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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1 955 rtfiRTY-WX THi BIRMINGHAM NEWS Despite Ike's illness GOP leaders keep up cheerful front WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (P) Republican leaders remained outwardlly optimistic today about their party 1956 prospects, despite President Eisenhower's illness. But one outspoken veteran woman Democrat indicated she felt the unexpected turn of events, however regrettable, might improve her party's' Senate Republican Leader chances of electing a land of California, return- dent next vear ling to Washington from California aenr nexr year (last night, told newsmen who met Optimism was the keynote as him at the airport he believes we Republican National Chairman pan w-n the pfesident and I Leonard Hal! toW GO! believe we can with any other eu volunteers yesterday that Ei- choice of the convention senhower would lead our party, Knowland said the presidents the way he wants rt to go nnttl heart attack has not given him any it becomes the majority party. defeatjst attitude about Repub- r. i n-iT lican prospects in '56.

HALL SAID THAT in his mind, Eisenhower always epitomized op- THE WOMAN DEMOCRAT. 85- timism; that recently the year-old Mrs. J. Borden Harriman. dent advised him to be options- touched on the Eisenhower illness tie.

Keep smiling. during a talk yesterday at the That is the spirit in which he Woman's National Democratic As Yeh starts to talk Molotov and Menon stalk out of UN BY TOM HOGE UNITED NATIONS, N. Sept 28 Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov ond other top Communist delegates stalked from the UN Assembly chamber today when Nationalist China's foreign minister, George Yeh, took the floor for a policy speech.

Speaking in Chinese during the Indian Delegate V. K. Krishna Assembly's annual policy debate. Menon also left the room as Yeh Yeh urged the free world to weigh began his declaration in which he, carefully the Communists latest told the assembly that any im- peace offensive, provement in East-West relations; Let us be sure that the Soviet is not due to Soviet goodwill. It; motive is not a calculated effort is due.

he said, to the policy of to capitalize on the world's long-strength adopted by the free in for peace and its abhorrence world. war as a means of further ex pending Communist rule over the IT WAS RECALLED that last world, he cautioned, year when asembly delegates paid tribute to the late Soviet delegate. HE HAILED President Eisen- Andrei Y. Yishinskv. the Nation- how er's atoms-for-peace program alist Chinese were absent.

as the harbinger of a new era Only the heads of the Soviet, after 10 years of frustrating ne-Polish, and Czechoslovak delegs-gotiations with the Soviet Union tions and Menon left the room, on the international control of Other members of each Soviet atomic energy. block delegation remained in their; But in their quest for peace, he seats. jeontinued. the non-Communist na- Yeh told the assembly that col-'tions should not be deluded by lective security measures in Eu-ievery conciliatory move the Rus-rope and Asia have served as thesians make, main block to the advance of would want us to carry forward maybe adding a little more effort, Hall declared. Pressed by newsmen later as to whether his remarks indicated he felt Eisenhower would be a candidate for reelection in 1956, Hall said it would be inappropriate to speculate while the president is ill.

Club. I hate the way this sunshine has come to the Democratic Party, she said, adding: We must not be too sure and certain of ourselves. Mrs. Harriman is a cousin by marriage of Gov. Averell Harriman of New York and a former minister to Norway.

U.S. Writ THE BUREAU Dporimnt cf Commerce 28,1955 Quits while she is ahead Brooklyn Dodger fan, Mrs. Myrtle (Myrt) Powers, 71 -year-old Georgia grandmother, decided not to press her luck too far so she took the $32,000 and skipped the jackpot question on the Question" TV program last nigh. To win the "Myrt" successfully answered a series of baseball questions. The bust, pictured with "Myrt," was made by fellow Georgian.

(Associated Press wirephoto.) 'My rt' takes the $32,000 and quits TV quiz program NEW YORK, Sept. 28 Grondma Power, the baseball sage from the Southland, has token her $32,000 and retired from big league play on TV after a perfect five-week season facing another question in her '67 71 Fight medical college flood Firemen are shown lashing two hoses to a car outside the University of Alabama Medical College's basic sciences building last night. Firemen pumped water out of the building for two hours but lost ground after a water main burst until a cutoff valve was reached. Burst main soaks costly Medical School equipment vaccine has been prematurely re- to lndia, Yeh said some Asian na A burst water main turned the basement of the Univer- reai1 druggists in Ala- tjons Were laving into Com- sity of Alabama Medical College's basic science building Health Office followin into a swimming pool last night. George Denison said the vaceinej Although they regard neutral Costly equipment, including a $30,000 electron micro- "as inadvertently sent to the re-ja.

potential enemies." he declared, scope, was submerged in the deluge when the water ai fe 2TfiSi cracked sometime before jce in the basic science building by private physicians. t0 harpen conflicts ie- 8 p.m. and the nursing school across thei The premature shipment was tween enemies Whether the expensive micro- street. made about 70 days ago. The Communists, he charged, scope could be salvaged was not J.

H. Jett, building superintend-! are capitalizing on Asian naiional- immediately known. Firemen ent. said he could not determine midis win j5m tQ Speed spread of Corn-worked through the night clear-jtvhat had gone wrong with the eventually be offered to private; munism jn Asia, ing the basement of water. until all the water was out.

doctors for their patients- at a TURNING TO RED CHINA. Jett said equipment covered by nominal cost. These Salk shots. yeh said the Nationalist govem-AT LEAST THREE research. the water had blanket insurance however, were not to be released jraent on Formosa had a moral and.

projects using the microseopeon it. until higher priority inoculations obligation to help liberate ere in progress. Dr. J. F.

Volker.j FIREMEN FOUGHT a losing were made. i he 500 million people now under dean of the Dental School, said, battle with the water for nearly; Dr Denison said the mixup re-j Communist rule on the mainland. The microscope was bought by two hours before water works from confusion that came My government has never once the college only a year ago with aiployes reached a cutoff valve. wit ha change-over from Dr Louis iappeaed to the United Nations grant from the U. S.

Public Health; A pump truck from No. 2 station! Friedman, state health officer, tafor ass stance in achieving such Service. land smaller pumps from the D. G. Gill, as coordinator ends he aSierted.

In addition to the electron unit. Department and Alabama Power Alabama's share of the polio ac-: gut he added. But. he added, if as it is at T2 Temperaiuret Af AvMf For Aroo 79 WwlwnBy Night tow Tomporoturos Exported Snow FORECAST U.S. WEATHER BUREAU Dopartmont of Commtrco COLDV'v chosen baseball category was Jack Dempsey.

Mrs. Power said the former heavyweight boxing champion talked with her at his restaurant this week and almost got down on his knees to ask me to stop on account of the taxes. IF SHE HAD tried for the $64,000. she would have gotten only SI 2.000 or $13,000 more after taxes. Before Mrs.

Power left the stage. Master of Ceremonies Hal March presented her with a sculptured bust of herself, done by Abe Davidson, director of the art department at Brenau College, Gainesville, Ga. Several ceramic copies of the bust will be made of Georgia clay and one will be placed in the town hall of Buford, Mrs. Powers home. Urged by her children and a host of well-wishers not to take the risk, she passed up a chance at the grand prize on The $64,000 Question CBS giveaway show.

The 70-year-old widow says her winnings estimated at after income taxes, will be put in a sock and saved. Announcing her decision to quit on the program last night, she said it seemed the sensible thing to do. MRS. POWER, a baseball fan for 60 years and a Brooklyn Dodger rooter, said: My Dodgers have won lots of pennants and I feel like I won a pennant, and they never won a world series and I dont want to beat them to the draw. Among those who urged her not to try for the $64,000 by 60 cine program.

jpresent constituted, the United watched the op-; Dr. Denison said the Health De- Nations cannot give a helping the less costly microscopes, school supplies, air conditioning and water heating generators were covered by the water. The water shorted out a telephone terminal, knocking out serv- of the building. Co. were used.

A large crowd eration, which into building, and a FORECAST sent water spew-jpartment discovered error aft-ing Seventh-av in front of the cr the shipment, but decided to parking lot in rear take no callback steps since the I amount of vaccine involved was of such limited quantity. For Wedwoeday Night Uw Temperature Expert ad hand to the millions of captive peoples behind the Iron and Bamboo Curtains, it can and should refrain from giving material aid or moral comfort to their enslavers. Phenix City school board denies Negro Hitchhiker reports she was attacked A 19-year-old hitchhiker reported to sheriff's deputies early to- dav that two men who offered her i rma rtf SnlTIKCinn a lift to Jasper criminally attacked UUIIIIMIUII To take charge Nov. 1 Park Board makes ready to run zoo BY CLANCY LAKE. News staff writer The Park and Recreation Board made its first move today towards taking over operation of the Birmingham Zoo Nov.

1 The Pork Board agreed to ask the Personnel Board to set up civil service requirements for a zoo director. her The young woman told officers that she was hitchhiking on the Jasper Highway near Birmingham about 3 a.m. when the two men picked her up. After driving down the road, the men pulled off the highway where, she said, they criminally attacked her. The men then drove PHENIX CITY.

Sept 28 (fP) Denying a request that Negro pupils be admitted to white schools, the Phenix City School Board says it has no authority to make and administer any general or blanket order for classroom integration. In turning down a recent peti- Rain due for Gulf states-A-Scattered thunderstorms are expected tonight in the Central Gulf states, the Central Plains and the Southern Rockies. Scattered showers are forecast for Western Oregon, Idaho and the Northern Rockies, with snow flurries likely in the mountains of Northern Wyoming. It will be cooler in the Northeast and in Montana; milder in the Central states from Iowa to Utah. (Associated Press wirephoto.) Rain falls in wide areas of Northeast and South BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Skies were clear in most of the Midwest and the Western states today but rain fell in wide areas in the Northeastern quarters of the country and parts of the South.

The showers which hit the mid-continent moved east ward to the upper Ohio Valley and the Middle and North Atlantic states. Falls ranged IJREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA from light to more than cloFdy 3 tonight and Thursday with wide- inch ly scattered mostly afternoon Scattered showers also were re- thundershowers; mostly moderate The director will work under supervision of the board. Original plans call for the Birmingham Zoological and Botan-nical Gardens Society to construct and operate the zoo w'ith funds And that is why the Park Board was asked by the mayor to take the first step in calling for an examination for a zoo director. The mayor said details of city appropriations will have to Dr. Louis Friedman one of nine on docks board MONTGOMERY, Sept.

28 Dr. Louis Friedman, Birmingham, is one of nine men appointed by Gov. James E. Folsom yesterday to the State Docks Advisory Committee. The committee, created by the 1955 Legislature, will serve in an advisory capacity to the state docks director who has yet to be appointed by the governor.

The Legislature put control of the huge seaport facility back under control of the governor by abolishing the State Docks Board. DR. FRIEDMAN had been named by Gov. Folsom to serve as coordinator of the state's polio vaccine program. He was to have full supervision of the vaccine I within Alabama.

In the majority of other states this work was handled by the state health officer, and it was decided to follow suit here. Thus Dr. C. D. Gill took over as coordinator of the vaccine program.

The legislative act provides that two members of the advisory committee be from the First Congressional District at Mobile and one member from each of the other eight districts. APPOINTED to the board yes-J terday, along with Dr. were: Cal Tanner and Walter Ernest; of Mobile; Tom McGough, Mont- Lncrttfrn! zicnnr, gomery; Claude Dorsey, nOSpliQI QTOUp )n docks board Dr. Louis Friedman. contributed by the public.

The I worked out ith the City Com- Park Board was to take over at mission and city Comptroller C. some future date. E. Armstrong. JlOtG WGltOrG Unit" ren0rted THE ZOO DIR1.C TOR and all qrAnfc aix hlirlflPf Park other personnel at the zoo will vlUUJJla lUp UlKItjcl MAYOR JAMES W.

MORGAN said. The time for the Board to take over has come be civil service employes under sooner than we expected. supervision of the Park Board. After pointing out that it had Mayor Morgan said the request been hoped public contributions the Park Board take over the zoo her back to Birmingham, she said. Negro parents.

The sheriff's office is boa.rd passed a resolution outing. Chief Deputy Wilton Hogan factors lf be considered in the assignment and transfer of pupils. Several factors pointed to were among those included in a recent act of the Alabama Legislature designed to get around the U. S. Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregated schools.

The Alabama act gives local school boards broad powers in deciding which school a pupil shall attend. The boards action was announced yesterday by School SupL W. F. DarnelL Advertisement RELIEVES Skin ITCHING in 5 Minutes A sufferer from skin irritation, writes, I have complete relief from itching within 5 minute after using Resinol Ointment Rich in lanolin, medicated Resinol oils and softens dry skin as it soothes fiery itch of ecxema, simple piles, chafing Try itl Smptefr. Just writ Rninot.

Drpt Bsltimor Md. Nihw on rrqL MONTGOMERY, Sept. 28 OP) The State Welfare Board yesterday adopted its largest budget in Alabama history for the newr fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. The S58.600.000 dubget includes almost S16 million in state funds and almost S43 million more in matching federal money.

Dr. J. S. Snoddy. state welfare director, pointe out that the budget does not include a S3 million conditional appropriation which will be available if the money is in the state treasury.

The conditional appropriation could also be matched by federal funds. The new' budget exceeded estimated expenditures for the current fiscal period by $14 million. Dr. Snoddy said the 1955-56 budget estimates are based on an average monthly case load of 138.450, including 104,000 aged eligible for old age assistance. He said payments to the old people will average about S31.37 a month during the 1955-56 would care for all the costs of building the zoo.

he said all the money on hand is earmarked for completion of the zoos lion houses. More money is needed to finish the zoo and the city cannot appropriate funds to the zoological society for the work. The city can, however, appropriate money to an arm of the city government such as the Park and Recreation Board. came from the executive committee of the zoological society. Park Board Chairman James Downey moved that the board continue our cooperation with the zoo group and ask the Personnel Board to draw up specifications for a zoo manager, director.

or whatever title they will give him. Downey also noted that he did not believe there is a local man qualified for the job. ported in the lower Mississippi Valley, Oklahoma, and along the coasts of Texas, Georgia and Florida. Nearly three inches of rain was reported at Okmulgee, Okla. There was more rain and cloudy skies in the Pacific Northwest.

More than one inch of rain fell at Portland, Ore. The weather was warmer in the rain and cloudy areas in the Middle and North Atlantic states with early morning readings in the 50s and 60s. Temperatures were in the 70s in the Gulf states, decreasing northward to the 40s and 50s through the central and northern Plains and in the Midwest. year. easterly winds on coast.

NORTH CAROLINA: Partly cloudy and mild tonight Thursday. VIRGINIA: Thursday, fair and not quite so warm. GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA: Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday; mostly fair and cool tonight. FLORIDA: Clear to partly cloudy with a few scattered early morning showers southeast coast and keys and widely scattered afternoon showers mostly over extreme north portion through Thursday. TENNESSEE: Fair tonight: Thursday, some cloudiness and quite warm.

ARKANSAS: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with widely scattered thundershowers; not much change in temperatures. KENTUCKY: Fair tonight; Thursday, some cloudiness, warmer west and central portions. Weather Bureau report of temperature for 24 hours ending 6:30 a.m. Wednesday: Low Hi: Low Hi Tom Colley, Talladega; J. L.

Kerr, Gadsden; Dan Mobley, Guin; Dan Davis, Florence. C. L. Sibley, administrator of the Birmingham Baptist Hospitals, Winning line Goren on The governor hu yet to appoint lns'alLed the Board of bridge member from the Sixth District. Committee members receive no salary but will get a per diem allowance when meeting.

Their terms run concurrent with the governors. Crossword Puzzle The GRUBER ARTHRITIC CLINIC 5 A READINGS ALSO were in the 50s and 60s in most of the West except in Montana and the higher elevations, where they v'ere in the 40s. Hot weather continued thro, i the Southern states with temperatures yesterday generally in the 90s from Arizona eastward to Alabama. It was 100 at Gila Bend, Ariz. Cold spot this morning was Big Piney, with 25 degrees.

Hottest was Galveston, with 82. Other reports: Chicago 56 and clear; Boston 59 and cloudy; Tampa, 75 and clear; St. Louis 64 and clear, San Francisco 54 and drizzle; Seattle 8 and rain; Salt Lake City 55 and clear; Minneapolis 50 and clear; Dayton, Ohio, 63 and fog; Detroit 62 and clear; Des Moines 56 and clear. North-South vulnerable. North deals.

NORTH A 1072 AQ95 A 10 WEST K3 EAST A 84 A 953 742 863 9 7 4 3 6 J102 986 5 SOUTH A A 6 7 10 852 A74 Regents, American College of Hospital Administrators. The installation was made at the 21st annual meeting of the administration group last week in Atlantic City, N. J. Birmingham Baptist Hospitals also received a citation of merit from Hospital Management Magazine for excellence of entry in the Hospital Management Public Relations competition for 1955. Colonial Stores reports increase in sales Colonial Stores, which operates in Birmingham, reported from Atlanta today that sales for four weeks, ending Sept.

10, showed a 9.1 per cent increase over the same period of last year The company, which has 412 stores, this year for the four weeks reported sales of compared with 415 stores last year and sales of $24,760,325. Fearing an end to the quinine (cinchona bark) trade as the world conquers malaria, growers Atlanta 62 721 Mobile 70 90 Charleston 72 781 Montgomery 67 88 Chattanooga 66 76: Nashville 70 84 El Paso 66 84! New Orleans 74 93 Galveston 81 881 New York 63 65 Jacksonville 73 84Tampa 72 91 Kansas City 55 81 1 Jackson 68 92 Memphis 69 71! Washington Miami 78 851 LOCAL WEATHER Highest temperature, 85 degrees; lowest, 67 degrees; mean. 76 degrees; normal. 71 degrees. Excess in mean tem-perature since first of month, 64 degrees: excess in mean temperature since Jan.

1, 308 degrees. Rainfall, none: total rainfall since first of month, trace: deficiency since first of Tnnth 2.55 inches: total rainfall since Jan. 1, 36.29 deficiency in rainfall since Jan. 4.y i inches. SUN AND MOON Sun rises, 5:39 a.m.; sun sets, 5:36 m.

Moon risesj 3:47 p.m.; moon sets, 2:23 a.m.; new moon. Oct. 15; first quarter ALABAMA. MISSISSIPPI, EX-'oct! i3; fu m00n Ct' last quarter Southern forecasts ElRlL lBe EE ns ACROSS 1. Dry 4.

Squeeze t. Bsieball score 12. Mountain: comb, form IS. Send payment 14. Number 15.

Highwaymen 17. Musical study 19. Not wild 20. Elevated 21. Frighten 23.

Pound 24. Small nail 35. Kind of cross 26. Myself 28. Morsel 39 Old-fashioned 30.

Metal 31. News organics tion: abbr. $2. Marry again 33. Part the arm 34.

Obliterated 36. Fops 37. Slept noiaily 35. Musical instrument 39. Aquatic mammal 40.

Salons 43. Constellation 44. Vitiate 46. Americas general 47. Blunder So let ion of Yesterdays Pvzzle 4S.

Goes down 49. Greek DOWN 1. Weep convulsively 2. Age 3. Touching 4.

First $. Nerve network the king of clubs, South decided the grand slam was a reasonable gamble. AT BOTH TABLES West opened the jack of clubs, and trumps were extracted without difficulty. At one table declarer decided to cash the ace and king of diamonds and when the queen failed to drop he held forth the hope that the jack of hearts would drop; or if that failed to come off that the player with the queen of diamonds also held the four hearts so that he would be squeezed into submission. But West held on to the diamond queen and East to the heart jack and the contract failed.

Roth gave himself a slightly better chance. He first ran the he-arts and when the jack failed to drop he had still remaining the 50-50 chance of the diamond finesse which our mathematical department has advised us is a slightly superior percentage play. (c). Ingalls president on advisory council Monro Lanier, president of Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. here, has been appointed to serve year on the Advisory Council on Naval Affairs for the Sixth Region.

The appointment was made by John L. Conner, Sixth Regional president of the Navy League of the U. S. The Navy League's Advisory Council provides civilian advice and assistance to the Navy. I i Retail credit men to meet The Associated Retail Credit Managers of Birmingham will meet for lunch at 1 p.m.

tomorrow at the Redmont Hotel. A round table discussion on problems confronting credit managers will be held during the session. Yeilding available for reelection, he asserts Civil Service Personnel Board Chairman Howard Yeilding has told a special nominating committee he will be "available for reelection if requested. Atty. Frank I.

Bowie, chairman of a special six-member sub-committee of the Citizens Supervisory Commission to the Personnel Board, said i which will make its report at the Yeilding took that position: mid-November annual meeting of C. German city 7. Island In N.Y. harbor: I abbr. I.

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Considered 1L Greek portico 23. Worker in wood 23. Detested 26. Scraped with the foot 27. Purposes 29.

Abandons 30. Yocng frog 32. Scarce 33. Throw 35. Moving part 3.

Arrows 27. Bottom a shoe 28. Quantity of yam 44. Fast 41. Steep 42.

Billow 45. Three-toed sloth Opening lead: Jack of clubs. The mixed team of four again proved to be the most popular event at the national championships in Chicago. The winning team was composed of Mrs. Leonard Goldstein, Leland Ferer and Harry Harkavy of Miami Beach, and Alvin Roth and Mrs.

Terry Michaels of Washington. ROTH GAINED a match for his team by selecting the winning line of play to bring in a grand slam contract in spades; whereas his adversary chose another method of play and w-ent down to defeat The North hand is a shade too strong for an opening bid of one no trump. The top limit for such a call is 18 points. This hand in addition to the 18 points contains two 10s and a second four-card suit. After Norths jump raise South was convinced that there was at least a small slam, but derided to probe further on the chance that he might find more precious ore.

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to 12 Mean Offlcu Phono 37-5241, Suit 20S Bid-, Insla Ossidcnc Phon 56-512 till PARKING when asked if he would be available for a new term. BOWIE STRESSED, however, that the nominating committee is seeking as many names as possible of qualified city leaders for committee consideration. "This is a job which vitally effects all of our county and municipal governments, and one which all Jefferson County citi zens should be interested in, Bowie stressed. It is not a job that can be solicited, but the subcommittee will welcome recommendations from interested citizens. The nominating committee, the Supervisory Commission, was scheduled to hold its second leet-ing at 4:30 p.m.

today. PERSONNEL BOARD members ordinarily hold six-year terms. Mr. Yielding, however, became a member and board chairman only two-and-a-half years ago when elected to fill the unexpired term of James A. Head.

Other members of the nominating committee are George Howell, Junior Chamber df Com merce president; Federal Judge Hobart Grooms; Howard College President Harwell Davis; Jefferson County PTA President Mrs Moye Grimes and T. W. Aitken. SLEEPING CAPSULES 10 PM UMSS.

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