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The Courier News from Blytheville, Arkansas • Page 12

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Blytheville, Arkansas
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BLYTHEVILLE (ARX.) COURIER NEw SENIORS (Continued from Page to the audleace. singing of "Follow the Gleam" by the class, group of musical selections featuring seniors were composed presented. The German band, of Albert Fairfield, Tommy Dowdy, Jimmy Culbertson, ed Garnett, and Ralph Wahl, playvis three selections, closing their part of the program with one movement from Rossini's famous "William Tell" overture. A girls' trio comprised of Janet Michael, Patsy Calvert, and Bar. bara Pruitl Duncan, presented two selections, "Moon Glow" and "LitLie Old after which a quartet composed of Jimmy Culbertson.

Albert Warren Fairfleld, Lynn Vowell, and "My Heart McClure sang Stil!" two Bones." Stood and "Dry Concluding the musten! part of the program WAS A choral number, "Vanka 'n' Tanka" featuring Jinmy, Patsy and Mary Ann Henry AS choir atudents. Emily) Damon assoloists, and A a af senior sisted Mrs. Henry with the piano accompaniments. Prior to singIng of. the "Alma Mater" by the entire audience.

which concluded the class night program, Larry Baker announced that this year's; senior memorial will be two tennis courts for the new high school. The courts are to be built immedintely, he said. Meanwhile, class day was held yesterday morning at 9:30 in the DIS auditorium. Wearing their academic caps and gowns. the selllors filed Into the auditorium as Mrs.

Henry played the processional music. Bobby Hillburn, A senior, sald the Invocation, Larry Baker presided, Nita Rose Hall read the prophecy, Patzicia Hearn and Mille Ann Malcry rend the class will. and Fred Abbott, president of the 1953 senior class. accepted the senior um seats. Class and night, activities were planned under the direction of the three sculor sponsors, Miss 1 and Robert McGraw, and the high Luna B.

Wilhelm. Verne M. Yaline school principal. Chartes Kinningham was In charge stage sets for class night, Class officers of the 1952 senior class are Larry Baker, president; Warren McClure. vice-president: Bobbie Estes, secretary: and Jay Shelton Edons, treasurer.

pet. R. L. Presser is chairman of the Lions Club Boys and Girls Work I Committee. Eighteen Models Senate Group To Vote on Controls Bill WASHINGTON (A) A bill to continue -price contrals until next March 1 and rent and credit con krols until June 30, 1953, comes to 4 vole today in she Senate Banking Committee.

As amended by the group, the legislation would strip the Wage Stabilization Board of authority 10 Intervene in labor disputes, as It did in the steel case. IL also would make the A body representing the public In general -Its present membership gives equal representation to the public, labor unions and industry. Before the committee today was new controversy over a move by Sen. Fulbright (D- to hock onto the anti-Inflation mensure a revision of the Walsh-Hestey Labor Act. Obituary Sgt.

Joe Wright Dies of Illness died M-Sgt. this Joe morning Weight nt of Walter Blytheville Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D. an extended Illness. Sal. Wright had served In the Air Force for 17 years.

Ife is survived by Mrs. Horace Coffer of Trimble, who la the former Miss Ern Wright of Blytherille; aril brother, Ira Wright of Osceola. Services will be conducted nt p.m. Monday in the chapel at Walter Reed Hospital. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery.

Cooter to Hold Children's Day COOTER, The Lions Club and the merchants of Cooter will sponsor a Children's Day Saturday afternoon. A parade nt 3:30 p.m. will be leu by the Steele High School Band and w111 be followed by a tree show for children pt 4:30 nt the Cooter Theater. Prizes of $7.50, $3 and $2 wil! be awarded in three divisions: bestdecorated boy's bicycle, best-decorated girl's bicycle nut best-dressed of Other of Cars Cost More Senators Says Politicos Forced Grain Prices to Go Down During 1948 NO TOK Son. Alden charged today polkical manipulators forced grain prices declared "They're not going to do bAHion deMars in 1048 and agato this year 1 con stop was carrying along his attack on Secretary of Agricuilure, Re an as the before cabinel the officer Senate be- BAn testifying Agriculture Committee reply Lo orticism of his department, Beannan brought on Aiken's outburat by charging that tire cHicultles his department with grain stornge were caused by ilmEations he said Congress pul in the Commodily Credit 1948.

Corporacoo Charter Act in Action Prevented He said these prevented bls departenent from taking offective Hon to expand storage facilities for huge 1948 orops had to buy up under the farm price support laws. Aiken, who headed the Senate Agriculturo group In 1948 in the Republican controlled 00th Congress immediately declared Brannon had given an entirely erroneous view of the 104B law. He said that actually the Agriculture Department agreed with done and helped to druft the lAw. "Spread 14 Around" "But then," he said, "someone wack tibe idea to spread around the country that there was lack, of storage space. The price of grain WAS forced down a billion dollars and they put the blame on Commodity And Stock Markets- New York Cotton Open Kigh Low Close 3681 3657 3833 3835 3647 3627 2606 3641 3644 3648 3620 3621 Mch.

3607 3623 3604 3605 New York Stocks AT And 154 Amar Tobacco 54 7-8 Anaconda Copper 43 7-8 Chryaler 15 5-8 Coca-Cola 108 1-2 Gen Electrio 50 3 8 Gen Motors 55 Central 18 3-4 Ink Harvester 33 3-4 0 Ponney 88 Repwtitic Steel 40 Socong Vacuum 37 5-B Radio 25 5-8: Studebaker 38 1-8 Standard of N. 76 2-4 Teres Corp 64 7-8 Bears 33 9 3B Bou PA0 74 1-4 New Orleans Cotton Open High Low Cluse July 3838 3855 3833 3937 Oct. 3649 3660 3641 3644 Dec. 3626 3637 3010 3619 Mch. 3614 3621 3001 3601 Soybeans Eigh Low Chose Jul 293 Sept 280 37815 2783 275 2131 274 JAD 27434 Livestock NATIONAL STOCKYARDS, DI.

W-(USDA) -HOgS uneven: than weights 1801 lbs up mostly 25 higher Tuesday's average; instances up 25 or more; 170 lbs down strong to 50 higher; sows fully 35 higher; bulk choice 180-230 lbs fall of grade 21.85-22.35; several loads mostly choice Nos. 1 and 2 under 225 lbs 22.40-50: choice Nos. 1, 21 and 3 240-270 lbs largely 20.75-21.65; 280-300 1bx 10.00-50: around 450 lbs 17.75: 150-170 lus 20.50-22.00: 120-140 153 18.25-20.25: sows 400 Lux down 18.15-75: few 10.00; heavier boars mostly 17.00-18.00; stags 14.00-16.00; 13.00-15.00. Cattle 1,700, calves 700: trading very slow on steers, Reiters and COWS: openin: snles confined to few snuall lets geed sand choice and mixed searlings nt 30.40-33.25: virtually nothing done on steers: very few cows about steady. most bids unevenly lower: bulls 25 higher: utility and 24.00-26.75; vealers sicady and active: 32.00-36.00: good and choice targe2y sorted prime 38.00 to ei! interests: utility and commercial 33.00-30.00.

steady; Sheep 700: spring lambs fully 28.00-31.25: good to prime springers including one 29-head lot mostly prime 61 31.23: not enough. done on old crop to fully establish price trend; undertone bearish on tower grades, gurly both clipped and wooled lambs: some goud to chalce wooled lambs mostly good. 27.50; load utility to good No. 2 skins 24.50; sinughter ewes steady: cull to good shorn slaughter exes 7.00-12.00. TRUCE (Continued from Page 1) pound for transler elsewhere.

Joy NAn: Hypocrisy Displayed "Your side continues to display crass hypocrisy on the prisoner of war Issue. Never before in modern history has A belligerent displayed less rogard fo: the rights and welfare of prisoners of war. "It our refusal to use force 10 WEDNESDAY, MAY M. Ridgway Faces Sharp Questions On Koje Incident from Solons WASHINGTON (A) -Gen. thew B.

Ridgway came under sharp questioning from senators about the Kole Taland Incidents which one lawmaker told him had brought shock and a sense of shame here at home, 'The queries were fired at the OIL STRIKE (Continued from Pare 1) ard On of Indiana refinery at night. 7,000 men also collapsed last Whiting. plant employing Spokesmen for the Central States Petroleum Union, Independent, said a company ofter of a 15-cent hourly wage W86 acceptable, but other terms were not. Leaders of the coalition of 22 CIO, AFL, and strike independent who called the three ago said last week they would accept a recommendation Wage Stabilization Board, for a 15-cent hourly raise phis more pay for night work. The former scale was $2 Ln $2.10 an hour far day work.

Knight claims the chief road block on the path to settlement is Insistence by some companies that wages be re- negotiated on a basis rather than euch six months, as he sald is customary. One agreement announced last night involved 463 CIO workmen at the Phillips Chemical Company Borger, the second Pilllips Petroleum subsidiary to settle In two dnys. Tentative Pact Signed CIO Refinery Division workers at the Ponca City, refinery of Cities Service, announced tentatve agreement corresponding to the WSB pattern. Company of(icials refused ta confirm the announcement Immediately. The 1 union said negotiations continued in the gasoline, chemical, pipeline and production divisions.

The workers slow return of the industry's! held little immediate hope of reliet for aviation, where the shortage of high-octane gasoline remains acute. WSB said gasoline restrictions tor airplanes may not be lifted before June 6. Motorists, who suffered only slight shortages during the strike, probably will he well supplied quickly. Auto fuel requires only I two days in production as opposed to a week tor Avintion fuel. Onicial price lists show that there models of are cighteen different pride and American motor cars, produced by five well-being that comes from owning a motor arate automotive manufacturers, which actually cost the World." universally recognized as the "Standard of sep- car that is than the lowest -priced coupged.

It smilarly cost them, too, the pleasure of And this, beyond a Cadillac! driving If you find this difficult to believe--then you're in of all! For any question, is the greatest penalty gool company! found behind missing out on the many thrills to be in For the iccord also shows they're missing out on its wheel that, during the past few motoring's finest rewards. years, literally hundreds of thousands of have taken title to these costlier motorists And, of course, it also models. And there can long range cconomics Cadillac's many cost them be little doubt that many of them did so simply be- line --its almost unbelievable mileage, its unsurpassed dependability, and gasocause they failed to realize how relatively modest the legendary its cost of a Cadillac can be. long life. They simply assumed that exclusice in quality means in price! And it is doubtful if a single costly you wouldn't want to make such We know that a anisunderstanding ever cost so many motorists so mistake in the selection of your next car.

But much! you'd better be careful--because there different ways to make it! are eighteen It cost them, first of all, the satisfaction Cadillac! For there is of owning a So when the time no substitute for the sense of pay the price of a Cadillac--be -incestigate! And if you comes sure that you get onel TUE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY Cadillac grcas, "They played a dirty trick on tho fariners. They lout billion dollars purely political reasons. this year I can stop it." They'ro not going to do Chairman Ellender (D-La) of the committee, Democratic senator present ax the hearing opened, told Alken "that's opinion' of what happened in 1948. Tho cominitlee has been going Into variety of cases. Senate Okays McGranery Attorney General Is Confirmed WASHINGTON (A) A 52-18 vote cleared the wny for Senate James P.

McGranery to walk Into the Justice Department today And take over ns the boss. The Senate last night confirmed President Truman's nomination of the 56-year-old Philadelphia furist to succeed J. Howard McGrath as attorney general. votes against the ment WeYE east by Republicans, but 14 other Republicans joined 38 Democrats In voting for 1t. Pennsylvania's two senators, Dull and Afartin, were among those voting approval.

To Attend Demonstration Mayor Dan Hiodgelt left today for Union City, where he will attend A demonstration of street-sweeping machinery. He snid he plans to return tomorrow. John Garfield Dies NEW YORK (A)--John Onrfield, 30, stage and screen actor, 67.9 found dead of heart ailment In his Gramercy Park apartment totiny. deliver to your prisoners of war who oppose returning to your side results in delay In the attainment of 821 Armistice, then muke the mast of it. Our stand in this Issue 1s firm and final." 301 West Walnut Phone 4578 SULLIVAN-NELSON CHEVROLET CO.

PRISON U. N. Commander in the Fur behind closed doors bat Senator Russell (D-Ca) presiding at the session, sent reporters a copy of statement he made. In the statement, Russell congratula ted Ridgway "for the magniticent job you have performed as a leader of our fighting men in 2 grim and bloody war." But used such words an "bewildering" and "shocking" in reference to Lite "kid. naping" of a general by Communist prisoners on Koje Island.

Ridgway, riven celebrity's welcally before Senate come to the capitol, was Services Committee which Russell heads. However, all senators had been invited ta attend and more than one third of on hand when the doors membership was were closed. White this meeting was going on, it WAS anniunced Ridgway will address a joint meeting of the Senate and the House at 10:30 CST tomorrow. a.m. FOREIGN AID (Continued trom Page 1) said.

Taft supporters are expected to! hower backers proposing lesser propose deep slashes with cuts. Richards said Congress has voiced Its support of mutual de-: fense by appropriating 162 billion dollars since 1948 for domestic foreign milllery programs and economic aid abroad. Richards said that those wholion vote cut deeply "may be voting to throw away the one best chance of avoiding World War IEI." (Contiound from Pure Riots Were Ordered TOKYO In High-level officers In the United Nations Command today said riols and incidents in U.N. prisoner camps were provoked by smnll bunds of Commuthe nists acting is on orders to show that, UNC mistreating POWS. One riot, al Pusan yesterday, and incident, on violence-ridden Koje Island earlier this month, occurred in prisoner hospitals.

The next move of the Reds, the officers said. undoubtedly will be to unteash violent accusations that the UNC SO low and contempt1 ible that" i8 is even torturing patients in the hospitals, The U.S. Eighth Army said the Pusan outbreak was touched off by a small group of agitators among hospital orderlies. One Red POW was killed and 85 were in. jured in the meleo.

Sit down Strike Held Prisoner-inmates and prisonerdoctors in the Koje hospital went on A sitdown strike Friday. They were removed from the hospital to a separate compound Monday without incident. Pusan riot Tuesday was! only part of the overall Communist plan," one United Natloas officer said. lie said these prisoners and not been screened. Just Like World Scale "The Reds are carrying out chis, agitation in the prison compounds in South th Korea, in the same way they operate on a world scale.

First they atlack in Korea, then china, then somewhere elsc. It all follows the same pattern." He asked not to be named bechuse the statement was his and identifying him would put an official stamp on the story. Another high officer who is close to the prisoner problem had the same views: "It looks as if there Is a Plan embaruss and frustrate us. "In addition they Are providing themselves with Jot of mene factured incidents for propaganda purposes." Guard Delall lucreased Den. Mark Clark.

U.N. comsmander, has increased the guard detail by more men, there are 170,000 prisoners, According to the screening port, only of these are mitted Communists. But there has long been a sue picion within the U.N. Command that some Communist soldiers Korea surrendered under instruotions. 'The instructions were believed have included orders to agitate wihin the prison camps.

It would not be difficult for prisoner to protess hatred for communism, then turn agitator once he put in a compound of antiCommunists, Outside Control One thing 15 certain. The hard. cote Communists inside the camps have outside contact. IL may be radio, an underground chain which Includes few small boats Korean or even a fifth column among guards. French Award Highest Honor To Eisenhower PARIS (A) France conferred its highest honor the Medaille on General Dwight D.

Eisenhower today in a farewell tribute within the shadows of Napoleon's tomb. The supreme commander ot Allied award powers in Europe received the from Premier Antoine Pint in the court of honor of Les valides. The Inst foreigner to receive this mark of France's highest esteem was Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1916. HART SCHAFFNER MARX forecast for summer- COOLL Cool for the mon in a Dixie tropical worsted. And whot's more, he'll not only feel fresh and comfortable- -he'll look cool and handsome.

There's a lightweight; porous fabric goes to make Dixie There's specialized warm weather tailoring. Come and see for yourself the new season's Dixie crisply tailored by Hart Schaffner Marx in a variety of patterm and colors. MEAD'S 922 MAIN STREET Schaffner Thome.

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