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FINAL COMMERCIAL APPEAL FINAL 112th No 87 MEMPHIS TENN WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH 28 1951 Bf 99 I I OfTfATHMAj NBWB 34 PAGES PRICE CENTS Marshall Instructs MacArthur Stay Away From Manchuria Five North Korean Towns Fall I- HE CAN CROSS 38TH PARALLEL ONLY TO PROTECT HIS FORCES Political Decision Says Defense Chief Knowland Compares Order To Those Given Eisenhower And Patton By WILLIAM HUTCHINSON lataraatteoal Xm ImU Writw WASHINGTON March Defense Secretary Marshall declared Tuesday that General MacArthur has been instructed to keep the Korean fighting away from the Manchurian border and to cross the 3Sth Parallel only when necessary to protect his forces Marshall apparently regarded the Korean situation so delicate that ha ordered direct quotation of his comment on Mae-Arthur's authority Ho soldi "Tho question of any full advanco north of the 3Sth Parallel la a political question as already has been stated by General MacArthur "The compelling factor there the dominant instruction there ie that he will proceed in accordance with tho necessities to safeguard tho security of his command That dominates his actions" Tho Marshall declaration drew immediate criticism from Capitol HIIL Senator Knowland Calif) compared instruction! with those given Generals Eisenhower and Patton in World War IL He charged these instructions "left Berlin an island in a Russian sea" and laid the groundwork for later communist control of Chechoslovakia" Colls For Policy Stand Knowland declared: Vo other commander In all history has been faced with the necessity of marking time in front of the enemy while the United Nations debating society was vacillating between appeasement and action Tt Is time the American people the Congress and General MacArthur ba informed as to what our policy in Korea really Is" Marshall also told a news conference that In my opinion tho world situation now is more serious than it was last November" Ho said he based this statement on a letdown In the NaUon's sentiment for rearmament and declared that' it of monumental importance that Universal Military Training be adopted Tho defense secretary said that no definite line has been drawn for advancing United Nations forces but that a drive to the Manchurian border would be too extreme He said that such an advance would imperil rather than protect the security of MacArthur'a command Celled Political Flatter Marshall added that sny general advance In Korea Is a matter for political decision" Indicating that the matter should bo left up to tho United Nations rather than to military authorities At tho some time Marshall refused to comment on a reported order by the joint chiefs or staff to MacArthur to deer any future statements of political significance with WaehlORten beiauae the United Nations commander's "peace appeal" lo the Chinese Iteda However high military source snid auh a directive was nt te MacArthur presumably ee a result of from the State Department which had no prior notification of the general a statement MacArthur on Good Friday offered to conduct peace talks with FOUR SEX OFFENDERS Hongkong Consulate Employes Vice Consul Took $10000 For Visas Br TXa teeiihl me WASHINGTON March 27 The State Department announced Tuesday night it had fired four persona In the United States Con sulate at Hongkong after they confessed to being homosexuals One of them also confessed the department said to accepting about $10000 in bribes on visas for Chinese to come the United States The dismissals occurred last December A formal statement issued by the department identified the diplomat who confessed to accepting bribes as Vice Consul John Wayne Williams 25 of Carr-boro To Justice Department The department said tha Williams case has been turned ever to the Justice Department "for action and posslblr prosecution" In addition it said that Deputy Undersecretary of State Carisle Humelsine had reported the details of the affair to tho chairman of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees handling State Department appropriations Although the dismissals occurred last year the State Department did not disclose them publicly until Tuesday when the newsmen got tips about them and queried the department Tho statement did not name the Eersons involved in the three other oraoaexual cases It said none of these was found "to he Involved In the visa Irregularities" An earlier investigation made more than a year ago on reports of vise Irregularities at Hongkong lied felled lo turn up any MMriiv evidence but the retrla persisted and resulted in the second inquiry (la vo Visa te I no Williams granted visas lo at least 100 Chlntoe the department said some for entry Into this country and others to pass through the United States en route elsewhere Information on this la being turned over to Immigration authorities The department said the invest! Capital Will Greet French Chief Today WASHINGTON March 27 (AP) Final preparations wers made Tuesday for an official reception for French President Vincent Aurlol It promises to be the most colorful accorded any foreign dignitary visiting here in years Aurlol Is due by ship Wednesday In New York He will come to Washington by train late In the day for a five-day state visit as the guest of President Truman It will be the first official visit by a French president to this country and Is expected to create a stir such as the capital has not known since the British King and Queen came here In prewar 1938 After being welcomed at Union Station by Mr Truman and members of his cabinet President Aurlol will be escorted to the downtown District of Columbia Building for a key-presentation ceremony and a parade of some 6000 Army troops cadets National Guardsmen and other uniformed units The late day timing of the ceremony assures the presence of i massive throng of homeward' bound Government workers KANSAS CITY SCORNS PENDERQAST MACHINE Coalition Citizens Group Wins Clear Cut Victory In Municipal Election Br The AMocteted Trim KANSAS CITY March 27-The Citizens Association won a clear cut victory over the Pendergest Democratic organization in the city election Tuesday The Citizens group won at least sewn of the nine posts on the council and was leading In an eighth race with only 24 precincts still out Citizens Win Judgeships All three of the municipal judge-ships went to Citizens candidates Mayor William Kemp leading the Cltlsens ticket was elected to a third term The mayor also serves on the council With 470 of tho 494 precincts reported Kemp had '64094 vote His opponent Ben Swofford had 52673 Swofford conceded the election The Citizens Association a coalition of Republicans Independents and anti-machine Democrats swept the Pandergast organization out of the City Hall in 1940 The Democratic organization waa unified In Its drive for the city hall for the first time In 10 years The slaying of factional leader Charles Binagglo last April resulted In a solid front of the Democrats In this election Long Ilarked Truman Tha I'endergast group whlrh supported I'rexident Truman In bis rlxn from county Jiulga to United States senator lo the Nation's highest office was battling Us nemesis Ilia Cltlzena Association for city dominance Tho Citizens' Association was formed following disclosures of graft corruption and misrulo in the city government that startled tho Nation just beforo World War 11 The late Boss Tom I'endergast uncle of James the present organization leader waa convicted of income tax evasion and sent to prison following the disclosures that paved the way for the long tenure of the reform group Asks Life Gets Five Years WEST PALM BEACH Fla March 27 (AP) George Muchler Tuesday asked Criminal Court to send him to prison for life but he didn't get his wish Muchler middle-aged transient said perhaps sending him to prison for life would serve to pay his debt to society for a long criminal career Judge EL Newell explained that under the law ha could not comply with the request but accommodated Much-ler by giving him tha maximum (if flva years Mucliler pleaded guilty to a charge of forging a $50 checic WILSON JELLS MIGHT Nation Soon Will Be So Strong Russia Will Be Afraid To Attack Mobilize! Says By ROBERT LOTTOS fclM me Staff 7m ter WASHINGTON March Defense Moblllser Charles Wilson said Tuesday he Is confident the United States soon will ba so strong that Russia will be afraid to attack but warned the battle against Inflation must still be won At his first news conference since taking over the mobilisation reins three stormy months ago Wilson said he will Issue a formal progress report Monday that would frighten "me If I were a principal enemy of the United States" Angrily Defends Self "America now has In sight the might that I think will forestall any enemy from attacking us" Wilson also said there must he some control of farm hut refused to say what and Invited organised labor Vo end Ita weeks-old boycott of the splintered Wage Stabilization Board But he angrily defended himself against labor's charge of big business bias "I don't think big business has taken over this program" ho said heatedly When a reporter asked why he kept his stock In General Electric Co which he headed before becoming defense mobilizer Wilson shook his finger at his questioner and said: 'All right all right If there are many more like you who feel that way I'll sell my stock I did it In' 1943 (when he was vice chairman of the War Production Board) but that would bo a stupid thing to do now After all I have to eat and I might be here only three months" Wilson said he welcomes a forthcoming congressional Investigation of the tax amortization program which permits business to write off the coat of new defense facilities for tax purposes in a shorter time than normal The net effect la to reduce the taxes of such firms Nobody and I mean nobody will make any undue profit as a result of the amortization program" he stated emphatically Won't Discuea Parity He added however that tax con cessions already granted In some $3000000000 worth of new facilities Is "water over the dam" He said they went largely to the steel industry end other industrial giants and he has no Intention of reversing them unless Congress orders ilm to Aa for rising prices he said "we have to lick that problem too to obtain a full victory" While there are some "very discouraging signs" on the stabilization front Wilson said he Is encouraged generally by progress In slowing down the Inflationary spiral He flatly refused to say whether the Administration will ask Congress to overhaul tha ao-ralled parity provision of the controls lew Thin prohibits firm price ceilings an farm products until they reach a "fair Iev7-I" determined by a legal formula "1 believe we've got to have some control of farm prices but to what extent and in what direction 1 am not prepared to say" ha salil Wilson confirmed that top mobilization officials are studying a proposal to set up a controlled materials plan for scarce steel aluminum and copper by July 1 He sold he and other officials want to be sureit will not disrupt the civilian economy too seriously Spotlight Is Turned On Capital Society Highlights In ths social life of Washington are being brought to readers of The Commercial Appeal in a three-article series "SpotllghtOn Washington" beginning this morning on I'ago 21 The feature tells how ths glamour set in Washington relieves the rnpItal'R gloom with super parties It Is written by Mary Van Kens-splaer Thayer a lieutenant enlnnrl in the Women's Air Fnn-a Jtanervo who is rated one of the capital's keenest observers of official end aocial activities OUMYM uriiiaM I Chicks Lose 6-2 Kentucky Cagers Win NCAA Title BASEBALL Kansas City takes another exhibition game from Chicks 8-2 a Five ruA la 10th Inning give Braves edge on Cards 6-3 Reds noaeout Phillies 7-8 lied Sox defeat Detroit 5-1 New attack planned on player reserve clause by Jack Corbett former minor league club owner BASKETBALL Kentucky eon quers Kansas City 68-58 to win NCAA championship at Minneapolis FOOTBALL Dixie Howell head coach and two assistants released by University of Idaho Details on Sports Pages ft MS If) THE WEATHER SEPARTKKIT OF rmmwmrm WKATHKR SUaXAU FOR MEMPHIS and Vicinity: Mostly cloudy windy and warm' er Wednesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms afternoon temperatures in the middle 70s turning colder Wednesday night with low near 45 Thursday partly cloudy windy and cool with afternoon temperatures in upper 50s Sou iteaa fcWaun aate uoua KANGS OUTLOOK FOR KENTUCKY AND TXNNXSSEK Trm-peratuna will amnia allghtl? abort normal lor the period with do marked ehancea: howera Wedncwlay and aaaln near the end gl the week tout precipitation about ona-hall inch UKS-AP1- MISSISSIPPI EASTERN LOUISIANA AND ALABAMA: fdnperatam wiU avert (t 7 to I dezreee above normal in the eoutheaatern half and to demes above normal in the northwest half normal minimum a lo 47 in the north and 4d to In the aouth: normal maximum (7 to 71 In the north and 73 to 7S in the aouth warmer In the eaat and aouth Wednesday: cooler in the northweat Thunder: precipitation heavy except moderate in the southeast: ahowvn Benerallr Wtdneiday and in the aeutheaat Thunder and la the northweat Saturdar YESTERDAY'S REPORT Hlfheat SS decrees at 13:30 am lowest SO decree at 0:49 am Mean -mldwarbetween hl(h and low) 04 Normal mean tar date 94 HOURLY READINGS 4 am 54 4 pm Si am SI pm 05 5 am 63 pm 09 30 a 40 10 pm 57 Noon 03 Midnight 03 3 pm S3 3 am 00 Tcmperatura am SI pjn 96 Pracl Dilation at Airport 77 Highest humidity fa: barometer Madias at 11 pm 3S40 and falling Precipitation Jan 1-March 34 1700 Inches which is ut inches above normal A YEAR AGO YESTERDAY Maximum temperature TO minimum OS rainfall lTS Precipitation Jan 1 -March 37 SI 10 tnchta which is 19T1 Inches above normal (Weather Map Forecasts Page MS) IN FULBRIGHT ATTACK Call Issued For Group To Study Decline Of 'Ethics Among Public Officials Br The United Pme Washington March 27-scn ator William Fulbrlght (D Ark) Tuesday proposed establishment of a special commission to improve "ethical standards" of public officials and cited MaJ Gen Harry H' Vaughan 'tho military aide aa an example of what he meant Fulbrlght chairman of the Senate subcommittee investigating tha Reconstruction Finance Corporation delivered a scathing attack on Government "acandala" and warned that tha people may lose confidence in their laadera In tha tees of tha Communist threat Ilnneat Men flays Hoyle Deinni-rntlo National Chairman William Hoyle Jr whose name has popped up repeatedly in the RFC inquiry said after a meeting with Mr Truman that the investigation was conducted by "honest men who pursued a course they thought proper" In a Senate speech 'Fulbrlght proposed creation of a 10-member commission of public figures to study "ethics in the Federal Government" It would submit to Congress within a year recoiflmenda-tions on the "moral standards" of members of the executive and legislative branches Fulbrlght said later that President attitude toward Vaughan during the 1949 "5 percenter" investigation was an example of the kind of action which the commission should study The President refused to fire Vaughan after it was disclosed the general meddled in the affairs of other Government departments and accepted a deep freezer from a Chicago perfume oil manufacturer for whom he had done favors I don't think that kind of conduct by ths White House staff should be tolerated" Fulbrlght said Resume Hearings Today Boyle'e name cropped up in the RFC inquiry when witnesses testified that officials of the Democratic Committee had-sent men to the RFC for loans One Involved a request for special consideration for a West Coast rubber firm partly owned by millionaire oilman Edwin Fnuley Pauley Is a former treasurer of the committee Hoyle emphasized he did not discuss the political Impact of the Inquiry with Mr Trumnn who dls missed the original subcommittee report as asinine Asked what he himself thought of tha subcommit tee Hoyle replied: I think they are honest men who pursued a course they thought wae iroper From the Democratic side hope there will be no politics In it" The subcommittee Is scheduled to resume hearings Wednesday It will question former Representative Joseph Casey Mass) about his connection with a shippurchasing deal which netted huge profits The RFC did not figure in the deal since financial backing (Continued on Page 7 Column iJ Today's Index Amusements 2S Hlrths S3 Cotton Comment 28 Crossword Puzzle 26 Deaths 29 Dorothy Dlx 25 Editorials 6 Inside Labor is Joe Curtis 26 Lippmann 0 Markets 26-27-28 Radio and Television 28 Secrets of Charm 20 Swirly 18-19-20-21 Sparta 22-23-24 Spotlight on Washington 21 Today In Mamphls S3 Want Ada 29-30-31-32-31 Weather Map jjj ON JUkY it IS SELECTED SECOND CITY JUDGE TRAFFIC MSS SEEN Assistant City Attorney 41 Has Risen Through Police And Legal Ranks NEW COURTROOM LIKELY Btolcei Expected To Aik Tot Full-Time Assignment To Automobile Cues Poet Pays $7200 A Year (Picture on Pago Seven) By HARRY WOODBURY Beverly Boushe waa elected judge of Division Two of City Court yesterday by the City Commission In a move which may result in greater City Court attention to traffic cases The appointment Is effective Sunday Mr Boushe Is a 41-year-old assistant city attorney who has risen through police and legal ranks during the past 16 years including seven years as radio dispatcher for the Police Department Stokes Flay Get Traffic While the final decision Is still to be made It is expected that City Court Judge Carl Stokes of Division One will request full-time assignment to a new Traffic Court This would leave Judge Boushe a full slate of criminal cases Judge Stokes has been keenly Interested In traffic problems since he became judge last Fall It is probable that a Traffic Court room will be made of the present assembly hall on the north side of the ground floor of Central Police Station This room Is adjacent to the present Traffic Division where minor traffic fines are paid by those who prefer not to show up in -court 4' Judge Stokes and Judge Boushe will meet today to discuss arrangements for dividing the City Court work Judge Boushe will assume his new duties Monday but In the meantime will sit with Judge Stokes Terms of both Judge Stokes and Judge Boushe run until Dec 3L Both judgeships will be subject to the municipal election in November Both judges receive $7200 a year Judge appointment came upon nomination by Mayor Over-ton Rise In Ranke Noted think the entire city govern ment is proud we could appoint you particularly because of the fact that you have come up in the service of the city these many years" Mayor Overton said "It Is always gratifying to me when we can recognise someone who has given faithfully of his service to the city" The careers' of Judge BoUshe and Judges Stokes are similar in many ways Both men were reared in South Memphis and attended South Side Both began work for the city at the police Judge Boushe as radio dispatcher end Judge Stokes as clerk of the City Court Both studied law at nights Both are World War II veterans Judge Boushe Is the son of Mrs George Boushe of 541 Ellsworth He married the former Mary Sue Robertson They have a daughter Suzanne 6 and live at 511 East Frank lie was horn In Memphis and his father who died shout 20 yenrs ago was a it rover Nerved In Noulh He became a radio dispatcher for the Department in 1935 and studied law at Southern Law University 1937-40 In 1941 he became rity claim agent and held that position one year before he entered military service lie was In service two years spending 18 months of the time in the South Pacific He was with a Signal Corps unit in the Invasion of the Philippines and was awarded a bronze star for exceptionally meritorious service He was in two other battles He was transferred to the Judge Advocate section after the war and was a chief clerk for several months He was discharged as a technical sergeant Judge Boushe was named as an assistant city attorney in 1946 by the late James Pleasants then city attorney He has been handling claims against the city He is a member of the Linden Avenue Christian Church and the Longview Heights Civic Club He has a sister Mrs Dotson of 541 Ellsworth Judge Boushe told tha City Commission his appointment was a 'proud moment of my life" shall conscientiously endeavor to carry on the high tradition of the City Court" he told reporters "andrender justice to one and all alike regardless of race creed or color" rrn iii-HRi Sew KINGOFF FLORIDA Had Sought To Enter Havana St Petersburg Race MIAMI Fla March A sailing yacht manned by a crew of eight pretty girls was lost Tuesday night somewhere off the southwest tip of Florida reported missing since 4:10 pm Monday The Troplcalr a 47-foot sailing schooner left SL Petersburg Fla Saturday with a fleet of vessels competing in the annual St Peters-burg-Havana yacht classic It was last seen 15 miles north of Rebecca Shoals near Key West Naval ships and planes searched ths waters from St Petersburg to llyin but no trace was found of ths missing yacht ths Coast Guard said Aboard the Troplcalr were Its skipper Le Hederman and eight comely Ruth Hubert Clarice Willis Myrna Dlbbs Pat Fenner Janis Kaufman Mary Whitehead Marian Hall and Helen Hobbs all of St Petersburg AH of the girls were wearing bright red shorts and red jackets The Race Committee ruled the Troplcalr ineligible for the race because it did not believe the girl crew could handle the yscht well enough Regatta officials In Havana said was possible that tlie schooner might have sought shellar at soms harbor along the route END AS INVESTIGATORS BARE TIMS ON LIFE Tobey Takes His Seriously Prepare Recommendations To Smash Networks NARCOTICS TRAFFIC TOLD Official Says Chinese Beds Are Seeking To Dump Opium Here Special Tax Agents To Track Down Hoodlums (Picture Page 34) By FRANK ALLEN International Mrlit Writer WASHINGTON March Senate crime Investigators ended their sensational open hearings Tuesday and began writing recommendations for smashing the Nation's vice and gambling networks amid disclosure that three committee members have been threatened Final witnesses at the hearings which provided one of the biggest shows In television history were Government officials who told of underworld trafficking in narcotics and said new efforts are being made to crack down on tax-evading racketeers Three Threats On Tobey Senator Tobey (R- H) who has upbraided gambler after gambler throughout the hearings revealed that he is the third member of the Senate group to have received threats The other two were Chairman Kefauver (D Tenn) and Senator Huntc(D Wyo) The colorful Tobey said he has received three threats two in letters and one by telephone and he called for an investigation Tobey commented: "I took them seriously enough to have them looked into Tobey said he was under constant guard during the hearings in New York but was unaware whether he was being protected in Washington He said all right by me if It's true I know about It" Kefauver said he considered threats on his life as being made by The future of the committee headed by Senator Kefauver Is problematical The members themselves nre divided on whether to continue the expose of crime syndicates and political corruption Ths committee is due to go out of existence Saturday Three Want It Continued Three members Senators O'Conor YD Md Tobey and Wiley (It Wis Tuesday advocated Ita continuance Kefauver and Senator Hunt recommended that a commission be set up to carry on the Dcrelopmmti In the Investigation included: 1 Federal Narcotics Bureau Chief Harry Anslinger Informed the committee that the Chinese Communists are seeking to dump 800 tons of opium on the world market He also testified many of the top United States gangsters "dip into the narcotics traffic" 2 Internal Revenue Commissioner George Schoenman announced that gamblers and other hoodlums" will be hunted by special squads of agents in an effort to prosecute them for tax ava Sion and falsification 3 Henslnr Wiley dlarlnatid (hot the committee is weighing a recum mmd at Inn that tin Government rail in ail hills of $100 or more ns a step against the underworld Wllry declared that hills of large denomination fill safe deposit boxes of gamblers and racketeers and are used extensively for payoffs to rorrupt officials Assistant District Secretary Kdward Foley said such a move would be impractical Two Quizzed Secretly 4 A subcommittee headed by questioned two witnesses secretly The two arrested by Senate Sergeant at Arms Joseph Duke were George O'Brien of Miami and James Brink of Covington Ky 5 Tobey declared the refusal of two Cleveland crime figures to testify on grounds the hearings were being televised Is further reason the committee should be continued beyond Saturday The two who cited the unprecedented grounds for their refusal were Louis Roth- (Continued on Page Column 4) BOTH SIDES REST CASE IN ATOM SPy TRIAL Jury Expected To Get Fate Of Defendants Today NEW YORK March The Government completed ita case against three Americana charged with spying out atom secrets for Russia Tuesday anti thn Jury is expected to begin deliberations in the first atomio spy trial Wednesday The defense for Mr and Mrs Julius Rosenberg and Morton So-bell charged with stealing American atomic secrets and turning them over to a Soviet spy ring rested Its case at 3:32 pm Then the Government called three rebuttal witnesses and announced at 4:48 pmx that it had finished presenting evidence Federal Judge Irving Kaufman said that the Government and defense attorneys would spend about 5H hours summing up their cases and that after his charge the case would go to the jury The Government has clearly Indicated that It will ask the death verdict for the Iloeenbergs and So bell When the Jury waa selerted Government lawyers asked prospective jurors if they had any objections to capital punishment The defense for the Itosenberg ended with Mrs Rosenberg's daylong appearance on the witness stand She denied point by point charges leveled against her and her husband Rosenberg previously had made similar denials Sobcll an electronics engineer did not take the stand himself or call any witnesses Mrs Rosenberg 33-year-old mother of two children denied the testimony of her hrofhrr" David Greenglass who accused her and hr husband of spying for Russia during World War 1L R0K8 DRiVEFORWARD Hard Core Of Enemy Strength Slows Allies' Advance On The Central Front (Map on Pago Tun) By DON HUTH IsecUtet PTM4 luff Writer TOKYO March 28 (Wednesday) South Korean forces have captured five towns Inside North Korea on a foray forging ahead Wednesday beyond the 38th Parallel along the Korean East Coast Forward elements mri at least six miles above 38 In the west other Allied forces tightened a trap around three Chinese Red bettalfons north of Seoul A Red regiment was rut to pieces In the same area Tuesday But a hard core of enemy strength slowed progress In the peninsula's mountainous center Lage Toint Seized The main force of a South Korean division across the 38th Parallel on the east coast occupied Yangyang Kapyong Conggok Sorin and Younpo in advances that began Sunday Yangyang five miles north of the border waa the first large point seized That rail 'and highway hub was captured Tuesday against light resistance by retreating North Koreans The deepest point of the advance was at Chonggok north of Yangyang -But the main developments were In the center of the peninsula Honeycombed In the rain-drenched ridges about five miles south of the prewar boundary between North and South Korea were 104)00 Reds They held tenaciously in the hills north of Chunchon Another 80000 units of five Chinese army were massed immediately north of the old boundary line Seven of eight Allied patrols fanning north of Chunchon drew heavy Communist fire In each cose the petrols returned the fire and withdrew reported AP correspondent William Barnard Allied artillery then pounded at enemy defenses where the patrols were fired upon Chunchon is eight miles south of 38 end 45 miles northeast of liberated Seoul No Stand Below Border" While the Allied central front drive ground methodically forward Tuesday American troops In the west mauled a Chinese regiment and sprang a trap on three more Chinese battalions A regiment of the Chinese 77th Division pert of Gen Chen YI's Third Field Army lost 350 men killed in a bloody dash with American troops six mites south of the Parallel in the hills north of U1 jongbu The 77th a reserve outfit was thrust into the line north of Seoul last week to meet the United No tlona advance United States In telllgenc officers said tha T7th no longer could ba regarded an effee live organised fig tiling fores One United Slates officer told llnrnaril lio believed tha Chinese would not put up another major stand on this sector below 38 then added "But I think If we hit them above the parallel wa will find them fighting like sons-of-guns" AMERICAN BROADCAST BANNEDINARGENHNA Program Is Cut Off Protests Are Made BUENOS AIRES March 27e-(AP) The United States Embas daily 15-minute news broadcast has been barred from the elr by Radio Belrano the embassy's public affairs officer said Tuesday The officer Robert Caldwell said he has protested to "high officials" end believes the order will be rescinded A notice was posted Monday on Radio llelgrano's bulletin board by the statlon'a artistic director Ignacio da Merle that "there shall be no radio programs dedicated to any given country or under the auspices of any embassy consulate or cultural institute" Caldwell said he understood' aim liar orders have been issued orally at Radio Splendid where the cultural division of the embassy had scheduled a weekly 25-minute broadcast Wednesday Hie cultural program was baited if) months ago for about four days and then per milted to resume American criticism of the gov eminent seizure last week of the Independent newspsper la l'rensa has aroused increasing resentment in Buenos Aires The government Tuesday directed private bankers to report every transection handled for La Prensa since Jan 1945 and ordered them checks drawn on deposits which transactions reported goes back a election of Juan presidency and covers campaign Gift Needed Cross Goal: $259630 Contributed date: $152811 gation of visa irregularities developed that Williams and the other three were homosexuals Wil Hams whose job paid $8000 a year was dismissed after returning to this country Department officials said Williams waa a graduate of the University of North Carolina In 1948 that he had served in the Army between 1943 and 1946 became a Foreign Service officer Feb 12 1948 After a brief tour of duty In Washington ho was assigned aa vice consul at Hongkong May 17 1948 RED UFE IS TOO MUCH FOR BRITISH REHECflDE Soldier Who Deserted To East Returns To West Berlin BERLIN March 27 (AP) John Waller came beck to the West Tuesday night a little Li red of the Red East Somewhat gaunt and a great deal disillusioned Carp John Waller of Ilia Majetty's British Korcaa sur rendered to the British authorities of West Berlin and sold he haj had enough Waller deserted May 26 19Y) and was greeted by Eastern German Communists with open arms He was presented by Soviet Zone propaganda chief Gerhart Eiseler as a refugee from Western "warmongering" Waller had a job and a few coins but bo had to speak German live German and act German He told friends after he came back to the British headquarters that he was "fed up" Waller came back to West Ber lin with his German-horn wife Ruth 22 lie married he in the Soviet Zone lest November At the time he dreerted another Western soldier quit the Allied ranka and became a member of Elslrra propaganda team When Weller was presented ee "peace fighter" he waa accompanied by Robert Natakakula of an enliatsd man in the United States Army Forces of Berlin Natakakula has since been living in Berlin's coat sector working in an electric parts factory at about $21) a month Both enlisted men were classified by the Ameriren end British authorities at the Ilm of their defection as "undesirable" return was announced by British authorities They said ha had been placed "under arrest" pending disciplinary action Assignment: Memphis Rocket Becomes Flying Disc Spins Toward Record Glory By LYDED SIMS If you hnve a song you rnn'l get publlahed you might ask Sam Phillips for help Ionk what ha did for "Rocket 88" I You may not have heard this musical explosion yet but I expect you will afraid you are utterly doomed to hear it sooner or later Brace yourself now and check your shock absorbers Sam the recorder behind the Rocket Is the closest thing found to a Memphis contact-man for1 song-writers Ewn he Is not In the sheet-music business but he does of Clarkadale Miss that the market (Please Turn the Page) YUGOSLAVIA CHARGES NEW BULGAR THREAT Digging Trenches Across The Border Communique Says BELGRADE Yugoslavia March An official Yugoslav communique said Tuesday night that trenches ere being dug on the Bulgarian aide of the Yugoalev-llulgarian frontier end Russian officers are directing the operation The communique reported tha statements of 55 Bulgarians who fled to Yugoslavia during the past week Five former Bulgarian soldiers told Yugoslav authorities that they fled across tha border after helping dig trenches along the frontier under the direction of Soviet officers dressed In civilian clothes They said Bulgaria was threatened with famine end thousands of Bulgarians have been moved nut of tire capital city of Sofia te make room for Russians believed te be mrnibera of tho Soviet secret police PARIS' March 27 (UP United States charged Tuesday that Bulgaria Hungary and Romania have built up their armies in excess of peace treaty limits with tho "connivance" of tha Soviet Union Speaking for Britain and France as well as America Philip Jessup flatly accused Russia of "conniving with them (the Balkan satellites) and frustrating tho efforts of the Western powers to enforce the Balkan peace Jevsiip amhaaaadnr at iri flung the charges at Soviet I irp-uty foreign Minister Andrei A Gromyko et the 10th meeting of the Big four deputies who are trying to drew up an lut of topic te be for an Kast-West foreign ministers conference Peace Bell Stolen HIROSHIMA Japan March 27 (AP) This atom-bombed Bell of Peace hea been stolen Kyodo New Agency said Tuesday Ihe three -foot frO-pound bell was taken from Its a i-foot lower In tho center of Hiroshima tha spot over which the first atom bomb Ussd In warfeie was exploded waa open Ike brought his band up for an audition Oozin And Cruisin' Along His vocalist Jackie Brens ton had composed "Rocket 88" a red-hot daydream of high life in a convertible The car in the lyrics goes r'l -i jm "oozin' an' cruisin' along" but the song could hardly be said to ooze It erupts Ram waa sura It would hit lie got tha acetata on a plana to Chicago that night Chesa Records took It sent Jackie a contract arranged for sheet muale to be published and went Into production Just to complete the local picture on It copies of the record for distribution in this area are being pressed In Memphis at Plastic Products Inc Ram la convinced the Rocket will move out of thn rare field Into general popularity He saya Jarkfe will get IS per rent of tho retail rerord sales plus whatever his contract calls for on tho sheet muale Jackie when I talked to hlin about (Continual on Page Column i) 1 to cash no more the newspaper's The period for are to be year before the Peron to the the pre-election Your Is Red to know people who ere What he does aa operator of Memphis Recording Service at 706 Union is to locate and record songs for record companies He makes the acetate masters from which the retail platters spring Also A Talent Scout That means he Is a recording engineer but he's also a talent scout He has agreements with two recording companies to lorata and record hillbilly and "raca" music Race numbers are those tailored for the Negro trade Sam auditions musicians with original aongs When he finds something he's sure will sell he gets It on the acetate and sends It to one of the companies He charge the musicians anything like them he gets his from the company Unproductive auditions are just part of the tiny's work lirt'a use "Korkel 88" as a thumping throbbing rase history It II King of Memphis one of the rare artists Hum lias Iwen recording passed the word along to Ike Turner a Negro band leader I.

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Pages Available:
2,711,561
Years Available:
1894-2024