Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 1

41 Carolina 0 ETSC 20 Tusculum 6 KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS Weather Tudnm: Mostly sonny hit best IS to 8 cast portion Hants Rather cold again Sunday night Monday fair Uttle warmer In afternoon Virginia Mostly sonny nad rather cold Sunday highest to 44 Cold again Sunday night Monday fair and a little warmer In afteraeen Largest Circulation In City And Retail Trade Zone Of Any Newspaper Between Knoxville And Roanoke VOL VII NO 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS KINGSPORT TENN SUNDAY NOVEMBER 12 1950 if TEN CENTS FIRST TO REGISTER The Kingsport Boys Club was officially opened Saturday when new members registered at the Teen Center for the clubs program of recreation and education Left to right in the picture are: Miss Mary Nickels Jimmy Lynn Smallwood second boy to register Frank West Jr first registrant and Bill Fortune director of the club (Times- News Staff Photo) CHINA REJECTS KOREAN PARLEY BID asm wmm mm KHI llllSis Red China Thrust Into Korea Hikes Soviet Manpower By RUSSELL BRINES The Chinese Communist thrust into Korea may give the Kremlin the vital manpower it needs for a thirty years war in Asia The potentialities are explosive They range from an uneasy peace anchored to what the Communists would interpret as concrete gains to the outbreak of World War ITT This is the view in Tokyo of a 1 mmmm Plants Operating At Capacity Here Employment Rises By DOROTHY BREMER Employment in the Kingsport area is better today than it has been for some time with all of the citys industrial plants operating at capacity A survey of various plants in the city indicates business at this time is substantially better than last year with most of the industriereperating at full capacity UL capacil last minute military drive that transformed a United Nations victory into uncertainty The Soviets long have made clear their hope of carving out new conquests and whittling down Western strength by a series of wars throughout the world In Asia where this destructive alchemy has been working for years the decisive factor was the willingness and ability of the Chinese Communists to participate The Peiping regime controls the largest land mass in the Orient and maintains its largest army The Japanese like other imperialists before them learned the futility of trying to conquer China by land (See MANPOWER Page 3-A) Tenn Airlift Brings Local Soldiers Home part to government Scott County Legion Home Is Dedicated Koreds Halt R0K Drive On NE Front Allies Push Ahead In Northwest Area Ground Lull Breaks Northeast Front Korea Sunday (AP) A heavy counterattack by six North Korean battalions halted an advance by the South Korean Capital Division and drove it back five miles the Tenth Corps announced today The Republic of Korea (ROK) 18th Regiment was only 85 air miles from the Soviet frontier Saturday night when the North Koreans attacked in a double enveloping movement The ROK regiment was forced to withdraw to the Myong River For the fourth day the Tenth Corps reported no fighting contact was made with Chinese Communists anywhere along the front But Major General David Barr commander of the 7th Division told newsmen the Chinese apparently still held defenses around the Pujon Reservoir west of the advancing Seventh Marine patrols probed north toward Hagaru on the southern tip of the Chang jim Reservoir Sunday but the main body of troops remained dug in nine and one-half miles below the reservoir Associated Press Correspondent Bern Price reported the Ma-(See KOREA Page 3-A) South Holston Dam Valve To Close Nov 20 Bristol Tenn-Va (JP) A tremendous lake in the mountains will begin to take form November 20 when the valve-gate is dropped at TVAs South Holston Dam near here and the river water starts backing up to a point near Alvarado Va at the confluence of the middle and south forks of the Holston Closing of the valve which is located in a tunnel through which the South Holston River now flows will mark another huge step toward completion of the dam project For the past several months workers at the dam have been gradually transferred to other TVA projects in the area including- the new Boone Dam in Sullivan County Tenn Officials estimate the total cost of South Holston Dam to date at about $30000000 When normal operating level is reached approximately 600000 acre-feet of water will cover the land adjacent to the rivers present stream An acre-foot is calculated as one foot of water over one acre of land Maximum operating level of the lake will be 1729 feet above sea level Propose UN Hear Charge On Formosa Nine-Man Delegation To Argue Is Aggressor In Orient Lake Success (AP) Communist China notified the United Nations Saturday she is sending a nine-man delegation here to argue her charges the United States is an aggressor but rejects a Security Council invitation to discuss Chinese intervention in Korea The Communist Chinese foreign minister Chou En- iai announced the decisions in two separate cables to the UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie The situation in brief is this: The Peiping regime notified Lie a nine-man delegation will depart by air from Peiping Nov 14 in response to a Security Council invitation extended Sept 29 for the Communists to be represented in Council talks on the Peiping charge that sealing off of Nationalist-held Formosa by the Seventh Fleet constitutes aggression against China The Chinese Communists to another communication later to Lie said they rejected a Security Council invitation issued Nov 8 for Peiping to send a delegation here to talk about American charges that the Chinese Communists have Intervened in the North Korean fighting The Chinese Communists proposed in turn that the Security Council consider together their (See REJECT Page 3-A) General Says We Must Hit Enemy First Memphis (IP) An Air Force General told an Armistice Day crowd here he does not believe the policy will let the enemy hit you first when you know that first blow to be disastrous Speaking off the cuff MaJ Gen Gordon Saville Deputy Chief of Staff for Development declared: We must hit them before they hit us But he said he does not advocate preventive war When to strike? That said Saville is a question for intelligence agencies He added: I sincerely believe that the United States never confronted a more dangerous time than now He said every city in the nation is vulnerable to devastating enemy attack After applying all the weapons and techniques we know for effective defense we can build no impenetrable wall of a protection against an air attack Gen Saville said he was speaking as an individual and not as a representative of the Armed Forces He said his statements had not been cleared but as a private citizen I say what I think Turnover attributed for the personnel military separations was noted to be more than for the corresponding period last year A steady increase in employment however seems to be the general trend Gatrell of the Blue Ridge Glass Corporation reported the firm has more on the payroll than ever before with the plant operating at full capacity and shipments keeping up with production During the third quarter Warren of Mason-Dixon Lines reports his company hired 198 of which 96 were hired in September With the approach of the peak season the period from September through early December Warren said a decided upward trend was noted Following the holiday season however he added business is expected to level off somewhat Although no new departments have been added at the Kings port Press that plant also reported some increase in em-(See BUSINESS Page 3-A) of of of Gun Wounds Prove Fatal To Barnette Father May Face Murder Charge In Shooting Of Son James Barnette 25 died at the Holston Valley Community Hospital at 11:15 a Saturday as a result of shotgun wounds received last Sunday night at the fathers home on Route 3 The father John Barnette 52 was charged first with felonious assault with intent to commit murder but Corporal Ben Bradshaw of the Ten nessee Highway Patrol said Saturday night Barnette would possibly face a charge of murder He has been free under a $2500 appearance bond pending preliminary hearings The elder Barnette allegedly admitted to Bradshaw and Patrolman Shawls that he shot his son with a single-barreled 12-gauge shotgun after the two had quarreled According to the officer Barnette said his son came to his house while he was washing dishes in the kitchen Barnette said he told his son previously to "stay away from my place and never come back He said his son had even broken in at times to gain access to the house and that he disapproved of this officers reported Barnette said when his son came into the kitchen a quarrel started the officer related and during the argument both made a scramble for the shotgun standing in the corner and the younger Barnette reached It first Barnette then told how his son (See BARNETTE Page 3-A) Phone Service iroves But Strike Pushed New York (JP) Company officials reported telephone service virtually back to normal Saturday but union sources indicated a nation-wide strike of 33000 telephone equipment workers would be pressed with new intensity next week One company official said the combination of Saturday and the Armistice Day holiday helped in the improvement of service There were fewer telephone calls than on a normal weekday and in some areas pickets were withdrawn so workers could draw extra holiday pay Operators not on strike but reluctant to cross picket lines thus were able to go to work Morris Iushewitz New York CIO secretary-treasurer said 30 CIO unions had been asked to provide pickets in the metropolitan area next week if settlement of the wage and contract dispute between the CIO Communications Workers of America and the Western Electric Company is not settled by then He said similar action probably would be taken in other cities A new try for a management union agreement was scheduled for Saturday afternoon by federal mediators They planned separate conferences meanwhile with both sides The striking equipment work ers now are understood to be asking a 15-cent-an-hour wage increase from the Western Electric Company a subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph Company and to have rejected a 11-cent-an-hour offer Yugoslavs Break With Albanians Belgrade Yugoslavia (IP) -Yugoslavia broke off all but tok en diplomatic relations with tiny neighboring Albania Saturday as the result of a feud touched off by the Russian-led Cominforms quarrel with Premier Marshal Tito A Yugoslav Information ministry spokesman said the Albanian legation here has been closed and sealed and made public a note handed the Albanian representative The note charged Albania has used the Belgrade legation ex clusively for the purposes of conducting offending and provocative activities against Yugoslavia and its authority Gabrielson Asks Firing Of Acheson GOP Chief Demands Truman Change His Dangerous Course9 Washington (JP) Republican Chairman Guy Gabrielson Saturday joined anew in the GOP "Fire Acheson! chorus and in his partys emphatic bid for a stronger voice in foreign policy Gabrielson summing up the Republican advances in Tuesdays election declared the Truman administration was re pudiated in its conduct of the nations affairs in general The GOP national chairman suggested that President Truman change his dangerous course and drop Secretary of State Acheson and Secretary of Agriculture Brannan from his cabinet Meanwhile it was learned that the long-ailing Senator Vanden-berg (R-Mich) expects to be on the job Jan 3 when the new Congress steps in It is expected that he may seek to temper GOP fire on foreign policy Issues Out action for many months Vandenberg has -a record of seeming to settle differences and present a united American front to the world As for domestic issues another Republican Senator Wiley of Wisconsin fresh from a re-election victory demanded quick Congressional attention to the grave Inflationary situation 18 Puerto Ricans Charged In Revolt San Juan Puerto Rico (A5) Eighteen Puerto Rican Nationalist Party leaders were charged officially Saturday with violation of the subversive acts law in connection with the recent uprising Dist Atty Jose Aponte announced All were placed in jail Alvaro Rivera Walker bodyguard for Pedro Albizu Campos Nationalist president was charged with making an attack with intention to kill He also was jailed Budget Plan For County UnderStudy By LACY WEST The present Sullivan County accounting system is antiquated and insufficient to meet the needs of sound business practice In a recent audit of Sullivan County finances the accounting firm of Richards and Richards reported records in six of the nine offices audited to be insufficient or poorly kept The end result of this according to Mark Richards a member of the accounting firm is that a department head does not have a running check on expenditures he makes for the various projects in his department To remedy this Richards has recommended to the county court the installation of a Budgetary Control system County Judge Howard Poston said Saturday he would appoint a committee to study Richards system I want to establish a definite plan for budgeting county departments If the budget calls for $5000 to be spent by one department and work is done which costs $10000 the county is liable for it Poston said In such a case he added the money has to be taken out of the ordinary fund so actually the budget 1s not being followed The committee will be made up of two members of the firm of Richards and Richards and (See BUDGET Page 3-A) Small Appointed Munitions Chief Washington (JP) John Small who headed the Civilian Production Administration following World War II has been appointed chairman of the governments Munitions Board President Truman approved the appointment aboard the Presidential yacht Williamsburg Small a New York business executive succeeds Hubert Howard who left as an after-math of the resignation of Louis Johnson as Secretary of Defense Wintry Blasts Reach ETenn Kingsport National Guards men arrived home Saturday afternoon for their first leave since they were inducted into service September 1 it was re ported The exact number reaching Kingsport was not known but one guardsman Don Binkley Catawba Street said nine planes left in regular sequences Friday night for upper East Tennessee He said the flight he was on scheduled for Knoxville left the Bedford Mass airport at 7:21 Friday night and arrived in Knoxville around 12:25 a Saturday Binkley said one unique aspect of the trip was that the flight in charge of his company commander in a semi-official capacity was called Operation Tennessee Airlift He estimated that the distance from the Massachusetts base was about 800 air miles or 1100 road miles The guardsmen members of the 278th Infantry Regimental Combat Team of the Tennessee National Guard are scheduled to be back at Fort Devens by 11 Sunday The soldiers estimated the trip would cost them about $55 each The men were given trans portation as far as the scheduled airports From that point on they were left to their own devices to schedule transportation to their homes By BOLL PERRY Special Correspondent Moccasin Gap Va (Spl) A $33000 Scott County American Legion Memorial Home was dedicated here Saturday in ceremonies presided over by Scott County Post 65 Commander Clennle Quillen Some 400 spectators stood with bared heads while little Marla Ann Baker whose father James Baker was killed in battle before she had ever seen him un veiled a plaque listing the names Scott Countys honored dead two World Wars The Rev Charles Hawkins Nashville former chaplain and former pastor of Gate City Methodist Church told the assembled group the Memorial Home is not a building where the boys will come for a meeting and where the soldiers will meet but it will be a place where all the citizens will gather Dr Hawkins issued a plea for universal military training I do not wish to be branded as a warmonger he said Our boys died so we could have peace The boys who will have universal military training will be prepared if an emergency comes and will not probably lose their (See DEDICATE Page 3-A) Truman Ends Cruise Aboard Press Yacht My Mary Gail (AO President Truman will return to Washington late this afternoon after a vacation cruise that is winding up in bad weather On his return he will face the question of whether to recall Congress earlier than its scheduled Nov 27 reconvening date Sunny skies are forecast today but it wont be any time for outings Many a motorist will find his radiator frozen Wintry blasts which penetrated all the way to the Gulf of Mexico reached upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia in force Saturday night The Kingsport mercury plunged to 24 by midnight Saturdays high was 42 Cold records for the date toppled from Texas to Indiana Erie County Pa had 12 Inches of snow A three-inch fall slowed traffic in Buffalo Hawkins Warehouses Start Receiving Burley Monday Cooperation Of Citizens In Smoke Control Better Armistice Day Finds Nations Still Hoping For Real Peace When to Hunt or Fish Solunar Tables By JOHN ALDEN KNIGHT Rogersville (Spl) Burley tobacco will soon start rolling Into Rogersville Frank Tester-man manager of Planters two warehouses has announced that his warehouses are ready and will start receiving the golden leaf Wednesday Dick Lewis' an official of Growers Warehouses said he was uncertain when his six warehouses would start taking tobacco but probably by November 15 The Burley Sales Committee voted Friday In Lexington Ky to open this seasons sales on November 29 in the eight burley growing states Sales will be conducted four hours daily for the first three days Then starting December 3 sales will be held for three and one-half hours a day until Christmas holidays start after the December 21 sales There will be 61 selling hours before the holidays The sales committee will decide later on what date sales are to be resumed alter the holidays Scott Dean from Dean Planters Warehouse in Knoxville said they would open not later than November 20 "Late season and moisture from rain have brought another crop of thin tobacco this year1 he pointed out and a long wait in warehouses would make the leaf both dusty and faded by sunlight The Department of Agriculture reported that: The bur-ley crop ranges from near failure to almost perfect Condition The leaf Is relatively thin and llgh in weight but should be of gooc cigarette and smoking quality (See BURLEY Pare 3-A) By BILL CASTLEBERRY Although the winter season is still in an early stage Kimbrough air pollution control director says cooperation by Kingsport citizens in the drive for smoke control is vastly improved over last year Some people are not meeting smoke ordinance regulations but cooperation as a whole is much better this year Kimbrough thinks the smoke control program can go either way a success or a failure within the next 30 days It will depend upon the attitude of the citizens he declared "We (the office of the air pollution director and the police) are going to enforce the ordinance to the best of our ability Kimbrough said High volatile coal is being smuggled Into Kingsport but only in small quantities Kimbrough said but the police are checking all reports of illegal coal deliveries Most of the de liveries are found to be alright but police are making it so inconvenient for outside dealers that they are extra cautious before making a run The director said there are only feur sections in Kingsport where high volatile coal is being used "Most of this he said is due to the fact that a lot of people had some high volatile coal left-over from last winter and are using it before buying low volatile Most of them anticipated a long and cold season and they bought up more than their usual amount These supplies should be ex-(See SMOKE Page 3-A) rhe scnedule ol Solunai Periods printed below has been token from Jean Alders Knight's SOLUNAR TABI-SS Plan your days so that you wtil to ftstun so good territory or bunting tn good ft during tbeae times you wub to find the best sport that each day haa to offer The Major Periods are shown in DC idle type These begin at the time shown and last for an Dour and a naif or two hours thereafter The Minot Periods shown tn regular type are of somewhat shorter duration Im Eastern Standard Tint AM rM Major Miner Major Miner November 13 Sunday 8:00 I By The Associated Press It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us The words were said long ago in a lull of battle and they were said again Saturday as the worm paused once more to observe the lost peace of the Armistice Around the world the lawmakers the potentates and the chiefs of governments spoke of peace But they spoke of it as a thing not possessed but hoped for and once again to be fought for Extolling the fallen dead of old wars as Lincoln extolled the fallen of Gettysburg the speakers said: we must carry on their fight To keep faith with our dead MaJ Gen Roscoe Woodruff of the First Army said in New York Americans must rededi-cate ourselves to their unfinished task These were old words that whistled through the back pages of time down through the war to end wars and past a impermanent Armistice through a second world war to another peace that again was almost not peace In defeated Germany which had kindled the flames of two world wars the victors still stood guard But there was no Jubilance commemorating a lasting victory Lake Stages The level of Cherokee Lake Saturday was reported at 10453 feet and Douglas Lake B611 feet a.