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Txt hUlT ot tv A Served by A vi erica' Greatest 'Agencies At the Crossroads of Natural Gas and Cheap TV A Power Telephone 5-1221 VOL. 49 No. 159 NASHVILLE, TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 4, 1935 3 CENTS V.2 PAGES lltf am THE NAS VILLE nPTTTVTTVTTI? J. J.

JJJ kj mm 2m how About Duke? Letter to Nixon Brief Note From III Leadei Guinea New I Xt ii iiin.M. llll Put ssue Palrotai Seek Gl's Indictment After 2 Injured Warrant Refused; Nashvillian Killed; Singer, Wife Hurt State police said yesterday they will ask the Davidson county grand jury today Denver, Colorado. October 1955. On Agenda Dear Dick; I hope you will continue to have meetings of the National Security Council and of the Cabinet over which you will preside In accordance with the procedure which you have followed at my request in the past during my absence from Washington. France Cancels Scheduled Visit To Moscow; Communist Party Boss Adds Support to Colonialism's Foes UNITED NATIONS, N.

Y. (INS) The United Nations assembly narrowly averted a second crisis last night when it accepted an Indonesian demand for airing its dispute with The Netherlands over West New H'C Vu President, Washington, D. C. AP Wlrcphotos James C. Hagerty, press secretary to President looks over the letter.

DENVER This is a copy of the letter sent to Vice Richard Nixon last night from the White House in Denver. President Better, to indict a Fort Campbell soldier for drunken driving end leaving the scone of an ac dent. The action against David Lee Stockwell, 10, Is to be taken because O. W. Hughes, general sessions Judge, refused issue state variants against Stockwell early Sunday, police said.

Meanwhile, William Robert Hale, 53, a service station attend ant of 215 Thompson lane, was killed yesterday in a car-truck collision on Nolensville road. Hillbilly Star Hurt Earl Scruggs. 31. hillbilly record and radio artist, and Mrs. Scruggs, were injured critically In an other crash yesterday five miles fast of Knoxville.

Severely injured In the other car involved were Johnny B. Thompson, 17, and Mrs Cornelia Henderson, 44. both of Knoxville. Officers said Stockwell ran down and severely infured Tennessee Highway' Patrol Lt. T.

G. Fite. 35. and his wife Marie, 33. of 3501 West End Sunday morning on Murfreesboro road.

They are in satisfactory condition in Baptist hoppital. Patrolman Charges Patrolman Jack Blxler. an investigating officer, said Stockwell was drunk and did not stop Immediately after hitting the couple. "When we arrested him. we ieok him before Huirhes." Riiler raid.

"The judge refused to give us warrants, so we're going to the grand jury." Hughes said the man "was not drunk and did not leave the scene" on the baais of his own testimony. Gave Himself Up Bixler said Stockwell stopped his car several blocks from the accident scene and gave himself up to a city patrolman. Bixler said he suspended Stock-xvcll's driver's license when he arrested him, and kept it even though the warrants were refused. "That's not an officer's power," Hughes said last night. An officer (Continued on Page 10, Column 2) Writes to Nixon Eisenhower Signs Minor Documents, Hears Music, Plays Game With Nurse ever, Thanks, Pah RENFREW, Ont.

UE A bull moose tangled his antlers the other day in a fence along the highway near Renfrew. But he didn't panic. He stood quietly while three men got out of a car and cut him free. Then he ambled on his way. No Talks Set In Cab Strike Union Plans Suit Against Yellow For Breach of Contract A Yellow cab company official said yesterday that the current shut down is not "permanent" but conceded that no management-labor talks are planned to settle contract differences.

Meanwhile the union which rep resents the cab drivers said it plans to file suit for breach of contract against Yellow. Oscar D. Jenkins, vice president of the firm, said "We hope opera- See editorial "Service Is the Thing" on page 12. tions will begin soon. We will have to get sonic relief from the union contract." But, he said, officials of the company have neither invited union officials, nor been invited by them to talk over the contract difficulties.

Yellow cab closed Saturday at 6 a.m. ceasing the operation of tome 64 cabs, and laying off some 200 drivers, starters, dispatchers and other workers. Jenkins notified the workers by (Continued on Page 2, Column 6) As Will the big Duke join Dem Bums today in the decisive game of the Series? For Duke Snider's spunky answer, be sure to read the complete stories of yesterday's 5-1 Yankee win, with extensive picture coverage, on the sports pages of THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN First in SPORTS, Too! Alabama Says No Milk Boycott Midstate Farmers Split on Measure Controlling Dairies FAYETTEVILLE, W. Todd, Alabama commissioner of agriculture, assured Tennessee au thorities yesterday that there will be "no discrimination" against Tennessee milk producers shipping into his state. Buford Ellington, Tennessee commissioner of agriculture, said Todd offered yesterday to meet with him on "any specific cases of lennessee producers discriminated against to clear them up." Producers Divided Lincoln county milk producers who sell to Alabama processors were sharply divided here last night over the "Justice" of Ala bama's new inspection and permit law, which becomes effective October 10.

John Conger, chairman of the Lincoln county Farm Bureau's dairy committee, and spokesman for those protesting "discrimination," said that the new procedures could "seriously injure Tennessee dairymen." Mack White, spokesman for Lin coln supporters of the new regula uon, said there "is a lot to bo said for the position of Alabama farmers, who are protesting milk pro cessors buying at low prices out-of- state and selling in a price fixed market. The new regulation requires semi-annual inspections by Ala bama dairy authorities of both in state and out-of-state dairies. Legal Price White said that many Lincoln county farmers are selling to pro cessors who pay the legal Alabama wholesale price, which he said, ranges from $5.70 up per hun- Qrea pounds. "We can stand a stiffer inspection for the difference in price over what we can get in Tennes- (Continued on Page 8, Column 1) Van Dykes and full beards will be in evidence as the "old timers" who have been preparing faithfully for Madison's annual Hillbilly day are treated to a free meal at Madison high school. Kickoff Dinner The occasion will be the kickoff planning meeting the 1955 Hill billy day, which i scheduled for Oct.

15. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m., and the planning session is expected to get underway about 7:30 p.m. The lucky guests for the dinner will be Madison men have been growing beards for the third annual celebration since Sept. 15 or before. The late-comers, who started iheir beards after that date, will have to do the serving.

At the planning session, Madison civic leaders will discuss various phases of the Hillbilly day program, such ae costumes, pa rade plans, entertainment, the popularity contest and placement of refreshment booths. Turn Clock Back The Hillbilly dav celebration, which attracted an estimated uuu people 10 tno suburban com munity last year, will turn the clock back for one day for all of Jiauison. in costumes reminiscent (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) Politics yesterday, whereas he didn't feci "as well as usual" Sunday night Vesterday, however, in a 10-min- ute business conference with his top lieutenant, Sherman Adams, Eisenhower: Signed a letter to Nixon saying he hoped the vice president would continue to hold and preside at meetings of the cabinet and National Security council as he has done in the post during presi dential absences from Washing ton. Signed a memorandum to Sec- re.tary of Treasury George Hum phrey which, in effect, makes Ja pan a member of the general agreement on tariff and trade. The memorandum formalizes Ja pan's membership in the tariff and trade agreement.

Before Japan could be admitted some 34 nations belonging to the tariff organization had to vote by mail. Fearing Japanese competition, some countries announced they will decline to grant to Japan the same degree of tariff concessions they give to other non-Communist nations. The United States has agreed to swap tariff concessions with Japan so that country won't be- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL DENVER UP)- President Elsenhower cheerful again after a worrisome period of fatigue yes terday sent a letter to Vice President Richard Nixon and handled another small batch of official bus iness. The chief executive's physicians reported his condition "satisfactory" and without complications Stocks Dip $5 A Share or More NEW YORK UP) i dropped $5 a share and more yes terday as selling came into the stock market on renewed concern over President Elenhower's illness.

More than four billion dollars was estimated to have been wiped from the valuation of all shares listed on the New York Stock Ex change despite the fact that only briefly did the selling show much urgency. The Associated Press average of HQ stocks declined $3.80 to close at $169.50. That was below the closing figure of $170.10 a week earlier, when the market plum meted on news of President Eisen hower's heart attack. On that day, market valuation dropped around 13 billions. There was a partial recovery later in the week, but those gains were erased yesterday.

Chins Bristle in Madison As Hillbilly Plans Start I French Return Berber Attack Planes, Tanks Used In Morocco Fight; More Troops Pledged RABAT, Morocco (111 French war planes, tanks and artillery spread death yesterday among fierce Berber tribesmen who opened a concerted guerrilla earn paign in northern Morocco Satur day night. Gen. Pierre Boyer da La Tour ordered a merciless attack on the rebels, whose sudden foray en dangered his attempt to restore calm in the protectorate. Heavily armed troop columns led by tanKs moved toward French outposts whose little gar-riions had held out against rebel attack. War planes blasted rebel strongholds in the middle Atlas mountains.

First reports said that rebel cas ualties were heavy. Determined to stamp out the latest rebel threat, De La Tour cabled Paris for reinforcements. He was promised five battalions Immediately, two of them to be sent from neighboring Algeria. Began Saturday Violence started Saturday night with simultaneous guerrilla attacks against French posts along the frontier opposite Spanish Morocco. To the south, around the Moslenij holy city of Fez, the Marmouchha tribe, which never has been recon ciled to French rule, rose against settlements in the foothills of the mountains.

Rebels were reported still besieging the isolated frontier posts of Boured and Tizi Ouzli, between Fez and the Spanish Morocco frontier. French informant asserted some rebel guerrillas crossed from the Spanish one to cut the Inter national highway to slow tne move- ment of relief forces. SUFFERN, N. Y. r--Vi To a little girl of five Just about any "urry animal is a thing to cuddle md pet.

So when Nancy Eihier instinc-Mvely reached out a hand Saturday to stroke a captivating little beast, she had no way of knowing that thereupon her life to hang on a slender thread of circumstance. Snarled, Struck Nancy was picnicking with her family in the Catskills when a Fox wandered into the area from a nearby game farm. When she tried to pet the animal, It snarled and truck with claw and fang. The wound did not appear nerious so Nancy's parents departed with no more than passing mention of the incident to a park attendant. However, Rola Undemann.

iroprietor of the game farm, led posse in tracking down and 'tilling the errant fox. An exami nation of the carcass by the state health department laboratory disclosed the fox was dangerously rabid. Nancy might well be doomed to death unless she received anti- rabies Injections promptly. Who Was She? But who was she. and how to Guinea.

The Indonesian Item was placed on the agenda by a vote of 31 to 18 with 10 abstentions. The U. S. abstained In the vote. The Indo nesian issue came on the heels uf sn assembly decision to debate the Algerian home rule question an action which caused the French delegation to quit the present assembly.

Although there was no threat by The Netherlands to take similar action, J. M. A. H. Luns, Dutch foreign minister, expressed regret over the action and warned that an assembly discussion of West New Guinea would hurt chances for settlement of the dispute.

Indonesia claims the island as part of its territory. The Netherlands maintains It 1 a Dutch pos session. The Netherlands has been fighting bitterly against putting the issue on the agenda. Luns' government evidently decided against making a stand similar to that of Frince, however. The French walkout had another repcrcuasion yestsrday.

Cancel Moscow Visit Premier Edgar Faure and For. sign Minister Antoine Pinay cancelled a scheduled "courtesy and friendship" vlalt to Moscow, with See editorial "Not Quits That Mad" on page 12. the explanation that the atmos phere Is not favorable now for thla type of action. The French action reflected the bitterness In Paris at what was apparently considered a gratuitous blow to French prestige in the United Nations general assembly's vote to discuss the Algerian situation. In Moscow, Communist party moss Nikirn S.

Khrushchev, in effect the spokesman for world communism, announced the Soviet Union nupports the independence movement In North Africa. He called lt the "national liberation- movement. The Soviet Union and world communism for yeata hai sponsored "national liberation movements" In all areas of tha colonial world, using such support as a potent cold war weapon among underdeveloped peoples. Put Off to Future Date The official French announcement said the visit of Faure and Plnay to Moscow, planned for 14 to 16, was put off to a future date. But there was no discussion of iny later date, and some thought it extremely unlikely the trip would be made at all.

Earlier yesterday, Israel protested vigorously against sale of (Continued on Page 2, Column 5) Vers Cornered Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas is in a political corner, now that President Eisenhower seems out or the running in the presidential race next year. Thomas L. Stokes says today. Stokes says two other Texans, Sen.

Lyndon Johnson and Sam a speaker of the house, are 1 Shivers against Shivers in Texas. Be sure to read Stokes' interesting column on page 13 of THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN tt'here Yon Rend the and HEST FE ATI RES Tennessean Today A bunch of modern Samsons whose Delilahs have spared the shears eo far will get some compensation for their itchy faces in Madison tonight. Chin whiskers, side whiskers, How Con Little Girl Know Furry Animal Is Deadly? 32 Teen-Agers Set To Testify Grand Jury To Hear Jones Case; Charges Grew Out of Raid A parade of 32 teen-agers will appear before the grand jury to morrow afternoon to support charges against Mrs. Eva Thomp son Jones, Mrs. O.

M. Haley, city policewoman, said yesterday. Mrs. Haley said half of the teen agers had records In juvenile court and that all of them had fre quented Mrs. Thompson Pla-More club, 3l7i Church st.

Mrs. Thompson is charged with aiding and abetting in the delin quency of minors. The charge grew out of a raid on the club last July. Two other charges filed after the same raid led to a total of $100 fines against Mrs. Thompson in city court.

Those charges are operating a disorderly house, and operating a dance hall illegally. The convictions are being appealed to circuit court. Mrs. Haley said the string ol witnesses will begin their grand jury testimony at 1 p.m. tomorrow.

In addition to the 32 juveniles, she said, 15 adults will appear. She said those did not include the policewomen who will also testify. The Pla-More club broke into the news again Sunday when it was announced that the club was declared off-limits to military per sonnel. Up to Queen, Magazine Says NEW YORK LT) Time maga zine savs oueen h-nzaoetn nas been asked to approve an an nouncemcnt of her sister Margaret's engagement to Peter Town- send. Time, in its current issue out Wednesday, says Britain's Prime Minister Anthony Eden, who made a flying trip to Balmoral castle last week, took for the queen's approval a statement carefully pre pared by the lord chancellor announcing the engagement.

Time says its report came from an "orrtclal source and tnat only a few ton British officials know the statement's precise contents. The former RAF group captain and the attractive princess have long been the object of romantic speculation. By Joe Hatcher that he would support Adlat Stevenson for President. IF Stevenson received the nomination," he was quoted In the local press. The Chattanooga Times' Nashville correspondent, Fred Travis, wrote Sunday that pressure was increasing "for a compromise between the national political ambitions of Senator Kefauver and Governor Clement" under the improved conditions for a Democratic victory in November, 1956.

"Though both cannot have what they want next year, they could be of tremendous help to each other with relatively little effort (Continued on Page 6, Column Warm Days, Cool Nights Nashville's fall combination of tiarm days and cool nights will continue for the next two days, the weather bureau predicted last night. Nat Davis, forecaster at the Berry field weather station, said today will be partly cloudy, with a high of 83 degrees, compared to yesterday's high of 82. Tonight, the mercury is expected to sink to 65 degrees, compared to a comfortable 62 early yesterday morning. Tomorrow, Davis said, will represent "little change" from today. Little Change IU.

3. Weather Bureau Forecast! NASHVILLE AND VICINITY TODAY Some cloudiness with not much change in temperatures. High around 83. Low tonight near 65. WEDNESDAY Little change predicted.

TENNESSEE TODAY Some cloudiness with little change in temperatures. TEMPERATURES 2 a.m. 66 4 p.m. 80 4 a.m. 63 6 p.m.

76 6 a.m. 62 8 p.m. 72 8 a.m. 68 10 p.m. 71 10 a.m.

76 Midnight 71 Noon 79 2 a.m 69 2 p.m. 80 High 82 at 1 p.m. Low 62 at 6 a.m. Mean 72. Normal 68.

Sunrise 5:44. Sunset 5:27. Relative humidity at midnight 70-1. Precipitation: For 24 hours 0. Total this month 0.

Deficiency this month .24. Total this year 38.40. Excess this year 3.12. THIS DATE Highest 91 in 1884 Lowest 37 in 1883 High last year 89 Map, nation's forecast, page 19. Clement Chance at Keynoting, Vice Presidency Appears Dimmer What's happening to Gov.

Frank Clement's vice presidential ambitions? The question is becoming monotonously repetitive. "I have no basis for thinking I will have an opportunity to say yea or nay to such a proposal." Governor Clement was quoted in the Memphis Commercial-Appeal, Oct. 3. Returning from Fort Worth, Texas last week end, Governor Clement denied telling a United Press reporter that he would accept such a nomination if offered it. He did say he had repeated "a previous statement Page Paoe Bridge 15 Markets 2 Classified 28-31 Obituaries 27 Comics 24 Pattern 16 Crossword 27 Radio-TV 23 Designing Sports 20-23 Woman 15 Society 14 Editorials 12 Uncle Ray 24 Movies 18 Word Game 24 Manners 15 find her? All auhtorities knew was that she was a pretty little blonde, that her first name was Nancy, and that her family traveled In a blue 1954 sndan.

State police teletyped these meager clues to 13 states. Newspapers described the incident. Radio and television stations appealed to Nancy's parents to come forward if her life was to be spared. Thought It Was 'Coon Yesterday, as the hours of peril mounted, a neighbor here heard (Continued on Page 2, Column 6) AP Wirephoto SUFFERN, N. Y.

Five-year-old Nancy Bihler, a much sought-atter girl since she was bitten by a rabid fox at a game farm near Catskill, N. on Saturday, receives an anti-rabies injection at a local hospital after being found. Dr. John Petrono administers the serum as nurse Mrs. Irma Werther stands by.

I COLUMNISTS: Stokes, Peeler, Pearson. Oth-nian, Kllgallen Page II.

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