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I Friday March 18 1M4 The Knoxville News-Sentinel 3-3131 Throw Artillery and Planes Into IFiqhirTo Hold Rejection of Plea on Arms Deplored Iordan Blamed in Deaths of 11 'yj Declares on Communists Regime Plagued by Accusations rntted PrM Rodtoahate STRICTLY RUSINESS "Any volunteers for a AwrteUS l-ma ROME March 19 Premier Mario Scelba promised tougher times today for his arch Communist Party He pledged in effect to cut the millions of dollars in financial support they get from Moscow new government threw down the gage in a bluntly worded declaration of war last night) nd Appears in Public inet meeting WAVES TO VETERANS Pius XII waves from the window of his Vatican City apartment in his first public appearance since he become ill By BwmIH Fma VATICAN CITY March 19 Pope Pius XII appeared in public today for the first time since last October in the Jordan border IvilliM Vjltua Kibya rious in Palestine sine the 11-nation Security Council censured Israel for the slaying of 53 Arabs he became gravely in twojvg months ago From the window) of his Vatican apartment Pyramid blessed more than 50000 persons cheering him from St COITfClOr FallSy The crowd was composed mostly of Dalian Alpine Veterans here for their annual convention The Pontiff was too far away for his face to be seen clearly But his motions indicated that he waa as ecited and pleased as were the people in the square He stood erect and raised his arms again and again in greet-ing-reven in quicker tempo than ha usually did in the past IrtWMRM CAIRO Egypt March corridor of a 5009-yearold pyramid collapsed killing one member of scientific expedition and seriously injuring two others Two were rescued unhurt Five men were digging toward the center of the pyramid Fortress Gas Blast Ruins Lexington Stores txixgTOn! Ky March 19 An exploding 12-inch gas main injured two persons and caused a fire which destroyed two store yesterday afternoon The blur ata damared a service station a car a heavy piece of constrac tion equipment nd bom several shops in the Lafayette shopping center jfiev Ncftl owntr of uit ctn ter estimated damage would run between 8250000-8300000 -a Injured wtrt Jtmtt WiHliini 59 and Henry Blanton 32 of Winchester construction workers Neither appeared to be seriously hurt They remained at Good Samaritan Hospital for observa- Within three minutes after the' main exploded company workmen1 reached a cutoff valve to shut off the flow of gas The men who were Injured had been working in the ditch where the old gas line wu being re- placed by a new one Some officials speculated that the fire was caused from a passing car static electricity or park from the exploding pipes Museum Open Free on Fifth Birthday gwtel To Tto Shi Sutteil OAK RIDGE March This was the fifth birthday of the American Museum of A tom in Energy and the doors were" opened to everyone free The museum was started by the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies at the ume time the gates of the town were opened First at open house today were a tourist Mr and Mrs Joseoh Schller Of Grand Rapids Mich returning from a Florida vacation 1 0 Saved as Ship Sinks NEW ORLEANS March 19 The Atlantic a converted sub-: chaser went down in heavy sear in the Gulf of Mexico 70 mils west-southwest of Morgan Cits-La today but the Gust Guard aid the 10 crewmen aboard the vessel were rescued Arthur Godfrey's greatest show At Tbnte (mb lonaly Arctic air- baan) 4000 homesick young iean airmen facad New Yuar'a Eva with bo phooa calls front home no radio ao toliviMoa xa parting aad bo ihk onfil April Digast brings ywi" fH-j-rHrgtnrirf hmr laut PoranT ber Arthur and hia Gang gava ap ttoir own holiday plaag' bravad 63-balow Misaaids to fly to tta polar ieo up and put oa show our boyo will aovar forget Got year Aprfl Digaot today: 42 1 Award Upheld Against Conservation Officer Ruling Giving $2500 to Wartburg Man Shot While Netting Fish Is Affirmed The Court of Appeals here has upheld a Morgan County Circuit Court decision awarding $2500 damages to Wartburg man who was shot by a conservation officer while netting fish on Emory River The opinion was handed down' JERUSALEM March lS-Isra-cl readied demand today for United Nations action on the am-busl) slaying of 11 Jews on a desert bus The government Mamed neighboring Jordan for what it termed an organized attack by armed Arabs from that Middle East country Jordan promptly denied any responsibility for the assault which occurred Wednesday 12 mites from its border at Scorpion Pass in the barren Negev Desert A spokesman at Amman the Jordan capital said his country was ready "politically and militarily to meet any developments that might arise" The incident was the most sc The yesterday a excavators hoping to find in it historic pressure buried with King Sanahkt who resigned in the third Egyptian Dynasty 3000 years before Christ The 12-fo6t-high corridor collapsed and buried them under sand and atone Archaeologists cracked through the eight-feet-thick brick wan guarding the entrance to the corridor one week ago Wednesday Sixty feet down in the sloping corridor their way wu tarred by mounds of sand and atone A working party was clearing this rubble when the corridor collapsed An Egyptian archaeologist found the buried pyramid at Sak-kara Egypt's graveyard of ancient kings two years ago and the long work el preparing the way for entrance started It is hived that mummy will be found in the tomb in the enter of the pyramid along with relict buried with rich gold and other treasure unless the tomb was robbed as were many centuries ago Tradition is that the pyramid la Jinxed and that Sanahkt died before his royal grave wu completed 3 of -10 in Car'KiltaJ in Crash With Train 1 KERMAN Calif March 19-A Southern Pacific freight train track a car here Wednesday killing three of the 10 occupants and critically injuring the other seven Two adults and a baby died in the crash (hie adult and six children survived In Divorce Court Rutherford Denies Charges by Wife In an answer filed to Mrs Louise Hickman Rutherford's divorce bill in Chancery Court yesterday Charles Rutherford Sterchl stare vice president denies her charges of cruel and inhuman treatment He admits that they have made a property settlement Other divorce bills filed: Wanda Hamilton Elliott against William Elliott: Eva Grubb Pique against Sheridan Arvil-Piaue Ina Mildred Owens sued Leroy Owens for divorce in Domestic Relations Court Marine Reserves Seek Enlistments The 6th Engineer Co Marine Corps Reserve on Alcoa Highway is expected to exceed its usual monthly total of new enlistments according to MaJ Mack Blackburn commanding officer Through Wednesday 13 new enlistments most of them area high school students have been added Nine enlisted Sunday MaJ Blackburn Mid his outfit wants to increase its strength before going to summer camp June 12 at Camp Lejeune The Marine Reserves meet for training every other Sunday The next meeting will be March 28 By McFmMv little overtime tonight?" tion officers who surprised him The suit against Mr Meadows said Mr Collins was wounded after he became afraid and ran when the officers walked out of the dark without identifying themselves Salt Against Mere Upheld In a Hamilton County case decision was upheld In favor -of Cartwright teacher Mrs Mildred Vivian Cline She sued her divorced husband Avery Cline for financial contributions equal those she herself had made toward support of 4heir children for the past six years Shs was awarded 85400- Damages against Kroger Grocery Co and one of its managers In Chattanooga A O'Neal were upheld In the case filed originally in Hamilton County Circuit Court Lloyd Lewis and his teen-age nephew Kenneth Keef charged that they were picked up by police at the instigation Mr Keef had been awarded 8500 and Mr Lewis 8300 by Arrest According to court records the two men were attempting to cash pay check and Mr O'Neal called the wrong tank in confirming the account After they left he called police and reported they were cash a bad Several young Kerfs friends were cm hand when police detained him said and the embarrassment drove him to quit school In a case appealed from Anderson County Circuit Court damages were denied Carl Kimbo who claimed that he lost an eye through negligence of Clinton Motor Sales Inc A fan belt broke said while he was inspecting an automobile owned by the firm Other decisions: Sy MrAnH Rom Iim vo Juno IL Lana Ho mil-ton low ofnmwd Mn Bcrtlo Hortawy vi Kmnrth Valentin Hamilton la affirm Ry FoaSoSy Kaot Townooow Ttatnrol Gao On and ftfhm vo Foter Potto Horen la af firm rVuot-Yomcll Rtark Varda vo Walter Cummlny Hamilton low affirmed By Jndoo Halo Roar Lor Burnett and at hero vo United Benefit Die lnourance Co Hamblen law affirmed -Joe a Mlmpoon vo EUiabeth DePard Loudon equity affirmed Lury mute Tuttern and other vo Mro Mamie nte Wilton Rhea County Court affirm Chattanooga Lumber and Coal Cora I Coor Hamilton law affirmed Internal Life and Arrtdent Inturnneo Co vo Dorothy Brown In Carter law affirmed Other opinions: By Judge Luke McAmlo: flatllnhurs Kitternrtnen vo Certl Ifaplei Sever equity Involving a SB-yrar Iran Decree affirmed and cnee remanded Carter et al va Mr Guy Brovlee et al Invtevtng yerwmal Interim to Mi Bmylee Hamilton law Judgment for 133000 affirmed Rom Lane va June Lane Ham-IRon law mud cuatady lnvotetag a non DeeMoa affirmed Mro Bertie Harknry va Kenneth Valentine Hamilton tew Judgment ravened and cult dlamhwed Boyd Jonrt ve Lewlo'B Monday et al Anderaou taw Penonal Injury oult Affirmed Mildred Vivian Cline vo Avery CUne Hamilton equity Defendant ap-peak decree awarding 13000 te hit divorced wife far rmrtrtbutiM made hy her toward up port of minor children Affirmed Gourd Retains Oldtime Flavor i i A group of old-time East Tennessee lawyers agreed they didn't feel at home here when the Court of Appeals opened this week for the first time in the new ultramodern Supreme Court Building Led by Greeneville Attorney Frank Berry the group to the court clerk Eagle He added a homey mountain touch to the plush decorations Yesterday instead of the polished crystal water glasses on their bench he left a gourd Want' (Ground Fighting (at Dien Bien Phu iHeld to Clashes Some Speculate on Robot Withdrawal I HANOI IndoChina March 19 aThe Viet-Minh and the French Jkept up their violent artillery duel at Dien Bien Phu today but Vhere still was no resumption of massed rebel infantry charges trying to overwhelm the French Union's northwest Indo -C i a fortress Under a full moon and a star-studded sky and on into the morning the shelling and heavy French air strikes on the rebel positions kept up around the rlock Only Clashes He ported Some ground contacts yesterday were reported but they were only clashes between advanced French forces and small rebel units on the south and southwest fringes of the French-held plain $ome of these1 came within 250 yards of French command posts The defenders still anticipated another major Viet-Minh effort on the northern entrance to the heart of the fortress The Viet-Minh hold hill positions in the northern perimeter they captured from the French early this week in the battle which began last Saturday Withdrawal Discos nled Soma French sources speculated yesterday that the continuing krtillery barrage might be covering Viet-Minh withdrawal that Viet-Minh Gen Vo Nguyen Oiap might have had enough after losing an estimated 12000 Kid or wounded one-fourth of force he is believed to have in the area But a French army spokesman laid last night the Viet-Minh still were rushing supplies by coolie ft-ain and truck to the area indieating another man assault was to the offing The rebels broke ofT the desperate do-or charges Wednesday night Hospital Planes Shelled During yesterday the Viet-iiinh Ignored French radio appeals to permit empty transport planes to land on the then Bien Phu airstrip and evacuate winded They shelled and amaged one transport as It tended wounding a French medical officer The French threw every avaO-ble warplane into the tattle for Dien Bien Phu Sueeese Depends ea S-made -bearcat fighter bombers and B-28 light bombers were mustered for the attack french Gen Henri Navarre told the pilots that his hopes of vie-pry are riding on their wings these decisive moments am counting on you" Navarre aid in an order of the day whole of our aerial forces without exception must Join in the tattle Success depends on the efficacy of their a Measure of Values Is Lenten Topic The measuring rod for happiness used by the Christian is not the same as that used by the ifonOirlstian' Dr Richard Beasley told his audience at St1 Episcopal Church today in the concluding sermon In the week's series Dr Beasley of Roanoke Va is a former rector of St here Unhappiness comes from a wrong sense of values Dr Beasley believes He said commit suicide because the meaning of life has gone and (heir gods have been Judas betrayed Jesus lie went out and was if is always night when we destroy the meaning of existence" Ije said Vote at Ward Level Knox Council Told Help select candidates for public office the ward and consider them on the basis eg qualifications attorney Ray nund Moseley 347 Croydon Drive has urged Knox Own-tSans Mr Moseley spoke on at a dinner meeting of the Knox County Community Council last night at the SAW Cafeteria He denied tfiat to his own in government" everyone responsibilities Bond Sales Rise I Sale of and H-type Government Savings Bonds during Feb-ifcaiy touted 877578025 in Knox County according to Howard Preston Savings Bonds chairman Tennessee totals for the month were 84750856 an Increase of 30 per cent over the same month list year Nationally sates for the month were reported the highest of any February since 3945 250 Fat Cattle -T Exhibit NO 11-250 FAT The nineteenth annual East Tennessee Fat Cattle Show and Sate will bo held here for three days beginning April 15 'The event to include some 250 cattle from about 20 counties will be open to members of 4-H clubs Future Farmers of America and adult exhibitors IW-Peaad Average Seen 'Prime and choice steers are ex- pected to predominate according to Robinson U-T Extension ajilmal husbandman who is general superintendent of the shwr ajid ute The qattle will aver-' age about-S75 founds ranging Page 5 a for he 23 at WASHINGTON Much 19-Six Senators and 33 Representatives today declared that recent developments in the Near East have our that arms sent by the United States to Arab countries be used not to defend the Near East against Communism hut for a renewal of warfare against The legislative group Including members of both major parties Jointly expressed that the State Department had seen fit to reject a plea submitted by them last month that aims not be furnished to any Arab state statement by the group coinsided with the release of a letter sent the legislators by Undersecretary- of State Walter Smith in which it wu asserted that of in the Near East as elsewhere is to our- own national Young Harriss Hurt in Practice Robert (Bob) Harriss 14-yesr-old son of U-T public relations director Julian Harriss suffered a broken left arm yesterday during a spring football practice session at Bearden High School where he is a freshman Young Harriss wu admitted overnight to Baptist Hospital where it wu 'determined that both arm bones between the wrist and elbow were broken He was to return today to the family home 312 West Bid Lane FHA To Givo Degrees We t'Bttfi Fivm NASHVILLE March 19-Kay Miller 15 Charlotte Tenn is new president of the Tennessee Future Homemakers of America She succeeds Patsy Newman of Etowah Other new officers elected include vice presidents Jean Stuard Cedar Hill Mary Burrow Franklin Marjorie Lexington and Nellie McClure Cleveland The highlight bf the two-day convention comes tonight when the highest awards state FHA -degrees are given 260 girls The FHA made up of home economics students is expecting total attendance to reach 2500 NAACP Moats The second report meeting In the campaign to enroll 200 members in the Knoxville Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People win be held at 7 JO today at Carnegie Library The first meeting early this week reported 69 new members Wonderful Help fir Itching misery: tassel hy Skin Dryness Whea kw of oo commoa to asias caaor stubborn itching toruwat loaoiia rid Rninol Ointment (die amazingly Special media-tioaa-eoothe liciy itch lanolin ails and softens dry relief foUowa- MWH SHINOL MIASHIIM 9 flh NEXT Vice Link Charged The communique gave notice of fight to the finish against the rising menace of Italian Communism Since Scelta took office Feb 10 the Communists have peppered him with one of their bitterest attacks in postwar years In addition to violent opposition in Parliament it has included accusations of close connection with the two hottest scandals since the the death of party girl Wilma Montesi and the xdsoning in prison of Sicilian Mndit Prince Gaspare Pisciotta Folk Aereaed Hie district attorney's office yesterday accused four members of the national police force of lying when they said that they and not Pisciotta killed another bandit Salvatore Giuliano The Reds charge the police poisoned Pisciotta to keep him from talking The charges were immediately splashed by leftist papers seeking to discredit the government The leftist press has been painting a lurid picture of official corruption-denied by the and claims that the Communists and their allies can provide a clean administration Missing Girl Believed on ar LOS ANGELES March Judith Linda Howard 13 daughter of millionaire Lindsay Howard is reported mining with a school chum A spokesman for the Missing Persons Bureau said it waa believed the girl are off on an Officera said yesterday they were notified that Judith vanished Wednesday with another 13-year-old Judy Geller after visiting the fashionable Westlake School for Girls in West Los Angeles The Geller girt is the daughter of Jack Geller Palm Springs The girls had concealed in the bushes near the school an overnight tag containing clothing Officera said the Geller girl disappeared in similar fashion with another girl six weeks ago The Howard girl is the granddaughter of the Ute Howard owner of the racehorse Seabiscuit The parents were divorced in 1952 Survey Indicates Less Purchasing rreMfim WASHINGTON March American consumers plan to buy fewer new cars new houses re-1 frigerators televisfoh sets and other durable goods this year than they did in 1953 TTiis is what the Federal Reserve Board found out in a nationwide sampling survey It also learned consumers generally are less about their personal financial situation than a year ago 1 A belief that are too was the most frequent reason cited for holding back on pun-rhaaes More people this year feel prices of durable goods are going to decline Government economists were not too discouraged by the report It was about what they had been predicting RKO Stockholders Approve Hughes Offer AooorteteS Pm DOVER Del March 19-Stockholders of RKO Pictures Corp voted yesterday by a majority of nearly 30 to 1 to accept film magnate Howard offer of nearly 824000000 for all assets of the corporation The vote' except for several pending legal contests makes Hughes colorful industry leader aircraft manufacturer and tool maker the sole owner of me of the biggest names Sneedville Cookeville Get Educational TV Be tteri PrrM WASHINGTON March 19-The Federal Communications Commission has assigned four more educational television channels to Tennessee: Channel 69 at Cookeville Channel 77 at Crgssvllte Channel 11 at Lexington and Channel 2 at Sneedville yesterday by Judge Winfield Hale at the close of the first session held here in the new State Supreme Court Building The suit was brought by Jerry Collins after the shooting in April 13 1952 Became Afraid Mr Collins who was later fined the illegal fishing claimed was shot by George Meadows one of three conserve- CIO Wage Demands Given to Carbide lwM IB TB ilm Iwllri OAK RIDGE March A conference on pay demands of the CIO for 3500 workers at the K-25 plant will be resumed March Those presented it was learned today include a wage increase portal-to-portal pay on grounds pay for increased productivity and pay to offset cutback from an extended work week Floyd Mason vice president of the Local Union 288 Gas Coke and Chemical Workers led a discussion for the CIO at a conference yesterday George Dykes spoke for Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co Neither side would say how much wage increase is wanted but unofficial reports today were that at least 25 cents more an hour is sought The AFL which represents 3500 workers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Y-12 has also had a wage conference with Carbide Reserve Fund Urged for Co-ops Representatives of six rural electric cooperatives discussed U-T today the feasibility of coops setting aside a reserve fond to cope with special problems Ellis president of the Appalachian Electric Co-Operative at Jefferson City said his company has run into expense in rebuild ing power lines damaged by snowstorms Although co-ops are supposed to be non-profit organizations Mr Ellis said he is in favor of setting aside a small reserve to cope wilh such problems Other directors were not in favor of a reserve and pointed out that some of the largest utilities do i building on borrowed money Other cooperatives represented were CopperhiU RogersvUIe Decatur Madisonvilte and Oneida Ruling Sought on Recall Petitions Knox County Election Cominis- whether one person can legally certify signatures on more than one recall petition A ruling that multiple certifying Is not permissible would mean that many petitions filed in the effort to oust Mayor George Dempster would be declared faulty A number of petitions was certified by the same person The commission reported today that 74 of the 314 petitions have been cheeked 435 signatures rejected and 2679 approved The office today checked four petitions finding 15 invalid names and 188 valid Expected and Sale from 700 to 1100 pounds' AH win be sold at auction Awards including cash prize and trophic will be donated hy I nearly a score of cattle and farm groups 1 Stow To Lari I Days Schedule for the three-day af- fair to be held at Knoxville Union Stockyards April Receive cattle (op- Uonal) a m-5 April Receive cattle a m-: 1 grade cattle and Judge pens and carlota! 2-5 :30 April Judge halter classes a sell cattle: 2 :30 pm 1 a to a to of he he i 1 I v2i weekly BEST THING! 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