Kingsport News (Newspaper) - March 29, 1947, Kingsport, Tennessee The Weather cloudiness and warmer day and er today ness tonight KINGSPORT NEWS VOL V NO 226 KINGSPORT TENN SATURDAY MARCH 8 PAGES 5 CENTS A Place To Newcomers use the easy con- venient method for finding a place They read the Kingsport News Want Ads daily RUSSIA PLANS REPLY TO AUSTIN REPORT Porter Calls For Tower Greek Aid Russia Cited As Terrible Former Envoy George Earle Urges Use Of Bomb On Those Banning Inspection Diplomat George H Earle told Congress Friday I don't believe there is better than an even chance that 10 per cent of us Americans will be alive five years from now The reason for his pessimism he said is that Americans are so charitable that they won't use the atom bomb first Earle called Russia the terrible 1 menace i Ho gave his testimony under oath I to the House Committee on Un- American at hearings on bills to outlaw the Communist Party Molotov Again Blocks Accord At Big 4 Meet M Molotov Porter He recommended that America immediately use the atomic bomb against any nation that refuses to permit inspection of atomic plants But he said the American people man Friday night stand for it a handful of monkey wrenches into So the one-time governor of the machinery of the Foreign Pennsylvania said the United Council blocking nil should try to hold the and wont out of his wny to sians by perfecting the hiding of deliver n severe on Turkey j the most terrible weapons of de- now brinK considered for a United struction States loan I Then he said America should Despite n drive by Secretary them know that the first atom shall to speed up the work of that explodes here we will flagging conference hopes for an j destroy every city in Russia Austrian treaty let agreement j vov officer on much more difficult German wavy questions appeared dim in the face Earle has been U S Minister to of the stubborn Soviet opposition Austria and to Bulgaria a naval of- Thc entire controversial question and an undercover agent for of defining German assets in President in Turkey during the trin was dumped back on the uty Foreign Ministers when He tov rejected proposals by the This is a day of exaggeration for three powers and refused to the emphasis of Austria again until the end of for dramatic effect What I current session when Austria about sav now is not for dra up on the agenda Finn In Stand The question of what purposes I think the situation in the United States today is completely nations desperate the reason being that the Lewis Charges Krug At Fault In Mine Blast L Lewis declared Friday that the 111 miners feared dead in the Centralia 111 Coal Co mine blast were murdered because of J A Krug Lewis told a Senate committee that Krug the Secretary of the Interior and Federal Coal Mines Korean Force Reported Set Up By Soviet Hodge Telia Of Russians Action In Northern Sector Paul A Porter urged Friday that the United States prove by backed aid to Greece that democracy is superior to any bother while Congress heard that in another trouble spot Russians have put Koreans under arms Porter former chief of price con- who is just back from a two- months survey of Greece testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in behalf of the Greek end of President Truman's proposal to bolster Greece and Turkey against Communism Rep Fulton a naval com- bat veteran asked him Do you feel that this program will lead to war with Porter replied It is my personal opinion that it will not The report on conflicting U S Administrator had failed to en- Russian courses in Korea came force the laws the safety of disclosure of testimony before the House Appropriations R Hodge forces in the industry which he negotiated with this witness Krug when advised of Lewis statement declined to comment The agreement of last May 29 under which the is operating the soft coal mines provided that the director of the Bureau of Mines after con- with the United Mine Workers was to issue a able code of standards to safety and rules should participate in a peace con- is here or nearly to safety con i 10 also dropped back into and the country that uses it first i practices in tne mines n i the lap of the deputies who had is almost sure to win provided been unable to resolve the issue Earl said the only safeguard when Molotov declined to retreat an against complete take part The Soviet inch from his stand that only the 18 complete world inspection to nations named in New vent the production of atomic pons Foreign Russia he said certainly will adamant position came a few the a-bomb very soon And Russians he said have a fanatical determination to dominate the world by violence and infiltration Only Stumbling Block Earle said the Russians feel America is the only stumbling block between them and world domination Chairman J Parnell Thomas cut in to ask what this had to do with bills to outlaw the Com- See BIG 4 Page 7 County Court Fetes Guests At To The were features of a banquet held the Elementary School Friday night for members of the Sullivan County Court and their in- guests The guests included county members of the press and Chancellor Joe W The tion served the dinner County Judge T R Bandy pointed out in an address the function of the banquet purely social nnd of a nature However he reminded the trates that they face two vital sues at the forthcoming county court 1 Appropriations to put Sullivan High School back on the accredited list and 2 The problem of providing for the of county roads Thy Neighbor Plan A string trio composed of Deputy Sheriff Eugene Parker of Kingsport nnd Junior Smith son of Magistrate Brad Smith nnd Arnold Glover both of Flats furnished en- for the occasion in the form of popular selections Judge Bandy announced the theme of the get-together was Love thy neighbor and urged all present to fret to know each other better During the entertainment several ribald remarks were directed at Senator William Buckles and lep Brack R Sams Both ors us well as the Kingsport came in for jibes In connection with their recent successful crusade for courts of general sessions Cloudy Warm Outlook Today temperatures Friday night froze the slush remaining from Thursday's record snow on un- cleared streets and roads but no serious traffic accidents had been reported up to midnight Mrs Patton 72 of Route No 6 was treated at Holston ley Community Hospital at p.m Friday for a fracture of her left m-m suffered when she slipped on the ice near her home and fell pital attendants reported No other accident cases were treated at the hospital Friday night Following bright sunshine which melted much of the snow Friday the mercury dropped from a high of 42 to a low of 26 at midnight the city filter plant reported Increasing cloudiness and warmer weather are forecast for Tennessee today followed by occasional rain in West Tennessee tonight and in the Kingsport area Sunday For the forecast is sunny and farmer today increasing cloudiness and not to cold tonight and erable cloudiness followed by rain See Sugar Ration Increase Set Agreement's Provisions The Coal Mines Administrator will put this code into effect at the mines Inspectors of the eral Bureau of Mines shall make periodic investigations of the mines and report to the Coal Mines Ad- ministrator any violations of the federal safety code In cases of Three of the miners killed in the tee by Lt Gen John commander of U S Korea Might Take All Country United States troops occupy southern Korea Russian ties control the northern part Committee records showed that Rep R-Wis asked whether Koreans might not take over the whole country DEAD REMOVED FROM MINE SWEPT BY EXPLOSION Rescue workers in mackinaws center carry out the body of a miner killed by the terrifying explosion far down in the Centralia Coal Com- No 5 mine at Centralia 111 Sixteen bodies were brought to the surface Thursday morning ing the number known dead to 33 Seventy-eight miners were still trapped in the pit and were given no chance at all by a rescue squad leader Hodge said this might possibly happen He added that the of Koreans in the Russian zone are communized by force rather than desiro racy in south Korea would stir them with envy to live likewise Keefe also wanted to know whether this army that has been referred to as of a half million men is an impressed army that violation the Coal Mines one by force Hodge said trator will take appropriate action information so indicates The testimony was added to the record along with Centralia members disaster Tuesday were of a union committee which appealed to the governor of Illinois a year ago to enforce the laws xxx before we have a dust explosion They wrote in protest against the negligence and unfair practices of your Department of Mines and Minerals Lewis appeared for a second time before a Senate Public Lands Sub- committee to oppose the tion of James Boyd dean of the Colorado School of Mines to be director of the Bureau of Mines Lewis told the subcommittee last now week that he considered Boyd un- are that each person in the country said he did not un- be allotted sugar at the rate the coal miners problems these other Further Developments 1 Undersecretary of Mine Search Nearing End Centralia crews each foot of their progress periled by weakened walls and dense gas Friday neared the end of the grim job of searching for mine blast survivors that has led them to 79 bodies of the predicted toll of 111 State Mine Director Driscoll Scanlan who spent five hours un- with a rescue crew I emerged late Friday with the word rescuers expected they could com- Good Morning John L Sullivan told the Navy the House of three pounds a month until Motive For Appearance Honing 01 This amount which is roughly coal mine explosion at per cent more than the ration apparently was the 1946 was agreed on Friday by for Lewis to appear again i committee Senate and House versions of UMW chief after declaring Krug had failed to enforce The month ure is on the basis of 35 pounds now sends down here a full year Provision is made for an through the President the name up to a rate of 50 Boyd for the directorship The a year or slightly more than LEWIS Page 7 pounds a month should permit it Both House and Senate must Pedestrian prove the In its adjusted form Then it will go to President Jordan Jonesboro Route man who is expected to sign was named Friday's careful Monday Otherwise sugar and was awarded two would die on that day With theater tickets for observing signature handling of sugar will pass from the OPA to the traffic safety rules on ture streets Not Doing Right By Kids Says Congress t Paren ts Get Verbal By ARTHUR Washington IP Parents agree with Gross that parents taken out to the woodshed to blame But I can't go along and given another verbal him on the punishment angle Why? Because they aren't could My four husky boys right by their mighty near as big as I am Air this was started by gang up on me D Chester Gross father Georgia L Lusk of three boys one killed in Gross popped up in the House last the war e week to cry that there's no should be particularly thing as child to get their youngsters in- Let's be honest about in the right things during t said It's the parents who are first nine years That's the n period The Gross plan for getting I don't think it does r kids back in bit of good e Lick no one a kind word for us Are parents really doing such h lousy job? As a fearful father and it comes not from a V three I asked a few but from a government psycho- h and got these discouraging t Attorney General Tom said Miss Sybil Stone father of two and busy trying we are so busy worrying about r find some way to check the who turn out bad that we for- e in juvenile or parental get those who turn out n Look at the perfectly n Of course parents are to blame record our youngsters made However there are exceptions the d Some kids seem to go bad in spite 1 Get ready mothers and ss of fine comes a rare word of praise Rep Edwin Arthur Hall truth said Miss Stone n father of we're too hard on parents Foreign Affairs Committee that the U S Navy would be glad Jo use its knowledge and advice to help their independence against PORTER Page 7 Winter Lingers In Eastern Area By The Associated Press Winter lingered past its time in most of the eastern United States as freezing weather d south into Georgia Rain brought elief to parched California ands Snows left by this week's storms egan melting as temperatures ay afternoon climbed to the high O's and low in the lower Great Lakes and Ohio River Valley re- ions However a new cold mass moved own from Canada Federal fore- asters at Chicago said it was ex- to lower temperatures by 10 o 15 degrees throughout Minnesota Wisconsin and the eastern Dakotas by noon Saturday As it southward the cold mass was expected to moderate Police Find Solution To City Dog Problem A solution to part of Kingsport's excessive dog population problem was found by two enterprising members of the city police A Little Chuckle art The Day Tulsa IP Officer R D Staley wheeled his machine behind a woman car when Hie driver thrust her hand from the window in the left turn signal She drove on past the tion With the officer and a line of other cars following dutifully the lady drove past two more inter- sections hand still out Curious Staley pulled alongside and inquired why the signal I'm not going to the driver replied I'm just drying my nail polish National Debt Payment Seen Washington tion fiscal analysts foresaw Friday not only a balanced federal budget this year but the possibility of n billion dollar payment on the In electing the directors the plete their explorations of the tunnels late Friday night or early Saturday Few except families of the ing men held much hope that any of the 32 miners still unaccounted for had survived the deadly gas that rushed through the mine work following Tuesday's under- ground explosion Scanlon said the explosion which wrecked cars twisted rails and shook heaps of slate from walls and ceiling was extremely violent Rescuers found 12 more bodies in the tunnels Friday and uncovered grisly evidence that he momentary from the blast tiad seared the victims like the of a giant Some of the victims were burnt recognition Other bodies were smashed from the force of the explosion Farther from the for the current fiscal year which before the election was of President Truman sion center the victims were curled ends June 30 has gone above the and voted unanimously to elect The United States believes that Aid Termed A Intended To Serve Until UN Takes Up Problem In Balkans Lake Success N Warren R Austin told the curity Council Friday that President Truman's proposal to bolster Greece and Turkey was a measure intended to serve only un- til the United Nations could take over Russia promptly gave notice that she would have a reply ready for the Council in 10 days Andrei A Gromyko Soviet ty foreign minister said that it was a very important question and that he needed time for study Presumably the Austin text already was en route to the Kremlin Gromyko had held up the start of Austin's major policy speech to the Council for 10 minutes In wrangle over procedure The Russian delegate insisted the address opened up a whole new distinct from the Greek der incidents which led to of the Council's com- mission now in the Balkans Overruled by the chairman Gromyko said that he lit least would consider it an entirely new question He did not oppose Austin speaking Would Strengthen UN He contended that the plan to provide aid for Greece and Turkey actually would strengthen the UN and said the UN must put down threats of aggression anywhere in the world After Poland Australia and France joined Gromyko in asking for time in which to study Austin's speech Council set Easter day for hearing reaction The delegates then turned to re- sumption of debate on the United States proposal to take over the Japanese-mandated islands under a strategic area trusteeship Canada India Australia the Netherlands and the en- the American trusteeship proposal New Zealand indicated it still wanted to wait for signing of the Japanese pence treaties The Council adjourned until next Wednesday when it will resume discussions on the case An Emergency Measure Laying Washington's policy be- fore the Council for the first time the American delegate made it Heads By TB Group M R McCorkle Jr retiring treasurer was elected president of the Sullivan County Tuberculosis Association at the annual meeting of that organization held Friday night in the Utilities Auditorium Paul Cross was elected vice- president F L treasurer and W J McAuliffe and C H Penning members of the Executive Committee All six members of the Board of Directors whose terms had expired were re-elected three new di- rectors were named thus ing the board from 18 to 21 bers New directors elected F L Lilley for a three-year term Miss Eillen Crawford for two years and C Gregory Smith for one year Directors re-elected for three-year terms Lewis I Chase T A Hamilton W J Auliffe M R McCorkle Jr Mrs Fred Slaughter and Dr J E liams Set Aside Effect lion's debt Federal revenues they said may top more than expected Treasury records disclosed Friday the government's budget surplus sociation voted by unanimous con- sent to set aside for that election the effect of a of the which would have quired notice of the the UN soon would be able to the problems contributing to the tragedy of Greece The program of economic sistance contemplated by the ed States is of an emergency and temporary Austin em- as he carefully read a nominating committee's address drafted with on their sides or stretched out as in sleep killed by gas fumes alone BLASTS RIP HAIFA DOCKS Five explosions ripped the Haifa installations of the Iraq Company day setting fires which raged for an hour and again disrupting the flow of oil from Iraq fields to the Mediterranean port mark highest point in the nation's history Two reasons were assigned 1 The government in less than nine months money than has taken President more Truman estimated originally 15 months ago it would get for the full 12 months period 2 Government spending has been running below budget estimates the directors recommended by the the United Nations and Its related nominating committee without ther nominations from the floor The candidates were selected by a nominating committee composed of S S Benedict chairman C H Penning and Mrs Ella M Dixon Following the election of the di- rectors the directors met and elected the officers also Sec Page 7 Other Named Coleman Secretary Pro Tern H G Dunning First President Of New Chamber Of Commerce H G Dunning one of the out- standing leaders in its tion was elected first president of the Kingsport Chamber of Com- merce Friday at a meeting of the Board of Directors held in the Kingsport Utilities Building Other officers elected by the Board of Directors were H J Shivell first vice president George ment Friday night Taylor second vice president and Called at p.m to dispose of Frank McGlaughon treasurer Holston j Elected to the executive committee were Palmer and R C ton The executive committee is composed of the officers and the two elected members The executive committee after being authorized by the directors to study the question of appointing an executive secretary announced Friday that no immediate action would be taken but that A B Coleman had been appointed executive secretary until further study could be given to the subject Coleman has been serving as un- official secretary of the organizing committee while the Chamber was in the formative stages He has been executive secretary of the wo unwanted dogs at a Heights address the patrolmen found on arrival that the dogs were well-bred Spitz Rather than kill the dogs as re- quested they scouted around and found a new home for them outside city limits Markets At A Glance leaders reached new 1947 highs transfers were fewer Friday than Thursday issues moved ahead for tbe third straight day U S governments lost fractions in the Over-the-Counter market on the Chicago Board of Trade gyrated wildly through the day closed mostly higher Livestock Hogs cents lower at 25.75 to sows 50 cents lower steers 24 bulls 25 to SO cents lower steady fed wooled lambs fowls ers dressed poultry steady The fost complete list of stocks carried by any upper East Tennessee newspaper will be found elsewhere in this edition Kingsport Merchants Association which will become a bureau of the Chamber of Commerce Manager Penney Store Dunning is manager of the J C Penney store in Kingsport Shivell is president and treasurer of Not Belting Corporation Taylor is president of ware Company Inc McGlaughon is president of Moore and Walker Inc Palmer is president of port Press Inc and Burton is a Tennessee Eastman Corporation of- Dunning Kingsport H G Dunning was chairman of a Merchants Association committee named to investigate the possibilities of organizing a ber of Commerce in the city and was later named acting chairman of the group during its tion General manager of the Kingsport Sec AUSTIN Puge Bricker Seeks FBI Probe Of Atomic Group Washington Senator cr Friday demanded a special FBI investigation of David E Lilienthal and the other five nominees for the Atomic Energy and moved that the ate delay confirmation until it IB made His motion then became the pending business before the Senate The vote on it expected next week probably will furnish a test for the final showdown Bricker who voted against in committee said dent Truman declined to order an FBI investigation when the Senate Atomic Energy Committee ed it last session The Senator read a letter from Mr Truman to the committee ing that records of the FBI and other government Investigating agencies were checked at the of the appointments and no information was contained In any report that might already have been made Records In Case Needed Bricker commented that of course the President felt there nothing derogatory in the records of the it would have been a crime to appoint them But in this Important the Senate should not be re- quired to rely upon the judgment of the he declared Before we vote we should have available to use these records in der that we can decide for ourselves if they contain any derogatory In- formation The Republican only member of the tee to vote against con- said he had been advised that neither the FBI the ment of Justice nor any other sion of government made nn gation of the five and the nominee for general ager and that the Preuldsnt did not ask for any In addition to who was store since May 26 1933 Dunning designated chairman Mr has been connected with the Penney J appointed W W L L enterprises since 1927 when he was Strauss Sumner T Pike and appointed assistant manager of the ert F Bacher as commissioners store and Carroll L Wilson so Sec DUNNING Page 7 I manager
