Hattiesburg American from Hattiesburg, Mississippi • 1

LOCAL WEATHER 6outh Mississippi: Scattered thun-derihoeri. High Thursday 62-96. RIGAN VOL LIX-No. 202 HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1954 Associated Press end Wide World Lcaied Wire Report 11 UULIVU rj 5 9 uUJUll il HATTIE 3 AME list -pa rp 1 UllCSuJ RETURNED TO OFFICE Catching Traffic With Camera Senator Racks Hn iintnn Du News Briefs SecondPrimary Sept. .14 For I 'J 2z''v.

AHTTJ-Jri SEN. EASTLAND judges' Races WINDFALL PROFIT NEW YORK I.T5-A New York real estate wan told Senate probers today a group of Brooklyn cooperative apartments returned lour million dollars to builders who had invested $15,000. Alexander P. Hirsch, who also Is a manufacturer, said the "windfall" profits were derived only after he and others made "very substantial He said the capital ri.ik in the 20-million-dnlhr project was more than three million dollars. Hirsch testified before a one-man bearing of a Senate Banking and IJfrency subcommittee on irreg- in Federal Housing Ad ministration loans.

Sen. Prescnti Bush iR-Conm is conducting the hearing. ALABAMA LLLCTION' FRAUDS By THE ASSOCIATED TRESS Wholesale arrests of persons in dicted for violation of Alabama election laws were being made two counties todav and a third; grand Jury began looking for evi- dence of vote fraud. iinHw nct i i-mm fn vw AWhVnl? rNmiih NPriv in wpr. evnerted Ti Kif tZ Alabama.

17 persons have been ar- rested since Mondav on 43 charges of election law violations with more to come. McCarthy WASHINGTON I.T Sen. McCarthy's defense strategy appeared likely today to determine how 1 1 1. Collins Appareni-Loser In Jones County TRAFFIC PEST The wrong-way parker is one of the greatest of all traffic pests. This picture, one a traffic-error series taken in Hatticsburc.

shows uhv the driver of the offending car ourM lo Eet a ticket- He can causc P1' of Cricf conunK out of his wrong side spot. He can create a good solid head-on collision or he can tie up a double line of traffic in trying to extricate himself from i REP. COLMER with less than half the precincts With 34 of 7fi precincts counted, Rllssell hart 8.163 nnd I.nrtner 3 Rf)2 edge over C. F. Coward, also of dv Cowart 1 6 ,9 Judge Homer lpd Oeorce B.

-iiuvme. un ni on precincis CurrU of Raleigh rsrnhhe rif Mntwlim.lful By THE ASSOCIITID TRESS Uirn two to one lend over Corne-Mississippl voters chose seven J. Ladner of Bay St. Louis Judges yesterday in the Democratic party primary, but one race; wound im In a runoff. That tlie Vandals Make Mess Of Fireman's Home Logs Slip From Truck, Kill Oloh Man race between Judge William Har- In the 12th District Chancery l1rmlry is tantamount to election alson and Francis Zacharyof William Neville of Meridian "1 traditionally Democratic Mis-rest County In the Circuit Judge's defeated F.

Latham of Quit-slssl'nl-, race. man. Hesults from 85 of 1M pr- itopuhltrnns have nominated Twenty-eight other chancery and, clncts Rave Neville a 7,217 to 2,195 JJmr Whit of Durant to oppose Judgeship candidates were renoml-ivote lead. in November. nated without opposition.

I With about two-thirds of the re-! IIie 41-'eiir-'d lieutenant Two Supreme Court judges, chief turns In. Judge James A. TorreyiSomor. Wr of Laurel, Justice Harvey McGehee. Second of Meadville held a three to one wlth Eastland on most Circuit Judge Eastland Carries 3,441 to 2,753 in Senatorial Race County William Haralson, county judqe.

and Fiaiuis Zachary. attorney, are in the tecond pninary, Set. H. for the post of circuit juilne of the 12th district. Complete and official returns fmiu Forrest County in Tuesday's fust primary showed Haralson 1 WILLIAM HARALSON frni wven of nine precincts gave Stevens 402 vntp ll'iilil ritl MOD inH -i i This brought the totals to 313!) for Haralson, 2570 for Zachary and 1,628 for Stevens.

The two missing boxes In Perry, FRANCIS ZACIIAUY are small rural precincts at which eiccilOll OllltiaiS lOeKecl Uie re- 4' iM i r-J if' If Chief of Police Hugh Herrint? sald'bia Tuesday nifiht. Two rifles, many uin i. j(toda that two 13 and the a Knpri.ii Kpnnt committee as-i 'lliree lnRS Blippea on irui'K irvi-uru t.iM vines ana unloaded by OtheUa The other candidate. oOi Mr of he First Disirict. and one struck the 30-yrur-old Olohtliftiiceilor Stevens, collected nopposii the head, killing him in- 1.22G votes In Forrest County.

Gillespie was tinm nated fill the unexpired term of the late Jus- JtJ in "Af Oov. truck received 2741 votes and 7acharv furinnr the district, returns 'rt v'liiespie oi me rirsi jjisirici, C-m u-incin p-nnhHrn The committee's public hearings, now scheduled to start Aug. 31, will be based at the outset tn the nennle fif MlsMssirmL fop five clarses of charges. Indica- bomeone enierea ine nome oi wr. Klons are the six member grouptand Mrs.

Burch Dossett. 109 Colum- lmct. and associate Justice Hob- mine ni'iJuimt a hi mivci until the next election. term ex nirp in 1957. In the newlv rrented lflth Cirpnlt Jones County, complete returns! RBVe Lunsford Casey a slight 4.880 t0 4,831 edge over Judge F.

Burkltt' Collins. Both are from Laurel. in me nurd District Chancery: Court race, Chancellor Herbert, Holmes of Senatobla led Fred M. one woman's wrist walch, and $1 in -pish lverp K'nlen TwtSovrd from the re friprrator and thrown on the floors thSSut the house Drawe uiroufcnioui ine nouse. were pulled from cabinets and bureaus, then hurled to the floor.

Clothing was taken from closets nnj ojiu oiitwii nutfut, uiiiy wns Kniiieu uy luiuiik screen at. the rear of the dwelling Dossett, a fireman, spent the night at a fire station with his oldest son, Raymond. Mrs. Dossett was jut the hospital with her seven-year-old son, Hugh Allen, who was to undergo surgery. This morning the father and the oldest boy returned to the house and discovered what the elder Dos- sett described a.s "an amaz.ng mrs iferpina iw mess." 7 jUUU1 counseuir, ukik ine iwo ooys into custody about 9:30 a.

m. later recovered the two rifle t'ill tn AKr.Q an i.u nmi lu oi Ipreclncts cuunted in the 13ih Clr cuit. Richton Youth Fatally Hurt civ in rnu nf rn in rtn I 'iw Iran civ nillnt rnul nf nhitin rm rivlipan uu wiuiUIV UV 54,000 Margin Colmer Beats Britton By Runaway Vote Of 38,713 To 8,939 JACKSON. Miss. U.

S. Sen. James O. Eastland's margin in Mississippi's Democratic primary swelled to 54.000 votes today as ballot tabulation reared completion. Complete but unofficial returns from 1.730 of the state's 1.820 precincts Rave the 43-year-old legislator 130.014 votes in his bid for reelection to a third straight six-year Eastland's only opponent, Lt.

Oov. Carroll Gartin, polled 81.908 votes and conceded the election late last night. Gartin carried 11 Counties. U. S.

Rep. William Colmer breezed to his 12th term In the House with better than a 4-1 advantage over his nearest rival. Colmer, dean of the Mississippi delegation In Congress, polled votes in winning re-election from the 6th District. State Sen. Clem Britton of Laurel had 8,939 and Pascagoula farmer Walter Lowry had 2,988.

Nomination in the Democratic issues bt pressed hardest there. He said he was "humbly terete- a (hlrj lima w.mv, "It was a magnificent victory," he continued, "and I am thankful it represented all areas and all cctlons of the state. Other than In my immediate home area, the vote was remarkably similar throughout the state Eastland swept the Delta counties along the Mississippi River, where lie owns a plantation, by overwhelming margins. Elsewhere, he held a steady two-to-one margin except in the few more thickly populated counties. SENATE nepi.

a 1111 ine jidsi vacniea oy William McGraw of Yazoo City, who resigned to become a mem- Mott polled 1,300 votes to Martin's i ,1,000. Eliminated candidates were 'James Vandevere. Bentonia farm- JONES COUNTY JUDGE LAUREL, Miss. B. Frank Carter was elected Jones County Court judge in Tuesday's primary.

He ana wnui waiter heavenly bodies" pictures of on a piece of paper, ine stranger nnauy iea ments later me crau rose irora Pets. plans to testimony from ru lively few witnesses. VOTERS APPROVE BAWI BOND ISSUE COLUMBUS, Miss. An bond issue for Industrial expansion has the approval of Columbus voters. By a vot of 1,218 to 348, the voters yesterday passed the Issue for expansion of the plant of the Stewart Coloration whole C.

sale aiStriDUtors OI nursery siock. PASSAGOILA VOTERS MX NEW CITY HALL PASCAGOULA. Miss, if Pasca gouia voters deieatea. oy a vote oi Bush Jr. of Holly Springs 8,440 to 111 I 148 of 184 Truck Wreck Chancellor Arnold Pyle of Jack-tnn smnhiiicr virtirv nvpr An 18-year-old Richton boy Is nthnr 14 JnH hppn nrrptprl fnr So fnS tattoTSm nf ihP rinr.irto!t nf vandnlism fri5ewencounteid' I nuve eer entounierea.

The Chief told this story: iQuestioning in connection Boy Badly Hurt As Bike Hits Fence Randy Harrison, 12-year-old son '0' Mr- nd Mrs- Grady Harrison, 414 i Fifteenth suffered a fractured until ma mwivi into a fence in Hamper Park about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. He is reported to be in condition at Methodist Hospital, but ms fatner said today that the boy of the bike at a curve. The collision tnrew nun from the vehicle. In addition to the, head injuries, he suffered non a deer escaped from the park before the flattened fence was re- paired, Joseph Delia, park superin- 4nn ttllUf III.

BiliU WJUtlV. u'r 13 me animai, wiucu nc aiu B. D. Wade, also of Jackson, )n 'dead today as the result of a traffic' the Fifth District, comprising about 11:30 m. The accident occurred about a p.

m. Tuesday at Bullock's Sawmill, it it in ii uuin uu dloic iiiKiina-jr At ii wici unt vjiuvc luiiuiiuiuiy mi iiui- Oak Grove community west of Hut- tiesburg. Services for Mr. Norris were scheduled at 4 p. m.

today at Rock Hill Baptist Church in Covington County. Burial was to follow In Norris CemeU-ry, with Hulett Funeral Home charge. Mr. Norris is survived by his ife, two daughters, Joyce and Jean, and two sons, Roy and Herbert, all of the Oloh community, Sumrall, RI-D 3: his nnrents. Mr.

mid Mrs. llerliert zs Iorns' als0 of RFD sisters. Mrs. Homer Atwooa. Mrs.

Misses Minnie rear, ana Shirley Norris, all of Sumrall, FIX 3, and Mrs. Norman Rider of Memphis. A number of nieces and nephews also survive. Stock Market Cracks Sharply NEW YORK f.TiA wave of sell- intr spnt. (hp tnrlf mnrltpt nharnlu i lower today.

Some shares lost as as $6. Selling; appeared gradually after miYPH nnpointr Pir Pnrlv ftpv. the watch in a enlvert nn Williamson. Mrs. C.

V. Ro-id I YAZ0 CTTY. Mlss' '-Norman editor and publisher, and W. Franklin Clark, son of llosey Martln are ln a runof Clark of Richton, was dead on ar-jfor the state EpnBtP rival at Methodist Hospital here. Attendants at Jones Funeral' Tlie runoff election will be held l.ij to oia.

a proposal 10 ouiia ahlld a nignt- and is improv-new citv hall. jin(f A $160,000 bond issue proposal, mf. Harrison said that Randy ap- Home In Richton said young Claik apparently lost control of the pick-i nn tniflr hn u-a Hriulnn aras thrnil'n out of the vehicle and it of the Patole Board. ovpp nn him Another vonth with yesterday's special election, donee St. No charges have been filed t6 yet.

Vargas Suicide Sparks jr in Rri7il IVIWIJ 111 i-'ili JT' rjTO TtP TUTTDft in iWidespread riotiiiR-some of it di- rpptprt IOnitnl AHfilf ItrtmoHnUlTr vftn r-r, nil iv nun iniw iiijmiu, nit iuikku home reported. In addition to his father, Clark Is survived by a sister, Mrs. Mavls 'r' C. Breland of Mobile: and Clt? clothln? salesman, 91. County.

Complete returns gave Pyle 16,165 and Wade 1.819. In the Eiehth District, comprls-log the Gulf Coast, Chancellor M. Russell of Gulfport held a bet- Demonstration School Will Open Sept. 9 Registration for Mississippi Southern College Demonstration School students will begin at 8 a. in.

Thursday, Sept. 9, according to Dr. Carl L. McQuagge, director. Dr.

McQuagge also announced that school will be run on a half-day following day, with the regular schedule beginning on Mondav, 13 Demonstration School entrance requirements are the same as those for the city schools. tlon will be liable for tuition for eentle. The deer's name is brothers, Emory Clark of Richton, Alton of Mobile and Aubrey, with the U. S. Army In Japan.

Funeral arrangements are Incom plete, pending word from the broth in uie ra7.nian;niiiPh ror mat purpose was suonuuea the voters yesterday NEHRU NEW DELHI, Minister Nehru offered his ownj "collective peace" formula today for easing world tension. As an Ytc rnf out nnn example, he cited iii.j jression agreement wun i-ni- ese Communist Fremier nen En-lai. In a 25-minute foreign policy review to the Indian Parliament. Nehru condemned sucn mnuary pacts as the U. South rr.

TT easi Asia ireaiy uiKarii.nuon. Raid KF! ATO HVolv reverse the trend of conciliation released by the Indochina settlement." SEIZED JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector oT A Lebanese vessel traveling from1 Egyptian-held Gaza to Beirut, uro 1 1 I The superintendent said Snookie is very fond of bread and that any- in." i.r.lt UUU IJl Ut'LUlllJ 111 liil." noon volume had increase tn Inside the ballot boxes and one wnu iuum 'itaken by plane to burial in south- a pen by offering it bread. 1 BraVil TUn tin 4- ofroiH that Pars, il.lu'y 101 bfi lmmi mUl schedule the schedule the nrn vill. more than 30 persons were and motors. A big: loser rnP1' lnis aiu'inoon in mw u-jurcd in an outbreak of vlolence'was Bendix Aviation, down $6.37 after a half million Brazilians had, $83.

At one time down around $2 In the rare for county Judge, E. C. er in Japan, ine Douy win remain: defeated Miles Porter 6,071 to at Jones Funeral Home until time! according to complete but unoffi-for services. clal returns. Talked With Flying Saucer Pilot, Norwegian Sisters Say OSLO UP Two Norwegian wom-ithe man appeared very friendly.

i 71" or doers me it Irienien ine aeer and cause it to injure itself, RIVER STAGES Pascagoula River at Merrill, A 1 Cni-Aen ei lit Mo gathered at Rlo's downtown air port to pay a last farewell tol Aircraft, Standard Oil (New Jer- Kepper's 1,603. FLshel Is a former Dr. McQuagge said that begin-Vargas the strong man leader seyi, Santa Fe Railroad, Youngs-jstate representative and senator, nlng this year those who live in who chose yesterday to take his town Sheet Tube. Monteomerv'Both hp and Kermer are attorneys. Ilattlesburg and attend Demonstra- u-ev, oou life rather than yield the pres anon, was seized yesterday by an cnange.

Israeli coast guard patrol boatj Pearl River at R've'- Within Israel territorial waters, gn 24 feet, down .2. Forecast, little army spokesman announced. Ichange idency by force imr Thrpe persons' were killed and! Some Wall Street have in)ured clasips ycsterdny for brp()k )n thp Brazil. imarket with some estimating it. me tiintn montn otuy.

The fee is on claim they not only had a close'and stepped toward us," .115. (look at a flying saucer but theyj One of them addressed him in The college will open another! talked to its "dark-skinned, long- English. French, German, and section of the first grade, parents' hailed pilot. Skeptical police have Norwegian. "He didn't seem to of beginning children who would jaimrhed an investigation.

understand a word." like to enrol! them In this section The two women, Mrs, Aastra- Hie stranger then attempted to I should call the school office be-iKolvrmi? nnrf her sister Edit Jacob- communicate by drawing "circles This mornning troops patrolled the streets in heavy numbers while a pace that the ticker fell behind. uu IU. "i iimuni iul wne um wu. ihi.m, iwere Douglas AlrrTaft. United iWard Revnolds Metals and Boe could drop as much as 10 per cent and still remain a normal "cor- surge began almost a year ago.

Mrs. Foster Fund Another $5 was added to the Get Well Mrs. Foster Fund today, bring-1 1 ing the total contributions to $597.50 ine new aonauon came irom xvir. and Mrs Sam Burch. Money ln the ninrt hpinff iispd to He nav ex- penses incurred In treatment of the near fatal head Injuries suffered by Mrs.

Harvey Foster last Jan. 6 I i i Vargas' body was taken from the.rectlon." The bull market Burial Rites Here Thursday For Dr. W. R. Bethea jiweun a.

ana noon or jtct Dr. McQuagge at his home said the at them sauccrman popped from behind some bushes last Friday near Mofjell, Kxeentive Rnmmitte Fishel polled 4,501 votes to Karl Tinp ii, rptnrri in first i i. (. IISIIKL were in by 8:30 an hour and one-haif after the i In Hattiesburg, Memphis and Jackson, Doctor Eethea was a member of the Rotary Club. He also in northern Norway.

ithcm to his cratt, wnicn looKea Their story was published yester-jl'ke "two deep saucers sand- dav by the local paper together," about 15 feet Fo'lkeblad. jacross. "We were picking berries when The mystery man opened a hatch uiulrlptilv A man 1th lonir and crawled Into the disc. Mo- caning ju i-usy. OWNERS MUST REMOVE CATTLE FROM FENCED AREA AT SHELBY presidential palace to the airport.

There was no outburst until after the plane left the airport for Vargas' home ln southern Brazil where he was to be buried in an unblessed grave. A crowd gathered ln front of the Air Ministry, apparently to ex force and armv Vargas, 71, generals who forced tn WEATHER 7 a. m. readinsr. 79 decrees.

Tern- was a deacon in the their hostility at the 58 air ii-iir hot ntheru'lKn look nur verv Colonel Harry L. Fox. Army dis-'much like an ordinary human be-jthe ground and began rotating, trict engineer at Mobile, said to- ing came out from behind some, first slowly, then Increasingly that he has been notified by bushes. er." Then suddenly it disap- ithe Mississippi National Guard "We were frightened at first, but pcared at an "Incredible speed." that 1'. rttn v-, i I itrmi 1 1 1,.

Funeral services will be held at the Jackson First Baptist Church at 10:30 a. m. Thursday, for Dr. W. R.

Bethea, wellrknown Jackson physician and one of the early pioneers in the use of X-ray, Dr. Bethea, who practiced medicine in attiesburg from 1911 until 1917. rated at his Jackson home at 2:10 p. Tuesday, after an illness of several months. Interment will be in Oaklawn Cemetery in Hattiesburg-at 3:30 p.

m. Thursday. Dr. Bethea's nephews will serve as active pallbearers. Dr.

Bethea was a native of Old Congressional Race pcrature for the 24 hours ending when she was the victim of a ham-p. m. Tuesday: High 95: low 67. attack at her husband's Market er stage 4.38. Rainfall .26.

St. furniture store. Allpn Donaldson has been con- Mississippi and Louisiana: Clear. victed of armed robbery ln connec-to partly cloudy this aferr.or.", to- tlon with the attack and sentenced Church in the three cities. Professional organizations to which he belonged include: the Central Medical Society, the Southern Medical Society, the Mississippi State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American Roentgen-Ray Society, and the American Board of Radiologists.

He was diplomat of the American Board of Radiology. He was active in the Andrew Jackson i Council of Boy Scouts and' was; president of the Jackson Rotary) Scout Foundation. i Survivors include his wife; three! sons. R. Bethea of "Angeles; Dr.

Ralph Chambers Bethea of Memphis; and David iPolk Bethea of a sister, lo die. Persons wishing to donate to the; Foster Fund may send or bring 'primary iiuiiiii i i nitii I have been Interfering with the Guard's training program within; the fenced area at Camp The district engineer announced' that the Importance of the Na- tlonal Guard program makes Hi Imperative that the raUle be re- moved as soon nracticable. The .1.. tori i. from the military reservation.

jxhe National Guard has volunteer ied to give all I to the owners the cattle. possible assistance in the removal of Colonel Fox explained that the be held responsible owners would PVt mawin ch wvrs 'must, reclaim and remove the cat- Hebron, and graduated fromi the University of Nashville (now the University of Tennessee). -Receiving his medical degree in 1305. he did post-graduate -work at Ta- lane University, Johns Hopkins and at Charity Hospital in Orleans. In he married Agnes Polk of Hattiesburg.

New Miss night and Thursday, wi'-h isolated. mostly afternoon thunder.howers.i gentle to moderate mostly east winds on the coast. Current contributions to Trie American. Events Cminly Covington Tntul i orrest Geor.e Greene Hancock Jeff Davis 'Jones Lamar Lawrence I J.UHII its, 16 25 14 14 24 42 30 18 53 14 18 20 31 9 10 24 362 Rptg Briltnn Colmer Lowry 16 408 1837 257 25 1047 4636 405 14 212 1124 54 8 143 602 64 23 187 1929 110 38 1118 8549 745 30 792 3155 213 18 397 1333 164 53 3275 6040 368 9 155 736 60 16 200 1044 106 17 205 1983 154 27 219 1955 102 7 169 901 67 10 111 1065 101 18 359 1164 33 327 8000 38143 3002 closed. In County, Eastland.

led U. Oov U.S. Senator: Carroll OnJ' tin 3 441 to 2,753 -in the senate race. The vote ln the race for U. lor.

the hixin Cfingre'sional Dist.nct' was William (Bill) Colmer, incumbent, 4,919 votes, lo 881 for Clem Britton and 380 for Walter Lowry, The Forrest County Democratic Executive Committee canvassed the rf rt ft T.h 1 morning and release! (Continued on Page 4) i Dr. Bethe served for 26 months i Mrs. Harvey F. Garr.son of in World War I and when discharg- Jackson; four brothers, Guy ed held the rank of lieutenant col- Bethea of Hattiesburg; John Be-oneL ihea of Jackson: Locke Bethea and In January. 1320.

he went C. Bethea, both of New Hebron; Memphis Baptist Hospital, where land four grandchildren, Ralj-h Bene was in charge of the hospital' Ithea Wiljiam McCall Bethea, x-ray department. Moving to Jack-! and James' Polk Bethea, 'ail' of son in 1933, he began the practice i Memphis; and Griselda Eethea of Pf his special tj, radiology. 'Log Ar-geles. and liable for any damage creaniw.inun ed iby the cattle; and since the; Pearl River cattle were on Government Perry ertv without authority, the Gov-Stone SWIMMING The Mississippi Southern College swimming pool will be open to the public through Sept.

12 from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to noon, 2 to. 5 and 7 to 9 pro, Saturday, and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. COMMUNITY BIRTHDAY CALENDAR Listings for the 1935 Community Birthday by Hattiesburg Council of Garden Clubs, may be telephoned to Mrs.

B. M. Lewa at 4-6G07 cr Mn. Horaer "Pittman at 3-1829. eminent wouia in no way ue for any damage to the cattle..