Star (Newspaper) - May 26, 1948, Anniston, Alabama Weather Forecast cloudy widely scattered In south thli afternoon extrema smith portion nd clay Nut quite no warm In north portions 87 CO Total cotton 38 221 Complete A P and U P Leased Wires Member ABC and Net Pa I Congress May Not Pass Draft Law This Year Republican's Threat To Of- fer Civil ment Would Spell Doom Southerners Sel Filibuster Prolonged Say Would Damage Bill's Chances Truman Asks Senate Okeh Of TVA Fund Needed To Construction Of Power ANNISTON MAY 26.1948 WASHINGTON Slay 26 WASHINGTON May Ihls session of Congress may not President Truman today the JMSS any draft legislation after all Sen William N announced today that he will offer a civil rights amendment to tlie j Senate's draft If lie does Southern Senators are I certain to fight filibuster if necessary Dut the Senate hopes Senate Appropriations Committee tn approve to start con- struction of a TVA steam power plant at New Tenn In a leller to Chairman Bridges Mr Truman said thc plant is needed to provide power to Tennessee Valley assuming a to quit work June 19 Prolonged debate could damage the bill's mal peacetime increase in demand chances j He said It is also urgently needed The draft also faced jeopardy in i to mect potential requirements In the House Republicans on the event of nn emergency p rules committee to keep it i lnB the national security j tied up They said opposition lo a I The President enclosed in his peacetime draft is growing rapidly j ter one from Chairman Arthur M i They were said to believe that Hill of the National Security Re- Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr may I sources Board who Verbal Tilts Action Trial Contractors Seek SI From City On Charges Of Breach Of Contract Verbal exchanges between ing attorneys enlivened an wise routine examination of for the plaintiff this in thc trial of the suit brought against tlie City of j ton by the Anniston contracting I firm of and Hannon I The contracting firm has charged the city with breach of contract In thc proposed construction of a ing adjacent to Anniston Memorial Hospital I A contract involving ly was entered into I Dethlefs and Hannon and the City of Anniston in 1946 The case is being tried before a Jury lu Judge Field's cuit Court At one point this morning ing the cross-examination of ert W one of the i I tiffs by Ross Blackmon special at- for the city Mr Blackmon asserted that certain proposed orders in the original con- to by Earle lor the plaintiffs O 1 I a previous case ruled on by the Supreme Court Lopez year-old railroad section hand who told Angeles sheriff's deputies he set a score of fires in the Los Angeles area is shown in jail The fires caused damage estimated at two million dollars Oxford Pleads ml i 1 gli During Maps Meeting Of Tuesday Nigh I Charges Mr Jones answered immediately -vu answered immediately that Mr assertion i I untruthful and a deliberate thc facts Arabs Reject Appeal By UN To Cease Fire U S Labor Peace Hopes Are Brighter Dispute Near End Seamen Threaten page Rails Snarled By UNMET PRESS The nations labor reverse his order to clear the ure for House action Every effort should be made to I to to thc expedite the power expansion i gram designed to relieve this told Speaker Martin in a letter that the U S schools system faces ger of a serious breakdown unless the House passes a to provide federal aid for cation The President said some states can't support their schools adequately He said high defense costs shouldn't stop Congress from putting up money for education aid would contribute a lot he to the vitality of American ochlocracy The Is on ice In the House Labor Commit See A tition to get It before the House is I being circulated by Democrats It Truman ical power situation From the of national security a larger power cushion should be vided in order to permit prompt handling of future loans that may arise in connection with the re- armament program Spokesmen for two Tennessee Calhoun County School Board of Education plans for n new high school building in Oxford were agreed upon unanimously last night at n mass meeting of ford patrons Plans for the s h proposed high the Valley cities told Senators today the Property for case and held the government is obligated to expand g ue ot legally executed r 1 Tim Mr Blackmon said he felt he i was due an apology from tlie at- I for the plaintiff and Mr I Jones repeated his statement Judge Field rapped for order and i thc exchange ended I The change orders referred to by Mr Blackmon were brought out earlier in the present trial and It was shown that the changes were never accepted on the part of thc city and therefore did not exist Court also ruled on validity of the change orders in a previous case and held the instruments had 1 Graduate Tomorrow Night At AHS Inspiring Musical Exercises At School Auditorium Diplomas Will Be Presented By Turner Classes End Tomorrow can to limit President Truman's the electric power system Mayor James W Elmore Jr of Knoxville and Thomas II Allen president of the Memphis Light Gas and Water Division testified before a Sonata appropriations sub- committee endorsed an attempt by to In- crease tha agency's appropriations to provide to start con- i v th ample class rooms The defense admitted to a V i iu a and auditorium with a seating of people and a for athletic activities talk of acceptance and crisis to be easing today mainly as result of the settlement reached by General Motors Corporation anil the CIO United Auto Workers A Michigan labor board official predicted that the GM agreement basis for he UMW strike against Chrysler Cor- within lour days About employes are in in the strike Settlement would cut in half the number of workers on strike in all industries across the country However a new was threatened by CIO and In- dependent seamen and men The strike set for June 15 cut supply lines to Marshall and to American Plan countries troops abroad ity totaling on the part of the city subject to the validity of performance of the contract Tlle seniors in the Speed The meeting which was called by Blackmon stated during the I and in the choral classes school trustees and at- of Mr i wl compose the singers in the th sram a choric drama entitled Onto Us The by Harold G Sliker It will be presented by the tended by approximately 150 ford patrons and representatives from all civic clubs there also Tiling List Damage Claims Attorneys for the plaintiffs have made a motion for recommending Brought out items amounting to the moving of the grammar school Proximately which they struct Ion of plant at New generating n later i The em was eliminated by It survived a critical test vote House to 156 Tlie vote was Ten the Democratic move to open the j moral obligation on the port of I re to amendments Thc would the government said Elmore t lin -i t i u inn expire June 12 for one year It would limited veto power over tariff TVA lo needs Allen cited Memphis and to the Pulton Hall building Also proposed was the adding of four additional class rooms to the building and permission to sell the present grammar school property The meeting was railed last night by the school trustees in compliance with wishes of the contracts between the TVA for renewal without changes House Committee recom- mended that the Interior ment be given to carry cd by the administration with other I and administration had We feel sure that this tee of the Senate will recognize that the division has every legal right to expect TVA to meet Its tion He added that the government is also obligated to make all the i us many activities In the fiscal I appropriations to fulfill the year starting July 1 This was obligations undertaken through or 18.3 per cent less than Wcy the TVA President Truman asked I Elmore placed in the hearing PALEST INF an editorial from The Jacob H N described by n loan to Israel i Kellar ns the greatest Republican I for military equipment and In the South leal assistance Meanwhile have listed as damage claims sought by the contracting firm Additional amounts in the suit have not been discussed in the cross-examination other than amounts for attorney's fees onri loss of business Tlie specific amounts already claimed by the plaintiffs wei d f Coosa River Project Funds the speaking choir with j fiq rnn Miss Barbara Harris choral Authorized rector and Mrs Frances Cobbs head of the Speech Department will di- rect tile drama which will depict the folly of war and plead for peace The choral classes will provide musical background Students taking solo parts For Construction Of jor Dam At WASHINGTON May Lister Hill and John man ID Ala said today that they were highly elated over the Presiding last night was Minshew assisted Walker nnd trustees B sted by Mrs Dean 174.36 in actual money they allege Clyde Parnell local they hava spent in their work con- I with the contract Listed I also was the sum of which i they allege are outstanding against the contracting firm J since the signing of the A large portion of that Right Hand When James Earl Hunter contract and Agnes Denman Peggy Varn thc waterway glas Waugh Helen Shelton Jean Little James Taylor Suttey The Senate increased the funds Pansy Reeves and Billy Allowed by the House for I of Alabama waterways by The invocation and benediction Hill and Sparkman wilt be given by Dr 13 Locke Davis I the action as a great Here are todays developments on the nations labor Chairman ip Weiss of the Michigan labor board said he believed the UAW settlement would provide the basis for peace between the union and Chrysler Mediation officials In Washington went further They o said it might pave fife way for labor peace in all industry ler and UAW officials were to meet at 2 p m today for tions Meanwhile Albert J gerald president of the CIO workers said his members in GM's electrical sion might use the UAW settlement as a basis for an agreement with the firm But he snid the exact provisions of the con- tract were Inadequate for the UE als demands by 21 railroad unions for nationalization of the American railroads Bat one Informed source said presidential adviser John R Steelman again Is attempting to settle the dispute that almost resulted in a nationwide railroad stoppage The mil unions demanded yesterday that the take control of the nues of the railroads as it already has taken control of the employes and proceed to bargain upon the plaintiffs testified Is clue subcontractors under work sub- let by them Listed As Profit An was listed son of Mr and Mrs James as profits and overhead cr of DeArmanville Rt 1 under I the contract Both the contractors testified that the Uirgo by Handel will be the I toi Hot went an operation this morning at l Anniston Memorial Hospital for s the amputation of his right hand i shattered when a dynamite cap I exploded in it at o'clock at h I tory in the fight for development i of waterways The House had The graduation exercises will be in the final event of the school year I tlon for the Jim as regular classes at the high school or Hie were Friday j and the were held Monday and day and report cards and promotion cards will be available Saturday 101 overhead expenses have con- Tlie city elementary schools dis- with respect to I mised classes at 2 o'clock yesterday to thc the to Testimony by Afr Dethlefs nnd Mr Hannon was that the on shipment of arms to Palestine Makes pretty dull reading said MORE p M Hannum this man asked Congress for 100 non day more to operate the Post Office In I nml night of tne same thing she that I the contract and the coming fiscal year He said the official forecast for Anniston I had the dynamite During Mr additional money is needed because Continued partly I ol barn nea of increased operating costs cloudy and warm tonight and f Fe bcea carrying House passed and sent i Lowest temperatures from to the White House a to make 5 to 60 highest the Civil Air Patrol n civilian about RO Little i of the Air Force of rain S T H I r T L Y Hen Charles W Tobey Rr N n got a leave of absence from the Senate for strictly work was and today will at 12 ford o'clock tomorrow Promotion cards business He unofficial getting married bride Mrs formerly em- Mrs Hunter mother explained thc examination of Mr Hannon i day afternoon Mr Jones took ex- ti Cl fcw j to thc method of thc accident occurred ing being followed by the defense She that neither she nor attorney i jm struction of the Buford Darn to begin con- afternoon Friday at 1 o'clock of the River with the Tombigbee i River for construction of TO LUPKIN Tex May 26 Dies former Congressman ami chairman of the House Un- American Activities Committee said today he plans to run for thc U S Senate AGREE TO today The a widow at hotel Even thc conceded that House will pass the one- year reciprocal trade act extender However the Democrats looked for a presidential veto to stop the If it gets as far as the White House Secretary of State George C Marshall already hns said he would prefer no extension of the reciprocal trade law at all to the proposal Instead of thn full three-year continuance asked by the ration the House would ex- tend for only one year the authority to negotiate ither countries for tariff cuts up to W per cent It would also make he Chief Executive accountable to I leaders today after a week-end Congress for certain reductions the youngsters called a Under the present law which ex- I initiation the Dam on the tary school students may visit the Alabama nnd for prepare schools for their report earns lion of plans for further on the way project Hill and Sparkman pointed out j that the Jim Woodruff Dam and THE WEATHER wages and working conditions t MINIMUM WAGE Republican Congressional leaders said there was little chance of passing dent Truman's proposed higher wage law this year Senator Robert A Taft R said there might be n hope of passing a ie measure simply increasing the minimum from 40 cents an hour to 75 cents but Senator Joseph R Ball R warned many Con- gressmen oppose such action in the belief Hint other provisions of tlie Kiw also need cor- rection DRUGS Company Granted members of the CIO Chemical Workers Union a hourly wage increase the general boast that appears to be emerging from labor's fight for a third round Three Conditions All Un- acceptable To Jews Laid Down As Truce Terms Bloody Battle Grips Holy City Both Sides Throw Entire Forces Into Fight For Control Of Jerusalem LAKE SUCCESS N Y Arab official disclosed day that the Arab League rejected the United Nations appeal for a cease-fire in Palestine and demanded disbanding of state of Israel and two other before down arms The formal Arab League reached UN late this morning and still was being decoded at p m minutes before ex- of the UN's cease-fire deadline A member of Lebanon's UN gation revealed however that the Arabs agreed to accept a cease-fire only on three conditions all of them unacceptable to the new Jewish state They 1 Revoke all recognition of the new Jewish state 2 A halt in the arming of ganah the army of Israel 3 Limitation of Jewish gration into Palestine When the 1 p m deadline arrived the Security Council had adjourned for luncheon until 3 p m Not un- til then delegates officially receive the Arab League reply and It was not certain whether they would plunge immediately Into the Palestine problem or continue with a desultory discussion of the Pakistan dispute Delegates moved temporarily to unsettled aspects of the Pakistan dispute and the vak case Angered by the Arabs use of a extension of the original UN deadline for strengthened at- tacks on Jerusalem Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok cabled the Council that his government would have to reconsider its earlier of the Council's request GRIPPED IN BATTLE TEL AVIV May 26 and Jews in Jerusalem have hurled their entire forces Into action re- Ports reaching Tel Aviv said today and the bloodiest battle in the Holy City s history now is raging amid the ancient shrines of Christendom The fighting started yesterday at dawn with Arab attacks in North and South Jerusalem at Damascus and Rachel's Tomb these said and reached the peak of ferocity last night of fighting Jewish sources said the battle was not yet decided Rigid censorship veiled the course Jewish reports said King Arab Legion threw Its entire force into a ground assault in the area of Damascus Gate while Arab planes bombed Jewish within the Holy City itself for the first time in history Arab communiques claimed that combined Trans-Jordan and tian forces smashed their through the Ramat Rachel south of Jerusalem and fought into the quarter in the southern outskirts way area of post-war pay hikes The contract Hospital attaches said thc youth also was treated or two per LONDON May 26 tions of the intestines COST OF LIVING AND WAGE of thc two plaintiffs has Involved the actual nf figures the amounts charged against dam would be built at Columbia I He reported also that the average Ala and a fourth dam to serve I weekly earnings of factory workers cenls to between navigation purposes only will be dropped 51 i March and Virginia Resort Town Turned f the scene of th Attorneys Richard Duke Logan made a jury be taken to On The House conferees now must again on the proposal DATA Far he hours ended at r M Divorcee Offers To Wed First f OT t ne scene of the construction site i d Mi ir Into Shambles By Teen Man Who BEACH May would ban the un- jury To N Y 26 interviewing Oy m of 200 members of high school secret societies left aged property and worried civic less unless someone performed on the contract guaranteed to pay the resulting work was damage Police said the crowd of than 200 youngsters shattered Its Walter Merrill and Mr Jones ob- on the part of the defense declaring that a large portion of Into stores lo get wine nnd beer i already performed at thu June 12 Congress has no Fifteen youths were fined from I1 tlie I could not be viewed liner I humidity at A M r M pressure mercurr In at A M at P M Sunset r morrow A M to yesterday on charges of disorderly conduct drunkenness CIO I reckless driving and speeding Many ng members of the Senate to press bandaged after street or action on thc me of thc plants tn President civil rights platform The organization said failure to the would menu a us Moss of prestige for Congress The House already has passed the and It has been cleared for innate debate by thc Rules However Southern Senators have threatened If the Js brought up fights broke out among the frenzied initiates The resort village of ginia Beach bore as tumbled fences smashed tavern nnd littered streets windows Property owners and municipal workers were still cleaning up The town council police thc ginia Beach Association and school officials met last night to chart a course of They dls- iut Ji YOU LI IS adoption at in ordinance to recover damages main street Porches chairs yards ll of burled and other private property were Plumbing nnd basement ripped apart by fleers Officials said the they arrested explained assembly was a tion by high school sororities and fraternities The secret groups are banned In high schools of the folk and Virginia Beach area and send their initiation parties whore Some owners they planned to sue the or their parents ripped apart by roving crowds of- I work ml not give a true i picture of thn work actually done Judge Field sustained the tion Introduced in evidence by the plaintiffs arc i wo letters allegedly addressed to the city by and Hannon One of the letters dated Oct 16 IMS among other questions asked the city to inform firm under what provisions of the contract was It to cease work on const ruction The second letter dated March Verbal 3 Col 3 LT S UN Action divorcee said today she had re- IB answers so far to a want ml in which she offered to marry i the first man who would pay her Mrs Lawler 2B said she placed the ad In the situations wanted female column of a local paper because she wanted financial she wanted financial lulling security for her two children aged WASHINGTON May Ufl said today the United States is waiting for further United wants a w Secretary of State George C shall still Nations action before e c I d I n whether lo lift embargo on arms to Palestine He made the statement nt a snld e in love surely cre must be a man who lie and two fine children Perhaps we could learn to love each other after a time j Her nd I Wife for Divorcee support her nnd two children Must be willing and able to make Immediate cash settlement The Mrs Lawler Mid a white House said there Imminent In way of action by President to end the em- Reports from both sides indicated that artillery mortars hand ades and aerial bombs were Ing the Holy City into the dust x Jewish commanders threatened to Bureau a battle from house to house If the Arabs broke into their fortress area in the new city Dispatches from Amman claimed that 600 Jews were killed when Arab Legion troops blocking the Tel highway at Bab El Wad trapped and shot to pieces Jewish reinforcements in the ravines From Jerusalem however came reports that strong reinforcements arrived from Tel Aviv with armored cars to stem the Arab at- tack upon the new city The Israeli Air Force claimed It bombed Arab forces in the Hebron Hills southwest of Jerusalem damaging Arab communications to Jerusalem so bady that a Jewish i recaptured Rachel the site of Rachel's tomb This would be the fifth time Rachel changed hands The Jews charged that bombed Jerusalem proper with on a slight shortening of j the work week steel shortages and the coal strike Her only conditions she said were that the man must be a de- cent type and not too old Asked what she considered too old she said it depended on the Individual A man could act and feel like 30 she said Age is what you make it Mrs Lawler part-time as a registered nurse during the day and has a nighttime Job as a girl a night club she worked ns a photographer in night clubs and was a welder during the war Mrs Lawler said that while she no longer believes In love her osophy is that any two people can get along together if they are in- and have a community of Interest Living together becomes a at times becomes so that It night bloMom out Into call and incendiary indiscriminately high explosive bombs dropped over the residential quarters of Jerusalem The report vas received by the Israeli Army from lem by radio Secretary Marshall Churchman Award NEW YORK May New York MM today that Secretary of C Marshall has DM award of The Churchman Episcopal The World Rer Ouy of the M ft C front
