Pulaski Southwest Times (Newspaper) - January 3, 1954, Pulaski, Virginia and To Merit Your Confidence Your Newspaper Considered A Member of 98 Per Cent of Homes STATE LIBRARY less and mild with occasions rain 4550 west and 5055 east Partly cloudy and colder Sunday night tnd VOLUME Annotated PreM and NBA JANUARY 1954 By Boy liii MMI SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS Water Line Street Lead Town Pro Facts Presented On 53 Progress Planning Under Way For Large Programs Water line during 1953 headed the work of the town public works Along with the laying of water lines into areas previously the town also completed the largest street surfacing program in re cent These two accomplish ments along with a number of smaller projects and the neces sary maintenance rounded out the towns program in the pub Jic works The year also saw preliminary planning get under way on several programs which will come under more thorough study by the town council in the months to During the year the town con or supervised the con struction of a total of linear feet of water Area ly unserved into which lines were extended included Fifth street Valley Russel street lane in the Crest line area the Tester sub division Garner avenue and part of the Highland Terrace and Claremont subdivision near Sutherland east of Totals Given By size of pipe laid the exten sions were 284 feet of inch 124 feet of m inch feet of 1V2 inch feet of 2 inch 648 feet of 4 inch and feet of 6 One of the major water jobs was the removal of the 12inch main line from the Pico school and its relocation on Peppers Ferry road and Franklin Some feet of 12 inch line constructed on this project in which the county school board par to the extent of of the the town join ed with a contractor who bore the expense of a 6 inch extension in The year saw more rigid follow of the water meter policy adopted by the town council in Meters were in stalled on all new connections and on a number of bus iness and public including principally the Water Consumption Down The filter completing its second full year of pro cessed gallons of water for consumption in the town sys This is an average of 250 gallons per The records at the filter plant indicate consum for 1953 to be less Continued On Page Column 2 Town Employ Critically Hurt On Trash truck John Brewery Taken To Pulaski Hospital 45yearold town remained in a Critical condition at the Pulaski hospital night from injuries sustained he slipped and fell into the hopper of a garbage employed by the town for 14 received undetermin ed abdominal injuries when he was caught mashed between the back hopper lid and the lip of the The accident took place around 1 Town officials said that when Brewer fell he ap pulled the lever which started the hopper The which carries the trash from an and compret it into an enclosed portion of swung forward and caught He underwent an operation afternoon and tion was reported slightly improved but still Brewer is a mem ber of the which collects garbage is the north sec ORDEAL IS OVER Leland Towers left dnd Homer Cox congratulate each other after their release from a soviet prison The men were turned over to American officials at Berlin by their Russian Towers was captured in Russia when he entered the country to see what it was Cox said he was lured into captivity and brutally beaten night and day for more than nine United States Ready To Talk Over Atomic Energy Government Advises Russians 2 M The United States has advised Russia that it is prepared promptly to enter into informal talks on the international uses of atomic energy if the Soviet government Ambassador Charles Bohlen according to diplomatic called on Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov within the past three days to determine how Russia wishes proceed in view of agreement 21 to enter into atomic Such discussions were strongly ad by President Eisenhower in his 8 speech to the United Next Move Russia The next move is now response to Bohlens approach probably will determine when and how further discussions will be held between the worlds two greatest powers on internation al handling of the worlds most destructive Bohlen was reported to have called on Molotov on trom Secretary of State The latter was described as doing everything he can to press for pr ward plan for an international pool of atomic ener y Under the plan the Russia and other nations would contribute to the pool as a means of promoting the peaceful employment of atomic Several Lines Open Several possible lines of contact are open to Moscow and Washing ton for further exploration of the subject and all of these may even tually be Dulles is planning to discuss the atomic problem with Molotov when they go to Berlin later this month for a meeting with British Foreign Secretary o Eden and whoever is then foreign minister of some plans been made for having the United States Disarmament Commission take to set up a atomic power to hold talks on the interna tional atomic These dis cussions would include ers new approach and Russias c o u h t e The United States has the chairman ship of the commission this Direct Discussion The and probably immi nent means of exploration is direct discussion between American and Continued On II Hugh Everett Vaughn To Open Local Feedbag Plant The era of Horatio Alger is not dead as two Pulaski county men will Hugh Morris and Everett Vaugh an are the modern counterparts of the fictitious as their home arid home patronized feedbag plant grinds into productive high gear on Jan uary O Soon tcr pour out bags per the plant is housed in a 30x75foot building on Dora high way and employ Some six mostly By midsummer we hope to have a great and we al so hope to increase our 20 employees in the near Morris Job Working as worker the two men will con in their everyday occupations as mechanics at the American Pigment and Radford arsen Encouraged and supported by the Pulaski county industrial deve the feedbag plant originated in the early but equipment difficulties and lat er the Korean situation forced a temporary The building itself was complet ed in It was built by both en in their It has been used by the school board since its 1 Start Were very anxious to get start Morris Its been an all the but weve had a great deal of help from Production outlets will be cen tered in this area and the raw material will come from local Continued On Pace Column 8 Threatens To Raze Building On First Street Woman Carried From Structure An elderly woman had to be car ried from a building early last night when a blaze of undetermined ori gin threatened to destroy the structure on Valley and First streets before firemen squel ched Firemen confined the flames to one but Whitaker had to be carried from the building when it looked like might out of Fire Chief Wygal said the cause of the reported at had not been He damage at explaining most in the bedroom The department also was called to help extinguish a fire on Sheriff Summers farm on Alum Spring road at The grass fire quickly spread to the mountain but was brought under control with the aid of a tank of water dis patched from the station Firemen also were called out at for a grass fire at Lewis residence on Columbia No damage was Shift In Main Street Planned Soon Plans for a change in the busi ness district were disclosed yester day which will affect five and dime and will expand present fa to include the location now occupied by This wi 11 give the five and dime store a 75 foot in move in to what is now the Bear market and the grocery store will be loca ted in the Santa Cruz building on west Main It was not known when the threeway switch will but owner of Bear mar said he hopes to be in shape to begin moving into his new loca tion within the or three Disposal Will Be Displayed A demonstration of refuse dis posal equipment which the town is considering purchasing for use a1 the municipal dump will be held Monday through The demonstration of loader e will be staged at the dump on Draper mountain and will be open to the it was Two Senators Leave To Talk To Solons To Quiz Official 2 senators in quest of Soviet spies left today for a somewhere in with Igor former Russian code clerk who broke open a Soviet es ring in Chairman Jenner RInd of the Senate Internal Security and McCarran D senior Democratic member the left on a train due in Montreal at a m EST But it makes sev eral other stops in Canada where Interview Long Sought Jenner has sought the interview for explaining his wants to find out if Gou formerly attached to Soviet embassy in has in formation that might help uncover additional spy activities in the United Surprised by newsmen at the railroad station Jenner said We are going to be met but we don 1 know where well be taken for the interview or when it will After we cross the border we will be in the hands of the State Going On Trip Jenner at first said only that he and his colleague were going on a little trip and McCarran joked about But when asked if they would see Jenner If we dont see him were wasting our Canada set strict conditions be fore consenting to arrange the in One is hat it will have final say as to publicity given any information obtained from Gou Jenner at first objected to this requirement but accepted it after Secretary of State Dulles up held the Canadian Took Papers took a sheaf of papers with him when out of the Soviet He talked freely to a Canadian Royal Exposure of a far flung spy fol has been living with his family at an undisclosed place under an as name and under protection of the Royal Canadian Mounted f When Jenner made his the Canadian government said it had turned over to officials all information obtained from Gou It also said that because of the possible danger to would have to agree to any He ultimately did Community Club Council To Hold Meeting Tuesday Curtis president of the Pulaski County Council of Com munity Improvement Clubs yester day urged all representatives to attend a council meeting at at Robinson Tract clubhouse to discuss 1954 objec The previous council session was for organizational he and the i n g meeting will initiate plans for the coming He declined to discuss the ideas the may report ing that no objectives arc in mind 1o Recently the council is an outgrowth uf efforts to draw the NIK community im provement into closer har mony and to facilitate the spread of The will meet in having called meet will seat three delegates and two ril BH Returned Captive T ies to Fl ForR DEAN DANCES William war hero and Grand Marshal of the Tournament of dances with Barbara Louise queen of the at the Pasadena civic auditorium in Miss Schmidt was crowned at the Yule Season One Of Carnage On State Roads Six Persons Die In One Crackup o 2 W an annual pgr iod of warmth and good was one of extraordinary carnage on Virginia in its most shocking report in many the Governors Highway Safety Committee today reported 45 deaths in traffic accidents over the Two of the deaths were in pre one on the other on But all of the remaining 43 fatali ties resulted from smashups in the week that began 18 and ended on Christmas Five of the accidents took more than one And of by far the bloodiest when six persons died in a four car collision on 1 a half mile north of Carmel Church in Caroline Four of the victims were Ten deaths occurred Christmas nine on Christmas The oldest victim was the only 4 months The Carmel Church worst of the holiday hap on a stretch of four lane Two cars met a third piled the and the fourth careened into a ditch to avoid the Dead Listed Killed were Kenneth Lindsey Bu of and Harvey of Camp both marines Rob ert Dean of Holmes On 011111111 7 Albert Hale Accepts Baptist Pastorate ALBERT HALE The Albert pastor of the First Baptist church at High for the past five and onehalf has accepted a call to the Memorial Baptist church on Peppers Ferry The Hale will assume his new pastorate February announced the acceptance of the call to his congregation last The Memorial Baptist was or September 27 and is made up of members from the First Baptist The John pastor of the First fathered the new church when a need in the area became Building Parsonage The Memorial church is building a parsonage for the new minister and his family in Claremont Grove and it is hoped the residence will be completed in late February or early The Hale Is married to On Fan Delegate Urges County To State Views Interviews Scheduled By Moore During Week Garnett Pulaski coun tys new delegate the general yesterday announced he will meet with the public Tuesday and Wednesday at the courthouse here to discuss or views on matters pertaining to the The general assembly will con vene January 13 and Moore said he is anxious to meet with individuals or groups from the county to discuss those things upon which you wish to give me your views before he leaves for He said he will be in the circuit courthouse all day Tuesday and in the afternoon Asks Opinions He said it is my desire to the wish and thinking of the people of this county on matters which will come before the and upon which I must pass my If I know what the majority of the people I can Cpl Says Letters From Spouse Great Influence Tells Of Other Reluctant PWs 3 Claude the second American war prisoner to change his mind about commu flies to Tokyo today for reunion with his Japanese wife while Allied authorities waited expectantly for more Ameri can captives to make their bid for now that his job of filling in Intelligence officers remaining 21 American prisoners was was to fly to at 8 The corporal will go to an Army hospital for further medical And he will see Kyoko the Japanese girl he married in a Shinto cere mony in Influenced By Letters said her letters influ him greatly in choosing to LEAVES SEOUL 3 Claude a re patriated American soldier still very much a left by plane for Tokyo today under heavy Counter intelli gence agents swarmed around him at the airbase near Seoul where he boarded a Newsmen were not mitted to to talk to a 2fyearold Texan who fled the compound near Pan New Years return Last Edward of Stone returned ot his own free will and shortly after his arrival home was Kyoko wrote Batchelor yester day telling him she was making plans for a second honeymoon at a resort in south cen tral She wrote I am saving up what I want to tell you until I see you I know I wont be able to sleep am praying in the mean time that time will pass as fast as Stole From Compound Batchelor stole from the pro prison ear ly New Years morning to ask for He disclosed at a Seoul press conference yesterday that some of the 21 Americans left behind might change their minds and decide to come Batchelor described himself as the leader of balky captives but other accounts have indicated that the leaders were ard Corden of East and a British Neutral custody over the prison Continued On Page Column T Continued On Page Column t Arsenal Workers Denied Privilege Of Warm Hands Employees at Radford arsenal will have to find some method of keening their warm other than with hand The hand designed to be carried in the hand or ket for the purpose of keeping warm in extremely cold have been outlawed at the ar Due to the lities of the it is neces sary that their use be prohibit ed the restricted areas of the arsenal at Radford and New The abovementioned are classified as contraband ar tides which are covered in section 19 of the procedure man ual at the powder Business Fees Must Be Paid Addie com missioner of yesterday an that all professional and business licenses expired Decem ber 31 and new ones may be se cured at her Merrimee said the state pro and business licenses must be issued through her office and explained the deadline securing them in January After Supports Right Of POWs To Decide Fate Indian Program Condoned Screening 3 Ufi The United Nations Command stood firm today behind its prin ciple that prisoners of war have go where they choose even if it means the prisoners return to the a formal statement the Command endorsed the Indian force count screening in the antiCommunist camp last The fount re in 135 Chinese asking and obtaining immediate return to the Double Rebuke The Allied stand appeared a double rebuke to the Communists who had protested the screening to the Indians and to South Korea whose Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tai denounced the Indian action as Another protest came Saturday from where Na Foreign Minister George Yeh branded the turnover of 135 Chinese prisoners another viola tion of the armistice Yeh said in a statement that In dian troops had betrayed the trust placed in them and should be held responsible for all con sequences if they fail to halt the questioning The Indian Command made no immediate comment on the Al i Continued On Paice Column it Town May Extend One Way Traffic Plan Thirty Days Pulaskis oneway traffic pro scheduled to end Wednesday morning at 7 may be ex it was learned The oneway program on and Third streets between south Madison and Jefferson been in effect since December as authorized by town It was understood yesterday that some merchants have found the holiday traffic change more con venient than the customary two way system and that council may be asked Tuesday to extend the closing date by at least 30 The oneway has been us ed to handle the heavy flow of traf fic during December for the past that she a 10 per cent two The merits of the sys penalty will be tern have been discussed pro and The commissioner urged but it was understood some ness and professional persons to merchants on the two streets feel it get the licenses now and avoid would be highly successful during the annual normal Pulaski County Test Center For Consumer Finance Survey Pulaski county joins 54 localit ies and 12 metropolitan areas to morrow as a test center for the ninth annual survey of consumer finances as interviewers test the nations economic Sponsored by the federal reserve systems board of canvass is conducted by the Uni versity of survey re search compiled on citi zens belief about their own econo mic situation their major durable goods and houses and their attitudes toward savings stocks and simitar types of Data Confidential Two interviewers will survey the community until February 15 for the confidential All results are available to the sponsor as well as na plans to purchase ing agency and survey the local manager The Southwest Times was re quested not to divulge the inter names to insure complete Addresses are chosen by picking certain blocks and homes at ran dom and names will not be re it was The survey will take account of 1953 financial the years major atti tudes toward investment and say and the outlook for Purchases Emphasized Particular emphasis is laid upon consumer purchases in tentions because uf their impor tance to the national According to a the On Column ft
