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THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1956 TWO A Snow Commie British Tic- He. -M' TV KKK Fiery Cross Remains Mystery TUSCALOOSA- April 8 (Special) -Tuscaloosa Chief of Police W. C. Tomkins said tonighl local authorities had no evidence that the Ku Klux Klan had burned a cross near here last night. Tomkins said numerous phone calls were received around 10 p.m.

last night and the- FBI had been alerted, but. two patrol cars searching the area on Highway 11 some six miles outride the city limits produced no burning crosses or Ku Klux Klan members. "Later some students were picked up in a Buick for speeding and they said they had been in the group, but there is no proof that this is true," the chief said. Calls from witnesses indicated that around 75 robed figures were seen in formation around the burning cross. --mr 1 f' (Continued From Page 1) was believed here another announcement might be issued soon restoring Rostov's reputation.

FOLLOW LEAD; In this respeCf, Bulgaria would follow the lead of two other satellites," Hungary "and Poland, which have publicly proclaimed the inno-oence of its purged "Titoists." The Bulgarian communique said communism had led Bulgaria to "great progress" economically and culturally but that "much more could have been achieved if the cult of the individual had not developed. "This cult," the communique said, "developed around the person of comrade Vulko Chervenkov and displaced and misrouted the traditional and experienced work of the party, the internal party democracy and collective leadership. "Its direct consequences were the one-sided solution of problems which damaged the work of the ideological and economic organizations of the party and the state." Chervenkov, the son of a royalist army captain, joined the Communist party at the age of 20 while attending Sofia University. He fled to the Soviet Union in 1925 after being implicated in a revolt plot and was sentenced to death absentia. He returned to Bulgaria in 1944, became a deputy premier in 1949 and premier in 1950.

VETERAN NEWSMAN HONORED Ben Green, (right) former editor of The Tuscaloosa News and now connected with the Nashville Banner, receives a gavel from George M. Cox, executive editor of the Mobile Press-Register, in appreciation of his many years of service to the Alabama Associated Press of which he served as president several terms. The presentation took place at a meeting of the group here Sunday afternoon. Photo by Owens At- Investors Federal (Continued From Page 1) State, measured 16 inches of snow. By noon the New York suburbs were winter wonderlands, but the heart of the city had only slush and vet pavements asthe snow Curries continued.

ALARMS FOULED Wind gusts of 52 an hour bad been recorded. Hundreds of fire alarm boxes were, put out of commission by the storm. New Jersey police joined authorities of other states in warning of hazardous driving conditions during the morning. Most of the State had three, to five inches of snow, but the mountainous northwest corner reported 16 inches and Vernon township was isolated for seven hours. Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New York State were hard hit, too.

Port Jervis. N.Y., and Hazleton, Pa. reported 12 inches, Freeland. 15 inches, with more falling. Swollen streams and rivers caused some alarm in eastern Pennsylvania, but the Weather Bureau did not expect any flooding.

The average American consumed less than three bushels of wheat in 1955. Phone CAPITOl iml Floral Co. New Store 910 ADAMS TO YOUR SECURITY BY M. Rill III mm 'i ifiai Jl 1 L. J.

FASSMAN JK. Young Attorney Dies L. J. Fassman Dies At Home Lawrence J. Fassman prominent young attorney, died at his home, 4053 Cleveland at 10:30 a.m.

yesterday after a brief illness. The 32-year-old attorney was dean of Jones Law School here and a member of the law firm of Capell, Howard and Cobbs at the time of his death. A graduate of Sidney Lanier High School, Fassman received his bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Alabama. He taught at Jthe university extension here before joining Jones Law School. Furfteral services will te held at 3:30 p.m.

today from Memory Chapel. Fassman was a member of the First Baptist Church and a member of the Alabama and American Bar Associations. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Marian Haisten Fassman, formerly of Birmingham; two daughters, Marian and Linda Fassman, both of Montgomery, and his mother, Mrs. L.

J. Fassman Sr. Fassman's father was the late L. J. Fassman Sr.

Blaze (Continued From Page 1) upstairs neighbor aroused her. "She wanted to get out through our apartment," Mrs. Johnson said. She awakened her husband, and they groped their way out of the 1 building through thick smoke. "It must have taken us 25 minutes.

The smoke was thick, and it was pitch black in the halls," 1 she said. "We broke a window on the first floor to get out." Firemen carried a dozen residents down ladders." Thomas Washington, 25, a Negro, told Chicago city fire Atty. Earl Downes, he was parking his car in" front of the building when he heard an' explosion and saw a sheet of flame rise inside the building. The victims were taken to Mi chael Reese and Provident hospitals in the South Side area. Downes and Coroner Walter Mc-Carron began separate investigations of the tragedy.

Accidents (Continued From Page 1) near her home Saturday night, ending a search by more than 1,000 persons. Marth Sims had disappeared while fishing with an older sister, who left her briefly to get a fishing pole. The body was discovered in about four feet of water near the bank of the pond. Non-traffic fatalities raised the accidental death total to seven for the weekend. Robert B.

Wright, 47, resident of the Swearingen Community near was found burned to death in woods about miles from his home Sunday. A partly smoked cigaret was near the body. Wright's death was discovered when his wife noticed a woods fire and vyent with her sons to in-( vestigate. Coroner Aubrey Carrj ana snerm L. P.

Dickson said exact cause of death had not been determined. ADD UP FUTURE Say goodbye to financial worries with an in insured savings account with us. Every dollar you save here earns i g.h.e.r dividends twice yearly. Open your cccount to t. V5 4 Press (Continued From Page 1) the best newswriting performance among; the large Alabama newspapers last year.

This story led to a change in regulations of the state prison department in assigning convicts back to the counties where they were sentenced from as trusties. SHERIFF RELENTED Mobile County Sheriff Ray D. Bridges refused to permit reporters of the Mobile newspapers to look at the county jail docket, but later relented when they prepared to file a court suit to force his hand. The Press-Register went ahead with the lawsuit anyway and won a judgement in Mpbile Circuit Court now on appeal to the State Supreme ourt. Public Safety Director Bill Lyer-ly addressed the AP Association briefly on the state's traffic safety program.

He promised assistance of the highway-patrol in helping newspapers gather news of traffic accidents and other news. He said the highway patrol stands ready to cooperate in getting an accurate account of traffic accidents, to- the. "We a public correctly informed is a cooperative public and this will help in our work in trying to hold down traffic accidents." ALL EMERGENCIES Lyerly said he has instructed the highway patrol to assist in getting news to the public not only of traffic arccidents but in case of storms and other emergencies. Winner in the newswriting and photo contests: Class AA Spot News 1. Mobile Press Staff.

2. Birmingham News staff (Albert Fuller murder trial). Honorable mention' Martin Waldron, Birmingham post-Herald. Non-Spot News 1. Harry Cook.

Birmingham News. 2. Tom Taylor, Mobile Register. Honorable Mention, Ed Pilley, Birmingham Post-Herald. Features 1.

Leo Willette, Birmingham News. 2. Eugene J. Ko-varik, Alabama Journal. Honorable Mention, Frank Bruer, Mobile Press.

Sports 1. Benny Marshall, Birmingham News. 2. Naylor Stone, Birmingham Post-Herald. Class A Spot News 1.

Al Fox and Howell Talley, Gadsden Times. 2. Bob Kyle, Tuscaloosa News. Honorable Mention, Sam Jones, Anniston Star. Non-spot News 1.

Bruce Jetton, Tuscaloosa News. 2. -Ben Knight, Florence Times. Honorable Mention, Mac Harris. Huntsville Times.

Features 1. Ben Knight Florence Times. 2. Bill Gibbs, Tuscaloosa News. Honorable Mention, Al Fox, Gadsden Times.

Sports 1. Ben Knight, Florence Times. 2. John Thompson, Huntsville Times. Honorable mention, Al Fox, Gadsden Times.

Sweepstakes Award 1. Ben Knight, Florence Times. 2. Mobile Press staff for Ted Easley story. Honorable mention, Leo Willette, Birmingham News Photo Contest 1.

Jim Ware, Birmingham Post-Herald. 2. Jim Rob-bins, Post-Herald. 3. Ed Jones, Birmingham News.

Honorable Mention, Calvin Hannah, Tuscaloosa News; Ed Jones, Birmingham News, and Billy Lavender, Mobile Press-Register. day for a secure (Continued From Page 1) cently said, however, he believed Nasser was actuated primarily by a desire to maintain the "independence" of Arab countries' and had not turned against the West irrevocably. Not all voices heard in Britain today were critical of U.S. Middle East policy. There were some who took essentially the same view as Dulles.

But Lord Hailsham, outspoken Tory in the House of Lords, charged that American policy has been "little short of disastrous." The 49-year-old peer, whose mother was the former Elizabeth Brown of Nashville, wrote in the Sunday Graphic: "1 personally feel that the Anglo-American alliance would be a great deal more effective and stronger if we in Britain did not go so far to seek and wait for American support in all we did. ELECTION PERIOD "Especially during the pre-election period in America, we ought to carry out our own policies when we know they are right and "look for American support after we have acted." Lord Hailsham accused Nasser of "scheming the complete destruction of Israel" and said: "This is what they cannot see in the (U.S.) State Department. And until it is recognized there can be no peace." The Observer, an independent and influential newspaper, expressed alarm at the "drift and disunity" in the Western Alliance and said: "The greatest responsibility for leadership is where the greatest power lies. The worst failure in the present crisis is that of the United States. With the presidential elections pending, the Eisenhower administration Is unwilling to tell the American public the unpleasant facts of the worldwide setbacks which the West has suffered in the struggle for noncommitted opinion "Even worse, because of public unwillingness to get involved in a Middle Easternwar, the administration is willfully belittling the risk of such a war." The People, a mass circulation Sunday newspaper reflecting the views of the British Labor party, denounced Dulles as "the greatest brick-dropper in diplomacy," and said: "On behalf of the American people, Dulles has approved Nas ser's actions in trying to run Britain out of her oil bases.

"So we may as well face it: While Eisenhower is president and Dulles is his henchman, this country has no hope of getting American help to keep our position in the Middle East. "Not because they want to see Britain thrown out, but because neither of them has a constructive foreign policy that makes sense for anywhere in the world." Amid the criticism, there were some voices of moderation and One was that of Sir Ralph Stevenson, the British ambassador in Cairo from 1950 to 1955 who saw Nasser engineer the overthrow of King; Farouk and rise to leadership of the Egyp tian Republic. Sir Ralph described Nasser as an "extreme nationalist" who could be expected to "play off one side against the other" to ad vance Egypt's interests. He emphasized that the revolutionary movement in Egypt was still in a delicate position. He wrote in the News of the World that Nasser showed "cour age" by relinguishing Egyptian sovereignty over the Sudan and giving Britain the right to bases in the Suez Canal zone for at least seven years.

The diplomatic correspondent of the Conservative Sunday Times said Prime Minister Eden's government also has decided against any immediate retaliatory measures despite Egypt's anti-British policy. Secretary (Continued From Page 1) This change in plans was announced after reports of new clashes. Tomorrow Pope Piux XII and Italian President Giovanni Gronchi separately will receive Hammar-skjold to give their views on the problem. Then he leaves by plane for Beirut, a day earlier than scheduled. The secretary general is expected to receive the Pope's blessings on his mediation efforts.

As recently as Easter Sunday the Pope repeated a plea for peace and urged a halt to "suicidal" arms races. FURTHER BRIEFING Hammarskjold will also visit of ficials of the Vatican secretary of state. This could afford him a further briefing on the Middle East situation from the Vatican's well- informed "foreign office." He has a tentative luncheon date tomorrow with Italy's Premier Antonio Segni. Hammarskjold will make his headquarters in Beirut. No plans have been announced, but according to earlier reports, Hammarskjold planned to fly on to Cairo Wednesday.

He is certain to see Burns, possibly in Jerusalem. He may go to the troubled Gaza Strip. Hammarskjold will have personal discussions in Middle East capi tals with Arab and Israeli leaders. His trip, which may last a month, is the most important effort in years to solve the explosive Arab-Israel quarreL The mission was authorized by the U.N. Security Council.

It comes at an extremely critical period. There is fear one of the sporadic border clashes may spark off war. Congress (Continued From Page 1) returning it to the Conference Committee. Sen Ellender (D-La) and Rep. Cooley (D-NC), who led the conferees, termed the measure "a fair compromise." But Sen.

Aiken (R-Vt), another member of the conference group, Called the bill "an unsound, unworkable program with no chance for presidential approval." The compromise, completed Friday night, is a rewrite of differing farm bills approved earlier by the House and Senate. Other than the farm bill, no major legislation is in the. immediate offing, although many other hot issues are likely to come to a showdown before final adjournment in time for the August political conventions. From now until adjournment, politics is likely to be the dominant factor in the legislative picture. All 435 House seats and 32 Senate posts will be at stake in November.

Republicans, in the minority in both the Senate and the House, already are trying to place a "do-nothing" tag on the present Congress. They hope to convince the voters that what Congress needs is more Republicans. Some Democrats figure the best way to knock down the GOP charge is to construct an impressive legislative record in the remaining months of the session. They are clamoring for action in the field of Social Security, education, highway construction, foreign aid and perhaps even tax reduction if the government comes to the end of its business year June 30 in good financial position. Adlai (Continued From Page 1) senator had defeated him in' the Minnesota primary, Stevenson had turned down a Kefauver invitation to debate the issues.

Kefauver, speaking in Washing- Ion, D. took aa obvious slap at Stevenson's, civil rights stand, without naming him. "What-1 have said in Minnesota and other Northern states, I have said just as freely in all sections of the South," he said. "I don't have, one speech for New York and an entirely different speech for Florida. I won't hide what I mean behind eloquent phrases that have a fine sound but have little This is too serious a problem to be camouflaged by the delicate shadings of graceful phraseology." Before flying to Washington for a one-day campaign to bid for the District of Columbia's 2-man, six-vote convention delegation, Kefauver ended a appearance in New Jersey by conferring with Gov.

Robert B. Meyner for 45 minutes. Both agreed afterwards in a joint 45-minute news conference that the talk hadn't shaken Meyner's determination not to support any presidential hopeful before the convention. The third party possibility was brought up by Sen. Ellender (D-La) in a TV interview.

He said he believes Southern Democrats would form such a group if the Democratic presidential nomination goes to either Kefauver or Gov. Averell Harriman of New York. Ellender said Kefauver and KHarriman are not acceptable to the South because of their views on civil rights. Britain Hopes To Boost Technology Students LONDON Great Britain is planning a five-year program to increase the number of advanced technological students in technical colleges by nearly 69 per cent. 1 The plan, which doesn't include help for universities, will cost 000,000 pounds 000,000 pounds for building and 17,000,000 pounds for equipment.

ALL ACCOUNTS INSURED UP TO $10,000 BY FEDERAL SAVINGS LOAN INSURANCE CORP. jf THOMAS C. REED SR. Succumbs Here At 59 I Thomas Reed Dies At Age 59 Thomas C. Reed, 59.

827 Terrace president of Reed Transfer and Storage died Saturday night. He was a resident of Montgomery for 27 years. Reed was president of the Mont-gomery Movers past com- mander of Montgomery Post 96 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a member of the Elks, American Legion and Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday from Mem-; ory Burial will be in Me- morial Cemetery.

Survivors are a son, Thomas C. Reed Peoria, two broth-; ers. John Reed, Mount Vernon, 111. and Willis Reed, Raymond, I and one sister, Mrs. Effie 'File, Litchfield, 111.

Demos (Continued From Page 1) senhower in 1952. He has named Gov. Frank J. Lausche of Ohio as about the only Democrat he is willing to support for the nomination at this time. Lausche, who has had kind words for Eisenhower, says he doesn't have a chance of getting the nomination.

Johnson and Rayburn backed Ad-lai E. Stevenson in 1952 but Eisenhower carried Texas that year. With Johnson balking at carrying any sectional banner, Southern Democrats generally appeared likely to resort to the tactic of naming uninstructed delegates to await convention developments. Most of the Southern delegates chosen thus far have been uninstructed. Louisiana picked" a1 group representing 24 votes without instructions.

South Carolina listed 17Vi votes in this category and gave Stevenson lxh votes. Thomas Wofford, new senator from South Carolina, has said he could support Stevenson but not Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee or Gov. Averell Harriman of New York. DIVIDED VOTE Stevenson and Kefauver may divide Florida's 28 votes in that state's May 29 primary.

Kefauver will have Tenneessee's 32, at least in the early balloting at the convention. Outside of these states and Texas, however, the trend is toward uninstructed delegations. Sen. Sparkman of Alabama, the 1952 Democratic vice presidential nominee, predicted that Alabamas 26-vote delegation will be uninstructed. He said it probably contain some personal supporters of both Stevenson and Kefauver.

North Carolina, with 36 votes, has shown no signs of plopping them in any candidate's lap. Sens. George and Russell of Georgia have indicated they expect that state's 32 votes to be unpledged. Russell has said he would back Johnson "100 per cent" if the Texan would bid seriously for the nomination. George has said it would be "suicidal" for the South to "run out on a splinter ticket." CHANDLER SILENT Gov.

A. B. (Happy) Chandler hasn't given any public indication yet where he would like to try to take Kentucky's 30-vote delegation. Sen. Byrd of Virginia, who didn't back Stevenson as the 1952 nominee, apparently would like to swing Virginia's 32 votes behind Sen.

Johnson but hasn't been given any encouragement. Sen. McClellan of Arkansas has had praise for both Johnson and Lausche. However, Sen. Fulbright of Arkansas is listed as for Stevenson.

They and Gov. Orval Faubus might arrive at an uninstructed designation for Arkansas' 26 convention votes. Sen. Eastland of Mississippi, one of the leaders in the fight against the Supreme Court's ruling for racial integration in the schools, apparently would be glad to have Johnson as a candidate the state's 22-vote delegation could support. Otherwise, it is expected to go uninstructed.

The Washington Monument is 555 feet high. CMkr PAR VMUE S. Craft at Adam Hu 3-4727 Need s0mK. CASH Jimmy Battles (Continued From Page 1) Jordan home guards. Two and two Jordanians were killed, the announcement said.

Israeli sources gave these reports of action during the night on the explosive Gaza sector: One raiding band attacked near Migdal Ashkelon, nine miles north of the Gaza Strip and 25 miles south of Tel Aviv. Israeli military forces combed the area today trying to intercept the bands, many of which were believed still to roaming the countryside. Four Israelis were killed and 15 wounded in the series of attacks by tte commandos, called fedayeen. Most of them are recruited from Palestine Arabs who live in refugee camps in the Egyptian-held Gaza Strip. The Israelis charge they have been organized in "suicide squads" and trained in sabotage tactics.

NEAR GAZA STRIP Most of the attacks took place within 15 miles north and east of the northern tip of the Gaza Strip. However, the Gaza Strip border itself, after three days of intermittent firing, was reported quiet today. An Israeli army spokesman said one band stole into the settlement of Migdal Ashkelon and tossed a grenade into a house, killing a sleeping woman who had just celebrated her engagement. The engaged man and a 10-year-old child were wounded. The spokesman said the raiders shot people in the street, and set fire to a truck.

Most of the other attacks were on cars and trucks along roads in the western Negev. But a water line and pumping station were blown up, a tractor station attacked, a bridge north of Migdal Ashkelon slightly damaged by an explosion, and the railway line and some cars damaged by another blast on the railroad to Beersheba, the Israelis said. SECURITY MEASURES The security measures taken by the government today were secret. It was reported, however, that Ben-Gurion, who also is defense minister, and Interior Minister Mordechai Bar-Yehuda were empowered at a special Cabinet meet ing to requisition private yehicies in an emergency, and to require every citizen over 15 to carry identification papers henceforth. Exchanges of fire across the border of the Gaza Strip reached a climax Thursday.

The Egyptians today reported 64 Arabs, 60 of them civilians, were killed by Israeli artillery and mortar. fire on the crowded refugee city of Gaza that day. The Israelis claimed there were military targets in the city and that the firing broke out after Israeli border villages and patrols had been fired upon repeatedly. They said four Israeli soldiers had been killed earlier in the week. Five across the border shootings were reported yesterday, the third successive day of such incidents despite a U.N.

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