Progress-Index, The (Newspaper) - December 2, 1953, Petersburg, Virginia THE WEATHER Fair tonight Cloudy milder Thursday The Sun Sets Rises Other Weather Data On 13 TRAFFIC GROWING Traffic is getting heavier as Christmas shopping ad vances It also is near the time when the days are shortest Those factors combiner can he deadly Be Careful VOL 150 PETERSBURG VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2 1953 Ed PRICE II Mem Of City Counci 30 POWs Refuse To Return After Appeal By Allies 27 Men Three Women Go Back To Communism Following Stacked Deck Hinted PANMUNJOM UP Thirty pas South Koreans unanimously chose communism in todays open Ing round of Allied efforts to win back 351 South Korean British and American war prisoners who havent returned The recorded strains of South Koreas national anthem played in the background as 27 men and 3 women listened quietly to HOK of read a plea to come home Then each walked out the door leading back to communism H appeared possible the Allies drew from a stacked tieck The first group was chosen by the pris themselves in the Commu camp Observers speculated each of the 30 might be a confirmed Red Thirty more South Koreans are to be interviewed Thursday 7 pm Wednesday The first group of South Koreans were put into a special compound after the talks separated from the remaining prisoners The Reels broke off their tions because the Indian command refused to break up in dividual compounds into Interviewed and uninterviewed sec tions An Indian officer said there are enough facilities to separate the Allied prisoners but there were not enough to split up the Korean and Chinese compounds as the Reds had demanded Original plans called for 30 South Koreans to he interviewed daily for about 11 days before 22 Ameri cans and one Briton are called but a high American officer said the schedule Is not inflexible indi cating the might be called sooner The 300 score gives the Reds a propaganda theme to take some of the edge off the humiliating beating they took in their inter views They got back less than 3 per cent of 2500 Chinese and Koreans This was the first total blank The Communists however met groups from 130 to almost 500 call ing a compound at a time with no chance for special groups to be maneuvered into the interview tents Meanwhile In a negotiation hut nearby the Allies all but rejected a Red proposal for a Korean peace conference after a day of studying a Communist plan offered day US Delegate Arthur II Dean told the Reds there are two basic points on which both sides could agree but he accused them of at tempting to slip an enormous joker into the conference by call ing for Russia to attend as a neu tral Dean said the two points of agreement are that the conference should he between the two belliger ent sides and that each side should vote as a unit with unanimous de necessary REDS CUT Gis TOES OFF WITH SHEARS ARE TOLD WASHINGTON Ml Sen Potter RMich began a hearing on Com munist atrocities in Korea today with a statement that a Red Chi nese nurse cut off the toes of a G I with of garden shears without benefit of anesthesia anr wrapped the wounds in news papers Potter said this was a sample of the beastlike acts which U R soldiers who were victims or eye witnesses of Korean atrocities would tell about at three days of Senate subcommittee hearings He said the testimony make a liar out of Andrei VI Soviet Russias spokes man who told the United Nations Assembly yesterday that the charges were lies and ganda Gen Matthew R Ridgway for mer commander in Korea and now Army chief of staff was called us first witness and former pris of war were on hand to he heard later Dock Workers Back On Jobs EISENHOWER SAYS HE HAS CONFIDENCE IN ATTY GEN BROW NELL WASHINGTON Wl President Eisenhower said today comment ing on Democratic charges of lax ity against the Justice he has as much confidence in Atty Gen Brownell as In any other Cabinet member The President told a news con ference this does not mean mem bers of his administration includ ing himself have not made mis takes lie not elaborate but said he understood Brownell was issu ing a statement later today giving the complete facts on situations which have drawn Democratic criticism The chief one of these is in Denver where U S District At torney Charles Vigil a Democrat was fired Federal Judge Willis W Ritter charged from the bench the FBI refused aid in a jury tamper ing investigation directed by Vi gil Dulles Bias Backed By Ike Eisenhower Supports Attack On Views WASHINGTON W President Eisenhower banking up Secretary of State Dulles blast at Sen McCarthy declared today that unity among free nations is our only hope for survival Like Dulles Eisenhower did not mention McCarthy by name But the President told a news confer once he is in full accord with the statements made yesterday by Secretary Dulles Dulles had asserted that cism such as that fired by Mc Carthy attacks the very heart of United States foreign policy Eisenhower had anticipated ques about the matter and an he had prepared his views in writing because he said they would be the only words he would have to say on the subject The President then read the statement in which he declared I am In full accord with the statements made yesterday by Secretary Dulles In his press con ference McCarthy was handed a copy of the Presidents statement He read it carefully then told newsmen Perhaps I will wait and give out a statement tomorrow morn ing He had previously scheduled a news conference later today After Dulles yester day McCarthy had commented only Do you think he could have been referring to me Dulles though not mentioning name bad left no doubt about it by using some of language in referring to criticism of administration for eign policy BRITISH AUTO PLANE PLANTS CLOSED AS MILLION GO ON STRIKE LONDON than one mil lion engineering workers today closed British auto and aircraft factories shipyards and machine shops in a token strike for more pay It was Britains biggest labor tie up since the general strike of 1926 From London to Glasgow and Belfast the hum of machinery ceased Work benches were de The Confederation of Shipbuild ing and Engineering Unions an organization with affiliates called the show of strength walk out in support of a demand for a lr per cent wage increase Industries involved estimated the production would reach 10 mil lion pounds million j Pickets guarded the gates of far tories throughout the country as strikers gathered for mass meet ings and protest marches Longshoremen Returning In New Called Against 2 Largest Can Manufacturers Ity The The CIO Steelwork ers Union called a strike today against two of the nations largest can makers but longshoremen in New York and Now Jersey returned to work after a work stop page A third major in photo engravers tied up six of the seven major New York City newspapers The waterfront work stoppage ended with a steady return of workers to piers after a one rebellion against rules of a created commission which controls the harbor area The latest strike was called at midnight by the CIO United Steel workers against the American Can ARBITRATION ASKED IN NEWSPAPER STRIKE WASHINGTON gov today asked the union Involved in the York news paper strike to the dis pute to arbitration or decision of a neutral party The request was made in message sent by Federal Media tion Service Director Whitley P McCoy to President Edward J Volz of the striking AFL Photo engravers Union New Yorks seven daily news papers have not been publishing for four days because of the walkout on six of the papers Other unions respected the en gravers picket lines McCoys request that the union accept move rec by the struck pub to Voltz in advance of a union meeting in New York called to consider whether to accept the arbitration offer Co and the Continental Can Co They employ some 33000 USW members in 68 plants in 30 state and five plants in Canada Wages were the chief Issue In the dis pute Picket lines were set tip a several plants at the midnight strike deadline In New York longshoremen the hundreds started the work stoppage yesterday as the New Jersey Waterfront Com mission organized to rid the docks of racketeering became fully ef Picket lines were set up outside piers by many longshoremen who were refused employment registra tion cards by the commission be cause of criminal backgrounds M any registered longshoremen joined the picketing men in sym pathy and others with cards re fused to cross the picket lines A federal Investigation of pos sible violation of a antistrike injunction was started The New York Shipping Assn charged the stoppage a law injunction issuer Oct 5 which ended a strike on the waterfront involving 50000 Coast longshoremen The fed eral court restrained anv strike during an period expiring Dec In the New York newspaper strike the 100 striking gravers to vote today on whether to arbitrate four dead locked Issues Thechief Issues In the strike which started last Sat were wages and welfare benefits hours the number of an holidays and the duration of a new contract Members of other unions honored the ers picket lines forcing the six newspapers to halt publication The Herald Tribune only majo paper not struck suspended pub Monday night in sympathy with the six other dailies Some 22000 workers have been made Idle The longest major than five against j North American Aviation by the CIO Auto Workers in plants in Los Angeles and Fresno Calif Columbus Ohio Some workers quit jobs Oct 23 in a dispute over wages NEW COUNCILMAN Churchill G Dunn is shown above shaking hands with Walter M Edens who was unanimously elected lo Cily Council last night In the Council Chamber following the election are left to City Auditor William F Spotswood Vice Mayor Gordon T W infield Edens City Attorney Willis W Bohannan Dunn Coun cilman Isham J Andrews City Manager Roy F Ash and Councilman J Wilton Cox Rose Studio Photo by Sherry Rose Accord On Reply To Russia Seen Quick Agreement On Terse Questioning An swer By Big Three Likely WASHINGTON United States Britain and France prob ably will agree quickly at Bermuda on a terse favorable but question ing reply to Russias proposal for a Big Four meeting Indications strongly suggest however that even though a four power session is held probably at Berlin in about two months it will simply be a conference table continuation of the deadlock be tween Moscow and the West which has been pointed up in the recent exchange of notes with Russia Two sets of facts stand out in this regard J Secretary of State Dulles told a news conference yesterday the only real issue in EastWest rela lions is a fresh breath of free dom behind the Iron Curtain In other words Dulles says the West ern Powers purpose in meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Molo tov will be to try to reduce the area of the Kremlins control through agreements covering East ern Germany and Eastern Austria 2 Molotov said in his note last Thursday proposing the meeting in Berlin that the one big thing Russia wants to talk about is a place for Red China in the councils of the great powers In other words Molotov has made clear he will demand agreements from the three Western Powers recognizing an enlarged area of Soviet ence if not domination FOR TUCKERS TOWN Bermuda Wl Prime Minister Church ill winged over the Atlantic today to the Big Three meeting here which he hopes will he a major Continued On Page 21 IRAN SET TO RESUME BRITAIN RELATIONS TEHRAN Iran Iranian government which supplanted Mo hammed was reported whipping inlo final shape today n note agreeing to reestablish dip relations with Britain An informed source said the re sumption of normal relations broken off 13 months ago by was approved yes at a meeting of Premier Zahedi and lead Ing Iranians including former Cabinet ministers senators and top businessmen Resumption of relations would pave the way for the bitter dispute over Irans nationalization in 1951 of of the Britishowned Oil Co now on trial for his fife on treason charges called Irans envoys home after repeated breakdowns in the negotiations over compensation for the oi company Truman Visits AP Office In N Y To Get Late News NEW YORK Former dent Harry Truman curtailed his usual morning stroll today to get his news first hand in the head quarters of The Associated Press Ho also pitched in briefly on photo desk operations where he got on the nationwide Wirephoto network to announce a picture threw in a hit of Truman dropped in at the AP headquarters in Rockefeller Cen ter after commenting during his stroll that he hadnt been able to keep up on the news because of the current photoengravers strike which has stopped publication of New York Citys seven dally news papers I didnt expect lo see you this lie staffer us he from ui elevator in the Hotel to go on morning walk Only one other reporter a magazine correspond ent and photographer were on hand to join him in contrast to the dozen or so usually waiting Feehan explained he was on the job because AP activities arent limited to New York and Truman Oh yes As the group including Tru mans biographer William Hill man headed crosstown Truman told Feehan he had been listening to news reports on the radio but it wasnt enough Why dont you come up to the office and get up to date the reporter suggested Fine Truman replied as Hill agreement I Minutes later he was carefully seiin inlying stories as they came in nn of various circuits lie briefly in reading to have his shoes shinerl The fiusterer man Continued On lige 8 RED CHINA RUSSIAN SATELLITES NEGOTIATE HONG KONG The New China news agency reported from Peiping today that Communist China has sent seven trade mis sions to the Soviet Union and its satellites to negotiate 1954 trade pacts SHOPPING DAYS LEFT CHRISTMAS EGYPTIAN PRINCE GETS SUSPENDED SENTENCE CAIRO Revo Court sentenced ex Prince Abbas I fa II m a second cousin of former King Farouk to years imprisonment then suspended HIP sentence He had been charger with treason and conspiracy with foreign pow ers to harm the state Court officials the old Hallm one of two dozen per sons influential during regime who have been arrested on treason and corruption charges would be released as soon as the nations Revolutionary Council ap proved the verdict Halim previously had been ac quitted by a civilian court of charges filed in connection with defective arms given the Egyptian army in the 1948 Palestine war He had been a general representa tive for foreign firms and an agent for the sale of foreign arms to Special Election Called For Jan 8 P I Ledbetter Hopewell Attorney Enters Race For House Of Delegates Simultaneous with setting by Governor Battle of January 8 as the date of the special election to fill the House of Delegates sent from Hopewell and counties of Prince George and Surry was the announcement of his candidacy hyf Paris I Leadbetter Hopewell attorney In announcing the date for the special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death last day of W A Walton of ta the governors office said candi dates qualify 30 days In ad vance of the election with the clerk of court in their respective city or county All candidates must qualify for the election by mid night December 8 Leadbetter Is the first of a num ber of candidates reportedly con the contest to throw his hat into the ring Rev others have Indicated Interest but none of the others has made any announcement James E Williams Insurance man who resides in Prince Goorge reportedly had decided not to make the race but he could not be reach ed today for confirmation Will iams had been mentioned promi as the likely choice of Prince George County lenders Dr D Lane Elder mayor who was defeated in last Julys primary by Delegate Wnl ton has admitted he was consid ering running for the office but has made no formal announce ment Others reportedly consider ing entering the race are Charles r Morris Hopewell businessman and attorney H M Buy Ford Jr Hopewell real estate and In surance man Leadbetter is a native of dron Surry County a graduate of Ifopewell High School Rm College In Ife additional work on bis degree at the University of Richmond Me passed the state bar examina tion in 1050 and since has been associated with the Jones Jones law firm in He taught in Hopewell High School from until 1017 He is a veteran of service In the Army as an officer having served for 18 months in the Euro pean Theater He now Is a cap tain in the Army Reserve Leadbetter who is married and has one son is a member of the Hope well Rotary Club chairman of the Red Cross Chapter a mem ber of the City Housing Authority Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Board of Directors of the Com munity Chest He is legal adviser to the Hopewell Crew TRAFFIC FATALITIES FOR OCT TOTAL 3640 CHICAGO nations i October traffic death toll this year was same as that for October the 31060 deaths for first 10 months was up I pei cent from the corresponding period last year The figures were disclosed today by the National Safety Council The toll in was 30670 Automobile travel continued toi increase at much greater rate fatalities actually reducing tho death rate In relation to mileage Although mileage traveled by motor vehicles was not available for October the council calculated that the death rate this year was 67 per 100 million miles of auto lowest ever for a period Pair Found In Burned Taxi Said Murdered Police Without Clues In Slaying Of Taxi Driver And Woman In Blackstone Cemetery BLACKSTONE Va Ml A man and a woman believed at first to have been burned to death in a accident here yesterday wore brutally Sher iff 1C C Jr of Kairl today The man luis been identified as Dayton McKnight about 25 a Blackstone taxi driver Officers sought to identify tho woman be to be between 25 and 3r Ellett said there were no clues The wrecked taxicab was foum Lakeview Cemetery 7 am yesterday It was the cab had burned abou four hours earlier the man and woman hat been shot and killed before th cab WHS wrecked and burned El said The sheriff one bnl let was found in the mans bod and two in that of the woman body was found be neath steering wheel His clothes were entirely burner off The womans body was lying outside the cabs rear door Hoi clothes part of which had beon burned off showed they had been soaked with gasoline and oil ac cording to Ellett The chief medical of fice conducted an autopsy late yes After completion of topsy Ir fi T Mann chief modi cnl examiner notified Nottoway officials that the couple had been shot to death Other drivers said they last vv about 1 am yes McKnight hart lived in for about a year after his marriage to a girl Also surviving is a child DRUGS EEN SAVING VICTIMS OF HEART ATTACKS ST LOUIS im might have saved who died of heart at tacks in the lost 10 life uery physician today The drugs anticoagulants help dissolve or prevent blond clots which block the main artery to the heart and heparin are main examples How they have proved their dra matic lifesaving ability de scribed today to the American Medical Assn by Dr B Sterling of Fla In 10 years probably eight mil lion Americans have been stricken with these heart attacks he said If anticoagulants had been used in al cases the death rate have been reduced from 24 to 16 cent which means 040000 lives might have been saved Actually less than one fifth of cases were rented but even so at least 100000 probably have been saved Retired Tobacco Executive Fills s Place Mayor Dunn And Other Members Of Body En Over Prominent Citizens Acceptance By MAKY Walter M Edens prominent cit izen of Petersburg and a retired executive of Brown Williamson Tobacco Corporation was elected to the City Coun cil in session last night to fill the unexpired term of Victor M Halbert who died October 18 The term of office runs to August U 1950 Edens retired last July 31 as vies president of manufacturing oC Brown Williamson after 40 years in the tobacco business He con to serve the company in an advisory capacity The new councilman was pres ent last night but took no part in the proceedings pending the tak ing of oath of office were enthusiastic over Edens acceptance comments led by Mayor Churchill G Dunn being to the effect a man of his calibre with the leisure afford ed by his retirement would be a great asset in city government Edens was placed In nomination by Isham J Andrews whose mo tion was seconded by J Wilton Cox With the election of Edens tha Council is composed of Mayor Dunn whose term expires August 31 1951 Vice Mayor Gordon T Win field and Andrews whose terms together with that of Edens ex pire August 31 and Cox who was elected to fill the vacancy created by the death of R Stan Icy Ramsey and whose term ex pires August 31 1954 The new councilman long has been active in community affairs and Is a director of Petersburg Ravings American Trust Co director of Tobacco Co and for several years has been a member the City School Board He and Mrs Edens are mem bers of Washington Street Metho dist Church where he is a trustee ARMY FINALLY FINDS COPY OF FIELD MANUAL ON HORSE CAVALRY WASHINGTON Ar my Is a far cry of course from flays of On George A Jus ter other famous cavalrymen Just how far was pointed up when Rep Otto sought to comply with a from Brig fen Edwards North Dakota adjutant general for a copy of the Armys field manual on horse cavalry The Pentagon was searched but not a copy was found The govern ment Printing Office which in past years turned out such manuals by the thousands had none The Armys congressional liaison office was lo locale only one copy in the Library of Congress Bui the Army spread its hunt and finally came up with a page ropy of the manual Us rover from a source in Kansas City The Army hasnt had a drawn field artillery unit since early Most cavalry regiments were hv that limp Draft Is Seen For Many Years UMT Must Be Deferred Defense Official Says of Defense John Hannah oday that for many years to come the draft must continue anil Uni versal Military Training be de ferred The Pentagons manpower chief attributed this outlook to the un happy legacy of a lowered birth rate during the depression years The cold truth of the matter is that we have been putting young men Into uniform much faster than the males in our population turn years of age lie said in a h prepared for the Iowa Farm Convention Hannah said the bottom of the manpower pool may be reached within two or three years If Induc tions continue at the current rate and tho rates of volunteering and do not improve Hannah listed the manpower shortage high among the said The must accept a draft as the a weakened mas of defense American people continuation of only alternative Continued the lo On MARKET Ihc for pounds sold for nil of irr 100 even if you keep your mouth shut be someone ground wholl mis A Flying For Christmas Little Henrietta whose fam ily was very poor didnt have much to look forward lo at Christmastime until she found Willie the pup He was the only Christmas she would have But father had to give Willie away He ate too much Henrietta was broken hearted until Willie after many exciting adven tures flew back to her on Santas sleigh Christmas Eve But he stay It was so much more fun in Santa Land Youll find out when you read the Christmas serial and the Flying Starting In The Tomorrow 2 DEAD DAMAGE HEAVY IN PHILIPPINE STORM MANILA davs of heavy rain have left two persons dead and fit least damage In crops and property on Samar Island Philippine news service ro Samar in Phil has been on the fringe of a series of Pacific slorms and member of the board of stew ards The Edens who live at 1000 Weslover Ave have three chil dren Walter A who was grad from Virginia Military Insti tute in 1940 and now is a ant colonel U S Army stationed ut Fort Monroe Joseph E who was a captain Army Air Force and is now in the sales department of Lebanon Steel Foundry In Le banon Pa and Mary who Is now Mrs Robert N Crane of St Louis It was July 15 1913 that Edens who was born Nov B 1889 in Rowland N C began his business career in Petersburg with the Tobacco Co Ltd which manufactured cigaret tes for export principally to Chi na and the Far East With the outbreak of World War I he entered the Army In 1017 and was assigned to Camp Lee where he was graduated from Of Candidate School In June 1918 It was while he was at Camp Lee that he married Miss Mary of Petersburg June 8 Upon completion of his military service Edens resumed his asso citation with the can Tobacco Co where he be came assistant factory manager Edens left Petersburg in tha summer of 1928 to become factory manager of the Drown Williamson Tobacco Corporation in Louisville Ky He returned to this city in 1932 Brown Williamson bought the properties of the had closed the in 1930 Edens became the factory manager of the new Brown Williamson plant here In January Edeni was elected to the board of directors and continued in Petersburg as di rector of manufacturing operations He remained in that capacity su manufacturing operations in the three plants of the com pany at Petersburg Louisville and until January I when he was elected vies president of manufacturing His headquarters were in Petersburg where he has continued to live since terminating his active con with the company Tobacco Co which Petersburg factory Christmas Parade Plans For Tomorrow Completed Plans are complete to the last detail for fifth annual Christmas Parade tomorrow night it was announced today by George K Fisher executive secretary for the Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce Indications are that the parade will be an outstanding one with many floats marching units aev cral bands big Claus and four live reindeer Largo crowds from all over South side Virginia are expected to con verge on Petersburg for the big celebration which will inaugurate formally the holiday shopping sea son here The colored lights strii lid the in I ness section which will be each night until turned un tomorrow All units participating in the par ade have been assigned their po and are asked to be in their proper places not later than p m Tho line of march will begin forming on S Sycamore St with units falling in as the procession moves towards downtown where it is expected to reach the reviewing stand at Franklin St about oclock Here the Queen of the Christmas Parade will be crowned and out judges will make awards to parade participants in the sev eral classifications Following ceremonies at the re viewing si and tho parade will pro nj along I down Sycamore lo Avt the disperse at Grove Ave at Mar lighted will be ket St Louis of HIP Dixie Ou Page 13
