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The Knoxville News-Sentinel Saturday October If IfSS Pege 7 STRICTLY BUSINESS Traffic Roundup Grippled-G-97 Carrying' 66 Lands Safely it X-Rays Show No Enlargement of Heart: President To Talk With Bonson Farm Policy Crisis Knoxvillians Win in Bridge Pjay Mrs' Clyde Grobaugh of Knoxville and Mrs A White of Asheville won the women's pair competition at the Seventh annual Smoky Mountains Bridge Tournament which opened at Gatlinburg yesterday Sidney Smith and Mel Anderson of Atlanta won tiie men's pairs Mrs A -Van Story and William Burrow both of Asheville won the mixed pairs competition in the early hours of this morning Second and third place in the divisions were: 'women's pairs Mrs Samuel Preston and Mrs Louis Sullivan Anderson 8 second: Mrs CUnkinbeard and Mrs- A' Fay Knoxville third men's pairs Thomas Sanders and Hampton Hume Nashville second: William Barret Atlanta and Ed Rogers third mixed pairs Mrs Byrl Logan Knoxville and Dr Alexander Oak Ridge second Mr and Mrs Herb Whittle Gatlinburg third The tournament Is being held at Hotel Greys tone i "Sorry to see you leave us Fedwig not many men willing to work for your lousy salary!" ii -i -MM Commissioners Retain Powers of Three Boards if A i Justice Rtfures To Reinsfat Writ Sought by Big 10 County Cbm min Ion will con-tinue exercising the poweri at the beer perk end zoning boards at -least until the Quarterly County Court's 'appeal to the Supreme Court Is beard next year I'- Supreme Court Justice Hamilton Burnett yesterday refused to reinstate a temporary lnjunc-tion that would return those powers to the squires The petition to reinstate the injunction was filed by Squire Bayless and other members of the Big Tenfaction of County Court Consider Dispute -i In refusing to reinstate the injunction Justice Burnett noted that he was not considering the dispute on its merits but only on whether Chancellor Charles Daw-' son the of his office in refusing to enjoin the commission from exercising 1 duties which for years had been bandied by County Court Chancellor Dawson did not abuse his discretion Justice Burnett's opinion stated and it defined judicial discretion as to what is right and equitable under the circumstances and law directed by the chancellor's reason and conscience to a Just Cites Big II Argument Big' Ten's argument Justice Burnett said that the present petitioners and their predecessors in office have been for 20 years acting as they now-seek to act which they say that they can do only by the court enjoining the commission from acting In other words tiie status quo of the parties was sought not- to -be changed until there was a final determination by this Last summer the commlsslon-' ers took over various functions -that had been handled by the squires basing their action on a 1937 act that established the Board of Commissioners Chancellor Dawson had granted a preliminary injunction and ordered certain books and records re-' stared to the old boards He subsequently dissolved the injunction and the squires appealed to Supreme Court meanwhile asking that the temporary injunction be restored Next May the Supreme Court 'sitting here will consider Big Ten's appeal i-' Vi tr i 0-- To Enter Primaries vi jf yt i Benson Tells Farm Group Ha Won't Resign or Change Policies as long as Ike Approves 3 Hurt as Car ni II Dodges Collides Three men were hurt wfem a ear almost overran and triad to dodge a alow vehicle and collide with a third' oncoming auto- mobile on Maynardville Pike a mile north of Hall's today deputies reported Earl Brantley 23 Maynard-: villa one driver suffered head -euta and was treated at St Mary's Hospital 1 Messer 23 Scottish Pike suffered heed and kg injuries -He was taken to Baptist Hospital but left be fora treatment was completed Robert Walker Knox Lane suffered kg and cheat injuries Deputies Norris and Jets C- Witt reported details: Young Brantley driving south grazed the rear of a slow car Wm- werved and collided with the northbound car of Virgil Mayes 45 Sunflower ROad' Mr Walker and Mr Messer were riding with Mr Mayes who received no reported Injuries Officer's Son Struck' '-'T Mike Colquitt ll-yeanold son 4 Traffic Officer and Mrs Lester Colquitt suffered a head bump when hit by a car at Sevier Av-" enua and Davenport Road according to hospital and county officers reports The boy a newspaper carrier-salesman was riding a bicycle making collections an his route last night when the accident occurred records show The Colquitt home is 1916 Mrtung Avenue A Jefferson Cittau Hurt A Chapman Highway wreck last night rtsuHed In a forehead cut for Sanford Jones 37 Jef- -ferson aty He was treated at General Hospital 'Jones waa driving a ear that was in a collision with another driven by Joe Ogle Gatlinburg according to hospital no- ords: Two -persona were hurt last night when their car hit a power pole in the -300-block ref East Cumberland Avenue according to hospital reports Treated at General for cuts and bruises were Robert Bean 29 Maryville Pike and Thelma Pendergrass whose address waa listed as East Hill Avenue- Road Foreman YH Smith Dies William Herman i Smith a county road crew foreman died late yesterday at St Mary's Hospital Mr Smith was 41 and lived near He was maintenance supervisor for Broadway Speedway for several years Earlier Mr Smith waa employed under the late John HUmbard as a worker on the Trans-Isthmian highway in Panama- Ha was unmarried Mr' Smith had suffered for sometime from a respiratory ailment and this was not helped by a period of work in the high altitudes in Costa Rica after tiie Canal Zone job He was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church and of Bright Hope Masonic Lodge and American Legion Post No 2 He leaves his parents Sir and Mrs Smith sister Miss Wayne Hamilton and brother Aubray Smith Services will be at 3 tomorrow at Mynatt chapeL Burial will be In Lynn-hurst Cemetery Fiiid as Drunk Drfvor John Huston Yoder Asheville was fined $50 in Session Court yesterday on a drunken driving charge Driver Convicted of Manslaughter in Traffic Death Judgt Rulos Out Murdtr Chargo Before Care Goas to Jury 'i 1 rti i A 40-year-old sheetmeta! worker Whedbee Harvey Road Fountain City has been convicted of Involuntary manslaughter in the traffic death 15 months ago of Mrs Nina Mae Coward The Criminal Court Jury recommended a maximum sentence of five yean The law fixes the minimum at one year He was not sentenced pending hearing on a motion for a new trial The case brought criticism from Atty Gen Hal Clements Jr of the two investigating officers Deputies Long and Sauls because of their lack oT memoiy of details of the -accident 'V Fond nitty of Reckless Driving Judge FTed Bibb held that Whedbee was not guilty of second-degree murder because there was no negligence'1 The state -which insisted on this count In tiie indictment said speed and driving drunk was sufficient to convict The case went to tiie Jury on involuntary manslaughter and counts of reckless driving speeding and drunken driving The Jury found Whedbee guilty only of the reckless driving count 1 The Jurors recommended a term of less than three years and not more than five Judge Bibb said the Jurors however only fix the maximum sentence The minimum under law is only one year he said Mato Witness Praised Mr Clements had high praise for one state's witness Claude (Pete) Sexton Route 3 Maynard-vfile who waa driving behind Whedbee on North Broadway when the accident occurred at Adair Drive July 19 1954 Mr Sexton' said Whedbee was speeding and ran the traffic light which had turned red on Broadway giving Adair traffia the green signal to go He said Whedbee had been racing red lights out Broadway Mr Sexton and the victim's husband Coward Linden Avenue both said they heard Whedbee admit to Officers Long and Sauls that he had five or six beers to drink Mr- Coward said he smelled the odor of alcohol on Whedbee's breath -Asked About Wkrnurt The two officers testified the accident occurred long time and they did not recall too much Neither remembered Whedbee' admitting the beer drinking Mr Long testified he didn't smell anything on Whedbee's breath but said there was something wrong with why in the name of goodness did you officers take a warrant for Whedbee charging him with drunken asked Mr Clements The question was objected to by defense counsel Hobart Atkins and Judge Bibb did not let'Deputy Long reply The war-rant'" was-! taken before Mrs Coward died 72 hours after the accident Mr Clements In his argument to the Jury said he waa that men who make their living as officers fall to take notes about think afraid of get-ing lead poison of they pick up he said He added that he had done tiie best he could with the evidence and now it waa up to the Jury to convict this driver Whedbee Denies Drinking Whedbee father of two children denied he was drinking the day of the accident or that he had admited such He said he had the green light and that his speed was 30 miles instead of the 50 to 60 estimated by other witnesses The Coward car was driven by Mrs son Charles Lee now in the Navy and not available as a witness Mr Clements said 1 Out of the presence of the Jury Judge Bibb in ruling out the murder count said Whedbee had in his to get somewhere and that he was trying to makS' tiie light at the intersection TIMMPm HONOLULU Oct 29-A giant C-97 military Stratocruiaer with 66 persona aboard landed safely at Hickam Air Field last night four hours after an engine went dead 'and another faltered 675 miles at sea 5 The Military Air Transput Service plane was eq route to Travis Air Force Base north of San Francisco when it developed serious engine trouble The huge transport was escorted the 675 miles back to Hickam by a SA-16 Albatross amphibian and a SB-29 from the 76tb Air Rescue Squadron Three Navy ships and six freighters at aea were alerted to stand by in case the plane had to ditch Miami Plant Blasted ay A-a-daM FMS 'fM-iM 1 sV MIAMI Fla Oct An explosion early today destroyed $25000 worth of printing presses and equipment belonging to Miami Life a controversial weekly newspaper' Aflat bed press and a typesetting machine were destroyed several other pieces of equipment badly damaged plaster was knocked down and papers sent flying by the heavy blast which occurred about 1:30 am Part of the rOof of the building waa Mown off and the editorial room wrecked Reubin Cleln the publisher who is noted for swinging his editorial club at almost any head which pops up characteristically blamed Ms trouble on the bollta gamblers or people who resent our fight against integrated He even hinted that perhaps friends of the sheriff may have done it Cleln la an arch editorial enemy of Sheriff Thomas Kelly 1 TV FairGroupv Pays Off Note -r s-' Tennessee Valley FaicAssocia-tion has finished paying tiie $70-000 it borrowed from the city three years ago Mayor George Dempster said today The Fair Association borrowed the money from the city because it lacked the $70100 of having enough to complete a building program at CMlhawet Park Among the facilities involved were the new Building and the open air theater The final payment of $30000 was made yesterday afternoon for Fellowship ta Integration Is Topic ks Fellowship House of Knoxville will again sponsor a series of Units for talks and discussions this year starting its fifft khnualWAWa I Monday at Lawson McGhee L4braiy auditorium This series is entitled Ado About Something: School Integration The speaker Monday will be Dr Herman Long of Nashville director of Fisk race relations department His subject will be Doing in the South: A Survey of School Integration Since the Supreme Court Mayor George Dempster win introduce him Later speakers In the series win include three members of the Oak Ridge School faculty Nov 7 and representatives of Knoxville College and Knoxville and Knot County schools on Nov 21 and 28 Mrs McReynolds Dios leckinniSMtMM MARYVILLE Oct 29-Mrs McReynolds died at her home here tills morning She was 94 She leaves two daughters Misses (Jrace and Constance Me-Reynolds of the home and two sons Ralph and Clarence of Florida Funeral arrangements were incomplete McCammonnAmmons is in charge Br taMM rim -J DENVER Oct 29 President Eisenhower i' past another1 important recovery milestone arranged a hospital conference today with Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft around whose head a bitter political storm Is howling As the President's doctors reported that new X-rays disclosed no enlargement of Ms heart and termed that the most significant medical development of the week in his case the embattled Benson declared last night: I am going to see it through Just as long as the President wants me to remain in hia i--f i- Are So the scheduled Eisenhower-Benson conference at Fitzsimont Army Hospital took an the aspect of a chips-are-down session It affords the recuperating President an opportunity to say just how he feels about: the sharp criticism of and to make it clear whether he wants him to stay on in the Cabinet -t The President today the sixth week of his convaies-ence with cheering new word from his physicians Yesterday they took the first chest X-rays of Mr Eisenhower standing up and they reported just before dinner time that the examination no -ir Heart Same as August Newsmen asked James Hag-erty White House Press Secretary whether that meant no enlargement of the heart Enlargement would have meant trouble But Hagerty replied the Chief Executive's heart shadow as shown by the X-rays was the same size it was last August-more than a month before he suffered a moderate coronary thrombosis on Sept 24 Two Escapees From Mental Hospital Caught DALTON Ga Oct 29-Gcorgia state police yesterday' captured Dale Scott 22 one of two inmates who escaped Thursday from the criminally Insane division of Tennessee's Central State Hospital at Nashville Georgia authorities said he was arrested a Scott vfes driving an automobile reported stolen earlier yesterday near Nashville cellmate Donald Wells also 22 of Shelby County was captured Thursday night at Nashville The two men fled the institution after sliding down bed-sheets from their second-story celL in Hand in the British press that tills may be the end of London newspapers reports said the 25-yearold Princess is believed to have at last made up her mind on whether she wants to marry Townsend the divorced commoner father of two sons Some members of Parliament said they expected an official announcement in a few days possibly by Monday Court officials were reported anxious to still the raging controversy that has split the CTown church and country Whatever Margaret's decision if she has she had the opportunity to convey It personally to Townsend at their weekend rendezvous Home Is Guarded Margaret and Townsend were spending the week end behind the closely guarded walls of Uckflcld House home of Lord Rupert Nev ill in the Sussex Hills 20 miles from South Shore Queen Elizabeth II 1 and the Duke of Edinburgh were on an unexpected visit in Perthshire Scotland The Queen stayed in Scotland also while Margaret and Townsend met at their Windsor rendezvous as week end guests of Mrs John Lycett Wilis two weeks ago The events of the past few days Indicated that the drama was rapidly nearing its climax Thursday Margaret met privately for an hour with the Archbishop of Cant bury primate of the Church of England who opposes her marriage to a divorced man whose first mate is still living Met With Queen Yesterday tha Princess met with her sister the Queen who as Defender of the Faith must also oppose such a marriage Following the meeting the Queen and Duke left for Soot land apparently to leave Margaret free to handle her own love life without endangering the prestige of the Crown By McFcuttert rank-and-file Over-ton 1307 Wood crest president of the chapter should be contacted for the earlier trip The chapter win meet next Wednesday at 5:45 at the SAW where Alexander Spnmt Jr wQl be a guest The meeting will adjourn for his Audubon Tour Cypress I at Lawson McGhee Library HH -i-V Adlai Stevenson will- enter a number of Presidential primaries in an aggressive campaign for the Democratic nomination informed sources said today The New York Times said Stevenson planned to enter the Minnesota and California primaries and that five or more others would be selected ion a regional basis' out of the total of 19 such contests to be held plans may be given when Mr Stevenson makes known formally hia candidacy hi Chicago on Nov the newspaper article written by William M-Blair continued Ticket Sale Protected The Times story said the formal announcement of candidacy Is being held up for a Democratic rally In Chicago on that date to the rally are being sold on this it continued pre-rally announcement of primary tests would signalize hia formal candidacy and might cut into the ticket 1 The Times said 1 Dcmocratie-Farmer-Labor Party is expected to invite Stevenson to enter that primary after a meeting in Duluth tomorrow Stevenson addresses a DertioAMtic rally there tonight Te OsllMe With Kefaaver both Minnesota and California as well as in other primaries he is expected to collide with Sen Estes The Times reported' The California primary will be held on June 5 and is the last in tiie country before the national convention The Time Mid supporters they can win in California where Sen Kefauver has been a prime fao torite among -Stevenson Is said to have been advised that he can make a good race in the Minnesota primary Minnesota's is the second of tiie Presidential primaries It will be held next March 20 a week after New Hampshire's Beasoa Stands Tut On the Republican aide Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson defended tha flexible farm price support program In a speech at Moorhead Minn He vowed that he will not resign or change Ms basic program of political am going to see it through Just as long as the President wants me to remain in his Benson said last night He addressed a Fanners Day observance of the Moorhead Chamber of Commerce The secretary has been criticized in recent months because of falling farm prices and a number of politicians including some Republicans have urged that Ms flexible price support program be Junked Ike Backs Approarh Mr Eisenhower however has repeatedly expressed fell confidence in his approach to the farm problem 1 About 3800 persons attending Benson's speech greeted the secretary with a standing ovation They applauded him when he pledged to remain in Ms Job despite pressure and again when he remarked political party can take credit for high wartime prices unless it also wants to take credit for war and bloodshed However a few boos broke out later in the speech when he remarked that the price decline in agriculture from 1951 through the middle of this year had occurred under high rigid price supports Benson apparently had his critics in mind when be addressed the Moorhead audience He said: am striving earnestly and conscietniously to serve my country as Secretary of Agriculture It is not a Job that any man would want at this time if he were interested only in advancing Ms personal comfort or popularity -s M- A re ads Barks Beassa pledge to you that I will never knowingly advocate or support any program or policy which I believe is not in the best interest of our regardless of political House Republican Whip Leslie Arends (IQ) Joined other Re publican leaders who have come to Benson's defense Arends said the continued drop In farm prices Is but contended that a return to rigid supports of 90 per cent of parity trill not solve the problem Arends accused Stevenson and Hardman of using the farm program as political In calling for a retuns to rigid supports ITulou Leaders Attacked In another development Sen Bany Goldwater (Arix) chairman-of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee accused labor leaders of spending union funds on mostly to elect Democrats-wlthout giving members any say in the matter Goldwater said 41 per cent of union workers questioned in a recent university survey were Re publicans In the same survey he said 43 per cent of the workers questioned said unions Should take no part in politics lot snji I JWia Farm Prices Another 2 Pet i By tTBetre Fim Washington oet 29-Fsrm prices skidded another 2 per cent last month and now stand 5 per cent below a year ago the Agriculture Department reported -In a report for the month ended Oct 15 the department also announced that the prices fanners pay for their living end production supplies rose on third of 1 per cent I---: The result was that farm earnings at mid October averaged 92 per cent of the sooalled fair price parity This compared with farm earnings of 84 per cent of parity at mid-September and 87 per cent a year ago The report added fuel to the already racing controversy over the price-cost squeeze in which many farmers have been caught It already has become a major political issue a It said lower prices for bogs cotton com apples and cattle were chiefly responsible for the decrease in average farm prices Slightly higher prices were reported for milk tomatoes tobacco strawberries and wheat Bird Club To Visit Waterfowl Refuge A field trip to Hiwassee Island Waterfowl Refuge' where thousands of wild geese and ducks spend the winter In Tennessee has been set for Nov 6 by Knoxville chapter Tennessee Ornithological Society Non-members may attend by driving their cars to FkwverCraft on West Cumberland Avenue at larnto Join a motorcade to Dayton Tenn where the group will meet on the court house square at 10 a Lunch and warm clothing should be taken Game wardens will terry the bird lovers to the island which is In the mouth of Hiwassee River An earlier trip may be planned for Nov 5 If sufficient persons request that date Mrs Salvation Army Council Under- Way Young members of the Salvation Army in Tennessee Kentucky and Arkansas are here for a Young People's Council at East High School today and tomorrow Registration at various hotels was held yesterday A mixed band made up of members from the various states played at the welcome session today -A reunion breakfast at Regas Restaurant was held this morning and a group photograph taken Ibis afternoon various awards were made to individuals The session tonight at 7 JO will be open to the public The Knoxville Salvation Army band will play A breakfast for candidates for training as Salvation Army officers will be held at 7 JO a Sunday at Regas Consecration services an open meeting will be at 9:45 a at East High Commissioner Wll--liam Dray Southern territorial commander from Atlanta win speak Transportation Students Now at Record High The record number of 366 U-T studenta preparing for careers in transportation this fall is a tribute to tiie vigtn: of transportation industry' William Way Jr head of the U-T department laid The students come from 31 states Puerto Rico England and Thailand MCOMAr Cyprus Oct 29 -Troops and police today searched for rioters whose clothes were marked by an indelible dye used for the first time in yesterday's Moody1 anti-British' demonstrations f- Some 1000 persona already had been arrested in connection with the mob violence which swept almost every city on this Mediterranean island and left some 350 persona Injured The dye was a new weapon used by police to mark the rioters and make it easier to round them up after order had been restored Soldier Dies' of Wounds V' The pretext-for the riots by persons of Greek origin was the 15th anniversary of the Italian invasion of Greece during World War But the real reason was resentment against British opposition to union of this Crown Colony with Greece Major clashes took place at Nicosia Famagusta Limassol Lar-naca Kyrenia Laplthos and Morphou -British troops exhibiting a new toughness went into action with the knowledge that a follow soldier had Just died from wounds received at the hands of a Greek terrorist Curlew Imposed Morphou a town of 5000 was put under 24-hour curfew after a grenade was thrown at British troops Three soldiers were injured i Two persons were seriously injured when a single warning shot was fired at a crowd estimated at about 1000 persona who tried to bum a police station Stroll Hand srrsMrni UCKFIELD England Oct 29-Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend held hands affectionately today in a stroll across a frosted meadow at their week-end try-sting place In the secluded Sussex Hills It was the first time since their romance flowered that they had been seen to display affection They did not know they were observed 1 The Princess wore a beige coat over a yellow dress and a headscarf covered her curls Townsend wore a dark business suit Their hands were linked and they seemed engrossed In their chat- The discovery they were on hand-holding terms appeared to be further evidence that the bonds of their romance had not been broken by the bitter controversy over their possible marriage -Their meeting for another week end touched off loud speculation WUOT Tower Extended 75 Feet The 100-foot antenna of WUOT the U-T radio station has been lengthened by 75 feet in the FM move to Increase power to 80000 watts A test broadcast is scheduled for Monday with regular programs expected by the middle of November The increased wattage is expected to give reception of broadcasts from Bristol to Chattanooga WROL donated the transmitting equipment The station will be the most powerful college FM system In the South and second only to a new one at the University of Michigan officials say The extension on the antenna tower off Concord Street north of Sutherland Avenue was hoisted by the biggest crane south of the Ohio the contractor said Deer Seen in Cades Cove Autumn color seekers in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Counts! ns have been getting a bonus A number of deer rarely seen in the open have been reported browsing near the roads Four does and a buck were seen Wednesday in the cove by Carlos Campbell Smoky Mountains Conservation Associa- tion official who was there to: photograph fall scenes Mr Campbell said the fall odors are at their best now and probably will be for only a few days more He said an especially beautiful trip is the old Cades Cove route across Rich Mountain which leads from Kinzel Springs Cabbie Tells of High Living on Bank Clerk's Funds U-T Expands Industrial Training U-T is going to establish lot of new classrooms outside the campus The University will set up classes in Industrial plants in any part of the state Dr Charies Moffett of the Extension Division says A five-year-old program has come of age with appointment of Phil Comer as a training tender for industry His primary Job will be to conduct to-plant training for Tennessee industries which request it The program was inaugurated in 1350 as an experiment by the Extension Division and UTs industrial management department headed by Prof A Keally Since then IM faculty members have traveled to industries throughout East Tennessee setting up weekly or semiweekly classes where foremen and other supervisors under professional guidance have worked out personnel and management problems i Now with appointment of Mr Corner the program Is to be extended to the rest of the state Classes have been organized at the Publlx Shirt Ctarp factory at Huntingdon in West Tennessee in launching the extension to West and Middle Tennessee 30 Industries Sign For Supervisor's Course Thirty Industries have registered for a regional conference on Techniques of Supervisory Development to be held at' U-T next Friday and Saturday Richard Crow Houston Tex past president of the National Association of Training Directors will be the principal speaker The meeting first of its type in this srea ta co-sponsored by the Teimcsssee Industrial Personnel Conference and UTs College of Business Administration to aid industries with training program for foremen tad ether key per- McGheo Tyson Jets To Be in War Games Jets from McGhee Tyson Air Force Base will take part in the Joint Army-Air Force -war games Operation Sagebrush Nov 1 to Dec 15 in the Camp Folk La area The 354th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at McGhee Tyson win be the only group from the Eastern Air Defense Force to participate the base announced MaJ Charles Sumner win be project officer for the base's activity in the maneuvers Marsh Anniversary Conies During Tour A Knoxville couple will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary In a three-week tour of Europe with a group of about 200 citizen-ambassadors Col and Mrs Earl Marsh 4244 Holloway Drive leave New York Tkiesday via Pan American Airways as members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars pilgrimage to Europe In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the end of World War in that theater The group from 35 states will hold special services on Veterans' Day Nov 11 In the chapel of the American cemetery at Sures-nes near Paris Veterans of World War I and II who served in Europe Gold Star mothers GI war brides and others make up the group Others going from East Tennessee are Mr and Mrs Hartman Greeneville James Nickels Kingsport and Mr and Mrs Cooper Holt Chattanooga the VFW national headquarters Kansas Qty announced than $30000 And how about a trip on Nost? Pagano snapped up the offer He'd only been out of tiie city twice in his life was really Pagano said Mt LA then we hit Las Vegas1 Then we went back to LA hired a car and drove to Us Vegu again Lucky Second Day 'He was shooting dice at $200 a throw The second day he got lucky and won Then back to Los Angeles While waiting for a plane to Hawaii Nost lost about $7000 at the Hollywood Park race track Pagano said "Three steaks a day we ate' he went on always wanted to go to the most expensive Joints He tipped $2 and $5 for drinks alone I'll bet even the Rockefellers do Nost bought the cabbie clothes and gave him spending money told Pagano to think nothing of it because he had Inherited Ml wells and a lot of stocks Krnt Seemed Nervous Only thing Pagano noticed out of the ordinary was that his friend was nervorn was afraid the kid was going to crack up He finally did break down in front of the FBI Pagano flew away but Nost remained behind held under $30-000 bond on a charge of embezzling fends from his employer the Grace National Bank He had failed to show up tor work last Friday Nost win have a preliminary hearing Nov 3 HONOLULU Oct 29-A bewil-dered New York City cabbie has told of a who red him three steaks a day bought him clothes and in nearly a spending orgy took him to Hawaii The "millionaire happened to be Charies Martel Nost ZL New York bank clerk whose accounts turned up $37000 short and who was arrested here Mr the Federal Bureau of Investigation Wednesday night as he danced at a swank hotel This was a rude shock to Tony Pagano 40 New York City He had traveled with Nost in the grand manner to Southern California and the gaming halls of Las Vegas Nev-then on by plane to sunny Honolulu Never Knew Ilia Name never knew his real name" Pagano told newsmen before his plane took off for Los Angeles called him Junior Ms name at the Sadly Pagano turned over $350 to the FBI which hia free-spending fare had given him There still was $285 of his own money enough to get a plane to Los Angeles There he hopes to borrow enough from relatives to get Mm back to New York Lost $13009 at Trark Pagano Mid Nost lost perhaps $13000 last week at a Yonkers race track Pagano had been taking him there for a couple of months Nost then showed Mm a brief case la which he said was mote Sulzberger Succeeds Adler as Chattanooga Times Head CHAXTANOTOA Oct 29-Ar-thur Hays Sulzberger publisher of The New York Times yesterday was elected publisher of The Chattanooga Times to succeed the late MaJ Gen Julius Ochs Adler who died Oct 3 The board of directors also named Sulzberger as president of elected to the board and to the post of assistant treasurer Puckette recently elected president of the Southern Newspapen Publishers Association also will continue in his present position as general manager of The Times Printing Co the board announced The three additional members of the board are Adolph Shelby Orhs secretary and treasurer of the printing company Ruth Go! den assistant secretary and Mrs Arthur Hays Sulzberger daughter of the late Adolph Ochs publisher of The Chattanooga Times from 3879 until Ms death in 3935b River Freight Up Estimated Tennessee River freight traffic through September this year is 16 per cent greater in tonnage than in 1954 and 27 per cent over the ton-miles figure Approximately 7333000 tons and 1162339000 ton-miles of freight were carried this year through September The September tannage hit around $10400 tons and 129573000 lon-miks TVA said tky The Times Printing Co which publishes The Chattanooga Times This post also was held by Adler until Ms death Charles McD Puckette was elected vice president Ben Hale Golden was named assistant publisher and Francis A Cox was 4.

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