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34--No. 230 EIGHT PAGES PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1950 ASSOCIATED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE PRICE 5 CENTS MAKING HISTORY AS THE FIRST Bay county men to be drafted into the army since the Korean war these 33 inductees are shown above at the recruiting office as they prepared to depart by train for camp Congratulations are in order as William A Register, the first man to be inducted from this area, is welcomed into the Army by Lt. Col. E. O.

Shall, Executive officer for the Florida Military district, Jacksonville. Others wishing Register good luck are Miss Bernice Wilson, clerk and administrative assistant to the city manager, Grady Couitney. 33 Draftees, First Bay Call, Leave for Camp 5 Thirty-three men, the first to be inducted from this area under the selective service act, entrained last night for Ft. Jackson, S. C.

The men are part of the first nation-wide call sent out by the selective service. Local Man Clanton's Condition Reported Serious Charles Clanton, 22, 221 McQuade court, sustained a broken back, paralysis of the legs, and undetermined injuries about the head and face in an automobile accident early this morning on the Dothan highway near Mill Bayou. Deputies of the sheriff's office said Clanton, who was driving a 1940 Ford convertible, skidded 600 feet and was thrown from the car it turned over several times. Clanton's doctor, Joseph Morris, said the man had a "fifty-fifty chance to live." He is now in a semi-coma in a local hospital. Officers said that an unknown taxi driver, who said he thought the accident was a trick as he saw the man lying beside the road, reported the wreck to the sheriff's office.

Clanton is employed as a welder in the paper mill. District Postal si Caldwell and Sikes Expected To Attend Postmasters of the Third District will hold an important meeting in iMananna Saturday, beginning at $IJp according to official announcement by Joe Padgett, Panama City postmaster and vice president of the Third District. The event will mark a reunion of postmasters of the Third District as they observe the 14th anniversary of the Florida chapter of the National Association of Postmasters. Among distinguished guests expected to appear are former Congressman and Governor Millard F. Caldwell, Rep.

Bob Sikes and other notables. Otis Padgett, postmaster at Marianna, will be host postmaster and has promised a good program of entertainment, said Joe Padgett urging a full attendance. Mrs. Mansell Orcherd of Auburndale is president of the Florida association. Realtors Fete State Leaders Heasley, Landcraft Banquetted Here Panama City board of realtors last night entertained two state leaders and talked plans for furthering the association's aims and objectives.

Honor guests were Merle Heasley, president of the Florida Association of Realtors, Mrs. Heasley and Robert Landcraft, state director of the Florida sales and service department. Both are from Orlando. The state leaders were guests of ionor at a banquet-meeting at the Dixie-Sherman hotel. The meeting discussed, among other items, a proposal to list aU members of the association in a directory for statewide use by other members of the association.

4 ENVOY INJURED VIENNA--(JP) Austrian Foreign Minister Karl Gruber fractured his left ankle and suffered bruises on the head when his car drove off a wet road and hit a tree today Linz. In the South Carolina Army camp they will be assigned to the 8th Infantry Division for basic training. The men will take the two day trip in Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay coaches, arriving in the camp sometime Thursday. Arriving Friday State Moose Leader Will Visit Here FRANK RAY Frank Ray, state director of the Loyal Order of Moose, will pay an official visit to the Panama Cty chapter Fuday night and re- mam over for a district meeting this weekend.

That announcement was made yesteiday by Sam Caudle, governor of the Panama City lodge. Caudle requested all local mem- brs to be present Friday at 8 p. m. saying Ray's visit would be one of prime importance. He will be accompanied here by John Stegeman, Lake Wales, state director of membership.

The district one association meeting Satuiday and Sunday, Red Ko Before Troops Flee Led Marines Alachua Farmer Shoots Son, Slays Daughter-in-law Takes His Own Life After Wild Gun Affray Joe Wheeler Gann, 64, shot and killed his daughter-in-law, wounded his eldest son and then committed suicide at their farm here yesterday. The woman v.as Edeith Standridge Gann, 34, mother of children. The draftees are: Wilton A. Andrews, Charles H. Barnes, Andrew W.

Bradley, Willie Brookins, Jr. Kenneth E. Cox, Cortez Dunsford, Earl W. Gatewood, James E. Glass, Aubrey P.

Golden, Carl T. Hall, Odecee Ralph Chestnut, Towland T. Hanson, Eugene T. Holman, Rufus H. Jordan, Odel Jones, Andrew F.

McCrary, Howard E. McNair, Richard E. Meadows, Charles E. Myers, Dovie E. Myers, Benjamin W.

Neel, James C. Pitman, James C. Posey, Chester L. Reaves, William A. Register, James M.

W. Sorrell, Joseph J. Stukey, James E. Claude M. Wolfe, Earl M.

Ward, and Grant C. Williams. After extensive basic training the men will be assigned to various units throughout the Army. MONTEOCHA (JP) W. Gann, a farmer, shot and killed his wife, Edith, mother of live, wounded his eldest son and then took his own life at his farm here yesterday.

Alachua county Sheriff Frank M. Sexton at Gainesville said Gann was mentally ill. County Judge H. H. McDonald declared the shootings a clear case of murder and suicide, and that no inquest would be held.

Two small girls, Clara Ethel, 5, and Rena, 3, children of Gann's brother, were at the scene and witnessed the tragedy, but neither were harmed. WOUNDED IN ABM Sexton, in piecing together the shootings, said that Felton, 34, Gann's eldest son, came to his office about noon yesterday, wounded slightly in the right arm. He asked for a warrant for the arrest of his lather, whom he said shot him as ie was repairing a tractor. Sheriff's deputies took Gann to the Alachua General hospital at Gainesville for treatment after obtaining the warrant. Sexton, with Carl K.

Bonifay Court Term At Hand At Least One Capital Case Before Jury BONIFAY (Special) A grand jury will be impanelled for the Fall term of the Circuit Court which convenes here Monday, Oct. 9, announced State Attorney Mercer Spear Monday. Circuit Judge B. Helms said there was a possibility that the docket for the approaching term would be larger than usual. Only one informant has been filed by the State Attorney.

That involved a worthless check charge against A. E. Wamble, DeFuniak Springs. At least one capital case, rape, will be investigated by the grand jury. Helms said there were several cases of non-support ot minor children which have been carried over from previous terms which may come to trial in October.

Helms said Spear and his assistant J. Frank Adams have been in Bonifay conducting investigations and examining witnesses in pending cases. Kentucky and Tennessee Jarred Meteor Flashes Through Sky, Then Explodes, Witnesses Say NASHVILLE, meteor flashed through the sky to the west of here early today and apparently exploded in the air jarring an area from Paducah, to Memphis, Tenn. The Illinois Central railroad dispatcher in Paducah said reports from all along his line to Memphis told of a jar of an explosion. He said a railioad signalman at Covington, 40 miles north of Memphis, told of seeing a ball of fire the sky getting larger and larger, then exploding.

The 1C dispatcher's account was related here by Fred Denton, Tennessee central dispatcher who said the 1C man called to ask if there had been an explosion. At Memphis, 220 miles southwest, the Shelby county and state highway patrols sent ix cars racing north of the city. The county radio officer said one car reported the meteor hit in the vicinity of Hatchie Bottoms, a semi-swamp area between Memphis and the Milhngton Naval base, about 20 miles away. This report was not confirmed. A report of the sky flash was given in Memphis by American Airlines Capt.

H. J. Garman, of Dallas, Tex. Carman had just landed a DC-6 with 41 passengers from Washington. "We sighted that thing about one- thirty (1-30 a.

m. CST) some 50 miles east of Nashville," Garman said. "I was flying at 18,000 feet and it looked as though it came right across our nose. "I tell you, I never saw such a brilliant flash of light before. No it wasn't a clear light.

It seemed to be burning with an orange, yellow and blue flame. "I can't say for sure whether it burned out the air or hit the ground. I've seen hundreds and hundreds of meteors, but that was the lowest I ever saw one. "I tell you, it lit up the whole sky." Garman had seen the flash up close 3 bout 250 miles from where it apparently ended. The CAA operator at the Nashville sirport said it lit the sky "bright as day" and he thought it landed between the field and the nty, only five miles away Patrolman Albert K.

Yancy at Paducah said witnesses reported the meteor lighted up the Paducah area about 3 a. m. (EST) so brightly "you could almost read a newspaper." Yancy said the CAA told him that the meteor apparently exploded between Paducah and Nashville though the exact location was no' determined. MofgafT'and "went to the Gann farm about 13 miles outside Gainesville in this section. Lying in a lane leading to the farmhouse they found Felton Gann's wife, Edeith.

She had been shot HI the head. Near a work bench outside the farmhouuse they found the body of Gann. He had placed a .22 single-shot rifle in his mouth, and pulled the trigger. The two children could relate only partially the events that had taken place while Gann was in Gainesville Gann told the sheriff he was repairing a tractor when his father appeared out of the woods with a shotgun in his hands. He quoted his father as saying You drove me off once, but you'l never drive me off again" Gann said he pleaded for mercy but that his father shot at him four times One bullet pierced his right arm Gann ran to a neighbor's house where he obtained transportation to Gainesville.

Mrs. Gann's other four childrer were in school at the time of the shooting, the sheriff said. Total Take Revised Upward To $5,000,000,000 Conference Work on New Tax Bill Almost Complete WASHINGTON--(AP) A Senate-House committee polishing details of a tax increase drove toward completion of the task today after revising upward to $5,000,000,000 the annual revenue they expect it to bring in. Approval late yesterday of a 10 per cent withholding tax on corporation dividends completed the measure except for a few technical details, sion today to put on the finishing touches. HUBERT KELLEY outgoing JAMES HAYES incoming St.

Andrew Men's Club Elects James Hayes to Presidency Leadership of the St. Andrew Men's club for the ensuing year was vested today in James Hayes, active club worker and prominent St. Andrew resident. Hayes, along with other new officers, was elected at a meeting last night at trie Masonic hall in St. Andrew.

Results of other elections: Waldo Rowell, first vice president; Frank Dama, second vice president; Tom Milam, secretary; H. E. Martin, treasurer (re-elected). The board of directors will be: E. H.

Carter, chairman, (one year); Fred Gainer, (two years); J. D. Parker, (three years); J. N. Arnold, (four years); and Hubert Kelley, (five years).

Hayes will succped Kelley at the helm of the organiaztion. The Installation banquet will be held Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the Drummond Park school auditorium and B. O. Bjorkland, Hayes and Gainer, were named as a committee to plan the event.

Two Defendants Face Court Today Raffield and Brown Called To Trial Wealthy Brown and Robert Raffield face charges in the circuit court today as the court enters the third day of criminal hearings this week. Brown is charged with assault to murder in the first degree and Raffield with breaking and entering to commit a misdemeanor. In trials yesterday, Sarah Nell Bass was convicted of one of two charges and Dave Paysinger was acquitted The Bass woman was convicted of grand larceny and a second case against her--aggravated nol pressed. A jury deliberated only a few minutes to return a verdict of acquittal for Paysinger. He was accused of issuing a worthless check.

Complainant was H. B. Upton, by whom Paysinger was formerly employed. Life In Famed Murder Case Freed by Court SOUTH PARIS, Me. (JP) -A Superior Court Justice today ordered Francis M.

Carroll, central figure in the celebrated Carroll- Dwyer murder case, free from life imprisonment after 12 vears. Justice Albert Beliveau granted the 54 years old Carroll's request for a writ of habeas corpus. The state has no appeal from the order, which shattered Maine court precedent. The conferees called another ses- Quick House and Senate approval are expected to send the bill to President Truman before the end of the week. The revised estimate of the additional revenue the bill will produce came as a result of late changes and a new and higher appraisal of the amount that will be brought in as a result of the proposed boost in individual income taxes.

GAP PLUGGED The withholding levy, aimed at persons who dodge or forget to pay taxes on corporation dividends, calls for no new taxes. But it is expected to stop a gap through which slips by Treasury estimates some $190,000,000 a year. Other minor changes made in M'Quaqqe Flays v7 ie' Loans Tells Optimist Club Control Is Needed Strong local government and legislation to outlaw the "quick loan" business were advocated yesterday by Tax Assessor Duncan McQuagge in an address to the weekly luncheon session of the Bay County Optimist club. He urged Optimists to acquaint themselves with p-roposed legislation to place municipalities and cooperatives under the railroad and public utilities commission. "The only government is local government," he declared as he urged the club members to investigate the current trend of public affairs.

The "quick loan" business McQuagge attacked as a curse to the "little man," and urged that steps be taken to outlaw such operations here. McQuagge was introduced by Donnell Brookins, program chairman for the month. Ray Pilcher, club president, and J. B. Blackwell, announced plans to attend the district meeting of Optimists at Gulf port, Miss, this weekend.

the bill yesterday are designed to pick up additional millions. Congress may quit with a firm understanding that it will return to work--possibly right after the November elections--to act on a "second installment" bill including an excess profits tax to take the profits out of war. The two bills together might increase 1951 taxes by $1,000,000,000,000. Both measures would apply also to part of 1950 income of individuals and corporations. FIRST BILL The first bill would: 1.

Boost income taxes of over 50,000,000 individuals by nearly $3,000,000,000. Withholding rate on wages and salaries, after personal exemptions, would increase by about one-fifth, effective Oct. 1. 2. Increase corporation taxes by $1,500,000,000 a year, with the higher rates effective retroactively on one-half of 1950 corporate income.

3. Speed up corporation income tax payments to bring into the Treasury an extra $1,000,000,000 a year over the next five years. This would be done by gradually shortening the time for paying the previous year's taxes. 4. Exclude from taxation all pay earned by GI's in combat zones, and give reductions to their officers.

5. Plug various tax law loopholes. The committee also decided yes- Continued On Page Five) Western Ministers Called to Form Central Army LONDON--(yP) Defenses Ministers of the big Western nations have been called unexpectedly to New York to organize the quick formation of a Central Western army. Government officials both here and in Paris said today the British and French ministers probably will fly to the United States later this week. Arrangements for their suddenly-summoned parley apparently have not yet been finalized.

Corny In Seoul Is Imminent Attackers Repulsed In First Attempt- To Cross Han River TOKYO (ff) Marines by the thousands rammed across the Hail river today under blistering Red gunfire and struck swiftly on Seoul. On their first lunges from the riverbank they drove ahead four miles--half way to the Korean capital. Powerful American tanks, ferried after them across the water hurdle, churned up sand banks and over rice paddies five hours later. The first Marine infantry assault wave hit the river at down to amphibious tractors loaded with Leathernecks. FIRST TRY REPULSED The Marines' first river-crossing try in darkness was repulsed by Red gunfire.

The second, after daybreak and a long-range naval shelling of the Reds from Inchon, made good. The- tanks rumbled southeast, bringing powerful fire support to Leathernecks attacking hill positions outside Seoul. Red Koreans were fleeing before this armored vanguard of a 40,000 man Allied liberation force. Americans and their Communist enemy still were racing for possession of the capital. Communist troops rushed from the old southeast Korea front? were reported streaming into Seoul along a winding secondary road from the southeast.

The Leathernecks were striking at Seoul from the northwest. A slugging match in the streets of the 500-year-old capital--a city normally of 1,000,000 people--seemed imminent. SECOND FRONT First Division Marines, pulled out of Southeast Korea frontlines for the surprise second front operation, that began last Friday at Inchon, assaulted the Han's northeast bank eight miles northwest of Seoul as a three-quarter moon paled out in daylight. The lead-off battalion for this had been first ashore Friday at In- chon port, 22 miles west of Seoul. It stormed across the river in amtracks after Navy guns had shelled and shattered Red strongpoints from waters off Inchon.

The Navy big guns--now joined at Inchon by the 16-inchers of the battleship Missouri--were called on to lob shells 20-odd miles inland after the Reds hurled back the earlier night-covered assault. Ground artillery and warplanes also pounded the Reds before the dawn attack. WRITER CROSSES AP Correspondent Don Whitehead, veteran of many European landings in the Second World War, went across in an amtrack with the first wave. The enemy, tipped off by the night attempt, was waiting. Whitehead reported: "Bullets began to slam against the side of our amtrack and through a slit in the rear door I could see the little spouts of water which, jumped up as bullets hit the water.

But the steel sides protected us and the amtracks plowed ahead. "Then we were ashore and climbing a steep sandy bank and the (Continued On Page Five) A. J. Caihoun, Pioneer Here, Succumbs at 73 Andrew Jackson Caihoun, 73 years of age and a resident here for 35 years, died today at 9-15 a. m.

at the home of his son, 156 Drummond Park. He was a bookkeeper by profession until his retirement several years ago. Survivors include his son, W. five daughters, Mrs. Dora Moore and Mrs.

Ruth Hembry of Houston, Mrs. Ethel Hickren, Gainesville, and Mrs. G. M. Wiley, Brenham, Tex.

Funeral arrangements, in charge of Wilson home, are incomplete. MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR WOMEN'S CLUB, and other volunteers, started a project this week which it is hoped eventualiy will result in a complete covering of all books in the Bay County Library with a special book shellac--book preservative. Shown at the first session at the library (left to right around the table) are: Betty Parker, Elizabeth Thomas, Ann Gustafson, Gloria Flathmann, Mrs. Mark Thomes, Mrs. Gene Lokey, Anne Holbrook, Annie Lou O'Grady, Mrs.

Sam Hornsby, and Mrs. Robert Aucremann. The work was directed by Mrs. E. A.

Gardner, president of the Library Association. Primary Season About Concluded By the Associated Press The 1950 primary season just about closed down today with the completion of slate-picking in Wisconsin and Massachusetts for the November elections. Other than a routine Republican primary in Rhode Island next Tuesday to nominate an unopposed list of candidates, the major parties have finished choosing teams to fight it out Nov. 7, Republican Senator Alexander Wiley won a third team nomination in Wisconsin yesterday by better than a 3 to 1 margin. Democrats chose Thomas E.

Fairchild, State Attorney General, to run against him. In the Wisconsin governor race, industrialist Walter J. Kohler won the Republican nomination, and Carl Thompson the Democratic place. Kohler is the son of a former governor. In Massachusetts, Arthur W.

a distant cousin of the late President Calvin Coolidge, easily won the Republican nomination for Governor in a six-man race. Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, ousted Chief of Naval Operations who figured in a big inter-service row last year, ran second but drew only about half as many votes as Coo- hdge..