Star (Newspaper) - May 6, 1948, Anniston, Alabama Weather Forecast this unit In southwestern portion tonight er Friday fair moderate 78 today's tow 1 Local cotton 38 Aid Tnm I A M ntt U M tan BL 204 Complete A P and U P Leased Wires Member ABC and Paid Circulation A AT A A V ft injo Folsom Heads Called 1 my Brunette ey President At Rockford ANNISTON ALA THURSDAY MAY 6 1948 F M ft fa at P M Governor And In His Office Unite In Surprise Ceremony Chief Executive In Office Today Could Face Charge If He Lost Christine Snil Ruin Expected During Night Rain Is expected here tonight and will continue Into tomorrow ing In nil probability Weatherman P M forecast this after- noon Cooler weather Is in prospect by tomorrow night ami continue May fi Oov James E Volsom a benedict of one day today postponed his honeymoon to hear a clemency pita for a Montgomery un- der death sentence for murder Shortly after marriage yesterday in Rockford to tiny brunette More the or's best man announced that the newlyweds were headed for a j Florida honeymoon Today office that the Governor had disrupted his wedding trip to conduct the ency hearing for James Shaver Montgomery condemned to the electric chair May 11 for the geon death ot another Negro here They said that Folsom In his office today and would de- vote most of his time in the future to his duties as Alabama's chief executive The six-foot or recently named the nation's most eligible bachelor by a of New York models had spent very little time in his during the past several weeks Folsom and Miss Moore a er secretary in the Governor's of- fice were united in a surprise mony yesterday Dans Honeymoon said they would go on a honeymoon after he had taken care business matters Among the business matters to which the announced favorite son presidential aspirant must de- vote some attention is a paternity suit pending against him In man County court It will be heard May 12 Should the paternity suit ruling go against Alabama's widower Governor he could also face a charge of bigamy Mrs Christine Putman Johnston of Hanceville Ala charged In court that the ernor is her common-law husband She asked that he be declared the father of her son Attorneys for Folsom including his father-in-law Judge J A Carnley have answered the suits with a request that they be thrown out of court because the complaints do not constitute cases ty Alabama law should the court Mrs Johnston's claim that Folsom is her common law band they would be considered legally wed In this state Title H section 47 of the 1940 Alabama code declares that a son having a former spouse still living who marry with a second spouse In Alabama Is guilty of bigamy nnd upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than two years nor more than five years Would Have To File Charge Mrs Johnston or county officials would presumably have to file the bigamy charges Mrs Johnston from into Saturday with a high ture of 10 degrees Indicated for The official forecast for Anniston and vicinity Mostly cloudy and continued worm tonight and day Highest temperatures from 15 to 80 degrees lowest In the early morning ot 60 degrees tions are for and storms for tonight and likely through Friday morning Partly cloudy and cooler Friday night and Saturday j City Parking T Laws Are Improved Alleys Paralleling Noble Street Will Become One- way Drives Continuing in his determination to give Anniston the new look In standard big city traffic tions Mayor E D Banks today dered signs erected that will direct one-way traffic in the two major alleys running parallel with Noble Street The flow henceforth will run north in the alley between Noble Street and Wilmer and south in the alley between Noble Street and Gurnee Avenue thus ears an opportunity to pass at quickened speed In either tion or to make a loop without dering through traffic The extent of the mayor's traffic reforms have met with universal approval from the populace which is it relatively simple these days not only to make better time through the congested business areas but also to find a parking place Previously a great many car owners were reluctant to drive at all in the downtown section and those who did try it were so dis- i by the parking situation they frequently turned around and went home When the matter was brought to his attention by the Retail chants Division of the Chamber of Commerce who forwarded to him a resolution In which it was at- tested that much business was lost due to the congestion Mayor Banks took immediate steps to remedy it Making a study of traffic as in large cities such as Atlanta Memphis and Chattanooga he brought back the most modern proved measures which are ing the whole appearance of ton streets and doing much to prevent serious accidents at inter- sections The new street signs painted In six-foot letters at all boulevards which slow cars at a line 50 feet before the crossing is reached Is an important part of the mayor's ty program The distance is considered standard to allow Conference Planned morrow In Effort To Head Off Threatened Strike By W WARD WASHINGTON May 6 While House today called a con- ference of railroad brotherhood chiefs for tomorrow to try to head off the threatened railroad strike Dr John R Steelman presiden- tial assistant and labor expert tele- phoned the heads of three unions which have called a strike for next Tuesday He asked them to meet with him at a m EST row Presidential Press Secretary Charles G Ross who made the was asked if any proposal would be presented to the brotherhood leaders I can't sny any more than I Ross replied The leaders are vanley Johnston of the Locomotive Engineers David B Robertson of the Locomotive Firemen and En- and A J Glover of the Switchmen's Union Also Plan To Hear Operators Johnston who was in Cleveland today told reporters Steelman In- to him that he wanted to talk first with the union men then call In i of railroad management Ross was asked whether Steelman would have a similar conference with representatives of the roads I can't say as Ross said I have told you all that has been done to date White House aides would not dis- cuss what possible action might be taken if cannot persuade the parties to reach an agreement They turned aside such questions as whether Mr Truman will talk personally with the disputants whether the union leaders might be asked to postpone the strike date or whether the government might seize the railroads Appeal Under Study A plea by President Truman for the railroad owners and the unions to settle their wage dispute without a crippling nationwide walkout is known to be under study But those close to the chief ex- are prepared to recommend It only if they feel there Is a possibility that the ing parties will heed the appeal In Cleveland Alvanley Johnston head of the Brotherhood of motive Engineers said he would be glad to sit down with the road representatives to see what can be done to avert a He told a reporter it is very likely that there would have to be a yielding on both sides to settle the dispute The members of three Railroad Brotherhoods are set to walk out at 6 a m local time May 11 They are the Locomotive Engineers Firemen and men and Switchmen Together they could halt operations on the nation's major rail lines because run the locomotives and con- trol the switches An appeal to the railroads and unions for a new try at settling the controversy might be by an invitation to talk tilings over with Mr Truman at the White House or to return to negotiations with help from the National Mediation Board Could Seize Carriers As a last resort the President might order seizure of the roads under emergency act a World War I which has never a recent appendix operation in I ers sufficient time to bring their 1 been repealed in full Other Cullman was not available for cars to a full stop at the i authority to take over comment on marriage She tion It also serves as a warning has spoken only through her that a boulevard is being ney since filing the paternity whereas the Only the bride's mother Mrs In use were nil too frequently E M Moore of Montgomery was not surprised by the sudden tials She said had been courting for two years more or less been and the that she marriage had Mrs Moore declined to discuss the suit which her son-in-law faces Folsom disclosed also today that trie wedding had first been ned for May I It was postponed be- cause of the campaign which somc was conducting for a post as delegate to the national Democratic convention Worked In Office The new first lady worked in office of Alabama's widower ernor until Just a few weeks ago She recently was transferred to the State Highway The bride's father an employe of the State Revenue Department Is an old political friend of som's He was in the mercantile business in Berry Ala and in the lumber business in Birmingham Xor 15 years Folsom and his petite bride slipped away to Rockford Coosa County scat 40 miles north of Montgomery yesterday to ob- tain their marriage license Accounts of the ceremony varied Mrs Winston Stewart wife of Coosa County Judge Winston attended the bride and declared that she was smiling and radiant throughout the service best man said both Folsom Miss Moore cried while the was taking place and the petite brunette to this country county seat 40 miles of Montgomery to obtain their marriage license They were wed at the Rock ford Baptist Church in a simple mony p m CST yesterday II Col 4 overlooked or disregarded The are not being abandoned however They will re- main fli use and are to be with illuminating paint so as to be readily visible at night erties involved In labor disputes was wiped out a year ago by Con- gress Mediation Board Members Frank P and Francis Jr at length with assistant John R man yesterday The three unions stood pat for more than the 15 cent hourly Mayor Banks declared today that Pay increase which the other the response of the public to his road brotherhoods accepted In ad- program and the newly in- j dition they demanded action on stalled traffic regulations has given rules changes him much satisfaction We of the j D B Robertson commission are doing everything we make our city safe for its and a nice place to live t people Wherever I go I make notes on what the larger are doing for their citizens and as far as we can we are providing the same advantages are cooperating didly and for their I am truly grateful The tremendous program has the employment by of an experienced sign the cily painter The work will not be com- for some time yet the mayor advised stating that he has other See City Page 10 Col 3 and head of the is in the his Washington for a meeting of legislative committee chiefs In union He said the plans to strike next Tuesday already have been perfected j Meantime some railroads like the Louisville and Nashville and the Southern Railway System placed a embargo on shipment of perishable goods be- ginning this week-end The L N announced it will not accept ments of livestock poultry perishables after Friday The Southern System said See Rail race 10 Col 4 and its A A WEEK BY Truman Foes Holding Lead In State Race STORM LEVELS Negro boy was killed and at least 12 other children Injured when a storm leveled this schoolhouse at Ala near Montgomery Some of the children received broken legs when the building tumbled down on Telephoto Governor Chances Of Being Delegate Are Slim MONTGOMERY May 6 Gov James E for a place among Alabama's gates to the Democratic National Convention apparently depends upon the possibility of a run-off June 1 At least the Governor refuses to count himself completely out of the race despite his poor running in Tuesday's Democratic primary Folsom told newsmen yesterday that he thought he had a good chance of pulling up in the ning as returns continue to come in I am more humble than Folsom said in a statement re- leased shortly before he left to be married to Miss Moore He declared that certain policies and candidates have won in the first primary Many observers attributed poor running to a slate of delegate and elector candidates published in his weekly paper som's Forum Phillip J Hamm candidate said he believed the slate attributed to his defeat by Sen John J Sparkman Wind And Rain Storms Sweep South Alabama Montgomery Mobile mri And Dothan Feel The Sling Of High Winds Arab Forces Abandon Supply Port Of Jaffa Only Of Normal Population Of Left In Old City UN Commission Renews Efforts To Secure Truce Covering All Jerusalem By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Arabs appeared today to have abandoned Jaffa their supply port and military center adjoining Jewish Tel Aviv Reliable estimates had the old city inhabited by only 10.000 of its normal people The Jewish ring of encirclement has been widening around Jaffa for several days Bridges Asks AAF On Par With Russia Opens On Passed To ize Plane Expansion WASHINGTON May 6 Senate today overwhelmingly a up the cash o start the Air Force on its way building up a force of modern fighting planes The Senate approved a for the Air which has dwindled tn er and numbers since the end of he war The House has approved similar legislation but the was re- turned to the lower chamber for agreement on minor differences most important Palestine port Haifa was taken by the Jews last month Grenades mortars and gun fire resounded from the lem Sheikh Jarrah Quarter of near the old walled cily shattering the calm of truce in the Holy City since Sunday A United Nations Commission re- its efforts to secure a truce covering all Jerusalem The parent world organization in Lake Success was reported in general agreement that only emergency measures can save Palestine from bloody war There were indications the U N at last was coining to grips with the problem The U S House Foreign Affairs Committee appeared edging away from the Idea of an immediate world conference to overhaul the UN Charter particularly to re- strict Russia's repeated use ot the veto Senate leaders cleared the way for swift passage of a defense increasing the U S Air Force to 70 groups The Greek coalition cabinet was being remade Premier Themistokles suspended Parliament for a month and worked on a new which was expected to drop ten or 12 present cabinet ASSOCIATED PRESS bers Belgium also was undergoing Winds accompanied by heavy rains swept over a large part of South Alabama today causing moderate damage and injuring several sons none believed seriously The winds reached as far north as Montgomery Selma Dothan Mobile and Greenville nil reported strong blow's but spokesmen in these towns said no appreciable damage was done A Negro man Roosevelt was injured by flying debris as a government change Deputy Foreign Ministers of the Big Four powers suspended In London their talks about a peace treaty for Austria Russian demands for approval of Yugoslav territorial claims and for tions deadlocked the lengthy ings The Jewish army Haganah mated Arabs had abandoned their homes in Palestine Six buses Truman Urges Action To Rush U S Housing Shortage Throughout Comi try Has Become Almost He Declares WASHINGTON May 6 President Truman today called lor public pressure on Congress to ease a housing shortage which he said has become almost fatal He also said that this country's foreign policy must con- if we are going to get peace in this world Mr remarks were ad- dressed to the National Conference on Family Life meeting here He spoke extemporaneously for 15 minutes It was the first time that a President's extemporaneous re- marks of such length had been broadcast over the major radio works On housing the President pleaded specifically for House passage of the Housing Act which was approved recently route heavily 10 keep the a way A third of the Egyptian army was i reported massed in Sinai on the south Palestine border An Iraqi armored brigade camped in Jordan near the eastern frontier A large Syrian army recently from unit its training camp King Abdullah of Trans- Jordan who says he will lead armies of his country Syria Lebanon and Iraq Into Palestine was quoted in i an Arab newspaper as j truce In t Bodies Of Aged Woman Three Sons Found In S C Farm Home S C May 8 widow and her sons one of them paralyzed were found shot and sloshed to death early today In their farm home 16 miles east of here Coroner Lewis H Miller said Mrs Margaret Howze was shot early day as she combed her hair ard T 38 died instantly In a gun blast ns he lay in bed Isaac 55 was shot In tho back nnd ach and Lucius A Howze 58 bled to death from a silt throat as he sat In a chair Miller shotgun charge was fired Into the celling above the oldest son's bed and the shotgun was found beside his chair A breakfast was found in the kitchen A plumber G H Christopher who had been engaged to repair a pipe at the farm home became alarmed when no one answered his knocks and calls early today County Police Chief K L said Christopher looked through the bedroom windows and saw the bodies The three brothers were nil single and lived on the farm Miller of on inquest not Immediately I rejected beca means c winds destroyed his small home 10 out 150 Egyptian refugees miles south of Greenville i road traveled by Joseph In Montgomery high winds blew I from Jerusalem to down a few small houses and trees j had mined the and blacked out power Traffic was tied up for a while on U S Highway 231 to Florida by fallen trees Several persons were reported injured by flying ob- Winds blowing up to 62 miles an hour in gusts swept Mobile's Airport unroofing two small buildings and smashing the wing of a private plane Winds partially destroyed a large one-story concrete block building two miles south of Selma A fallen tree temporarily blocked Highway i 0 to Montgomery Communication wires between Montgomery and Dothan were down ut the extent of damage inside Dothan was said to be slight Body Assails Civil Rights Program BOSTON May 6 of a commission on church union to study the complex question of Methodism uniting with other re- iglous denominations was recom- mended today at the Methodist Quadrennial General Conference The recommendation was con- in a report by the tee on interdenominational tions and activities headed by the Rev b Miller pastor of the First Methodist Church of Topeka Kans by the Senate He asked the delegates to urge House members to pass the Tell them about he pleaded They probably will ten to you more than they will to me Warning that the housing age is almost a fatal he stressed the plight of erans who return from serving their country only to find there are no homes for them Mr Truman said It was ful that a young veteran and his Jews wife antl were evicted from a parking lot home here They couldn't find a place where they would let a baby and a dog lie sold Then extending his arm in an Elector Candidates ed To Walkout Still Hold Upper Hand Delegate Vote Is Splitting Up Senator Sparkman Makes Of His Race With Phillip Hamm BIRMINGHAM May 6 Sank and file approval of stand maintained today in late rom Tuesday's Democratic mary Leaders among the 28 candidates In the race lor presidential elector were all pledged against casting the state's electoral votes for President Truman or any other under a civil rights gram In all 21 of the 29 signed the pledge A proposal to have the state's delegation walk out of the WASHINGTON May 6 Senator Styles Bridges H today urged enactment of a to boost U S air power nearer the level ot Russia's Bridges chairman of the committee opened Senate debate on a measure to authorize a plane purchase program Senate passage of the ting up more for air power than the administration ed is believed certain While the Senate debated air power the House considered an Army construction measure Other House Rules Committee cleared the way for House action next on a to curb American Communists It limited general debate to six hours but authorized amendments from the floor The measure would re- quire the Communist party and its fronts to register and list their members each year with the Justice Department Republican ers plan to bring up the 25 draft for a House vote May 17 or 18 The measure is strictly a draft It does not call for uni- versal military training A UMT Is pending in the House but it never has been cleared by the Rules Committee congressional tion on the to repeal federal taxes on oleomargarine appeared assured The Senate Finance Com- voted unanimously to limit hearings on the ure to two days The would make it economic for margarine manufacturers to color their duct before it get to the wife She does the coloring now House members urged the House Foreign Affairs tee to disregard administration wishes and support demands for a world conference on revision of the United Nations Charier On the front cans for Democratic Action an of New Deal Democrats called the Mundt worse than useless AD Asaid It would idate public spirited citizens but wouldn't hurt Communists a bit Other congressional UNITED NATIONS Chairman Charles A Eaton R N of the House Foreign Affairs Committee the proposed world conference to revise the UN Charter would be unfortunate at this time While will FOURTH DISTRICT RACE Official returns from half of the counties including C a 1 h o un In the Fourth District race for Congress this afternoon fare Judge Sam Hobbs a combined vote of to for Kenneth erts Tom Graff trailed with 1100 The returns were from houn Clay Dallas and Counties Counting is expected to be complete in tauga and Coos A Counties this afternoon St Clair County will make its count tomorrow It was reported unofficially that Hobbs waj leading In and Counties and that Roberts held a slight lead to Coosa Unofficial returns from OYer the entire district gave Hobbs a lead of approximately votes The official tabulations Hobbs Roberts Graff 69 Hobbs Graff Roberta Graff Hobbs Roberts Graft 87 313 46 898 In the delegate races from the Fourth District the combined tals in Calhoun Dallas and more Counties Tom C Cecil W Hastings Walter C Givhan Tom Graff A L Hanks Winston Stewart W Carvel WoodaU ham Wright appealing gesture he asked how families be reared in such Professing belief that revision conditions i be needed he agreed with Secretary dogs are ns of George C Marshall that essary to the welfare of this such a conference would be unwise try as Wall Street and the railroads i or anything else he said An investigation of Mr sald that subversive activities in public Democratic National Convention was meeting with lesser success This plan by the State ic Executive Committee proposes r walkout by the delegation if an part of the Truman civil right program is included in the platform Leaders among the 24 for the eight places as from the state at large included both those pledged to the and those opposing with the In numbers going to the All however are opposed to ident Truman's renomination Senator Lister Hill who both walkout and Truman schools and colleges was proposed enter Palestine with my troops after May 15 Pcle Concedes De Election TUSCALOOSA May 6 Pete B Jarman of ingston member of Congress from the Sixth District for 12 years at noon today conceded election to Edward De attorney in Tuesday's Democratic primary At thai time unofficial returns from 213 boxes out of 215 in the district Rave to Jarman's votes THE WEATHER of many domestic and foreign by Representative Robert Nodar Clare Hoffman R said newspapermen won't have to ry about being jailed under his for publicizing leaks of tial information He snid he will First column at 30 A M today column at P M third P M In day in the -0 to ace On foreign policy he I hope that nothing In the world will interfere with our foreign policy If we are going to Fort Worth fts New SI Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloud Cloud For Rain Cloudy Cloudy dowdy Washington nil DATA For the hours ended at r M Inw fit W degree i mean Gil 41 of an lelal rainfall Jan I In c a I normal rainfall to datt Jan I at A M 12 r M tin In t A ML at p M Falling r U- A M get peace in this world that bi- j see to it that they are specifically partisan policy must continue excluded SEC Limits Games To Sugar Orange Cotton Bo ids Term May 6 Dougherty was instructed at a A majority of Southeastern Conference schools voted to limit participation In football games to the Sugar Orange and Cotton tne Office of Dean N W Dougherty announced today The poll results admitted plete were released by Dougherty's Office at the University of see here with instructions from him that the count be withheld In a which Dougherty authorized he he polled tlle schools by letter nnd telegram and that a majority of the 12 voted for the celling One unidentified school so far has dissented his of- fice snld adding that the poll was official and final with no further ratification necessary week-end meeting In Birmingham to conduct the The poll results apparently had a two-fold 1 By their vote SEC schools rejected a proposal that they follow the example ot the er conferences and contract for the conference champion to play in the Sugar Bowl only 2 Smaller bowls such as the Dixie and the Gator apparently were left out In the cold Lexington Va where erty la on an Inspection trip ginia Military Institute the secretary of the executive said he no comment on the poll until he thi officially from office MAY BE SPLIT BIRMINGHAM May 6 Alabama's delegation to the delphia Democratic Convention may be split 13 to 13 on the posal to walk out if a civil program is adopted Unofficial tabulation of votes In Tuesday's primary gave this re- sult For the elected nine leading Against the walkout or non- elected seven leading Incomplete returns indicate runoffs June I for four of the places as for two places from the First Fourth Fifth Sixth i and Ninth Districts and for one place from the Third District In the nee for presidential elector Incomplete returns majorities to the lop nine men If this percentage continues 12th and Ulh men fce In the runoff June 1 was ahead in the race delegate with the bulk of re- turns in Gov James E also a was tenth Rep Carter was de- by Carl In Congressional District Rep Pete Edward In UM District on virtually complete The other seven lives apparently were Runaway Senator John J K runaway of hk race with i endorsed Phillip Hamm ion waa cratie national
