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60 41 itttg 5W ILS.Arms Funds Aimed At Recession ALABAMA-BORN DEMO Cross Named FCC Member WASHINGTON AD President Eisenhower Mon Indonesia Ships9: Planes Bombard Suniatran Rebels ISZf SI tei -c- day nominated John S. Cross, 53-year-old veteran communications work, a native Alabamian and graduate RiphnrH A. Mack as a member if the Federal Communications Commission. Cross, a Democrat, is now assistant chief of the State Department telecommuni it i American Oil Firm Caught In Outbreak; Troop Clash Reported BUKITTINGGI, Central Sumatra Indonesian warships and planes lightly shelled and bombed Padang Monday after landing troops on the east coast of Sumatra in a showdown with the rebel regime based in this mountain capital. The American oil company Caltex.

caught in the middle of what seemed to be the outbreak of civil war, closed down operations at its $125 million installations and sent some employes' families to Singapore. The revolutionary regime said 300 government troops landed Friday on the east coast island of JAKARTA The Red Cross Monday instructed its chapters in Central and South Sumatra to arrange evacuation of foreigners and Indonesians who want to leave the war-menaced areas. Bengkalis, plugging one of Caltex coastal oil terminals. A rebel platoon on the island, an old-time Chinese smugglers' base, clashed with the trooDs and 'Y9ALL COME9 TO MISSISSIPPI Gov. James E.

Folsom reacts to an invitation to the' Columbus, Pilgrimage to Ante Bellum Homes and Antique Show by pointing out to the visiting Mississippians that Montgomery has a little history, loo. He is shown pointing out the star on the Capitol portico that marks the spot where Jefferson Davis took office as president of the Confederacy. The visitors in ornate pre-Civil War finery are, left to right. Misses Elizabeth Nanks and Mary Anne Belts and Fred C. McAlpin of Columbus.

The pilgrimage, which will cover 14 of the loveliest and most historic Columbus homes will be held March 22-30. i gv -4 V-ill Jf 4- Vv "i I NABBED AWOL SOLDIER Holdup Arnnr.n rrTccTTlrephoU then witndrew t0 jungle. L.T. COL. ACHMAD HUSSEIN Strict military censorship was reported in forc Rebel Soldiers' Commander in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital.

But the Jakarta correspondent of the Dutch news At Anniston Bank ANNISTON An AWOL soldier was arrested shortly after a young bandit panicked while attempting to rob the Commercial National Bank and fled empty-handed Monday. The soldier, armed with a sheath knife and carrying a paper sack, was identified as 18-year-old Donald Edwin Eisfield of San ny. i uili. i.H.. I 13 mm 1 Troop 1 rfOrfr) MALAYA Wt I 1 IIy It -t.

I Capita! i 8o PAOAG Ht Of cations division. The White House said he has been in communica tions work for 22 years and with the State Department since 1946. Mack, also a Democrat, resigned from the FCC a week ago while under fire from the House subcommittee which has been investigating the FCC. The subcommittee heard testimony that Mack accepted loans from a Miami lawyer who was interested in a case pending before the FCC. Mack denied any wrongdoing, but said his usefulness to the commission had been brought into question.

Eisenhower accepted his resignation, calling it a wise step and agreeing Mack had impaired his usefulness. Nomination of Cross must be passed upon by the Senate. It was necessary to appoint a Democrat to the bipartisan FCC since it already has its quota of four Republicans. Born in Birmingham, Cross grew up in South Carolina and calls Arkansas his legal residence. He was graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1923 with an electrical engineering degree and served as a Navy captain in World War II.

He has represented the tnuea States at a number of internation al communications conferences dealing with broadcasting, television and marine matters. James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary, was asked whether Eisenhower plans to designate FCC member Frederick W. Ford to take over as FCC chairman. "I don't know," Hagerty replied, adding: "I haven't anything before me on that." Floods To Hit Lowland Areas Lowlands flooding will occurr along the Alabama River, from Montgomery to Claiborne in Monroe County today and tomorrow as crests from heavy of last week are reached along the stream, the U.S.

Weather Bureau reported last night. Minor flooding may result in north Montgomery lowlands as the Alabama reaches an expected 34 feet today, one foot below flood stage. Weatherman Arthur Long said no serious flooding is anticipated. Most areas which will be inundated are low places along sparsely populated stretches bordering the Alabama, he said. At Selma a 44-foot crest is expected Wednesday.

Flood stage is 45 feet. The river will surge to 45 or 46 feet Wednesday afternoon at Millers Ferry in Wilcox County where flood stage is 40 feet. At Claiborne, the water will rise 2.5 feet above the 40-foot flood stage Friday. On the Tombigbee, below De-mopolis, crests of 45, 47 and 50 feet are expected today, tomorrow and Thursday at Locks 3, 2 and 1 respectively, bringing minor flooding along the river lowlands. Long said only minor flooding will occur unless unusually heavy rains should fall within the next few days.

Kansas City Youth Stabbed At School KANSAS CITY Un A 17-year-old boy was stabbed badly Monday in a fight at Westport High School. James Gant was taken to General Hospital, suffering from stab wounds in the chest and arm. Police took into custody a fellow student, Jim West, 15, for questioning. West told a reporter that Gant "hit me three or four times." SUMATRA Francisco. The Ft.

McClellan Pub lic Information Office said Eisfield had been absent without leave from his unit since Thursday. The robbery attempt was made during the noon lull at the bank. Eisfield was arrested at the Southern Railway Station about 30 minutes later, and was arraigned on a charge of violating the federal bank robbery statute about 3:45 p.m. U.S. Commissioner Ruby Price Robinson bound the young soldier over to the federal grand jury and fixed bond at $10,000 when he waived arraignment.

He was placed in the Calhoun County jail. Police Chief J. L. Peek said that Eisfield admitted that he had made the robbery attempt. He was identified by bank employes as the would-be holdup man.

Miss Lillabell Weaver and Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, both tellers, said they were standing in Miss Wea ver's cage talking when a young man came up to them. He handed Miss Weaver a sack and a note that said, "I have a gun. Put the money in the bag." Miss Weaver instead handed the note to Mrs. Turner, who read it and said in a startled voice, "Lillabell." About the same time J.

G. H. Morris and D. L. Rag-land, two customers, entered the front door.

It isn't known whether the robber thought that Mrs. Turner had (See HOLDUP TRY, Page 2A) Contractors Told To Give Hard-Hit Regions Preference WASHINGTON The Pentagon instructed the military services and their big contractors Monday to get more defense spending into areas where unemployment has grown most serious. This action on the antirecession front coincided with these other developments pointing toward additional steps in the immediate fu-ture: 1. Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas, the Democratic leader, argued urgently before the Senate Public Works Committee for a speedup on $4 billion worth of civil construction projects already appropriated for.

2. The Eisenhower administration's plan to finance an extension of state unemployment compensation benefits was reported to call for an additional 13 weeks of payments to people out of work. Most states now pay for 26 weeks or less. President Milton C. Lightner the National Assn.

of Manufacturers said President Eisenhower's unemployment compensation plan was disquieting. Lightner said, in a speech to an NAM gathering at Hollywood, that the proposal raises "hard questions." "Would it create a federal dole without end? Would it ultimately destroy the rights of the state to act in accord with their own conditions and economy?" he asked. Support for Eisenhower came from Sen. Neuberger (D-Ore) who has seldom found much to praise in the administration's economic policies. Neuberger noted that he and Sen.

Kennedy (D-Mass) have a bill that includes a proposal similar to Eisenhower's. "I am heartened by the decision 'of the President," Neuberger said. "The prestige of his office will add to our hopes for success in restoring a portion of the purchasing power of the unfortunate jobless." The Pentagon action against unemployment was announced by Deputy Secretary Donald Quarles. Quarles ordered inclusion of a clause in future defense contracts calling on big contractors to give preference to subcontractors in unemployment areas, provided those subcontractors can do the work properly and as cheaply as firms in areas less hit by unem- ployment. Sen.

Johnson argued for quick starts on civil construction proj ects which already have been financed. TRADING STAMPS OFFERED FOR TAX CHICAGO The Internal Revenue Service received a $43.50 income tax return in the mail Monday with 24 trading stamps affixed to It as part payment. n. Alan Long, district director, returned the form and stamps to the sender with a request for money. IN LEAGUE POLL popularity among city officials.

But the point should also be made that Wallace's support was not limited to the Wiregrass coun-(See WALLACE, Page 2 A) gional basis. "This is an entirely new concept because in the past it has been the city officials who have had to travel to Montgomery," Battle said. The former U.S. representative promised to "stand firmly as a guardian shield between the federal government and the local governments in protecting our people against unwarranted encroachments and use of federal troops in the enforcement of racial integration." Adm. John G.

Crommelin (Ret.) contended that the overall political situation has been infil-(See CANDIDATES, Page 2A) 4 A 3t mm Y. JOHN S. CROSS Named To Succeed Mack Date With FCC Probe Broken By Whiteside WASHINGTON Thurman A. Whiteside, alleged "fixer" in a Miami TV case, broke a d3te to testify before House investigators Monday but sent word he's be there on Wednesday. The word came from Whiteside's lawyer to Chairman Harris D-Ark) of the House subcommittee on Legislative Oversight.

Harris had angrily gavelled a hearing to a close when Whiteside did not appear on schedule Monday morning. The chairman told reporters the committee would not meet Tuesday in any event, because of important matters coming up in the Commerce Committee and on the House floor. The oversight group is a branch of the Commerce Committee. Whiteside is under investigation by the FBI and a federal grand jury over his relations with Richard A. Mack, who has resigned from the Federal Communications commission under fire after acknowledging he accepted financial favors from Whiteside.

SENATORS MENTIONED Several senators have been mentioned by witnesses as interesting themselves in a row over FCC's award of Miami's Channel .10 license to a National Airlines subsidiary. G. T. Baker, National's president, has accused Sens. Kefauver (D-Tenn), Holland (D-Fla) and Smathers (D-Fla) of conspiring against him.

All three have made statements to the effect they did nothing but seek fair treatment for the four applicants for the license. Whiteside, who has acknowledged talking with Mack on National's behalf, had been scheduled to appear for further testimony at 10 a.m. LETTER DELIVERED The lawyer, Richard A. Hunt, said in the letter: "In view of the fact that Mr. Whiteside voluntarily appeared and testified for three fulls days before your committee, after spending seven days in Washington awaiting call, and since the Department of Justice and the federal grand jury have now made certain demands upon Mr.

Whiteside's time in connection with the same matter, I have advised him to desist from further appearances before your esteemed body at this time." 1. Try Fails Hiker Believed Nurse Slayer FOLEY, Ala. Ufl A 40-year-old practical nurse from Virginia may have-been slain by a hitchhiker. Sheriff Taylor Wilkins said today this was a major theory officers were working on in an effort to solve the slaying of Mrs. Pauline Penny of Norfolk.

A southwide search is under way for three men reported seen in an automobile believed to be hers. Her battered body was found Saturday at a roadside park at Seminole, near the Florida line. Her throat bore marks as though she had been choked and the skull and face were hacked with an ax or hatchet. Associate State Toxicologist Nelson Grubbs of Mobile said the mutilation apparently was done in an effort to conceal her identity. The body also bore tire marks as though she had been run over by an automobile.

The sheriff said he was informed Mrs. Penny was estranged from her husband. She left Norfolk several weeks ago and recently had been visiting her sister in St. Petersburg. WALLACE FAULKNER FRONT RUNNERS city fathers as having much chance of cracking the run-off.

In all fairness, Wallace's impressive showing was certainly due in part to his own personal -3 J( Cfefl uNiltrLl ISLAND OF CONFLICT A closeup map of central Sumatra shows where Indonesian government troops have reportedly begun their attempt to crush the rebel regime entrenched on the island. AP Wirephoto Map Dulles Warns SEAT0 Nations Of New Red Peril To Area MUNICIPAL LEAGUE SPEAKS paper Vrije Volk in Amsterdam, said 8,500 Indonesian troops launched a three-pronged attack against the rebels early Monday. He said the 10 a 1 1 a 1 i i launched air and seaborne operations from Tandjong Pinang off Central Sumatra's east coast, Medan in North Sumatra, and the Mentawai Islands off "Padang on the west coast. WEST COAST SUPPORT He said they hoped to take the major rebel towns by March 23, the start of the month-long Moslem observance of Ramadan. Attacks today by planes and warships on Padang, chief rebel center, raised expectations of a government attempt to land troops on the west coast to support th east coast landing.

Rebel leaders said they expected landing attempts would made in the neighborhood of Pai-nan and Pariaman, 50 miles en either side of Padang. They reported 4.000 troops al-(See INDONESIA. Page 2A) Cotton Acres Hike Rejected WASHINGTON, Wl-The Senatt rejected Monday night an attempt to boost this year's cotton acreage. Cotton state senators led by Sen. Ellender (D-La) failed to win, consideration of a proposal under which farmers could overplant their 1958 allotments by 30 per cent if they withdrew from the soil bank program and waived prica supports on the increased acreage.

Thirty-six senators voted ta suspend the rules to take up th proposal, but 48 voted against it. A two-thirds favorable vote is necessary to suspend the rules. The Senate approved, without debate, an additional appropriation of $250 million for soil bank benefits this year. That raises tha total available to $750 million, an amount already approved by th House. Russian Division 1 Leaves Germany BRANDENBURG, East Ger-many Russia Monday begas withdrawal of an antiaircraft division from East Germany with a big farewell ceremony for th troops.

No tears were shed by th local residents. Only a few residents followed the troops to the railway depot. trie chair or by a prison term up to life. Circuit Solicitor Forest Adams explained the state charge is a different offense altogether from the federal count. Alfred Anglin, 29, and Clarence Anglin, 26, were sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, and John Anglin, 27.

got 10 years when they pleaded guilty last month to violation of the federal bank robbery laws. The trio was arrested by FBI agents at Hamilton, Ohio, Jan. 22, five days after the Columbia bank was robbed of approximately They pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson at Montgomery Feb.

19. City Officials Poll Favors Wallace SEATO, which he said were seven times as much as before the foreign ministers of the eight-nation alliance met last year. intensification of the charge (that SEATO is aggressive) at this time, in relation to this area," Dulles said, "should alert us to the possibility that there may be new aggressive Communist plans for this area, plans which the Communist rulers fear SEATO might block." Dulles spoke against a backdrop of a shooting civil war in Indonesia and a Soviet call for a summit conference. British Foreign Secretary. Sel-wyn Lloyd told the opening session Britain is "willing to enter into worthwhile discussions at any time Or any level." "But," Lloyd added, "there is so much at stake from their fail-( See SEATO, Page 2A) IP fJ If I If MANILA UPI U.S.

Secretary of State Dulles told the fourth annual SEATO foreign ministers' conference Monday that "there may be new aggressive Communist plans for this area." Dulles pointed to Communist propaganda blasts against Negroes Sue Over Housing BIRMINGHAM W) Fifty Gadsden Negroes Monday charged in an injunction petition that a Greater Gadsden Housing Authority redevelopment project is discriminatory against them. The Negroes asked a U.S. District Court injunction halting the plan, which they said was designed to "control future racial occupancy" of the affected area. No date was set for a hearing. The Negroes are protesting Housing Authority plans for the Birmingham street area of Gadsden.

They claim that 331 Negro families would be moved out and that 300 white families would not be affected. The Housing Authority said there are too few Negroes in the Birmingham street area to offer recreational, school and social facilities. Another close-in area on North Fifth street is proposed for expansion of the Negro community. ADVERTISER TODAY Tag Pr Class. Ada S-TB Markets 4B Camiei IK Obituaries SB Crossword 8B Faeiety Editorial 4 A Sports Legal Notices SB Weather Hap 2A Local Badlo-TV SB Columnists: Alsopa, Davidson.

Ticker .41 By BOB INGRAM Advertiser Staff Writer MOBILE Alabama's municipal officials in convention here are pretty well agreed on two points concerning the 1958 governor's race. First, they are convinced a runoff will be necessary, and second, they are reasonably certain one of the candidates in the runoff will be Circuit Judge George C. Wallace. From that point on there was considerable disagreement, as evidenced in a poll taken among mayors and councilmen representing cities in 27 Alabama counties. In each instance the municipal officials were asked if they felt a run-off was necessary, and if so, who did they consider as the strongest contenders in their respective cities and counties.

WALLACE POPULAR Wallace won in a breeze. He was mentioned as a run-off candidate by officials from 25 of the 27 counties included in the poll. No other candidate was even close. A distant runner-up was Jimmy Faulkner of Baldwin County. Officials from 11 counties picked him as a run-off candidate.

Next came Atty. Gen. John Patterson with seven mentions: Rep. George Hawkins of Gadsden with five, and Agriculture Commissioner A. W.

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(adyj Brothers Face State Trial For Columbia Bank Stickup 11 Governor Hopefuls Get In Plugs To City Leaders 5 AF OFFICERS TO TAKE OFF ON 'SPACE' FLIGHT TOMORROW DAYTON. Ohio 17! How well can five men do their jobs after five days cooped up together in an aircraft cabin which measures only 17 by 7 by 6 feet? Starting with a pretended space flight takeoff at 9 a.m., EST, Wednesday the Wright Air Development Center plans to find out. It will be the second in a series of Air Force tests to determine the ability of an air crew to live together and perform efficiently under long-range flight conditions. Volunteers plan to step out of the small, grounded cabin at 9 a.m. on St.

Patrick's Day. They are Maj. Russell D. Brewington and foar captians, William D. Johnston, Dan D.

Fulgham, James V. Kennedy and Lawrence McEachcrn. The alternate is Maj. Tom R. Fisher.

The first test, conducted last August, seemed to indicate that mea cooped up in such conditions are inclined to "live to eat." The average food intake in the first test was 4,500 calories per man per day. That is against the recommended intake of 2,900 calories a day. One of the men gained only one-half pound; another gained eight. DOTHAN, W) Three Florida brothers already sentenced to federal prison terms for bank robbery have been ordered to trial in state court here Friday for the' same offense. Circuit Judge Keener Baxley set trial date yesterday after Alfred.

Clarence and John Anglin were arraigned before him on first degree robbery charges gowing out of the Jan. 17 holdup of the bank at Columbia, Ala. Robbery under Alabama law is punishable by death in the elec- Btraifht thru to Tarapa-Miamt Trailways! No ehanga of bus or bag. face! Oo TraUwaysI Ph. Ail 4-5328.

UdvJ MOBILE W) Eleven of the 14 candidates for governor of Alabama Monday jut in their bids for support from the politically powerful city government organizations of the state. The three who did not accept invitations were Jimmy Faulkner, Bay Minette, who said he had a prior speaking commitment; W. E. Dodd, Bessemer, and Winston Gullatte, Selma. Here is a brief rundown of remarks by the candidates: Laurie C.

Battle, Birmingham, proposed a plan for regular cooperative meetings between state and municipal officials on a re.