Kingsport News (Newspaper) - January 28, 1954, Kingsport, Tennessee The Weather colder today Friday fair with little change in temperature Virginia Fair windy and colder today Friday fair little change in temperature KINGSPORT NE S VOL 178 KINGSPORT TENN THURSDAY JANUARY 28 1954 16 PAGES 5 CENTS Deathless Cily County 853 33 Do you come to a full stop at all flashing red traffic IKE SAYS SYMPATHY KEY TO PW CASE President Terms Policies As Liberal Conservative Eisenhower Cites Shift In Spending Rejects Charge Of Extending Plan Launched By Demos WASHINGTON Eisenhower said Wednesday administration Is both liberal and toward human beings and conservative In handling economic affairs He bristled a bit in rejecting any idea that his legislative pram is merely an extension of thr Democratic New Deal The budget offers the best comment on that Eisenhower said at his news conference He said former President Truman's budget was heading further and further into debt arid at an creasing rate whereas his budget seeks to reduce ment spending and go the other way Approves Quote The White House authorized direct quotation something usually this Bricker Faces Change WASHINGTON entered the battle over the Bricker amendment Wednesday with a substitute stating that any international agreement is invalid if it conflicts with unexpected move as the Senate plunged into Martin Asks More Cuts In U S Tax House Speaker Clashes With Ike On Revenue Need WASHINGTON House Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr diverging from President tax policy called China Issue Stalls Talks In Germany Dulles Attacks Wasting Time On Big Five Parley BERLIN Russia stalled the Berlin conference day from taking up the German peace problem and fought to compel the big Western powers to recognize Red China as an equal Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M Molotov refused to accept an Allied No to a Big Five parley with the Chinese Communists on world ment and trade in May or powers by con- amendment The George substitute got in ahead of another being drafted by Sen Knowland of California the GOP floor leader and may cause the Knowland proposal to be withheld President Eisenhower has de- clared his unalterable tion to the Bricker amendment which he contends would er seriously American relations with foreign nations The public galleries of the Senate were jammed as the He countered with an bate began ute speech repeating his Big Five OH II I n o w When it comes down to j Wednesday for slashes in a score t L i W fVC n f po Ing with the relationships be- tween the human in this country and his government the people in this administration believe in being what I think we would normally call when we deal with the economic n fairs ot this country we believe pgr cent or more of excise or sales taxes The Republican leader in a surprise proposal said all excises above 10 per cent should be brought down to that level ex- cept for liquor and tobacco Many rates now range from 15 to 25 In being conservative Under his administration said the government is to conform with the Constitution and make people realize it is their friend not their enemy To Probe Coffee His comments at a news con- ference promptly drew support from some Democrats and Re- publicans on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Knowland told newsmen that he was going to submit George's proposal to the White House at once to see if it was acceptable to the administration and also to ask the State and Justice De- for an opinion He said he was certain the ad- ministration would go along with at least part of the substitute George senior Democratic member of the Seriate Foreign Relations Committee told re- porters the amendment he posed would leave untouched the present division of state and eral powers a point of hot dis- pute in Bricker's plan tee Are Injuring I congressional authorities The President also said mated the proposed cuts would The Federal Trade j revenue by about 942 slon will make a full-scale in- prices of soaring coffee There will be no harsh ment for former war prisoners who leaned toward communism for a while He has not switched at all in rt nf sales levels But Martin said could not go into lion dollars a year at current One clause of the Bricker amendment says a treaty shall become effective as internal law in the United States only through legislation which would be valid in the absence of a treaty says this would give individual states the power to repudiate treaties Bricker dis- putes though he says treaties on some subjects such creases in sales and employment under the spur of such a tax re- duction probably would prevent any actual revenue loss He declared excise rates above 10 per cent are exorbitant and tie nas jy per cent are his position on farm price injuring many industries I f V 1 1 ports Associates In Congress tell him they still hope for a com- promise on the Bricker con- amendment to limit treaty making powers He is backing up Secretary of State Dulles on the front line at the Big Four foreign ministers conference in Berlin Dulles has rejected Russian Foreign ister Molotov's demand that Red China be included in a Big Five meeting on world problems In anticipation of the arrival of President and Mrs Celal ar of Turkey for a state visit later in the day Eisenhower said It was a great privilege io have them Turkey he said has become a very modern sturdy nation and a great friend of ours See PROGRAM Page 13 Mercury Begins Downward Trend See TAX Page 13 feet without action by state George proposed the following as a substitute for the disputed No international agreement other than a treaty shall become See BRICKER Page proposal in detail and conjuring up a prospect of settlements in Asia from such a talk Spearheading the Western op- position Secretary of State Dulles said he declined to fritter away our time in dis- cussing whether and how to set up a new conference instead of getting started on the unification of Germany and granting tria independence Emphasizes Problem these two lems were the whole purpose of the Big Four meeting here If they are solved then and then only can we stand before the world as capable of assuming other and heavier he con- cluded France's Georges Bidault ing up Dulles said the Big Five parley would serve no good so long as Peiping was indirectly supporting the rebels in Indochina He frankly told Molotov who was his dinner host Tuesday You disapprove of the regime I represent but I in turn disapprove of yours Discusses Possibility Bidault added however that if the facts and situation of the Red Chinese rulers were to change a Big Five meeting might Second GOP Opposes Plan On Labor Law WASHINGTON ond Republican on the Senate Labor Committee came out Wednesday against President 2 Greeneville Men Die In Truck Crash By MARY CLEMENT Writer which left Greeneville around carrying loads of cattle President Sees Wilson On Charges Eisenhower Says Humanitarian Aim To Dominate WASHINGTON Eisenhower who commanded millions of troops in World War II Wednesday promised a attitude toward for- mer Korean War prisoners whose actions are being He told his news conference that sympathy and humanity will enter into consideration of their cases The President said he was so disturbed by news of tial charges against Army Cpl Edward S Dickenson that he eot in touch with Secretary of De- fense Wilson about the case But Eisenhower said he did not think the charges were filed just because the corporal chose to remain with the Communists for a while He indicated there was more to the case than that Dickenson Transferred Dickenson the Neck Va GI who first refused and then asked repatriation was placed under arrest at Walter Reed Hospital here last week as he was undergoing final physical examination preparatory for dis- charge He will be held until a board determines whether he should face court-martial on charges that he dealt illegally with the enemy to get better treatment for himself Col Norman E Sprowl public information officer of the tary District of Washington re- ported last night that Dickenson had been given medical ance at the hospital and had been transferred to the Army engineering base at Fort Belvoir Va 15 miles south of ton Gets Special Cell Sprowl said Dickenson would be imprisoned in the stockade at the Army a special cell so that nobody can get at ei and CIO President Walter er plan as dence of an attempt to hog-tie JOHNSON CITY to Packing Greeneville men were i Bristol Hubert Wykel j The colonel said the Army was killed Wednesday when owner of the trucks and every effort to protect laree tractor-trailer cattle truck i driver of one of the three from fellow soldiers in which they were riding i hides said Wykel told police he who be anxious to get off the highway over- was driving a considerable tumid and slammed into a tree tance behind Tinsley and on Route 23 just north of witness the accident did son City The Army's gation probably will start late jv WiJ v f None of the 19 cattle in week or early next week The two Carl Tinsley trucK was AH uie Eisenhower said win John S Cooper Route 8 Greeneville driver into a nearby used Jn the cases of who announced hte opposition to truck and Clay F Hensley through the broken top of the made germ warfare one of the 14 points is Route 2 Greeneville were trailer under Communist pressure The v nf nn has ordered an under Communist pressure The Traffic on the Marine Corps has ordered an Eisenhower Says Inquiry Underway On Coffee Price WASHINGTON coffee industry in the past t- change a Big Five meeting might bv President Eisenhower between the body of the Traffic on the Marine Corps has an ultimately be considered j to amend the labor and the tree Bolh died way just south of the inquiry into the case of Col British Foreign Secretary instantly lion was halted for more H Schwable of Arlington thony Eden chairman for to Cooper and The accident occurred at 8 ri day advised Molotov that sen Irving M about two miles north of ping should first prove its y six Democrats on the City near the cerity for world peace by have Bristol highway abling the Korean political con- they would vote against Route 23 frt n -T T Of dent Eisenhower declared Wednesday that the high price of coffee is bad for everybody and the Federal Trade sion launched action to mine whether monopoly and un- fair competition are to blame for soaring costs of the beverage The chief executive announced the FTC probe at his news con- ference with the observation that no one seems quite certain what has caused the hike in fee prices FTC Chairman Edward F Howrey said a preliminary suggests price boosts have resulted in part from Howrey said the FTC would keep in close touch with the tice Department and would urge prosecution if federal laws are IWi an hour while the wreckage was va who said he signed such a cleared Highway patrolmen while he was held members of the and tortured as a prisoner but ference to get started If the German and Austrian question solved here Eden said the Big Four would be See PARLEY Page 13 Wise Countian the secret strike proposal found to have been violated by j j traders F coffee traders In New York the coffee ket weakened at news of the FTC investigation Senate Banking Committee Chairman Homer Capehart said he would convene his group Thursday if possible to act on a resolution by Sen Glenn J Beall calling for an inquiry into coffee prices Capehart said it should be de- termined whether there is a in part ironi and that the corner on the coffee marke or VC Signs of June in January commission has evidence of un- t Inn nc in commission Ished in a hurry Wednesday methods of competition and night and the Weather Bureau monopolistic practices in the at Airport said it will be even colder tonight with the mercury dropping to a low of after a high in the middle 30s today A slow warmup may start again Friday though the erman said Blustery winds blew in the cold late Wednesday afternoon after a rain between midnight and shortly after dawn The mercury which rose from 43 in the early morning to a high of 66 in Kingsport had dropped down to 35 at p.m and wasn't expected to stop un- til it reached about 24 degrees early today Temperatures Bureau of temperatures for the 34 hours a n m a real shortage due to crop failures See BEVERAGE Page 13 WISE Va Hubbard 50 a resident of Wise County's Laurel Fork section who had 1 een missing since Thursday was found dead late Tuesday in a creek bed at the bottom of a cliff on the north fork of the Pound River Dr H N Hix Wise County medical examiner said Hubbard died of exposure and as a result of a broken neck apparently in a fall from the cliff Sheriff Harold Fleming is con- ducting an investigation Over The Coffee Cup By DOROTHY to Senate Votes To Send On Hawaiian Statehood To Senate Floor WASHINGTON The Senate Interior Committee re- versed itself Wednesday and ed to send an Hawaiian the from a measure for Miami Orleans 71 ending 8 p.m Wednesday Station High Louisville Atlantic City M Boston 44 Chicago 31 Cincinnati 35 Denver 53 Detroit 33 Jacksonville Kansas City 39 Angelea 11 York Louis 83 Seattle 9 Tampa 43 Washington Blab Low ka Chairman Hugh Butler Nebi announced after a closed meeting that the group agreed to vote on an Alaskan Feb 4 Wednesday's action rescinded committee vote last week to lump statehood for the two in a single piece of lation President Eisenhower has recommended that Hawaii but not Alaska be brought Into the Union The Hawaiian sent to the is almost the same as that passed by the House last year except that that new state would have two House seats instead of one and the island of Palmyra would be excluded Reversal ol the committees previous vote followed an ment in which Sen Henry shak voted to report the Hawaiian measure in return for Butler's pledge to act swiftly on the Alaskan There was no indication when floor debate on Hawaii will start Butler said he thinks the Senate GOP leadership wishes to get it started as soon as possible A subcommittee under Sen intensive study of the kan over the next few days Butler said the full committee 30 The Hawaiian DUI sent w me Arel is to con it floor by a 13 to 3 committee vote Guy Cordon is to con The most beautiful of all o me is the emerald So it is interesting to note that a new chapter in the long and tic history of emerald mining in Colombia is about to be written The Bank of the Republic has announced its intention to re- open the famous Muzo and deposits near Bogota Of all the emeralds in ence in the world today a of the fiery green precious gems came from these mines which were worked by Indians centuries before the coming of the Spaniards to the New World Muzo and are linked in legend with El Dorado self The Indians were to celebrate the of a tribal chieftain with rate ceremonies during the course of which the young tain smeared himself with gold Sgt J L Seehorn of the Highway Patrol said the driver must have fallen asleep or ost control of the truck ing the wheels to slip off the wet pavement into the soft muddy shoulder The huge truck overturned and plowed over a low bank into a tree which sheared the top off the truck cab One of the men was cut in two at the midsection by the impact Rescue workers removed parts of the body from each side of the truck The second body was crushed beyond recognition The truck was one of three dust and proceeded to the center of Lake There he connection with Alaskan hood is the disposal of the huge amount of federally-owned land about 98 per cent of the tory's acreage Butler I w a n t the Alaskan statehood to give Alaska a large share if not all of the federal public lands in the territory In doing so I want to make sure that Alaska will be successful as a state the work Aiding in the gation in addition to Sgt horn were Patrolman C B West County Sheriff's Department i repudiated It and Johnson City police repatriated after he was Concurs In Decision But the President said he con- curred in the decision to give to 21 captured by the Communists who refused to return to American custody expressed dence that a measure of GUAM Thursday Air be in mpn and sald Wilson CUl icU ill of the Highway Patrol Johnson discharges City and County Deputy Sheriff v s service men capti W T Wheelock ENLISTED MEN HANGED Force enlisted men were hanged here today for the 1948 jungle of pretty Ruth Farnsworth 27 of San cisco They were Herman T Dennis will keep in close touch to see that justice is done He said any court-martial Is preceded by a long investigation to determine whether there are Special Subscription Offer Ends In Two Days Act The January BARGAIN SPECIAL offer has been extended un- til January 30 1954 Renew your subscription to the while the special offer is available New subscribers are also in- to send in their subscriptions during the special drive REMEMBER you save or 20 per cent on a one-year sub- iney weie to mere 25 of Indianapolis and Robert real grounds to prefer charges W Burns 36 of Spokane Wash A man should not be punished for a simple mistake made under trying circumstances he added and referred to the Biblical parable about the prodigal son who after wasting his substance returned home penitent and was welcomed and feasted and Sunday agreed unanimously to meet Feb UA 3 for discussion of the measure propitiated the gods by dumping and to vote the following day a of gold and emeralds One of the main problems in into the lake This sort of talk naturally led iany Spanish explorers on ex- i to find the source of El Dorado's wealth One of the most famous searches was led by Diego de Ordaz whose ant one Martinez claimed to have been shipwrecked rescued and finally conveyed inland where he seems to have rated under the impression that See COFFEE Page 13 Just fill in the order blank below Kingsport Circulation Department Kingsport Tennessee Enclosed is my remittance of for one year Daily and Sunday t or Daily only I R F D NO NO Town or Post Office 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