sen
ator Robert A, Taft clung to a
small but important lead in Ne
braska’'s GOP presidential popu=
larity contest today with indica
tions he was firmly established as
the front-runner.
Taft hung onto his number one
spot by about 6,000 votes after
Senator Kerr of Oklahoma con
ceded his defeat to Senator Ke
fauver of Tennessee in the Dem=
ocratic presidential primary.
Taft swung into the lead in the
early morning hours, Before that
the lead had switched five times.
But then Taft began to build up
a slim but impressive lead. The
important think was that Eisen
hower was running out of strong
hold precincts while Taft still had
many of his in reserve.
The latest rundown, 1275 out
of 2058 precincts:
Republican—Taft 39,489,
Eisenhower 32,975,
Stassen 27,288.
Mrs. Mary Kenny (stand-in for
Gen. Douglas MacArthur) 4794.
Democrats (1248 precincts).
Kefauver 31,449,
Rerr 218089, e
Taft appeared to be winning at
least 16 of Nebracka’s 18 GOP
national convention delegates,
based on incomplete returns.
On the Democratic side, the_pic
ture was not as clear-cut on dele~
gates. Kefauver and Kerr both ap
peared to have the suppcrt of five
delegates among the 12 out in
front.
The reason Taft appeared to
have such delegate strength was
this: Most of the candidates now
in front have said they will abide
by the result of the popularity
contest or they have announced
previously they were for Taft.
Percentage-wise, Taft was in
front in the popular vote with 36
per cent. Eisenhower had 30 per
cent and Stassen 25 per cent. Ke
fauver had a solid 58 per eent and
Kerr 41 per cent.
Kerr conceded his defeat at
dawn when he said:
“The Senator (Kefauver) evi
dently won the popularity copiest,
for which I congratulate him.” -
The Republican vote was run
ning two to one above the Dem
ocratic vote—which is considered
normal in this Republican strong
hold. All indications were the vote
would exceed the 300,000 mark
but not equal the record 1934
primary vote of 408,238.
Sororify Lassies
Aid Easter Drive
Four sororities on the Univer
sity of Georgia campus will
have representatives selling Easter
Lilies on the downtown streets of
Athens Saturday, April §, from
9:30 in the morning until 5:30 in
the afternoon. The lilies will be
sold as part of the current fund
drive on behalf of Crippled Chil
dren.
The girls will be dressed in
bonnets and aprons made in soft
Easter colors of aqua, blue, yel
low, and purple, They will push
wheelbarrows in which contribu~
tors may drop their donation to
“help a crippled child work.” Four
of the feminine salesmen are pic
tured on page 3 of today’s Ban=-
ner-Herald.
Representing Alpha Delta Pi
will be Misses Ann Richard, Bar
‘bara Harvell, Patsy Harris, Jo
Hardy, Juanita Scoggins, Marga
iret Kenendy, Sue Davis, Rita
i Johnson, and Elizabeth Johnson.
| The Alpha Gams will send
| Misses Marilyn Meeks, Sally
Tucker, Lalah Kennedy, Mim
Crawford, Frankie Walters, Sue
Roberts, Jan Murray, and Carolyn
Dunning.
The Phi Mus will be Misses
Mary Aunn Miller, Joanne More
land, Sara Jane Dupree, Mary
Gilbert, June Mundy, Mary
Hutchings, Betty Nunnally, and
Helen Cassey.
Representing Zeta Tau Alpha
will be Misses Joyce Dawson,
Frances Grice, Shirley Douglas,
Joyce Lucas, Billie Jean Jones,
lßev Poole, Jackie Baker, and
| Jackie Shattles.
Beach Services
Are Held Today
Nelson T. Beach, prominent
resident of Birmingham and hus
band of the former Miss Louise
Abney of this city, died following
a heart attack there Tuesday
morning. Lo
Services were conducted this
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in Bir
mingham, with burial following
there. ;
In addition to his wife, Mr,
Beach is survived by a brother-in
law, Howard Abney, of this city;
nephew, Edgar B. Beach, Newark,
N. J, and a cousin, Walter Allen,
also of Newark,
"~ Mr. Beach was a native of New=
ark.
JAP TREATY SIGNED
KARACHI, Pakistan, April 2 —
(AP) — The Foreign Office an
nounced today Pakistan has rati
fied the Japanese Peace Treaty
which was signed at San Francis
co last September. The peace
treaty thus becomes effective,
since it has now been ratified by
seven' of' the- signatories required
hy the terms of the pact.
McGrath Declines Comment After
Talk With President Truman Today
Nation Braces
For Telegraph
Strikes Today
BY ROWLAND EVANS, JR.
WASHINGTON, April 2—(AP)
—The nation’s telegraph and tele
phone systems braced today for a
series of threatened strikes due to
start at midnight,
Approximately 30,000 Western
Union employes were set to walk
off the job across the country. A
top official in the AFL Commer
cial Telegraphers Union (CTU)
said “there definitely will be a
strike as matters now stand.”
Adolph Brungs, head of the
CTU’s Western Union division,
| told reporters the only chance of
averting a walkout would be “a
proposal by the company accept
able to the union.”
~ The CIO Communication Work
ers of Amerjca (CWA) has called
a strike of more than 40,000 Anr
erican Telephone and 'i‘elegraph
Workers in Ohio, Michigan and
northern California for tomorrow
morning. And 16,000 Western
Electric Company employes in 43
states have scheduled a strike for
Monday, Western Electric is a sub
sidiary of A. T, & T. and its em=
ployes are also represented by the
CWA.
~ If the Western Union strike
‘comes off as scheduled, it is ex
’ pected to cripple telegraph facili
ties from coast to coast, with the
exception of New York City. Em=
ployes there belong to another un
ion. But even in New York the
CTU is preparing to set up picket
lines in an effort to make the
shutdown airtight. o
The union is demanding a 16-
cent across-the-board wage boost.
It also wants its work week re
duced from 48 te 40 hours, with
no reduction in pay. The two de
mands, together are estinmrated to
cost 50 cents an hour for each
employe.
So far the company has made
no offer. It contends it is not in &
position to increase wages, now
averaging about $1.63 an hour. }
Easter Seal Fund
Athens and Clarke County’s
Easter Seal Fund goal is $4,000.
Total received to
Bt ... . A
Short of goal .... ... . $2,496.15
Don’t forget to send your con
tribution. Remember that 91.7
percent contributed will remain
here.
Schools Recei
A four-year research and action
project toward improvement of
educational administration in the
public schools of Georgia will be
financed through a $42,950 grant
from the Education Division of the
W. H. Kollogg Foundation, it was
announced today by Dean John A
Dotson of the University of Geor=-
gia’s College of Education.
Administered by the Univer
sity’s College of Education, the
project will begin July 1 as part
of a Southern States Cooperative
Program in Educational Admini
stration which is financed through
Kellogg Foundation funds,
Big Contribution
“This special grant to the Uni
versity of Georgia will enable us
to make an important contribution
toward elevating the level of com~
munity living in Georgia through
improved administration,” Dean
Dotson pointed out.
The project is being planned
by the College of Education staff
with the cooperation to top lead
ers in state professional education
al associations who are serving
on the Georgia Committee. Plans
are being coordinated with the
Southern States Cooperative Pro
gram, functioning under direction
of a special staff at the George
Peabody College in Nashville,
Tenn.
Participants on the Georgia
committee include representatives
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If opportunity could knock on
people’s heads instead of their
doors, the results might be better.
Capital Wonders
About Results
WASHINGTON, Ajril 2.—(AP)
—Attorney General McGrath talk
ed with President Trunran for 15
minutes today and left the White
House declining comment on re
ports that his resignation was im
minent.
McGrath saw the President at
the height of a row with Newbold
Morris, the Truman administra=-
tion’s cleanup chief, over the in
formation Morris has been seeking
—with presidential backing—
about the financial affairs of cab
inet members and other high gov=
ernment officials.
The Attorney General’s meeting
with Truman (11:45 a. m. EST)
comes less than 24 hours after
Rep. Chelf (D-Ky) delivered to
the White House —by request—a
copy of McGrath's testimony be
fore Congressional Investigators.
McGrath also said he had not
decided whether he or any of his
596 top officials listed to receive
the Morris questionaires would
answer them. Morris has asked
Truman to fire any government
worker who refuses to answer,
declarintg he would quit his clean
up job if the President failed to do
SO.
Angry Protests
The Truman-McGrath meeting
also comes on the heels of reports
that angry protests were made to
the President at last Friday's
cabinet session over Morris’ ques~
tionaire.
A reliable source who can not
be identified said cabinet mem
bers told Truman they thought
Morris was “going too far.” Ques
tions cover such details as business
connections, family relations and
how many fur coats the official's
family owns. i
Some cabinet members were
said to pave told the President the
Morris “inquiry reflectedt” on his
entire administration and implied
the President was unable to pass
on the intergrity of his own of
ficials.
McGrath and Secretary of the
Treasury Snyder were said to be
among cabinet members who did
n't like the gyuestionaire.
Big League Ball
Underway At 'Y’
Big league baseball at the Ath=-
ens “Y” is under way, with two
gameg played Tuesday night and
more scheduled for the rest of
the week. One game will be play
ed ‘tonight with the Jakes, cap
tained by Jimbo Laßoone, pitted
against Bobby Marbuts team.
Game time is 5:45.
Three games will be played
Thursday starting at 5:30 with a
tilt between the Gnats, captained
by Fred Nash, and the Foulers
captained by Willie Fowler. At
6:45 Thursday the Lizzards, cap
tained by Lou Lanard, and the
Sluggers, captained by Fain
Slaughter, will tangle in a dia
mond fest.
The third game will feature
Uppies’ Puppies, captained by
George Upchurch, and Bobby
Duncan’s team.
In Tuesday night's games the
Foulers beat Slegers, 17-16, and
the Lizzards beat the Gnats, 14-5.
Francis Tarkenton, pitcher for the
Sluggers, allowed 14 hits while
Dick Carteaux, pitcher for the
Foulers, allowed 8 hits and walked
several men. Carteaux was also
credited with a homerun during
the play.
C. W. Marlow, Lizzard hurler,
allowed 6 hits and Herbert Abra
hmg gave up 5 from the mound
for the Gnats. According to most
spectators it was the errors that
defeted the Gnats in the play.
Bill Wilson and C. W. Marlow
were tops in the batting depart
ment for the Lizzards.
Coach Cobern Kelley stated to
day that the Big League has start
ed off in fine style and urged soft
ball fans to turn out to see the
play that promises to be fast and
furious for the rest of the season.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair, windy and mild today,
Fair and cooler tonight. Thurs
day fair and mild. Friday fair
and slightly warmer. Saturday
increasing cloudiness with
showers beginning Saturday aft
ernoon or night. Low tonight 40
and high tomorrow 68. Sun sets
6:55 and rises 6:18.
GEORGIA—Fair and cooler
this afternoon and tonight;
Thursday fair and mild, low
temperature tonight 38 to 42
over north portion and 42 to 48
in the south; scattered light
frost in extreme northern sec
tion tonight. . ;
TEMPERATURE :
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RAINFALL i
Inches last 24 hours ~ ... 33|
Total sthee April 1 ~ . os oI
Excess since April 1 .. .. .55
Average April rainfall ~.. 3.95
Total since January 1 ~ ..19.16
Excess since January 1 ... 8.70
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Council Tables
Resolufion On
Housing Hearing
A motion by Alderman John
Bondurant to reconsider his reso
lution introduced at the last meet
ing of Mayor and Council calling
on the Athens Housing Authority
to hold public hearing on housing
sites and other plans, which was
overruled at that meeting, was
tabled at the meeting last night of
Mayor and Council on motion of
Alderman Owen M. Roberts, jr.
Mayor Wells granted Alderman
Bondurant’s request for reconsid
eration of a resolution requesting
the Public Housing Authority to
hold a public hearing which he
had ruled out of order at the
previous meeting of Mayor and
Couneil, but stated that “in my
opinion this resolution is a delib=-
erate effort to defeat the entire
housing program.” Mayor Wells
added that he felt that Mr. Bon
durant should come into the open
and admit that “he is opposed to
publie housing.”
He expressed the view that Mr.
Bondurant’s resolution would
make it virtually impossible to
get any citizen to serve on that
body as he would be working un
der a handicap from the very
start.
Mr. Bondurant, in answer to
the Mayor’s charge that he was
opposed to Public Housing, said
that he “could not deny the Mayor
his right to an opinion of my likes
and dislikes.” He added that he
has stated his opposition to. the
Housing Program ag administered
in Athens, that he considered -the
program necessary for the colored
citiens, but unneeded for white
persons. . :
Mayor Wells pointed out that
he had always been in favor of
open meetings and that the Mayor
and Council have always held
open meeting during his term of
office. He also recalled he was the
first to suggest an open hearing
on the housing matter.
Cites Letter
Mayor Wells again ecited the
fact, as at the last meeting of
Mayor and Council, that the City
Administration had received a let
ter from the Public Housing Ad
ministration asking assurance that
the city would recognize the re
sponsibility of the Athens Housing
Authority,
He said that in view of the let
ter from the Publie Housing Ad
ministration, he had opposed
Council, as a body, requesting an
other public hearing, but added
that as an individual he would be
always willing to attend publie
meeting on this, or any other sub
ject.
It was at this point that Alder
man Roberts made his motion to
table the resolution and the vote
was taken being 8 to 2 on a show
of hands, Aldermen Bondurant
and C. S. Denney voting against
tabling the resolution.
Mayor Wells asked the Council
to appropriate up to $250 from the
Council special fund to give the
Athens High School basketball
teams a banquet of the type that
was recently given for the football
team, and after a short discussion
of the legality of such a step the
Council agreed to the banquet.
Only councilman opposed to the
appropriation was Councilman R.
W. Phillips.
Three Months Pay
Retiring city policemen Nelms
and Woods with 36 and 34 years
of service, respectively, will be
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and have more than a lifetime of sentences to serve out,
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EDITION
Kefauver Wins
Demo Victory
By RELMAN MORIN
MILWAUKEE, April 2 — (AP)
— Sen. Robert A, Taft wen the
Wisconsin primary election today,
and hit the come-back trail im lhi‘
drive for the Republican Presie
dential nomination, :
He took 24 of the state’s 3@
convention delegates.
Gov. Earl Warren, of Cafifor«u&
a part-time campaigner here, w
six delegates in three congressione
al districts. Harold E, Stassen, whe
won the 1948 Wisco’r?sin primary,
lost out everywhere.
In the Democratic election, Sen.
Estes Kefauver of Tennesses rog
to a landside victory taking all
convention votes, and nearly 8%
percent of the party’s total state=
wide vote. S
The Tabulation for 8128 pres
cincts out of 3204 in statewide
races to elect 10 Republican de=
legates at large and an eight-vete
Democratic slate showed;
Republicians — Taft 308,277,
Warren 252,037; Stassen 164,730,
Grant Ritter (for MacArthur) 25,«
4567, Perry J. Stearns (uninstructe
ed) 2,947.
Democrats — Kefauver 199,417,
Jerome Fox (uninstructed) 17,938,
Charles E. Broughton (Trumamn
draft advocate) 16,811. s
No Comment
Taft answered a reporter’s tele«
phone call to his Washington
home but said he had no comment
yet on his victory.
Warren said: “Without belittling
the vote which Sen, Taft recelved,
1 am deeply grateful for the con
fidence the voters of Wisconsin
have expressed in me, particularly, '
in view of the fact that I had very
little opportunity to become ac
quainted with them, We made a
very modest campaign, both in
time spent and money expended.”
Kefauver commented: “I be
lieve this expression of faith im
the principles for which I stand
will set the pattern for the nation.
We must all put our shoulders to
the wheel and work together so
we will elect a Democrat to earry
on the principles of the Democra~
tic party and to continue the pro
gress of the last 20 years.”
Stassen asserted: “Senator Tafd
received & setback because he
failed to obtain more than one
half of the total popular vote.”
Had Te Win
Some political analysts ealled
the Wisconsin primary a raee Tass
“had to win” to stay in the rune
ning for the presidential nomina«
tion. He was defeated in New
Hampshire by Gen. Dwight D,
Eisenhower, and Eisenhower then
racked up a towering write-in
vote in Minnesota, a week later.
Taft then tried unsuccessfully to
get off the ballot in the April 15
New Jersey primary.
Taft called Wisconsin a “key
state,” but said yesterday he
would stay in the battle for the
nomination, regardless of wh 't
happened here.
Eisenhower, not_a candidate in
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School Holidays
Are Announced
Pupils in the city’s white pub
lic school will have a Spring Heli~
day Friday, the length of the holi
day being shortened this year due
to the necessity for increasing the
number of school days under the
Minimum Education Foundation
regulations.
Pupils in the city’s colored
schools’ will have their Spring
Holiday Friday of next week.
In the county schools all whiie
schools, with the exception of De
monstration School and Hinton-
Brown School, will start their
Spring Holiday at the close of
school today. The two exceptions
had their holiday last week in
conjunction with the University
holidays.
Colored schools in the eounty
will begin their rolidays at the
close of schools of Wednesday of
next week.