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Newspaper Page TextCOTTON NCH MIDDLING ...... 38% \—’;IM.’C;X')Z, No. _B_|_ te's Manage -“rorecast Victory In Massachusetts ’ Toft's Backers a . . . Also Optimistic ny RELMAN MORIN BOSTON Aprit 29 — (AP) — sooiher major battle for Repub- A residential delegates and : - support began in Massach- P today, and Gen. Dwight D. P ywer's managers forecast e eclection would give him “a cear-cut victory” over Sen. Rob ert A, Tall 'he senator’s managers said ey were optimistic but made no laci-minute predictions. A yegular down-East “no’theast er. bringing rain and cold, was expected to cut back the total vote. Tripled Vote Fven so, political analysts be lieve it may triple the 1948 figure of 124,000. A hot pre-election cam paign, plus the use of a preferen {ial ballot this year, has generated intense interest. Preferential vot ing permits the people to ballot directly for the presidential can didate, as well as for his delegate candidates. Massachusetts has 38 Republican convention delegates. Two each al readv have been allotted to Taft and Eisenhower, and six will go to the convention uninstructed. The remaining 28 will be elected today. Both candidates have full slates in the 14 districts. some of Eisenhower's backers have claimed he would win all 28, but others place the figure at 20 to 24. Even Score If their forecasts are accurate, Eisenhower will draw almost even with Taft in the box-score of dele gates won up to this point in na tional campaigning. An Associated Press tabulation, based on known alignments of delegates, put Taft’s total of 265 and Eisenhower’s at 93¢. Taft's managers, however, claim more than 300. Taft campaigned personally in‘a three-day swing through Massa chusetts last week., On the ballot, the names of his delegate-candi dates are designated as “pledged” or “favorable” to him. Eisenhower’s are not, since he did not give formal consent to hav ing his name entered in this pri mary when the filing was done. To counteract this apparent disadvan tage, his managers said they have sent out thousands of sample bal lots identifying his delegate-candi (Continued On Page Two) - Sef Wednesd The annual softball clasif be tween the Phi Mu sorority lassies and the stalwart members of the Chi Psi fraternity is scheduled to get under way Wednesday after moon at 4 o’clock, on Ag Hill. To sdd a dash of spice to the event, the gals will be uniformed in shorts. The opposing team will dress in wvaried comic costumes. Umpiring the event will be J. Thomas Askew, Administrative Dean of the University of Georgia, and John C. Meadows, sociology professor at the University. During the course of the game, some unique rules will be follow ed, for the girls’ team is allawed four strikes per player and four outs per inning. The boys, on the other hand, are allowed only two trikes and two outs. Adding more confusion to the turn-about affair will be the fact that the “winner oses and the loser wins”, accord ing to Chi Psi Jim Harris, who Is in charge of arrangements for the game, The trophy for this year will be awarded again to the los g team. Following the clash Wednesday alternoon, the Chi Psi members will be entertained at the Phi Mu house with a back yard picnic. [he softball game will require no admission and the public has been invited to attend. i ‘ i i) - P St ST S, £ R gl B e A iR 0 A T - 3 k. e ] ; ) i et 3 ¢ 1 s T % s 7 g Ea A BI w 8 T e R % S Cor - "wg"“"' ”*"&y‘ i B ﬂ SR St & o 54 G ? o % '/'T:;‘ e o ,x:;gp o R & o RR W vy % 1 A, FAUNTS BRING HIM : DOWN An unemployed New Yorker, Joseph Saccomano, 23, perches iop Ouwr Lady of Mount Car mel Chureh m New York, hreatening to jump. Priests ind pelice pleaded with him for more than an hour to come down, but in vain. Then an un ldentiffeq bystander began to launt him, The teasing worked. Saccomane eame back to earth Where he was glven into the tustody of hfs mother.—(NEA T‘»““‘nhoto.) ATHENS BANNER -HERALD Associated Press Service Pine May Present Steel Seizure Ruling Teday Amall Predicts Price Zooms If Control Dropped WASHINGTON, April 20.—(AP) —Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall tes tified today that if Congress lets the economic controls law die June 30 the cost of living will zoom to record levels. Even with controls, Arnall said, “we shall be doing very well if we can avoid a new peak in consumer prices during the next six or nine months.” Without controls, he added, there would be another wave of scare buying and speculative in flation such as followed the Ko rean outbreak, He predictefl a rise in prices and said the cost of liv ing would boost wages because it is “the most significant factor af fecting the wage level.” Urged Extension In a statement to the House Banking Conrmittee, Arnall urged that Congress extend and strengthen the Defense Produc tion Act, which expires June 3. The committee is considering ex tension of this law, the base for price stabilization and other con trols measures. “I believe that the overwhelm ing majority of the American peo ple want to see price control au thority continued,” the Office of Price Stabilization (OPS) chief said. “This is no time to start de mobilization—whether the demo bilization of our external protec tion or the demobilization of our stabilization program. The people want to see this program through to final sueeess.” . .- Inflation Pressure He said there are inflationary pressures ahead with defense spending due to jump by many millions of dollars this year. This, he said, will mean bigger incomes with bigger demands for goods; in turn that means pressure on prices upward. Russell Speaks On State Rights WEST PALM BEACH April 29 — (AP) — Senator Richard B. Russell said today he considered the doctrine of states rights to mean that government police pow ers should be kept within the states. > “As long as they are kept divid ed and we can keep them from being assembled in Washington,” he said, “we can maintain this democracy.” - : The Georgia Democratic presi dential candidate outlined his views on states rights and national rearmament before an audience of about 2,500. On the subject of rearmament, Russell called for a strong armed force and the necessary sacrifices on the part of the people to build it and maintain it. Other Scenes On the heels of Georgia’s boom ing send-off for Sen. Russell, an effort is being made to set off a movement in the state for Sen. Estes Kefauver, a Russell rival for the Democratic presidential nomination. Kefauver backers an nounced today a meeting will be held here Friday night to further “grass roots” support of the Ten nessean with formation of Kefauv er for President clubs. SHELLEY IS WED JUAREZ, Mexico, April 29 — (AP)—Transatlantic movie lovers Shelley Winters and Vittoria Gassman honeymooned today af ter a whirlwind Mexican divorce and marriage which freed the handsome Italian actor from his wife and hitched him to Shelley. 2 : &0 . r =2lB .‘ \ oS (’ ¢ " . ¥, < ; S By ( 7 TRE &(N 2 I’ 3 oo 5 J i ke J D e o * Divorce judges say women don’t wear as well as they used to. That's right, they wear a lot less. WEATHER ATHENS AND VICINITY Fair and slightly warmer to day and tonight. Wednesday, fair and warmer. Low tonight 58, and high tomorrow 86. Sun sets at 7:14, and rises tomorrow at .'5.:45. GEORGIA — Fair and not much change in temperature today, tonight amd Wednesday. House Studies Impeachment Bill WASHINGTON, April 29 — (AP)—Federal Judge David A. Pine may hand down his ruling today in the historic case chal lenging President Truman's con stitutional power to seize the steel industry. Court attaches looked for the decision today, but said it may not come until tomorrow. Judge Pine has devoted full time to deliberat ing the issues since he took the district court “controversy under advisement last Friday. Impeachment Plan The House judiciary committee, meanwhile, met to consider a batch of Republican-sponsored proposals for Truman’s impeach ment or censure for the seizure action. GOP members pressed for a showdown on the proposals. Steel firms brought the court case seeking an injunction for re turn of their property. Truman placed the mills under govern ment control April 8 when CIO steelworkers threatened a nation wide strike. The issues before Judge Pine were whether the steel companies were right in their contention that Truman lacked legal authority to seize their plants, or whether the President was right in claiming both the power and duty for his action. - . Government officials awaited Pine’s decision before ordering a wage increase for steelworkers in to effect over the industry’s ob jections. : Increase Granted Secretary of Commerce Sawyer, detailed by Truman to take charge of the seized steel mills, notified the companies today that they may apply immediately for a $3-a-ton increase in-steel prices. ; Such an increase would move the cost of steel up to about sll3 a ton. The $3 increase is the limit fixed by the Office of Price Sta bilization. Industry leaders have said the $3 increase isn’'t enough to meet the 26-cent-an-hour pack age pay hike approved by the Wage Stabilization board for the CIO steelworkers union, District GOP's Plan Convention Roy Foster, jr., of Wadley, sixth district chairman of the Foster faction of the Republican Party in Georgia, spent yesterday and to day in Athens, aiding in mapping plans for the Tenth District con vention of his faction here on May 17. e The convention will be held in the Courthouse, starting at noon and the general public is invited to attend. County Chairman Guy B. Scott said today. Chairman for the Tenth District is R. H. Ridg way of Cannon. e Mr. Foster is the son of Roy Foster, sr., one of the few Re publican mayors in Georgia. He ?eads the city government of Wad-~ ey. The vounger Mr. Foster is cam paigning for Senator Robert Taft and believes Senator Taft has much strength in Georgia. In the 1948 Presidential election in Clarke County, the republicans polled the largest vote since shortly after the Civil War. In 1948 the vote was Truman, 3,095; Thomas E. Dewey, 707; J. Stron Thurmond, the Dixecrat candidate, 497; Henry A. Wallace, 1I; Watson, Prohibition Party can didate, 7, and two write-in votes for James Barfoot. Thus, the total number of votes cast in Clarke County against President Tru man was 1,222, Court Senfences Forfson Tuesday Joy Sims Fortson, Madison County white man, was given a three-year sentence in Clarke Su perior Court yesterday after being found guilty of involuntary man slaughter in the death several months ago of Earl Langford, also white. Testimony brought out that Langford and Fortson engaged in a fight near Oconee Hill Ceme tery when Langford attempted to join Fortson and two friends on a bay rum drinking party. Lang ford’s body was found several days later. In Monday’s session Odell Mar tin was found guilty on a charge of larceny from the house and was given a 12-months sentence. Scheduled for trial today was the divorce case of Strickland vs. Gtrickland, and The Rowland Company vs. Southern Cotton Oil Company. Thursday the ease of Gerdine vs. City will be tried, with Judge Clitford Pratt of Barrow Superior Court, presiding. The case has to do with paving assessments. SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGCIA OVER A CENTURY. ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1952. r T eAee Me iy ARy o ome o I o ’@%\%\\ , \ g Lo % : ‘\ 3o R X : g i s ! 2 € e N 8 gy g ! ve; . v | ,@ S { P VO | Fad " o ** b :‘;- ;:B‘\'\"-"“"" oTR Y : b k- TS .I*‘« ‘ A \é’;s 'éx > i > Sk T 8 W § o X g TR S | i T P w e B G et t ¥ M RIDGWAY SUCCEEDS IKE—Far Eastern Commander Matthew Ridgway has been appointed by President Truman to succeed General Dwight D. Eisenhower as commander-of the Allied Powers in Europe. General Ridgway (left) is shown in Korea in 1951 with General Mark Clark who has been chosen to take over the post of Far Eastern Commander. — (U. S. Army Photo via NEA Telephoto.) ; Local Homes Featured In Garden Club Tour Treasury Gives Higher Rafes On Saving Bonds WASHINGTON April 29—(AP) —The Treasury today revamfod its entire multi-billion — dollar savings bond program, raising in terest rates all along the line. Sale of two of the current series of saving bonds—F and G bondg-- will be discentinued effective Thursday. But three new types of bonds will be offered. The familiar series “E” defense bonds-the type held by most indi viduals-will be continued. Rates Raised But interest rates for the full period of the bond will be raised from 2.9 per cent to 3 per cent. And buyers will get a much big~ ger increase in interest rates over the first few years they hold the bond. The changes will not affect “E” bonds already sold unless the bond-holder wants to keep his bond after it matures. In that case, he, will get the new interest rate of 3 per cent. Improve Program ) Secretary of the Treasury Sny= der said the many changes are de signed to improve the bond pro gram “in keeping with the times”- apparentiy a reference to in creased commercial interest rates. Peabody Awards To Be Televised The annual presentation of the George Foster Peabody Radio and Television Awards will be seen on television through the pooled facilities of NBC, ABC, and CBS. WSB, Atlanta, will carry the pro gram Thursday, May 1, from 12:15 to 12:45, EST. < These awards are administered by the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady School of Jour nalism, They will be made at a luncheon meeting of the Radio Executives Club of New York City to be held at the Waldor{- Astoria’s Starlight Roof. CBS will tape the presentations for broadcast later in the day. The New York Times radio station, WQXR, will carry a “live” pro gram from 12:15 to 1 p. m. Church Women To Have Banquet The United Church Women of Athens will hold their May Fel lowship Banquet at 6:30 Friday, May 2 with men and women of this community taking part in the program. The banquet is to be held at the Georgian Hotel and is interdenominational in nature, Ac cording to the publicity group for the banquet, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, and all mem bers of the community are invited to be present at the occasion. The members of the United Church Women feel that the ban quet will provide a unique oppor= tunity for interdenominational fel lowship. Under the chairmanship of Mrs. Dow Kirkpatrick, the committee for the banquet consists of: pub lieity, Mrs. C. C. Shafe and Mrs. Brunson Wallace; flowers, Mrs, Ira Teat; church literature dis play, Mrs. Hoyt Robertson; hos tess, Mrs. P. L. Musick; tickets and reservations, Mrs. Fred Whitehead. 3 Persons interested in attending the banquet may call Mrs, White head at 1038 for reservations, Mrs. Brunson Wallace (6876) may also be contacted for reservations. The program will consist of an interesting panel discussion on “Spiritual Security for Today’s Family). Visitors Arrive From All Points Decked out in its spring greens= ery and spotlighted with Georgia sunlight, Athens will be on dis f‘}ay Wednesday when garden vers from all sections of the state and nation make their pil grimages to this city to pay homage at the Mecca of the gar den club. It was in 1891 that the first garden club was organized with twelve ladies constituting the elub’s membership. The charter was first drawn up in the ante bellum drawing room of the E. K. Lumpkin home, The original gar den club is included on the ‘Ath ens Garden Club Council and the Lumpkin home will be included on. the inspection tour again this year. = Athen shomes and historie old buildings of the University will be open for tours on Wednesday between the hours of 10 till 6, un der the sponsorship of the Athens Garden Council, Since the time 61 years ago that the first garden club was organ ized, thousands of women have affiliated themselves with such organizations in the interest of beautifying their surroundings. Attracts Visitors The Garden Club Council tour each year attracts visitors from all walks of life, including many well known f})ersonalities and celebri ties. This year the National Geo graphic Magazine has a repre sentative in Athens for the tour. He is Howell Walker of that mag azine’s staff and will gather ma terial during the tour. - The Tour will begin on Wednes day morning at 10 with tickets priced at $1.50 for adults and 50 cents for students. Tickets may be obtained at Memorial Garden where the tour will begin. The Garden Council, sponsors for the tour, includes the eight garden clubs of Athens. ; The old Lumpkin home, in which the organizational meeting of the first garden club was held, is located on Prince avenue. Built in 1845 by Robert Taylor, the beautiful old home was later oc cupied by the Lumpkins, a fam ily long prominent in Georgia history. Mrs. Wymberley W. Deßenne has generously allowed a portion of her horticultural library to be displayed at the Athens Regional Library during the past week in the interest of the Garden Club tour. Mrs. Deßenne has an ex tensive collection of books on the horticultural subject, many dat ing back as far as the 1500’s. Rare Books The books, many of which are extremely rare, may be seen in the display eases to either side of the entrance to the library. “A New Herball or Historie of Plants” is the title of one of the oldest books on display at the li brary. There are only three other copies of the book in the United States. A book, entitled “Ran dolph’s Culinary Gardener” dates back to 1838 and is the first kitch en garden book on record. The only other copy of this book is at the Library of Congress in Washington where the Deßennes once sent their copy to have pho (Continued On Page Two) Search Resumed For Couch Boy Search continued today for the body of Hampton Couch, drowned Sunday afternoon in the Oconee River just below the dam mnear Princeton. SRR % ; . Members of the Fire Department resumed this morning the search that has continued almost without interruption since Mr. Couch, 24, went over the dam in a boat pow ered by an outboard motor. His father was an occuptant of the boat, but jumped from the boat before it went over the dam and splintered on the rocks below. e ; Clark’s Appointment Gets Criticism From Congress Battle Sharpens Over Methodist Council Plans Church Report Asks Changes By STEVEN V. DAVID SAN FRANCISCO April 29 — (AP) — The battle over a plan for reorganizing Methodist church administration sharpened today as the plan’s leading opponent served notice he will not agree to any change in church struc ture. Such changes are recommended in a survey commission report which would streamline church administration. The report is be=- fore a committee set up by the Methodist General Conference to try to iron out differences between supporters and opponents, One recomendation-that a co ordinating council be created to head church organization — was adopted by the conference yester day. However, the council will not have the broad powers envisaged for it by the report. Opposition Leader The opposition leaders, Charles C. Parlin of E‘.n'ﬂewood, N. J., told reporters creation of the council will not change church structure since it will réplace the present Quadrennial Committee. Parlin said what he objects to is the re port’s proposal that four depart ments be created with control over all church boards. He said he would insist that the boards be left as they are-responsible only to the general conference, Supporters Dr. Harold Case of Boston, lead er of supporters of the plan, con tends church structure should be changed to eliminate duplications and overlapping. In addition to the survey commission report, the con~- ference is dealing with a study on recorganization of the local church. Bryant Services Set Wednesday A. Binus Bryant, for the past twenty years operator of Bryant's Barber Shop, died in an Augusta hospital Monday after an illness of three weeks. Mr. Bryant was 57 years old. Services are to be conducted Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock from Oconee Street Methodist Church by the pastor, Rev. Burch Fannin. Burial will follow in West View Abbey, Atlanta, Bridges Funeral 'Home in charge of arrangements. Pall-bearers will be Paul Thomp=- - son, Edgar Eberhart, Mayo Buck= ley, G. B. Smith, Clarence Brooks, Worth Brown, Frank Ed Sea graves and Joe Poss. ' Mr. Bryant is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara Hursey Bryant, Athens; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie James, Athens, and Mrs. Ben Bur ton, Winterville; two brothers, Howard Bryant, Jackson Heights, N. Y., and Marvin Bryant, Augus ta; step-son, Gordon Aubrey, At lanta; sister-in-law, Mrs. Jodie Bryant, Athens. v A native and lifelong resident of Athens except during the time he was in service in World War One, Mr. Bryant was the son of the late Augusta and Fannie Baugh cum Bryant, well known through out this section. He attended local schools and was an outstanding athlete being a baseball star in particular. So great was his ability in this sport that he not only received offers of schelarships from three Universi ties, but also had offers to play professional ball. However, he chose to enter business with his father and on the death of the elder Mr. Brydnt, assumed owner ship and management of the shop on College Avenue. Mr. Bryant was a member of Oconee Street Methodist Church and the American Legion and had a host of friends throughout this area who were saddened by news of his death. | Bond Vofing Is Reported Light A rather light vote had been polled in bond election this after noon at one o’clock, a total of 1,- 108 ballots having been cast. The vote by wards was as fol lows: First Ward (downtown Fire Station) 137; Second Ward (City Hall) 200; Third Ward (YMCA on Lumpkin Street) 444; Fourth Ward (Prince Avenue Fire Station) 144; Fifth Ward (Cody David’s Drug store) 183. : The polls opened this morning at 7 o’'clock and will remain open until 6 p. m. The bond election is on a gro— posal to issue &25 000 school bonds and $50,000 nds for street improvements and paving. JOBS ARE PLENTIFUL WASHINGTON April 29— (AP) —SBecretary of Labor Tobin today addressed an open letter, 1o college seniors :ayin‘gi they have'the happy prospect of plenty of jobs. Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area School Survey Report Slated At AHS Tonight The complete report of a com= prehensive study of the schools of Athens will be made by a state réviewing committee tonight at 7:30 in the Athens High School Cafeteria. The extensive survey has been carried out under the direction of the State Department of Education at the request of the Athens Board of Education and Fred Ayers. Sup erintendent of Schools. Local school personnel and lay citizens with Sam W. Wood as Chairman of the Steering Com mittee, conducted the survey un der the guidance of J. M. Jarrard, Area Supervisor for the State De~ partment of Education, Gaines~ ville, Georgia, who served as gen eral consultant. Other consultants were; Mrs. Dean Lott, Instruction= al Supervisor of Barrow County, and J. M. Lancaster, Principal of Lyman Hall High School in Hall County. In the survey report much information has been com=- piled about each school in the city and a keen desire has been mani fested in the continued develop ment of the schools of Athens as among the best in Georgia. School Visits The state reviewing committee, with Dean Paul Carroll, of the Georgia State Teachers College, as chairman, has spent the past two days in visiting Athens Schools and in making a study of the lo cal report in terms of administra tion and finance, the educational program, trends in population and school enrollment, and existing plants and facilities. The eom mittee has prepared detailed rec ommendations about the school system and future building needs which will furnish the basis for applications to the state for funds to erect buildings and make addi tions to existing buildings in the Atheng School System. In addition to Dean Carroll, the state reviewing committee is com~ posed of Mrs. Alice Bohannon, In- ‘ structional Supervisor, DeKalb County, Miss Mary Brooks, Geor-‘ gia State College for Women, Mil ledgeville, Miss Dora ‘Mollenhoff, State Home Economics Supervis or, Jack Acree, Superintendent of Schools, Elberton, Ga., Thomas Bayd, Principal, Washington High School, Washington, Ceorgia, J. Gorham Garrison, State Depart ment of Education and J, M. Jar=- rard, Area Supervisor for the State Department of Education. The committee makes its rec ommendations concerning the Ne gro Schools at a meeting at the Athens High & Industrial School this afternoon at 4 o’clock. Newspaper Says Rights Infringed ROME, Ga., April 20 — (AP) — Attorneys for the Atlanta Consti tution argued today that a con tempt of court citation against two of its editors involves freedom of the press. They demurred at a hearing be fore Superior Court Judge H. E. Nichols that the paper’s constitu~ tional rights would be abridged if its editors are held in contempt as a result of a series of stories on traffic safety. Nichols had summoned editor Ralph McGill and Managing Edi tor W. H. Fields to show cause why they should not be judged guilty of contempt. His citation accused them of presenting a “misleading and dishonest” story and with refusing to print a story and photograph of court records of a 1950 Floyd County traffic charge. Claimed Rights At a hearing, the Constitution’s counsel held that the paper was within its rights in running the articles and had given a fair and accurate account. The attorneys pleaded also that no reflection had been cast upon the Floyd County Court, ‘ Judge Nichols, however, over= ruled their demurrers after Sol. Gen. John C. Davis contested them. Argument then proceeded with no immediate indication of when a final ruling might be forthcoming. Abused Privilege The prosecutor eontended that the freedom of the press was not being abridged but that the paper had abused this privilege. He quoted from one of the Constitu tion’s articles that “motorists who know the ropes” can escape the full penalty of law on traffic charges and held that mention of the Floyd ,Coupty Court, in the same articlé held it up to ridicule and contempt. HOME EDITION Ridgeway Given Solon Approval WASH&NGEON ?‘lio;il 29—(AR) —Gen. atthew ay's a pointment to succeed G':;'l thg; Eisenhower drew mostlénpplws. today, but Gen. Mark Clark, whe gets Ridgway's” old command, faced criticism in Congress. In the Pentagon, the top-level reassignments-Ridgway from Far. East commander to head of Allied forces in Europe, and Clark from chief of Army Field Forces to Far | East commander-were viewed by some officials a 8 - il iisiad 1. Results of a decision b{ Presi dent Truman to side with Gen. Omar Bradley instead of Eisen= hower in choosing the pmew com= mander of the North Atlantie Treaty Organization NATO forces. 2. Rewards to both Ridgway and Clark for past jobs done well, Long Criticism The criticism of Clark came from Sen. Long D-La, a membex of the Armed Services Committee, He told a reporter he wants te review previous congressional in vestigations of Clark’s World War 1I record and may ask for a new in%uiry. lark’s crossinq of the Rapide River during the Italian campaign has been under previous cor;?cs’ sional fire. Bitter criticism the maneuver was voiced by members of the Texas National Guard, which suffered heavy casualties. | “] was in that area with the Navy at the time of the Rapide erossing,” Long said, “and I knew that many of the officers with whom | associated did not think too highly of Clark’s ability as a field commander. Need A Commander “What we need in Korea now is a field commander, not a diplomat, and I have some reservations about the Clark appointment.” . However, Sen. McFarland of Arizona, the Democratic leader, said he does not look for any seri~ ous Senate attempt to block either Ridgwey’s or Clark’s new assign ments. The Army believes no Con grciess action is needed for the shift. Gen. Bradley, ¢hairman of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, report edly favored Ridgway as NATO chief. Eisenhower, who steps dewn about June 1 amid a boom for his nomination as Republican candi date for President, is known te have wanted " his chief of staff, Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, as his successor, L 8 bt ~ Gruenther will stay on &s Ridg way'’s chief of staff. Russian Fighfers Attack Airliner BERLIN April 20 — (AP) — Two Russian jet fighters attacked: an Air France commercial air liner with cannon and machine gun fire in the Allied air corrider over the Soviet zone today. Two German passengers were wounded and two crew members nicked by bullets. The airliner, enroute to Berlin with 11 passengers and Six crew men aboard, ducked behind cioud cover after the fighters made four passes. It reached Berlin’s Tem plehof airdome safely half an hour after the attack. . The fuselage was riddled, but fortunately none of the shots hit a vital part of the plane. None of the passengers or crewmen was an American, Stern Protest The Allied high eommission at Bonn sent a stern protest to the Soviet Control Commission. Commercial flights between Berlin and Western Germany were cancelled temporaily by Allied of ficials, but the embargo was lifted a few hours later. Air France’s four-engined Doug las plane arrived at Templehof from Frankfurt with five canmen holes the size of a fist in the fuse lage and wings. Inspecting crews said they counted 20 to 25 holes in the plane altogether. There was no immediate ac counting for the attack. J k 1 o : iy 3 e P 4 4 RER SRE E i @ ! v 7' 5 A s T RN iyl f & N P ETA R N 3 2 E A o e : P % is e % r 5 Heading for El Paso, Tesas, where they say they will prob ably be married, screen actress Shelley Winters and her Italiam boy friend, Vittorio Gassman,y board an airliner at Hollyweed: Before they are wed Gassman must go to Juarez, Mexice to see ahout getting a diveree from hig Italian wife. — (NEA Telephoto)

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, April 29, 1952, Home Edition, Image 1