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Ss 'rlfifti 'f 'JV-i- A 1 'sv f- jw'iw-r r- The-Knoxville Strolling Classified Sports I 10-11 Comics I IT 6y Bert Vincent Tage 9 KNOXVILLE (10) TENNESSEE FRIDAY EVENING JULY 8 1949 she said just drifting from one place to another" The woman sat through the services He has not seen or heard of her since Senators Want Atlantic Pact To Be World-Wide Mundt-Flanders Plan -Would Open Treaty Mrs Vena Willard and her daughter Miss Marie Willard were very proud of a catalpa tree crowing by a window at their hom 734 North Fifth Avenue Each morning they would look at it almost the first thing The leaves were so large so creen so pretty they thought But when they looked out the window at this tree one morning this week they almost fell over There wasn't a single one of those big green and pretty leaves left "It must be a prank some one has on us" said Mrs Willard "Think how mean to come and strip cur pretty tree of its leaves" "No mother" said Mane "Surely It was the wind and not some person" But it the wind None of the leaves was scattered around And it wasn't some mean person either It was a swarm of worms five to six inches long black or dark green on the hark and yellow on the lower part of the body Those worms hit the tree and in one night had stripped every leaf down to the stem As far as has been learned they attacked no other catalpa trees in that area Mrs Willard telephoned U-Ts entomology department and w-as asked to capture one of the worms for study There is a catalpa worm she was told but it has never bothered in this section INSKIP PASTOR WONDERS Walter Fleming caretaker at the Inskip Baptist WORKS ON OLD MURDER Conda Britton cama in to see me one morning recently to tell that he had sold his restaurant in Marshall and was going to have some fun solving an unsolved murder tell you the story" he said "When I lived in Coal Creek now Lake City 1 know an old fellow who was drawing a Civil War pension But that man was never in the CirilWar He killed a Civil War pensioner near Marshall and took this name and drew this pension until he died" I asked Conda for names He gave them freely And dates too "But" I asked "how do you know this man you name killed the other man?" "Both men disappeared from Marshall Neither was ever heard of around there again until I went to Marshall myself I had known the impostor in Coal Creek the fellow who had killed and taken the victim's name and pension and I inquired around Marshall a lot and I believe I've just about got the whole mystery cleared up going to Coal Creek to pick up some loose ends of the story" I asked him why The man the murderer he named is dead these many years There is none of the pension money left "Just for fun" said Conda Britton "Not wanting to prosecute any one want to cause any one any trouble at all But all my life rp Church was cleaning up around last Sunday morning when a tall the place early hankered some tired and want to be a detective Now I'm re- to try my hand" SIMPLE AS This Is a doseup view of a voting machine Black lever upper left Is pushed lo right to -dose curtains' in the voting booth Small levers are used to mark the before the name in each race Master switches ct top slide the imprints into small squares on the ballot The black switch again is moved the curtain opens ond the voter leaves the booth his ballot marked cast and counted by his own action hungry woman approached him and asked if that was a Baptist church Walter said it was She asked when services began lie told her She walked away And just before services did start she went into Pastor Luther office and said: a lone woman and I am in need My house burned in La Follette and burned everything I had except the clothes on my back I wonder if take up a special collection in your church this morning for me" Rev Rule told her he rould not do that lie told her however if she in immediate need of a little rash give it to her out of his own pockets And that if she would give him her name and address he would take the matter up with the finance committee and if an investigation showed she really was in need the church would help her She told him her name was Mrs Smith He asked her where she lived lgry-lohking SAUCER GETS PUBLICITY That Ba scorn Daugherty sauger fish at Pennington Gap with a TV A Norris Lake tag in its mouth is getting plenty of publicity Been mentioned in this corner twice and now comes the third mention: Ed Manges TVA aquatic biologist Norris telephoned a while ago to say this fish was caught 144 miles from where it was released in Norris Lake the longest distance any TVA-tagged fish has been known to travel in the whole Valley So Mr Daugherty you sure did catch a prize fish Note to someone: Did you lose some money when around Nineteenth Street and West Cumberland Avenue the other day? If so go into the Variety Store 1842 West Cumberland and describe your loss to Miss Lucy Snyder She maybe can cheer you up New Voting Machines Demonstrated Here County Officials Told Election Frauds ft a Mrs Virginia Flynn Ex-Etowah Girl Dies Mrs Virginia Ann Flynn wife of William Flynn Arlington Mass and daughter of CoL Tom Steed of the Air Forcq and Mrs Steed who formerly lived in Etowah died in childbirth Wednesday at an Arlington hospital relatives here have been informed She was 19 -Col Steed a West Point graduate and Air Force career officer who headed a fighter-bomber squadron in Europe during World War II has been stationed in California and recently at Omaha Neb He is now assigned to B-36 aircraft Mrs Flynn was an only child She made the headlines at the age of 7 in 1937 by flying home to East Tennessee unaccompanied from California -Her grandmother Mrs Steed Sr lives in Etowah Two aunts are Mrs McClure 3105 Woodbine Avenue and Mrs Nance Halmer Rutledge Services will be at 10 a tomorrow in Arlington with burial in Pleasant Cemetery there Drain Off Energy by George Crane Impossible Under Widely Accepted System It is virtually impossible to steal or tamper with an election in which voting machines are used crooked election officials would be necessary before one of our Voting machines could be tampered withM said Charles Cason who rep CASE U-224 13 is a brilliant student in the eighth Ji Opal grade Dr Crane something seems to be wrong with her eyes" mother informed me "For she has a habit of squinting them shut In rapid succession followed by a sudden stare in which she opens them very wide "We took her to the doctor to have her eyes examined but he said her vision was good and she didn't need glasses "She is a very good child but highly nervous She has to be doing something all the time and bites her fin gernails almost incessantly "And every minute that she is home she keeps her nose stuck in a book That is why she does so well at school I guess for the teacher says she is a phenomenal reader "But can you sugeest anything to stop her blinking and staring?" that active outdoor exercise in wind and sun have a pleasant sedative effect and are much more valuable than sleeping powders as a means of guaranteeing sound slumber It is unfortunate in this modern urban world that so many children are cooped up in city apartments or lack brothers and sisters whose antics and ideas help incite them to action An only child will also be much more quiet and bookish than a child with plenty of playmates You have doubtless observed too that on a long train or auto ride children like comic books to read But books are sedentary amusements They are valuable in moderation but childhood la the time for plenty of leg action Opal also needs more social contacts and group activities She has become a wallflower even at the age of 13 It is better for a child to be socially well adjusted than to be pushed too fast in school subjects Sometimes chronic and unpredictable twitching is a sign of rheumatic infection of the nervous system called chorea In which case it warrants medical attention Again these habits if predictable and recurring are called tics Horse Sense By George Vt Crone (Answers on Comic Page) HuskissonOwnbey Cleared by Roberts in Beer Report Says Two Former Inspectors May Be Reinstated by Council Chairman- Mitten Roberts of City Council's police investigating committee today gave a clean bill of health to former beer inspectors Harry Huskisson and Harvey Ow-nbey Not only that he said In re-ferlng to a News-Sentinel story yesterday which told of his committee's off-the-record findings but the committee is "seriously of recommending them to the beer board as beer inspectors Bias Charged An unnamed conftnittceman had said the committee had obtained information that some former inspectors had worked with politician-businessmen in favor- -L-- i ii i 1 A i- Mr Ownbey Mr Hosklsson ing some beer operators and working against others Mr Roberts' statement for the committee: the eyes of the police Investigating committee both Harrv Huskisson and Arvin Ownbey are two of the most outstanding policemen and with the cleanest reputation of any on the police force Mar Become Inspectors' think so much of them we are seriously considering haring them become the beer inspectors We have discussed it in several meetings I am sorry if anything has been said that reflected on their characters" Committeeman Cas Walker said the committee never found anything that reflected on the tw-o officers but that it did learn the men perhaps because they had conducted themselves properlj- were unpopular in some quarters Comitteeman John Rose said he had- not read the account and declined comment Oliver Springs Man Beaten by Trio Dennis Keaton of Oliver Springs told city police he was beaten and tossed from a car early today in a robbery attempt Mr Keaton said three men in a car picked him up in Burlington and when he failed to produce money started beating him After riding him around for a few minutes they tossed him from the car in the 2100 block of Magnolia Avenue police said He said he had only about one dollar in his pockets at the time and they failed to take that He w-as treated at General Hospital for a cut on his lip Gatlinburg Blast Injures Worker Rprriil Tb Sm-RcMM SEV1ERVILLE July 8 A 23-year-old worker Albert Clinton is being treated for extensive abrasions a fractured right foot and eye injuries today suffered in an explosion at Gatlinburg The young worker wTas injured while working in a ditch at the site of new waterworks plant about noon yesterday when a dynamite charge exploded prematurely Clinton is reported in fair condition at Hospital here Two other workers were treated for minor Injuries in the explosion Bridge Damaged by Truck Closed A bakery company truck- hit the north end of Beaver Creek Bridge on Old Central Street Pike today and damaged the bridge so severely that it' has been closed Highway Commissioner Tim Lawson said Traffic will be detoured by way of Clinton and Dry Gap Pikes until repairs are made on the bridge about eight miles out of the city Mr Lawson said Another bridge over the creek near Karnes Community was damaged when hit by a truck sev-eral weeks ago By Dick Turner the other 155 had put on next OFF ENERGY The more nervous" energy and intelligence a child possesses the greater the likelihood that some of this excess energy will break out in an indirect channel if it is dammed up by sedentary habits A child should not sit down and read all the time for the action of the eye muscles will not drain off enough pent-up energy Even games wherein a child uses his hands as in playing cards or playing the piano likewise don't drain off enough energy The chief muscles for draining off surplus energy are those in the legs It is obvious that when we walk or run our leg muscles not only produce motion but must likewise support our entire weight Thus they do a great deal of work compared to the action of the arms which carry only a lew rounds of bone and muscle to All Free Nations Bf tHWhM fww WASHINGTON July 8 A group of senators turned up today with a brand new plan to transform the North -Atlantic Pact into a world-wide alliance against aggression Sen a Flanders (R Vt) called a news conference to explain details of the proposal Sen Carl Mundt (R D) another of the sponsors told a reporter the plan w-ould throw open the North Atlantic Pact to any nation agreeing to the principles of free democratic 'nations Flan Eliminates Veto But Mundt said members also would agree to: 1 No veto power such as Russia has been using often in the United Nations 2 No military use of atomic bombs 3 International control of atomic energy 4 An international 1 i force The proposal came while the Senate was working on the North Atlantic Pact and the European Recovery Program The situation lined' up about this way: NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY leaders hope to reach a final vote on the pact either Monday or Tuesday They expect overwhelming approval of the 12-nation alliance but not until after some senators are assured their vote will not commit them to vetting for the rearmament of Western Europe ECA Faces Cut EUROPEAN RECOVERY Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee appeared to be agreed the Economic Co-operation Administration may have to take a fairly heavy cut Sen A Willis Robertson (D Va) one of the strongest supporters of ECA-onceded a cut in funds is "inevitable" Robertson said he will try to soften the blow on ECA Other committee members said they expect the cut to be fairly deep but there was no agreement on the amount WORLD-WIDE Mundt said the new pact plan will be offered as a resolution In connection with the arms-for-Europe program President Truman is expected to send the arms plan to Congress next week Commission FM Station at U-T The request of the University of Tennessee to build a new noncommercial FM broadcasting station at an estimated cost of $20-000 has been granted by the Federal Communication Commission News-Sentinel Washington Correspondent Marshall McNeil reported today Operation is expected to begin in the fall U-T Business Manager Hess said studios for the new station are now under construction on the ground floor of Ayres Hall U-T bought FM equipment from radio station WKPB last spring Educational information programs already broadcast by U-T will be expanded officials said Programs for the new station will be prepared in the U-T radio workshop where students will receive training in radio writing and announcing as well as in radio engineering Marines 9 Buddy Dog Mascot Dies "Buddy" well-known Knoxville bulldog and Marine Corps mascot is dead -The white English bulldog who has been seen in many parades with the Baird Jimmy and Jerry with all three dressed In the death of their champion mascot Fountain Citians Are Top Teen-Age Drivers Jimmy McPhetridge and Van Temple both of Fountain City have been chosen to represent the Third (Knoxville) District in the competition between the three districts to choose a candidate to represent District One in the state finals Other Knox drivers who compete are Clyde Hensley Bying-ton Drew Crosby 208 Glenwood Avenue and Tommy Newman of Fountain City The tw6 winners will compete against winners in District 1 and 2 at Oak Ridge next Thursday for the First Division title The division winner will have a chance at the state title and the prize of a new convertible to be awarded Aug 2 in HOLIDAY COSTS Arr RAISED rnir rim npTonTr I a DETROIT July 8 The Auto- mobile Club of Michigan esti- i mates that the average couple will spend 51850 daily for "on the traveling expenses this summer during their vacation I trip Families of four persons (two adult two children) will! spend about 52850 per day i $52000 Robbery Is Linked to Trap Couifcil Committee May Investigate Case Hear Officers Were Used by Professionals 1 Which of the following foods is produced by a process called Molasses flour butter lard 2 Babbitt metal especially adapted for which one of these products? Nails bearings fence roofing 3 An irrelevant amendment attached lo an important legislative bill is called Codicil gerrymander filibuster rider 4 Which one of these athletic events usually has no time limit? Football hockey baseball boxing 5 Libel is most nearly related to which one of these crimes? Slander mayhem arson murder 6 This is an analogy problem in which the first two terms on the line are releated to each other in some way Study this relationship carefully then select one of the four words in capital letters which has a similar relationship to the third word of thak same line You are entitled to one point for each correct Judgment (a) Child: Kid: SfALLION-BOAR-BUCK-BULL fb) Starling: Tanager: RED-BLUE-YELLOW-BROWN fc) Clover: Bossy: FIDO-TABBY-rETER-DOBBIN (d) Brew: Churn: COFFEE-SUGAR-MO-LASSES-BUTTER (e) Introvert: Accountant: CHEM-IST-SALESMAN-MACI 1 INIST-SURG EON 100 Bootleggers Hold Licenses The city has a list of 100 Knox County bootleggers who hold Federal liquor licenses and plans a methodical padlocking of the 30 or more who operate within the city City Law Director Smith Jr said today The law office already has obtained permanent injunctions against several places that hold licenses in Knox County and at present is engaged in legal efforts to close an additional pair These are the Club 508 Vi Western Avenue and the Beavers Club 515 Western Avenue Circuit Judge John Kelly has taken both cases under advisement and yesterday gave attorneys until Saturday to file briefs in the cases The city contends that a single liquor sale constitutes a nuisance in the wording of the law and has submitted proof that liquor has been sold at the places Second Circuit Judge Burton yesterday reset until next Wednesday two other nuisance rases against Johnson 1403 Nickerson Avenue and Margaret Brewer 202 West Magnolia Avenue both alleged bootleggers Blount Avenue Work To Start in 10 Days Blount Avenue in front of Baptist Hospital will be closed when resurfacing operations begin Service Director Mynatt said The resurfacing will take about two or three days Mr Mynatt said he expects the street will be closed within 10 days to two weeks Arrangements will be made to take care of hospital and fire department traffic while the street is closed got numerous telephone calls from persons who claimed they were of police oppression and even from widows of policemen who reported they knew what happened to several thousand dollars that disappeared mysteriously from Police Benefit Association custody at the Safety (Police) Building itself some years ago But a committee member told The News-Sentinel the committee decided that such information would not help straighten out Police Department conditions It then decided to function primarily for the purpose of coming up with a plan that would put the department on a sound working basis and put an end to petty bickering low morale and inefficiency CARNIVAL Uurihermore it only cost month's GIVE CHILDREN LEG ACTION When you select games for healthy children try to include -an extra portion of amusements likp hiking skiing roller and ice skating bicycling or tricycling running and romping Children consume a larger amount of food proportionately than do adults for youngsters need extra proteins and minerals for extra bone and muscle building But in consequence of this process they ingest an extra amount of starches and fats These foods produce energy part of which needs to be consumed in active muscular exercise If a child is nervous and jittery twiddling its thumbs or picking hangnails at the base of its fingernails try to get the youngster interested in outdoor games The wind and sun are not only good for children as well as adults but exercise a soothing effect when the child comes indoors later on TICS VS CHOREA Even adults afflicted with insomnia will find (Ten months ago City Council began an investigation of law the lack-of in Knoxville Various vague unsupported charges have been made by members of the committee occasionally since then but the committee itself has made no report of its findings and seems to be undecided on whether a report will be made The News-Sentinel presents herewith the second part of a report on the THE EDITOR) resents the Shoup Voting Machine Corp of Philadelphia He made this statement to The News-Sentinel and also to county officials to whom he is explaining advantages of voting machines What makes the machine fraud-proof? i Set Before Voting Mr Cason said the machine Is locked and sealed before the polls open and the keys are placed in the hands vt the election commis-ion or its agents 'And he said should anyone attempt to run up the count during election day -by monkeying with the machine he'U run Into trouble "Before the machine is delivered to a precinct" he said "it is set at zero Only way to add to this is to pull the levers when someone votes Should anyone try to tamper with the machine he would have to break the seal on it and once this is done the machine automatically locks and will not vota again until it is resealed" Mr Cason said major objection to voting machines was the initial cost of $1400 apiece if bought in lots of 100 or more But he said Nashville and Davidson County during the past eight years or more had found that voting machines were more economical than the hand-ballot method Nashville Has 170 There are 170 machines used by Nashville and Davidson County officials in elections They have proved ample for all elections there Mr Cason said Davidson population is considerably greater than that of Knox County Financing the machines by county courts also is a drawback but Judge Howard Bozeman told Mr Cason and County Court members yesterday that a way could be found to pay for them here now He said funds for the machines would not necessarily have to be in the 1949-50 budget which County Court will adopt next Monday ps the machines could be bought with a bond issue outside the budget Anyway the budget does not contain an item for the machines now County Court is expected to name a committee to study the advantages and feasibility of voting machines for Knox County Fewer Officials Needed Four persons ean operate a single machine while the method now being used requires a staff of eight persons to conduct a general election the officer of the election three judges two clerks and two registrars In addition separate primary election staffs are named by the primary boards for separate balloting in the Republican and Democratic elections Mr Cason said the machines thus would pay their own way within 10 years in saving of manpower alone Not only that but County Election Commission Chairman Clarence Blackburn told the court finance committee recently that it w-as becoming more and more difficult to obtain services of competent and honest persons to conduct Knox elections Blackburn for Machines he said "every country store in the county has a cash rcister But wer still drocoinff EffiSf ballots in boxes" Mr Blackburn said the day of the "cash drawer" is gone and the ballot drawer should pass also Voting on the machine itself is quite simple A voter is certified by one of the four election officials He goes to the machine pushes a switch to the right and curtains close behind him He then pulls levers to the left in marking ballots in each race and each election When he is finished pulling his switches that tnark his ballot he pulls a lever at the top and his entire are marked He jthen pushes the curtain switch rain and tk Knnth aain nd leaves the booth If the voter finds he has made mistake and wishes to correct it this can be done before he pul's the master switch There are no defaced ballots from a voting ma- ehine and once the master switch ha been pulled the ballot is counted as cast i £ity three-member police investigating committee is thinking of delving into the Cas Walker warehouse robbery of last Christmas week a committee member said todav The committee would explore the unsolved $52000 robbery on the basis of reports that Was Pegler Berry Copy I rani Pim DWiwlrttft WASHINGTON July Westbrook Pegler has admitted to Rep Andrew Jacobs '(D Ind) that he has written an article ol mu 1 1 i (tv vtiiiicu in icle recently on the late George JP 5 1 '-W: i fSA Vi li Vv iiri -i Sp V'f i'-il efi I i can use the names Tt Marine Corps uniforms died at is dominated! i 8 last night of hrt worms Berrv former head of the In- Communists and pro-Commu- pretty courageous individual to Buddy listed under his cham-ternational Printing nist an rutl bF them do that Pegler said pionship name of Loc Union that failed to appear in also detailed a long list of Shot to Death Pudgy is owned by Cox of print eases in which he said unscrupu- i In the case of the Chicago Cc- 200 Union Avenue Jacobs drew the admission from uU a leaders resorted to erating Engineers Union Peelir Marine CorPS Recruiting Fegler yesterday during the fces volence nd fwftBv (Kg liAiteA okoo C85 of too Operating Engi timony before the House Labor Pegler said that union after ine gating Engi crating Engineers Union Pegler said William Bruce Zigler a union member was threatened Station in the Post Office Building has expressed deep regret at subcommittee The subcommittee has been investigating some of fcis alleged transactions with union funds When tv- v- i is written several articles Jac- has rbs asked whether a recent one had failed to appear in print How Did Yon Know? "Yes that is true" Pegler said Knoxville policemen fell for a trap set up by professional thugs to clear- the decks for the robbery One of the reports that reached the committee is that the regular beat policeman was pulled off the scene of the robbery to check up on a fight that had been framed several blocks away and that the robbery was carried out while he Lawyer Gets 5500 Councilman Walker himself along with Councilmen Milton Roberts and John Rose is a member of the investigating committee Mr Walker has expressed himself privately as being at a loss to understand why the case was never solved Council gave the committee $500 to cover incidental expenses at the start of the probe That money was turned over to Atty Lockett Ely as a retainer fee The committee felt it needed legal advice in its work The lawyer did take some affidavits for the committee and consulted with it from time to time Committee Reduced The investigation got under way last September by Council as a whole On Feb 15 1949 five councilmen were named 'on a Walker motion to investigate par-! ticularly the solicitation of funds by city employes These coun- i oilmen were Walker Rose Roberts Smith (now city law-director) and Max Friedman Then last April 26 Council adopted an ordinance which reduced the membership to Coun- ciimen Rore and Rob- eran named he poice in- estigating comm i itee estigating At one time this three-mem-1 ber committee discussed the 'hriity of hiring a special inves- viQmce for- but dismissed the idea be- cauJ expense involved Many Calls Received The committee from its outset who reprisal if their iden-1 titiae era ntiKliekaA I titles are published Rnn by Communists 1 to conso ldate theur con" The columnist who was sub- Penaed after writing that he had I1 treasure of -h fl SvSe i can Federation oz MusiCisns AFL) and the Teamsters Union union not ever- throw their leaders When he began reading from! them "Rep Jacobs interrupted to a5k if rould cite and cases that "might lead us to factual situations" names of individuals I will have to go back and make some prepa' ration I will have to ask if I by William Malone a union oifi-cial because he discussed income with tax officials He said Zigler was shot to death in front of his home two days later Iining (D" Ma) launched into a lengthy defense of labor unions nartimlariv IntJrStionalartS UxtioS ers Reuther of the auto workers the railroad brother hoods and some of the un- ions' Pe Pegler said John Lewis of the mine workers and Dubfnskv i (AFL)as samples of undemocratic "How did yoii know about that i unions Mr He said the United Electrical "I have my ways of finding out Workers (CIO) is an about thires" Jacobs replied only one of of a know all about the free press" Communist-controlled union He Later reporters asked ask Chairman David whether he was implying that the Liiicnthal of the Atomic Energy union had suppressed Commission for failing to request the Pegler article aw to bar such unions from "I know of no other reason tomic plants why it was rot printed" he said Impotent May Use Subpena Jacob? said today he may use a General Electric Co ninnsl nshiwn in deal siJi the electrical them as AFL Presi- Green CIO Presi- to refuse to bargain 'dent Philip Murray President The columnist appeared at the Dan Tobin of the Teamsters ed that he is not certain whether J5?" suitcase Carpenters President 11 1 ia the would be worth the trouble He said he will have to "give the whole proposition some care- AFLl 91 nf ltn4amAiiiat A crammed with copies of union constitutions which he said were to make sure rank-and- file members do Hutchinson Moreschi of the Hod Carriers President David Dubin- sky of the Ladies Garment Work- Walter ful study" Tcf'cr already has offered to give Jacobs selected letters from the two fi es of soti-union leader com plaints he says he ha in New 7 crk Bub he said he warts to cuK cut the names of rccple rould not be accused of -the only interest is In ive control.