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Donors Urged To Turn Out For Bloodmobile Visit Here Tomorrow Thursday READ: WEATHER The Sumter Daily Item Occasional rain likely Wed not much temperature change SUMTER TUESDAY AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 27 1951 VOL 58 NO 37-FOUNDED OCT 15 1894 FIVE CENTS A COPY AGREEMENT SIGNED If Appointments Met Quota Will Be Reached For Bloodmobile Visit Biggest Shakeup Yet In Tax Bureau Seen House Probers Recall Caudle CEASE-FIRE FOUR MIG'S F-80 DOWNED Wilson Testifies In Explanation Of Key Shortages By EDWIN HAAKINSON WASHINGTON UP) A congressional watchdog committee on defense production called Defense Mobilizer Charles Wilson today to explain key shortages Sen Maybank (D-SC) chairman of the Senate-House Defense Production group told reporters the lawmakers wanted to know: PLANS MADE TO SPEED NATO ARMY WASHINGTON Commis-oner John Dunlap of the Internal Revenue Bureau plans to loose tomorrow with the biggest adside yet in his announced ve to improve efficiency and weed out employes "who have betrayed their high trust" A fully informed official decking to be quoted by name told i reporter that several employes Two Fierce Fights And Bel Both Propose Ideas For Quick BuiltTv European Force How To Supervise The Truce Offers Latest Headache Flare In Airways Over North Korea "It's up to the donors to fill' their appointments" says Recruitment Chairman Robert Gauthier of the Blood Program "With the cooperation of a great many plant managers and foremen we have now signed up enough donors to fill our quotas on Wednesday and Thursday if everyone comes We're counting on all concerned to see to it that donors get to the bloodmobile" Mr Gauthier continued "Snmter like other communities generally has failed to meet its quotas tor the past five or six months While Sumter's record is definitely better than the average we cannot be satisfied until we meet at least the minimum quota set to cover needs overseas and in our own community" By STAN SWINTON ROME The United States an American naval corner the North Atlantic and of 30 caliber ammuni- Cozy Trip Dunlap will also announce final decisions on most of the 14 employes in San Francisco and New York who have been suspended pending investigations this source said Word of these impending announcements was disclosed as a House Ways and Means subcommittee inquiring into the bureau's operations and related issues recalled Lamar Caudle to continue his account of the career which carried him to a spot as No 1 prosecutor of tax cases Fired as Assistant Attorney General by President Truman two weeks ago Caudle yesterday delivered an emotion-charged defense of his official life before the subcommittee The impending announcements of further bureau shakeups it was learned will be made by Dunlap The official said Mr Truman may be called upon to act in the case of James Smyth suspended collector at San Francisco The White House appoints collectors Dunlap took over the bureau Aug 1 after the resignation of George Schoeneman As the irregularities developed he proclaimed he would spare no effort to "eliminate from our service any employes who have betrayed their high trust" In his testimony vesterdav and Belgium introduced separate resolutions to the North Atlantic Council today designed to speed up establishment of a European Army Both resolutions were quickly referred to the NATO deputies who will try to combine them into one plan to put before the council tomorrow The council chairman external Affairs Minister Lester Pearson of Canada said he thought the "margin between (the two plans) 1 Why there is a lag in produc-1 tion of aircraft and other armaments and what can be done about i shortages of steel aluminum copper and other materials 2 How more steel and other construction materials can be ear- marked for schools highways and hospitals The committee was told yesterday that additional alloca- tions of steel for the first quarter of next year will permit continua- tion of about 1400 school projects under way and the start of about 500 more Maybank at first said Wilson would testify behind closed-doors i because military secrets may be tk the standard for the Atlantic armies' small arms 2 A meeting of the Big Three foreign and defense ministers to discuss the proposed Middle East Command A qualified informant said they made some progress but nothing concrete emerged from the meeting 3 A report to the council on the military might of Russia and her satellites in which among other things it was said the Soviet Union By ROBERT TUCKMAN MUNSAN Korea Truce Negotiators signed a cease-fire line agreement today and immediately developed two vital differences on how to supervise an armistice in Korea United Nations delegates insisted on: 1 Joint Allied-Communist inspection teams with "free access to alL parts of Korea" 2 Provision against military buildups by either side Neither point was included in a plan proposed by the Reds who have never permitted outsiders in Communist Korea The differences developed in a By JOHN RANDOLPH SEOUL Korea UP) Four Communist MIG-15 jets and a F-80 Shooting Star were shot down in two battles today in a fierce flare-up of the air war over Northwestern Korea Four MIGs were damaged in Tuesday's double-barreled action The figures were reported by the Fifth Air Force Ground fighting slowed almost to a standstill as truce negotiators agreed on a provisional cease-fire line across the Korean Peninsula and plunged into work on the next item on the armistice agenda-supervision of a truce It was considered a certainty that air and sea warfare would go on unabated A lull was expected in ground action on the theory it would be wasteful of men and materials to take new ground was not very great" SC Superintendent Of Education Is is speeding her MIG-15 iet fiehter WASHINGTON Former Assistant Attorney General Lamar Caudle testified today that he and Charles Oliphant chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Bureau were Florida fishing guests of North Carolina manufacturer under investigation for tax fraud Caudle told a House Ways and Means subcommittee he and Oliphant flew to Palm Beach Fla in the summer of 1947 in a plane owned by Troy Whitehead of Charlotte The witness fired recently by President Truman from his Justice Department post denied that he knew a tax fraud case was in the works against ipitehead June 25 1947 If I had known Mr Whitehead was in tax trouble I would never have invited Mr Oliphant" Claude said the plans as an i of Korean fiffhtinff famp to He described effort to give a push forward" to i the air forces of her partners involved the move for the European Army 4 The council aDDroved the re- Later he said reporters and the and for bringing in countries other port from the NATO Chiefs nf public will be admitted as they1 Speaker At Rotary than those belonging to the North Staff on stepping up the program were yesterday when Price Ad ministrator Michael DiSalle and ftucmuc ireaiy urganizauon pre-j for building a combat-ready force session described by the top Allied reference to West fier Kr the aA tt i i sumaDiy a National Production Administrator iuuHiuw negotiator as "short and sweet The school situation in South Carolina was discussed yesterday many sources say the reoort Manly Fleischmann testified Maybank told newsmen he was afternoon by Jesse Anderson Other developments today at the up to 40 divisions by the end of NATO meeting included: 1952 and up to 70 in a longer 1 A private breakfast at which ranpp nrnKram hv the onH of state superintendent of education at the weekly meeting of the not satisfied with increased allocations of steel for schools hospitals and highways disclosed yesterday and have to give it up almost The report on Russian military Rotary Club in the Coca Cola i immediately in the event of an Community Room Gen Eisenhower entertained British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden Eisenhower appealed for British agreement to the appoint- Caudle defended his association with Keith Beaty a long-time friend and business man of Charlotte whose tax returns have been under investigation He declared bitterly that he had been made the butt of "malicious" rumor and attacks because of investigation of rackets in Charlotte and said he was "afraid for my life" if he returned there might Was compiled by Eisenhower's chief of staff Lt Gen Alfred Gruenther by Fleischmann who handles these allotments But Sen Capehart (R-Ind) who frequently has criticized controls said in a separate interview "I think they are doing a pretty good job" armistice The American Shooting Star was knocked down in the first battle a skirmish between 16 MIGs and about four of the slower Shooting Stars Fifth Air Force said the pilot was killed One MIG was damaged in that battle will be ousted from offices not yet publicly linked to the current series of firings ui the tax collection service Mr Anderson who was introduced by James Blanding is a native of Florence In school work all of his adult life he is now in his second term as superintendent of education "Education has more to do with the development of a strong democracy and of a strong nation than anything else" Mr Anderson declared "South Carolina Soviet Bloc Silent On East-West Talks The four MIG kills came in the i day's second fight a clash between 19 Sabrejets and 18 MIGs (Continued on Page Eleven) Steelworkers Begin Drive For Wage Lift Tomorrow Night Miss Glenn Heard In Second Concert Of Season Here nas oeen siow in developing a i I strongeducational system because I of a large dual population But things have changed fast in the By STANLEY JOHNSON PARIS The Soviet bloc remained silent today possibly awaiting Moscow's decision on proposed secret disarmament discussions while the Western Big Three appeared agreed that such talks would be useful in easing international tensions The United States was expected Czech Hatchet Man Given The Boot As Vice Premier LONDON Moscow-trained entire bouth in recent years Horace Greeley once advised young men to go West Now young 4ien- in the-Sou ih are advised to The full five-man negotiating teams all in full dress except for two drably clad Chinese generals approved a cease-fire line agreement opening the way for an armistice within 30 days Then" they plunged into the next truce question That is supervision of an armistice Each 'presented its own ideas The two pians were in general" agreement on four points: (1) shooting to stop when an armistice is signed (2 a joint commission to supervise the truce (3) all forces to withdraw from the buffer zone and enemy territory after the armistice is signed and (4) armed troops to stay out of the buffer zone Vice Adm Turner Joy chief delegate presented the seven-point Allied plan after hearing the Communist suggestions "We started the ball rolling by telling the Communists their proposal wasn't broad enough on the general principles for supervision Then- we gave them an idea of what we wanted" The Communists asked for an adjournment until 11 a Wednesday (9 Tuesday EST) to study the plan The day's truce conference set in a Christmas-like landscape in the snow of Panmunjom opened with a series of agreements on a provisional cease-fire line first by the staff officers who drew the line on a 14-foot map then by subcommittees which had argued over a buffer zone for more than three months and finally by the full truce delegations The truce teams also approved a buffer zone agreement making the line the cease-fire line if a full agreement is signed within 30 days Unlawful Claims For Compensation Being Uncovered "Unemployment benefits authorities here are clamping down on unlawful claim's filed by employed persons failing to report their incomes Magistrate Henry Richardson recently sentenced A Trouble- Carroll Glenn's first --frddie bought when she was four bore Taf W01 Ring Doorbells If GOP Nominates Him stay there and those in the East the imposing label "A Slradivarius and Midwest are adcissd to move Model" and was purchased (from to press for a time limit on any Rudolf Slansky one-time hatchet secret disarmament discussions man of Czechoslovak communism wnicn mignx resuix irom tne pro- 1 posal of the Arab-Asian bloc at the United JNations meeting here field of Wedgefield to $200 or 60 to take the arms debate off the has been fired as vice premier and arrested for "activities against the state" the Prague Radio announced today- The arrest was ordered by Communist President Klement Gott-wald at the suggestion of Premier Antonin Zapotocky the announcement said because "investigations into activities of subversive groups" brought out facts that convict Slansky Slansky was removed from his job as secretary -general of the Czechoslovak Communist Party i South South Carolina has shown 1 its greatest development econom-j ically since we began developing a strong educational program" He pointed out that the first appropriation for education in South Carolina was made by the state in 1908 In 1946 the state appropriated 17 million dollars for education and for the past year the appropriation was 38 million in addition to authoriza- tion for a bond issue of 75 mil- lion for school construction There are now 503000 school children in the state he said and enrollment in our schools is in-i creasing steadily every year In spite of the comparatively large appropriation for educati made this year he declared the state's per capita outlay for schools is Sears Roebuck for $380 'Tomorrow night at 8:30 the charming young American violinist will pick up her priceless Guarnerius on the Community Concert stage of Edmunds High auditorium in a recital for Sumter music-lovers The wife of Eugene List far-Samed pianist of the Potsdam Conference Miss Glenn is the only winner of all four major music-awards offered in open competition in the United States by the Naumburg Foundation the Town Hall Endowment the National Federation of Music Clubs and the Schubert Memorial In her first season as a concert artist she substituted for Fritz Kreisler and sent hats high in the air In one season alone she played five solo world soap box and put it behind closed doors The General Assembly's Political Committee was to continue its discussien today of the Western proposal for a foolproof disarmament plan and it seemed likely that discussion of the secret talk proposal might come before the committee tomorrow Elsewhere in the days (suspended to $100 or 30 days) after he pleaded guilty to filing several claims for unemployment benefits on the pretext that he was out of work The de-fendent however was employed and failed to report his weekly earnings while he was collecting unemployment benefits Claimants found guilty of fraud are disqualified for a year and may not qualify for benefits again until they have repaid the full amount fraudulently received according to administrators of the compensation law The South Carolina Employment Security Commission which initiated court actfon in the above case was represented by Lemmon of the field division 1 The United States denied So- viet charges that the American last September in a move tied by Western observers to Moscow or mutual Security Act constituted aggression against the ders to the Czech Communists to tighten their ranks against inroads in the form of fostering subversive By JACK BELL WASHINGTON Iff) Sen Taft (R-Ohio) says if he gets the 1952 Republican presidential nomination he will try to duplicate a "doorbell ringing" campaign in which he won re-election in Ohio last year Taft an avowed candidate for the GOP nomination told reporters today he thinks a party standard bearer should make personal contact with as many people as possible in a campaign "Of course you can't actually put on a doorbell ringing campaign yourself but I would urge that every state do what we did in Ohio in 1950 organize from the precinct on up" he said The same sort of organization was called for on the part of the Democrats by their national chairman Frank McKinney in a New York speech last night McKinney criticized Taft's stand on foreign policy issues He said the Ohioan had joinfed with Senators Wherry (R-Neb) McCarthy (R-Wis) and House GOP Leader Joe Martin (Mass) "the parti- san babble" McKinney said often drowned out the voices of Republicans who wanted to cooperate with the administration on foreign policy McKinney said President Truman "is ready to help" the Democrats clean out the "termites" the The agreement does not halt the activities The said the only of "Titoism appearances with the Philadelphia still far below the national avcr- The announcement at that time fighting Agreement first must be Orchesfra aim of the act was to aid refugees from behind the Iron Curtain 2 The United States strongly said Slansky would get "another i important tate post" but did not i reached on three other clauses supervision of the armistice exchange of prisoners and recommendations to governments supported Italian member- say what the post was to be age Many more millions will be needed he said to bring our average up to that of the nation's as a whole We have spent more on our highways in recent years than on She adds another feather to her cap when she makes her debut on one of America's most distinguished network-wide radio programs devoted to serious music "The The Czech government shakeup Woman Slightly Injured In Accident In City BTTTSBURGH How to get around government wage ceilings poses a big problem for Philip Murray today as he begins negotiations which he hopes will result in a "aubstantial" wage boost for nearly one million CIO United Steelworkers who now average $197 an hour In addition Murray president ot both the CIO and the steel-workers is meeting firm opposition from the steel industry Top industry spokesmen say they can't Afford to boost wages because materials have increased in price and profits have fallen Under present government wage controls the steelworkers are entitled to a maximum wage hike of four or five cents an hour without getting special permission Murray has made it clear he wants much more than four or five cents but hasn't spelled out his demands Today's opening round of negotiations is with Steel Corporation the bellwether of the in-kidustry The pattern it sets usually Jtx followed down the line by therest of the industry Before the week is out similar negotiations will open with mogt of the major steel companies Murray has 35 days to try to reach a settlementbefore a strike is possible The steelworkers' contract with Steel and the rest of the industry expires at mid-(Contlnued on Page Eleven) Fire Again Sweeps Cotton Firm Here fcThe Fire Department reported Hbay that Middleton and Baker cotton brokers on Liberty Court located off West Liberty Street had its second fire in a week early today The first fire occurred at about 12:30 a Jfovember 20 and caused serious damages to the goods stored in the building and one of the three rooms was a total loss The second call occurred at 1:30 a this morning and rooms that escaped last week's blaze were totally destroyed Mr Middleton stated that he has notified the insurance agency to make a complete investigation of the origins of both fires In addition to the Middleton and Baker fire a call was reported at 8:45 this morning to Dr Andrew's office 210 North Sumter Street An oil heater flooded and became overheated no damage was done Telephone Hour" on 12 ship Vorys in the Trusteeship Committee supported a French resolution calling on the Assembly to urge Security Council action on Italy's application Previous Italian applications have been vetoed by the Russians December education he said The result has been one of the finest highway was believed to have been linked I with growing unrest in Czechoslovakia at the rising demands of the ruling Communists for greater pro- duction to feed the Soviet war ma-! chine The demands on Czech eco- New Alarm System Is Approved Here At $49200 Cost Vicy Nelson 41 of Route 3 systems in the country but edu- Final Rites Today cation has lagged far behind- The state is now embarked on For "Jilimiie" Cain a that provide equal educational facilities to all he 3 Yugoslavia concluded the list-! nomy created critical shortages ing of her charges against the and passive resistance among some Soviet Union Minister of State' of the workers Milovan Djilas accused the Comin- An underground source reported form countries of aonlvins mili- from Czecloslovakia last montti (Continued on Page Eleven) Sumter was slightly injured as a result of a two-car accident at Liberty and Salem yesterday af-! ternoon i According to police she was a passenger in a car driven by Her-: bert Nelson which collided with A $49200 tfire alarm system to be installed in Sumter in 1952 was Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon at Hurst Funeral Home here for David Jamison Cain 55 of ESks Plan Initiation tarv economic and political pres- that the Slansky ouster came be-Qurp on Yugoslavia and told the i cause the Oatis case backfired "approved 4 to 1 by City Council i air A a national chairman said have turned Assembly this endangered world I The Czech Communists imprisoned i The system win provid a net Sumter and Columbia who died Initiation otf candidates for mcm- an auto driven by Mrs Frances Correspondent William Oatis peace Delegate John Sher- at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon bcrship will highlight tomorrow's 1 Fortune 45 Mason Croft Drive (Continued rmPag Eleven) work of 90 modern fire alarm boxes throughout the city and each box will be wired directly to in the Veterans' Hospital meeting of Elks Lodes No Nelson was headed west and the as a "spy" sentencing him to 10 years The trial was denounced throughout the non-Communist i an index panel at the fire depart world Fortune car was crossing Liberty when the collision occurred the accident report stated Damage was estimated to be about $500 to Mrs Fortune's auto and about $200 to the other vehicle He had been ill for several 855 The meeting is set for 8 weeks at the Lodge Hall Norman Mr Cain was born at Privateer Chandler secretary has announc-in Sumter County on May 5 1896 ed the son of William and Ida Supper will be served immed-Dwight Cain He grew up in Sum- I iately after the business session ter County and received his early For Underprivileged! "Shopping Tour Replaces Parade As Jaycee Proiect ment City Manager A Raffield urged Council to approve the project long an item of discussion and study before December 1 when government restrictions on materials take effect According to Mr Raffield the project to be financed over a five vear period will sustain 500 points up among administration office holders "In my opinion 999 per cent of those entrusted with public office are honest and incorruptible" McKinney said "The few who do not measure up to these standards must be exposed and punished relentlessly I am ready to help and what is more important Harry Truman is ready to help" Taft told a Senate elections subcommittee yesterday he attempted to make "foreign policy and the socialistic trend of the Truman administration" the chief issues in the 1950 Ohio campaign He indicated to reporters he thinks they will be major issues again if he wins the GOP presidential Lions Sell Brooms Sumter Citizens' Cooperation Asked education here In 1917 he was graduated from Clemson College He served in the Clemson Gets Gator Bid And Plans To Accept It credited toward the reduction of The Christmas Activities Com- The Sumter Lions Club launched fire insurance rates Underwriters mittce of the Sumter Junior Cham- its five-day annual broom and mat recognize 1500 points as the stan- ber of Commerce is scheduled to saie loctay wiin commence uiai Jard number effecting a propor- insurance reduction in meet tomorrow afternoon to place Ssumter residents would coopeiate tionate in the campaign to aid the blind rates 1 Army in World War I and later I was with the National Bank of South Carolina I He was with the bank for ap- proximately 20 years and had i been a member of its Board of Di- I rectors He worked for a short i while with the Carolina Coca-Cola 1 Bottling Company of Sumter and 1 for the past decade had been cm-i ployed at Shaw Air Force He is survived by his wife Mary Ellen Bowman Cain of Sumter and Columbia one daughter Mrs John Murray Complon 6' Sum-merville one son David Jamison Cain Jr of Columbia a reporter i for The State two sisters Mrs I final touches on plans to conduct a Christmas Shopping Tour for I underprivileged children in this area The meeting is set for 5:30 in the studios of Radio Station WFIG Members otf the committee I include Harry Bcrger Morris Ma-j zursky Page Robinson Jr ft SHOPPING CO DAVIS LEFT loodshed oxscore CLEMSON The Associated Press learned today that Clemson College has been invited to meet Miami in the Jan 1 Gator Bowl football game at Jacksonville Fla and plans lo accept the bid regardless of the outcome of tne other 16 conference members requesting approval Gator Bow! officials announced several days aio that Miami's opponent would be announced in Jacksonville tomorrow Playing in Miami's OrangoBowl last Jan 1 Clemson defeated Miami 15-14 Clemson it was learned has polled the conference schools seeking permission under conference rules but school officials arc expected to send the team to the bowl no matter how the rest of the conference votes Maryland another conference school recently accepted a New Orleans Sugar Bowl bid to meet Tennessee without the formality of a conference poll Maryland officials they planned to seek conference approval at the annual meeting in Richmond Va Dec 14 Conference Commissioner Wallace Wade expressed "surprise" that Maryland did not poll the members Southern Conference presidents at a meeting in Chapel Hill two months ago recommended that the conference at its Richmond meeting next month vote to ban post-season bowl participation by conference members as of this season Headquarters have been set up at the Puriol station next to the YMCA on Liberty Street Special orders may be made by phoning 953 Today through Saturday Lions will cavass homes in the area with proceeds to be used by the Lions for work with the blind Brooms manufactured entirely by South Carolina blind workmen will sell for $150 160 and 175 with mats selling for $275 Prices listed in yesterday's Item were in error The Lions have 2500 brooms to sell but one soiling point: "Close your eyes for just one minute Could you pass up the opportunity di helping a person who is unable to see and who wants to help Highway Accident Reports by the Sumter Highway Patrol District No 2 (Sumter Clarendon Kershaw Williamsburg Counties) for the 24-hour period ended 1 midnight yesterday Davis Jr James Karvelas and William Hodge Mike Karvelas Jaycees' president is an ex-officio member The shopping tour a project which originated with the Jaycee chapter in Mobile Ala and has spread to chapters throughout the nation will replace the annual Santa Claus parade as the 1951 Christmas project of the local Jaycees Full details on how the tour will work will he announced after tomorrow's meeting Rivers of Greenwood and Mrs Thomas of Charleston five brothers Richard Cain of Sumter Cain of Hampton Oi Cain Scott Cain and Cain all of Sumter and two grandchildren The services will be conducted by the Rev Pritchctl of Florence Interment will be in a I Sumter cemetery KILLED INJURED 0 KILLED TO DATE IN 1951 50 KILLED TO DATE IN 1950 45 INJURED TO DATE IN 1951 413 INJURED TO DATE IN 1950 2S I Drive SAVE A LOTS -T 1 I II I I nil I Horse serse is the kind a lacks.