Northwest Arkansas Times from Fayetteville, Arkansas • Page 1

THE PUBLIC INTEREST IS THE fIRST CONCERN OF THIS NEWSPAPER Jlortfjtoesit Associated Press Leased Wire AP, King and NEA Features VOLUME 86, NUMBER 205 FAYETTEVULE, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 77, 1948 Local WeaHier-- i i i i i i Parti: rnUU-r trmillhl. tempera- lomnrrnw a i f.nr. Trrac 'f snow. Tctn- i Hijih 71; n. txjny low 32.

Sunrise 5 1 4 sunso' PRICE FIVE CENTS Re-Asphalting Of Streets In City Discussed Definite Plan To Be Brought Up For Later Decision The need for repair of FayeUe- vilie's streets was stressed at meeting last i of representatives of the City Council, the Chamber of Commerce and four n-cn's civic clubs. It was brought out thai tliL- present asphalt street? were laid 25 years aog. and that they have xvorn down to the hasn. If they are not re-asphaltod soon, the upkeep cost will more a double, it was said. It apparently will be up to the properly owners ta pay for tht re- aspbaHing.

The city will pay for intersections, but will be unable to finance the entire job, Mayor Geogre T. Sanders explained. He and City Engineer Edgar T. Brown estimated Ihsrc arc approximately 10 miles of streets in FayetteviHe which must he re-asphalted. I i i i was decided upon as tn the probable but pense.

L. M. McGoodwiu, contractor who lives in Fayetteville and now is charge of a large pavins job in Okmulgee, said it cost at least $12,000 a mile fir the re-asphalting work. Figuring 10 miles nf this-work in FaycUeviLle, the cost would be 5120,000. This WRS only estimate, it a i A representative of a rnck asphalt company in a a stressed, the value of placing a cold mix on the streets.

Either this type 'or hot mix can be used. The group went on record as favoring some action be taken to see that the streets are Arkansas Federation Of Women's Clubs To Hold Convention In Fayetieville Red Cross To Aid Of Area Storm Victims ident, a a The 51sl annual convention of headed by Mrs. a i the Arkansas Federation of Wo- a the Gotdenrod Club, of which men's will be held in Fay- Mrs. Joel Smith is president, will cUevillo April 13-15. Mrs.

Robert I be the hostess clubs (or the meet- M. Cheatharn of Little Rock, pres- ing. Principal speakers at the con- y-en tion will be Mrs. Miram C. Houghton cf Red Oak.

Iowa, first vice president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs; Miss Stella Scurlock, of Washington, D. director of the youth conservation program of the General Federaticn of Women's Clubs; Dr. Beulah V. Gillaspie, head of the University department of home economics, and Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, president of the University, ewi irman "for i officers besides Mrs.

Red lod thc Chealham who are to attend the. Rgd Cro5s d() a comention are; Mrs. T. T. Mardis, be donc to a Harrishurg, first vice president; Mrs.

E. N. Phillips, Fayette- viUe, second vice president: Mrs. 19 Known Dead In Indiana As Tornado Rips Through State Residents' Flights To Cellars Save i Their Lives i The American Red Cross yes! terday vent to the aid of persons i whose homes were destroyed in the tornado which struck the Temple Hill area Thursday night. All Ready For Easter The house of Mr.

nnd Mrs. Hat- I tauaugh and their four children secretary; lrs Jackson, Hardy, treasurer; Mrs. W. N. Stannus.

Little Rock, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Earl Rhodes, Stuttgart, parliamentarian. Mrs. E. I- Romans of Fayette- i i is chairman of general ar- The University Woman's Club, rangcments for the convention.

W. H. Knight, Stamps, recording comp i ele ly demolished. All MRS. CHEATHAM Folks Apparently Like Their Cats; Buyer Finds Market Slow Here By CONE MAGXE supply houses the cats to "The cat man' 1 came to town I laboratories, hospitals and insti- today and it seems that all thel tutions all over the i States cats town.

At least that's the for experimental rough a looked i morning at i The cat man said thai often the a i Sales cat-owners come around to see barn, because tho cat man had it he has bought their cat when i 0 the residence of Calvin other buildings on their a also were a by the tornado. A large one-room house bo- longing to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Hattabaugh was unroofed, and the windows broken out. The house also was moved from its foundation.

Red Cross officials said. All of the family's possessions were soaked water. The Hatla- baughs and their five children spent the night in a storm cellar which held water two feet deep. Two ladders were placed nt the sides of the cellar, i boards on the rungs above the water. A bed was made on the boards.

Both Hattabuugti families have moved into the home of the brothers' Barents. Clothing and house; hold goods will be provided by the a two-room house smashed i 0 and Mrs. Jack Edmislon; Snyni-on said he just tells the Shepherd's child who had gone to rance Frederick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.

Frederick of a i and David Lewis, son of Mr. purchased only two yellow cats', one is missed. In such a case, shepherd, the bed of tbe shortly before noon. "The cat man" i i i him- owner of the missing cat lo take self as W. W.

Simpson of St. the pick of his cats to serve as a before. The bed was littered with 7" Mo. He said he bought replacement for the missing am- glass. The roof of the Shepherd; i i above are to i Davis i son of a storm shelter only 30 minutes and AIrs Herbert Lewis.

(Puska TIMESFOTO) The mayor was nulhomcd'to ap-1 shipped them lo medical supply point a committee to work out in Chicago, "one or more" ways to get Simpson said he buys between wort; done. This committee will cats all over the Southwest and mat, if it is not found. house was lifted and set back Simpson said he purchases cats flown again about three inches out only four months out of the a place, and the entire house is and always in the spring. I i on the foundation. 300 to 500 oats a week.

He a just hard to buy cats any other i Red Cross representatives report back to the larger group i 50 cents a cat nnd wiH not, buy time the year, except spring, about two weeks. Mayor Sanders said the city now has the men, the money and the equipment to patch streets as soon as the weather permits. The getting more expensive as the streets give way rapidly, and if actual re-asphalting ts not done promptly the city will face a major repaving job, it was brought out. Professor Hurt In Accident Wind Causes Car To Overturn Prof. George J.

Lemmon of the psychology department at the University was i last i when the car which he was driv- overturned on Highway 71 near Lowell. He escaped i severe lacerations a bruises. Mr, Lemmon said he was pro- reeding to Rogers about 8 p. when gust of wind a the car, i the machine toward the ditch on tho right side of road. He swerved it back to the left, and when he turned it to from children.

Simpson said the he said. Three Questioned In Connection With Robberies Here Sentenced In Little Rock go to the area again Monday to make a more thorough investiga- tion, Mr, Lewis said. PR0 AND CON Thousands To Observe Easter In Mass Services Over Nation Three men charged i i i on Little Rock police when! caught rifling a safe at the West Side Junior High School, were" convicted and sentenced to prison I yesterday in Piihiski County Cir- i cult Court. Thc trio was qiies- i tioned in a series of robberies in i FayeUeville and Northwest Ar. but were trieci only for the $150 Little Rock burglary.

The which heard all three former convicts plead not 1 i despite evidence against them, deliberated only a short i time before a i out sen- i tonces of. three years for a and two for grand larceny in each case. The sentences wilt run consecutively. Leonard BJair, Carl V. Brad- bury and Everett Pate were ar- rested at Fort Smith the morning Railway Wage Hike Approved Board Proposes Hourly Increase Sampler Luncheon Guest Of FayetteviHe Group The TIMES will publish a Pro and Con column from now until the city election April 6.

Those wishing to express themselves on either of the two controversial issues which will be settlel in -TV the election--the ''installation Centuries-old prayer, "pageantry el CC PO i solemnize the Enster festival tomorrow as the na- sion are invited to write letters this column. Please keep the Lctters opposing thc erection of street markers in FayetteviHe J. Wesley Sampler of Rogers, mentioned as a possible candidate for governor in this summer's Democratic primaries, was scheduled to be a luncheon guest of FayeUeville friends today. He was, i from Little Hock, where scd 11R onl grounds, has had been to discuss politics, Cither the signs arc not or The same question would be the wo "ecd other i such as subject of discussion at the lunch-! street repairs, more a we need letters brief, do not discuss per- millions of Christian wor- sonalities and sign your name, shippers gather in bnmlcts, towns been National (NBC) rr.dlo network. Some 85,000 are expected at sunrise services in Chicago's Soldier FEeld, where a 110-foot white cross, spanned by tho words "Christ is has and i i lo extol the risen Christ.

the story of Throngs i cor.ie together in which have appeared in- this col- churches, stadia and picturesque have objected to the pro-; outdoor settings, The third Easter since the end of World War II will be a a i i a with sunrise services at the amp i a in the a i a cetne- eon, it was indicated. street Whether the tery at A i There, a cross One FayetteviHe resident street markers are erected yir not said he would attend the i i have no i olh- todiay with Mr. Sampler, said the i er needed city improvements Rogers man would consider be- since the markers are to be of while i i i will be placed on the tomb of Soldier. In Arizona, the 14th annual Washington, March 27-lyPj-A i jng a candidate "for a district! erected without expense to a Cnnyon Easter services presidential emergency bonrd office" provided he dons not i city. The objection to recommended today that locomo-! for governor.

a for this reason and wage Open air worship in mountain settings wilt bring an estimated Survivors Hunt In Wreckage For Victims Town Of 350 Lists 13 Killed And Threa Missing A Wind a i March 27-MV Nmcleeii persons were known dead in Indiana today as bulldozers through the rubble by a Inrnacto in search of other victims of i Coatesville, town of 350 persons in Southwestern HendrirkJ County, counted 13 dead nnd threa missing. Survivon searched through the wreckage of 25 homes and several business houses for victims. A Sechman, flO, who said he saw the i approaching, reported he saw houses and rushed to thc scene a lorm passed. lie said he saw tha )odies of post master Frank El- ctl and his i in the i a at home. "I could see utrips of sheet metal and i staves i i irouncl i in the air like buzzards," Scchman said.

Town Flattened Danville, Uendricks County scat of 2.000 population and 20 miles west, of Indianapolis, was lialt flattened by the storm listed only ono death. Hadley, an unincorporated community between Danville nnd Coatesville, listed three dead. A a wife was killed in her home in Clay County, 40 miles of here, and an elderly man was in his home I near Forlville, 20 miles northeast of Indianapolis. Dozens of persons were i several of them seriously. Thirty-seven were admitted to hospitals.

The twister apparently swept across West Central Indiana along a line roughly parallel to U. S. live engineers, firemen swtfchmen should get a raise of 15V4 cents an hour, retroactive to last November 1. He was to meet members of the i County Democratic Committee this; afternoon. street not They will erected for Weather For a they escaped Little Roch (n pence in a volley of pistol shots.

Two women, arrested at the same lime, will be tried later. They are Mrs. Lois a i and Violet Gray. Police in this area suspected at the right again the a i Uu of a lf working for 30 days. Af free to they want to.

The brotherhoods had a a 30 per Little Rock, March i wage boost with a $3 per man i topcoat Easter was in a i i i prospect valid, Street markers the useful persi i a street address with greater ease. The street names of the proposed a will he of 'scotch-lite' which can easily he read at iiiMU and a i a i the requirements for a good! street a the proposed street 30,000 persons to the Garden of Gods at Colorado Springs and another 12,000 to the Park of Ucft Hocks near Denver. At Lftwlon, an estimated. 100,000 worshippers i attend the Wichita Mountains service. At Hot Springs, tbe 14th annual sunrise observance will be held ntop Hot Springs a lain.

White-robed singers will march to the festival over a i i mountain a i nnd as- will he held at the i of semble around a cross which has been erected on the Highway 40 a dipped from time to lime to crush everything in its narrow path. storm brought heavy ralrui a some wind damage to sections of Terre a Indianapolis a Anderson and to numerous rural communities along the line connecting those cities. Ages on the canyon's south rim. bo broadcast over summit. useful purpose of enabling a to find his way to a par- 1 Seeks Alimony Submission Of Budgets At Early Dale Asked A Little Rock.

March 2 7-WP) -Plenty I i I of to cons id cr proposed Santa Monica, March 1849-51 budgets for state depart- Fr( over turned, tumbling ore i 1 twice. women were (he He was hurled clear of the car, 1 1 series i USC Of COnCCHtratlOn which landed on its wheels i of slores am i buildings i the JU 1 a i and other Northwest fgmpf gu Pgjr fharQed Arkansas towns. The suspects; i i i suspects He crawled out ant went tr fillinc a i at Lowell, where i questioned also in connec- an ambulance was called. He was a to the medical center at Rogers, treated and released. He staved at the homo of friends last night a returned to Fay- ctteville The car was badly damaged.

Fire Causes Damage Veneer Company Hamate estimated mak-iy i markers are pretty or not i matter of personal opinion and I a le lder a composer, seeks a a one has a i i his own divorce and $525 monthly ali- advertise- rnony from his wife. Rich filed ol mcr O1 chc mcnts is soughl by the Arkansas I today for Arkansas. The Weather Bureau here predicted continued cold tonight with frost in the portions of the state. Low temperatures of "around i i The 38" were expected tomorrow for i ments above the street name. 1 i yesterday, i a Little Rock a i i i 1 will pay for the erection and his i thfc former Elizabeth 194fl legislalurn's session.

ever, the a will rise a i a of the street a Gordon, hns $100.000 in i The legislative Council, created! Council. The council Monday, has asked a budget requests be submitted by May 28- more a seven in advance of Lewis Fails To Show Up Before Inquiry Board a i a John L. Lewis forced a 72-hour delpy today in government efforts to bring the soft coal strike to speedy end. He brought President Truman's special inquiry board to a standstill by failing to appear at its i hearings yesterday. The three fact finders finished hearing the coal operators' aide of the miner pension dispute in Sew than two hours.

When didn't show up, board recessed until Director Of i Dealers at itpproxi- $.1110 resulted yesterday from a i at i 1 cj Yenect Company on 62 west abmil n. m. yesterday. The damage occurred when a stack of hardwood hot to in. Fii'cmen tion i the a i at the Prairie Grc.ve post office.

The sci-ics of in i vi- i i slopped a the trio was arrested, Czech Communists Not To "Explain" Lake Success, March The Czechoslovak i gov- ernnient will i a demand for a explanation of its rise to cnm- plete power, a spokesman paid to- Washington, March morrow. United States has charged Russia The Weather a said a i i with smashing political skies would prevail throughout I in Eastern Germany by i state i afternoon, tonight them i a i camps and Sunday, and temperatures i i a In a sharp note to the Soviet Union last i the State Dep a a i Russian-backed i i a parties in the former i enemy country are "the new bul- wark for a totalitarian regime" anrl added: a i camps are being used a for i i i a would be. in the middle 60's Easter a a While Woman Reports Attack By Two Negroes more a $10,000 lo Install i ers which would cost the city out a i i The prnpo: cd a i prelects city improper a i i I believe thai Ihe a a a of a i all street intersections marked outweighs the a disadvantage of a i a i ments which you are not obligated to rer.d. Davis P. liichardson by the 1947 legislature, will study Little Rock, March suggested budgets and a i a S.

Bennett, Fort Smith, Is recommendations to the General the new president of the Arkan- Assembly. This work has been sas i Dealers' A3socia- done in the past by a joint pre- i He wa; elected yesterday. W. nily property, i i a Bnver- Jy home, six! $100,000 vhich be gave her (or investment. The i i a who several years a reportedly earned 1 500 a said i i a i on Budget Committee, a a i of FayetteviHe ho nciinilcss and jobless a periricl of about a month, one of i directors named at said his i ide was paral'vzed A I cfAh a rf 'i here.

and lost his voice a a 'fall 1 in June. 1945. I School, yesterday was elected act- i director of the council. war--and Oranicnburg. i March to accept this totalitarian- A 58-year-old i a told A i a i i i a mean- authorities she was raped by two i i i i two of the camps a i in the presence as Buchenwald--where millions of her five-year-old a a a i ter Police Cnptain Elmer Dyke reported.

He said Mrs. A i Kennedy lold him she a at- of thc a to adjoining i i a i The i ackcrf i "8 home with lumber and FaCC her a i from a neuhbor- the woorl in ihe i slack. ii the A i a demand that Of A i Earlier, at p. an un- Prague ad Moscow lay their cards iiscrf tool shed at 205 West South on tbe i Council table does Texarkana, March Of a i i i Kansas State Rep. Guy Reed is 1 tried Tuesday on a charge i by He said iRe new regime lakes i a i thc position a the coup last P' veneer slock a fire at ITIOn was an i a a a i and thc i a i has no business For! Smith Man New Guidance Center Chief Half'!) i i charge cf VA i For I Smith, and i of the LI i a i been I i i 1 lo a i chief of LjiiictaiicL' center.

Support Of Wallace Soid To Bring Boycott A usable Forks. March 27- i pninier, i i politician nnd hns given his milk route. He was losing customers, he says, "because for Henry Wallace," lie Is i i of I systematic "boycott." He a i Mr I I a needs more, i "lo promote the i the i i School of James Hole Appointed I Law Committee Member James R. Hale, i ai- forney, has bet'n appointed a member of the Committee on with of the i i a i of American liar Afsociation. A a i of i i i Coun- Law, Clerk Saves $226 By Loud Hollers i March 27-W)W a B.

Stieg's i saved his company $226 in a liquor store The robber took $312 Stivg at gun-point. But the clerk hinged forward snatched S22G his hands. Then, said S'Jeg, "I ducked to the floor and hollered." The robber lU-d. Street was destroyed by a not alter the situation, before 1he Fire i was called to f-cno. The 1055 was yaid to be Flight.

THE WEATHER Commitment Iwuc A commitment ordering John state I T. Standley taken to the prison was issued today by the circuit office, Standley, A a a Fair this afternoon, who pleaded i to a charge tonight and Sunday. i of grand larceny. as sentenced judge. cold i with frost in to one year in prison portion.

a north central portions Sunday afternoon. u'itb a deadly weapon. The a i was set for yesterday hut was postponed J. D. Cook disq' L.

W. Taylor, formerly i of election" of Wallace lo the presi- 1 where he served as a i a of the FayetttviHe i a center, dency, so he has given his business the Council. He is JCLTC- i i assume i of a i i to two employe. 1 said. I l.iry of the a i i i i in charge of thc- a i i i nt the- a i and a i i sec- Washington, March tion in the FayetteviHe i a center.

i i a Judge i Omar N. a Army chief of lisqualified i a plans to vfrit America's Pa- A i a and a member ol the A a a anrl A i a Bar Associations. Cock, saying he was Reed's friend cfic bases late i summer, and former attorney, asked Gen. Bradley said he would Miller County Bar to elect i a make the inspection lour 'if this judge. i critical international situation ever Circuit Reed is accuser! of i i a pistol Op." He a to go to Tokyo Undeclared Ends Frisco Income Drops Si.

Louis, March 27-Wj-fhe! St- Louis-San a i (Frisco) a i a today reported a Feb- Ships To Italy ruary ret income of i i Tokyo Workers Strike Tokyo. a 27-W1-M a 53.000 of Tokyo's municipal workers 51 ruck for i wages today, a i street cars and closing city offices, Film Actor DIPS HoIIywocd, March Judge a i recent- an a a occupied ly. I three persons here last Monday. way of Honolulu and through Alaska, March 27- Jerusalem. March (409,973 less than during Feb-, OPj-The Italian took ren Hymer, 42, film actor noted a Good i a ruary.

1947. The net Income over 29 A i a a ships i his 20-year Hollywood ended here a i as mortar the two months of ihis year was today. Presiderii a on a for his portrayal of soft- i echoed reporter) at compared, March 16 ordered them a tough guys, died yester- to $1,433,451 la.st year. i day after an illness of a yew. nnd a i Jerusalem..