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Board Of Education Members Election
By Citizens Proposed By Mayor
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Rickenbacker Is
High In Praise
0f University
Captain Eddle Rickenbacker,
famed figure in the world of avi
ation, told University of Georgia
alumni this morning that Ameri
cang are forgetting, in the midst of
prosperity, the moral courage of
those who founded America.
Speaking at the annual meeting
of the University of Georgia
Alumni Society, Captain Ricken~
backer said “the simple truth is
that we have become too success
ful for our own good. We should
remind ourselves that it was the
spiritual might of the eternal
principle of man’s freedom under
God that has made and kept our
country invincible.” ;
The air lines executive and fam
ous World War I hero delivered
his address at the alumni meeting
held in the University Chapel this
morning. His talk was preceded by
the annual business meeting of the
Alumni Society. Immediately after
his speech there was an Alumni
Day luncheon under the trees on
Ag Hill. !
Praised University
Captain Rickenbacker was high
in his praise of Georgia and the
University. He reviewed briefly
the industrial and agricultural
revolution in the South and the
gains in techniques and science,
but warned that unless Ameri
cans “anchor our knowledge to
moral principles, science may turn
out to be not the guide, but the
betrayer, of humanity.”
Condemning moral laxity in
public affairs, he said he disa
greed with many people who be
lieve the task of bringing America
to the Golden Rule and the Ten
Commandments will be difficult.
“The wages of economic sin can
be measured in dollars and cents,
and T am convinced that business
morality can be sold just as surely
as soft drinks and radio sets can
be. The connection between a na
tion’s morals and its material wel
fare is simple and certain.”
An alumni-faculty reception
hizhlighted the varied program of
activities for the be-ribboned
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wanis Speaker
Iwanis Spea
. Speaking before the regular
luncheon meeting of the Athens
‘Tf.*f=.: nis Club, Dr, J. Whitney
Bunting, Professor of Economics
and Director of the Bureau of
Business Research stressed the
need of a greater pride in the eco
nomie accomplishments of Geor
gla. ‘Georgia has made startling
brogress on all phases of economic
life and not just in manufacturing
and industry. Georgia has 1.9 per
cent” of the United States land
area, 2.27 per cent of the popula
tion and about 1.77 per cent of the
national income, he pointed out.
Further, in all phases of economic
activity Georgia has progressed at
& more rapid rate since 1939 than
has either the United States as a
whole or the south as a region.
Such progress is indicative of
the spirit of the people and the
:mogmtmn by outside economic
:OI‘C?S that Georgia has great po
‘entialities. However, future pro
gress along the samme lines re-
Quires an intense concentration by
lii')\'ernment officials, business
caders and the public in general
upon the positive steps needed to
maintain improvement, A realiza-
E’”“ by all that Geergia has much
!0 be proud of is essential to con
tnued progress.
w[\)r' Bunting further indicated
¢ efforts of the Bureau of Busi
€ss Research in .this directioni
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
tled the sheriff. Her 80-acre farm was
sold at a court-directed sale to satisfy a
sl7l assessment made in the failure of a
mtutual insurance company. A number of
farmers in the area who are in the same
predicament have defied authorities to
oust them.— (AP Wirephoto.)
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Politics Charge
*
Made At Session
Mayor Jack R. Wells told City
Couneil at its regular June meet
ing last night that the election of
members of the Board of Educa
tion has become a “political foot
ball” and stated that he intends to
recommend to Council at its next
meeting that the Board of Educa
tion members be elected by the
qualified voters in regular elec
tion. .
The mayor’s statement followed
lengthy debate and discussion by
the Council and the defeat of Mrs.
Warren Thurmond and Charles F.
Hudgins, mayor's nominees for
board members from the city-at
large, by & 6-5 vote of Mayor and
Council. ¢
Mayor Wells praised the mem
bers of the Board of Education
5 M
et e e i
l Unanimously passed by a ris
ing vote of Council last night
was a resolution in honor of the
late Dr. E. B. Hudson, who
served faithfully on the Athens
Board of Health. The resolution
was prepared by Councilman
Pound and was read to the as
sembled councilmen during last
night’s Council meeting.
Copies of the resolution will
be sent to the family of Dr.
Hudson and will be filed in the
Clerk of Council's office. Dr.
1 Hudson died very suddenly after
a long carcer as a civic and cul
tural leader of this ecity.
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highly, terming them “outstanding
people doing an outstanding serv
ice to the community.” He stated
that the Board has been made a
“political football” during the past
eighteen months.
All councilmen were present at
last night’'s meeting and the vote
on the Board of Education mem
bers found Aldermen L. T. Bond,
M. B. Pourd, W. N. Danner, Dick
Thompson, and Mayor Jack R.
Wells voting for the two candi
dates, and Aldermen C. S. Denney,
O. M. Roberts, jr., Albert Wier,
jr., Curtis L. Lovern, W. R. Phil-
I!ips and John Bondurant dissent
iing.
Previously Tabled
Last nigat’s controversy on
prospective members of the Board
of Education came after a called
meeting at which Mayor Wells
nominated Mrs. Thurmond to
serve on the Board from the City
at-Large. Dr. Thomas Whitehead,
presently in the armed forces, was
nominated and the Mayox ruled
the nomination out of order. Al
derman Bondurant asked Council
to over-rule the chair. This was
| done, whereupon the Mayor ve
'toed the action of Council. The
| matter was tabled and came up
| for discussior at last night’s meet
ling after hearing of sonre routine
| business,
o dn the first ballot when Mrs.
t Warren Thurmond was being con
sidered as a member of the Board,
Alderman John Bondurant pointed
out that Mis. Thurmond was al
ready serving on the Board and
asked that Council vote against
her in order to vote for Dr. White
head. Mr. Bondurant had asked
ireconsideralion of his candidate
i earlier ip the meeting (before
minutes of last meeting were ap
proved) according to rules of
Council.
(At this point, however, Mayor
Wells pointed out that Council had
not over-ridden his veto of their
action which over-ruled him.
Therefore, he gaid, the Council
had upheld him in ruling the
nomination of Dr. Whitehead out
of order. He maintained his stand
on Dr. Whitehead'’s ineligibility to
serve on the Board of Education.
Councilman O. M. Roberts, jr.,
asked Council who would be
named to fill Mrs. Thurmond’s va
cant position as member of the
Board from the Third Ward in the
event she was elected so serve
from the city-at-large. The mayor
explained +that Mrs. Thurmond
{ would resign her position as mem
ber of the Board from the Third
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American Tank
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
KOJE ISLAN}), Korea, June 4
(AP)—American infantrymen and
tanks today knocked down and
burned Russian, North Korean
and Chinese flags in three Com
munist prisoner of war pens, then
hauled out unruly prisoner lead
ers.
“Not a shot was fired. The Reds
submitted meekly although only
a few hours earlier they had
boasted they would “fight to the
death.”
One-Two Punch
The smartly-executed one-two
punch at Communist prisoner dis
obedience destroyed all Red ban=
ners that flew today over this
once riot-torn island. But camp
authorities expect more may ap
pear tomorrow.
Seventeen anti-Communist pris
oners, their hands bound, were
rescued from one compound.
The soldiers marched 75 other
POWs out of a second compound.
The group included five Red lead
ers and possibly some anti-Reds.
Threw Tear Gas
..A few tear gas grenades were
thrown as the American soldiers
rushed into the barbed wire en
closures. Later they destroyed
POW guard huts with flame
throwers.
Troops of the U. S. Second Di
vision’s Bth Regiment executed
the operation. Their commander,
Lt. Col. William F. Kernan, San
Antonio, Tex., commented:
“We can go in any of those
compounds anytime we want.”
Grady Students
.
Awarded Prizes
Two students in the University
of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism, William O.
Tribble, Lavonia, and Jack L.
Hunt, Westminister, South Caro
lina, have each been awarded a
$25 U. S. Savings Bond in recog
nition of advertisements they
wrote for the American Safety
Razor Corporation. i
The winning advertisements,
chosen by the company at its New
York headquarters, were parfs of
two survey advertising courses
taught at the University—one in
the School of Journalism, stressing
the journalistic phases of adver
tising, and the other in the College
of Business Administration, stress
ing the economic and business
phases of advertising.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
KEair to partly cloudy and con
tinued rather hot this after
noon, tonight and Thursday.
Chance of thundershowers this
afternoon, Low tonight 66, high
tomorrow 99. The sun sets to
night at 7:41 and rises tomor
row at 5:22.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued hot this after
noon, tonight and Thursday,
with ghance of afternoon thun
dershowers.
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since June 1 .. .. .. .00
Deficit since June 1 .. ... .46
Average June rainfall ~ .. 4.13
Total since January 1 .. ..22.91
;Deficit since. January. 1- ... 24
ATHENS, CA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1952,
Taft Has Slim Lead On lke In South Dakota;
Crowds Gather In Abilene To Hear General Talk
.
lke Will Enter
. .
Political Arena
By RELMAN MORIN
ABILENE, Kan, — (AP) ~—
Dwight D. Eisenhower returned
today to an open field beside the
backyard of his bhoyhood home,
and plunged into the final phase
of a drive his backers hope will
win him the Republican nomina
tion for President,
Thousands of people gathered
beside the railroad tracks, which
run in back of his former home.
Some were former neighbors,
some were the merely curious,.and
some were well-wishers who came
to Abilene from a wide area of
the Midwestern states. ‘
Very few were unaware of the
political implications of the occa
sion.
Officially, it was a welcome
home tendered by a small town to
a famous son.
New Chapter
Actually, the ceremonies drama
tized & new chapter in Eisen
hower’s life, his departure from
the Army and his duties as su
preme commander of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, and
his entry, on a personal basis, into
the political arena,
As such, they may constitute a
critical point in the effort to make
him the Republican standard
bearer next month. |
His backers are hoping that a
30-minute speech today and & bifi
news conference tomorrow wi
put powerful impetus behind the
drive. They will be reported by
newspaper, radio and television,
reaching millions of people.
The two-day celebration began
almost in the shadow of the Eisen~
hower family home.
It is a white, two-story frame
house, half hidden from the un
paved street by towering shade
trees. ’
_ Ike Museum
In the field nearby, ground is
being broken for an Eisenhower
museum. It will house the souve
nirs and trophies that came to him
from World War IIL
Eisenhower and four of his
brothers were to lay the corner
stone for the foundations of the
building.
A parade with more than 30
floats depicting phases of his life
was next on the prog:-um. The last
float places him ‘the “Whife
House—a hope, not a fact.
From there, the plan called for
a speech at Eisenhower Park, on
the opposite outskirts of town. No
certain information was available
about the text of his speech, but
one of his Washington lieutenants
said “he will speak out, frankly
on the things people want to know
about his position.”
The general and his wife, Ma
mie, arrived in Kansas City, Kan.,
last night by plane from Washing
ton. They were greeted at the air
port by a cheering crowd.
The Eisenhowers were taken to
a hotel in downtown Kansas City,
Kan. Hundreds of people cheered
along the route and other scores
applauded as they entered the
hotel.
BLISSFUL IGNORANCE
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 4.—
(AP)—A man who said he didn’t
know Virginia residents had to
pay federal income taxes has been
convicted of failing to file on
$28,840 income for the years
1948-51.
{ Dr. Victor L. Meyers, 56, Alex~
‘landria chiropractor, told federal
| district court yesterday he had
not filed returns since moving to
Virginia in 1921.
. He said he had been told by a
friend that if he moved to Vir
ginia he weuldn’t have to pay fed
eral taxes.
| MUNICIPAL ACTION TONIGHT
The Amvets will meet Lyndon
House in the Municipal League
action tonight at 8 p. m. at Leg
ion Field.
A short managers meeting will
lbe held prior to tonight's game at
1 6:30 at the Legion office.
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AT THE INQUISITION—Shading his eyes from glaring
lights, General Dwight Eisenhower peers ahead to pick
out his questioner as he hold a press conference in the
Pentagon. Beside the session with newsmen, the General
had a full day of last minute official duti&s to take care
of hefore he removed his Iyniform permanently and left
Washington for Adilene, Kansas, to make his first ap
pearance ,as, g civilizn.——(MEA Telephoto.) e
Twin Moves By Congress, Industry
Aim At Ending Crucial Steel Strike
Dr. H. B. Ritchie
Is Honored With
Dinner Tuesday
Dr. Horace B. Ritchie, professor
of education at the University of
Georgia, was honored last night
with a dinner held in the Co
ordinate campus dining hall. The
dinner was sponsored %y the fac
ulty of the College of Education in
conjunctior: with friends and asso
ciates of Dr. Ritchie, who retires
this year, in appreciation for his
50 years of service to the College
of Education.
Among the friends and asso
clates present for the occasion
were members of Dr. Ritchie's
own class of 1905, Master of cere
monijes for the event was Dr.
James E. Green, professcr of edu
cation, who presented the retiring
professor with fumerous plaques
and scrolls from friends and asso
ciates, Among those who took
part in the after-dinner ceremo
nies were: James Bentley, execu
tive aide tc Governor Talmadge;
Mayor Jack Wells; Dr. James
Wilkinson, former pastor of the
First Baptist Church; Marvin Les
ter, head cos Certification for the
State Department of Education;
Harold Saxon, Executive Secre
tary of the Georgia Education As
sociation; President O. C. Ader
hold; Dean John A. Dotson of the
College of Education; Robert Ar
nold, chairman of the Board of
Regents.
| Musieal Program
‘ Musical entertainment for the
dinner was under the direction of
‘Byron H. Warner of the Univer
sity’s Department of Music. Fea
tured were Joan Yow and W. C.
Owens, both University students.
Mhu been en
ed in “profession
for half a century, having served
as Dean of the Georgia Teachers
College for 20 years, prior to his
appointment to the faculty of the
College of Education here. He has
been among the most faithful at
tendants at the yearly graduation
exercises of the University of
Georgia during his association
with the school, never having
missed a single commencement
program. This year will mark the
51st time he has either participat
ed in or obzerved the exercises.
Wells Citation
The cita't'i;r;- fiféééfiied Profes
sor Ritchie by Mayor Wells reads
as follows: 5
“In grateful recognition of out
standing service to our commu
nity, this ecitation of appreciation
is presented Horace B. Ritchie as
an expression of gratitude and
with a sense of deep obligation on
the part of the people of this city.
Signed and sealed by me in my
official capacity, Jack R. Wells,
Mayor, City of Athens, Ga.”
Lottery Operator
Serves Sentence
Charlie Williams, age 30, col
ored, surrendered yesterday to
Clarke County Sheriff Tommy
Huff, after the State Supreme
Court turned down his appeal
from the State Court of Appeals
for operating a bug racket.
Willilams was convicted In
Clarke Superior Court in the April
term of 1951, Judge Henry H.
West sentenced him to 12 months
in the State Penitentiary, six
months in jail, and to pay a SI,OOO
fine or serve another six months
in jail.
Maybank Seeks
Power For HST |
By LEE LINDER
PITTSBURGH June 4,—(AP)—
Twin-pronged moves by industry
and Congress today were aimed
at ending quickly the strike of
650,000 CIO United Steelworkers
that has cut the nation’s steelmak
ing by 90 per cent.
As the crippling walkout
stretched into the third day, offi
cials of the six biggest steel firms
s:iche]:iuled a secret huddle in New
ork.
Its aim: to invite Steelworker
Chief Phillip Murray to resume
bargaining talks within 48 hours.
Murray, president of both the CIO
and the steelworkers, had no com
ment.
Maybank Propesal
Meantime in Washington Chair
man Maybank (D-SC) of the Sen
ate Banking Committee readied an
amendment to the Defense Pro
duction Act. This proposal report
edly might give the President em
ergency powers to seize the defen
se~-vital industry.
Maybank says he wants to end
the strike “to protect the boys in
Korea.” M £
Murray and-the industry cut off
formal negotiations when the fed
eral government took over the bil
lion-dollar steel properties.
Murray wants to bargain. He
said so in the same breath as he
ordered his union to hit the bricks
Monday minutes after the U. S.
Supreme Court called federal sei
zure illegal under the Constitution.
But though both sides indicated
willingness to sit down and talk
contract to replace the labor pact
that expired Dec. 31-there still
appeared little prospect that a ne
gotiated peace would be reached
soon.
Murray’s Stand
Murray said he will settle for
‘nothing less than the recommenda
tions of the Wage Stabilization
g?md.,'mis provided a 26 1-2-cent
-hour package to steelworkers
whose hourly earning now aver
age $1.95.
Steel’s best offer was a 17%-
cent package.
The strike slowly is biting into
America’s industrial potential. Al
ready more than 32,000 workers in
allied industries have been laid off;
the miners who dig the soft coal to
fire the steel furnaces and some of
the railroaders who haul the fin
ished steel to market. z £
But something even more omi=-
nous loomed ahead. Defense Pro
duction Administrator Henry H.
Fowler, who took over the job only
yesterday, predicted a shortage of
some types of steel for certain
military projects by Friday.
Hariman Elected
Alumni Leader
William C. Hartman jr., Ath
ens, class of 1937, has been reel
ected head of the University of
Georgia Alumni Society for the
1952-53 year. i
Other officers named at the an
nual meeting Wednesday are Rob
ert Knox, ’3B, Thomson first vice
president; Miss Lurline Collier,
24, Athens, second vice-president;
John H. Bocock, ‘lO, Richmond,
Va.,, and Lamar Trotti, '2l, Los
Angeles. Cal., out-of-state vice
presidents; William Tate, "24, Ath
ens, recording secretary.
Members of the Board of Mana
gers elected are A, Pratt Adams
jr., '36, Savannah, and Dr. Richard
K. Winston, ’36 Tifton, State at
Large; Robert T. Segrest, 26, Ath~-
ens, and Miss Catherine L. New
ton, '2l, Athens, Faculty; George
L. Smith, 11, ’24, Swainsboro, First
District; Thomas C. Penland, 43,
Thomasville, Second District; O.
Wendel Horne, jr., '36, Cordele,
Third District; J. Doyle Jones, jr,
'37, Jackson, Fourth District; Miss
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Ex-Taxi Driver
Murders Wife
MIAMI BEACH June 4 (AP)—
A former New York taxi driver
was held for investigation of
murder today in the courtroom
sltizying of his 36-year-old divorced
wife.
A few minutes after he had yes
terday, David Brecher shot his
former wife in the head at close
range, then fired three more bul
lets into her crumpled body.
“T thought he was firing blanks
to make a show,” said Justice of
the Peace Kenneth Oka. “I ducked
under the desk until the shooting
was over.”
Oka had just ordered the 44-
year- old laundry truck driver not
to molest his former wife, Ann,
and their infant daughter.
When the shooting was over,
Brecher handed the revolver to
Oka and said: “Here, I'm surrend
ering myself.”
Handcuffed to a courtroom
chaif, Brecher told police he had
tried to effect a reconcilation.
“But it had to be her way,” he
said. “If I'd say black was black,
she'd say black was white. She
wouldn’t settle for gray.”
Road Datly by 55,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
Campus Is Sef
To View 1,000
Receive Degrees
More than 1000 seniors and
graduate students will be award
ed degrees here tomorrow morn=-
ing when the University of Geor
gia holds its 149th annual grad
uation.
The exercises will be held in
Sanford Stadium beginning at 8
a. m, with a band concert to pre
cede by half an hour. The pro
gram has been scheduled early in
order to avoid the June heat.
This is the second ccnsecutive
year that the University has
scheduled its graduation for the
morning and the fourth year that
these exercises have been held in
Sanford Stadium. ’
In the event of doubtful
weather, university oifficials will
ask the local radio stations to
broadcast the place of gradua
tion (Stegeman Hall in ecase of
rain) before 7:30 a. m.
The academic procession which
traditionally opens the commence
ment program will begin at 8 a. m.
This procession, including the fac
ulty and degree candidates, will
march the entire length of the
playing field before being seated
in the Stadium’s north stands,
Led By Sheriff
Clarke County Sheriff Tommy
Huff, in frock coat and sash, with
raised saber, will lead the aca
demic procession. The custom be
gan early in the University’s his
tory when the sheriff was needed
to protect the schools’ first young
scholars from the Indians.
Near the head of this procession
will be James Saxon Childers, as
sociate edifor of the Atlanta Jour=
nal and well-known author, who
will be the commencement speak
er, and Emory O. Veale, Arnolds
ville, who will give the valedictory
address.
Childers has had experience in
both the teaching and journalism
fields but he is best known for
his novels and other writings. A
Rhodes Scholar, he has edifed a
history of poetry, is the amthor of
a history of fairy tales, and has
written numerous short stories
and articles. One of his better
known books is “War Eagle,’ the
story of the Eagle Squadron of
the American flyers in the Royal
Air Force before the United
States entered the second World
War.
Class Valedictorian
Veale will give the class vale
dictory immediately after Mr.
Childers® address. A pharmacy
student, Veale was named first
honor graduate by seniors who
picked him from the five top stu
dents in the graduating class.
Graduation exercises will cli=
max five days of commencement
activity on the campus. The
Baccalaureate Sermon opened
Commencement - Week Sunday
afternoon, Today the University
observed Alumni Day when Cap
tain Eddie Rickenbacker, air lines
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Governor Backs
Airways Petition
BIRMINGHAM, June 4—(AP).
A Southern Airways petition for
renewad of its flight certificate
and increased service to Alabama
and other Dixie areas headed for
Washington with strong support
today.
A letter from Gov. Gordon Per
sons of Alabama was read at a
final Civil Aeronautics Board
hearing on the application here
vesterday. More CAB sessions on
the case are slated at Washington
starting June 24.
Governor's Support
Gov. Persons said in the letter,
“Without reservation, I support
the continuation of services by
Southern Airways and favor its
extension to other Alabama com
munities.”
He said proposed new flights
from Birmingham to Columbus,
Ga., by way of Auburn-Opelika,
and from Columbus to Mobile via
Dothan, Ala., Panama City and
Pensacola, Fia., would “make a
substantial contribution to the
economy of this state.”
CAB Examiner Ferdinand Mo~
ran of Washington heard spokes
men from many of the 33 cities
which Southern now serves.
Other Requesis
In addition, civic leaders from
other centers in South Carolina,
North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Mississippi ahd Louisiana
asked for added flights to certain
cities.
Frank Hulse, airways president,
said the line was petitioning au
thority only to add the Columbus
to Birmingham flights, but would
be glad to set up other new serv=
ice with CAB approval.
HOME
EDITION
Kefauver Takes
Democrat Votes
By JACK BELL
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D, June 4~
(AP)—Sen, Robert A. Taft and
Gen. Dwif'}:\t D. Eisenhower bat
tled on almost even terms m
as counting resumed in
Dakota’s stand-off Republican
presidential primary.
With indications that a few hun=
dred votes might decide the final
winner, the count from 1,703, as
the state's 1,947 precinets in &
contest for 14 Chicago convention
nominating votes was: :
Taft 61,579.
Eisenhower 60,734. i -
Balloting in record numbflw
state’s Republicans gavo a
equal support to the Ohio sepator
and to the five-star general, turn~
ed civilian for his personal entry
into the political ring later in the
day with a homecoming speeeh in
Abilene, Kan.
Split Vote
With 244 precinets missing, Taft
was getting 50.35 per cent of the
vote and Eisenhower 49.65 pey
cent.
Almost unnoticed, Sen. Estes Ke
fauver of Tennessee picked up the
state’s eight Democratic Mxfll
ing delegates. He rode easily over
an oppoesing uninstructed slate by
a two to one margin.
The Taft-Eisenhower battle,
last ballot-box meeting of the
leading’ GOP aspirants before the
July convention in Chicago, de~
veloped strictly into a town vs.
country contest.
Eisenhower carried nearly every
city and large town in the staie.
Taft rolled up his margin in the
farm areas, although he lost only
by a narrow margin in Sioux
Falls, the state’s largest city,
Cities Backed Ike
The cities sent Eisenhower off
to the lead in the early returns
but Taft soon overeame”this ad
vantage. Then it became a case of
whether the Ohioan could bhang
on to his margin as precinets in
the Black Hills areas-mountiain
time areas-cut into the 2,500 lead
he had held at one time.
Counting stopped in many areas
at midnight. County auditers, ab
livious of the national aftention
directed at the contest here, locked
up shop and went off to bed.
National interest was heightened
far beyond the 14 delegate vetes
involved since Fisenhower and
Taft were meeting without any
minor candidates around to clutter
‘up the results.
Whatever the final resuits,
neither candidate eould claim any,
clearcut mandate. The UM’%‘
effect on uncommitted Mw
chosen in other states seemed like~
ly to be minimized.
Taft’s backers hoped a final yie=
tory would reinforce their claim
that the Ohioan is the choice of
the midwest areas. On the other
hand, Eisenhower’s camp wanted
to say that the general is liked as
well here as on the east and west
coasts. -
DeMolays Plan
Initiation Tonight
The Frank Hardeman Chapier
of DeMolay will confer the Initig
tory Degree on thirty-four cangi
dates tonight at 8 o’clock in the
Masonic Temple, :
Thie is one of the largest classes
ever linitiated into the m
since its beginning twenty
yvears asgo. Master COumfior&
Driskell urged that all o )
and members be present to g
an impressive degree. The De
lay degree will be conferred next
Wednesday night and it is hoped
that Senator Richard B. stll
will be present for the occa
Candidates to be initiated are:
Charles Hammond, Julian Cox, j¥.,
Jimmy Laßoon, jr., Richard Fleyd,
Bobby Yarborough, DougM!:m,
Jimmy Sailors, Charles s
Sonny Suddath, Ralph Snow, jr.,
Loy A. Hayes, Peter Shadgeit,
Ronald McKinney, Freddie Loef,
Herb Abroms, Joseph Akins, Bry
son Tanner, Chester Leathers,
Clay T. Ward, William Webb,
David Thurmond, Thomas Blake~
ly, James L. Branyon, Jack Wil=
liams, Robert Bradley, Denald
Whitehead, John McMullan, James
Shackelford, Hubert Bragdley,
Charles Harper, Ronald Mclutyre,
Ralph Keene, jr., James Hada
way, and Thomas Inglett, ir.
POPLE PIUS IS ILL
VATICAN CITY, June 4—(AP)
—Pope Pius XII is suffering from
an attack of influenza-and fever,
an official Vatican press o#ice
bulletin said today. g
The bulletin said that the 76-
year--¢ld pontiff had cancelled
progranr of audiences because oi
his illness.
The Pope has had a heavy
schedule of private, specgym
general audiences almost d for
the past several weeks.
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