The Knoxville Journal from Knoxville, Tennessee • 1

ft i -i A Highway gram 'igrtLw asss 9UU33T 0-mAou 1 qfi'eeqoOW uqsmbi I sV City Edition Tennessee Greatest Newspaper 107TH YEAR KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 15 1945 10 Pages Today PRICE 5 CENTS To fo) Four-Lane Highway From Knoxville Gatlin bur Included A co-ordinated program calling for the expenditure of almost 000 000 in five years on access roads for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is being planned it was announced in Washington yesterday by the United States Bureau of Public Roads The program is being worked out between the bureau the National Park Service and Tennessee Highway Department It calls for the fruition of the four-lane highway from Knoxville to Gatlinburg and Townsend which was advocated months ago by The Knoxville Journaland to which Sen McKellar lent his enthusiastic support Expenditures contemplated during the five-year program call for: $3065000 by the state $2300000 federal aid highway funds and $3500000 parkway funds It is anticipated that expenditures would be $600000 a year by the state $460000 a year lederal aid and $700000 a year from parkway funds Under the general program a loop drive from Knoxville would be provided extending through Maryville Kinzfel Springs along the proposed foothills parkway from Kinzel Springs to Pigeon Forge thence returning past Sevierville to Knoxville There would also be provided a new parkway entrance to the park extending from this loop near Pigeon Forge to the nark entrance near Gatlinburg SOURCE OF FUNDS The foothills parkways section from near Kinzel Springs to Pigeon Forge including the new entrance from near Pigeon Forge to the park would be constructed with funds made available to the National Park Service under the Federal Highway Act Under the terms of an act of Congress approved Feb 22 1944 the state would be required to provide the right-of-way for this parkway but 11 other cost of construction would be borne by the government This act requires the right-of-way to average 125 acres to the mile The remainder of the loop would consist probably of the use of present State Route 73 between Knoxville and Springs or Townsend and present State Route 71 between Knoxville and Pigeon Forge Under the program these routes would be improved to adequate standards using state funds and federal aid highway funds It is contemplated that rights-of-way between 250 and 300 feet wide would be obtained over both routes between Knoxville and the intersections with the foothills parkway near Kinzel Spnngs and Pigeon Forge respectively This right-of-way width is required to permit the ultimate development of these routes to a dual roadway standard FIRST ITEMS OF WORK The five-year program proposes the construction a new single roadway between the vicinity of Sevierville and Pigeon Forge and also between Maryville and the parkway near Kinzel Springs or Townsend as the first items of work Following this will come the development of the Knoxville-Sevierville road and the Knoxville-Maryville road to dual roadways About one and one-half miles of the rGad between Knoxville and Maryville has already been built as a dual roadway This program of construction and reconstruction on the roads between Knoxville and the foothills parkway would be accomplished under the federal-aid program for Tennessee under which the federal government would pay half of the cost of actual construction and one-third of the cost of the rights of-way The National Park Service proposes to spend $3500000 on the following for the Foothills Parkway: Little Pigeon River approach to park grading and paving six miles $1200000 bridges $300000 This section consists of a roadway on each side of the Little Pigeon River from a point south of Pigeon Forge to the Gatlinburg entrance to the park Auto Output In 3 Months Less Than 3 Hours Normally DETROIT Sept 14 Fifty thousand more auto workers became idle laid off by the Ford Motor Company as labor issues seethed in the motorgar turbulent postwar reconversion picture The Ford layoffs adding -to thousands already idle from strikes in this industrial area were blamed by Henry Ford II executive vice president on labor which he said were impeding progress While Ford did not those groups by name the CIO's f'x i bOr colons Pool Ideas For Program Emphasis Put On End Of Wartime Controls Tax Cut United Automobile Workers Union has been involved in a number ol strikes since the end of the war One of these walkouts was followed by a previous extensive Ford layoff The layoffs and the virtual cessation of all production came on the very day that the auto union proclaimed plans to demand an industry-wide wage increase of 30 per cent A blunt threat of strikes as a means to enforce the demand if negotiation failed was enunciated as union policy The international ex WASHINGTON Sept 14 (AV-Tax reduction and a quick end ecutive board meeting at Flint -wartime controls were among VOL Lt James Webster Fountain City stands beside the colorful battle flag which shows the success of his submarine the Barb scored in sinking Jap ships in the Pacific Lieutenant Webster veteran of four war patrols attended the University of Tennessee playing varsity football and basketball before entering the Navy His wife and son Charles live at 610 Jacksboro Pike Fountain City Arthur Lifts Suspension Of Nip News Agency Domei V- Health Plan The school health program will get under way next Saturday morning when a meeting will be held at the Courthouse Schools Supt Brickey announced yesterday Brickey has issued letters to each principal telling them to attend the meeting and to bring with them a member of their faculty who is familiar with the health problems Conducting the meeting will be Miss Dorothy Huskey new county school health coordinator who was appointed 'by the School Board last week Brickey informed teachers each school would be expected to choose at least one specific health problem for concentration during the year The meeting will be held in the Circuit Court room at 10 a Cool Spell Will Continue Current cool spell will extend through today according to Weather Bureau forecasts with a high of 77 degrees Low last night was set at 58 with a 55 forecast for tonight Weather Bureau reported a rainfall of 154 inches during the past two days Showers were predicted for Knoxville and vicinity last night with forecast for today Fulton Opens Shar Park TOKYO Sept 15 (Saturday) (UP) Gen Douglas MacArthur today lifted the suspehsion of the Jap news agepey Domei effective at noon (lip Friday) but the agency wilt operate under drastic restrictions distributing domestic news only Inside Japan Domei it was announced had been placed on and will be kept under close surveillance by American authorities It may not receive news from its own eign bureaus nor send news overseas permitted to but permission from the agencies Program Set On Little Pigeon River (near Pigeon Forge) to Little River near Townsend grading ana paving 21 miles $2000000 This section will connect with State Routes 71 and 73 It will be a two-lane mountain parkway Rights-of-way for the parkway must average 125 acres to the mile and must be furnished by the state to the federal government The State Highway Department with state and federal aid funds proposes to: PROPOSED STEPS 'Acquire right-of-way for 27 miles of foothills parkway $165000 approximately 3300 acres Acquire right-of-way for 300-foot widths so as to provide ultimately for dual roadways and build single roadway highway from Maryville to Townsend 18 miles at $80000 per mile $1440000 Acquire right-of-way for 300-foot widths so as to provide ultimately for dual roadways and build single roadway highway from Sevierville to connection with foothills parkway near Pigeon Forge nine miles at $80000 per mile $720000 Acquire right-of-way for 250 to 300-foot widths to provide for dual roadways and construct second roadway fyr 13 miles between Knoxville and Maryville 13 miles at $80000 per mile $1040000 Acquire right-of-way for 250 to 300-foot widths to provide for dual roadways and construct second roadway for 25 miles between Knoxville and Sevierville 25 miles at $80000 per mile $2000000 Of this work the first item $165000 would be paid from state funds The other four items would be included in programs under the Federal Highway Act The United States could pay one-third of the costs of rights-of-way and one-h51f the cost of construction The total cost of these four items amounting to $5200000 would probably be met in the proposition of $2300000 federal aid and $2900000 state funds Fund Drive (Picture on Page 10) Enthusiasm greeted the opening of the Sharp's Ridge Park campaign last night at the Andrew Johnson Blue Room as the general drive was formally opened by Weston Fulton chairman Led by Fulton a battery of speakers unanimously endorsed the project as a Seated at the speaker's table I' not be 1 UIVIa am a aaa i i a ami The agency will be cover Japan only internally it was believed may obtain to obtain outside world from other Three More Japs Commit Suicide By INTERNATIONA! NEWS Three new suicides were as MacArthur made step forward for dantly clear that his of the occupation of "No need have SERVICE reported it administra-tion Japan MIAMI Fla Sept 14 (UP) The raging tropical hurrican I moved to within 310 miles of Miami tonight but it appeared to be holding a course which would take it south of the city but perhaps wreak devasta-! tion in the Florida Keys tomorrow I The storm center is expected to enter the Keys area tomorrow aft-i ernoon preceded by hours of hurricane winds which will blanket KINGSTON Jamaica Sept 14 (AP) Advices received here said damage described as was reported to have been caused by Atlantic hurricane which swept Turk's Island Thursday night The brief dispatch did not say whether there had been any loss of life the lower end of Florida The hurricane was described as but as very severe near the center where winds were well over 100 miles per hour The Miami Weather Bureau said at 9:30 (EWT) that there was now indications of a change of which had been indicated two hours earlier It seemed that the storm center would UiT wesVndrthwest course and 18 miles per hour speed and go through the Keys tomorrow Residents of South Florida prepared to withstand the blow which could be the worst in almost 20 years When the shift northward was hinted in the 7:30 advisory they hastened work of boarding up windows and tying down movable objects A swing to the north characteristic of such tropical storms could bring the winds and rain sweeping almost the length of Florida Hurricane warnings had already been issued for the southern tip of the state south of Fort Lauderdale and northeast storm warnings for the area south of Mel- Continued on Page 2 Col 7 4 Detectives To Prohe Li(j nor Thefts Detectives Floyd Raley and George Parker have been assigned to investigate a theft of 30 cases of bonded liquor and $250 in coins from the slot machines of the Eagles Home at 209 Walnut Street Cigarettes valued at $100 also were taken The club is believed to have been looted after Wednesday closing Third Quarter Income Tax Returns Due Today Third quarterly installments on 1945 income tax estimates are due today Nathan Jones collector in charge of the Knoxville district announced yesterday 15 is the deadline and all returns should be postmarked by midnight tonight to avoid a Jones said The Weather KNOXVILLE AND VICINITY: Partly cloudv today continued cool low 5fl TENNESSEE and KENTUCKY: Partly cloudy and cool today and Sunday VIRGINIA: Considerable cloudiness and somewhat cooler showers east poi-tion today Sunday fair cooler and less humid NORTH Mostly cloudy nnd mild Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms east and central portion (Weather table on page 5) suggestions that their sterling credits should be scaled down drastically with the balance refunded over a long period But an indication of it has come from unofficial sources Singh president of the India League of America has addressed a letter to assistant secretary of state WiF liam Clayton saying: "The disturbing suggestion has been made that one of the objectives of the government should be get the British to agree to refund and scale down the debts she owes t6 countries India in the same (way that Continued on Page' 2 CoL 4 Complications Delay End Of Meat Ration WASHINGTON Sept 14 Complications some with an international twist appeared today to have put off until next week a decision on when meat rationing will end Government food officials describing the decision as tough said the situation is snarled by: 1 Lack of complete information on foreign requirements 2 Difficulty of removing meat 1 I "Hmf from the red point 11I1I I out wrecking the rationing of fats iddens Hurt tonight placed an administrator in charge of Detroit west side Local 174 whose 4500 members walked out at the Kelsey Hayes Wheel Company three weeks ago The Ford Company held this strike responsible for its earlier layoff Administrator Named The administrator post was given Percy Lewellyn international representative whose authority will supercede that of the local's officers Lewellyn was instructed to get the workers back on the job by Monday Commenting on Ford's statement a UAW-CIO spokesman said the union board was taking steps to wildcat strikes when it refused to authorize the Kelsey-Hayes walkout and placed the local's leaders No announcement of the results was immediately forthcoming 40000 Off In Detroit A Ford spokesman said that of the 50000 laid off 40000 were working in plants in the Detroit area He said all Ford plants in the country have ceased production of new automobiles tractors trucks and engines Still working however are maintenance men those employed on reconversion work and office workers Chairman George Taylor of the War Labor Board expressed hope at Washington that the strike would be ended soon The strikers protested a WLB order which up held the dismissal of four men for ejecting two foie-men in a plant disturbance last April The board at the same time had Continued on Page 2 Col 1 Flat Ceilings On Building Materials Soon ATLANTA Sept 14 (JT) The Office of Price Administration disclosed here today that flat community ceilings on building materials will be set soon Thomas Hisgen regional price executive told newsmen he believed that fiat pricing of building and construction materials would instill needed confidence in the public to go ahead with building plans about three per cent of building materials are now under flat pricing he explained rest are under formula or freeze price orders which means that every dealer has a different ceiling Hisgen said that material costs must and will be stabilized than 60000 nautical miles largely through narrow enemy-controlled Agean waters with total casualties of four Greek seamen killed and with only two vessels lost The piracy element entered when the caiques mostly powered by ancient Swedish' Diesel engines began to need repairs It was common practice OSS said for one of the little ships to stop and board Greek vessels pressed into Nazi coastal service strip them of vital parts and set them adrift Fuel was acquired in the sarpe way -Explosives and high-octane gasv th latter needed occasionally for planes flying into Greece on sercet missions were specially dangerous the issues stressed today when House Republicans met to pool their ideas for a legislative program No decisions were made but for two hours the GOP members discussed suggestions for a statement of policy which they hope will lead to victory in the 1946 elections Floor Leader Martin of Massachusetts told reporters the caucus held ip executive session was the first step toward the drafting of si of legislation It was an session not a decision-making one Martin will appoint a group of five or six members of the Republican steering committee to coordinate the ideas and boil them down After that he said the group will work with the Senate Republicans to iron out any differences of opinion will be a short Martin said want the people to go to sleep while reading No specific bills before the Con- Continued on Page 2 Col 8 Rail Union Asks Work Week Cut CHICAGO Sept 14 (JP) President Jewell of the AFL railway employes department announced today his organization would ask the railroads to cut the work week from 48 to 36 hours The department consisting of seven AFL unions of shop craftsmen employed in the railroad industry will serve notice on all the railroads with which it has contracts of this demand on Sept 25 Jewell said The department president said 400000 railroad workers would be affected and that the organization has contracts with all the na- Continued on Page 2 Col 6 Obituaries A Nub WHITE Julia Hlek-y Mr GrtffltU Ir UTflljr Mra Beulah Ml Rap-on Emery Cartia MlntV Tom SlalforS Wllion Wllliami Samuel Taylor Mra Dora Irwin A Kinder Harre Early Mra Cardie Pawell Doyle Dawion Fannie Kate Bradehaw Mra Della Rale Johnien cargo on the fleet" run Often the vessels would be under small arms fire from both sides as they negotiated the Samos Straits less than 1000 yards wideT between Turkey and the Greek island of Samos Apparently the Greeks on the island mistook the boats for German cargo carriers and the Turks believed their neutrality was being violated The fleet operated out of Cairo usually making a refueling stop at the British island of Cyprus and sailing to the Dodecanese islands and the Greek mainland Two clandestine bases com- Continued oa Page 2 CoL 5 one any doubt about the prompt complete and entire fulfillment of the terms of TOKYO Sept 15 (Saturday) (AP) Lt Gen Masaharu Homma held responsible General MacArthur for the ghastly inarch of arrived in Tokyo today and told the Associated Press he was preparing to surrender himself the Supreme Allied Commander declared in a special statement replying to criticism of his policies MacArthur emphasized that the surrender terms not but he pointed out that and military expediency still require the exercise of some military phase is proceeding entirely he added process however takes Suicides Listed The latest suicides were Kunl-hiko Hashida minister of education in the "Pearl Harbor Cabinet" of Gen Hideki Tojo Gen Teiichi Yoshimoto former acting chief of staff of the Jap army and Chika-hiko Koizumi minister of welfare under Tojo death was recorded at Eighth Army headquarters and reports to the other two suicides came from Jap sources bringing to four the number of Jap wartime leaders who have ended Continued on Page 2 Col 3 were many of the people who had made this park site possible Mrs Neal Spahr chairman of the Division Fulton Rev Eller speaker's chairman Weigel member of the Special Gifts and Corporations Committee Mayor Patton Jack Joyner city recreation administrator Dr Ramsay Pollard and James Crum-bley head of the Junior Chamber of Commerce volunteers Keynoter Eller said needs this park and gonna have this we have anything good in our city we have to work for it and this park will take work and lots of it will mean digging in a little harder talking to the churches clubs and citizens of the city going to keep working until we get Mayor Patton promised his absolute support in getting city backing behind the project city administration who take over this park and agree to run it and maintain it and keep it up ought to be kicked out of he said Joyner commenting oh the tremendously overtaxed facilities of the present recreational system emphasized the need for Ridge Park we are refusing reservation after reservation in Tyson Park because we have enough room The new park will do much toward solving our dn Accident A truck-automobile collision iast night sent Giddens 411 Highland Ave-me president of he Ice Co to St a Hospital with leg fracture lbs condition was atte a reported The truck driven by a 16- ear-old youth attempted to turn from Broadway into Greenway the col GIDDENS Ison occurred The boy was released following treatment and oils The latter foods require red points too 3 Apprehension that unrestricted meat buying might result in poor distribution and new black markets As for foreign requirements one of the principal factors is uncertainty about what Great Britain may want A high official of the Agriculture Department said Britain may want to purchase some meat from this country Whether it does probably will be decided by the outcome of Anglo-American financial negotiations going on here The Agriculture Department reported today that cold storage stocks of meat on Sept 1 were far above normal totalling 629- Continued on Fage 2 Col 4 4 Splinter Fleet Sai RngUnder German Guns Aided Greek Resistance Forces 4 Clean Slate Proposal Tops Issues Of Anglo-U Financial Talks Judge ebster Seeks Uniform Marriage Divorce Laws Uniform marriage and divorce laws for the nation were advocated by Domestic Relations Judge Hu Webster in arj address yesterday before the first winter meeting of the Knoxville Council of Social Agencies Webster citing increasing divorce rate and the large numbers of such unsuccessful marriages which are reguri by ceremonies in nearby states having lax marriage laws said stricter and uniform laws are the only solution to the problem Dr Richard Beasley CSA president appointed a committee to meet with Judge Webster and discuss the marriage and divorce law problem to determine what pari CSA could play In a crusade for uniform laws New members recognized during the meeting yesterday Included: Miss Dorothy Huskey county schools health education coordinator Mrs Mary Etta Newsome director Children's Bureau Dr Fred Dupree Eastern State Hospital official Mrs Dougherty president YWCA board of- directors and Miss Ion4 Marie 'Castfy new YWCA secretary Miss' Roberta Milter director' state child welfare department was present at thq meeting 1 WASHINGTON Sept 14 An American-directed kept in operating condition by piracy supplied the Greek resistance forces for a year ending last October The Office of Strategic Services whose men sailed the tiny vessels literally under German guns' told the story today Consisting at the peak of 36 caiques native coastwise' vessels ranging from two to 80 tons the fleet was credited by OSS with: Delivery of morq than 2000 tons of war materiel i Smuggling into and' out of Greece more than 700 agents saboteurs and resistance leaders Sailing 356- missions of more WASHINGTON Sept 14 that Britain's creditor! and debtors "wipe the slate of wartime obligations for i fresh postwar start appeared lestined tonight to become one of the major Issues of the current Anglo-American financial talks Lord Keynes British economist ontinued his presentation of the British case for $3000000000 (B) to $8000000000 (B) of postwar issistance from the United States He discussed the question of external debt which totals i bout $15000000000 (B) but here was no announcement of ny British suggestions lor dealing vith it Britain is known to be reluctant to take the initiative in seeking to have its debt to the so-called sterling block scaled down No formal American proposal to do so has been made but informally the American desire to see such action has been conveyed to the British On the other band it is unlikely that creditors will take the initiative They include the dominions coionies and such nations as Argentina Eire India Egypt -and the Middle East Some of the former regimes are in debt to Britain but the amount is relatively insignificant There has been no official reaction from British creditors to 7.