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Anything Can Happen
In New Jersey Voting
Still Conducting
Short Meefings
MUNSAN, April 15 — (AP) —
Korean truce supervision negotia
tors met for 25 seconds today—
ust long enough to run through
{heir pat routine of the past week
——no business. |
Meanwhile, the time for resum
ing crucial talks on prisoner ex
change still was uF in the air.
peiping radio said last night the
1 N. command had advised the
neds it was not ready to take up
\oain the conferences on how' to
¢xchange prisoners of war.
The Reds proposed Sunday that
‘he talks be resumed. These were
cessed April 4 to permit both
.ides to work separately on pos
gible solutions.
The Reds had insisted on forced
‘epatriation of prisoners. The Al
e« demanded the right of choice
or each prisoner. '
There has been some indication
he two parties.in off-the-record
cotings prior to April 4 worked
1t a secret formula for exchang
¢ prisoners and that the Allies
e reworking their list of prison
. to bring it in line with the
rmula.
The two truce supervision is
o« Russia’s role in post-armis
ce Korea and the question of re
uilding North Korean military
fields——are considered open to
Jution once agreement is
ched on the ecritical prisoner
‘hange problem.
rhe Allies want a ban on mili
v airfield reconstruction and
ppose Red nomination of Russia
s a neutral truce observer.
The last five meetings on truce
upervision have taken up four|
iinutes in all, ‘
2. 1. Goodwynls
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Vites Wednesday
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R. T. Goodwyn, pioneer realtor
Lere, died at his residence at-254
Dearing street this morning. Mr.
;oodwyn was 88 years old -and
ad been 1l for ten days.
Services are to be conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the residence with Rev. J.
Farl Gilbreath, rector of Emman
uel Episcopal Church, officiating.
lhe family requests that friends
mit flowers.
Interment will follow in Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Bridges Funeral
Hlome in charge of arrangements.
Pall-bearers will be Roby Red
vin, jr., Edward Franklin, James
Jarrow, Kenneth Morris, Rufus
Payne, Brooks Wiggington, How
ell Erwin, jr., and Preston Al
nand.
An honorary escort will include
William Tate, Julian Miller,
George Crane, Barrington Flani
n, H. M. Heckman, J. H. Mc-
Laurin, Dr. G.-O. Whelchel, How
rd IdcWhorter, Sam Nickerson,
orman Nickerson, E. D. Pusey,
F. C. Westbrook, and Dane Bar-
Mr. Goodwyn is survived by a
faughter, Miss Sallie Goodwyn,
\thens; sisters, Mrs. S. A. Wood,
\lrs. Mary Kurk and. Mrs. Lucy
ckson, all of Washington, D. C,,
nd Mrs, Gordon Harris, Lignum,
: brothers, Wilford Goodwyn
| Oliver Goodwyn, both of
shington, D. C., Peterson Good
n, Houston, Texas, and Wirt
odwyn, New York City.
Virginia Native
A native of Nottoway, Va., Mr.
odwyn had been a resident of
enis since 1909, where for
ny years he had operated the
odwyn Realty Company with
es in the Southern Mutual
ing.
le was a graduate of Virginia
iry Institute in the class of
/ and did graduate work in the
'mer schools of the University
" Virginia, Harvard University,
achusetts Institute of Tech
ogy and Smithdeal Business
cge.
He served as Assistant Civil
neer for the Norfolk & West-
I Railway- and was Comman
ant of Cadets and Instructor in
>cience, Marion Military Institute,
\Marion, Ala., and at Danville Mil
v Institute in Virginia, Jeffer
on Military College in Mississip
v for seven years and at the
H.'l:}'srmr.i Military Academy in
Missouri, He was also Lt. Colonel,
National Guard of Cadets and In
structor in Science at the Rugby
School of Technology, 1904-1906.
During his many years of resi
dence here, Mr, Goodwyn attract=
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In GOP Picture
BY JACK BELL
NEWARK, N. J, April 15—
(AP) — An “anything can hap
pen” smog hung over industrial
New Jersey today as voters turned
out to register their choice for the
?epublican presidential nomina
ion.
Cloudy and cool weather was
forecast.
Although General Dwight D.
Eisenhower was established as a
favorite in today's primary, Ar
thur Vandenburg, jr., deputy di
rector of the general’s national
campaign, sounded a cautious note
in the contest here with Senator
Robert A. Taft of Ohio.
“Anything can happen,” Van
denberg told this reporter. *I
think General Eisenhower is go
ing to win, but I don’t know if he
will win by 50,000 or 200,000 votes,
And it would not surprise me to
see Taft get three delegates or
nine delegates.”
“Beauty Contest”
Vandenberg spoke primarily of
the Republican ballot’s ‘“beauty
contest,” the presidential poll
which Governor Alfred E. Driscoll
has said should influence the
state’s 38 GOP convention dele
gates in voting at Chicago in July
on the presidential nomination.
This contest also has former
Governor Harold E. Stassen of
Minnesota as an added starter. But
Stassen has been so badly shel
lacked elsewhere by both Taft and
Eisenhower that he is not counted
a serious contender,
The Republicans elect 10 dele
gates at large and 28 in districts.
Taft supporters are contesting for
seven district posts and two at
large, in addition tor any “inde
pendent” candidates who might
back him if they were elected.
Thus if Eisenhower proves to be
as much of a front runner as a
state newspaper survey forecast,
at best he might get 38 delegates
and at worst 29—unless Stassen or
the independents pull a surprise.
Even the 38 would leave Eisen=-
‘hower behind Taft in elected Chi
cago delegatés. Taft now has 201
‘to the general’s 88.
Tass, who tried to withdraw his
name from the ballot and has not
campaigned in New Jersey, al
ready has cushioned an expected
defeat by Eisenhower. If he makes
& strong showing in the preferen
tial (popularity) poll and gets
some delegates, he could claim a
victory of sorts.
’ Demo Picture
The Repubklican battle — first
on-the-ballot meeting of the two
major presidential contenders
since Eisenhower won in New
‘Hampshire March 11 — far over
shadows interest in a Democratic
presidential poll selection of that
‘party’s 82-vote convention delega
tion.
. Senator Estes Kefauver, the
rambling Tennessean, is the only
candidate on the preferential list.
But he may not get the 32 conven
tion votes because Archibald Al
exander, former Under-Secretary
of the Army, already has declared
for Governor Adlai E. Stevenson
of Illinois.
Clarke 4-Hers
ToHold Banquet
The 4-H Club Leadership Re
pognition Banquet will be held
in the Georgian Hotel Friday night,
April 18 at T7:30 o’clock. The af
fair is for the officers and leaders
in 4-H Club work in Clarke Coun
ty and members of the Jackson
County <-H Club will be guests at
the dinner.
Sponsored by the Chain stories
of this area,will be some 120 per
song present for the dinner and
program that will follow. Master
of Ceremonies C. H. Hubble, man
ager of the S. H. Kress Co. will
welcome the assemblage of 4-H'ers
and their advisors and Mrs. H. M.
Morris will play the piano for
the musical portion of the program.
The invocation will be made by
Rev. W. R. Coile, superintendent of
County Schools. Following the
panquet itself, C. W. Fitzgerald,
manager of Penny’s will offer a
welcome to those present. The re
sponse will be made by Fred John-~
son.
The hosts, chain stores repre
sented by members of their per
sonnel, will be introduced to the
group by R. L. Pruitt, manager of
Woolworths. |
An inspiring Candle Ceremony
will be conducted by the members
of the 4-H Club with Miss Bertha
Hancock in-charge of the group.
A magical program will be offered
by Allen and Ellis Johnson.
"Some phases of the 4-H Club
‘activities in Jackson County will
'be described by tow members of
the club in that area. The principle
address of the evening will be
made by Dr. C. C. Murray, Col~
lege of Agriculture of the Univer
sity of Georgia. W. A. Sutton,
State 4-H Club Leaders, will offer
a summary of the program and
atms of 4-H Club.
Annelle Barton will offer the
appreciation of the assembled
4-Hers for the backing and sup
that they are -given by various
groups, in particular, the merch
ants who are sponsoring the Lead
ership Banquet.
Jimmy Branyon of Gaines
Sohoal Road will lead the group
in the 4-H Club pledge.
Officers of the Clarke County
4-H Club Council include; Presi
dent, Eula Lee Cochran; girl's
voce - president, Dorothy Ann
Tappan; - - Boy’s, vice-president,
Archie. Hayes;, Secretary and re
gorter, Allen Johnson; treasurer,
herry Elder.
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NO SERVICES—A Coast Guard helicapter hovers over
two churches at South Sioux City, Neb., which had to
cancel services on Easter Sunday as flood waters of the
Missouri River put them on their own private little is
land. Many persons have been evacuated from the city
as the flood waters continued to rise.— (AP Wirephoto.)
Asian - African Nations
Seek UN Special Meet
Assembly Vetoes
T . . H : . ‘
unisia Hearing
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., April ‘
15 — (AP) — Asian - African
Nations pushed today for an em
ergency session of the United Na
tions General Assembly in the
wake of western refusal to let the
security council take up a com
plaint against France’s treatment
of Tunisia.
The council’s western majority
refused last night to admit for dis
cussion the 11-nation charge that
France is oppressing her North
Africanh protectorate, in which
more than 100 persons have died
this year ,in riots sparked by na
tionalist demands for more self
rule.
It was one of the rare occasions
in which &hgggouncil had turned
down a member's request te-dis
cuss a complaint.
Asia-African authors of *the
charges against France, anticipat
ing the defeat, already had cabled
their governments to ask if they
wanted a special assembly. Af
firmative replies were expected to
pour in and there were strong
indications the group should rally
the 31 U. N. members necessary
to call the session.
Hold Off Debate
The move to put the Tunisian
complaint on the Council agenda
mustered only five affirmative
votes, both for the orignial Pakis
tain proposal for the discussion
and for a Chilean compromise that
would have listed the complaint
but held off any debate until
France showed whether she is car
rying out promised reforms.
The motions needed seven votes
for adoption. The yeas came from
Pakistan, the only council mem
ber of*the 11 complaining nations,
China, Russia, Brazil and Chile.
France and Britain cast the nega
tive votes and the United States,
Greece, Turkey and the Nether
lands abstained.
U. S. Criticized
The U. S. stand was criticized
yesterday by Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, U. S. representative in
the U. N. human rights commission
‘and a U. S. delegate to the past six
General- Assemblies.
Emphasizing that she spoke only
as a private citizen, the former
first lady said she thought the
U. S. position violated a traditional
American policy of supporting full
U. N. airing of all complaints.
U. S. delegates said previously
they thought council discussion of
the complaint might disturb nego
tiations which France says she will
hold with the Tunisians. These
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Leader Semi
Planned Frid
The fourth in a series of Ex
cutive Management Seminars will
be held at the University of Geor
gia Friday.
The seminar, to be attended by
executives of both large and small
businesses throughout Georgia,
will feature a discussion of “Re
search and the Executive.”
A study of the responsibility of
the executive in promoting re
search and in planning the area
in which research can best be
developed will ‘be made. How
research should be conducted as
well as the type of stimulation
needed to make the research pro
gram more effective will also be
discussed.
Leader of the session will be Dr.
Henry E. Arthur, economist for
Swift and Com{}any, Chicago, Il
A graduate of Union College and
Harvard University, Dr. Arthur
has taught at Harvard and the
American University in Washing
ton and has done research work
at the Harvard Economic Society
and for several research agencies
in the Federal Government.
During the war Dr. Arthur was
a consultant to the O. P. A. and
to the House Representatives Com
mittee on Postwar Economic
Policy. He has been associated
with Swift and Company since
1936. ToGay he serves as economist
and manager of the Commerical
Research Department of the Com
- pany.
ATHENS, CA,, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1952,
Seizure Aired
By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON
WASHINGTON, April 15 —
(AP)—President Truman’s seiz~
ure of the strike-threatened steel
industry comes up for its first air
ing before a Senate committee to
day.
Technically, the Senate Labor
Committee is starting -publiec
hearings on a bill covering the
President’s emergency seizure
power in labor disputes, but Sen.
Humphrey (D.-Minn,) toud a re~
porter his committee colleagues
are certain “to wander into all
controversies about the steel in
dustry seizure.”
“I don’t see how you can keep
that out,” Humphrey said, “even
though we are not the Supreme
Court but just a committee of
Congress.”
John R. Steelman, preésidential
assistant who temporarily is run
ning the defense mobilization
program, failed to report any
progress after his efforts yester
day to get the CIO Steelworkers
Union and the industry to agree
on a new work contract. He said,
however, that “both sides seemed
more interested than before in
talking over “the deadlocked sit
uation.”
Closed Meeting
Industrial and business leaders
from all over the country were
called into a closed meeting here
today to review the situation. The
meeting of 170 businessmen was
sponsored by the U. S. Chamber
of Commerce and the National
Association of Manufacturers.
Pending before the Senate com~-
mittee is a bill by Sen. Morse (R.-
Ore.), who has defended Presi
dent Truman’s seizure of the steel
industry last Tuesday to avert a
strike.
" Morse’s bill would amend the
Taft-Hartley act to provide a def
inite pattern for such emergency
actions.
Morse said Truman did the only
thing-he could do to keep the de
fense program rolling. He con
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Clearing slowly and not so
cool today. Fair and cool again
tonight. Fair and warmer Wed
nesday and Thursday. Low to
night 39, high tomorrow 68. The
sun sets tonight at 7:04 and rises
tomorrow at 6:01. ¥
G E ORGIA —Considerable
cloudiness in north, partly clou
dy in south portion; continued
cool this afternoon. Fair and
cool tonight with light scattered
frost in north portion; low tem
peratures tonight 36 to 42 in
north.
EXTENDED FORECAST
GEORGIA, NORTH AND
SOUTH CAROLINA — Tem
peratures will average three to
five degrees below normal, con
tinued cool tonight; slowly ris
ing temperatures Wednesday
and Thursday. Cooler Friday
and Saturday and rising tem
peratures Sunday. Rainfall
moderate to heavy, occurring in
showers Thursday night or Fri
day; total amount one-fourth to
one-half inch in south Georgia
and Carolina coastal areas and
one-half to three-fourths else
where.
TEMPERATURE
Tt . . B
TOWMEE . . e, A
MARD i g reverbose wveidl
Mo .. e 0
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since April 1 .. .. .. 2.03
Excess since April 1 ~ ... .12
Average April rainfail .. .. 3.95
Total since-January 1 .. ..20.41
Excess since January 1 ... 3.40
Marauding Missouri Mauls Its Way
Down Soggy Valley Of Misery Today
Nafion's Tangled
Wire Walkout
Begin Unraveli
NEW YORK, April 15.—(AP)—
The nation’s strike-tangled com=
munications wires were unraveling
today with the settlement of a
New Jersey telephone dispute
bringing to three the number of
walkouts ended.
But three other strikes still
were unsettled, and one of these—
against the Western Electric Com
pany—could nullify the effects of
the three settlements by keeping
phone workers from their jobs.
A contract agreement providing
a $4-a-week pay increase and
fringe benefits was reached early
today at Newark, N. J., between
the New Jersey Bell Telephone
Company and 10,000 striking oper
atgrs, members of the CIO Comr
munications Workers of America.
Ohio Beil Telephone workers
ended their strike yesterday after
obtaining pay boosts of $4-to-$7-
a-week, similar to increases grant
ed Michigan telephone workers
last week.
Federal mediators are working
in New York to settle the strike of
16,000 CIO-CWA members against
Western Electric, the Bell System’s
' manufacturing subsidiary.
| Picket Lines
. The Western Electric strikers,
by using picket lines, have threat
ened to keep phone service dis
rupted in Ohio, New Jersey, Mich
igan and 40 other states. The un
ion claims that hundreds of thous
ands of phone workers would stay
‘away from their jobs if all ex
changes were picketed.
However, the picketing never
has been general.
A fifth telephone wage battle
involves the Bell System’s affili
ate in the noérthern California-
Nevada area, where the union
claims 7,000 are striking.
In the other deadlocked com
munications strike, some 30,000
AL - Commercial Telegraphgrs
Union members are asking wage
increases from the Western Union
Company. This dispute went into
its 13th day today with no settle
ment in sight.
* Mediators’ Outlook
Over the week-end, federal me
diators in New York seemed hope
ful of a settlement in the Western
Electric dispute; but late yester
day they gave up hopes for an inr
mediate joint meeting between the
two sides. The mediators said both
sides were holding firm.
In the state phone disputes, it
was explained that the increases
granted in New Jersey varied
from those in Ohio and Michigan
because the New Jersey settle=-
ment involved only operators. The
Ohio and Michigan pacts covered
other company employes as well.
New Jersey operators earned S3B
to $56 a week under the old pact.
The other states had similar wage
scales.
University Press
Plans Prinfings
Two books on widely separated
topics are scheduled for publica
tion by the University of Georgia
Press early in May.
The first is a sort of autobio
graphy, “When All Is Said and
Done,” by Dolly Blount Lamar of
Macon. The second is a study of
“Repetition in Zola’s Novels” by
Dr. Calvin S. Brown, professor of
English at the University.
Mrs. Lamar’s book is an account
of many of the affairs of the South
for the past 80-odd years in the
light of the -author’s personal ex
periences. She gives glimpses into
the lives of famous politcians and
statesmen of the Reconstruction
era, recounts many state controv
ersies including that of the Stone
Mountain Confederate Memorial,
and tells some of her personal ex
perinces.
“Repelition in Zola’s Novels” is
concerned with the formal rather
than the accidental repetitions in
the works of Emile Zola. These re
petitions range from the use of key
words and phrases to sentences,
and occasionally passages of more
than a page, repeated either iden
tically or with variations.
According to the author such
repetition is a definite artistic de
vice developed by Zola and intend
ed to be recognized by the reader
as repetitions. This book is an ap
preciation of Zola’s artistic ac
complishments.
Athens Bankers
Attend Confab
Representatives from all three
Athens banks will attend the two
day sessions of the Georgia Bank
ers Association convention start
ing in Augusta today.
President W. R. Antley of the
National Bank of Athens, Execu
tive Vice President R. V. Watter
son, Vice President Smiley Wolfe
and Cashier Joe Wickliffe, all of
the Citizens and Southern Na
tional Bank, and Cashier J. E.
(Buck) Griffin of the Hubert
State Bank will comprise the Ath
ens delegation,
‘Thousands Flee Homes In Worst
Flood Disaster Ever Recorded
OMAHA, April 15.— (AP) —The Missouri river today
mauled its way down a soggy valley of misery.
The maddened river has reduced to virtual ghost towns
several communities along its rich valley while ¢hasing
thousands of families from their homes. It is the biggest
Missouri river flood ever recorded.
The Mississippi, too, had swept
to record crests in Minnesota and
Wisconsin, while in other states
smaller streams tossed punches.
The Red Cross estimated that in
an eight-state area where the wa
ters are raging, a total of 18,939
families and some 76,000 persons
have hed to flee their homes.
This figure covers the Dakotas,
Nebraska, lowa, Minnesota, Wis
consin, Kansas and Missouri,
Most of this flight of people and
their possessions was in the valley
of the muddy Missouri. The Red
Cross estimated the families
forced to flee in this valley at 17,~
809.
Superlative Effort
While misery grew in the valley
and millions of tons of rich top
soil sloshed downriver, men and
machines at Omaha and Council
Bluffs, la., (combined population
366,000) toiled to build up the
flood walls and dikes that they
hoped would match the river’s
mightiest wallop.
There was a somewhat disheart
ening report from the weather
man. He was predicting showers
for Eastern Nebraska and Western
lowa Tuesday night and Wednes
day morning.
The job the twin cities faced is
best described by two men who
nave been, and are, in the middle
of the battle to beat the might of
the Missouri at this focal point.
These were their comments:
Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, chief
of army engineers: “The greatest
flood the white man has ever seen
on the Missouri river.” x
Brig. Gen. Don G. Shingler,
Missouri river division engineers:
“We're in a hell of a lot of trouble.
The river is coming with a rip and
a roar.”
Authorities agree that the dam
age so far is in untold millions of
dollars and mounts hourly.
At Omaha and Council bluffs a
flood wall is being built to meet
a predicted crest of 316 feet
Thursday. .
honafiv s i< Dt 434
That's 12% feet over {flood
stage, seven feet over the previ=-
ous high of 24.6 feet in 1881.
The river stood at 26.7 feet
early today. -
Seventeen square miles of the
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Russell Dinner
Tickets Go Fast
Julian H. Cox, chairman for
Clarke county’s participation in
the big dinner to be held April 25
in Atlanta, at which Senator Rich~
ard B. Russell will formally
launch his campaign for President,
reported this morning that ap
proximately fifty reservation have
been made in this community.
Chairman Cox said that the
number of tickets allotted Clarke
county, forty, have been exhausted
but a smali additional number
have been secured.
The tickets are -selling at SSO
each and the deadline for making
reservations for the dinner is to
morrow. After Wednesday, Mr.
Cox said, no more reservations
can be accepted.
The dinner will be held the
night of April 25 in the Biltmore
Hotel and Jimmy Carmichael will
serve as Master of Ceremonies
with Senator Russell being intro
duced by Governor Hernran Tal
madge.
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REFUSES TC FLY—Willing to accept the consequence
of a court-martial, Captain Jerome Sc‘ilechter, of Mather
Air Force Base, Calif., is one of 12 Air Force men who
refuses to accept a flying assignment. Five other men at
Mather and six at Randolph Field, Texas, have all ex
pressed an unwillingness to fly. Schechter, a 35-year
old veteran of World War 11, claims that flying is ‘“‘some
thing that’s developed into a poison for me.” The cap
tain, who hails from Newark, N. J., is shown with his
wife, Maralyn, and their pup.—(NEA Telephoto.)
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Fans May Get
Barkley "Tip”
At Game Today
WASHINGTON, April 15 —
(AP) — President Truman and
other fans at the opening baseball
game here today may get a “tip”
—for what it’s worth-——on wheth
er Vice President Barkley is. a
candidate for President or Vice
President.
“If the Veep sets a stiff pace
out to the flagpole and back then
it’s a good bet he’s a candidate
again,” one Democratic party
leader solemnly assured a re
porter.
While Truman sits in the stands
to pitch out the first ball, Bark
ley, who will be 75 Nov. 24, will
lead a march of more than 400
feet to the flag pole for flag-rais
ing ceremonies.
With Barkley, who says he feels
better and does more work now
than he did 40 years ago, will be
22-year-old Clark Griffith, presi
dent of the Washington Senators,
and other baseball dignitaries.
Ever since Truman announced
March 29 he will not be a candi
date again, friends of Barkley
have been pressing him to join the
open scramble for the presidential
nomination.
”'Bai'kley has thanked them pub
licly but has made no announce
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B-36 Crashes At
. .
Fairchild Base
S o}%}»l\l E, Wash,, April 15 —
(A.F?Y-‘- “B-36 bomber crashed on
takeoff from- Fairchild Air Force
base early today, killing 15 of the
17 aboard.
Two crewmen suffered serious
burns.
The giant, 10-engined bomber
crashed in a farmer’s field half a
mile northwest of the base, and
burst into flames.
The plane was attached to the
326th squadron, 92nd Bomb Wing.
The plane fell on the farm of
Frnest Alf who told a reporter:
“We were awakened by this
awful erash and as we got out of
bed all we could see was a big
fire. It made an awful explosion.
“I could tell from the shape it
was a B-36 but it was all burn
ing.”
A few minutes after the crash
Alf said the bomber “is all flat
now.”
The B-36, world’s largest bom«
ber and America’s foremost. atom
bomb carrier, skidded through a
fence that rings Fairchild and bits
of it were strewn through Alf’s
field.
Pieces of the plane were scat
tered over a wide area.
Fairchild said the plarde nor
mally carries a crew of 15 but
had two extra men on board this
morning. The flight was de
scribed as a routine training mis
sion.
This was the second 3% million
dollar B-36 destroyed at Fair
child. One crashed and burned
while landing at the base, eight
miles west of Spokane, last win
ter. All the crewmen escaped be
fore it caught fire. |
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President Signs
Japanese Treaty
At Rites Today
WASHINGTON, April 15 —
(AP) — President Truman teday
signed the U, S. ratification of the
peace treaty with Japan,
In a White House ceremony, the
President also penned his name
to three related Pacific Security
Pacts. One with Japan gives the
U. S. the right to keep military
forces in and around Japan.
The others are mutual defense
agreements with the Philippines
and with Australia and New Zea
land.
Truman's signature to the rati
fication resolution, adopted by
the Senate last month, is the next
to-last step for the United States
before the peace treaty with Ja
pan comes into full force and for
mally ends the state of war with
the once bitter enemy.
Final Step
The final step is depositing the
instrument of ratification with the
statement department,
The President did not say when
this step would be taken but eof
ficials expect it by the end of this
month,
One reason for delay is to afford
the Japanese people and govern
ment some advance notice of the
time when their technical ememy
status will end and their new
period of independence will begin,
In a statement, Truman said:
“The signing of these documents
completes another in the series of
steps being taken by free mations
to bring peace and security in the
Pacific. 5
“In signing these documents, I
know that I express the essential
unity and will of the American
people for the earliest possible
achievement of lasting peace and
freedom with security,
“The treaty of peace with Japan
and the related security and mu
tual defense treaties, whén they
go into effect, will bring that goal
nearer to realization,”
SANTA MONICA, Cali% April
15 —(AP)—The Walter anger
shooting case, which Hollywood
expected would produce seme siz
zling courtroom testimony, goes
to court today—but there’ll be ne
sensations,
Prosecution and defense at
torneys agreed yesterday to let a
judge decide the 57-year-old pro
ducer’s fate on the basis of testi
mony before the Grand Jury.
The County Grand Jury indiet
ed Wanger, one of filmland”s mest
respected moviemakers, last Dee.
18 on a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to com
mit murder,
Five days earlier in a Beverly
Hills parking lot, while hig wife,
actress Joan Bennett, looked on,
Wanger shot her agent, Jennings
Langy 39. Lang was seriously
wounded in the groin but is new
up and around again, Wanger said
he did it because Lang “broke wup
my home.” Miss Bennett and Lang
said their relationship was strictly
business.
Lang, Miss Bennett and other
persons had been subpoenaed by
the prosecution to testify im what
was expected to be a bitter, lengt
hy trial. Now, there wilf be no
testimony. Superior Judge Harry
J. Brode will read th Grand Jury
transcript and decide the ease,
probably within two weeks.
Wanger, who if convicted could
be sentenced te from one te 14
years in prison, pleaded inmeecent
and innocent by reason of tem
porary insanity. His attormey, aece
criminal lawyer, Jerry Giesler,
said yesterday the insanity plea
will be withdrawn, He added that
he will plead with the court te re
duce the charge to assault with a
deadly weapon, a lesser offetise for
which the penalty would probobly
be a jail sentence.
Cafe's To Omit
Pork From Menu
WASHINGTON, April 15— AF)
— Pork dishes such as ham, perk
chops, roasts and sausages may
disappear from restraurant menus
this summer.
Farm leaders say disappeinting-~
ly low prices of hogs could bring
such a development.
These farm leaders also contend
that recent action of the offiece of
Price Stabilization (OPS) setting
new ceilings for public eating
places may have the effect of rul
ing pork off menus.
The OPS order fixed menu
prices prevaling the week of Feb.
3-6 as the highest restaurants may
charge. At that time, and for sev
eral weeks since then, hog prices
have been low from the standpeint
of production costs. -
But hog prices—and pork tee—
usually advance during early sam
mer and remain at higher levels
unitil late fall. This price change
refleets the fact that hogs sales us~
ually decline during the summer,