Weekly Town Talk from Alexandria, Louisiana • Page 1

war No. 46 SIX PAGES ALEXANDRIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1952 Associated Prc.ii and United Preu AP Features and N. E. A. VOL LXX rvi Pi i wsmc piip I i VV (o) AF Is Ready, Ml IV Bill Allowing Buses Without A bill which would have permit-! ted cities and towns of 40,000 population or less to sell municipally-owned transportation systems without a vote of the people is dead as far as the current session of the Louisiana legislature is concerned.

J. C. Burden, Alexandria attorney, reported from Baton Rouge today that the bill, which was re ferred to Judiciary Committee of the House, was reported without action by the committee. "That means the bill is dead for this session," Burden said. The bill, authored by Rep.

P. B. the 836 the the has At Meet With Local Group (From Thursday's Dally) The fate of Alexandria Municipal Airport as a permanent installation of the U. S. Air Force now lies in the hands of Alexandrians.

"Nine million dollars has already been appropriated by Congress and is now available for construction at the base with an eye toward permanence," said Col. Lewis P. En June Heat Wave Lays Siege To Large Section oi Nation A HOPEFUL SMILE is registered by Mrs. Ada May Jones Deloach of Baton Rouge as she and her family await a jury's decision in their suit for more than half a million dollars against the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company for injuries sustained in an automobile-train collison two years ago. The family, including Deloach and Henry James, age 7, awaited the federal court jury's decision on the front steps of the postoffice.

Three hours later the jury awarded them $50,000, appropximately one-tenth of what they asked. Oil Award Family $50,000 in Suit Against A. (From rh'-rsday Dallv After more than four hours of deliberation, a jury of 11 men and one woman awarded $50,000 to the Plaintiffs in the S512.039.26 suit aeainst the Louisiana and Arkan sas Railway company yesterday in U.S. District Court. The trial, which lasted five days and included testimony by several witnesses for both sides and tre mendous amounts of exhibit items as evidence, went into the jury's hards at 3:42 p.m.

yesterday Gordie Deloach and Mrs. Ada May Jones Deloach of Baton Rouge asked the more than half-million I dollars for injuries, damages and other contingencies allegedly sustained by them and their seven year old son, James Henry, when their automobile rammed the L. and A. crack streamliner Soutn- ern Belle" at Hessmer. on the morning of May 13, 1950.

A breakdown of their case re veals the following amounts sought by the plaintiffs: For the child, James Henry, the jury awarded $2,500. For Mr3 Deloach, $300,000 the jury awarded $29,500. For Deloach. $190,539.26 the jury awarded $18,000. Thus, the jury allowed just a lit tle less than ten per cent of the plaintiff's request.

Arguments in the case ended Tuesday afternoon, and summa tions by both counsels were heard starting at a. m. yesterday, rn- or to that time Judge Ben C. Daw- kins, of Monroe, conducted length- ly conferences with both counsels in his private chambers. Final summations by both coun sels lasted slightly more than two hours, including elapsed time for lunch.

Judge Dawkins delivered a one-hour charge to the lury The jury returned its verdict at 7:55 p.m. after four hours and 13 minutes of deliberation. A considerable crowd was on hand in the courtroom as the jury retired, as much interest had been generated by the case, which is one of the largest civil litigations ever to be tried in federal court here. As the time drew on, minutes turning into hours, all but the most interested, including the parties in the case, their attorneys, court personnel and press representa tives left the courtroom. Mrs Deloach, who is confined to a wheel-chair, for the most part yat anxiously; Deloach, though evidently nervous, chatted with his attorneys.

After the verdict was delivered and the jury dismissed, the Deloach fami'y left immediately for Baton Rouge. Neither counsel was avail able for comment. Morgan. Baker, and Skeels of Shreveport represented the De loach family, and White, Holloman, and White, af Alexandria -were attorneys for L. and A.

WATER SUPPLY OUT ST. LOUIS UP) It was 100-above and no water for about 5,000 homes in St. Louis County yesterday. A connecting joint on a 36-inch trans mission line blew out, cutting off the water supply. Political Round-Up Rash of Victory fnl 1 rr Sale of City Vote Is Dead Landry of West Baton Rouge Parish, was introduced early in current session.

It is Bill II. and amends revised statutes of 1950 to add to an act permitting sale of public utilities, a clause which would authorize the sale of transportation facilities. Interest the bill in Alexandria centered around a proposal to sell city-owned bus lines. Utilities Commissioner Ben F. Bradford reported that negotiations to sell the buses are in progress Yesterday he said the Bill H.

836 would enable the city to sell the bus lines without submitting the proposal to the people. date while Chattanooga's 102 tied the all-time high for June. New records for June 25 were set in several Virginia cities including Newport News with 102 and Richmond and Norfolk with 100. Texas baked with a top of 106 at Presidio. St.

Louis was promised no relief after yesterday's sizzling 100-de-gree heat which set a new June 25 record. It was 97 in downtown Pittsburgh equaling the record for the date set 1822. It was nearly normal weather in the Rocky Mountain arid Pacific Coast states. The day's top at Los Angeles was 70; 68 at San Fran cisco and 69 at Seattle. June Is Almost Rainless Here, Records Show (From Thursday'" Daily) Neither rain nor cooler weather were on the bill of fares for Cen tral Louisiana today, as the June drouth and heat wave continued unabated.

Rainfall in the Alexandria area so far this month has been limited to a sprinkling on June 6-7 which brought only 0.74 of an inch of moisture. Most of the Central Lou isiana area is just ts parched. Temperatures averaged 82.9 de grees for the first 25 days of June, and that's slightly more than the normal average. The mercury reached 97 degrees at the Municipal Airport yesterday, just one degree shy of the 1952 heat mark set on June 18. But with all the hot weather and the drouth, Central Louisiana has been comfortable compared with other sections of the country.

The Midwest sweltered in tempera tures up to 104 degrees yesterday and the East was stewing in 90-degree-plus heat. The official forecast: Alexandria and vicinity: Partly cloudy with not much change in temperature this afternoon, tonight and Friday. Highest temperature tomorrow between 94 and 98 degrees, lowest tonight 74 to 77 degrees. Louisiana: Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Friday; widely scat tered thundershowers in the ex treme south portion: gentle to moderate mostly south winds on the coast. Outlook for Central Louisiana: Partly cloudy with widely scatter ed afternoon thundershowers Saturday.

Dog-Catcher's House Votes to Wipe Out Alcoholic Control Board BATON ROUGE (AP) Louisiana Representatives voted 60-21 to wipe out the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board after some members lashed at it as a "deadhead" agency. The House already has killed the appropriation Late Bulletins WASHINGTON (UP) Gtn. Dwight D. Eisenhower end Sen. Robert A.

Teft both will go to Chicego next week to direct in person their bitter-end fight for the Republican presidential nomination. NEW ORLEANS (UP) A strike of United Auto Workers in a dispute over wages and working conditions halted work today at the Michoud plant near here which produces engines for the Army's new medium tanks. WASHINGTON (UP)-Oscar Collaxo, 38-year-old Puerto Ri-can who took part in the attempted assassination of President Truman, today was sentenced to die in the electric chair here Aug. 1. WASHINGTON (UP) The House voted tentatively today to end Federal rent controls Sept.

30 in all but "critical defense housing areas" or where local governments specifically request them. LONDON (UP)-U. S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson gave Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden "very satisfactory" answers today to British demands for closer liaison in Korea, informed sources reported. BATON ROUGE The House approved raising minimum salaries for firemen in cities of more than 13,000 population today.

Chiropractor Case Ruling Is Appealed To Supreme Court The case in which Charles K. McHenery is charged by the State Board of Medical Examiners with practicing medicine without a li cense, has been appealed to the Louisiana Supreme Court. Judge Walter M. Hunter granted the appeal in ninth judicial district court yesterday. Pending a decision by the supreme court, the injunction ordered last week by Judge Hunter prohibiting McIIen ery from practicing has been sus pended and McHenery will be al lowed to continue practicing.

He is allegedly a chiropractor, but dur ing the hearing in civil court here he did not admit practicing chiro practic. Chiropractic is not lisens- ed by the state of Lousiana. Judge Hunter granted devolu tive and suspensive appeals and fixed the combined bonds at $400. Interveners in the case were granted devolutive and suspensive appeals and the combined bonds were fixed at $200. Russian Embassy Leaves Venezuela CARACAS Venezuela MV-The 36-member staff of the Russian Embassy sailed for home last night following a diplomatic squab-! ble which resulted in Venezuela and Russia breaking off diplomatic relations.

They left behind them two dis gruntled Venezuelan carpenters' who had helped them pack. The carpenters complained the Rus sians refused to pay the bill for their work. Official Says at a meeting of local bust Iness and ness and civic leaders tnit morning at City Hall. "All the Air Force wants in order to start the ball rolling on construction is a resolution from the city council of Alexandria, stating its intention to meet certain criteria desired by the Air Force, in making the local base a permanent installation," he said. Among those things listed as necessary by Col.

Ensign as prerequisite to a permanent base here are: absolute and complete control by the Air Force of land on which the base is located; flexibility of local ordinances, which would enable expansion of the base when deemed necessary by the Air Force; enactment of building and real estate regulations to insure safety in operation of aircraft at the base and in the surrounding areas; adequate living facilities for base personnel and their families, plus ample recreational, educational, and religious facilities to serve personnel who will be stationed at the base. The Air Force also asks a favorable attitude on part of local citi zens to the establishment of the base as a permanent facility: minimum interference from in dustrial activity in the vicinity of the base now and in the ana nnaliy, exclusive use of the base by the Air Force and barring commercial aircraft. No Commtrcial Flights Delta Airlines now uses the air port for commercial flights. Col, t-nsign said that exclusive military use of the base is not necessary now or in the immediate future, but no long range plans could be contemplated by the Air Force as long as commercial airlines have use of the base. More than 25 prominent business men and civic leaders, including Mayor Carl B.

Close, members of the city council; police jurymen; Col. Mark K. Shippman, commanding officer of the base, and Gen. T. B.

Herndon, director of aviation for Louisiana and representatives of the U. S. Corps of Engineers, attended the meeting. ui. ensign stated that the local base is one of nine now under consideration by the Air Force for permanent status, and that should all the requirements that have been set down be met, eventual plans call for stationing 150 jet planes and 3,000 officers and airmen at the base as a fighter-bomber wing with two groups.

This would bring an added monthly payroll, including services and supply demands of the base, to more than $1,000,000 to Alexan- ana. City Owns Land The city now owns title to the acres of land that is now in use by the base. Forty additional acres used by the base is the property of the state, belonging to the State School for Spastics. Mayor Close, with both council-men present at the meeting, said that he saw no problem in granting title to the city-owned portion (NOW TURN TO PAGE SIX) cnance of remaining in the bill, Before today's final vote tfe. Housp still had to decide what to ao aoout rant control.

An amendment to remove rent controls on July 31 is pending and has stronk backing. The Senate, in its own version of the controls bill, has voted to retain rent controls until next March 1, when it also would end wage and price controls. The House voted yesterday to remove from wage controls employes of newspapers, magazines, theaters, w're services and outdoor advertising companies. The present law exempts these operations from price controls. The House ordered that salaries oi supervisory, executive, administrative and professional employet be handled by the Bureau of Internal Revenue instead of by the Salary Stabilization Board.

And it voted to allow individual wholesalers and retailers their customary pre-Korean price mark ups instead of permitting these markups only on an industry-wioe tasis. sign, of Air horce headquarters, Military, AEC Fund Requests Cut 25 Percent WASHINGTON (f) The House Appropriations Committee recom mended today a 25 per cent cut in new funds asked by the admin istration for the armed forces, for eign aid, atomic energy and variety of other purposes. In terms of cash, the purse-hold ing group's proposed reduction which comes up for House action tomorrow and will be considered by the Senate later was 156,250. The committee, headed by Rep. Cannon (D-Mo), said the agencies involved should get alone on $10, 282,532,030 instead of the President Truman asked The money provided in today's dm is separate from regular bud get appropriations already consid ered by Congress for the Defcuse Department and the Atomic Ener gy Commission.

Their regular bud gets, much larger, have been re duced already. The new funds supplement ap propriations already considered for the coming year or actually made for the present year, and are pn marily for construction programs No big agencies were spared the committee's cuts. The largest was a $1,706,000,000 reduction in funds for the Atomic Energy Commis sion. This was 53 per cent less than the $3,191,000,000 requested. ine loreign aid program was chopped by $250,120,000, from 526,060,750 to $6,275,940,750.

The Defense Department, which wanted $2,993,868,440 for its con struction programs, was allotted $2,187,899,840, a cut of $805,968,600, A group of defense agencies was trimmed from $661,610,000 to $81, 690,000, a reduction of $579,920,000 with $562,500,000 of the total cut aimed at the Civil Defense Admin istration. The Economic Stabilization Agency (ESA) got nothing, the committee saying it would consid er ESA funds when Congress de cides what to do about wage, price ana rent controls. The agency wanted $103,250,000. The Commerce and Interior De partments got what they request ed, $716,536 for Commerce and $525,000 for Interior. The extra budget of $132,200 for Congress it self was approved full.

The Labor Department was cut from $16,870,000 to $9,600,000, most of the cut being in funds for grants to states for unemployment compensation and employment service administration. The Federal Security Agency was slashed from $110,710,400 to $10,537,750, the committee reject ing among other things the entire 80 millions requested for school construction. nt uacic committee. "se could flthul allnur all ninttvle 4a sli Monday, when the present law ex wires, or pass a quick short-term extension of the present law. As now stands House bill would: End wage and price controls on July 31, 1952 Continue until June 30 1953.

al location and priority powers and rent control. "Request" the President to try to stup the steel strike with a Taft Hart'ey Law injunction. Reorganize the Wage Stabiliza tion Board and take away its power to act in labor disputes. The House left out of its bill all authority for the government to control private credit. This authori ty had been used in the past to! regulate installment buying and; house purchases, Another amendment up for re consideration today was by Rep Talle (R-Iowa).

It would end! all price controls after June 30. This amendment ap By The Associated Press June's blazing heat kept up its relentless siege over wide areas in the Eastern half of the nation today. Wednesday was the summer season's hottest day in hundreds of cities in the heat-stricken region. Temperatures soared into the 90s and above 100 in the East the South and the Midwest. Records for the date were broken in scores of cities.

No immediate widespread relief appeared in sight. However some of the cooler air which covered the Northern Plains states was headed into the North Central states. There was a promise of some cooling by Friday. No such relief was forecast for Eastern and Southern hot spots. Hot weather threatened crops in some Southern states including Virginia and Arkansas.

Deaths from heat were reported in several cities. Hundreds suffered heat prostration. Baltimore reported 99 heat prostrations and one death from the 98-degree heat. It was the hottest June 25 in 54 years. In nearby Washington the mercury hit 98 for a season high and the hottest June 25 smce 1875 Three deaths attributed to the heat were reported in Ohio which sweltered in temperatures around the 100 mark.

Two persons died from heat in Philadelphia and 40 were treated in hospitals for heat exhaustion. The day's top reading of 96 was a record for the date. New York City reported a record 96.5 reading. More than a score of persons were treated for neat prostration. One death was reported in Upstate New York where temperatures were in the 90s.

Readings of 100 and above were general in many parts of the South. The day's top of 104 at Macon Ga. marked the fifth consecutive day of 100 or higher and the 25th straight day with temperatures above 90. It was 103 in Augusta and 101 in Savannah. The 101 in Nashville was a record for the Claims Breaks ipected Stevenson to win the nom ination despite his insistence that he doesn't want it.

Nine picked Kef auver, five named Vice Pres ident Alben W. Barkley, and there were three for President Truman, two for Russell, and one for for- eign aid aaminisiraior w. Aveiea i A Tt in.Harnman, The photo-finish quality of the GOP race was reflected in an most even split: 25 of the writers Tt ft thnimM uid bT out fof Earl of Cali rtlL In other political developments: 1. Eisenhower scheduled a ma jor address tonight from Denver (at 10:30 p. m.

EDT) over the CBS radio network. 2. Taft devoted the day to catch ing up with Senate work and long distance telephone talks with his regional campaign managers. He will go to Charlottesville, tomorrow to meet with the state's convention delegates and deliver an evening speech. 3.

Sen. Edwin C. Johnson (D ager, said the Georgia senator is making "steady headway" in gain ling western delegates. Russell con- ferred with New Mexico Demo- for operation of the three- member board and its staff Gov. Robert Kennon said in a press conference Tuesday he favored continuance of the ABC board, which polices the liquor industry.

The governor said he had asked Senators to restore the appropriation. The House bill abolishing the agency now goes to the Senate for action. Rep. William Yarno of Avoylles Parish, author of the bill, told the House before it acted last night: "The board was created in 1948 for the sole purpose of putting political deadheads on the payrolls of the state of Louisiana. "The ABC has handled nine cases seven were continued, one was dismissed, and only one person was convicted.

"It cost the people of Louisiana $100,000 a year for one conviction," he declared. Rep. Kenneth Barranger of New Orleans, opposing Yarno, stressed that the ABC was set up in 1548 at the request of liquor dealers. They volunteered to pay a tax of eight cents a gallon to support the agency, Barranger said. "At that time there was a great deal of abuses going on in the liquor business.

You all remember there were people being doped on Bourbon Street." Barranger referred to a New Orleans French Quarter night life center. However, Rep. F. A. Graugnard of St.

James Parish argued that "It is a known fact that the board has accomplished virtually nothing in the past. There is little evidence it will do any better the future." Rep. D. Elmore Becnel of St. John Parish had this to say: "This has been a fight since the first days of the Legislature, when Graugnard introduced 'a bill to knock out the 15-day credit require ment." A bill seeking repeal of the state law requiring liquor dealers to either pay cash or settle their accounts in 15 days failed in a House committee.

"Everybody knows this board was created by liquor dealers who broi'fht pressure on former Gov. Earl Long berause thev had some S5OO.000 on their books, Becnel sain. "We have sheriffs charged with enforcing the laws. Why should you crv against the federal povernment interfering with the state, whpn yon want the state to interfere wi'h locl government" "T've heard Gov. Kennon say he wi'l cut.

deadhead' from thp rjav-rolls." Becnel continued, "This Is "nod opportunity for him to do it." River Bulletin Flood Pwfnt stations Stage Stage Chunffe Ln.iln si.e VrpnM, 34 J1S Kstchoi 48 17. AtrhifnUrt Morgan City 4.1 OnirhlU Camdrn 26 r4 9 Monroe 40 ZS13.7 Black Jonrstll 50 22.S r-tnse vestFT-riav morning. Ptape day before yesterday, a Pool itatst 11 rise OT rlw fall 6.4 fall (I fall 0.1 rise fall Steel Strike's End Not Likely Until One Week WASHINGTON The steel strike was considered certain to day to continue at least another week even if President Truman bowed to the will of Congress and asked a court to order the men back to work. There was no firm indication, however, how the President would react to yesterday's House request paralleling a previous one from the Senate that he use the Taft-Hartley Labor Law to end the crippling, 24-day strike. The walkout of about 650,000 CIO steelworkers has already cost more than six million tons of steel.

The President had a chance to jtip his hand at his weekly news conference today. His last public comment on Taft-Hartley was a curt remark that Congress has no power to force its use. He also said, however, the use of tne law always has been under considera tion. The law calls for a board of inquiry, appointed by the Presi dent, to look into the issues in volved in a dispute and make a report to the White House. Not until that has happened and customarily it takes at least a week-can the President ask a court to issue an order banning continuation of the strike for 80 days.

The steelworkers union, it was learned, is considering an attack on the steel industry through the same Taft-Hartley Law. The act makes it an unfair 'abor practice not to bargain collectively. ine act says collective bargaining conferring "in good faith" over union demands for higher waties and other contract chanpes. The union questions whether the steel companies have, in fact, bargained in good faith, and gives this reason: The union was reliably reported to have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract late last veek with Bethlehem Steel, second jbiggest producer. The tentative ac cord, these reports said, was rejected by others of the six main companies the dispute when Bethlehem asked for their approv al under an agreement that all six would stick together in the long contract fight.

Stickiest obstacle to settlement of the dispute, which started last November, was a union demand for the union shop, under which all employes could be compelled to join the union. Beyond a statement by Rep. Hal-leck (R-Ind) yesterday that the strike would be settled within a week, there was no apparent indi cation of any union shop compro mise. Halleck, refusing to elab orate on his prediction. The National Production Author! ty, meanwhile, primed a crack down on any steel hoarders or black marketeers.

Enforcement of fictrs were told by their chief, Robert Winn, to keep a close check on steel trade channels. Out Among Democrats and GOP Bill Virtually Junking Controls Heads For Final Roll Call Test Vote in House WASHINGTON UB-The adminis-i they be surprised if it wasn't145 to 88, appeared to have eood WASHINGTON (UP) Repub lican and Democratic presidential candidates broke out in a rash of victory claims today in an effort; to spread "bandwagon fever" among still-uncommitted conven tion delegates. r.en. Dwisrht T). Eisenhower's campaign manager predicted Denver that the general will win the GOP nomination on the "sec ond or third ballot." Sen.

Robert A. Taft's campaign neaaquaners prepared a I afjStray Shotgun ill I I niTS VJlN iFrom Thursday' )ilvi Little ten-year-old Addie Barker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bar-j ker of 1408 Ashley Street was1 struck in the stomach by pellets "aiming A montn ag0i before EisCn-east 601 convention delegates for; rcturned from 35 the Ohio senator-just three short ithe kked him to wi of the number required for nom-. A nn1v lhpir K-t, on from a 410 shotgun at 11:15 a.m.r empcrais in a weeK oi neatea, 'rations stnpped-to-a-skeleton con trols bill faced final roll-call tests' in th House today.

And administration leaders had little hope of restorine the maiori control powers peeled awav bv 01 wucans ana aoum- aebate. there was one exception: Re Publican Leader Martin of Massa lehusetts told newsmen he the House might reverse yester I day's 118 to 87 decision to end wage ind price controls July 31 Rep. Barden (D-NC) sponsored this amendment. Martin, who op posed it, said a Senate-House con loiference committee probably would knock it out of the final bill even ly drawn to continue President Truman's wage, pricerent and i a' i today when city dog catcher, Bili nouras killed a dog near the Bar- ker house, according to Mrs. Bar ker.

Mrs. Barker said that Mouras had chased the dog down Four leenth Street and fired one shot from the shctgun, which brought the girl to the front porch of the house to see what was happening A second shot was fired within feet of the girl, Mrs. Barker said, ination. In the Democratic race, Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.) said he will have 30 delegates on the first ballot and will gain steadily thereafter until he wins the nomination.

His managers asserted that he has gained strength rapidly during his current western tour. Sen. Estes Kefauver derided Russell's claim, and stood pat on his own forecast that "it will be Kefauver on the fifth or sixth ballot." But the consensus of ler.din; and pellets hit her in the the House didn't cancel yester causing her to go into a shocked day's tentative vote, condition and leaving small redj Even without the Barden amend spots on her body. nient however the bill original Washington political writers Russell's man- An unidentified police officer ac- companied Mouras but took no, that neither Russell nor Kefauver, but Gov. Adlai E.

Stevenson of! Illinois, was the most likely Demo cratic presidential nominee. part in the shooting. City police; other control powers for a year-sail that no report had been put has been so sharply whittled by Newsweck Mpgpzine polled 50 of cratic leaders today at pundits and found that 30 ex-1 que. on their records at noon today. ithe House that some members saidiproved by an unrecorded vote of.