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to BLYTHEVILLE COURIER NEWS THE DOMINANT NEWSPAPER OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Pubilshed Daily Blytheville Courler Mississippi Valley Leader BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1955 TWELVE PAGES Except Sunday SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS VOL, L--NO. 238 Blytheville Daily News Blytheville Herald POSITIVELY. NO VISITING Employees we FOR MIDWEST DINNER TABLES This west. The rolls are the product of Meyer's Bakery crew of women workers is putting the final touch- which now ships its products la such far away es will to a grace batch dinner of brown tables In and all serve sections rolls of that the Mid- soon and places as Indianapolis, Chicago, Ind. Kansas (Courier City, News Louisville, Photo) Paper Says Wyatt Blytheville Brown-n-Serve Capital Of Entire Area, Thanks to Meyers By GEORGE CLARK Courier News Staff Writer lunch while visiting in Kansas recently there is a possibility bakery supplied brown-and-serve rolls to one of the nation's largest bakeries the Continental Baking Company which were packaged, under the Wonder Bread label.

Meyers' Blytheville operation made the switch la the production of brown-and-serve rolls exclusively in December 1053 after about six months of experimenting with City, Louis, Chicago, Louisthat you were eating a prod- the new roll. With the switch to brown-and-. serve. the production of bread the plant here stepped. the brownand-serve machinery replaced the bread-making ovens and this; plant's bread business was transferred to Meyers Bakery at Jones-: boro.

Although probably few realize 'Sec MEYERS BAKERY on Page 5 'Exact' Subversive Figures Demanded WASHINGTON (AP) today for a Senate investigation act number" and the names ernment payrolls by the Mansfield's request came In letter to Sen. Olin D. Johnston SC, prospective new chairman of the Senate Civil Service Committee. Mansfield made the letter public. Yesterday.

the Civil Service, Commission, reporting on operation of the security progrom during its first 16 months, said 8,008 federal employes had been dropped as security risks, 2,096 with "subversive data" of varying kinds their files. Besides indications of subversion, the security program lists as grounds for dismissal perversion, criminal convictions, and inability to keep a secret. Mansifeld nnd a number of other A "numbers called, contend Democrats have the figures they full to show how many ernment employes were actually! fired for subversive or activitics and how many resigned before their cases were finally decided. McCarthy Asks About CIA Sen. McCarthy (R-Wist, while, said in response to a Lion that he regards it as "unusual; See SECURITY on Page 2 Inside Today's Courier News Blytheville l'lays Walnut Ridge in Northeast Arkansas Tournament at 7 o'clock Tonight Kentucky Again Tops Weekly Basketball Poll Sports pages 8 and 9 Blytheville Air Base: IL's Really Booming Now Cour.

ler News Photo Feature page 3 A New Power Editorials page 6... If you had hot rolls for ville, Mattoon, or Ada, ucl of your own home town. For these are bul few of the, larger populated areas now being served by Meyers Brown-N-Serve It Bakery all started about a ycar ago; here through retail when the Meyers bakery chain of Arkansas began an expansion program. that saw practically all of its suate-wide production program revamped to include the latest thing in -yourself cooking brown and serve products. Just in case there is someone not familiar with the brown-andit is an innovation serve phase of madero, cooking.

the cooking public with 'a bing. ARTICLES OF and pastries are now prepared practically ready cooked by the manufacturer. All the consumer has to do 18 10 put it in an oven, let brown and then devour it. The bakery here is involved in only one phase of the brown-andserve game rolls. It makes no other product but it ships its to all sections of the mid-west and: rolls prepared by Meyers Bakery: of Blytheville may be found Ing Any one of 12 or 13 different brand names.

Of course in this area the rolls are sold under Meyers' own trade mark but in Paducah, Owensbora, or Evansville, they are sold under the Honey Crust wrapper the Grocers Baking of Louisville, Ky. In Springfield, they're sold the Holsum label of the Armheins Bakery, In Chicago under the label of Coin's Bakery, in the Mattoon, area under label of Sally Ann, owned by the O'Connor -Bills Bakery of Mattoon, or in Louisville under the Aunt Hattie trade mark of the Nick Warisse Bakery. OTHER CHAIN and independent bakeries for which Meyers bakes son's Bakery of Ada, Noll's and serve rolls are Bakery, Alton, Telluer's Bakery, Poplar Bluff, Pankey's Bakery, Harrisburg, St. Lance Brothers Bakery, Lonis; Sunbeam Bnkery. Evansville, and the Side Baker, Centralia, Ill, Meyers merely makes the roils.

packages them under the label of any one of their numerous customer bakeries and delivers them twice a week to the other bakeries for resale. Will such an operation pay off? It's paying off to the time of Approximately $21,000 a week in gross salcs at the present time, according to R. H. (Dick) Watson, manager of the local firm. And this time of year is considered their slack senson.

According to Mr. Watson the firm's gross sales have exceeded $27,000 weekly. Untl) recently the Blytheville Sen. Mansfield (D- called to disclose publicly "the of subversives stripped from govEisenhower, administration. (D-, Post Office Sets Another Sales Mark Blytheville's Post Office again in 1954 set a new record for itself in gross sales, Postmaster Ross Stevens reported today.

Last year, be stated, showed A 2.5 percent Increase over 1953. During '34, the office here 8103- sed $181,016, which put it $4.000 over '53. Largest Increase came in September quarter which grossed $5.000 over the corresponding quarter of '53. Other quarterly periods ran about even with previous years. Although receipts for December were slightly down, the Christmas perind in 54 showed a $1,500 increase.

Difference came tn meter settings, which were unusually heavy in 1953, Mr. Stevens stated. Two Arrested For Burglary Lee Fulbright, 44. and Edward H. Hall, 29, both of Leachville, are being held in the county Jail here today in connection with the theft of some automoblie parts froin a Leachville garage Dec.

28. Prosecuting Attorney Arthur Barrison said men are alleged to have entered Robert Stevens' Garage at Leachville and look an automobile transmission, motor block and transmission housing. They were arrested earlier this week in Leachville. Enraged Father Kicks Stove 5 Die SAGINAW, Mich. (R An enraged father kicked over an oll heater during a family quarrel Inst night, touching off flash fire that killed tisec hildren three of them his own And critically burned his wlic.

Police said Eugene Pierce, 29. dellberately overturned the stove In a scuffle with his father-InInw. L. C. Valentine, 44.

Plerce, unemployed fathor of five; was under police guard at St, Mary's Hospital, held for Investigation of mansinughler. He suffered a burn on the arm and lacerations in escaping through window of the flaming home. Two other ndutts thrce chudren also were 1 7 McClellan Says Probe Will Go On May Inquire Further Into 'Death Sentence' WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. McClellan (D-Ark) said today the Senate Investigations subcommittee may inquire further into a woman witness' story that a Communist threatened her life. Dark-haired Mary Stella Beynon, 31, who sald she former FBI undercover informant, told part of the story yesterday as a witness at the subcommittee's last scheduled public henring before Sen.

McCarthy (R-Wis) hands Its chairmanship over to McClellan in the new McClellan he Congress. says plans some investigations of Communists, possibly including some follow -through hearings based on Miss Beynon'9 story. Miss Reynon told the subcommittee that Roy Hudson, described as a former chairman of the Communist party in western Pennsylvania, informed her on May 13, 1947, would not be killed that night, but I was tinder a death sentence." She said Communists had just learned she was reporting to the FBI, She did not Indicate there ever bad been an attempt on her life. Contempt Threats Yesterday's sessions brought contempt of Congress threals against five persons, one of them a Pittsburgh Steelworker who swore he was not a Communist after 1:30 p.m., then refused to say If he had been one at 1 p.m. or previously.

McCarthy said he would ask the subcommittee lo cite the witness, Harold K. Brincy, on grounds he was taking "frivolous" refuge in the Fifth Amendment. Briney had pleaded that. to answer differently "may tend to incriminate me." McCarthy called the Government Operations commillee's parent, Committee, to the meet submorrow Lo act on the contempt charge against Brincy and others. A vole for contempt would ask the Senate to refer thee ases to the Justice Department for prosecuLion.

Briney sald he bad worked for 37 ycars for the Westinghouse Air Brake in Pillsburgh, and president of his independent United Electrical Workers local in Pittsburgh, Eight Persons Named Miss Beynon and Frank Nestler, of Jeanette, together McCLELLAN on Page 2 Plans Are Made For H. Highfill Rites Tomorrow Funeral services for Hezekial: Highfill will be conducted at Cobb Funeral Home chapel tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in Paragould. Active pallbcarers will Includo: Foy Etchieson, J. T.

Sudbury, Ed Cummins, A. R. Wetenkamp, Jimmy Webb, John M. Leigh, Tom Baker and E. A.

Stacy. Honorary pallbearers from Blytheville and vicinity. include D. Gee. B.

A. Lynch. Marcus Evrard. Alexander Lecch, Harry W. Haines, Baker Wilson, W.

J. Wunderlich, C. A. Cunningham, J. F.

Lentl, Will Lane. Hatch Doan, J. C. Ellis, Charles Rose and George Ray. Other honorary pallbearers are 8.

Y. West. Tom Lee, Abe Lewis, Julius Lewis, Lee Rosenberg. S. W.

Barton, David Barton, F. E. Jolly. P. M.

Burton; Fred Copeland, Ronnie Greenwell. Neil Hehn, Crews Reynolds, C. F. Bloker, Alvin Samuels, Morris Block, Bill Kirsch; And the following from Parma: Floyd Gale, L. W.

Bolin, Walter Frailey L. C. Moore, L. T. Anore, Carl Moore, H.

Morgan, J. H. Mills, L. B. Sidney Lindley.

Boyd Lindley, B. Taylor, Alton Love. Arvil Cnilison, Evert. Tuggle, Leon Starnes, J. R.

Russum, Amer Asbill, Lymon Asbill, O. E. Harrison, W. M. Simmons, E.

L. Goode, Lowry, W. H. James, R. E.

Aycock, E. E. Douglas, W. S. Aycock.

Mrs. A. S. Rogers Dies; Services Are Tomorrow OSCEOLA Funeral services for Mrs. A.

8. Rogers, 74. will be conducted at Osceola's First Methodist Church at 10 o'clock tomar. row morning by the Rev. William Scroggins.

Burlal will be In Violet Cemetery. Pallbearers will Include Edwing Thomns, Ted Woods, Dick Prewitt, Joe Rhoades. Ben Butler, and W. C. Beard.

Honorny pallocarers will be mombers of the Osceola Eastern Star chapter. Mrs. Rogers died nt 9:30 last night In Osceola Momorial Hospital She WAS A nalive of Troy, and came to Osceola about 50 years Ago, She was active In Enstern Star, Methodist Church and taughl the Nursery Cinas of the church for 30 yenrs. Two neices and three nephews survive. Harmony Predicted Between Ike, Demos On Foreign Policy George, in line to become spoke out after Republican message will be "well reccived" Saying he doesn't believe it conLains anything new or startling.

Sen. Knowland of California, the GOP floor leader, said he thinks the message "will be well received by the Congress and the people." Eisenhower gave GOP leaders a preview of the message at the White House yesterday. The President was said to be. stressing in the message a new defense concept in which proposed military manpower reductions would be offset by the employment of new weapons and closer links with America's allies. Review Deinanded The manpower cuts.

already announced, have brought Democratic demands for A review of over-all the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, legislative leaders predicted the President's State of the Union by the country. No Basic Disagreements, Says Sen. George WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. George (D-Ga) predicted today Democrats will have no "basic disagreements" with President Eisenhower over foreign, national defense and world trade policies in the Congress session opening tomorrow. In Ladejinsky Case 'Anti-Semitic' Furor Shocking to Benson To Talk Over Vol: Job in New York Arkansas Coach At Meeting; Denies He Has Had Offer LITTLE ROCK (P) The Arkansas Democrat said today that Conch Bowden Wyatt of the kansas Razorbacks will talk over the head football coaching job at the University of Tennessee with officials of that school this week.

In a story written by Sports Eultor Jack Keady, the Democrat quoted Wyatt as saying: "I am honest when I I have! nat. been offered the job, but I expect to know a lot more about the situation when I get to New York." Wyatt has left Arkansas to tend the annual meeting of the Football Coaches Association of America in New York, and he said he would talk to Tennessee officials there. The Arkansas coach, whose team won the Southwest Conference championship last year and lost 14-, to Georgia Tech in the 1915 ton Bowl has been mentioned repeatedly as Tennessee's choice to sucreed Harvey Robinson as Voll conch. Robinson was fired after a. poor 1934 season.

Thice Years to Go Wyatt refused to reveal what kind of offer it would take 10 lure him from Arkansas. where be still has three years to go on a contract calling for $15.000 a year. However. Keady said wouldn't take the Joo unless he could take his entire staff of tants with him, and that he ably would want a five-year tract. Keady said that Wyatt had could offer certain advantages over Arkansas.

including 2 lighter and better. material. The Democrat sports also See WYATT on Page 2 Kiwanis Lays Plans for '55 Ladies Night Charlie Andrews, sales promoLion manager of the Newspaper Printing of Nashville, will be principal speaker at! the Kiwnnis Club's annual Lacies Night and installation banque: which will be held at Hotel Noble Friday night. Mr. Andrews is a well-known Tennessee humorist who has spok-, en in all sections of the south and southwest, Wives of Kiwanians will be special guests at the affair which this yenr is being held jointly with the club's installation dinner.

Ed Westbrook of Jonesboro, lieutenant governor of the 12th division of Kiwanis' Missouri-Arkansas District, will install chub officers for 1955. Beceuse of the Friday night banquet the club will not meet at its usual time Wednesday, club said. Women Are Injured Miss Virginia Nunn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Nunn, nad Miss Mary Jo Hall, daughter of Mrs.

A. G. Hall, were injured in an Automobile accident at Culpepper. Sunday enronte to their home In Washington, D. C.

The girls had spent the past two weeks here visiting their parents. The accident occurred when their enr collided with another on curve. Although occupants of neither car were seriously injured, both automobiles were demolished. Mrs. Tall left Sunday night to Ibe with ber daughter.

military policy. Eisenhower was represented as taking an optimistic view of the nation's long range cconnmic prospects and was said to be emphasizing in the message plans to advance the health and economic welfare of the country. Some lawmakers said the sage was being redrafted into the final form before the President's scheduled delivery at a joint sos- sion of Congress Thursday. and television networks carry the speech. Senate and House Democrats and Republicans planned separate meetings today to settle on party floor lenders, with no upsets OT contests in prospect.

The new Congress convenes at noon tomorrow, with the Democrats taking over control and then marks time until the President's message a day later. Good Relations Seen Without direct reference to the message, George said in en interview that unless something seen develops, he believes relations between the Democrats in gress and the White House will be good. the foreign affairs, international trade and national defense programs, I do not think will be any basic disagreements with the President," he said. "Perhaps there will be arguments some details. But I do not anticipate sharp, fundamental ences over even most of the domestic program." George said he will not push in 1955 for tax-cutting increases In personal income excriptions of the kind he sought unsuccessfully year.

He said he believes exemp. tions shoul ba raised. but not until greater progress born made See IRE on Page 2 WASHINGTON (AP) son, "shocked that anti-Semitic ed," invited Jewish leaders to raised by release of a letter of Wold Ladejinsky as U. S. Edward Schultz, national chairman of the B'nai B'rith Anti-defamation League, announced yesterday acceptance of 811 invitation from Benson.

Joseph F. Barr nalional commander of the Jeansh War Veterans, also accepted. Barr and Schultz were among a number of American Jewish leaders who last week protested relense of a letter to the department from George N. Vitt. a Russian emigre George N.

Vitt. a Russian emigre and now industrial American Exporter Publications in New York. Refusal Applauded In that letter- shown to newsmen by Milan Smith, Benson's excoutive assistant-Vitt applauded, Benson's refusal to allow sky to continue as agricultural attache in Japan after a new law transferred such officials from State to Agriculture Department control. Lade Jinsky born In Russia 55 years ago and naturalized un American in 1928, was ousted on security and technical grounds. He had been in Japan for four years, during which he supervised a land reform program that won considerable acclaim.

He had twice been cleared by the State Department. Vitt. who later charged he was "double-crossed" in the way the letter was released. wrote that A "goodly share" Russian revolucionaries who came to this country 1 were "found among the Russian Jews." In New York yesterday, Vitt made public a second letter to Benson, repeating a denial that he was motivated by anti-Semitism. He stated: "I fail to see that any question 01 anti-Semitism is involved in stating that any Jew or a member any other minority oppressed in the U.S.S.R.

who becomes Commu- State Christian Church Pastors to Meet Here A three-day institute for in Arkansas will be held al First 24-26 it was announced today. The Rey. James W. Rainwater, pastor of the First Christian Church, said that between 25 and 35 Christian ministers and their wires ate expected to attend the three-day institute. The institute begins with registration of visiting ministers and wives on the afternoon of Jan.

24 with the first session to be held that night. The Rev. Mr. Rainwater stated that the institute will serve as a refresher course for the ministers and that night sessions during the three-day gathering will be open to the public. Speakers Principal speakers at the institute will be Dr.

Perry E. Gresham, pres- all Disciples of Christ ministers Christian Church here Jan. ident of Betheny College, W. and Dr. S.

Marion Smith. professor of the New Testament at Butler University in Indianapolls, Ind. In addition to daily and night's business sessions, a full program of entertainment including A breakfast for the visiting ministers and a tea for their and men of the local church, is also being planned. Officers for the institute will be the Rev. Bernard E.

Burry of Paris, president: the Rev. Mr. Rainwater, vice president, and the Rev. James A. Fralley of North Liltle Rock, secretary.

The ministers' institute is an annual event with the Christian Churches of the state. Professional Killers Sought For Panama Assassination (P)- Authorities pressed nationwide search today for band of unidentifled professional killers accused nf AssAssinating President Jose Antonio Remon at the instigation of his political era emies. The "guns-for-hire" charge was made by Minister of Government Catalino Arrocha Graell in a futhe the slain chief execuneral oration, late yesterday over tive, who was mowed down by machine-gun fire nt A race track Sunday night. "Mercenary hands armed by his political enemles" Ared the bullets, Arrochn declared. There was widespread speculation that the killers may have been imported.

Arrocha spoke during burial serv-1951 Ices at the national cemetery. Thousands of persons lined the capital's I streets to pay their Anal tribute! Secretary of Agriculture Benimplications have been raisconfer with him today on issues commending the security ouster agricultural attache in Japan. nisi is traitor not only to his country of allegiance but also to his people in view of the merciless persecutions his brethern suffered in the U.S.8.R. Not Responsible Benson said yesterday he cepts "no responsibility for any of statements or conclusiona the Vitt or any other letter receiv. See BENSON on Page 2 Narrow Bridge Leads to Wreck And Illinois Man Demolishes Cadillac, Escapes Serious Injury A 35-year-old East St.

miraculously escaped sericus "Injury enrly this morning when he demolished his 1951 Cadillac one of Highway 61's notoriously narrow bridges. In Chickasawba Hospital this morning is Roy Lynn Woods. descendant of one of Blytheville's 'earliest settlers. Preliminary exjamination disclosed no serious A juries. However, due to shock.

a more 1 complete examination was being layed. nis physician reported. It is thought he might have some chest injury. possibly a broken rib. The Accident But if that's all.

he can count himself tucky. Here's now Stare Trooper Gene who investigated, described the accident. Mr Woods was south on 61 Sandy Ridge bridge, about five miles south of Blytheville when he came into the curve which approaches the bridge. As he did so. he saw an oncomting truck.

1: was driven by Eugene Carter of Anna. Ill. Seeing it would be practically impossible for the two to pass on the bridge. Mr. Woods braked his car, skidded on the wet pavement and slid across the bridge sideways.

As he did so, he collided wich the truck. Trooper Mabry described the Cadillac as a total loss and said the truck was damaged The latter had to be towed to town, he stated. Mr. Woods was on his way to Memphis to visit his mother, he said. A Scout Leaders Will Convene North Mississippi County Boy Scout district committee will get together at Rustic Inn here on Jan.

20, it was announced today by Jim Gardner, district chairman. Plans for 1955 will be mapped at this supper meeting, which gets started al 7 o'clock. Weather Weather Valentine said Pierce, who wns estranged from his wife, entered the house brandishing knife. He said he subdued Plerce by sinashing him on the head with the butt of a shotgun. Pierce fled inlo another room, knocking aver the all heater, palice sald.

Flames raced through the house. trapping, the five victims, who were playing upstairs. They were Betty Jane Pierce, 8: Sherice Laverne Fierce, 6: and Allen Plerce, 4: Juanita Johnson, 10, and Caroline Cralon, Pierce's wile. Ada Lco, 26, was burred c. Neolly.

Others injured in the blaze were Mrs. Pearlier Craion. 22; and Valentine's wife, Lueretha, 45. Mrs. Valentine carried three children to safely Pierce, 2, and Leonard Pierce, 9 months, and Geraldine Craion, 9 months.

Police were forced to handcuff Pierce la keep him from dashing back into the bullding in an Attempt la rescuch lsc hildren. Valentine told police Plerce had been living away from his family since his release from the veterans hospital At Battle Creek, where he had been under tre-resent. es mental CASC. Officers said he had been drinking. as the funeral cortege passed from the Roman Cethollc cathedral to the cemetery.

There was no clue to. the Identity of the assassins. The National sembly has decreed a 10-day stage of alege a modified form of martial law temporarily some constitutional guarantees to aid secret police in their hunt. At least a score of persons, cluding ex-President Arnulfo Arias land for two women, have Col. been Saturnina, rounded questioning.

Flores, deputy commander ama's national guard, has Indicated strongly thnt the weight of suspicion is on followers of Arias, who was ousted from the presidency in by a bloody national guard coup. Remon then was head of the guard, Panama's chief military force. ARKANSAS Mostly cloudy and warm this afternoon and tonight with fow light showers mostly in northwest portions, Wednesday scattered showers or thundershowers, cooler northwest portion late Wednesday. MISSOCRI Cloudy this afternoon and tonight with rain or drizzle north and scattered showers south; Wednesday considerable cloudiness with scattered showers; warmer extreme north; low tonight 309 extreme north to 50s south. Minimum this Maximun: yesterday--so.

Suurise Sunset Mean Precipitation Inst 24 hours 14 a.m. Precipitation Jan. 1 to dale- 04. This Date Last Year Ataximum yesterday -St. Minimum this morning-20.

Precipitation January 1 to date come..