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conduct by telling the I stand for" said years I have been in' the Wahl our county feeling that through be of belp and fellow citizens from all walls expressed their in' me if I would Because of that to be of service run" said be prepared after discussing the with citikens areas Points stand for a strict of the 1941 courtcil-manager act under which functions Abercrombie he advocates the points: hight4tay program all the people cotmty's ability to under the supervision capable engineer cooperation between the school board matters We need better facilities tor and better salaries I immediately of program of public roads so that available from agencies to relieve we will be Tourists up immediately cooperate financially and other local aOvertise and promote to help bring and more tourists government 'undertaking development of patsy' recreation exist In our kieping these and roadsides clean a joint committee municipalities to possibility of consolidation functions that a better service our tax money with the va- Column Three 901oli HUGH ABERCI10111BIE FINKELSTEIN ASKS FULL 8-YEAR TERM Chancellor Claims Absolute Bar Litigants as Reference 0101MMIMMMV Chancellor Finkelstein has presided' over Part of chancery court since ltovas created by a 1955 act Monday announced he is a Democratic candidate for re-election He was elected without opposition to 1956 to serve until next Sept 1 He now seeks a full eight-year term in the Tennessee judiciary innouncing Chancellor Finkelstein said: the three years that I have been privileged to preside over Part It of the chancery court I have labored diligently to meet the high ethical itand-1 1 ards that are prescribed for chancellors do' not claim to be the best qualified of tha available mem bers of the bar for this high office but I do believe that the attorneys and litigants that have appeared before me will attest to iny absolute Impartiality end say that the business of the court Is carried on In a dignified manner with no semblance of officiousness would like very much to be returned to- this -office which belongs to all of the people for a full term If I am returned to office I shall strive each day to i measure up to the full respon-1 sibility of a chancellor and merit the confidence reposed In Lawyer 80 Years Chancellor Finkelstein practiced law in Chattanooga some SO years before his appointment to the bench by Gov Clement The judge of chancery court's Part II came here in 1917 from Connecticut A World War I veteran he for many years was chairman of American Legion's Americanization program in the city for aliens In 1951 the Chief John Ross Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution presented a DAR certificate of merit to him for outstanding community work He had aided approximately 600 men and women to meet requirements for American citizenship Chancellor Finkelstein corn-See Page Seven Column One i GOVERNOR TO GET REPORT ON NEXT TUESDAY Plans to Seclude Himself Make Detailed Study of Schoo Meld Story By TRAVIS Chattaneova rimes Bursas NASHVILLE pm April 22 was fixed Monday as the time and'date when Coy Clement Will receive a formal report on the states investige- 1 tion of Judge Raulston School' field of Chattanooga Jack Norman Nashvile attorney who has been conducting the inquiry informed the governor that the final draft of the report will be ready at that time Norman said the next 1 eight days will be required to I complete the drafting of the report and checking It over in detail 1 Norman sent this message to the governor Monday afternoon Earlier in the day Norman and Hopton chief of the Tennessee Bureau of Crimbial Identification conferred with Clement for half an hour 'Organtzatiop of Report' Howard Anderson the Overnor's press secretary said the conference was devoted exclusively to a discUssion of the "organization of the report" He said the governor did not receive an outline of the material to be included in the report which will be the result of more than three months-of inquiry Into operations of the first division of the Haznilton County i Criminal Court Coy Clement said he will per sonally make a Careful study of the report when he receives it and will decide what further steps if any will be taken' "Wheit I get the report I plan to seclude myself and take whatever time may be necessary to study every detail in it" the governor said "I will teach jpy own decision on what action if ant wW be taken" Special Session Seen It is generally expected here that Norman will recommend convening of the Legislature in special session to consider Impeachment proceedings Under the constitution the Legislature convened in special ession may consider only those matters set forth in the gover See Page Two Column Two 0000 MORE IDLED 24 Plants Closed Down by Auto Industry DETROIT US An estimated 60000 auto workers In 24 plants across the dountry were Idle Monday as the Industry's big threl continued production cuts to reduce dealers' new car Inventories General Motors Ford and Chrysler all reported plant closings in various divisions to cut back car stocks to rneet curtailed market demands Spokesmen for thi big three declined to give total figures On the number of workers Idled by the closings or to give 'comparable figures for employment at this time last year 4 Nashville Grade-a-Year Proposal For Integration Argued in Court 6109 FahsSee Lookouts Defeat Barons in Opener Staff Photo VICTORIOUS PITCHER IS GANGED BY MATES From left Harris Minnick (8) Abernathy Luttrell Levan By GEORGE SHORT Chattanooga won its sixth South-ler that grew chilly before the end ern Aisociation home opener in the of the 2 hour and 45-minute game last eight seasons and apparently In which the Lookouts kept intact Lookout lam earned their manager jolui Wyeth (Red) Class attendance trophy in 29IMarion's record of never having years Monday as Ted Wade Aber- lost an Opening Day game in 17 nathy pitched an eight-hitter at years as a skipper Last year the Birmingham Barons The score i 8102 fans watched Nashville win was 8-1 and James Robert Allison15-2 batted in three runs with one of I The crowd bettered the 5351 at two booming triples he collected-IMohile on Friday night and is 1AA crowd of 6109 fans watched under overcast skies and in weath- See Page Eleven Column Five BENDROADISOUT: TEEN GANG KILLING NVIEWOPLEECHIONEINIORKJURY But State Engineers Wait Judge Rules Out Death for Official Notice of penalty for 5 of 7 in Project's Status Cripple's Slaying Prom Chattanooga Times Berets NASHVILLE The state highway commissioner said 'Monday the proposal to route the interstate highway system across Moccasin Bend apparently is dead Leech made this comment on a repoit from Wash- ington that the US Bureau of Public 116ads has rejected the more costly routing across Moecasin Bend in favor of the previously approved route along the river bank at the foot of Lookout Mountain The bureau said facts and figures submitted by the state highway department failed to justify the change of plans So far as I know we have submitted all the facts at our disposal" Leech said "I know of nothing else We can do and I know of no additional facts Which could be 4eveloped to support the plan to build the highway across Moccasin Bend "The location on the other side of the river has been approved and we will go Ahead with planning of that route" Notice Not Official Official notice of the bureau's action taken in Washington last week is yet to be received here It was returned by way of the bureaus regional offiA in Atlanta and presumably will come back to the highway department later this week Highway department engineers indicated surprise at rejettion of the plin'rhey said they wanted to see the official Fe-port to see whether the bureau had taken a final action or whether i had simply' declared that additional information must be submitted to justify revision of the route The recommendation that the vied be built across the bend was based oh the contention that while more costly it would result in greater user benefits and less maintenance expense and therefore over a period of 20 years would prove to be more economical STATE POLICY TO GET: RIGHT-OP-WAYS FIRST I I 0Pwwk11o JOHNSON BRINES DEMAND CHANGES IN PENTAGON PLAN Democratic GOP Leaders for Reform But Vow to Keep Power of Purse WASHINGTON Proralnent senators served notice Monday that Congress will hold fast to its control over approPriations for defense spending President Eisenhower'in his defense reorganization Plan will have' to recognile that as a' fact of life Sens Johnson (D-Tex) and Bridges (R-NH) agreed in separate statements Johnson Democratic leader of the Senate gave hit views in an Informal news conference '''VVe ought to have a reorganization of the Defense Department and I favor one But I don't buy everything in the 'plan the President submitted" he said "Congress is not going to do away with its appropriating power" Heads GOP Committee Bridges chairman of the Senate Republican policy committee and the senior GOP member of the Armed Services and Appropriations committees made his remarks in a transcribed radio interview for Mutual Reporters' Roundup "I am willing to streamline the structure of the Defense Department and simplify the lines of communications" Bridges said "But I am not going to surrender the power of the purse to (Sec retary of Defense) McElroy the President or anybody else" Eisenhower submitted his plan April 3 and a House Armed Services subcommittee was to have begun hearings on it Tuesday These were postponed a week however at the request of McElroy Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the Armed Services Committee said today McElroy had explained be felt he should be the first witness but that his pres thee was' requirecrat a meeting in Paris this weelt of the North Atlantic Pact defense ministers Briefly the plan calls for concentration of control over military money and missions in the sec' See Page Seven Column Three SPUTNIK II FINISHED Soviet Satellite With Lam Hurtles to Flaming End le the Associated Press The world's most famous dog has fallen from the skies still locked in the steel casket where she died a bizarre and bewildered first citizen of space Russia's Sputnik II became a flaming hearse as it twisted and burrowed through the upper' reaches of the earth's atmosphere Both the satellite and its ger were cremated in the heat of friction But Laika the little dog in the heart of the satellite rocket longl ago bad finished the Job she was trained to do The world was startled Nov 5 when it was announced the Russians had sent her strapped in the rocket and supplied with food to finish her life in space The orbital lifetime of the Russian rocket was estimated correctly at between 5 and 6 months NEW YORK UPI Sit Winston Churchill sees signs of decay in the Soviet Unions irOna control over its "outpost line of satellite states deep in Central Europe" "No one can believe that this will last forever" he writes in an article The Cold 'Peace' and Our Future" in Look magazine' "Hungary has paid a terrible forfeit But to all thinking men certain hopeful features of the present situation must surely be Among these features Churchill saw the doctrine of communism being separated from the Russian military' machine further revolts against the Soviet empire and the fact an arms race of nuileas weapons and missiles is as disturbing to Moscow as it is to other powers "I make no plea for dtarmament" he saki "Disarmament a consequence and a Press Telephoto' TRUMAN ON STAND: For mer President Truman gives Mouse committee his formula for fighting recession INDUSTRY: QJ)TjpOrDOWN LAST MONTH FRB's Production Index at Lowest Point Since the Recession of 1954 011--The Federal Reserve Board reported Monday its Index of industrial production declined two points in March to lowest level since the 1954 recession The board said the Index wu 12 per cent below the level for a year ago when the figure was 145 The March decline was the seventh successive monthly drop in the Index The Index in which 100 is the 1947-49 average is a key ectinomio Indicator It Is a measure of the volume of production of the nation's factories and mines It hit its peak of 117 in December 1956 Its low point during the 1954 recesion was 123 in August of that year Other Dips Noted In a summary of business condi tions the board noted that not only industrial production but employment incomes and retail sales declined in March while sin- employnient Was on the ever It said the downward trend Was not as sharp as in Februarl1 Construction ac iv i ty was maintained at a high level It said Total new construction outlays in March seasonally adjusted were at annual rate of 248100000000 whicti compares with the peak of $48800000000 last October Private housing starts In March were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of less than 900000 unitS about the same as in February the board said It reported the March decline in durable goods industries was at a slower rate than in other recent months Output of nondurable Items continued to edge downward and there was a substantial drop In minerals production In early April the board said steel Ingot production reached a level about half the record pace of early 1957 and 80 pec cent of the 194749 average: Declines also were noted In production of nonferrous metals and construction materials The board said activity in the aircraft industry was well maintained in March but that output of most types of producers' equip See Page Seven Column Four Churchill ToOpling Says US Once Had a 'Persuader ments might- be successful and added: 'r "Further opportunities will doubtless' present themseives and they must not be The 83-year-old ex-Prime 81iniStee summed up the problems 9f nuclear disarmament this way: "In former days no county) could hope to build up in secret military forces' vast enough to overwhelm A neighbor Now the means of destruction of many millions can be concealed in the space of a few cubic tr: the postwar days when the United States was the 'sole possessor of the atomic bomb Churchill said he doubted for a time whether the rulers in the Kremlin realized what would happen to the Soviet Union If war came: 1 'It even occurred to me" he wrote "that an announced but CITIN-Cloutty mild iodat: occasional ruin El lightly cooler Wednesday with light iin 2 mild with rain aild ottio showers rlia Weotosr Repots revs TIItl'i-wiptRgs 5-8411o11TAXCUT Would Offset bLoophole Plugging Lower Interest Urged A BRIDGES CITES 1930'S Johnson Hits Republicans for Deferring Municipal Public Works Program WASHINGTON ill Harry Truman urged Congress Monday to spend more billions and to adjust taxes so as to give middle ancl low income families a five-billiondollar cut The former President called for bold vigorous action in these and many other fields against a recession he said is serious In his first appearance before a congressional committee skIce he left the White House in 1953 Truman took some sharp jabs at the Eisenhower administration He said it has abandoned a policy of maximum production employment and purchasing power and be figured this has cost 97 billion dollars in private and bustness incomes in the last five years: 4 Tragio Loss "It is harder to measure" Truman said "what it hat cost us in lost ground in the struggle to maintain freedom in the world today but surely that loss is tragic be yond words" In return Republicans on the House Banking Committee took the scrappy former President on in a sparring match friendly enough on the surface but with serious undertones At the end of two hours on the witness stand Truman said he had enjoyed it He then boarded an airplane for his home kl Independence Mol An Wrong Says Bridges Truman's proposals were de-flounced by Sent Bridges (It-NM) as all and typical of the spending policies of the Boos evelle Truman tra" Bridges told a 3D3S radio panel that after years of heavy spending wilier' Franklin 'Roosevelt to combat the depression of the 19303 the country still had 10 million un- eMployed tit ft became involved In World War It Ben Johnson of Texas the Democratic leader saidthe coun'try now has substantial 'unemployment and he believes members of Congress found the people much concerned during their Easter vacation Blames 4511nority1 Johnson was asked whether be Intends to press for action on a bill to authorize a billion dollars In loans for municipal public works He recalled that Republican members had forced a delay in this until after the 10-day vacation and added: If the minority doesn't want to face up to this recession that's their responsibil i' l' IN 1-' '4' 1 47 I CN1 41 11 1 '7''C 5 '14" If 1 IF 1 171t-ofi --e-ee-s-sOcts1 ra-n! 41 i i 1 1 with tieht rein 1 1 1 i mild with rain 4 'Ne --V sq 4c? 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') and with ShOwere 'Amax NO-121 second-Close Mall PrIviletes Authorized et Chattanooga lennette CIIA'rrANOOGA TENN TIJESDAY APRIL 15 195S 1 PRICE 7 CENTS VOL It ook uts HAT CROL01E I 109 iiGOVERhOR 10 GET 6 ans See Lo 1 (101116011 BRIDGES IlitiblAll PROPOSES RI in 111' 1 I' REPORT 1 hoilltilAti Defeat'Baron' in OpeneT DEI'llAliD CHANGES I TAII IP A tl filim A 5 BILiull IRA IJUI FOIC011iiTIJUDGE i 1 -I imptif rpAp A ID 1 1 1 I Oil I EXTIIIESDA1 Bit tili I tiLitill I LAI Tc it IES I a Thrasher ()ledges Plans to Seclude Himself A Democratic' GOP Leaders by Loophole Would Offset b- Letter Spirit I Make Detailed Study of I for Reform But Vow to Plugging Lower Interest Courtcil-Manager Act Schoolfield Story i Keep Power of Purse 4 Urged ----t-- HEADQUARTERS ally TRAVIS a WASHINTON af Glie-TWo Promi- 1' BRIDGES CITES 1930'S ilia-r a Chattanooga rimes Berens nent senators served notice Mon- a NASHVILLE pm Program Public April 22 was fixed Monday as a a day that Congress will bold fast Johnson Hits Republicans ta i to its control over appropria tions Efficient the time anedate when Gov a-- defense spendinr a for Deferring Municipal Clement will receive a formal 1 fense reorganization President Elsenhower'in his de- report on the state a investaga- ss plan will 'aN Public Works Program ServicPromised HUGH a ABERCROMBIE tion of Judge Raulston School- Press Telephoto TRUMAN ON STAND: For- ea have' to recoenite that as a fact Abercrombie clutt- field of Chattanooga a mer President Truman gives wAsmNaroN Ili ae Harry 8 a i life Sens Johnson (D-Tex) and of a businessman and tern- Jack Norman Neshvile at- as 1Iousto committee his formula Truman -urged Congress Monday leader announced FiliKELSTEINASKS torney who has been conducting for fighting reeeselon a candidate for i rate statements will 0 a a dollar cut to spend more billions and to ad- the inquiry informed the gover- Johnson Democratic leader of just taxes so to give raiddle and a "a I nor that the final draft of the I the Senate gave his views In an low income families a five-billion- Bridges (R-NH) agreed in sepa FuLL8yEARTERfil report will be ready at that ea informal news conference INDUSTRY OUTPUT Thrasher incumbent time Norman said the next 'We ought to have a reorgani- The former President called for County's Democrat- eight days will be required to Won of the Defense Department DowtiLAsitifotiTtrod vigorous action in these and 3 Chancellor Claims Absolute th program released complete drafting of the and I favor one But I don't buy I many other fields against a reces- sion be said Is serious report and checking it over in everything in the plan the Presi- Bar detail In his first appearance before a pledged "to ob- Impartia dent submitted" he said and spirit of the congressional committee since he act and to tot- Norman sent this message to Litigants asSeference "Congress is not going to do FRB's Production Index at i left the White House In 1953 Tru- the governor Monday afternoon away with its appropriating pow- intent without as- Earlier in the day Norman et" Lowest Point Since the man took some sharp jabs at the the law does Chancellor Finkelstein Eisenhower administration and Ho ton chief of the Heads GOP Committee Recession of 1954 county judge" who has presided over Part II He said it has abandoned a Tennessee Bureau of Criminal Bridges chairman of the Senate who defeated of chancery court since Roves policy of maximum production Monday Identification conferred with 1 Republican policy committee tine WASHINGTON 011-The Federal employment and purchasing pow the Democratic created by a 1955 act Clement for half an hour the senior GOP member of the county judge in Reserve Board reported Monday er and he figured this has cost 97 he la a Democratic Armed Services and A ronria- Index of industrial production ed tic narganizatioit of Report' -Times Staff Photo lost to the court- PP billion dollars private and bust i candidate for re-election Howard Anderson the gbver- in the general VICTORIOUS PITCHER IS GANGED BY MATES ti committees made his re- declined two points In March to ness incomes In the last five He was elected without cee press secrtary said the rom Harris tht o- nor's left Hia Minnick (8) Abernathy Luttrell Levan marks in a transcribed radio inter- he is resigning as is-the lowest level since the 1954 years: county -election sition in 1956 to serve until conference was devoted eXC1U- view for a 1 Reporters' recession Tragio Loss as a member of next Sept 1 He no vra seeks a sively to a discussion of the By GEORGE SHORT a Roundep The board said the index was 12 "It is harder to measure" Tru- organization of the report Chattanooga won its sixth South-ler that grew chilly before the end "I am willing to streamline the Housing Au- full eight-year term in the Ten- sh be of belp ad ality an i rbr structure of the Defense Depart- ago wper cent below the level for a year man said "what it hat cost us in He said judiciary Association home opener in the of the 2 hout and 45-minute game nessee governor did not en Association ment and simplify the lines of hen the figure wa 145 The lost ground in the struggle to main- from all con- receive an outline of the mate- last eight seasons and apparently aIn which the Lookouts kept intact communications Bridges said March decline was the seventh tam freedom in the world today In innouncing Chancellor a Brid but surely that is tragic be might tend to con- Finkelstein said' teal to be included in the report leonhout tam earned their 27thl new manager joint Wyeth (Red) I der am not going to surren- successive monthly drop In the in loss candidacy for which will ill be the result of more Class attendance trophy in 29 Merlon's record of never having Abemrombie "For the three years that I than three months of inquiry years Monday as Ted Wade Aber- lost an Opening Day game in 17 uer the power of the purse to (Sec- yond words" Republicans on the retary of Defense) McElroy the den index In which 100 is the In return Repub have been privileged to preside into operations of the first dial- natty pitched an eight-hitter at years as a skipper Last year President or anybody else House Banking Committee took Eisenhower submitted his 51ctallie over Part It of the chancery sion of the Handlton County the Birmingham Barons The score18162 fans watched Nashville win tand- Clement said he will per- batted in three runs with one of 1947-49 average is a key the scrappy former President on indicator It is a measure of the court I have labored diligently Criminal Court was 8-1 and James Robert Allison15-2 a plan April 3 and a House Armed a sparring match friendly judge" beadquar to meet the high ethical Gov I The crowd bettered the 5351 at Services subcommittee was volume of production of the na- in 0 tion's factories and mines en a the surface but with enough set up at 1416 Mc soally make a careful study of two booming triples he collected Mobile on Friday night and e- have begun ear ngs on it aTues-- serious undertones aras that are prescribed for nd i bh hearings It hit its peak of 117 in Decem- the report when he receives it A crowd of 6109 fans watched day These were postponed a At the end of two hours on the chancellors ber 1956 Its low point during the witness stand Truman said he intention to con- and will decide what further under overcast skies and in weath-t See Page Eleven Column Five week however at the request 1954 rece3sion was 123 in August by telling the "I do not claim to be the best steps if any will be taken of that year had enjo ed it He then boarded "When I get the report I plan of McElroy I stand for" qualified of an airplane for his home in lade- the available mem- Other Dips Noted NG Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of pendence Mo said a bars of the bar for this high of- to seclude myself 'and take i ttJ the Armed Services Committee years 'I have been flee but I do believe that the whatever time may be necessary In summary of business condi- AU Wrong Says Bridges in the affairs attorneys and litigants that to study every detail in it" the noted that not said today McElroy bed ex- tiens the board Truman's pmposals were de- I ted be felt he should be the only plan industrial produ our colmtae have appeared before me will governor said feeling c'ti but em- flounced Sen Bridges' (R-NM) retail Incomes and as all wrong and typical of the that Ihrotigh attest to ny absolute imparti- i first witness but that his pres- aloYment "I will reach nny own decision JURY ia and say that the business on what action thee was uiretra meeting if anaawill a 7- oci a al ng sales declined ta March while sin- spending policies of the Roosevelt-a a felloW citizens of the court is carried on in a taken 1) in Paris this week of the North But St State ngineers Wait Judge Rues ea employment was on the Ilse' new- Truman era- "a the downward trend Itridgee told a vims radio panel from all walls dignified manner with no sem- Out Dth Atlantic Pact defense ministers ever It said a repecaal Session Seen as not as an as euarv expressed their ire blance of officiousness for Official Notice of Penalty for 5 oll in Briefly riefly the plan calls for con- that after years of heavy spending It is generally expected here Construction a i i ty' was I me If I would 1 1 would like very much to be that a centration of control over military unaer Franklin llooseve to A orman -will recommend t' St I Slaying rope a us flop aying money and missions in the see- maintained at a high level it combat the depression of the 19303 Because of that returned to- this 'office which ch conveninr of th Legislature in a said Total new construction the country still had 10 million un- to be of service belongs to all of the people for special session to 'consider Ira- Prom Chattanooga Times Berets See Page Seven Column Three outlays in March seasonally ad- eniployed tit It became involved II If I ant returned to a term said be prepared office I shall strive each day to NASHVILLE The state peachment proceedings justed were at annual rate of in world War at after discussing the measure up to the full respon- Under the constitution the highway commissioner a i SPUTNIK II FINISHED $48100000000 which compares Sen Johnson of Texas the Le ith citiens sibility of a chancellor and gislatUre convened in special la nd ro to route -0-ay the Po sal ----ea--- with the peak of $48800000000 Democratic leader said the court areas me rit the confidence reposed in session may consider only those the interstate highway system Soviet Satellite With last October try now has substantial unemploy across Moccasin Bend apparent- Hurtles to Flaming End Private housing starts in March ment and he believes members of Points me matters set forth in the gover- 1 I dead ea Be the Associated Press were at a seasonally adjusted an- Congress found the people much stand for a strict La wyer 30 Years Tw bee age Column Two Leech made this corn- The world's most famous dog nual rate of less than 900000 concerned during their Easter va- of the 1941 court- Ch ancellor Finkelstein rac- ment on a repoit from Wash- has fallen from the skies still unite about the same as in Irebru- cation act under watch ticed law in Chattanooga some MORE IDLED ington that the IIS Bureau of th E0 000 30 years before his appointment locked in steel casket where ary the board said Blames 4511nority1 functions Ab- Public Roads has rejected the to the bench by Gov Clement she died a bizarre and bewildered It reported the March decline in Johnson was asked whether be he advocates the 24 Plants Closed Down by more costly routing across Moe- ta The judge of chancery court's first citizen of space durable goods industries was at a intends to press for action on a poin Part II came here in 1917 from Auto Industry casin Bend in favor of the pre- authorize Russia's Sputnik II became a slower rate than in other recent bill to auorize a billion dollars highay program viously approved route along a Connecti cut A World War I DETROIT An estimated flaming hearse as it awisted and months Output of nondurable in loans for municipal public all the people the river bank at the foot veteran was plants 60000 auto workers in 24 of to veor many yea burrowed the upper items continued to edge downward works He recalled that Republi- cotmty's ability Lookout Mountain try the doun were Idle Mon- reaches of the earth's atmosphere and there was a substantial drop can members had forced a delay chairman of a American across under the super- Legion's Americanization pro- day all the Industry's big three The bureau said facts and Both the satellite and its in minerals production in tMs until after the 10-day vaca- capable engineer gram in the city for aliens continued production cuts to re- I figures submitted by the state ger were cremated in the heat of In early April the board said tion and added: "If the minority cooperation between ighway department failed to friction ingot production reached a doesn't want' to face up to this steel the school board It 1951 the Chief John Ross dealers' duce ers new car inventories justify the change of plans But Laika the little dog in the level about half the record pace recession that's their responsibil- matters We need the 0 ne al Motors Ford and Chapter Daughters of far So as I know we have heart of the satellite rocket long early 1957 and American Revolution presented ChrYsier all reported plant clos- -ng of pec cent of itY-I' better facilities for submitted all the facts at our ago bad finished the' job she was the tug 1 average Declines also and better salatries DAR certificate a ificate of merit to ings in various divisions to cut disposal Leech said "I know trained do hint for outstanding community back car stocks to meet curtailed tid were noted in production of non- of nothing else we can do and The word was startled 3 me work He had aided a rut- market demands lferrous metals and construction immediately of PP I know of no additional facts when it was announced the Rus- of public mately 600 men and women to Spokesmen for thi big hree de- materials program which could be )teveloped to sians cit had sent her strapped in so that meet requiremen ts for Amer' dined to give total figures On the with The board said activity in the roads can support the plan to build the the rocket and supplied to finish her life in space food rt izenship number wor of kers idled by the aircraft industry was well main- available from highway across In 0 en closings or comparable arable Chancellor Finkelstein corn- 0 giv mp "The location on the other The orbital lifetime of the Bus- tamed in March but that output agencies to re- most types of producers equip- tit- figures for employment at this side of the river has bee a we will be sian rocket was estimated correct- See Page Seven Column One time last year proved and we will go Ahead ly at between 5 and 6 months See Page Seven Column Four a with planning of that route" Tourists Nashville a Up immediately ra e-a- eat roposal Notice Not Official Churchill Sees Toppltng Official notice of the bureau's cooperate financially and other al 1 Argued Court For egra ton tgue in ourt a en Washington action taken I Says Once Had a 'Persuader' loc advertise and pre- 4 last week is yet to be received A here It was returned by way to help bring a of the bureau's regional offica NEW YORK UPI Sit Winston ments might be successful and and more tourists in Atlanta and presumably will Churchill sees signs of decay in ad th added: a come back to the highway de- Soviet Union's iron' control "Ir tb hi I I ur er ppor un es 1 government -un- artment later this a er wee over its "outpost sne satellite development of Highway department enghi- Po li doubtless' present themselves and ee stet deep in Central Europe" the at be I ted ntiapy" recreation mu not neg ec eers indicated surprise at rejet- "No one can II that thi eve a exist in our The 83-year-old ex-Prime Minis- tion of the planaarhey said they will last forever" he writes in an eping these and wanted to glee the official 181 Fe article tea summed up the problems of roadsides clean i port to see whether the bu "The Cold 'Peace' and Our nuclear 'disarmament this way: 1 eau Future in look magazine "In for mer days no county) could joint commit- had taken a final action or "Hungary Hungary has paid a terrible ope to build up in secret millta municipalities to whether it had simply declared forfeit But to all thinking men a additional information forces' vast enough to overwhelm rjr possibility of consoli-t certain hopeful features of the A neighbor Now the means of de- functions that- must be submitted to justify re- present situation must surely be service struction of many millions can be better a er seeva vision of the route clear" concealed in the space of a few our tax money The recommendation that the Among these features Churchill cubic yards with the va- toad be built across the bend saw the doctrine of communism was based oh the contention being separated from the Rasslan In 'the postwar days when the Column Three that while more costly it would military' machine further revolts United States was the 'sole pos result in greater user benefits against the Soviet empire and the sessor of the I bomb Churchill said he doubted for a and therefore over a period of and less maintenance expense fact an arms race of nuilear time whether the rulers in the weapons and missiles is as (Hs- 20 years would a to be turbing to Moscow as has to other Kremlin realized what would hap- more economical powers pen to the Soviet Union if war "I make no plea for Marina came 1 STATE POLICY TO CET men sa Id "Disarmament "It even aemament is even occurred to me a he RIGIIT-OF-WAYS FIRST a consequence and a manifesta- wrote "that an announced but oks Jca ulta 1 IT 4 IV 4t4 IJC LIA 111115 III INIV IL 3WW 115 141 10 KUM" 1 more economical powers nen to the Soviet Union if war --a "1 make no STATE Iry DAT TrIV ITIA Orm plea for Marina- came- la A waA a a GET ment" he saki i'Disarmament "It even occurred to me! be RIGHT-OF-WAYS FIRST a consequence and a manifesta- wrote that an announced but Opposes He'll Track of OPENS 1J Fair Road Works Plan Servici ilugh party Monday he is county judge Abercrombie Wilkes In Hamilton primary June A campaign by Abercrombie the letter council-manager out its sinning authority not vest in the Abercrombie" Thrasher for nomination as 1950 and then veteran election said chairman of the commission and the Chattanooga "I am resigning that with my county judge" said Office on Ile reported for county has been Ave "It is my my campaign taxpayers what Abercrombie "For many keenly interested and progress of "It is my title office I can benefit to my Many- people ollife have tention to support cntef the race and my desire I decided to Abercrombie his platform county's needs from All its Eight Besides his Interpretation Hamilton County said following eight "A county that is fair for based on the pay and also of a "Close the council and In budgetary to provide our children for their teachers 'Development a suitable works including If money is made state or federal unemployment ready to use It For Industry "The setting a plan to with the city Interests to a program new Industry Into our area The county the some of the facilities that county ha air of our "Creation of with our study the of the might provide or save any of "Closer contact See rage Ten ABERCR( TOSSED Opposes Thr He'll Track of Courtil- I OPENS HE 1 Fair Road PI Works Pk 1 Service tanoogi bUsine 1 ocratic party I Monday be is county judge Abercrombie Wilkes Thrl in Hamilton Co lc primary Jun A campaign by Abercrombi serve the letter council-manage low out its in sinning author not vest in the Abercrombie Thrasher for nomination as 1950 and then house veteran election said chairman of COMmisiliOn an( the Oaattanoo thority 81 am resign nections that re filet with ral county judE said Office CI Ile reported for county ji term has been al Caine Ave It is my 'I duct my camps taxpayers wile Abercrombie many 3 keenly Interest and progress 'o "It is my fee WS office I co 1 benefit to Ini Mani' peopl pave' al tention to supp entet the race and my desire I decided to rr Abercrombie his platform af county's need from all ite Eighl Ilesides his I interpretation cil-manager Hamilton Coun ercrombie said following eight 14 county I that Ls fair to based on the pay and "also' vision of acar "Close coop the council and in 'budgetary to provide bet our children al for their teach 1)evelopmen a imitable' pr( works includir if money is ma state or feders lieve uncmploy ready to use it For Indus' 'The setting a plan to tool with the city Interutto ae rote a progrs new industry Into our area The -county dertaking the some of the facilities that county- arid air of our road "Creation tee with our study the poss dation: of the might provide or save any ol "Closer cont Res rags Ter 1 ABER TOSS10 I ED Opposa es He' ll Track of OPENS A 1 a Fair Road Works Plan Hunt tanooga ocratic party Monday be Is Abercrombie county judge Wilkes in Hamilton lc primary June A campaign by Abercrombie serve the letter council-manager low out its Burning authority not vest in the Abercrombie" Thrasher for nomination 1950 and then house veteran election said chairman of the commission and the Chattanooga offie I can thorny "I am resigning nec tions that Diet with my 0 judge" said Office va Ile reported for county term has been Caine Ave "It is my duct my campaign taxpayers what Abercrombie "For many keenly interested and progress of "It is my this my' benefit to "Many- people olliae lave to support tentio entee the race and my desire I decided to run Abercrombie his platform county's need' from all its Eight Resides his Interpretation cil-manager Hamilton County ercrombie said following eight "A county that is fair for based on the Pay an also vision of a "Close the council and in budgetary to provide children our their teachers for the 'Development a suitable works including wor if 'money is made federal state or lieve unemployment It ready to use i For Industry orh setting 6 ite a plan to with the city 2 Interests to mote a program new Industry a Into our area "The county dertaking the some of the facilities that county and ke air of our "Creation of tee with our study the ti the da on might provide or save any of contact "Closer a See Page Ten a NEW YORK date's mass homicide case against seven teen gang rnembers went to an all-male jury in general session court Monday night The trial judge ruled out the death penalty for five of the boys The longest costliest case in the annals of the court went to the jury at 6:30 pm The trial had begun last Jan 10 and cost the state about $250000 The seven defendants 15 to 19-year-old members of the Egyptian Dragont street gang were tried for first-degree murder in the slaying last July 30 of 15-year-old Michael Farmer polio-maimed son of a city fireman Each Case Separate The 'jury must decide each case separately 1 'Until the last moments of Judge Irwin Davidson's charge all seven boys faced death in the electric chair if convicted of first-degree murder The judge let the charge stand against Charles (Big Man) Iliirton 13 a Negro and Louis Alvarez 17 a Puerto Rican' although he give the jury the choice convicting them of lesser charges Morton and Alvarez state testimony contended wielded i machete and a knife on Farmer when the victim innocently ran afoul' of an Egyptian Dragons war party Farmer died of stab wounds in the back There had been to testimony that the other five boys used such weapons Instead they were pictured as ra lit in stomping and using belts and a dog leash on the 4 Prostrate Farmer whose crippled leg prevented him from fleeing' Charge 'Limited 'Judge Davidson limited the maximum charge against the five to first-degree manslaughter punishable at 'most ty 20 years in prison They are Richard Hills 17 and John McCarthy 15 both white Leroy (the Magician) Birch 19 Negro Leonel() (lello) Deleon 17 native of the Dominican Republic and George Melendez 16 a Punic Rican Farmer and a companion Roger McShane ii were arhbushed as they headed for a swim in the park Both were white The state contended that neither belonged to a gang The Dragons' war party mistook the pair for Jesters Set NEW YORK an-The itate's mass homicide case against inst seven teen gang members went to en a 11 -male jury in general session court Monday night The trial judge ruled out the death penalty for five of the bays The longest costliest case in the annals of the court went to the jury at 6:30 pm The trial had begun last Jan 10 and cost the state about $250000 The 19-year-ol members defendants 15 to ers of the Egyptian Dragont street gang were tried for first-degree mete er i the slaying last July 30 15 -year-old Michael Farmer polio-maimed son of a city fire man se Case eparate The Aury ust decide each In case separately 'Until the last moments of Juage Irwin Davidson's char faced charge all seven boys ace i tri hal if eath the elec convicted of first-degree mu' r- tier The judge let the charge stand against Charles (Big Man) Harton 13 a Negro and Louis Alvarez 17 a I' a Rican' although he a the jury the choice Of convicting a them of lesser charges 1 Horton and Alvarez state test contended ielded a mon i machete an a knife on Farmer kif th I when th victim innocently ran afour of an Egyptian Dragons war party Farmer died of stab wounds back a There had been rie testimony tee other five boye use that such weapons Instead th --ea' were pictured as a I I stomping and using belts and a dog' leash on the prostrate Farmer whose crippled leg pre- vented him from fleeing Charge 'Limited 'Judge Davidson limited the maximum charge against the five to first-degree manslaugh- years in ter punishable at 'most ay 20 a prison They are Richaed Hills 17 and John Mc- Carthy 15 both white: Leroy (the Magician) Birch 19 Ne- gro eonc eon I i i II 1 17 a native of the Doininican Re- nitAlli14 ti A LI4liglp 41 Mil 1 UlLit Allt Carthy 15 both white: Leroy (the Magician) Birch 19 Ne- gm Leonel() Clello) Deleon 17 a rtative of the Dominican Re- public and Geol ge Melendez 16 a runlet Rican Farmer and a companion Roger McShane 13 virere art- bushed as they headed for a swim in the park Both were white The slate contended that neither belonged to a gang ons The Drag' war party mix- took the pair for Jesters Set Sen Douglas (D-111) who was defeated 71-1t on a Senate roll call vote last month when he proposed a five-billion-dollar tax 'cut renewed his proposal in a statement The time for a cut is overdue be said and "every day we delay increases the danger and requires more drastic remedies" Douglas said be sees no real sign of any pickup ahead for industrial production and charged that the administration has a wait-and-see Attitude en' dangering the security of the people l'he House Sinking Committee with Truman as its first witness embarked on a five-week exploration of unemployment and steps that might be taken to combat the business slump' For the Senate and House It was the first day back on the Job after a 10-day Easter recess And in the remaining half of the Corti gressional session the lawmakers are facing such tasks as reorgang izing the Defense Department dealing with a farm bill veto and tackling many of the problems upon which Truman spending taxes and the dropping economy Much in the manner In which he might have delivered a State of the Union message in years gone by Truman offered his own program to meet an economic down turn he said is fraught with great danger The general objective be said should be to add about 40 billion dollars in 1939 to the 431 billion total of the national product la 1957 Then be said it should be increased 20 billion I year after so as to reach toward 600 billion dollars by 1964 Specifically he recommended: 'rho five-billion tax cut for See rage Sevin Column tug Sen Douglas M-111) who defeated 71-It on a Senate mil all vote last month when he proposed a five-billion-dollar tax 'cut renewed his proposal in a statement The me for a cut is over- time due be said and "every day we delay increases the danger and requires more drastic remedies" Douglas said be sees no real sign of any pickup ahead for industrial production and charged that the administration has a wait-and-see attitude en dangering the security of the peoplea a 'Did House Banking Committee i with Truman as its first witness embarked on a five-week ex lor a on unem ti anti I en a steps oym pa that might be taken to combat the business slump' For the Senate and House it was the first day back on the job after a 10-day Easter recess And in the remaining half of the Corti gre facing sslonal session the la akers t1 ks are Lacing suc as As reorgan izing the Defense Department dealing with a farm bill veto and tackling many of the problems upon which Truman touched- spending taxes and the dropping economy 1 Much in the manner in which be might have delivered a State of the Union message in years gone by Truman offered his own pro gram 10 meet an economic clown turn he said is fraught with great' danger the Union message in years gone by Tillman offered his own pro- 1gram to meet an economic downs turn he said is fraught with great danger Th ective be id general sa shold be to add about 40 billion dollars in 1939 to the 434 billion total of the national product to 195t Then be said it should be increased 20 billion a year after as to reach toward 600 that so billion dollars by 1964 Specifically he recommended: 'rhe five-billion tax cut for See raze Seven Column TWO From Chattanooga rings Burgas the Nash-ears its the the one at are in other- de- bite- of From Chattanooga Times Bureau g- the ass Nash- its the the one at- all- at- all- are In other- de- bite- of tears In would only prolong the tensic his eye a former superinten- and delay acceptance of desel dent of Nashville city schools regation the experts said Monday pleaded with a federal Federal Judge Wi Marti 1 judge to allow Maximum time Miller allowed 24 days for for completing desegregation of filing of briefs but avoided ar the city's schools indication of when he will pal A Bass who retired last upon the proposal The Neal an 1 after 20 years as super- villa school board was allow( intendent told the court ohs of 14 days in which to submit Ms last recommendations to the brief and attorneys for thol school board was that Integra- seeking immediate integratk tion be carried out on a gradual were allowed 10 days to repl basis extending it one addition- For five hours Miller listen al dais each year 1 to evidence for and against tl tl "I don't want to see anything plan to extend Integration to second grade of Nashvill done 41116 will tear down what schools next year then to oi we have worked so hard to additional grade each yegtr uni maintain" the white-haired nearly blind educator said his 1963 when desegregation wou voice choked with emotion rWe complete don't want a single child white As a result of demegregatir or colored' to be Injured as a the first grade last fall nit result of our efforts to comply Negro atudents now are a with the decision of the So- tending five previously a preme Court" white schools here There a no But three sociologists testify- white students enrolled in as experts in the field of Negro schools race relations told the court It Mae Mary Brent princip would be easier to completely of Glenn School In which tv desegregate the city schools next Negro children are in an othe wise all-white student body fall than to undertake the 12- scribed tilt continuing tensb year program propose(' by the tresulting front even token hit Nashville school board The 12 year plan one step of which was grstion here put Into effect last fall with in Site repotted a number tcgration of the first grade See raga Tea Column Seven With tears in would only prolong the tension er superinten- and delay acceptance of desege city schools regation the experts said with a federal Federal Judge Wi Marti rumfinum time Miller allowed 24 days for of filing of briefs but avoided any indication of when he will pass ho retired last upon the proposal The as super- villa school board was allowed court oho of 14 days in which to submit tdations to the brief and attorneys for those that Integra- seeking immediate integration On a gradual were allowed 10 days to reply one addition- For five hours Miller listened to evidence for and against 0 sea anything plan to extend integration to ear down what second grade of Nashville I so hard to schools next year then to white-haired additional grade each year until said his 1963 when desegregation would emolion rWe be complete la child white As a result of desegregating Injured as a the first grade last fall nine 3rts to comply Negro students now are of the se- tending five previously all white schools here There logists testif no white students enrolled the field of Negro schools Id the court It Miss Mary Drent principal to completely of Glenn School in which two ity schools next Negro children are in an ei take th 12- wise all-white student body 0poNe1 by the scribed the continuing tension board' The 12 tresulting front even token of ttliich was grstion here gt Gin with in She repotted a number NASIXVILLE-With tears in would only prolong the tension acceptance his eye a former superinten- and delay acceptan of dese dent of Nashville city schools regation the experts said Monday pleaded with a federal Federal Judge Williane judge to allow maximum time Miller allowed 24 days for for completing desegregation of filing of briefs but avoided any cit 's schools indication of when he will ula A Bass who' retired last upon the proposal The ari I after 20 years as super- vine school board was allowed 1 intendent told the court oh of 1 4 days in which to submit brief his last recommendations t9 and attorneys for those school board was that Integra- seeking immediate integration basi tion be carried out on a gradual were allowed 10 days to reply 'extending it one addition- For five hours Miller listened -I' evidence for and against at class teen year ev I don't want to see anything plan to extend integration to done Nt hICh will tear dow what second grade of a i II 4 we have worked so hard to schools next year then to nearly blind educator he whit -h maintain" aired additional grade each yegtr until sai his 1963 when desegregation would a he complete a voice choked With emotion 1 We don't want a single child white As a result of desegregating or colored' to be injured as a the first grade last fall nine result of our' efforts to comply Negro students now are with 'the' decision of the Su- tending five previously a result of demegregating don't t- be injured aa a the first grade last fall nine or colored' to Negro atudents now are result of our efforts to comply Su- tending five previously with the decision of the preme Court" white mchools here There But three sociologists testify- no white students enrolled Negro schools trig as experts in the field of race relations told the court It Miss MarY Brent principal of Glenn School In which two would be easier to completely Negro children are In an desegregate the city achools next wise all-white student body fall than to undettahe the 12 year program proposed by the sc rib he ed continuing tension resulting front even token Naahville school board The 12- et- v)ih was i rstion here year plan one st ep put into effect last fall with In Ste repotted a number togration 01 tne nr3 graao Sco rage Ten column Seven In TOL lay's Tinicz rage Amusements 15 Classified Ads 19-21 COMICS Nt'i qo 18 Cromword ruzzle Editorials Financial News 17 t'rloge ot the News 9 In Tctla Amusements Classified Ads Comics Cromword Editorials Financial Nen Fringe of the I ay 3 TUTIC3 I T'Ll a rage Amusements i 15 seined Ads 13-21 Cla COMICS Nt''to 0 1 Cromword Puzzle 18 Amusements io 615- Classified Ads 19-21 Cornics 4 a 19 Cromwordruzzle 18 Editorials Financial News a 17 Fringe of the News 'a 11 From Chativioorta Times Bureau NASIIVILLF4-7-A liew policy tinder which contract awards for interstate highway construction will be delayed until substantially all right of ways have been acquired was announced Monday by State I lighway Commissioner Leech The commissioner taillit the re manifestation of free intercourse between peaceful aerial demonstration From ch atia 1 oorta Times Bur tion of free intercourse between Peaceful a i a 1 demonstration eau NASIIVILLB--A new policy under which contract awards for interstate highway construction will be delayed until substan- tially all right of ways have been acquii ed dis announced Monday by Stale I lighw ay Corn- misioner NV eec The COniMiSSIOner said the re- i free peoples It Is the mind which wit the outlining to the controls the weapon and It Is tolSoviet leaders of some of our new-the minds of the pooples of Ttussialest Inventions would produce In and her associates that the freeltherri a more friendly and sober nations should He them- selves' He did not say whether he tried Churchill did not mention the to urge this plan on 'the United current dispute over a summit States: Apparently he toyed with meeting But he noted he bad sug- the idea at a time when be was gested in 1953 That an Informal out of power and the Laborites meeting of the heads of govern- were running Britain free peoples It is the mind which coupled with the outlining to the I controls the weapon and it Is to Soviet leaders of some of our new the minds of the peoples of rtussia lest Inventions would produce In and her associates that the freelthent a more friendly and sober nations should address them-lattitude" selves" 1 He did not say whether he tried Churchill did not mention the to aurge this plan on the United current dispute over a summit States Apparently he toyed with meeting But he noted he bad sug- the id ea at a time when he was gested In 1953 That an Informal out of power and the Laborites Imeeting of the heads of governlwere running Britain 19 Legal Records 19 Loral News 3 (MItuarieg 9 Eadlo 4 TV Frograms 13 'Society ani Clubs 4-5 Sports News 1144 Tristate News 9 iVeather Reports 2 Woman's rags 6 Legal Records Local News Obituaries Eadlo 4 TV Society and CI Legal Records a am 19 Local News 3 obituaries 9 itadie TV Brograms 13 Society and lobs 4-5 Sports News 11-14 Tristate News a a a a a a a a a 9 1veather Reports 2 Iveather Repo 14'0111811'o ragi rage 5 See rage Two Column Two See rate Two Column Two See rage NIne Column live 1 I See rage Nine Column live )'t It 1 I I i I 1 i.

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