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GREENWOOD WEATHER For 24 hours ending at a. m. today: Temperature, high 13. low 64. Rainfall ilnce Jan.

1. 19 03 Inches. tNormal through June. 23.91 Inches.) Clear and no rain. WEATHER FORECAST South 'Carolina Considerable cloudiness and not much change In temperatures tonight and Thursday.

Scattered showers Thursday and In south portion tonight. The Leading Newspaper of Western South Carolina VOL. XXXI. NO. 121 ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE GREENWOOD, S.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 7, 1950 associated press features nea features PRICE FIVE CENTS u. REMEI1G MI THE' INDEX-JOURNAL OPPOSES SON SAfS CALIFORNIA CHOOSES A GOVERNOR Marshall Sees Peril In Inaction Washington, June 7 (AP) Greenwood Crowd Largest To Hear State Candidates Greenwood county voters turned out in record numbers last night to hear candidates for State office. The more than 750 persons at the high school football field topped any assemblage that has heard either the State candidates or the senatorial and congressional groups in the current campaign. Faced with the largest and most responsive audience to date, the candidates unlimbered with a discussion of State affairs and some personalities to inject a little fire Gen. Bradley Not Advocating His 'Military View' Secretary Also Says US Willing to Con-sider Any Possibilities by Trygve Lie, But There's 'No Magic' to End Cold War Washington, June 7 (AP) Secretary of State Ache-son said today the United States opposes any rearmament of western Germany as a means of bolstering the security of the West.

Acheson made this statement at a news conference in commenting on the testimony of Gen. Omar Bradley before a congressional committee yesterday. Bradley said that rparminfr Western Germanv would strenethen the West Vol VrmmirW: ii ill inf4)grfiii noiJSiintf ml a mfmtm immmmmmmmmmmmmmmm into me meeting. Gunman Kills TniVrl Of Fi'va "'Gang Brothers strictly military point of (NEA Telephoto As the people of California went Acheson told reporters that Uradley had made it quite clear that he is not advocating rearming the Germans- and that his opinion was strictly a military judgment. Acheson also said the United States is willing to consider "any possibilities" proposed by Trygve Lie for settlement of East-West differences.

But, he added, "There is no magic" for ending the cold war. making a choice. They were the Incumbent, Gov. Earl warren and his challenger, James Kooseveii. son oi uie late President.

In the photo above (left) Gov. Warren kisses his daughter, Virginia, after she dropped her vote in the ballot box In Oakland, Calif. Watching as Virginia cssts her vote is Mrs. warren, in uie pnoto above (right) Roosevelt checks districts on a map with his secretary, MoUy Ruth Singer, as report of early voting come in. Fairfield.

111., June 7. An unseen gunman today killed a third of the five Shelton brothers, whose family gang has been an Illinois scourge for decades. Roy Shelton, about 59, was shot twice, then run over by the harrow and disk rig when he had been cultivating his Pond Creek bottom farm 12 miles southeast of Fairfield. A farm hand, Frank McKibben, bout 49, who was drivnlg a second tractor about 100 leet away, was Roosevelt Is Increasing Demo Primary Lead; Warren Wins In GOP By The Associated Press James Roosevelt gradually increased his lead today for the Democratic nomination for governor of California as Gov. Earl Warren won a smashing unprecedented third term Republican nomination.

Sharing in national interest in yesterday's primaries was the defeat in South Dakota of Senator Chan Gurney, top Republican on the Senate armed services committee, by Rep. Francis Case, veteran of seven House terms. Case, who campaigned on an economy-in-government platform, was the fourth congressman to win nomination fbot at twice when he went to Shelton aid. McKibben was not hit. Bullets struck Roy in the back and groin.

He toppled from the tractor seat and his body was badly mutilated by the harrow and disks which passed over him. For decades, three of the Shelton brothers had been central figures In gang warfare in southern Illinois. The notorious three were Carl and Bernie, now dead of ambush wounds and Big Earl who has twice recovered from such attacks. The slaying of Roy was a surprise to Fairfield residents who said that he and Dalta, SO, of Clsne, 14 miles to the northwest, had not been ae tive In the Shelton gang. Both men have stuck closely to their farming.

Dalta is the father of Little Earl. 14. most recent target of assassins' Gen. George C. Marshall today said "the most dangerous thing" the United States can do is to sit impotent in the face of Communist aggression.

The wartime army chief of staff conceded that the mu tual defense aid program might encourage rather than deter Russia to act before western Europe is able to defend itself. "There is a hazard," he said, "but I am convinced that to sit lmpo. ent is the most dangerous thing we carr do." The general, who as secretary of state authored the Marshall Plan for European recovery, appeared tent is the most dangerous thing we committee. He erged Congress to continue the program of arms aid to western Europe, calling it vital to morale as well as military defense. Specifically, Marshall backed President Truman's request for in new armslald lor the 1951 fiscal year beginning July 1.

Speaking without notes, the general observed that the Soviet Union, unlike the democracies, can make "cold-blooded decisions" and set the date and hour for action. "It seems to me to sit idle and impotent is a fatal procedure," he reiterated. I do not think In the long run the program adds to the perils of the sltuaUon. I think it materially reduces them." Elaborating on his statement that Inaction would be Marshall said to do nothing would adversely affect the morale of -Western Eu-Europe and would "play into Soviet hands for future pressure politics." Marshall agreed wholeheartedly with Oen. Omar N.

Bradley, chairman of the Joint chiefs of staff, who said the arms pact Is designed to afford Western Europe "reasonable security." Bradley testified before the committee yesterday. "I think that is the correct approach to the problem," Marsh aj told the lawmakers. He added: "We can't give them complete security. No one can do that. But we can build up their morale and confidence, and the greatest factor in security Is morale." Senate to Probe Moral Perverts In Government Washington, June 7 The Senate today voted an investigation of reports there are hundreds of homosexuals and moral perverts among government employes.

It adopted by voice vote a resolution authorizing $10,000 for the Senate executive expenditures committee to conduct the inquiry. Action was without debate. The rules committee had approved the resolution earlier, but trimmed -the expense allowance from (25,000 to I10.00Q, The resolution was Introduced by Senator Hill. (D-Ala) and nine other senators after Washington police estimated there are, as many as 3,500 homosexuals employed In various government departments. The State Department has for mally reported that 91 perverts have been forced to resign, from that department.

Senator Wherry (R-Neb) has charged that 14 of them have found Jobs in other government agencies, Senators have demanded that moral pervert be removed from government Jobs on grounds they are poor security risks. The con tention is that they are subject to blackmail and might disclose gov em men secrets to foreign agents to avoid exposure of their sexual habits. v.Buns. He escapd an ambush Mon-l-ty. but his comoanlon.

Dellos Wv- lie, IS, was. wounded by three slugs. Gubernatorial candidates hewed generally to the line fashioned at the Abbeville meeting yesterday morning, except that Marcus A. Stone got away from State matters to again rip into James F. Byrnes' record as Secretary of State.

Byrnes and Thomas H. Pope continued their discussion of State topics, and Lester L. Bates again confined his remarks chiefly to an explanation of his proposed solution for what he calls the state's muddled financial situation. The Supreme Court ruling of Monday came in for some discussion by Byrnes, and T. C.

Callison and Charles N. Plowden, candidates for attorney general also touched on this subject. Callison, native of this county, said there Is "nothing startling" in the decision, that it is no different from other Supreme Court rulings. "May we hope that in the future we can show the world that we are giving equal he said, "so that we can still maintain segregation." Plowden viewed the matter more seriously. "I am much more alarmed than my distinguished opponent," he said.

"The only thing standing between us and an end to segregation is equal facilities. From my experience with the financial side of the State's affairs, I know what that means." J. Roy Jones and A. W. Bethea continued their fiery campaign for commissioner of agriculture.

Jones reviewed his accomplishments since becoming connected with the office. (He was pitching a baseball game In Greenwod when he got at wire that he had the Job, he said.) This past year he turned $650,000 back Into the state treasury over expenses, he declared. Bethea continued his appeal for a commission composed of a representative of each of the major farming interests in the State. He also charged again that Jones' men are tearing down his posters and putting up those for Jones. "That Is not only a bad policy." he said, "it is downright bad manners." He claimed he was running a single-handed fight against an organization.

"Jones has lived off the State for 40 years." he shouted, "and now It Is time he does something else." Byrnes was first speaker last night In the gubernatorial race. He received loud applause and some cheers as he came before the microphone on the truck body stand on the fifty-yard Una 'at the football field. He entered the race for governor with the hope that be would be able to enlist the aid of other governors in puttlngxa stop to the trend toward nationalisation and socialism, he declared. He asked for a repeal of wartime taxes, which he said were enacted as a war measure and were not supposed to be continued into time of peace, He received frequent applause with statements such as these: "The power to spend billions of dollars makes little men think they are big men." "Men can get drunk on whiskey and recover from it with nothing worse than a hangover and other complications. But when men get drunk on power they never get over It." "No man can sit' In Washington and run the affairs of 150.000.000 people.

The trouble is, some people think they can." He recommended a reorganization of the state government remove the dead wood: two or three experts to follow the money after it la appropriated to see how economically the heads of departments spend it; a post audit system to track down the use to which the money Is put: a merit system: high er pay for school teachers, an investigation of the cost of school pupil transportation, which he said Continued on Page Eleven Rescue Ship To Be in Charleston This Afternoon least two persons had no difficulty Register Now You have only more days to register for first primary. Registration books open first five days of week at ourt house. You must be registered to vote in primary. Smith Calls For Runoff Against Graham in N. C.

Raleigh. N. C. June 7 fV-Wil lis Smith today renewed his bid for North Carolina's Democratic senatorial nomination. The Raleigh lswyer announced that he will enter a runoff primary against liberal Senator Frank Graham.

The runoff vote will be held on June 24. Smith, who campaigned as a con servative in opposition to much of President Truman's "Fair Deal-program, trailed Graham by 93.000 votes in the May 27 first primary, but Graham lacked 5,600 votes of winning a clear majority which would have given him the' nomination. The total vote of more than 618.000 was the largest ever cast in a North Carolina primary. Smith, who earlier had told a reporter he had "almost decided" yesterday not to run again. Issued a statement that he was acceding to "urgent demands that I continue the fight for what I conceive to be truly progressive and representative "If we are to succeed, we must have the active help of every citizen who believes In the constitutional democracy of Thomas Jefferson with freedom from social, economic and political control and dictation.

We heed volunteer workers- In our campaign headquarters here in Raleigh and In every county. We need spontaneous activity In every precinct, for it is well known that we do not have an organization of professional politicians and we are at disadvantage from a financial standpoint. "With faith and hard we can win, and we shall winl- Smith's statement said that many of the demands for a runoff came "from voters who supported other candidates in the first Senator Graham and his State Campaign Manager. Jeff D. Johnson, issued this statement: "Mr.

Smith Is within his right in calling tor a second primary. That is part of our democratic sys tem. We welcome the RESCUE yesteraay ior otner on ices ana $2 Billion More Authorized Jor Farm Supports By Joseph C. Goodwin Washington. June 7 (JPy- The Senate passed a bill today authorizing ah additional $2,000,000,000 for government support of farm prices.

The measure, similar to one approved by the House, increases by that amount the price-supporUng capacity of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) which maintains the support program. If finally approved by Congress and the President it would authorize CCC to use up to $6,730,000,000 in bolstering price props on basic crops. It now goes back to the House for acUon on a Senate amendment relating to import of foreign farm products. The final Senate vote 46 to 5 came -early thla morning; after a long night session in which the bill's supporters beat down a Republican attempt to cut back price prop levels immediately. Thiiove, by Senator Williams (R-Del)Nnd seven "other GOP was defeated oh, a 50-to-18 roll call vote.

A Republican Xmotlon for adjournment also was defeated when Democratic leaders held out for the final vote, VN The adjournment motion was made by Senator Cain (R-Wash) an opponent of a rent control extension bin which Majority Leader Lucas of Illinois had ssid he would move to take up as soon as the farm bill was out of the way. The CCC bill amendment offered by Williams and his colleagues would have eliminated the hike in the agency's borrowing capacity and would have immediately lowered price support levels for such commodities as wheat, cotton and corn. a Miami, June 7. VPh- A searching Investigation began today Into the crash of a C-46 plane hi which 38 Puerto Ricans. apparently lost their lives.

Representatives of the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Puerto Rican government flew to San Juan and Charleston. S. to open inquiries The destroyer USS Saufley steamed toward Charleston with 37 survivors. It was due to dock at 4 p. m.

(EST.y Eight were known dead and scart hope was held for 30 others aboard the twin-engine plane that want down In the Atlantic 275 miles east northeast of Miami Monday night. The 165-foot cutter Aurora, three Coast Guard planes and one Air Force craft continued to search the rea for possible survivors, but of-' flcisls said there was little hope of finding any more. The pilot, co-pilot and steward "were among those rescued from the plane, which was enroute from Sen Juan to Wilmington. N. C.

with Puerto Rican migrant, workers on -w Alawa Dii.vfn to the poll to choose a governor, at uk iuuu iut wc w. avc. Rep. Helen Oahagan Douglas, New Dealer, won the Democratio and Rep. Rlcnard Nixon, member of the House Un-American Activities committee, the Republican nomination for senator In California.

And Rep. John K. Miles, a former governor, turned back the bid of David Chavez, brother of Senator Dennis Chaves, for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in New Mexico. Senator Ourney was the second Incumbent to lose out so far in the 1950 primaries. Senator Pepper (D-Pla) was defeated by Rep.

George Smathers in a May 2 primary. With more than one-third of the state's precincts in, Roosevelt had 28,000 vote lead over Warren tot the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. But Warren smothered Eoosevelt in the Republican p-mary and his total on both tickets at one point was nearly twe to one ever Roosevelt's total California's unusual cross-filing system, permitting candidates, to run in both major party primaries, had posed the interesting question of whether Warren could repeat his 1946 performance by winning the Democratic as well as his own party's nomination. Mrs. Douglas' lead in the Democratic Senate race was about two to one over her nearest opponent with one-third of the precincts in.

Manchester Boddy, Los Angeles publisher, ran second and Nixon third. On the Republican side, Nixon was far In front at this point. Friends; of Case said It wss not Issues but hard. work in "beating the bushes" that won for him a-galnst Ourney in South Dakota. Case's opponent in November will be John A.

Engel, Avon attorney and a Truman supporter. South Dakota Republicans nominated Attorney General Sigurd Anderson for governor. State Legislator Joe Robbie, was unopposed for the. Democratic nomination. In winning the Democratic gu-J bernatorial nomination, Rep.

Miles turned back the. bid of the Chaves brothers for control of the nartv Irr-Kew Mexico. David Chavez re signed as Judge In Puerto Rico to make the race. The Republican "ftdmmee, who was unopposed, is Edwin L. Meche, Las Cruces rormer Rep.

John J. Dempsey has staged a comeback. He led Democratic ticket in the congressional contests with Rep. FernandesA in second place, for the two at-large nominations. 2 Escaped Convicts From Chester Jail Nabbed in Asheville AsheviUe.

N. June 7. Two convicts who escaped Monday from a Chester County, 8. Jail were being held here today for South Carolina officers. The men, identified as Floyd Julius Maker, 32, and Lyn O.

Melton, 28, were nabbed here last night. Asheville police said the pair admitted stealing a truck near Chester Monday and later breaking Into a filling station between and S. C. Each was serving a flve'-year sentence on various charges, police Lie Asks Entire UN to Settle Chinese Dispute By A. I.

Goldberr lake Success, June 7 (IV) U. N. Secretary-General Trygve i.le carried his demand for settlement of the Chinese representation dls- mite and enditiK the cold war to all members of the United Nations today. lie told them, in effect, that un less Red China seated in tne U. N.

and the Russians come back to United Nations meetings, there can be no progress towa.d world peace. By letter and by radio messages In 22 languages, the U. N. chief executive appealed for support of a 10-polnt peace plan he has already presented in person to President Truman, and to Russia's Prime Minister Josef Stalin during his -save-the-U. N.

mission to Moscow last month. Lie also plugged his plan when he saw British and French leaders during, h'is European trip. 'He said in his letter that he could not tell O. N. members what his confidential talks revealed but that all four nations left him confident they still relyNon the U.

N. for negotiation on world problem. His letter and memorandum also outlined concretely for the first time his 10 proposals for a peace program. Lie said he is going to push his proposals before the 11 -nation Security Council "at the appropriate time" and also 'may take them into the full 59-natton assembly that meets here Sept. 19.

He has said in previous statements that tf the Chinese question Is not settled by then, the assembly would meet In confusion. Lie is on record with a memorandum stating that a government in control of the people and territory of a country should be Its representative in the U. N. He has never dented that this means he favors now the seating of Communist China and the ouster of. Nationalist Chinese representatives whose government is holding out on Formosa.

But 29 bodies of the U. N. have refused to oust the Nationalists on Russia's demand. Mrs. Roosevelt Unveils Norwegian Monument to FDR Oslo, Norway, June 7.

iP) A monument to the late President Franklin J). Roosevelt erected as a tribute to him by the Norwegian people, was unveiled by Mrs, Roosevelt tpday in a ceremony attended by Norway's King Haakon. A crowd of 20,000 Norwgians was on hand as Mrs. Roosevelt unveiled the memorial, a ten-foot high monument of the late President, seated, holding a scroll in his left hand. It Is the work of the Norwegian Sculptor Stinlus Predriksen.

(NEA Telephoto Lie. Secretary uenerai or u.a United Nations, recently toured European capitals. Including Moscuw. Acheson said the western powers must go forward with their plana "to create condltioas of strengUi" against Russian expansionist pressures. He added bhinily that "We cant afford to wait" for the Russians' to change their policies in the V.

policies which he assailed as fb-struftionhl. Lie informed President Acheson said, that his talks In the big power capitals showed that the U. N. "remains a primary factor in the foreign policy -of each of -the four govrnments he visited." Acheson commented that certain ly was true in the United States but that as far as Russia is concerned It Is a question of using the U. N.

to advance Soviet maneuvers. M'Arthur Heads For Showdown With Jap Reds Tokyo. June 7. P) General Mac Arthur appeared headed for a showdown fight with Japanese Reds tonight after purging 17 pol.cy makers of the bombastic party -nwspaper Akahata. The new order brings to 41 Uie number of Red wheelhorsea panned In 24 hours from Japanese political life.

Eight of them are members of parliament. The two moves set the. stage fcr possible strikes, violence and worldwide repercussions. The Reds were caught napping oy me new oraer. inej named a "leading group" of eight members to replace the 24 Politburo leaders who.

felt MacArthur's wrath yesterday, -r But. far from' quailing before MscArthur, Akahata blazed back with a headline today declaring "The Communist Party Together with the People Is Indestructible." Another banner scream for party members "To Defend the Communist Party." A general strike was! called5 by Akahata. But there was. no indication party members were rallying to the call. Japanese police raided union headquarters searching for letter denouncing MacArthur' and calling for termination of the occupation snd ousting of occupation troops.

The letter was read at a Communist meeting Saturday. Prime Minister Shigern Yoshida, Idea of outlawing the Communist party, went into immediate conference with MacArthur. As they, met, rumors flashed around the city there would be more One hinted the Russian mssion might be asked to leave Charlotte Negro Times Wife Murder By Kadio Program Charlotte, N. June T. 4V Police said a Negro man shot his wife to death here last night while an actor on a radio mystery program was counting to three.

Robert Lee Jefferson was arrested on a chagre of murder. Officers found his wife, Eleanor, lying on the bedroom floor with her stomach blasted by gunshot. The dead woman's sister, Annie Lee Booker, told officers: "The radio had on a program where some man was counting, and I heard him tell Eleanor that when the man counted three he was going to shoot her. I heard the report of the gun just ae the man counted three." 'e HI NABOU in ion. or cases the feller that has plenty of outs hat got entirely toe much y(v -vy- Sus and AH rishls rwrvyd ViMtuAA DITCHED PLANE SURVIVORS Jealous American Wife in Germany Cuts Blondes Hair.

Beats Her Up Vommissioner of laboi flew to Jbbarleston to meet the survivors, lie was accompanied by Howard Davidson, assistant to the director cf the employment and immigration bureau of the department of labor Puerto Rico. A representative of Westair Company, operators of the plane, also was to meet the Saufley at Charleston. The CAB said In Washington that Gordon Matthews, assistant chief of Its accident investigation branch, flew to San- Juan to begin an Immediate inquiry, there; 'Nine-Year-Old Car Almost Comes to Pieces in Emergency Detroit, Jane 7. Henry J. Bedell, 17, appeared In court en a reckless driving charge yesterday.

Bedel taM he tried te slow his nine-year-old ear but the tor got slack. He tried to atop but the brake snapped eff. He tried te steer away from a row mt parked ears bat the steeling wheel went haywire. The Judge fined Bedell SI for crashing Into twe ears. He also ordered him not to drive for six months.

"Your Honor, that Is a personal favor to me," said BedeO. "After hat nightmare rm fed up with HEADS EDISOV INSTITUTE Atlantic City, N. June 7 W) Louis V. Sutton of Raleigh, N. was elected president of the Edison Electric Institute at yesterday's session of, the annual convention of this tra'da organization of the pow.

industry. 1 k.T i i I' 1 4 ijti i Frankfurt, Oermany, June" 1 Pi Because she siispectef her hua band had been a blonde Lithuanian girl, an American mother of three children cut off the blonde's hair and beat her with a shoe, the Lithuanian testified before i V.6. high commission court today, Elsa Kerwlskaeta, told the court Mrs. -Alma Victoria Wall of Shreveport, sheared off half her locks while a Polish girl held a gag over her mouth. Mrs.

Wall, wife of T-Sgt. Bumey M. Wall of the U. S. Air Force In Wiesbaden, went on' trial today on charges of assault and cutting the hair of Miss Kerwlskaeta.

The Polish girl. Lydla Orsegoroczkow, faces the same charges. The Lithuanian flrl told this story: She first met Mrs. Wall In 'a Wiesbaden restaurant. The American woman slapped, her.

charged lhatsShe was wearing some-qf her. clothes and demanded to know where she could find Sergeant Wall. Then Mrs. Wall pulled her out fit the restaurant and threatened to shoot her If she refused to 'help search for the missing Sergeant Wall. After cruising around In 'a taxi for several hours, they picked up the Polish girl, who Is a maid, and went, to Mrs.

Wall's home. Mrs. Wall suddenly became friendly and invited the blonde' to sleep on her Some time Jater she was awakened by a gag pressing over her mouth. She saw Mrs. Wall standing over her scissors fn one hand and blonde hair in the When she tried to get up, Mrs.

Wall. pushed her back and struck her repeatedly with a shoe. The Polish girl threatened to. heave her out of the third 'floor bedroom. Mrs.

Wall's attorney, Milton J. Telger pf New York, challenged the authority of the court to try his client. He claimed Mrs. Wall was entiUed'to court martial as the wife of an Air Force sergeant. The court overruled h)s argument; v'- The Navy Destroyer escort US3 Saufley picks up a line of rubber rafts containing survivors of a C-48 chartered airliner which ditched In the AUantlc Ocean, 275 miles Eaatnortheat of Miamlv after one of the ship's two engines failed.

The picture was made by Navy mechanic R. B. Williamson from aboard a Navy, Privateer airplane which arrived on the scene as the rewut was.