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IN THE TENNESSEAN Associated Prtu Unit Press Int. New Scnr. NEA Service A Wirephore Wide World THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN fas REET STANDS TRAINS Af the Crosiroacs of Natural Gas and TV A Cheap Power Tefephone i-122? VOL. 42 No. 360 NASHVILLE, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1949 61 PAGES 1A 0 VJ 'Democracy' Set As Big 3's Price For Berlin Pact Allies Stand Firm That Reds Must Not Take All German New Auditorium, Fire-Police Station, 5-Day Week Voted Discussed Where Will It tie? Site For Bridge Approach To East Nashville Now Authorized By CHARLES I.

FONTENAY Vote by preeincts snd wards and more election pictures en Pegs 6, Nashville voters approved a $5,000,000 city bond issue for the construction of a new municipal auditorium by a comfortable majority in a special election yesterday. Aud donum. Downtown Location Seems Favored For Self-Liquidating Purposes tiff Phot bi Retort C. Holt Jr. Hume, chairman of the auditorium commission.

Standing (from left) are C. L. Ennix and L. C. Sanders, members of the commission I Hugh B.

Helm, a vice chairman of the drlvei Tommy Delbridge, A. B. Benedict Jr. and J. M.

Gallagher Jr commission members. D. L. Lensden, cemmieeion secretary, wss out of town. Yesterday's vote in favor of a new municipal auditorium was a victory for the "progressive program" of Nashville, said Mayer Thomas L.

Cummings (seated, center) after the ballots were in. Seated with him' are E. C. (Bud) Yokley (left), new city attorney who was campaign manager for the auditorium drive, and William Ford Workers Strike: Empire Near Paralysis Walkout Affect 47 Planf 106,000 Workers, Spokesman Says Ford Molar work force went oil strike yesterday and the world's second largest auto empire faced complete paralysis. Some 65,000 workers thronged out of two Detroit plants sharply on the noon deadline.

(7 Sevanee Head To Visit School Dr. Boyliton Green Of Emerson College New Vice Chancellor Dr. Boylston Green, new vice chancellor of the University of the South, will take over the school at ths beginning of the fall term, It appeared certain last night Although the 44-yetr-oid presl dent of Emerson college In Boston a AP Wlrrstioto Dr. Boylston Green had not formally accepted the new position to which he was ejected yesterday in a special meeting of the Sewanee board of trustees In Atlanta, ha told The Nashville Ten-nessean by telephone from his home last night that "In ft real sense I have accepted." He said formal acceptance was (Continued on Page 6, Column 1) Budget Deficit Tops a Billion WASHINGTON The gov ernment's budget deficit rose above billion dollars on the treasury's books yesterday with less than two months left In this fiscal year. Although expenditures stood exactly $1,027,236,866.77 above In come- aa of May 3, the admlnistra tion official forecast continues to be that the deficit will be pared to $600,000,000 when the years ends June 30.

Up With Teachers, Down I 5 1 i I 1 i a i L. With the bond Issue for a new municipal auditorium approved by the voters yesterday, conjecture pormptly turned to the question of where it will be located. C. Banders, the only member of the present auditorium commis sion who was a member of the 1948 commission which made an 18- month study of auditoriums from Ohio to the West Coast, said he waa Inclined to favor the present location of the Ryman auditorium as site for the pew one. "My vote on the commission will probably go for thatSpot," he said.

"There are not too many buildings on that block, and If It were front ed on Broadway it would have a uvu wiu aiirwi in uuuv ui u. im In favor of having space for bualness establishments In the Broadway side, to help make the euauorium eeir-pnencing." Against Church St. Mayor Thomas Cummings said he was strongly sgalnst locating the auditorium anywhere on Church St. "Besides the added cost of such a location," he said, "there would be a terrific traffio jam every time the auditorium lets out, it would Fire-Police Hall Site Indefinite Ma Be Constructed Near Public Square, Commissioner Says Nashville's new 11,000,000 fire and police headquarters building and Jail "most likely" will be located, near the Public Square, Police Com missioner Beth Mays said last night. The commissioner, however, emphasised that no definite plans for the type of building nor its location have been formulated.

Approved Issue Nashville' voters yesterday ap proved the Issuance of bonds to finance the project by a vote of 2732 to 2116. Mays said that several real estate appraisers will probably start looking around within a few days BERLIN' (JP) Western leaders strved notice yesterday, the estab lishment of a truly democratic Germany will be their price for agreement with the Russians at the forthcoming Big Four foreign ministers' conference. British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Gen. Sir Brian Robert on, British commander In Ger many, set the keynote. The cold battle for 'Berlin has been ended by agreement.

Now the East and West face a greater test of strength a struggle for all cf Germany. A four-power communique con firmed that the Russian blockade of western Berlin and the western allies' counter blockade of the Soviet none of Germany will be lifted May 12. Paris Meeting Set The bulletin also said the foreign ministers of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France will meet in Paris May 23 "to consider questions relating to Germany, and problems arising out of the situation in Berlin, including also the question of currency In Berlin." It will be the seventh such session since the war. The communique was issued simultaneously in London, Paris, Mos-sow, Washington and New York. It was in New York that the agreement was worked out among Big Four representatives to the United Nations.

Truman Happy In Washington President Truman said yesterday he is happy that Big Four agreement on the Berlin blockade provides a chance to take up east-west problems at the point where negotiations left off 10 months ago. In avoiding any highly optimistic statements about the prospects for further agreement with the Soviets Mr. Truman Was reflecting the eautlous attitude of his state department advisers. Peoples around the world experienced a sense of relief when news of the understanding became known. Berlin had been a powder keg for more than 100 months.

At times during that period it had appeared that a new world war might be touched oft in the ruined city. lBy RED DONNELL-J Redline News: Gov. Cordon Browning, prov-; en political winner, guesses that Ky. Colonel will win Derby Governor Brown ing, Mrs. Browning, others 'leave tomor-Jrow a.m.

via automobile for 'Louisville, Downs. "I 'don't know one horse from an- other," explain. ed Governor Browning, "but en hunch I'd 'have to pick I Ky. Browning said he read where Col. Matt Winn, big boss of Derby, was Browning helping annual turf event celebrate its 75th anniversary.

"If any Tennessee colonel asks me I'm telling 'em to bet. if they must bet, on Ky. (Continued en Page It, Column 3) poudy, Wdrm TENNMSEB: ParlW tteoSr an! in WnS toll warm toSsr. Saturday ton tfterable eloSlnt with scattered thaw ra ar thunderstorms lurnlni ceoltr stest and sentrsl Mrtiant. THtPEftATt'RES 4 m.

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Hlh Is Free, as .16 14 57 15 S4 Senate Passes School Aid Bill $300 Million Funds Will Aid 'Poortr States' According to Income WASHINGTONflBThe senate last night passed a bipartisan 000,000 federal aid to education bill under which the largest grants would go to help the poorer states of the South improve their schools. The vote on passage was 58 to 15. Before sending the bill to the house, the senate voted to leave it up to individual states whether any of the federal funds will be used to provide bus transportation and other services for parochial and private schools. It rejected, Tl to 3, an amendment by Sen. Forrest C.

Donnell (R-Mo.) which, would nave restricted the use of federal money to public Also -defeated, by voice vote, was a proposal by Sen. Brien McMahon (D-Conn.) which would have had the opposite effect at compelling states to provide free school busses for parochial schools. Under the bill every state would receive an annual federal grant of at least $5 for each child in Its population between the ages of five and 17. The smaller a state's income, the greater would be the federal aid per pupil. Sponsors estimated the bill's complicated formula would give Mississippi the top allotment of $29.18 per child, with South Carolina and Arkansas close behind with about $25 a child.

Most other southern states would receive $20 or more per child. It was estimated that 29 states, mostly in the industrial North and East, would qualify as "Wealthy" states and receive only the minimum allowance of $5 a child. Nashville's 92 Sets Record For May 5 Heat Nashville joined many other cities of the nation yesterday In chalking up an all-time heat record lor May 92 degrees! This beat by a full degree the record set in 1902, according to K. M. Barto, IT.

S. weather bureau meteorologist. It equalled the highest temperature on May 12, 1902. which was the earliest that a 92 had ever been reached here in weather bureau records, The high was reached at 4 p.m. yesterday, and the day's low was 58 at 4 a.m.

The outlook is for another scorcher today, possible scattered showers, and cooler weather Saturday and Sunday. would create fire hazard In a spot like that too." Tommy Delbridge. rianager of Loew's theater and ft member of the auditorium commission, said he felt ths auditorium definitely should have an uptown location, It will never pay for Itself If It's put too far out of town," said Delbridge. "Besides, It ought to be located close to the hotels to take care of convention visitors. They shouldn't have to take a bus to It" Eighth Maybe C.

L. Bnnlx, Negro attorney who Is ft member of the commission, said he had heard one suggestion that it be located somewhere on Eighth ave. B. Other locations which have been suggested by various people In the last few days In clude centennial parx; nenina tne state eaoltol as ft part of the slum clearance project lor mat area; ana on ft structure built over the rail' road traoka between the Church at. and Broadway viaducts.

Most members Cf the commls slon said they had not given any consideration to location of the auditorium at yet, and had heard little discussion of tt Their attitude was summed up by William (ContlnM) an Page 11, Celumn 2) City To Speed Approach Plans Engineers Slated To Be Called Earl On Project, Maor Says Engineers wilt be called In with in the next few weeks to begin work on plans for ths new cloverleaf approach' to the Woodland at, bridge, Mayor Thomas cummings said last night. Nashville voters yesterday au thored the Issuance of bonds for the 11,000,000 project by a vote of 2370 to 2300. Several buildings on First ave. will have to be razed to make way for the new structure. That was the main reason some merchants around the Public Square were opposed to the bond proposal.

Also It was pointed out that the county must provide an additional The quarterly court -will meet in pedal session Monday to consider fixing a date for a county referen dum on the Issuance of $500,000 In bonds to pay for its share of the cost of the structure. If the court approves the holding of a referendum on the Issue, the election will probably be set for June 9 ths same day voters outside the city of Nashville will vote on two bond Issues totaling for construction of county schools, Sisk, Siskl SIOUX CITV, Iowa UP) Here's why August Machura didn't have to pay an overtime parking fine yesterday, He parked atj a curb where there was no parking meter. But when he came hack ha found a new meter and a summons on his windshield. "The csr got there before the meter," Municipal Judge Berry Sisk ruled. "Case dismissed." Boys of the same caliber.

Parents who realise an adolescent's problems arc Just as Important to him as grown-up problems are to adults, and who take the time to gain their children's, confidence. Athletics, which keeps many boys in school. TA Condemned They leveled a strong Indictment 'igalnst Parent-Teachers associations, which they said "are a waste of time" in furthering relations between parents and teachers or between teachers and child, but which operate quite effectively as a pressure group. They charged few teachers attend P-TA meetings, (Continued en Pegs 1S, Celumn 4) Also approved by the vot ers were a $1,000,000 bond issue for construction of a Up fo CiV7 Service The date for the institution of five-day work week for city employes may be set when the civil service commission meets In regular session May 12, It appeared last night. City Attorney E.

C. (Bud) Tokley said the comlsslon must determine when rlty employes will go on the five-day week authorised by Nashville voters aster-day by a count of 3067 to 1931. Joseph Martin, chairman ef the civil service commission, said he had not read the aot, but If the commission must take any action on the matter It would be placed on the agenda tor May 12. The legislature authorised a referendum on ft similar proposal for county employee, but the quarterly county court Monday voted against submitting it to ths people. The county court's referendum committee held that the action was illegal, claiming that voters cannot legislate.

new combined city firc- police headquarters and jail, a $1,000,000 bond issue for the city's share in the build- intr of a clover leaf approach to the Woodland st. bridge, and a five-day work week for city employes. With a total of Mil votes csst. the auditorium proposal carried by more than 600 votes, 3067 to 2465. The pollre-tlre hall was spproved Z725 to 2116, the clover leaf 2370 to 2300 and the five-day week 3067 to 1931.

Extremely Light Vote The vote was extremely light, even for a bond Issue election. Cutting heavily Into It was the depressing effect of the state poll tax, a prerequislts to voting In Tennessee, which most voters had not paid In time to vote In the special election. Thus the burden of voting lay primarily on property owners who had paid poll taxes at the sama time they paid property taxes, veterans of World Wars 1 and II who (Continued en Page 8, Column 4) Purse Contents, Minus Money, Sent to Loser Mrs. Marlon Nee Sawyers of Route 1, Charlotte pike, yesterday received the contents of a billfold she lost almost a year ago minus the $25 It once contained. "Please return to the owner" was the cryptic direction written on one of the papers In an envelope addressed to The Nashville Tennesson.

The envelope contained numerous photographs, a social security card, a baby's prescription and a receipt or two. Mrs, Sawyer said she lost the billfold last summer while shopping in Naahvllls with her mother-in- law, Mrs. W. M. Sawyers.

She said she believed the billfold was picked up from a department store counter while she shopped for baby dresses. The envelope addressed to The Tennessean contained no clue to Identify the sender. "He may have been a thoughtless thief who became thoughtful 10 months after his deed. It may have been ft thoughtful but timid Nashvlllian who found the contents of the billfold somewhere recently. Today's Tennessean Amusements Page 40 Pages 58-63 Page 38 Page 64 Page SS Page 88 Pages 26, 37 Page 30 Pag 29 Page 67 Page 31 Page 3S Paget 83-M Classified Ads Comics Crossword Puule Death Notices Dr.

Bralliar Editorials, Features Fashion Horoscope Horoscope Markets Patterns Radio Sport for a site for the modern fire to pay ror tne approacn minute negotiations between the company ana me liu united auio Workers broke off abruptly. No further meetings were schdculed Running Lines Too Fast The union charged that Ford was running assembly lines too fast at ita big Rouge plant and the Lin coln-Mercury factory. The con pany denied the speed-up charge and said the strike violated the Ford contract with the UAW. Several hours after the strike be gan, Ford charged that UAW pick ets had "prevented entry Into the Rouge plant by anyone." The company appealed to Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard to use the city's police force to guarantee free access to the plant, and to sreli help from county and state authorities if necessary. Copy Sent to Governor A copy of Ford's telegram was sent to Michigan Gov.

Q. Mennen Williams. At the same time the company Issued a statement saying a settle ment of the speed-up dispute on union terms would be "an unwar ranted limitation of our rights un der our union contract." "There Is only one conclusion for us to draw," the statement added. "This strike is 'the result of arbl trary action by the union, and the company and our employes are the victims." A Ford spokesman said the walk out would tie up operations in Ford's 47 other plants around the world within about a week. This would hit a total of 106,000 produc tion workers and a small number of other employes.

Gettiri Hitched? Don't Fret About Beauty By NELLE SIZZLE A girl's girl and a boy's boy are definitely the best bets In marriage. Furthermore, there's no handicap to a successful marriage like good looks, in the opinion of H. C. Brear-ley, professor of sociology at Pea- body college. He made these statements last night In the second of four talks on family relations at Vine Street Christian church.

"Looks don't mean a thing after 10 years of marriage, he declared Both men and women become ac customed to beauty and fail to see It after it has been around for awhile. Also, a man in the American business world is severely handicapped by handsomeness, Brearley added. Listing some faults of courtships In the United States, the sociology professor condemned the American's admiration for individualism, terming it an actual "worship of the revolutionist whom we call a Individualist." In a home, he said, "I know of nothing worse than an attitude of 'each man for himself and the devil take the Small town people usually are more successful in marriage than city folks, Brearley stated. If you are engaged to a person who gets on your nerves, that friction will Increase after marriage. Flexlble- ness and companlonableness are more important than physical Shortly afterward frantic last Living Costs Drop Predicted No Collapse Expected By Expert; Speakers Fear Big U.

S. Spending WASHINGTON UPl House wives got a cheering forecast yesterday from a'top government economic expert--that there will be a "further easing" of living costs this year. the same time, he told bus! nessmen not to start "digging for storm cellars" because 'he said the nation's economic foundations are strong enough "to prevent a col lapse." 1 C. of C. Warns Against Spree While Dr.

Edwin G. Nourse was handing out this advice, a trio of Chamber of Commerce speakers was urging the administration not to go on a spending spree in an effort to promote prosperity. They said this would bring on depres sion. Instead, fney advocated giving private Industry more free dom of action to deal wfth the postwar readjustment problems. Nourse expressed his views to re porters after giving President Tru man the latest analysis of the na tion's economic health prepared by the White House economic ed visory council which he heads.

Although the council's report was not made public Nourse gave some of Its main points. Under August Peak Living costs in March were 3.2 per cent under the peak of August, 1948 and despite a slight upturn in April, he said a further drop Is in prospect "Prices continue downward," Nourse said, "but not, on a demoral ized basis." wniie reporting mere still are "inherent" inflationary as well as peated earlier assertions that the country Is In a period of "healthy disinflation." day's election by a vote of 3012 to 2469. It had been predicted for sev eral weeks that Tokley would become city attorney. Legislation au thorizing the power board to em ploy counsel was approved by the ih general assembly. Toklev's salary will be $9,000 a year.

It is expected that Assistant City Attorney Claude Callicott will be named first assistant by Cum mings at ft salary of $7,500 a year. Native ef Maury County A native of Maury countv. Ten nessee, Tokley came to Nashville at the age of 10. Following his graduation from Hume-Fogg high school, he attended Cumberland university in Leb- (Centlnued en Pag (, Column 7) police beadquarters. One report has said the building will be located In the rear of the market house which Is now used more or less as a parking lot.

The City holds title to that property. A resolution authorising the sale of the bonds and the terms of the sale will have to be approved by city council before money for the building will be available. Pays Rental At present the city pays the coun ty a rental of $4,500 a year for Its police headquartere which are lo cated In the old Davidson county criminal court building on Second N. In addition to the rental the city maintains the Inside of the struc ture with the county paying for the upkeep of the outside. After the city vacates the build ing It will probably be converted into office space for departments or county governments.

Several county offices st tne courthouse now are in dire need of edditlonal cpace. With P-TA1 ing and drinking, and radio mystery programs. Composing ths psnel were Fred Graham, president of the West high school student council; Lewis Moore chaplain of the HI- club at Cohn; Marvin Glenn, Hume-Fogg ealutatorlan; Ray Pardue, North ROTC cadet1 colonel; Em-mett Beech, Howard senior class member, and Robert Lewis Cats, student court chief Justice at East. Approval Voiesd Generally spesklng, the lads voiced approval for: Their teachers, which each boy classified ss "the best in tbe city." Olrls who are sincere, honest, have good character and are worthwhile conversationalists. Mayojr Names 'Bud' Yokley To Post of City Attorney Forum Audience Gets First-Hand Report On Young America, Finds Encouragement E.

C. (Bud) Tokley, assisant city attorney for the past 11 years, yesterday was elevated to the position of city attorney by Mayor Thomas L. Cummings. The appointment is effective immediately. The 40-year-old Tokley succeeds Charles Blackard who Is now attorney for the Nashvilhj Power board.

"Mr. Tokley has served "the city faithfully for the past 11 years," Mayor Cummings said in announcing the appointment "His ability and fidelity to duty merits the promotion." Led Auditorium Drive Announcement of Tokley's appointment was made after he had successfully led the drive to pass the $5,000,000 auditorium bond Issue. It was approved In yester By ALLEN PETTUS A panel of serious high school boys laid open the adolescent mind at Watklns Institute's Lets Think" forum last night. If audience reaction is a guide, the picture wss pleasing. As the session closed, several forumites were prompted to stand up and proclaim the younger generation Isn't going to the dogs, after all, If what these youngsters said Is true.

Range Far Afield Using as their home base the night's subject, "What Boys Think," the panel ranged far afield in discussions of girls, parents, Sunday school, teachers, smok 4 .4. St S4 4 12 II SS II It 69 St 4 SO 5 8s 61 St iicaao island nvsr irt Worth ouston ianiaa Cltv Ittle Rork Anteies lulsmlla amphla rldlan ew Orleans ew Tor ortiand. Ma. It. Louis aa Antonie agnan ininiron.