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I severely by the rourti. We must have the co-operation of the court with that group." 4 THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN, Tueiday Morning, Feb. 28, 1955 Reds Keep Brass Intact, Re-eecf Khrushchev Zhukov Chosen First Alternate First Woman Joins Presidium; Pravda Editor Honored RICHARD K. O'MALLEY 'MOSCOW LP The Soviet communist nartv's rentral enmmit- Whimsical, Treacherous Storm Tosses Buildings, Spares People "SI 5 fn. 4 kept the USSR's "collective icaaersmp" intact yesterday, It re-elected all 11 member of the committee's ruling presidium and retained Nikita S.

Khrushchev as the party's first secre-tary. Mi tu limit ine committee, however, expanded the number of alternate presidium members from two to sis, naming Defense Minister Georgi K. Zhukov to one of the four new places. Extension of this honor to the World War TT horn once again underscored th ri.qn nt the armed forces' influence since stanns death. Zhukov First 4 (Moscow radio, broadcasting the names, listed the presidium in alphabetical order, denoting onunlitv mv of leadership, but when referring io ine alternates, placed Zhukovs name first.

This was deemed ic. rificant of his prominent position 1" in tne party councils.) This presidium called the Politburo in the Stalin era rules the party and the nation in the name of the central commit if tee of 133 members. The com-mittee was chosen at the party's 20th congress last week. jSimmLmWtilm Welcome! 3Ir. P.

E. BroHii Harveys takes great pleasure in announcing that Mr. P. E. Brown, well-known shoe authority in Nashville, has joined our staff in the Shoe Salon.

Mr. Brown, who has been with better shoe stores of Nashville for the past 33 years, invites his thousands of friends and customers from all over the South to come in and visit him at Harveys. As first secretarv. Khrnahrhov remains boss of the party's vast Staff photos by Jack Corn WHITE HOUSE, Tenn. This is the shambles of what was a house.

Twisting winds picked WHITE HOUSE, Tenn. The storm that roared ttfough Sumner county picked up the ga- it up, twisted it upside down and left this scene. At top is the floor of what was the house, rage that sheltered around this car and tossed it away. The car was not damaged. The owner, Mr.

and Mrs. Thurmond Rogers and two children were in the house. Mrs. Rogers was slightly Odie McCreary, had minor injuries caused by the storm. He was in the garage sharpening a saw.

injured. apparatus or more than seven muuon party members and can didate members. Khrushchev be in 1953 when came party boss Georgi Malenkov, then premier, Mill'iron Blames Poor Home Tornado Hurts 4 in Sumner stepped down from the post. Stalin J. uMJI0 JCIIQIUIj kept the job to himself until he died.

TI I HCA From Page One) uuieiiu ilm neciu (Continued totals for path was Clearview view community. Its three miles wide at 1st Woman Member For the first time in Soviet his the their "Most people can be taught to co-operate voluntarily, for they crimes and two years: tory, a woman achieved the upper WASHINGTON Sens realize that laws protect them reaches of the party apparatus. 985 in 1955; 841 in Burglary Francis Case (R-S. and Karl Ekaterina Alexandrovna Furtseva "But there is a small percentage 1954. (Continued From Page One) communities were the hardest hit by the Sumner county twister, which roared out of the sky at 3:30 p.m.

Fifteen homes were damaged in two communities along with a number of barns and outbuildings. The two communities are about five miles north of White House became an alternate member of Automobile thefts 72S in 1955; which must be forced to abide the law. The onlv solution I the presidium. Chief of the Mos 541 in 1954. The force recovered 677 in 1955 and 523 in 1954.

for that group i.s to punish them cow city party apparatus for some Mundt (K-S. yesterday defended Ancher Nelsen, head of the Rural Electrification Administration, in an incident Involving a South Dakota rural electrification time, she had been singled out by Robbery (on highways, streets, and narrowed to about 100 yards before it played out at Oak Grove. A heavy rainfall, accompanied by hail, followed the twister. Elsewhere, a small tornado dipped into a rural section yesterday near Russellville. and ripped a half mile path through swamp timber.

Residents of Russellville, a crossroads community, said the baby twister descended during a violent rainstorm. No injuries were reported or buildings damaged. Portland. He said barns and outhouses were ripped up all over the area. The roaring funnel struck first in the Cherry Mound community at the intersection of Highways 31-W and 25, skipped a half mile area and then roared northeastward for 15 miles.

McCreary was injured when the winds smashed his garage and pitched him over his auto, and Mrs. Rogers and her son were hurt when their two-story house blew down. There were five others in the home at the time who escaped injuries. J. I Rogers, a cousin to Mrs.

Rogers' husband, said he saw the Khrushchev in recent months for service stations, etc.) 139 last year, as compared to 117 the previous and seven miles southwest of Port co-op. land. Five homes and a countless num Case told the senate thnt in a year. The value of property taken in robberies in 1955 was listed as published story (THE NASHVILLE ber of barns and outhouses were $57,039.09 in 1954. 1 TENNESSEAN, Jan.

29, 195G) Nelsen Traffic deaths 18 in 1955; 22 in reportedly torn down in the Cherry Mount-Corinth-Oak Grove commu was quoted as sayinc that he 1954. wanted the manager of the co-op silenced if he were to jdve the Suicides 20 in 1955; 23 in 1954 Milliron said he believes "stiff co-op any help in the future. nities, where the twister finally played out. Power lines were down in the areas immediately after the winds hit, but service was reportedly restored late last night. We Have A Complete Stock of Quality COALS COKE penitentiary sentences" would bring about a lower crime rate, The manager, Virgil E.

Hanlon. Churches Open notable honors. Another risinpr star was re-elected to alternate membership in the presidium. He is Dmitri T. Shepl-lov, regarded bv many as a logical successor to V.

M. Molotov as foreign minister. Editor-in-chief of Pravda, the party's official organ, Shepilov has had such outstanding assignments recently as membership in the top government delegation sent to Yugoslavia to make peace with Marshal Tito and a journey to Egypt as a bearer of Soviet friendship offerings in the Middle East. The central committee also elect-pd a secretariat of eight members, beaded by Khrushchev. Both Mrs.

has been critical of some REA policies. Case said. particularly in murder. "The courts have not been tooi harsh with Negroes charged witlV murder," Milliron said. "And most Pruitt said there was no damage reported beyond Oak Grove, which is a few miles northeast of (Continued From Page One) However, the senator said he High Hut Low in Ath Trouble-Free of our murders are by Negroes.

a feeling of emptiness, they are groping for someone to speak to had been advised by members of the board of directors of the co-op, the East River Electric Co-op association of Madison, S. that winds coming from a field across from his cousin's house. "I didn't hear much hej said, "but I saw timber and all kinds of trash spinning around in the middle of the thing." Mrs. Hall suffered shock when from a storm cellar she heard the spinning funnel smash her home. Mrs.

R. T. Summers of Clear-view, who saw the tornado spawned beneath the black-rolling clouds, said it seemed to hang like their needs. 15 Die in I The production costs of the se "Nelsen made no such statements" and "made no threats" at the There were eight whites and 22 Negroes charged last year with murder." i Milliron said the department is attempting to cut the traffic toll even further. ries $250,000 was contributed by Methodists throughout the coun meeting in question, which was held in St.

Louis. try. The series was developed by (Continued From Page One) Place Your Order With Ui Today Keep lour COAL Full WE SERVICE end REPAIR Out Coal Customers' Stokers end Furnacti DAY or N1CHT Burnctte Coal Heating Co. 900 10th' AVE N. PH.

AL 5-8422 PROMPT DELIVERY ANYWHERE IN CITY OR COUNTY Furtseva and Shepilov are mem- the Methodist commission. "We are making improvements hers of this secretariat, which con Case said he understood that some jocular remark mav have oi airplane engines oil to our a nig, black smoke ana then trols the far-flung party apparatus as fast as we can. Milliron said. "We like to have the willing co-operation of motorists. If we don't have it.

thev will abide by the law been made by Nelsen to Hanlon about "keeping your sling shot in in the 16 Soviet republics. Presidium Members started "roaring and twisting." Mrs. Summers said she ducked in a store and it skipped over the building. Future programs will deal with the Christian witness in the face of Communism, false accusations of subversion in a community, choosing a useful vocation, social barriers in a community, Christian concern for minority groups. parent-child relation your pocket.

The 11 members elected to the when a policeman is around and Mundt praised what he termed presidium the collective leader ehip: Taul Durham, Oak Grove com violate it when they don see one "the splendid, efficient, businesslike administration of Ancher Nel right. As we glanced up, we noticed what appeared to be a ball of fire around one engine of the plane's right wing. "The plane was circling and evidently trying to find a place to land. It lost altitude fast and just as we passed the Henderson home it struck the ground almost on its side and we heard a dull boom. "The flaming wreck, after hit munity, said it looked like a "big, black smoke," too.

"I saw the funnel and heard the Khrushchev, first secretary of the party and a supreme Soviet sen" in running REA roar, he said, and I knew we (parliament) deputy. He holds no other government office, but is the (Editor's Note: THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN Rave Nelsen's office were in for a real one." an opportunity to answer the charges by the president and sec Fred Creasy, who lives about a mile south of Portland, said he saw the funnel coming across one of his fields. Ho said it seemed party dominant figure. Nikolai A. Bulganin, who succeeded Malenkov as premier early in 1955 A former finance expert, he befflne a Soviet army marshal retary of the co-operative before ting the ground about a quarter of the story was printed.

Nelsen de a mile west of the highway, con clined comment at that time. Al- tinued on. struck the house and an to be "bouncing along" and sud fred J. Pew, president, and Ar under Stalin and defense minister denly raised and passed over his thur Jones, secretary of the co house. The roar was terrible, he other building, setting them on fire, then went on across the road (Wilmington pike) scattering wreckage and bits of wreckage after Stalin's death.

Lazar M. Kaganovich, old Bol operative, did not consider Nelsen to be making a "jocular remark said. The tip of the funnel reportedly stayed close to the ground as it swiped through the Clear- at the time they made the charges i and hodies another quarter of ehevik and Soviet industrialist. He Is a first deputy premier and heads an important new wages and against, mm.) la mile." houra commission. Malenkov, former premier until he confessed lack of ability last Lebanon Road Plans Restudied year.

Now a mere deputy premier, he is minister of electric power stations. $12,000 for laundry equipment, and the rest for other things such as construction and improvement of A. Mikoyan, a first deputy premier, supreme Soviet deputy and ships, facing death by cancer, and other problems of ordinary people. R. H.

Woodburn, an official of the Methodist radio and film commission here, said added use of the programs would be made in churches by Methodists and other denominational groups. Study materials distributed by the commission include suggestions for building sermons and worship services related to the series. One outline explains how Sunday school lessons for the junior high to adult levels may be related to the programs. Extension of Evangelism Bishop Tippett said the expansion to religious television activities was an extension of the principles of evangelism by John Wesley, founder of Methodism. "For 175 years," he said, "Methodism has gone to the people, not waiting for the people to come to it." The 13-film series will be shown each Tuesday night until it is completed, Woodburn said.

Dragnet Star Raps 'Emmy' HOLLYWOOD CP) Jack Webb said last night he has withdrawn his nomination for an "Emmy" award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences because "the categories are so fouled up." He accused the academy of "gross Inequities and injustices." toreign trade expert. quarters for hospital personnel. Clouse was the only one to oppose the issue. There was no opposition to the road bond Issue. V.

M. Molotov, foreign minister, Mikhail C. Pervukhin, a first deputy premier, supreme soviet deputy and Malenkov's boss as a leading soviet industrialist. Maxim Z. Saburov a first deputy (Continued From Page One) is completed, that road will have four lanes from Nashville to Gallatin.

It is a federal aid project and the $200.0110 represents one-third of the estimated costs of the rights-of-way. 18 Months to Complete A contract for the Gallatin road project is expected to be let by the state within the next few-weeks. Engineers have estimated it will require 18 months to complete the work. The court yesterday authorized the county hospital commission to seek federal funds under the Hill-Burton act for the construction of a new wing at the institution. This petition is expected to be filed premier, a supreme soviet deputy ana chairman of the important etaie planning commission.

The court at yesterday's session, called by Judge Briley, also approved a change in the name of the hospital to the Davidson county hospital. Previously its technical name was the Davidson county hospital and home. It is a mental institution, as well as a home for aged indigents. In other actions yesterday, the court: K. Y.

Voroshilov, a Soviet and old comrade-in-arms of within the next few weeks. It must be submitted to the state health department which screens such petitions. If the request for federal a'id is approved, said Dr. Joseph J. Baker, hospital superintendent, a new wing will be constructed.

He said $80,000 of the $400,000 bond issue would be used for this purpose and the state and federal government would kick in a total of $240,000. If the request is denied, the $80,000 will go for improvements on the building housing aged indigents. Magistrate Ewlng Clousc opposed the hospital bond issue, charging It was a step toward converting the institution Into a metropolitan hospital. Say Improvements Needed Judge Briley and Dr. Baker denied this charge, claiming the money was needed for improvements to houso patients presently in the institution.

Of the $400,000, Dr. Baker said, $85,000 will go for a sewage disposal system, for replacing window sashes. btalin. M. A.

Suslov, first named to the ruling presidium last July. A. I. Kirichenko, named with Approved a resolution giving iMitilov last Julv. the county school board the au thority to grant Tennessee Na tural Gas Lines, an easement over Cumberland school property so the firm might construct a gas line to serve the Ford glass plant The producer-director-star of, President's Press Meeting Probable for Wednesday under construction.

Adopted a resolution in honor "Dragnet" was nominated as best director of a TV film scries. The "Emmy" awards counterpart of the movie Oscars are to be preseted March 17. and memory of Ben B. Rice, second district magistrate, who died last week. WASHINGTON- CP) -President Eisenhower "in all probability" will hold a news conference on Wednesday.

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Gamblers Say Peek Kept $129 (Continued From Page One) petition for the money so the court that he got me beat this time." fined on guilty pleas the night of the raid. could decide what should be done with it." The court hearing will be March 23. Hurt, former chief deputy under ex-Sheriff Garner Robinson, snld last nipht he "didn't have any-thinR to do with the petition. I "This Is politics the lowest "From the first I didn't know I down polities I've ever seen," Peck said when Informed of thd don't know anything about it." He taid that up to last night Ke hadn't decided whether to support Peek for constable. Assistant Attorney General Harry Is'irhol said last night that Morgan Hurt, brother of the magistrate, had como to him with the three plaintiffs earlier In the week about the matter.

Advised Them "There never has been a court ruling on the new gambling law," Niehol said. "I advised them to constable said. "I asked Judge Moses, Assistant Attorney General Harry Nichol, and acting Assistant Attorney General Joe Blnkley, and they all said they didn't know-under the new law." Peek taid none of tho county officiali have been able to tell him where the money thould go, and "I told the three men they couldn't have it without a court order." There still remained the tantalizing question of whether Eisenhower will announce at this probable conference what he plans to do about running again, Press Secretary James C. Hag-erty said he did not know what hour the conference might be held, if it is held. Customarily, Elsenhower meets the press for about half an hour, beginning at 10.30 a.m.

There has been Romo speculation he might hold up any announcement until after 3:30 p.m., when the New York stock market closes. Asked whether the frtock market hours might affect the timing, Hagerty said: "I have no comment whatsoever." The stock market went down when the news broki Inst Sept. 24 that Eisenhower had had a heart attack. The market went up vhen his doctors reported on Feb, 14 that medically, ho was good for another term. On Feb.

8, a reporter at Eisenhower's news conference led Into a discussion of the markt-t's reaction last September. The President said then he had tried to he cautious rather than optimistic about his health, so that If he ever had to say he didn't think he should try for another term "there would not bo that kind of a shock if it were possible to avoid It." Hagerty told reporters yesterday thnt ho is not going to discuss the second term question In any way until the President himself speaks out on It. Commerce Union Bank Genuine, Pure Aspirin is America's Most Popular Home Medication and the best you lan Buy is it. josepn Aspirin Turyfill said: "We were shooting dice under the Old Hickory bridge at about 11 o'clock that morning, when we saw Peek about 200 yards away." "He fired his pistol three timet came running toward us." Turyfill said Peek pointed his pistol at the men and forced them to take the money from their pickets and give It to him. The three said Peek refused to return the money after each had paid $2 fines and $9.75 court charges in sessions court.

"reck said wo would have to Ket a court order to pet the money back," Couch said, "lie claimed he was fcoinR to turn the money In to the court and it would be given to charity." 'Didn't Get Around' Couch said "we didn't Ret around to filing the petition" of tho October incident until yesterday. Peek said ho still in holding the money, "This thing it being Instigated by Hurt to get me defeated in the election," Peek taid. "He taid today he would see to it Don't Let "Day's End" Find You Tense Headachy NASHVILLE 3, TENNESSEE Main Office: 400 Union Street Broadway Office: 109 9th PI 4th A Lafayette 17th Church 4th Dcadcrick MANOf CrS CAMOEN COLUMBIA OONEUSON GALLATIN LAWRCNCCBUHA LEBANON MURFREESBORO SPARTA SPRINGFIELD t' FtJtrai Riurw Defotil luturtnct Corporation Tuit tike 2 Ublets of St. Joeph Aspirin, lit down in your easy chair, Krd (ho DUDOr. turn on TV or radio.

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