The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 37

1 Ronkina Sloie Lo'ce or i r- oro OOlO uiiahom QCMlfS Attack Lake Sale Disposal of Site Without Bids, Below Asking Price Brings Criticism 2nd All-Slate Platoon Starts Marine Training i i- I it iS '4 Kl-V r.rs I Huff r. Hrr Fr-n 5 1 -Ve-l is: in -second ried the corporation retailed -the right refusal of privileges nr renewal of lease privileges! for swimming boating, fishing and renres-sion," Harton was still state treasurer at this time. He later acquired the full stock of Ijke Tullahoma. Inc. which he said was all turned over to his children.

"I am not a stock holdre in the fjT.o'.s ry 'g seronl all-Tern." platoon tr. la? training The i "Yoiun'e er left. tv; tie Thurdav at 3 m. ant arrived at Farru Friday n.gnt. Donald MfSern, Comp'fte Be Tremtnq Jame A.

Wright Jr Chariea D. Dotion, 17, hv com- By GENE GRAHAM Staff Correspondent TULLAHOMA. Tenn. residents expressed concern nod resentment here yesterday st the action of the state name and fish commission in se'ling I.ake Tullahoma without bids. The sale was also at a 'cure J2.1VX beneath the state's asking price.

In Nashville, the state attorney general's office is makine a routine check into the legality cf the sale. The lake was declared surplus in August hy the state game and fish commission and sold Oct. fi "hv regnttation" to a group composed of the department nf employment 'secuntv. pr'sen'ed the Mint ftate flag that the pla'oon car- I 'nd during their VVwee stay II I 1 1 I 4- Tarris Island Filling in for Gov. Funk Om- frV.

C' who is attending th drouth1 fj invention in Kansas City, Mc- I Sween cited the historv of othr Vf 1 Tennessee volunteers to the 72' r' S'aff photos bv is the lake's bo house; at left and in the background the wooded hills HaHon owns and proposes developing as exclusive home sites. TULLAHOMA The quiet of a breathlen October day aet-tle over Lake Tullahoma. 3S-acre body of itate-owned fishing water sold "by negotiation" Oct. 6 to the John Harton intereiti for $1 5,000 523,000 less than the state's asking price. At right, aam 4n Ka Vf ipinaa" nn th ram.

firm at all." Harton said On March 24, utill another deed involving the lake property executed. This third ded, Olrls said, provided the state with SO-foot right-of-way around the which could he used only for ja road. It was this road which the Harton intetests were asking built hy the state, that brought jen the decision of the commission to sell Lafte Tullahoma. Limit On Salt These deeds, Olds maintained, jmade it virtually impossible to sell the lake property to any one 1 other thart the Harton corporation. cf the children of John Harton, local politician and financier, for Jl.VOOO.

Lest Than $38,000 Hayden W. Olds, commission director, had earlier said the state would accept no less than J.18.000 Xor the popular fishing resort. Speedy approval of the sale hv Attorney General Roy Beeler'g office is anticipated. It is expected the deed will be turned ovef to 'ol steps Thursday. The second pla-j 'onn had yestrday and today forj recreational activities They will; be ifiiied clothing and start basic training tomorrow.

Members of the "Volunteer Pla-J Dotson Wright Midstale Businessmen To Get Mobilization Fads toon" aie WML pleted basic training at Lackknl air force base, Texas. Wright is the son of Mr. and Mrs James A Wright, 3.V3 General Bates drive. Dotson Is the son cf Mrs. Lou Dotson, the local group this week.

Olds yesterday defended the commission s. action both in selling the lake and in the method it employed. He said the commission had instructed him to gee that the Method of selling: was completely legal and proper. Olds said he wno vniua nv nnugnt ine 'property with Lake Tullahoma. Ir.c, holding the right of refusal privileges and with the road stipulation?" he asked.

i MeCord Not Involved I Olds also denied that former tGov. Jim McCorrl. now commis-' sinner of conservation and staunch Finish Virginia Coursa To Nashville men have eom-plted btsic training at tha rnedl ral replacement training centert Camp Pickett, Va. subsequently turned the matter over to Torter Dunlap, state pub Billr A4am, Inhn'en Kfnnrih hburn. jji 1 hir'r-suond N'iv.

Thsmit Brrkil Jimfi Bilev. MT.priL Milium Bi Jr. Johr.non CUT-Hiiiitm B-in. Knovtl: 1 hAdnr L. Hiirmm.

Jo.in&oa City. Jnh I Burkhtrt. Knuvi Jtmti Burro. Mmphts Milium S. lniillfy Johmiti Ci'T Jjmfi lflli.

MTipnn Drnnlt handlrr, Johnjon ClT hot I lr. Leain.m Oln J. lmfn. Frtnlin Prmlire L. Pnrt.and Harold C.

Drnnlnt. Poniand Harold C. lovl Mrmrnis Krnnflh I Dirkrrton. prtnsflli Jim I lnd. Mmptut Herman t.

Green Miell Oreene, Jonevonro arl iulr Jr. Nlhanlal B. Greff, U09 Bosiobel l' Nihviile nd L. fiolden. f'Un'nn letter Gilrralh.

Chtlnoo I erov f.reen. Memphl Bobhe Hrl. Chi'invs( Arnold Hdi. Ci' Donald Hnlmin, Orindvten seans what to expert in case of war is headed by Col Alvin R. Glafka, former assistant commandant of th University of Ala-hama.

ROTC. Lt. Col. Marvin Heath, instructor and advance officer, will arrive here a week early to compete arrangements He is a foimer Sewart air force base executie officer and was profeesor of political science Vanderbilt university between 1947 and 19.M. Other instructors are Col Champlln Buck, army ordnance corps; Col.

Henry O. Smith Jr. V. S. air force; Capt.

Herman Schieke, navy transportation service, and Comdr Jack O. Dean navy supply corps political ally of Harton, had anything to do with the commission'! decision to sell to the Harton Interests. He said MrOord "positively did not" make a recommendation concerning the sale. The game and fish commission I lic lanrj administrator. Dunlap said the method of selling public property without advertising and without sealed bids "is completely legal." Judgement of Commission The commission's decision to sell the lake, Olds said, was predicated iis separate and apart from the conservation department, he point-led out.

However, report were widespread in Tullahoma yesterday More than 1M Midstate business leaders will be briefed this month on how Middle Tennessee should react to a national emergency. They will hear military experts discus 26 vital subjects ranging from economic, warfare to internal security. The mobilization conference scheduled for Oct. 2fi to Nov. fi is one of lfi sessions to he conducted by officers of the Industrial College of the Armed Forres, Washington.

The sessions here are sponsoied by the Nashville Chamber of Com-merce Industrial mobilization committee, C. L. Rirgel, chairman nf the committee, said last night the "real purpose of th meeting is to impress on business men what could happen" if the nation were suddenly plunged Into an emergency status. Others Can Attend The group will meet in the War Memorial auditorium and Riegel said "other interested businessmen who wish to attend should get in (ouch with the Chamber of Commerce." Rear Adm. Wesley McLaren Hague, commandant of the Industrial college, will come here for the opening of the conference and will be.

one of the key speakers. Brig. Gen. Burton V. Hovey.

deputy commander of the indus DeLocke ave N.hvlii Milium II Harm, pel Fn Millie Jennetle Neptune I llltord R. Atlnn Immltt "i lonea, knnxville Harlan It fcn. Neptune I harle. hldaell, 721 WMttwood Rnherl t. Mlhiirn.

F'lridje Dnnald L. lewii. Uinel! Jamea I e. Lobelville r.erald Leener. Knnvil' MHIlam Morrla, iOi Eian'on Nhvilie lanrenr T.

Meredith, Hurlea Mn. Mt risnt Faa T. MrSniin, Clmtnn tdcar Moor ArVinrh Carl f. Medlm. 521 Thlrty-eishih ft that McCord was a key figure he-hind the scenes of the transaction.

McCord could not be reached for comment last night, Intervened in 1948 TullahoniRns pointed out. that it was McCord. then governor, who intervened in Harton's behalf in 1918 when Harton acquired Northern field airport here while the city of Tullahoma was still negotiating1 for its purchase. -taff photo hy Jimmy Holt TULLAHOMA Warped and decaying, this swimming and diving platform stands is mute testimony to the lack of care given facilities at the state game and fish commission's impounded lake Tullahoma. The commission says the dam, in the background, also needs extensive repairs.

It has closed the area to swimmers. Bond Midstate Palsy Council To Meet The Middle Tennessee council for Cerebral Talsy will meet at p.m. Tuesday In the auditorium of ih Y.MCA. A film of the day camp for rrio- Naahvilia a coat of paint. The outside paint has scaled away extensively.

of the othrr installations are still leased by the air force, It is understood. A. Ii. Blake, supervisor of Lake Tullahoma. took sharp issue yester pled rhildren, held this summer, will be shown at the meeting hy W.

L. Bland, director of the Tennessee Society for Crippled Children. A short film on (he cerebral palsy center at Kingsport also will The swimming dock, now closed by the commission, is almost completely deteriorated and picnic facilities surrounding the area are Sroit Mnnre Milium O. Mrdno. CHnmn Hnhaon Nlrholinn.

Neptune Rohert ahora. Nunfnrd. M. r'leld, ColumbU Knland Olribam. IJ.IS mtd Nlivilie Milium Meree, Hrmita fnherl I.

Firrl. Mount Vrrtnri Birhard J. Ha. Knnxvlll r.eorft n. steieni MlUtlltin hlaon.

luahfil They Pvt. -H. wowell E. BnrJ, ton of Mr. and Mrs.

P. Bond. Fifth ave. Pvt. Louia H.

OeLoekB. son of Mr. and Mrs. H. DeLocke, 2140 Magnolia road.

National Guard Appointments Five members of the local national guard have received promotions or appointments. Brig. Gen. Joe W. Henry announced yesterday.

Appointment, Lt. Stoart I Mrholaou. 1311 aeph lit Lt. Dole firvtn Jr b- son drive. Midsson Promotions day with the game and fish com on several factors: "Lake Tullahoma has lost money since the time it was htiilt," Olds said.

"The commission was $38,000 In the hole on the lake." This deficit dictated the com-fnlssion's original "asking price" he said, "If thp lake had not been sold," he added, "extensive repairs would have been necessary. The dam is in bad shape and major Improvements would have been necessary on the two buildings At the lake." All told, he said, the commission figured it. would have had to pend $22,500 had it kept the lake. "The value of the. lake as a public fishing area decreased with the opening of Woods reservoir on Elk river near Tullahoma," he continued.

The new lake, an estimated 4000 acres in area, was empounded when the air force flammed Elk river is miles from here in connection with its nearby Arnold Engineering Development Center. Olds conceded, however, that the question of selling Lake Tullahoma first came up when representatives of the Harton group-known as Lake Tullahoma Inc. came to Nashville in an effort to get the state to construct a road around the lake, a scant two miles from the outskirts of this eir force boom town. The corporation, which Harton once owned but now says he has turned over to his rhildren, owns mission's appraisal of the lake'Siin poor condition. A house subcommittee report submitted by Harold Stuart, former air force assistant secretary, disclosed in March 19S2 that McCord wired officials of the War Assets Administration in Washington that Harton as en route to negotiate the Northern field nale.

He urged favorable consideration of Harton's offer, the Stuart report said. State rernrMs uncovered at ihe same time showed that Harton on Feb. 7, 1IM8, obtained from American National bank of Nashville a trial college, will speak at the value as a fishing site. Blake said statistics indicating be shown at th meeting. Members of the commission, final srsaion.

The. conference elected hv districts, are John H. r.nliton M. Stnut, 109 Oceols vi Nuh- Italians Flee Floods Webb of Sparta, chairman: Milhur will he conducted four hours dally, Monday through Friday. In addition to the businessmen, C.

Jolly, Jackson: A. D. Huddleston, vi; Jnhn B. Srhlnile. Memphis Harltnev Ihnmaton Mt Pieistnt Jaioh I Thomaa, Lenoir City Jn r.

Tillman, 1009 Chicimluis ave the. lake's use have not heen released for the fiscal year ending July 1. 1953. But last fiscal year, he "said, the lake stood third in use among the six impounded lakes operated by the commission, selling a total of 448 permits. New Swim Platform MILAN.

Haly-crt-Three Ital ian villages were evacuated yes about 150 armed forces reservists Alcoa: Enoch Brown, Memphis; h. Lee Cross, Morristown; Edwin have been recalled to take part N'hvl terday as torrential rain continued Crutch er of Nashville Proadus High ranking officers from over cashier's cherk in the amount of the Southeast will participate. What To Expect Mai. Merrill Hllirea P'Bejl. wai'i Br'rtje rn1 Nhil'n lt Lt.

Edward (arert 8hattU. J3i Hanforl driv Lt. (ol. Nsbl Vin Nmi, Oo.f Cut) NnhviV.e Rohert aMmore land. 3904 Tor belt NafhviUf Alherl G.

Wood. Johnson C'i BiIIt added, CUT Mood. Cnhirnni tmnald W. Miltahire. Plean for the fifth consecutive day to sweep across northern Italy, Start your Want Ad now.

Mapels, Murfreesbnro; Will S. Roper, Covington; and LeRoy Rvmer. Cleveland. and turned the check over to Governor McCord where it He said Harton also told him in team of staff members Blake said he did not notice any was held in escrow as payment for the state-owned Northern field he intends building a new swimming platform and other improvements. "Mr.

Harton will spend money on the lake and he will make land. flrop off in the lake's business this vear as a result of competition from the new Wood reservoir. As a matter of fact, said, "this has The cherk was finally delivered to the state department of ac counts on Aug. 13, money," Blak predicted, "I guess heen our best year, A check of the dock huilding hv it is hejt. that has it If the NOW YOU CAN AFFORD THAT SET OF TOOLS THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS NEEDED- jffl'imij HAS THEM! Harton's purchase of Northern a reporter revealed that the insideistate doesn't intend to spend any-of the structure has never rereivcdMhing on improvements." field installations! from WAA following: McCord's intervention likewise took a singular turn.

iOffered for $58,125 Tennessee Spotlight rrr7 1),) yr DMIttCeiMIAI nCfillAHIfiC AIIAIITUt Sf aie Kidnap Law Sterner r.rUi tow llU VhS oi On July 1, 194S, according to the Stuart, report, WAA offered the installations to Harton for $68,125 Harton said that was "too much' and offered $10,000 although the original cost of the installations was in eitcess of $5,477,000, the Stuart report sa id. Sixteen days later, WAA an-announced publicly it would take 1MH3 Than U. Some Ways By NELLIE EN YON bids on Northern field hut six days asu following that reversed itself, an nouncing "an indefinite postpone divorce case and the father later takes the child, To Err Ii Human Currey Sanders, deputy commissioner in the insurance and hanking department, stood for a lot fill the land surrounding the lake and plans a subdivision along the lake front, The commission, Olds said, met with Ike Tullahoma Inc. representatives June 2 and Aug. 4 Appearing for the corporation were Nat I.

Washburn and Robert Rat-cllffe sons-in-law of Harton, and Rep. Thomas A. Johnson, attorney and Coffee rounty representative to the state legislature in 1331 and 1953. "This whole thing goes hack to 1933," Olds said yesterday, It was on Feb. 18 of that year When Lake Tullahoma, deeded the property "free of charge" to the state to huild a lake.

At that time, Harton was state under the administration of Gov. Trent ice Cooper. The late B. H. Wilkin was president of the corporation executing the deed.

This original deed, Olds said, pave the state a right-of-way only p0 feet above the high water mark of the spring-fed lake. Subsequently, he said, the state needed Additional acreage to construct a boat, dock and lodge. Thus, on Nov. 1M9 a second I If HEAVY GAUGE STKl very thing Pictured ment" of advertisement of Northern field bids because "conditions have arisen which make it necessary for WAA to delay advertii-ing. Two days after this, on July 2fi, 1948, WAA sold the multi-million dollar installation to Harton for $15.74.3.

The sale was not announced by WAA until Augr. 14. 1948 and then it remained for THE NASHVILLE TENNESSON to reveal the amount Harton paid. has a kidnapping law stricter In some respects than the federal "Lindhereh" law. state legal experts observed here last tfpek.

Tennessee's law appears to he severe enough that would-be kidnapers may do well to think a dozen times before they decide to try such a rrlm. Tennessee's law does not. provide mandatory dpath penalty in such cases. But neither does the much-discussed Lindhprgh law. Leave It To Court 1 Both state and federal laws provide a death penalty but leave the question of whether it shall be administered to the courts.

Tennessee's law fixes a specific 98 of kidding during the past week. It all stemmed from the fart that a picture of a pretty girl appeared through error in this column last Sunday under his name Fentoti Gentry, president of a II 1 insurance company, was worried a ti his $41,916 Rental Until recently, rentals at the field paid Harton a year. The runways, a hangar and some Sanders wife would see thp picture. Reason: He had been telling her he was making frequent trips to Nashville to see Currey Sanders To clear it up a true likeness of Sanders appears today. Postman Confused D.

T. known as Unrle Sam, the postman who delivers mail In several state buildings around capitol hill, was more than confused last week. He spent most of one day trying to find the state budget department. It had moved from the Cotton States minimuTn sentence of not less than 20 years for such a crime. No specific minimum is set out in the federal law.

A. Humphreys state solicitor general, Milton Rice and Nat. Tipton, assistant attorneys general, are of the opinion that Tennessee's law is adequate. They conceded, however, that tome might think it, should be strengthened, perhaps to make a death" penalty mandatory whpre the kidnaped victim is not returned unharmed. Amended in 1935 Tennessee's law was amended in 1935 as an outgrowth nf the Lindbergh kidnaping.

Under the amentfment it provides that "any person who kidnaps for the purpose nf securing a ransom shall be xuilty of a felony and upon conviction, shall suffer death in the electric chair, or be confined in the state penitentiary for not less than 20 year, which the jury mav fix as its punishment." The legal department officials explained that the death penalty was added in the IMS. amendment and that the minimum prison sentence was increased from 10 to 20 years. The Lindbergh law says: "Whoever knowingly transports in interstate or foreign commerce any person" who has been unlawfully seized, decoyed, kidnaped' or abducted or carrier! away and held for ransom or reward or otherwise, except, in case of a. minor by a parent thereof, shall be punished: "By death if the kidnaped person has not heen liberated unharmed, and if the verdict of the jury shall so recommend, or "By Imprisonment for any term of years or for life if the WHAT PART IS YOURS? I flj XWJI 1 OMIY SO WEEKLY lj i tnTTrTl II I I II ') Uattrltloni, Factory ftiillfS II I I II I It Is MM WUkmnVl-m MlYUOCltn IT Hm Maintenance, lit. i III 'I III I 'I 1 Ii' II l-K In Wr if 3sJJ II If IMfl'liS' if l-h.

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T. Nellums More than confused building to the capitol without leaving a forwarding address. But Nellums hummed his way through the predicament. A stranger experience happened to him several years ago. He had a letter addressed to a woman employe with the state.

The address on the envelope read "to the, woman employe who had been with the state the longest." He found her and delivered the letter. Return! To Nashville Returning recently from two years in Germany where she worked as a civil service employe for the U. S. government was Jane Allen Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

O. F. Young. Mayflower apartments. Her mother is secretary to General Humphreys in the itati legal department death penalty is not imposed.

It provides also that failure to release the victim in seven days after he shall he unlawfully seized or kidnaped "shall create a rebuttable presumption that such person has been transported In interstate or foreign commerce." That is the authority under which the FBI enters a kidnaping case after seven days of waiting. The state attorneys do not. think fh mandatory death penalty should be provided. They said many cases arise, for example, insr as when a court denies, a which technically involve kidnap-father jurisdiction of child in a HOME FEDERAL SAVINGS 308 UNION ST. PHONE 6-6156 NASHVILLE, TENN.

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