Kingsport Times (Newspaper) - May 15, 1951, Kingsport, Tennessee Today's Skies P ni will reappear III Hie In July to Hie lelt Moon ten D met All Standard KINGSPORT TIMES Vol XXXVI No 97 Capital Offices Will Move Out In Case Attack V Secret Spots Outside Washington Picked For Emergency Operations Defense Department has selected tions outside Washington where its most essential functions could be carried on in the event of an enemy attack on the capital Reporting this last night of Defense Marshall said the planning is similar to that being carried out in many other places in the United Jt represents he said pre- cautionary measures desirable in view of the continued tension in the world situation Marshall said all employes of the Defense Department have received or will shortly notice of the role they are to perform in the event of an attack There are about 140.000 de- employes In the ington 30.000 of them working in the Pentagon center of the defense establishment across the Potomac River In Virginia Thr of thr which been will remain secret the department announced that a communications center would be set up at Camp Ritchie Mel near the boundary north of Washington Speculation been that would be a second Kingsport Tenn Tuesday May 15 1951 Senators Hoping For Compromise On India Relief Straight Loan Likely To Replace Food Gift Proposed By Truman NAVY SHIP AND COLLIER U S Navy plane tender Valcour center sets help from a Navy left and a Coast Guard tup right after she and the collier Thomas Tracy collided off Cape Henry Va Monday ships caught fire after the collision One man was known to liave been killed on the Crews of the Valcour and the rescue ships were Mill the lire when this picture was but Marshall's memorandum to department employes Indicated other sites have been picked too In the event of an attack which might destroy our ties for operating at our present headquarters he said we must be prepared to operate at tions removed from ton Lee Registrar Fined In Court Refused To Register Soldier For Election Jonesville Va Paul election registrar at North Jonesville precinct was fined Monday In Lee County Trial Justice Court for refusal to ister a soldier who is at home on furlough Commonwealth's Attorney Glenn M Williams who Aircraft Hearing Speed Of Bullets Too Fast To See Ily Howard w A Science Writer Denver Airplanes are verging on a speed zone too fast for the human eye Supersonic planes of the ture it was explained to the Aero Medical Association today will travel about half a mile before pilot of another plane even recognizes what they are And If you are on the ground they will come that much closer before you can even scream This report on visual problems of supersonic flight was made by Dr Richard A of the U S Air Force School of tion Medicine at Randolph Field Texan The delay In seeing he said Is in the human eye Itself the It nerves to 3 the charge said Pfc old Bledsoe 23 a Republican Party member is on a leave pending departure for rea Williams said Lipps election registrar for four years has been practicing similar methods of refusing registration to cans all the time We have been trying to get rid of him for four years Williams said Bledsoe said he went to home last Thursday and was told the books are locked up in Jonesville He returned Friday night and explained that he was to leave soon for Korea The registrar left his home by a back door but the soldier said he reached Lipps Just as he was entering his automobile Lipps then informed him that he did not register people after six the witness stated Bledsoe testified that last afternoon told him he did not register people after 12 o'clock on Saturday Lipps took an appeal from the Judgment of Assistant Trial tice J O Woodward and the conviction will be carried to Lee County Circuit Court Election registrars are pointed by the county electoral boards Members of the board in Lee County Olen Albert Re- publican Jim Weston and John Richmond Democrats Area Soldiers Head Home Under Rotation Higher Gasoline Tax Voted By lawmakers Washington The House Ways and Means Committee voted today to raise the federal gasoline tax from to 2 cents a gallon The move counted on to bring In an additional enue reversed the committee's decision yesterday against ing the tax The tax drafting group also voted to raise the annual levy on bowling alleys and pool tables from a unit to for revenue Increase But the voted to cut the tax rate on domestic telegrams from 25 per cent to 20 per cent for an estimated 000 decrease The committee rejected a posed penny a bottle levy on soft drinks and a 20 per cent manufacturers tax on candy and chewing gum Hearing Of Abduction Charge Is Set Friday Jonesville 45 of Bristol Va was in the Wise County Jail Tuesday awaiting a hearing in Lee ty's Trial Justice Court Friday in connection with abduction of a Gap schoolgirl Commonwealth's Attorney Glen M Williams said another man sought In the case had not been apprehended One Dead Five Said Missing In Ship Collision Navy Postpones Tries To Enter Compartments Of Vessel Norfolk Navy today postponed attempts to en- ter four compartments of the seaplane tender Valcour It revised downward the number of known dead In yesterday's collision between the and a collier Atlantic Fleet headquarters announced today the following official known dead 4 missing and presumed dead and 10 hospitalized The headquarters ment said 150 enlisted men and 14 total of 188 men been accounted for It ex- that last night's an- of 11 known dead was based on an estimate that nine bodies were in the engine room Thus far the engine room has not been entered and a man bodies of crewmen actually had not been seen there One body has been recovered Earlier reports of two bodies being recovered referred to the same body The dead man was Identified by Navy officials as Dale Eugene Caley seaman prentice son of Wallace Caley 222 East Jackson St Wyo It had been planned to send salvage experts into the four spaces early today but It was decided a spokesman said to Washington Senators hoped to take action today on the controversial dla proposal by passing a com- promise for tons of food on a straight loan basis President Truman asked Con- gress to send relief grains mated at to India as a gift The food largely wheat is needed to meet famine and vation reported in some parts of India Action on the the midst of skillful Soviet credited with ating the Importance of a May 10 wheat deal In which India gets tons of Russian wheat India has announced she will nay In cash for that grain Actually this country selling India about tons of wheat a month for some time Saturday Hep Cox D- accused India of playing Russia off against tlm United In an effort lo mall Congress Into a free gift of the tons House leaders also put the re- lief proposal on their agenda day but action was not ex- before late In the week Senator II Alexander Smith who with a bipartisan group began pressing for the In- dian famine relief last ber told a Everything has been worked out and I expect the to pass today with little if any tion The Weather tonight with lowest in upper 50s Fair and con- warm Wednesday and Thursday Yesterday's high 82 last night's low 47 noon reading 75 No rainfall Talk Of Possible Enemy Peace Feelers In Korea Spreads In Washington Reds Get Ready For Big Attack Spearheads Of Growing Red Chinese Force Reported South Of Parallel Tokyo Rain-drenched Chinese troops plodded south buildup for a new Spearheads of a growing Red force facing the center of the 2 miles south of the United Nations patrols spotted Communists In units of 501 or 100 Scott To Vote On School Bonds County Voters Decide May 29 On Bond Issue Adams Is Named To Sullivan Co Election Group Sample Is Bristol Man Picked To Fill Other Spot By Falln Special Correspondent Gate City Scott postpone such action until after the ship had unloaded her line and ammunition Attempts to get into the en- gine room and three other spaces probably will be made late today Salvage workers have been kep out of these compartments be cause of the presence of octane gasoline fumes Before the spaces can be en the ship first will go t the Craney Lsland naval fue storage installation to the remaining gasoline of th more than gallons when the Valcour and the S Thomas Tracy collided some flv miles cast of Cape Henry The Valcour then will to the anchorage off the See Dead Page 3 County School Superintendent Charles F announced today a county-wide school bond election has been set for May 20 by Judge Ezra T Carter If a majority of favor issuing in school bonds plans are to build two high school buildings in the county one in Gate City and one In Rye Cove The order for the election was entered after a petition was pre- sented bearing names of citizens asking for an election This petition was first presented to the school board and Judge Carter recently signed the order and set the date of the election As early as April 28 1846 the Swan O Waddell Jr Route 2 Kingsport is one of about 40 Tennessee returning from Korea on rotation aboard the tenant due to reach San today Other area men arriving on the ship are Cpl James E Poe Church mil SKI Horace 113 drove Ave Campbell of Sgt George C Coefer Route 5 Sgt James L and Cpl P Smith Route 2 Their names were announced nere by military dis- headquarters The will be processed rapidly as possible lor 30 days home Brighter Negro Recreation Proposals Given Okay By Kingsport Commission By BUI Negro recreation prospects plunged into gloom with the closing of the old Douglass of the school year for summer use 3 The Commission hiring a trained School building at the sor to begin a new program of ning of took on a brighter hue Monday night These three developments occurred at a single meeting of the City Recreation 1 The Commission granted of J Fred Johnson Park to the Kingsport Braves a gro baseball team at such times afl It will not be used by the Kingsport or other teams previously proved 2 City Manager D W lon announced a concrete spray pool has been completed In Douglass Park and that playground equipment Is on hand to be erected by the end organized recreation in the new Douglass School Building In School authorities had for- bidden use of the new school building for recreational poses closer supervision provided to protect the building and equipment Thus a city recreation program that hod been carried an in the old building after school hours ended when tin school moved and the old building was con- verted to other uses A Negro delegation had before the Recreation Commission at a recent Ing to ask that some kind of Sec Recreation Page 3 State of Virginia advised Scott County to consolidate its school system into two high schools and 15 elementary schools Then as now only one of the existing 12 high schools had a fairly sizeable enrollment High School at Gate City The high school at Rye Cove Is the newest high school building In the county having been built a catastrophic tornado eral years ago J W Adams former Sullivan County Highway Commissioner was named to the three-man Sullivan County Election Com- mission Monday by the State Election Hoard to the County Com- mission the sole Republican member was D S Sample of Kingsport Named the second cratic member was Charles M Gore of Bristol In the most harmonious sessions of recent years Board of Elections named election commissions for nearly every one of the 95 ties The three member county commissions will preside over all general elections Including the important presidential contest next year during the next 24 months The three Republican Sec Election Pace 3 Martin Issues Two Ordinance Reminders Reminders to park at least 20 feet from an intersection and not to mix garbage and trash was Issued by Director of Public Safety John G tin Tuesday Wet garbage must be placed In a metal container with a lid and the lid must be properly through the hills east of The U H Eighth Army did not Indicate how closn they were to UN lint no lighting was reported from this area Clashes whore on the battle line were between groups of 100 or 200 The Eighth Army said the Reds cast of were south of the River This would put them 35 to miles northeast of Seoul and 15 miles northwest of UN base on the central front An Allied officer said well UN positions and restless patrols probably would Insure about 24 hours warning before the Chinese hit In strength A central front briefing Ser Attack Pace 3 Polk Members Fail To Show Democrats Fail In 5th Attempt To Hold Meet members of the Polk County Court their leaders slain In bush last Friday failed to Gen secured Martin said These reminders were prompted by numerous recent offenses pear for a scheduled 10 a m session today It was the fifth consecutive time the county government has failed to meet and carry out its official business All county iness has been paralyzed since February Four court members from the rival Good Government League appeared on schedule They voted to adjourn until the lar July session with the they will return at any time a quorum can be obtained General Bradley Supports Policy Administration Believes MacArthur's Korean Strategy A Risk Of Global War Omar Bradley said today the strategy of hitting at Red China would I In the wrong war with the wrong and a global show down with Russia when the United States Is not prepared for U Further Bradley told ing senators the proposals urged by Oen Douglas MacArthur wouldn't win the Korean War and might necessitate sending ground forces into China to get decisive results On the other hand Bradley said the administration policy of lighting a limited war in rea may cause the Communists sue for peace If we can The bipartisan GGL and the Democrats have been locked since 1948 in a grim rivalry that has been blamed for four lent deaths Court Chairman W A Lewis was the latest victim He was slain by three shotgun blasts in the yard of his home late Friday night He had called today's ish the Chinese severely and runs the least risk of Ing off a world conflict But ho said no one is going to promise you or the country that we are going to get de- results In Korea Bradley is chairman of th Joint Chiefs of Staff the nation top military planning agency r testified at hearings by the Sen ate Armed Services and Foreig Relations Committees on the dis missal of General MacArthu from his Far Eastern command Bradley was the third the senators have heard in 1 sion before his The GGL had massed manpower and guns about the courthouse on four previous attempts rebelling against the return of governing authority to the Democrats One Democrat member Cass Rogers was reported out of town today His father said he was visiting a daughter who was at a point of breakdown as a result of worrying for the squire's life days of hearings The other were MacArthur and of Defense Bradley wa questioned for a little over hours then the hearings wer recessed for the day He will re turn to the witness chair to morrow Bradley began by paying trib utc to MacArthur's adding that he woul not say anything to discredit Then he tore Into MacArthur arguments and contention about Korean policy Bradley said It was Just no so that the President Secretary of State Acheson and of Defense Marshall have a Sec Bradley Page 3 Asks Rita Hayworth To Part With Aly Wants Savings Fund For Daughter intends to divorce Aly ENDS FLIGHT IN Conrad above Hew liny Cub plane In New Field in 4 and 31 seconds Ills transcontinental nonstop fllRht set a new speed fur planes The official plane record of 30 hours and minutes was hy John M Jones In Conrad li the father at nine children Thh picture was made Just before lie took off from A AP New worth Khan and ask him for trust fund to their ter a Moslem The Him actress attorney Bartley Crum last night ed her decision to dissolve the two-year-old marriage Crum Aly has Indicated ho will not stand In the way of the glamorous redhead's di- vorce plans As for the fund for Crum he expects little opposition to this request I am dealing directly with the prince on arrangements for the divorce and expect to go to Paris to talk to him Crum declared Miss Brooklyn girl who became princess via now ing residence at Glenbrook Nov on Lake She wont there n few days ago saying she did not know whether to seek a separation or a divorce But now Crum said she has decided tn sue Aly for divorce noon a agreement and after her legal Nevada residence is established Crum said Miss Hayworth does not alimony nor a property for herself He added that the divorce would bo on the general grounds of In- compatibility The actress Crum said went ahead despite a pleading letter last month from the son of the fabulously wealthy Aga Khan spiritual head of the cms Bradley Carries Administration's Military Answer Senators Have Feeling Red Chinese May Show Signs Of Willingness Itv firmed talk of possible memy la Korni today an cirri N on ill in Inquiry Into ouster Ala told n the senators that I he may early nf to Secretary of Defense Marshall who about hours of testimony over seven declined to dis- cuss peace probabilities But other senators who heard hit testimony have Indicated they think Marshall must have fame reason for what they regarded relative optimism on hb part marathon mony apparently members of thr Senate Armed Services Foreign tees little changed In their at- toward the of President Truman and for the Far Senator Knowland I old a reporter he the contentions still remain to be proved So far as he went Marshall presented some facts that were lot clearly known before but are loLs of contradictions n the Knowland said Sparkman said he thinks shall made it clear there Isnt wide an area of Sec Answer Page 3 Marshall Is Honored By Alma VMI Lexington Va star General George C Marshall Old George to the classmates of 1901 who greeted out of the great debate today to accept the age of Virginia Military tute The defense secretary's alma mater was observing Marshall Day and with full-dress military honors dedicated a barracks entrance as the George Catlett Marshall Arch Marshall's name on the arch- way was in good company Two older arches arc named for eorge Washington and wall Jackson Virginia's government too honor to the Marshall Governor John S tle was on hand to present him with the state's Distinguished Service Medal In parade ground ceremonies before the full corps of cadets Elder Statesman nard M Baruch also was here to make the arch dedication ad- dress honoring his close friend And a far older May 15 was observed in the fashion This was the New Market Day honoring the ten dets who lost their lives in the Civil War Battle of New Market when the VMI student body ought as n unit on this day In 804 The formal ceremonies were Manned to move with smart pre- FISHING TABLES fha of M below been taken trom dm TABLES pun our thai inu mill b la or m food trim HIM IJ YOU u find that hai la thown In bold Thru al limn n a lait for an 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