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Tie Knoxville News-Sentinel Served by United Press Associated Press Scrippsdfoword Affiant NBA Same Acmo Tala photo end Nawtpisfarau HOME EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS ESTABLISHED ISSUE No 20312 KNOXVILLE (10) TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY EVENING MARCH 22 1950 26 PAGES an so to In er fe at it iy th J- to sf r- sf Tells Tearful Tale and Filched Food 1 Gunshot Victim Cfty Wins Cases ainsfl 2 Clubs Whisky Sales Court To Issue Permanent Orders To Prohibit Gambling Liquor The city won two nuisance cases today when a Circuit Court jury found that six men operated whisky and gambling establishments at two Western Avenue dubs and Sportsman This means that two permanent injunctions will he issued by Judge John Kelly prohibiting Shope John Henry Fletcher Joe Craven and James Lewis in the and Shope Schwarts and Lawrence LaRua in the Sportsman case from vio- Patterson Due To Top List of Appointees Ex-War Secretary Would Head AEC Symington to NSRB By MARQUIS CUILDS WASHINGTON March 22 One thing President Truman has been doing during his so-called vacation in Florida and that is to work out series of appointments to examined today by attorneys important Government of- i representing the foster fices that have too long been mother vacant These steps have been! The Rev Elford Sundstrum was urgently needed if the United! the first prosecution witness yes-States was in reality to conduct terday as Mrs Lorraine Michel Lora Lee of Hunger Child Actress Steals Show on Witness Stand (Fame hangs heavy on Hollywood child stars See Page 15) a riH rmi HOLLYWOOD March 22 minister who said that child actress Lora Lee Michel was bruised physically and in was cross- it a Ir ir if 11 il a a a a 55 went on trial accused -of unjustifiably punishing the 9-year-old screen moppet by- starving her in order to keep her small enough for film roles Tells of Taking Sink Lora Lee stole the show as she climbed on the witness stand and told a confused tearful story of filching food because Mrs Michel underfed her The $100-a-day actress later testified her FOSTER PARENTS ON Mr and Mrs Otto Michel dramatics teacher suggested the fosfer parents of 9-year-old Lora Lee Michel confer with their at-She said she took from tomey Oscar Cummings right as the couple go on trial in Beverly other apartments in the swank Hills Calif i charged with "unjustifiable punishment of the child building where she lived because actress mother only gave me cottage Sunday School money but only cheese and skimmed milk" ROBERT GRANT Ambushed and slain Cleanup Ordered at Market House McCollister Opens Sanitation Check Former Knox Contractor Slain in Yard Robert Grant Shot at Roane Home Suspect Won't Talk OfNW tlM RntMNlM KINGSTON March Robert Grant well-known contractor was killed by a burst of gunfire last night after having been lured into his front yard by a man asking to borrow a car jack Three spent cartridges' were found in pistol and a wounded suspect in the shooting was being questioned in Knoxville He is Leon Luallen 37 who was brought to his Knoxville home by unknown persons and -later was taken to General Hospital Grant 53 was shot eight times about 8:15 last night at his home six mile east of here on Highway 70 No Motive Known Roane County' Sheriff Marvin Stinecipher today could give no motive for the shooting and after an all-night investigation said did not have any known enemies so far as we know It was either a well-planned murder or robbery was the motive" A man parked a car on the highway walked up to the front door of the Grant home about 200 yards and knocked on the door borrow a car jack?" the man was quoted by Mrs Grant as asking Grant turned to his wife and asked you have a jack in your car?" Then he started to go out came back to put his shoes on and I told him he had better not go out there unless he took his pistol" Mrs Grant told officers Takes ristol Along went into the bedroom and got the pistol before going out" The car where he was going to get the jack was parked only 10 or 12 feet from the front porch while the other was down at the highway After Grant stepped out of the doorway his wife heard a man call "Here I over Just a few seconds later Mrs Grant heard shots She said there were too many and came too fast for her to count them Mrs Grant ran out Into the yard and found her husband shot She picked up his pistol and fired it attract neighbors" she said Calls Neighbors Neighbors heard the shots hurried over then telephoned officers Sheriff Stinecipher Coroner Harry Carter and others came over to investigate Coroner Carter said that Grant may have been killed with a sub- machinegun Examination was made of the front door for fingerprints Officers made casts of footprints and tire marks found in the rain-softened shoulder of the highway in front of the Grant home llit Eight Times The slugs were removed from body Two bullets had entered his head two in his cheat one in his throat one in the wrist (See CONTRACTOR 14 CL 1) Acheson Denies Knowing of McCarthy Says Agent Is With Department Br liltri rim WASHINGTON March 22 Secretary of State can Acheson said today that if the Russian espionage agent" in this country is connected with the State as charged by Sen Joseph McCarthy he (Acheson) does not know it Acheson replied briefly and flatly when a reporter questioned him on the latest charge made by the Wisconsin Republican Acheson told a news conference that Ambassador at large Philip Jessup was entirely correct when he told a Senate sub-committee that charges are harming the conduct of' American foreign policy Investigation However Acheson refused to enlarge on Jessup's statement He said to do so might give the impression that the State Department feels the investigation into charges should not take place In fact he said the department welcomes the in- vestigation of charges City Welfare Director Ira Me- that there are 57 Communists in Collister has ordered a complete the department Earlier McCarthy had informed Senate investigators that FBI files reveal that a man with the State Department has been in direct contact with four Russian espionage agents McCarthy identified the man at a secret foreign relations subcommittee Session yesterday He charged under oath that the individual was the top Soviet agent" operating here Agents Meet Individual However It was not established that the man he has in mind is or has ever on the State pay- McCarthy told the investigators that the individual was contacted by four Russian agents who entered this country from a West Coast port hut It was not clear when the alleged contacts occurred Could Case McCarthy told the subcommit check of sanitary conditions at the Market House and a report showing specific instances of alleged violations of sanitary regulations Mr action came following a report by Sanitary Engineer Purdom in which Mr Purdom termed the Market House one of the spots in the city food sanitation program also have asked the Health Department for a full explanation of why such unsanitary con ditions if they exist have been allowed to continue" Mr McCol-lister said Mr Purdom reported that inspectors to have developed a feeling that these operators (in the Market House) hold some kind of immunity from drastic disciplinary -Mr McCollister said he- has ordered every facility in the Market House rechecked diplomacy" in a cold war The President has worked out these steps in consultation with Chief Justice Fred Vinson Contrary to the spate of rumors over the week end they ere lated to Secretary Acheson and the State Department A kind of package deal Is being devised to provide a series of appointments that will greatly strengthen the Administration if they do finally go through At the present stage of negotiations there are three' appointments which seem to be fairly firm Patterson for AEC Robert Patterson Undersecretary of War during World War II and later Secretary of War will probably be chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Patterson spent the past 10 days in Washington in nsullation with Govern- ment officials The appointment is still in the doubtful category Patterson denies that he in-1 tends return- nD ing to Government He has been deeply reluctant to leave his New York law practice But it is be- lieved here that in the end he may he persuaded Stuart Symington now Secretary of the Air Force will probably he chairman of the National Security Resources Board Symington has been Air Secretary since unification serving under the late James Forrest al and (See PATTERSON 2 CoL 7) County and TVA- Agree on ChanneJ County and TVA engineers have agreed that a channel from Blue Grass Lake to Fort Loudoun Lake is the only solution" for the smaller Haging overflow condition County Highway Commissioner Tim Lawson said today department is now preparing estimates on rights-of-way costs for each of two proposed channel routes" Mr Law-son continued has yet been legally determined as to lating laws at the two dubs Clubs To Be Re-Opened The temporary injunction padlocking the clubs several months ago will he lifted and the clubs will be re-opened subject to a restraining order in the permanent injunction Future violations of the law would subject the six men to contempt of court charges Foreman McCammon reported that the jury answered on all issues of facta presented to it The jury considered the case as a chancery matter replying to questions whether each defendant operated or engaged in whisky and gambling activities at the two places Judge Kelly charged the jurors today The trial was completed more than a week ago hut the charge and verdict were delayed because of the Illness of a juror Licenses Introduced Defense counsel for the clubs had sought to exclude testimony of plainclothes policemen who went into the clubs on orders from Police Chief Joe Kimsey Judge Kelly overruled their motion The defense contention was that the officers were and invaded the privacy of the chartered clubs None of the defendants in the cases which were consolidated to expedite the hearing testified The city had introduced proof that Fletcher Shope and Lewis hold a Federal retail liquor license for the Club at 508 1-2 Western Avenue and that the license for the Sportsman Club at 513 1-2 Western Avenue was granted to Shope and Schwarts Rookies Visit Clubs Officers Willard Minnis and Lawrence Caldwell visited the dubs last June shortly after they joined the police force The next step would be for the defendants to seek a new trial which usually is a preliminary to appeal to Supreme Court Following decision favoring the city several other cases seeking temporary injunctions are expected to be filed by Law Director Smith with most of-the cases based on evidence gained by the use of rookie officers dressed in plainclothes Several weeks ago Mr Smith said the city still had evidence against -several whisky operators and those nuisance actions would he filed at a later date Policemen Buy Whisky As in today's cases the city would seek permanent injunctions at a later date if the temporary bills were gained Evidence on such cases come from rookie officers being assigned in plainclothes when first made members of the force They are then able to make whisky buys before they become identified or known to bootleggers as officers Chief Kimsey has explained Two cases seeking permanent injunctions are still tobe heard Temporary Injunctions in those cases have already been granted operator 'will be given tee it was said that the Kus-a deficiency list where any de-1 rian agents" were not official ho-ficiency is found and a deadline viet diplomats But he said they went directly to the man against whom he has brought charges McCarthy also testified that his spy charge is his or break" case Subcommittee member a agreed that its fate will either prove or discredit his statements that the State Department loyalty program is very bad" and that the department is studded with pro-Communists will be set for clearing up these he said Spring Warmup Due Tomorrow Clearing and cooler weather is predicted tonight' but it will sent to bed Airs Wargin later denied she coached Lora Lee to steal food Throughout her testimony Lots hands fidgeted with a tiny handkerchief She avoided looking at Mrs MicheL Before she left the stand Judge Henry Draeger asked if she had told the truth help me God" the child answered Took Cottage Cheese A neighbor Mrs Mary Ellen Clinton testified the actress ravenous and would eat as much as would let Michel asked me to stop feeding her because she was afraid it might upset her glandular condition" Mrs Clinton said when I did saw Lora walk out of my apartment with carton of cottage Chief Wells May Ask Sick Leave Detective Chief Wells may request a 30-day sick leave becaus of a nervous condition it was reported today after Safety Director Christenberry and Mayor Elmore Jr had conferred with him The officials met yesterday and Monday in an effort to iron out differences which have arisen as the result of Chief Wells' report that he was kidnaped and thrown into little Pigeon River near Gatlinburg Jan 14 Director Christenberry said there has been no definite decision made on a report that nede a report tn Chief Wells my start a 15-day SftUS SjffSaB ties to solve his kidnaping would decide whether he would retire after ending his' vacation Chief Wells asks for a rick leave he will not be paid for the time he la off Director Christenberry said 2 Fined $75 Each as Drunken Drivers Two men were fined $75 each in Criminal Court today for drunken driving Court clerk records showed that city officers had failed to take one of the drivers license Fined -were Robert Glenn McMahan Marion Va and Lonzie Phillips Stainville Tenn There was no record of Phillips license haring been taken by arresting policemen Charles Large and A Christenberry Phillips was not charged with failure to have a permit State law requires officers to seize the permits of defendants arrested on drunken driving charges and turn the permits into the Criminal Court clerk's office The two defendants were arrested last Summer -AtlMTMMOl TELLS ABOUT Lora Lee Michel smiles from the witness stand as she is questioned during the trial of her foster parents Traffic Roundup Driver Runs Wild in Stolen Auto Maynard Hits Glass Pillar 4 Other Cars i A driver who police said struck a plate glass at a movie theater a stone pillar and four other ears when he ran wild in the traffic-dogged West Cumberland Avenue section yesterday in a stolen car is held today' on a stolen car was fined $50 and bound to the Grand Jury today in City Court He ia charged with drunken driving and driving without a license The defendant Kenneth May- nard 1013 Maryville Pike also WM bound to the Grand Jury on arge of larceny of an auto- "ft In other accidents yesterday four persons received injuries none believed serious Maynard was caught yesterday after he abandoned the car ho was driving by Fred Berry funeral home owner ax Maynard crouched in shrubs at Fort Sanders Hospital Officer Kropl said Officer Kropff said that during (See DRIVER P-14 CoL 4) Van Vector Fined $10 for Speeding David Van actor conductor a Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and U-T fine arts department head has been fined $10 plus $450 coats on a charge of speeding 60 miles an hour through a 30-mile zone at Bearden March 13 Special Sessions Judge James Ll Witt Jr imposed the fine after Mr Van Vactor pleaded guilty yesterday to the reckless driving charge who will be responsible for the plans" to extend activi-chanelling ties beyond the primary coal One proposed drainage chan-1 business ie 9 tJ eat candy because Pd get fat" she said movies like you to get fat" Spent Sloney for Sweets Lots Lee admitted that she once sneaked out of Sunday School and spent her collection money for sweets For this she said Mrs Michel beat her with a newly-purchased hairbrush Earlier the RevN Sundstrum told of meeting Lora Lee at the office of dramatics coach Mrs Ona Wargin following the alleged beating was severely bruised broken in spirit and on the point of hysterics" he said had Mack and blue marks on her arm shoulders buttocks and legs1 Denies Being Beaten When she was cross-examined however the tiny actress said she was not beaten for spending the Consolidation May Turn to Other Fuels Cool Company Says Strikes Hurt Position By I'riM Pim PITTSBURGH March Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co largest soft coal producer said today it may enter other fuel fields unless coal strikes less frequent" The company asked its stockholders to authorise entrance Into the fuel business generally-including production of gas oil and other fuels George Love Consol presi- dent said the company had no the directors rec- rtS2smSL2C poses be enlarged to authorize the company to engage generally in the production and marketing of gas oil and other fuels as well as coal If it should be necessary or desirable at some future time Love said The proxy statement to stockholders proposed that the company go on a standby basis for production ot other fuels in view of the United Mine frequent work stoppages Love said: "The frequent in- terruptiona of the coal operations to which it is restricted by its present corporate purposes necessarily have an adverse effect on its competitive position in the fuel business management hopes that such interruptions will become less frequent and that the coal industry may enjoy an extended era of industrial Pittsburgh Consolidation runsj extensive mining operations at Jenkins Letcher County Ky TTurt operation is organized as! Consolidatkm Coal Co of Ken- tucky Chrysler Strike Cost Put at $711000000 Awwrtated Pnu DETROIT March The 56-day-old Chrysler strike cost more than $711000000 through last Saturday according to an estimate by Automotive News The trade paper figuring on the basis of 38 working days breaks its estimate down as fol- dealers and company: 250000 cars and trucks worth $500000000 To 6500 suppliers: purchases worth $152000000 To 89000 strikers: wages worth $44101280 To 50000 Idled supplier workers: wages worth $15000000 Chrysler Bonuses Listed raltH rm WASHINGTON March The Chrysler Coip- has bonuses totalling $-682210 to 5315 of its officers executives and supervisory employes in 1 1949 Bond Issue Sought for Sewer Repair Mayor Elmore Jr plans to ask City Council for a $113-000 bond Issue for storm sewer repair and construction he said today Service Director Mynatt submitted a list of storm sewer work needed to be done which totals $330000 Of foe complete list about $113000 worth is considered to be an emergency need Mr Mynatt said The mayor said he also will ask bonds for street work but that figures on the amount have not been compiled Included in the emergency storm sewer work to be done is Lost Dec 7 charges of reck- elimination of a drainage problems driving hit-and-run and no lem on Stewart Street Residents license against Mr Van of the area have at Vactor were -dismissed in City length that their property has pel would be 1000 feet long and might involve some tunneling The other proposed mite is 1600 feet long Blue Grass Lake backwash blocked roads and farms during recent rainy periods Including busy Ferry Pike Commissioner Lawson said the Joint conclusion as to the channel solution was reached at a meeting the County Commission county engineers TVA Highway Engineer Frank Webster and TVA hydraulic en- gineers What's Inside THE REAL STORY of the tears behind the tinsel lor youngsters is told in a group of dispatches by the ace newsman in movietown Read in Hollywood" by Erskine Johnson today on Page 15 PAT McGLOTIIIX Knoxvil-lians can be assured is going to get a long look" at two slots Burt Shottan has open on the Dodgers' 10-man pitching stall says Tom Siler who stopped in Vero Beach to watch the work-v outs See Page 20 THE WORLD TODAY Page 4 NEWS Pages 17 18 EDITORIAL Page 16 SPORTS Pages 20-21 RADIO AND SHOW HOURS Page 19 WHA HOPPEN? Yes that could easily be what Mrs XL Davis was saying to herself shortly after this ad appeared BEAK C-' T-One worn houie fcr yfg hautt keeping Rear of ISIS Otek Couple only M3 She rented her house and was swamped with calls until she had the ad cancelled At that time she said you want results put your' Want Ad in the ews-ScntiacL" Why you follow her advice? easy just dial Your Wont Ad Headquarters 3-3131 warm up some tomorrow afternoon according to the Weatherman Expected low tonight is 36 or 13 degrees lower than the low this morning High tomorrow will be 60 four degrees below high but four degrees above highest temperature Cooler weather la predicted throughout the Tri-State area tonight but fair and milder weather is expected tomorrow Your Number's Up If your ear has license number S-6001 to 3-8000 or 3D -1201 to 3D -1500 yon should report to the Safety Lane on North Broadway between tan and 4 pm this week for inspection of your car You must have a city license for your ear before inspection is made Widow 'Began' To Live in Charity the time they were given to die" Mrs Heart traveled Later she sought additional medical advice And now she has become interested in Christian meant more to me than anything" like to read to study1 she says like to be alone My friends understand the change come over me They understand it when they ask me to play cards or visit and I tell them think I want to stay home day I think this may be the last day I have" Mrs Heart says it no longer frightens me I want to get the most from each day to live it to the fullest to help people" a to 7 U-T Seeks Remedy for Steam at Manholes U-T officials are seeking to remedy a situation which causes steam to come up through manhole coven at Rose Avenue and Temple Avenue and also at Rose and Fifteenth Street a U-T spokesman said today John Neely Jr- director of all U-T physical properties and David Nicholas superintendent of U-Ts physical plant at Knoxville say the steam does not escape from underground pipes Rather they say it is caused by surface water leaking through the manhole coven and being converted to steam on the hot pipes It then goes back up through the manholes Mr Neely said the steam coming up in the street sometimes obscuring the view of motorists creates an situation Gay Bridge To Open in Two or Three Months irdwMl Kntkcr Mm mm Pm SS Service Director Mynatt KNOXVILLE OAK KIDGC AND estimated today that the Gay YICINITYi mmd too Imr tomight Street bridge would be open to Tomorrow fair mad mildor ia fha attorn traffic in two to three months mm Low toaight 36 high tomorrow 60 Repain on the west side are-virtually complete and crews are working on the east side now the service director said He added that bad weather has caused considerable delay in completion of the bridge project Today's Safety Slogan: Feeling Lucky? MmuMmI hr Hint Hmh4 Emm Ml WahMt MnH nr CHjr low thin moraiag 49 Ugh yotforday 64 oipotfmd high today 66 iaromotor roodiag 2172 mad ralatirm htmidify 76 par toot ot 7J0 Total of JD2 ot oa he at tola 24 hoart aadiag ot 7 JO LAKE STAOEH a a a mi yesterday today Find Loudoun Knoxville ans7 Cherokee headwater 10445 Douaiaa hw M3S Fontana hw OOO lmis Kantrctlah hw JR110 Norris hw S132 Watts Bar hw 7370 today 8087 1044 mas 1WOS 18111 M3S 73SS Doctors Foresaw Woman Her Year Up been damaged by water due to poor drainage during rainy weather Finds Life them came to the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman after she appeared at the newspaper office told her story and frankly asked for help Mrs Heart said she had been so occupied with making money that she learned how to enjoy it And She wanted the year which was to be her final one enjoyable" The newspaper pledged to secrecy agreed to ask its readers for advice have filled a book with notes I took from those letters1 she says the letters from doctors telling me I had ne reason to give up hope And from people who had lived long past Court He was charged after traffic accident on West Cumberland Avenue to live for a wonderful a precious that has happened to me" Mrs Heart says she gave hundreds of dollars away None of the money though went to persons who wrote her for financial aid who really need help seldom ask for it" she says are the ones like to help people I come in contact with personally I can see their needs and wonderful to be able to do something for them and to do it anonymously if you can" The letters some 30000 of By AnadatrS Pmi OKLAHOMA CITY March 22 The doctors were wrong Mrs Heart ia alive today and to the The $10000 the unidentified Oklahoma City widow rationed herself last March for the year doctors said would be her last is almost gone But was ready to give up before" says the woman who was told a heart condition would kill her in 12 months different now There are so many things I really want to do and places I want to go Mrs Heart says her health Is better and convinced she has a future Republican Primary Tomorrow-Polls Open From 9.