The Knoxville Journal from Knoxville, Tennessee • 1

The Weather KNOZTRLK AND METROPOLITAN PrUy eUedy bat Bat mack change la tem permtarca wMk a chmaea at eensienal ahawen Hith 4 Law taaickt High rUrUT Law this memlng at NORTH Hith 75-M Maiiti llaitr milt Clni7 ul rather caaL Partly claat chaaea at thaa-derahewere (Weather Details Pace 17-A) Classified Ads See Section Pages 13 14 15 16 17 vv'v'' 119TH YEAR KNOXVILItE TENNESSEE SUNDAY AUGUST 25 1957 102 Pages Seven Sections PRICE 15 CENTS Property Outside City May Have Additional Levy By BART PITTMAN A special tax may have to be levied on property outside the city to retire rural school bonds squires said yesterday at a meeting of County Finance Committee Members of the committee meeting to discuss matters which are scheduled to come before the full court at a special session next Saturday expressed sharp criticism of County Judge Howard Bozeman who was sitting in on the discussion The squires warned that a special tax may have to be imposed on property in the county HeartAttack Downtown Loop Engineer Named Step May Be Completed By January By RALPH GRIFFITH The state has approved the Mid-South Engineering Co of Knoxville for engineering work on the Downtown Loop and city officials believe this first big step will be completed before the first of next year The Knoxville Journal learned yesterday The engineering firm is to go to work immediately on notification from the Tennessee Highway Department Dave Bowman company president said The firm must now be approved by the US Bureau of Roads but this is usually a formality if -3 the state recommends the firm Back-To-School Activity To Start This Week First phase of the back-to-school movement starts this week with registration at some schools About 65000 pupils are expected to attend classes in city county parochial and private schools The state has recommended Mid-South The Journal learned to the US bureau in Washington and is now waiting official word of approval Joe Whitlow director of Metropolitan Planning Commission said he had not been officially notified that Mid-South had been approved by the state but estimated that it would take about SISTERS FOUND The bodies of thr ee small sisters who vanished from their trailer home near Dixon 111 Wednesday were found in a muddy quarry The three daughters of Mr and Mrs ohn Gurnsey formerly of Boscobel Wis are shown (left to right): Theresa 8 ancy 10 and Ruth 9 (AP Wirephoto) Fatal To Dr Eblen Dr Gilbert Eblen Knoxville pediatrician loved by the hundreds of children he treated died about 10 pm yesterday at a Syl-va hospital from a heart condition President of the Knoxville Academy of Medi-? cine Dr Eblen suffered a heart attack Monday while vacati oning with his family at Hampton He was 50 He took a turn for the worse Friday heart muscle gave a a said Dr Overholt immediate past president of the academy who was at Dr bedside "He have enough heart muscle left to carry Dr Overholt added had the best of everything Dr Overholt said in a long distance talk from the Sylva hos-pitaL The body will be returned to here Funeral arrange ments were incomplete last night Dr Eblen son of the late Dr and Mrs G' Eblen of Lenoir City was bom in that Loudon County town His father practiced medicine in Loudon County for many years He graduated University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis in 1930 and took four years training in pediatrics Dr Eblen practiced with Dr Joe Smith for several Vears and served as a major in the Army during World War After Jhe war he returned to his practice here and for several years had his office on West Main Avenue Some two years ago after he was joined in his practice by Dr Hammond Pride he built a clinic on White Avenue and Fifteenth Street Dr Eblen was at one time chief-of-staff at MOTHER AWAITS Mrs John Gurnsey Boscobel Wis shown with from left son John 6 and daughters Millie 11 and Virginia 3 during search for bodies of three other daughters found in quarry There are two other children in family (AP Wirephoto) two weeks for the federal agency to act after receiving the recommendation Once the US bureau gives its approval the state is expected to notify Bowman to start engineering work Whitlow estimated it would take three to complete the job and Bowman estimated it would take five months believe that the work will be completed before the first of next Whitlow said things proceed as they are how and no hitches The downtown Loop a system of limited access highways which will circle central business district has been called the most important phase of proposed highway construction and necessary for the continued health of the business district The loop will generally run parallel and east of Central Street to the east of the business district parallel and north of Magnolia Avenue north of the district parallel to Henley Street and probably through what is now yards and on to Neyland Drive The loop will tie into some existing streets with a system of ramps and traffic interchanges and also into the federal highway system Present plans call for the loop system to be constructed under the primary road program with the city paying for one-third of the right-of-way costs Mayor Jack Dance however is attempting to get state and federal approval for the loop to go under the federal program which would mean 100 percent cost to the state and federal governments The engineering work is the first step in a construction program The engineering firm will make detailed drawings of of routes rights-of-way and the design of roadways overpasses and interchange systems Whitlow said plans on all phases of the loop system would be except those of the western leg MPC staff members want the western leg to go through yards but the cost might be prohibitive and final engineering plans cannot be completed until the route is definitely set Cost of the engineering work is being shared 50-50 by the state and federal governments Second step in the construction program will be to obtain state and federal approval of the plans Third step will be to appraise the property and then acquire it The final step will be actual construction The loop was first put on the plan for construction in five years but because of its importance and because of the early engineering work Jt is now hoped that actual construction can be started before the end of 1958 GOP Senators Protest Plan To Name Demo To IAEA Spot because of a June decision by the State Supreme Court which they said ruled that the county cannot retire school bonds from beer and amusement tax funds The magistrates said they approved school bonds with the understanding that the principal and interest on them could be paid from the beer and amusement tax funds but that the ground has been cut out from under: now owe around $7000-000 en school bonds and under the Supreme Court ruling it seems we should do something about Chairman Knott said I understand this ruling correctly we might as well fall In and start paying the special tax because going to come sooner or later told us repeatedly when ve were trying to put the county on a pay-as-you-go basis that a school bond issue levied on beer and amusement tax cost anybody Squire James Smith told Judge Bozeman did it on your advice and now the Supreme Court has cut the ground out from under Judge Bozeman replied is required desired or necessary at this The conversation then became heated and was climaxed when Judge Bozeman declared "If you know so much do whatever you want The financing of the comity is my responsibility but if you want to take it over and levy a tax fine but you take the responsibility If the money from the beer and amusement tax was illegally used it must be paid back Squire Knott told the group Bozeman said the Supreme Court ruling which was handed down in a case over the division of school funds between the city and county does not make it illegal for the county to use beer amusement and state sales tax funds for the retirement of school bonds merely calls for a rewording of a 1955 Bozeman said can be taken care of at the next legislature not the least bit disturbed' The squires called for presenta- Con tinned on Page 2 CoL 4 Crippled Plane Drops 17 Cases Of Explosives MERIDIAN Miss Aug 24 UP) crippled Air Force transport plane dropped 17 cases of explosives near Meridian today so it could make an emergency landing at Key Field here Twelve rockets and three barrels of napalm were recovered Air and ground parties searched for the rest The C-119 Flying Boxcar piloted by Maj Earl Hejms was en route from Norton AFB San Bernardino Calif to Seymour Jackson AFB Greensboro It was carrying 8000 pounds of cargo and nine other persons when the No 2 engine failed Helms ordered the cargo dumped so he could maintain altitude and land safely on one engine Obituaries Ann Kathryn Lerd Hibben Mr Flam Chandler Wet Mr Dessie Scatt Mr Annabel! Lewie Robert (Bob) Hebsea Mark Mincer Mr Fannie Gibson RUTLEDGE Mr Maye Dari Tte John Alee Gibbene SODDT Mr Ethel Denton W1U Colqaitt 8EVIERVILLE Otha AUen Frank Chapman COLORED Mr Ella Cramp OBITUARIES ON PAGE 10 Knox Schools To Start Sept 3 Classes begin in Knox County schools Sept 3 the day after Labor Day All county pupils except those at Halls Elementary will go to their schools Wednesday lor registration according to County School Supt Mildred Doyle All schools will open at the same hour as they did last year School buses will be in operation WORK BEING DONE Miss Doyle said renovation work is still being done at Halls Elementary but that the building will be ready for use Sept 3 She added that all other school buildings under construction are scheduled for completion a short time after school starts Any changes in the opening and closing hours of the first regular day of school will be announced in each individual school Miss Doyle stated All pupils will remain at school one-half day Wednesday but will stay a full day Tuesday Sept 3 when cafeterias will be open All Knot County teachers will meet at 9 am tomorrow at Young High School On Tuesday they will spend the morning in their schools making preparations for the opening They will spend one-half day Wednesday on registration and continue their plans for the school work Teachers will spend the entire day Thursday planning for the work TWO SHIFTS DUE First grades will be on double shifts at Bearden Inskip and' Rocky Hill Schools Youngsters will be given their schedules when they go to register Most buses will operate on the same schedule as last year on the morning runs Miss Doyle said There have been some changes in bus routes but these are mainly extensions to existing routes have been new routes established but these have already been explained to local Miss Doyle continued bus runs in some situations have been revised in order to get the elementary pupils home earlier For example an elementary school will start the school day at 8 am and close at 3 pm These hours make it possible for these Continued on Page 2 CoL 3 Registration Dates Set I Here are dates for registering for parochial and private schools in Knoxville Catholic schools will hold registration Thursday and Friday with classes starting Sept 3 These schools are Catholic High! St Holy Ghost and Sacred Hearts First Lutheran will hold registration Sept 3 with classes starting the next day Webb Schools a private institution which recently rented i the Staub School building from the city will open Sept 10 Girls are being accepted this year for the first time and some 75 boys and 30 girls are expected to enroll City Expects 23000 Students Some 23000 city school children will start the 1957-1958 school year at 8:30 aml Tuesday Sept 3 City students will go only half a day Sept- 3 and lunch will not be served in school cafeterias See pictures or those Blues' Cavalcade Cover There will be a full schedule Wednesday according to School Supt Johnston and lunch will be served Although students wait until the day after Labor Day to begin classes preliminary conferences for principals and supervisors start at 8:30 am tomorrow in the board room of the Board of Education All new teachers in the system meet Tuesday at 9 am at the same place to meet principals and supervisors and to receive general instructions In-service training for all teachers starts at 8:30 am Wednesday These conferences will be held in each schooL Next Friday at 8:30 am all elementary teachers in the city -schools will meet at East High for an all day in-service education meeting and junior and senior high school teachers will meet at West High All new students who have moved into the city should register any day next week School offices will be open to parents and pupils Here are special instructions for schedules of junior and senior high schools: EAST AH students who are new residents in the East High community and who have not registered should go by the school for this purpose any week day between tomorrow and Aug 30 from 8:30 am until 3:30 pm Any student who has dropped out of school and wants to reenter should also register FULTON Students who have i moved into the Fulton territory since the close of school or who have dropped out of Continued on Page 2 CoL 3 -a Minister At 100 Says Time To Quit Work Special Te Tfee Itvrial WHITESBURG Ky Aug 24-Elder Clabe Mosely of Beaver Creek who celebrated his 100th birthday last Feb 3 has decided to retire as a Baptist minister after 75 years After preaching an hour-long sermon at a Creek Baptist Church recently Elder Mosely said he has decided to work to other younger ones The minister who served as pastor of the Caney Creek church for 50 years now makes his home with his daughter Mrs Janes Frazier at McDowell Ky By JACK BELL WASHINGTON Aug 24 WV-Senate Republicans today were reported protesting vigorously to President Eisenhower against the prospective appointment of Robert McKinney New Mexico publisher as US representative to the new International Atomic Energy Agency Eisenhower apparently has decided to appoint McKinney a supporter of Adlai 1956 bid for the presidency as a gesture toward bipartisanship in the industrial field Democrats have been complaining that while they are asked to support the for- Merchant Crushed By Elevator Special Te The Journal JEFFERSON CITY Aug Buford Hodge 47-year-old prominent merchant here was killed instantly tonight when he was crushed between a freight elevator and the door The accident occurred at his West End Market here The two-story freight elevator operated between the basement and the street floor of the general merchandise and produce business here Ambulance attendants reported Hodge was caught between the elevator and the flooring of the first floor of the store as the elevator rose to the top His head and shoulder were crushed Survivors include his widow Mrs Julia Hodge a son Bobby Hodge three brothers Paul of New Market Max of Knoxville and Jjohn of Maryville and two sisters Mrs Jessie Pappas and Mrs Emma McClaine both of Knoxville eign policies they have had no representation in top level jobs since the death' of Sen Walter George of Georgia The word that Eisenhower was considering McKinney stirred up something of a nest among Republicans in the Senate which will have to confirm any appointment to the post These members think the job ought to go to a deserving Republican The decision to name McKinney apparently was made at the White House without consulting either Senate Republican Leader Know-land of California or his deputy Sen Dirksen of Illinois Sen Hick-enlooper of Iowa top Senate Republican on the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee was reported to have learned of it from Sen Anderson (D-NM) Rep Richard Simpson of Pennsylvania chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee was reported to Continned or Page 2 CoL 7 Partly Cloudy Forecast For Knox Today (Weather Details oa Page 17-A) Partly cloudy not much change in temperatures and a1 chance of occasional showers is the forecast for metropolitan area today High today will be 85 compared to 87 Low tonight will be 65 one degree warmer than this low The outlook for Monday is partly cloudy and warm MIDDLE EAST Pirtlf eloady not aiek lunf la temperatures and a chance al -easlona! showers Hlgk lt Partly eloady not nach change tn ftcmpcratnrce and1 a chance of occasional showers High 92 CROS Partly eloady not nick cnange in temperatures and a ehaaee of eceasleaal showers High S3 LOWER EAST Partly eloady net mach change in tempera-tares and a chance ef occasion! showers High" 86 Three Girls Found Dead In Quarry DIXON 111 Aug 24 OB A attorney said three little sisters found dead in an abandoned quarry today apparently were buried in a landslide started by a bulldozer crew The crew was headed by father of the victims An inquest jury returned a finding of in the death of the Gurnsey Nancy 10 Ruthie 9 and Theresa 8 The crushed bodies of the girls huddled together under a buried tree were uncovered by rain-drenched workers in the predawn hours James Bales Lee County attorney said investigation of the vast slide and reports of workmen showed the cascade of earth started from a bulldozer filling the 70-foot deep pit The girls apparently were playing by the tree about halfway down the slope into the pit he said Bales said the landslide probably occurred Wednesday the day the girls disappeared from their trailer home about a quarter-mile away Their disappearance sparked a wide search by hundreds of lawmen and volunteers John Gurnsey 33 father of the girls was foreman of the crews filling the huge pit Bales said Gurnsey was working with a crew at another location when the slide occurred of his graders pushed the tree and dirt on top of the Bales told the inquest jury Bales said the bulldozer operator was unable to see or hear the girls from the place where he was working Gurnsey grief-stricken returned to his home in Boscobel Wis today with his wife and five other children to make funeral arrangements for the sisters Before he left he told authorities: girls most likely were playing under a tree in the when the grader sent earth and debris crashing on top of A pathologist reported Ruthie and Theresa died instantly Ruthie of skull fracture and Theresa of a fractured neck The pathologist Dr Strauser reported that Nancy probably lived short in the air pocket where the girls Continued on Page 2 CoL 4 Breezy Condition Knoxville industrialist Herman (Breezy) Wynn is continuing in at Medical Center Harkness Pavilion in New York City according to relatives Reports received here yesterday indicate that he is improving steadily though it is not known when he may return home Wynn underwent an operation for the removal of aq eye Monday Chuckle Offer your girl friend a penny for her thoughts these days and find thinking about a $3000 mink coat- Page 8-C Continued on Page 2 CoL Inside Tips Two timely articles on teenagers: Their reaction to labor unions Page 3-D and the effect they have upon the traffic picture Page 7-A BabsOn fears unexpected may happen in business and finance Page 16-A Cavalcade cover is devoted to the reopening of school just a few days distant leave that summer pet an orphan Page 2-D TV logs for the entire week Page 7-D section Page 2-B and 3-B Stock market goes down for six successive weeks Page 16-A Americans visitingin China get into row among themselves Page 10-A Last threat to enactment of civil rights bill vanishes Page 18-A Teamsters face uphill fight to keep from being exiled Page 6-A Justice Department to be asked to make study of Hof-fa testimony for possible perjury Page 5-A Ford makes it unanimous rejects Reuther suggestion to cut car prices Page 9-A SECTION a (New! Hoffa probe 8 Car price cut 9' Obituaries 10 Business 14 Girard trial 15 Markets 16-17 SECTION 8 prt-Hroe makers) Vota Tom Anderson 7 Baseball I High School footbaU 1-10 Outdoors 11 Classified 12-13-14-15-16-17 SECTION (Cavalcade) i Beoks Edit rials Myttcrjr 96ea4MM 9 Radio a 9 TV a 9 Marie 8 SECTION (Society) army complete indoctrination in Enrayomento Personal Continued on Page 11 CoL 1 juferAeag 9 Soviet bloc countries By this rotation Russia is able to build up a large number of trained men who have intimate knowledge of the 'military and political complexion of the Syrian regime as well as the geography road networks and communication system of the area The members have been entering Syria aboard Russian freighters that have been bringing arms io Syria from Black Sea ports The take tanks and other weapons to Syrian military bases and give the Syrian Greene County A irmaii Slain In New Mexico South Leads Nation In Retail Sales Advance ATLANTA Aug 24 The South led all other regions of the nation in retail sales gains during the first six months of 1957 Merchants rang cash registers to the tune of an estimated $20-190000000 in the South a gain of 66 percent over the same period last year the US Department of Commerce revealed today The rate of advance in the 16-state region was greater than the mere 2 percent for the nation as a whole and the one percent rise each in the northeast and north central sections and the 44 percent gain in the west The survey covered organizations of from one to ten retail stores which do approximately 80 percent of the total retail trade Journal Adds Tivo Cartoons The Knoxville Journal is ding two new sparkling features to its front page Starting Monday see either or daily They are two gag cartoons full of life and brightness Russian Task Force In Syria As Military Instructors Force and the body is expected to arrive in Greeneville Tuesday for funeral services and inter ment CONFESSES SLAYING New Mexico authorities said the body was found in a well on an abandoned Eastern New Mexico farm after Burton was arrested in a routine check and told officers he had killed the airman Burton was arrested 12 miles west of Albuquerque on US Highway 66 late Friday according to officers there" who said they became suspicious when they found blood in the back of the car Burton told New Mexico State Policeman Steve Lagormarsino Coo tinned or Page 2 CoL 8 A body believed to be that of Airman First Class Clifford Mathew Freshour of Greene County was dug from an abandoned well in New Mexico yesterday a few hours after a farmer arrested in a routine police check near Albuquerque told officers be had slain the air policeman New Mexico officers said the body was burned beyond recognition but that it is assumed it is that of the 31-year-old airman John Doyle Burton 24 of Melrose said he killed after a drinking spree parents Mr and Mrs Estel Freshour of the Cedar Creek community near Greene-viUe were notified b7 the Air and reportedly have come: from Czechoslovakia as well as Russia Czechoslovakia with Us huge Skoda arms plant is the source of most of the Communist arms being sent both to Syria and Egypt US sources said that the 350 are highly trained in the maintenance and fighting tactics used for Russian tanks jet fighters artillery and small arms being provided Syria The was described as being bunt about a rotating nucleus The Soviet specialists many of whom speak Arabic stay in Syria a few weeks or months and then are replaced by new technicians arriving from the By ROBERT NIXON WASHINGTON Aug 24 (INS) US intelligence sources said today that a Soviet Russian "task of 350 is now operating in Syria training the pro-leftist army and air force in the use of modem weapons The sources said that the Com-munist many of whom are believed to be Red army and air force officers in civilian are using a small number of Russian tanks and jet aircraft already in Syria as a nucleus for possible expansion and strengthening of the Syrian forces The Communist specialists have been in Syria about six months Puzzles Worth Total Of $1900 On i.