Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 1

I Weather KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS VallyS Mnsl lnterrwtin and Most ProRrfl Newspaper Tenneaaec Sonny with fcifhnt nrmr 6 Continued mild Sunday night Virginia Mostly sonny and warm with hifhrst near 6 Sunday night continued 44 PAGES TEN CENTS ASSOCIATED PRESS KINGSPORT TENN SUNDAY MARCH 6 1949 VOL NO 20 mm Mm jgg GOP Ignores Call For Support Backers Sought In Fight Against Dixie Filibuster Man Charged With Murder Of Mahoney Formally Booked In Brutal Slaying 44 Andrei Gromyko Steps I Into ormer Post Held I i By Comrade ishinsky 'i I No Softening Of Reds Seen i 41414 mam MOTHER THREATENS Miss Annabel Ricks 16 Chicago high school student who was held incommunicado by Detroit police for four days The girl was arrested in violation of the juvenile curfew law although she was accompanied at the time by two 25-year-old women and a 23-year-old man Mrs Rick her mother said am going to sue the city of Detroit for $25000 for false arrest' (NEA Telephoto) SATURDAY WRECK Matt Cox Route 1 Bristol Tenn stands beSMp Jain panel truck shortly after it was rammed by a runaway motoftycl Saturday morning on Highway 11-W near Rotherwood Bridge George Leamon of Kingsport was thrown from the motorcycle and injured when he started to pass another car and his vehicle ran into Cox's truck (Staff Photo by Ellis Binkley) I Cycle Rider Hurt In Freak Accident Young Kingsport Man Injured In Fall Motorcycle Hurtles On Int Panel Truck George Leamon 25 of the Trailer Camp 75 East Main Street received treatment for a fractured right arm and contusions at Holston Valley Community Hospital Saturday following a traffic accident on Highway 11-W near Rotherwood Bridge about 11:45 am Leamon was injured when he fell or was thrown from a motorcycle which he was riding in the direction of Kingsport His vehicle then ran out of control and into front of a panel truck ap- New A Assistant Police Superintendent Milton Durel entered a booking of murder Saturday against Lewis Eugene Hoover in the fatal beating of Virginia millionaire James Mahoney Hoover a 25-year old war veteran from Louisville Ky had bean listed as for investigation of since his arrest last Monday near a hospital where he had been a mental patient After injection of a Thursday Acting Police Superintendent Joseph Scheuering said Hoover had told of striking and choking Mahoney Both before and after the serum test however he said he could not remember having any fight with the slain millionaire although he recalled being with him several hours on the fatal night and visit ing his room Saturday name was entered on the blotter of the third precinct police station in the French quarter three blocks from the hotel where Mahoney was strangled and beaten to death the night of Feb 21 Beside Hoover's name were entered the words 43 of 1942 Article 30 relative to the murder of one James Act 43 of 1942 was a new Louisiana criminal code Article 30 defines murder and says commits the crime of murder shall be punished by death" As yet however no formal charges have been entered against Hoover Ami the district attorney's office has taken no part in the case Durel said an affidavit charging murder would be filed Monday with District Attorney Herve Raciviteh The bloody body of Mahoney 55-j year-old bachelor from Bristol Va was found the morning of Feb 22 on the bed in his hotel room His neck was broken and the side of his face was battered in from repeated blows His watch and wallet were missing Under the effects of the serum Scheuering said Hoover told of taking the wallet and throwing it Setback Hits Home Relief Lawmakers Think Its Cost Too Much MEETS HUSBAND Mrs Juanita Christiansen collapsed in the arms of a reporter when she saw her husband Chris Christensen right whom she had believed dead for over a year They were reunited at Houston Texas (NEA Telephoto) Red Woman Bid For Truce In Andrei A Gromyko former Ambassador to the United States and delegate to the Friday night became First Deputy Foreign Minister in the Kremlin's cabinet shakeup Smooth mannered but tough Gromyko stepped up as No 1 to the new Foreign Minister Andrei ishinsky who was elevated Friday night from the fuss deputy post Most diplomatic observers studying the Kremlin's cabinet agreed Saturday night a bid for a truce in the cold war is hardly in the cards AU of them conceded it might presage some Russian plan to woo the West A minority thought it did But In general the am that tough-talking had been released as Foreign Minister and would be succeeded by tough-talking Andrei Vishinsky was construed as not much of a peace sign Many diplomats speculated that Molotov is on the way upstairs to greater power although conceding frankly they have no inside information to guide them There was speculation (6at the aging Prime Minister Stans mam is preparing to hand over power to Molotov his No 1 lieutenant An informed source cioae to Britain's Foreign Office said be believed Molotov was about to bo-' come a sort of super-director of Russian policy or supervisor of foreign policy" Georges Bidault Foreign Minister who negotiated with both Molotov and Ylshin-sky in Big Four well summed up the skeptical majority of reaction is not good I few that optimism would be foolhardy' The most optimistic pinned their hopes on the radio's handling of the ment Friday night (early Saturday Moscow time) It was made in a Russian-language broadcast at dictation speed just after at broadcast which said the Union desires peace and conducts a policy of cooperation among all Democratic countries regardless of their internal social system" The Kremlin has not explained whether the fact the two pronouncements moved close together was significant Nobody outside the Kremlin walls can tell for a certainty Official spokesman for British aad European governments carefully withheld official comment until things have crystallised But Market Hits Stride Again Sustained Move Up Is Indicated FBI Stalks Them Through Streets New York JP A Russian engineer on the United Nations staff Washington JP Democratic leaders bid for and failed to get-strong Republican support Satur day for their efforts to break a Southern filibuster in the Senate Dixie Democrats riding what they think is a victory crest kept the Senate for the sixth day from acting on a motion by Senator Lucas of Illinois their party's leader to take up a rules change which hits at filibusters Senator Fulbright (D-Ark) held the floor during most of an abbreviated Saturday session Outside the chamber itself Lucas and Senator McGrath of Rhode Island the Democratic National Chairman proposed a compromise to Republicans after a meeting with a score of northern and border state Democrats In effect they offered this guarantee to the Republicans: If the GOP supports a move to force a vote on the pending proposal to let two-thirds of those present gag debate at any time the administration will oppose lettipg fewer than two-thirds have that power McGrath said this was offered to try to convince Republicans that if they go along they run into an administration effort to cut the two-thirds down to a majority Thus the leaders cut the ground from under President Truman's position that a simple majority of those voting ought to be able to curb debate Lucas said previously he want debate shut off by the affirmative vote of less than 49 of the 96 Senators McGrath sided with Lucas despite the position But the Republicans in a receptive mood 4 Senator Ferguson (R-Mich) an advocate of a debate gag by two-thirds said he think the compromise plan will change any Republican votes on the first issue thatSnay arise That would involve an expected ruling by Vice President Barkley that a debate-limiting cloture petition which may be filed next week could gag the present debate if two-thirds supported it Scotland Yard Seeks Clue In Vampire Case By ALVIN STEINKOPF London Scotland Yard put more than 100 men on London's grisly vampire murder case Saturday in an all-out attempt to prove six missing persons vanished in baths of acid It was both a field and laboratory search Detectives fanned out over an extensive area of Southern England Scientists made tests to determine whether materials collected from drain pipes and refuse heaps might contain human tissue But Scotland Yard was mum John Haigh 39 who is charged with the murder of elderly Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon was transferred Saturday to a prison hospital It is routine it was explained to make a physical checkup on all persons held for capital crimes The search for five other missing persons Mr and Mrs McSwan their 37-year old son Donald and Dr and Mrs Archibald Henderson developed into a painstaking check of every person known to have had any relations with them in recent years A Yard spokesman indicated there was official disappointment over failure to get substantial data on the McSwans who have been missing since 19451 The Hendersons have been missing since February of last year In the case of Mrs Durand-Deacon the trail was warmer She was gone only 14 days before the discovery last week in a factory yard south of London of substances which may be human tissue and fragments of what may have beeii her purse Milk Prices Will Drop One Cent Beginning Monday Milk prices in Kingsport will be cheaper beginning Monday All major producers announced Saturday that the price af sweet milk will be slashed one cent with proportionate decreases in the price of pints and half-pints A spokesman for one plant said milk in paper containers which has sold for 23 cents will now retail for 22 Milk in bottles formerly sold at 22 will drop to 21 No other dairy products are affected locally except cream which will also be decreased slightly The announcement here followed similar price cuts at Memphis Shelbyville and other points At Memphis sweet milk was cut two cents to retail at 18 cents a quart and other fluid items were cut from one to 10 cents the major decrease being for XX cream Defense Chief Needs Added Power-T rumau proaching from the opposite direction and driven by Matt Cox Route 1 Bristol Tenn According to Cox the accident occurred when Leamon started to pass an auto and his motorcycle brushed the rear bumper throwing him off in the highway and the motorcycle then smashed into his truck The other car did not stop and the identity of the driver was hot learned Cox was en route to Cherokee Lake on a fishing trip accompanied by his young son and two other men neither of whom were injured Hospital attendants described condition as and said he would be discharged following emergency treatment The case was investigated by Tennessee Highway Patrol officers i Ajetc Tennessee Election Board 4 Holds Meeting Nasfiville JP The State Board of Elections meeting in an atmosphere of friendliness Satur-4r day conducted its first business The body was organized last month "after the Legislature authorized its creation A -session of the board was not planned until May 1 However it was necessary for the board to fill two vacancies dn the Johnson County Election Commission prior to March 26 when a municipal election will be held at Mountain City By unanimous vote the board 4 elected Marcus McQueen of Shady Valley and Tom Walshbf Mountain City as the new couhty commissioners They succeed Barton Mount of Shouns and Chester Blevins of Shady Valley who tendered resignations Two members of the old State Board of Election supervisors under the McCord Administration held prominent places at the meeting Hale Jr of Memphis continued as chairman and Marvin A Bryan of St Joseph presided as secretary But it wgs decided to convene again April 9 for the purpose of reorganizing the board At that time a new chairman secretary and other officers will be picked The board is composed of Hale and Bryan both Democrats Harris of Bolivar and John Mc-Cawley of Cookesville also Demo-4 crats and two Republicans Joe Gamble of Maryville and Robert Johnson of Elizabethton away after removing the contents and a young woman employe of the Justice Department were accused Saturday of spying on defense secrets They were arrested after FBI agents had stalked them through busy New York streets Soviet Ambassador Alexander Panyushkin promptly went to the State Department in Washington and demanded the Russian's re-tlease The State Department said merely it was looking into the mat-iter Chattanooga Tenn JP Three The 27-year-old government men were sentenced to 20 years worker Miss Judith Coplon was and one day here Saturday night accused of taking secrets fromde-after their conviction of first degree murder in the second Daisy Mountain feud slaying Joe Coleman 44 Raymond Bell 27 and Harrison Leming 24 all of Daisy Mountain were convicted in the murder of George Trusley restaurant operator here last Nov 5 The 11-man jury deliberated two hours One juror a Seventh Day Adventist was excused from service when court adjourned Friday night because' Saturday was his Sabbath day Trusley was slain by a shotgun blast on the porch of his home According to his testimony he with whisky" Coleman and Leming along with Mark Leming and Tommy Frederick recently were sentenced to 25 years in the slaying of Samuel David Wilcox on the mountain last Sept 9 The men have been granted a new trial in that case partment files for delivery to Valentine A Gubitchev FBI agents arrested them together Friday night A Justice Department announcement said the trial led from 193rd Street down to 14th Street as they sought to evade surveilance in New busy streets The account awakened echoes of the spy stories told to the House Un-American Activities Committee last summer by Miss Elizabeth Bentley and Whittaker Chambers both confessed couriers for Communist espionage rings Ministers Beg Court's Mercy Sofia Bulgaria Verdicts in New York JP The Stock Market took the largest stride ahead this week since the first week of the year More than $1000000000 was added to the quoted value of all stocks listed on the Stock Exchange But-ythe volume of trading added up to one of the smallest figures in months Not Until short session did the market give an encouraging sign that a sustained forward move might be in the making In two hours of trading the general price level managed one of the sharpest advances it was sharp however only in contrast with recent timid movements Noteworthy though according to market strategists were the enlarged volume of trading and the fact'Ivhat so-called pivotal stocks spearheaded the moveA Gains of fractions to more than a point were posted for such stalwarts as Steel Bethlehem Steel American Telephone Santa Fe Union Pacific Standard Oil (NJ) Rubber American Can General Electric and Eastman Kodak Last Monday the market spurted for one of the snappiest gains in weeks hut volume? except for a very short time amount to much Iext day buying interest soon puffed out Roy rial Thursday Washington JP Congressional fears of possible new billions in cost apparently had doomed Saturday President Truman's proposal for expansion of federal public assistance or home relief to include needy persons able to work There were signs that Congress may bring no more than 10000000 additional persons under the old age insurance program Mr Truman has asked that 20000000 be added bringing the total to 50-000000 After a week of House Ways and Means Committee study of Mr proposal for a vast expansion in the social security program the picture shaped up about like this: 1 Congress may expand home relief to cover persona disabled and unable to work but not to include as the President requested The direct assistance program now costing the government $1100000000 a year in a funds-matching arrangement with the states is limited to aid for needy aged the blind and for dependent children 2 Old age insurance benefits may be boosted and some additional millions may be blanketed under this program possibly including some self-employed also employes of state and local governments and maybe some other small groups But two big groups farm workers and household workers may remain outside the program 3 Congress may increase the social security payroll taxes to cover any increase in benefits Mr Truman has asked that the one per cent tax on pay and payroll be boosted July 1 to 1 per cent against each and on January 1 to two per cent Truck Caused Light Failure A brilliant flash which lighted the downtown section of Kingsport at 7 pm Saturday proved to be nothing akin to an atomic bomb but simply the result of a truck's backing into a power pole on East Wanola Street Lights in the Five Points section were turned off by a repair crew which arrived on the scene shortly after the accident and were kept off until 8:30 Street lights were off momentarily throughout the city as a result of the accident Firemen reported they were called to the scene but found upon arrival that the hot wires which had been jerked loose from the transformer pole had not provoked any danger of fire Coleman has been wounded in the the treason trial of 15 Bulgarian President Truman asked Congress Saturday to give his defense secretary the full authority he needs to direct the frequently feuding armed forces To bring this about he recommended that the service unification law be changed to set up the present National Military Establishment a full-fledged "Department of Defense" In a special message to Congress where lawmaking currently is slowed down by a Senate filibuster urged consideration for his recommendations This urgency sprang from two things: 1 The assertion that it is essential to have an effective and workable organization in a world of long range bombers guided missiles and atom bombs 2 The fact that within a month new defense secretary' Louis Johnson will succeed James Forrestal The outgoing secretary has complained of insufficient authority over the three elements of the unified military establishment the Army Navy and Air Force While Mr Truman did not mention this point one of the basic troubles of the defense establishment Is that it existed chiefly as coordinating agency of govern ment It has not been a true department of government with the department chief having full au thority over all units in it Nor docs it have as other departments an undersecretary and assistant secretaries to help administer the secretary's directives Mr Truman obviously had th points in mind when he reco mended converting the National Military Establishment Into a reg- informally they had and moat of them aas cause them to rejoice They noted that leaders outside Russia have i a militant policy in recent sharp contrast to their earlier declarations that there was no reason why Communist and capitalist countries can't live peaceably Chiefs of the Communist movement (See RUSSIA Page S-A) Rationing Off In Britain London JP Eggs and milk wfQ i ration free during the flush production period this spring for ths first time since 1941 Food Minister John Stracfaey said Saturday He added however am not claiming that this is more than temporary" Present egg and milk rations seek to guarantee every infant one egg and a pint of milk day and every adult about one egg and two aad a half pints of milk a week Supplies sometimes are available above the rationed mtmimum Solunar Tables SEE STORY PAGE 7-A The schedule of Solunar periods as printed below has been taken from John Alden Knight's feud The defense Saturday night filed motion for a new trial after hearing the verdict The defendants had no comment to make after hearing the verdict All appeared surprised and downcast A sentence of 20 years was brought in by the jury but one day was added at the suggestion of Judge Raulston Schoolficld to differentiate the first degree verdict from a second degree decision The defendants testified they were on Daisy Mountain when Trusley was killed at his home in Chattanooga Coleman was identified as the 'slayer by George Trusley Jr 15 Protestant Ministers are to be returned at 8 am EST) Tuesday All begged the court's mercy in final pleas Saturday A motion picture crew filmed the scene as the ministers four of them weeping again expressed repentance and asked for a new chance to work for the Communist-controlled government They fare possible penalties rang ing from 10 years imprisonment to death on charges of seeking to overthrow the government spying for the United States and Britain and dealing illegally in foreign currency The No 1 defendant the Rev Vassil Ziapkov made the longest and most emotional plea Rogersville (Spl) The March term of Hawkins County Circuit Court with two murder cases scheduled for trial will open here Monday morning before Circuit Judge Shelburne Ferguson Highlighting the docket this term are murder charges against Roy Stallard former deputy sheriff whose conviction and 99-year sentence a year ago were reversed by the Supreme Court an4 Landis Bernard accused in the fatal slashing of Wood Hospital Program In State Hinges On Federal Action PEOPLE From Associated Press Boise Idahom Two pennies are on their way to Walter Henke of Portland Oregon payment for an all-day sucker stolen 1941 or An unsigned letter from Spangle Wash written in a childish scrawl was received at a Boise Grocery Store Friday In it were two pennies and the following message: Sir in 1941 or 1942 I stole a two-cent sucker from your store Please return this (the two cents) Workers Court convicted 13 per-to the man who owned the store atsons Saturday of black market that time" i money deals in an alleged political conspiracy with Josef Cardinal Cleveland Ohio George Butler MindsZenty and sentenced them to 17 burst -Into tears Saturday when prison Municipal Judge Mary Crossman Simultaneously Communist found him entity of assaulting i Deputy Premier Matyas Rakosi Joseph Horvath 36 The men had charged diplomatic documents argued over a $200 bill due Butler proved the Vatican had plotted to for redecorating work form a of Catholic Coun- You are a big cry baby but you tries" as a Danube monarchy He The case against Stallard who is charged in the death of Alvin Rent-fro Cleveland auto dealer in December 1947 is set for Thursday trial Is docketed on Wednesday Numerous other criminal actions including drunk driving possessing and manufacturing liquor assault etc are to be beard Monday and Tuesday Com iiiics Convict 13 Of Priest's Frienils Budapest Hungary A ular executive department In Une SOLUNAR TABLES Plan days so that you will be fishing In good territory or hunting in good cover during these time If you wish to find the best sport that each day has to offer The Major Periods are shown in boldface type These begin at the times shown and last for an hour and a half or two hours thereafter The Minor Periods shown in regular type are of aomewbat shorter with this he also recommended creation of the positions of undersecretary and three assistant secretaries American Wife Takes Mailers In Own Hands Munich Germany JP The newspaper Stars and Stripes said By McAULIFFE Nashville (Spl) What has happened to the hospital building program for the state of Tennessee? What happened to the bill introduced in the legislature that would make state funds as well as federal funds available for hospital construction? Did it pass? Is it going to pass? So many people deeply interested in the subject are asking these questions that a checkup seemed to be in order so that information could be brbught up to date What has been learned appears to justify the conclusion that there is reason for optimism Nothing has yet been done and there is many a slip twist the cup and the lip but the chances are very good that the program of a three-way division of the cost of building hospitals using local state and federal money will become a reality shortly after the legislature reconvenes on March 21st The situation is this The hospital building program is presently embodied in Senate Bill 227 and House Bill 357 The essence of the bill is that the state match federal funds which are allowed for the construction of hospitals Since under the Hill-Burton Act a state may pay one third of the total cost of building a hospital out of Federal funds which are alloted to the state This matching program means that the state would also match the amount that the local community or agency would put up As it is now the local community must pay two thirds of the cost But it now develops that there is a possibility that the 81st Con gress may amend the Hill-Burton Act so as to make it possible for the state to pay a larger share of the total cost of a project out of federal funds This is so far only a rumor It is known that there is strong sentiment for such action but the chance that it might happen has necessitated a change in the wording of the bills It is ore understood that the bills read that in the case of tv hos al building project which has been approved for the use of fedial funds the state will share equally with the local community or agency whatever part of the total cost is not borne by federal funds Thus if the federal government pays fifty per cent of the cost the state and the local community would each pay twenty five per cent if the federal government paid forty per cent then the state and local sources would each pay thirty At the same time Jf the federal law is not changed the new wording of the bill would have the same effect as the original wording The bills have been passed on first and second reading and are now in the Finance Ways and Means Committee No opposition to the proposal has been heard As one of the plan's sponsors said it was only necessary to point out the obvious in order to convince everyone that it should be done There is a general acceptance of the fact which has been nailed down by comparative statistics that the per capita number of hospital beds in this state is woefully low Everyone agrees that the federal money will not be put to work where it is needed most because the (See HOSPITAL Page 6-A) have cried yourself out of this the judge said She gave him a suspendetf fine couple of hours off the of the Robert Lee's speed run up the Mississippi River is the target for the new river towboat Truman" The Lee a steamboat raced the Natchez from New Orleans to St Louis in three days 18 hours and 14 minutes That was in 1870 said in a speech that efforts to reach an agreement between the Roman Catholic Church and the Hungarian government failed the Vatican placed their interests at the disposal of American (The Vatican has refused to negotiate church state differences with Hungary until Cardinal Minds-zenty is freed from his life sentence and freedom of religion is guaranteed in Hungary) tion against an American woman for an alleged cruel attack on his daughter The father Karl Bauer said an American Army wife enticed his daughter who had een dating the sergeant into her car and drove to a lonely spot There the American woman and her maid according to Bauer stripped the Bauer girl sheared her hair beat her and poured "a corrosive over her 4.