The Daily News-Journal from Murfreesboro, Tennessee • 1

i For All Daily News Journal Depts. Phone 2238 THE WEATHER Fair and mild with lowest in 50's tonight Tuesday partly cloudy and cooler. RUTH EHFORD rC? COUNTYS JIOAfHJPXPEXl SINCE 1049 Vol. 102. No.

192. United Press Wire Service MurfreesborA Tennessee, Monday Afternoon, October By. Carrier Per Week, 25c Single1 Copy 5c mm .4 ii kJ Some Sni(f, Some Sip, Some Look Halls Hill Chance For One Dead, me VyattSees 'Landslide' Presidential Victory In Elecfion M't H' I Special Registration Slow Adlai Manager Reads Signs On Ho Registration was slow this -morning asbooks in the Courthouse opened for the first of the last three days voters may register in order to qualify for the pending presidential balloting. The election commission here set the supplemental registration for today, Tuesday and Wednesday with the books to be open from 9 a.m. to 5 the first two days and from 9 a.m.

to 8 p.m.. on Wednesday. At noon today only 20 people had taken advantage of the supplemental registration. It was pointed out that you do not bve to if you have registered under the permanent registration law. -you have not registered under that law, however, you; must be registered by 8 p.m.

Wednesday night or lose your franchise. The registration books will be in the lobby' of the Courthouse. There will -be no supplemental act when some 160 different French of Bofdeauxarid Burgundy are tested" stations in4he county andall voters must reristeFTn Murfreesboro. Almost everybody gets into the wines from the finesf vineyards in the annual tasting of French porter in London. The cat just wines in the cellars, of a British im-takes a close look.

(International) Eisenhower Begins Swing Through Wyoming; Oklahoma, Louisiana ras LaVergne Mishap Said One Of Worst In Months A metal rending four car crash scramble on the Murfreesboro road near LaVergne yesterday afternoon killed an Air Force captain and left nine other broken bodies strewn grotesquely over the highway. The crash described as one of the worse in this area in "many months, took place two miles south of LaVergne on the road connecting that point and Smyrna. Dead is' Capt. Robert Askins, 31, of Sewart Air Force, base, a native of Ariz. The injured are: ---v Mrs.

Betty Askins. 31, wife of Captain Askins, condition poor at GoodaUrllfuc" Hi Smymasuffer-ing head, injures, broke arms and shock; Marco C. Askins, their four year-old a son, conaiuon gooa ai the Air Base hospital, suffering bruises on the head and face Deborah Askins, their six month-old baby, condition fair at the base hospital, suffering' lacer ations of the neck and loss of blood; Garland Castell of LaVergne, compound -and simple-fractures of left leg, fractures of right of arm and three broken ribs, -at Goodall clinic, condition satisfactory Mrs. Garland Castell, in good condition at the clinic, suffering broken pelvis; Peggy Castell, their daughter, 16, treated for head lacerations at the clinic and released; 'Ruth Castell, 16, also their daughter, in good condition at the Clinic, suffering broken leg; William McGowan, Lavergne, 16, three fractures of right arm, fractured left leg, bruises and face lacerations, condition fair at the clinic, and, McGowaf? 25, hfs broth-; er, treated for head laceration and released rom the clinic. Investigating' officers said one of the four cars involved in the smash-up was traveling about 60 miles' per; hour.

This car, driven by William McGowan, was headed toward Nashville when it Bide swiped two approaching autos and then collided headon with the Askins' vechicle. Askins was al so driving south, toward the air base, Castell and his family were rid' ing with the McGowans. Cpl. M. E.

Kinchun and Patrol man J. E. Meadows of the High way Patrol gave this account of Guard Units Get Excellent Rating All three of Murfreesboro's National Guard-units received an excellent rating as the result oi their annual Armory inspection held recently. The inspecting team from the inspector general's office of the third army was headed by Lt. Col.

Charles D. Locket, a lawyer from' Knoxville, Tenn. '77" Capt Thomas R. Todd is commanding officer of the headquarters and headquarters company, Lt. Hubert L.

McCullough is commanding officer of the howitzer company, and Lt. Lero'y Hight is head of the first battalion medical The local units are a part of the 173rd Armored Vavalry regiment of Tennessee. General Smith Road Discussed By Squires Committee To Stay At Work On Rights-Of-Way The Quarterly County court of Rutherford county opened its October term this morning with a long discussion of the project to widen and re-surface five and one-half miles of the Halls Hill road. Adopting a resolution on a voice vote, the court gave its rights-of-way committee authority to sign contracts with land owners along the road who agreed to give the right-of-way and. moye their own fences.

The committee was empowered to set a figure in cases where no definite agreement could be reached and report to the -court later for final action. The- resolution giving -the-conv mittee authority to 'continue acquiring the rights-of-way. was ammended appointing a committee Ct.AlA. cumpusea ui uumjf ouu6 Edwards, Road supr Ed Toon ana a civil engineer, instructed -to con tact state highway department officials in Nashville on the possibility of an increased appropriation from the state for the project. It was explained that the contract for the Halls Hill road, to be paid-by-the state, -does-not-cov er the expense of placing drainage pipe -in- drivewayaalong the road and that some property owners wanted the drainage pipes included "in the before they would give the rights-of-way.

The road wil be re-surfaced and widened at a cost of $90,000. In other action, the magistrates voted a 56,000 increase in the school budget to care for expected funds pending from the state. It was explained that the additional funds would be for the salaries of six teachers in the- new: Colemon school in Smyrna and that no provision was made for this in the July fixing of the county's budget. The action was a formality making the spending of- the "money 'possible. The court also voted an-additional $2,316.80 to the county Election It was explained the money was needed to pay for past supplemental registrations in the county and to meet the expenses of the many elections (Continued on page 3) O'Shaughnessy And McSweeneyRunU.S.

Embassy In Moscow WAHINGTONUPJ---Jf-Rus. sian Premier Josef Stalin has anything to say to the States, he can tell it to O'Shaughnessy. If O'Shaughnessy is out, Mc-Sweeney will do. Since Russia demanded the recall of Ambassador George F. Kennan, the American embassy in Moscow is being run by two career foreign service' officers who5e names would look equally at home on the foster of the Irish legation.

Elim O'Shaughnessy, a 45-year-old bachelor with 15 years of diplomatic is acting head of the embassy, with the title of charge "d'affaires. His chief assistant is John Morgan a .36 year old native of Boston who speaks Russian fluently and has spent six ears in the Moscdw embassy. DbesnKnow where in Canada, in the United Stites, in Japan, and in Germany, and it is foolish for us to assume that there is no infiltration here." Smith said that to his knowledge there have been" no Communists CApdsed in government security agencies. "You are all familiar with Alger Hiss," he said. "About five years ago, a minor employe was exposed as a Communist, but the case was handled and I cannot elaborate on it in open session." Asked by committee member Harold Veide (R-Ili) whether he would give further details in closed session, Smith replied that he "would be glad to give in a closed session specific reasons why I feel there is infiltration in my agency." The committee saidf Smithmay be called again to testify in a closed session.

'I have found no one has penetrated my security group in the U. S. and that no American in fact none within the scope of this committee were Smith emDhasized. Rep. Francis E.

Walter tD-Pa) (Continued on page 3) Hurt They're OWN Running Again In Okra Derby They're off and running in the Okra Derby again. I' started over a story about a six foot okra plant. That brought in many plants reaching 12 feet heavenward Now there's a new champ- ion. Mrs. Paul Windrow, 1008 Grantland avenue, has raised plant which ia 13 feet and.

seven inches tall. It's still bearing okra, too. That's a good mark to shoot at. How about it? Can you top that, Adlai's Speech Worth $10,000 Campaign Workers In High Spirits NASHVILLE (UP) Saturday's Visit here of Gov. Adlal Stevenson, the Democratic party's presidential nomineeiwaa worth about $10,000 in cash to the state party ampaign fundand thousandsjof Democratic votes, Nov.

4, state i Democratic leaders said today. i Tht money came from a $25-a-plate fund-raising dinner held in connection with Governor Stevenson's speech. The talk and rallies held along with it impressed oters and gave campaign workers sew '-'enthusiasm," leaders said. Besides Governor Stevenson's talk in the State War Memorial auditorium, the executive commit tee of the state Young Democratic Clubs also met here Saturday. U.S.

Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn) also spoke before a meeting of his iraternity. Kefauver, who ran second to Stevenson for the nomina-. tion at Chicago last July, and Governor Stevenson conferred for about S3" minutr after the rally; As campaign Workers still talked cf the three-hour Stevenson visit, the statewide Democratic candidates planned resume their campaign tour tomorrow. The candidates, Frank Clement for governor.

Rep. Albert Gore for U. S. senator, and J. B.

Avery Sr. for state utilities commissioner, will complete their visits to Middle Tennessee points and swing into East Tennessee before the weekend. They visited West Tennessee and a part of Middle Tennessee -4astweflf. Clement, Gore and Avery, trav-'elling by bus, wil visit Goodletts-ville tomorrow at 9:30 am, Gallatin 10:45 am. Hartsville 1 pm, Lebanon 2 :15 pm, Smithville 3:45 pra, Woodbury 5:30 pm, and attend a rally at McMinnvme at 8 pm.

All three, together i with-other Democratic leadersr spoke at the fund-raising dinner. Money raised at the banquet was not an "clear," however, because in addition to the costs of the dinner itself the Tennessee Democratic campaign fund also -paid for broadcasts of I Cnntimmtl nn Tins' SV Charles Hunt Dies At Thayer Charles Hunt 42, died at Thayer hospital last night following a brief Rites will be conducted to-mbrrowilf 10:30 ra m. at Marietta, with burial in the national cemetery there. Mr. Hunt had been "operator of the Toy and Hdbby shop here Jor the past several years.

He was a "member of Presbyterian church. Survivors include his wife, Betty Hunt; his mother, Mrs. Robert Hunt and a sister, Mrs. Robert Baker, both of Springfield, Ohio. 740 Workers -Strike At AEQC TULLAHOMA (U.E) Seven hundred and 40 construction workers, representing five AFL crafts, stayed away from ods today ai the giant Arnold Engineering Development Center here.

Thev struck to move back to May 1 the retroactive on which recent 7Vs to 15 cents an hour pay Increases were to be- T'V, rt tniuaeaa onnmtuH In Alicr. list by the federal Wage Stabilization Board, were to become effective. June 16, according to a suggestion: submitted' by 16 contractors, Col. Hugh M. White, Army engineer in charge of the air force wind tunnel project, said.

employed at the center, represent truck drivers, iron workers, oper- carpenters. tfV SPRINGFIELD, HI. (UP) Wilson W. Wyatt, manager of A.dlai E. Stevenson's campaign, said today he sees a chance for a "landslide" victory in the presidential election.

He said the DemocEats were running scared and would continue right up until election day but there is a distinct chance for a land slide victory "unless all the signs we get are failing; and I don't see how they could be." "Tha nnlv ylnp.tanre "havB about saying it Is that I don't want it In any way to sound like over- conficence," he said. "But, we see so, many signs on the horizon and in the various states "For some time we have felt it actually could be an election that could develop In landslide proportions of the electoral votes." Wyatt told a news conference he was not ready yet to list all the states which he expects the Democratic Eresidentialljcandidattt to carry in the November election. But, in response to specific questions, he mentioned New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and -several mid-western states Michigan, Minne? sota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Missouri and Illinois as places where he "definitely" expects: Stevenson to win. Wyatt said he believes there has been re ni 1 substantial" switching lately from Eisenhower to Stevenson. Wyatt pictured the switchers as independent voters who have be come "disillusioned" with Eisen hower and decided that Stevenson eomes closer to representing the things in which they believe.

'UtQjpxAlit in a sentence would say that it "had nioved fromthe 'great crusa.de to the great surrender to the point that it was the great disillusionment with General Eisenhoweri" he said "and I would say the word 'disillusionment- runs through it more-completely than. any. other word that we could use to "describe, it, based on the the shifts of position, the abandonment of principles that, beforer'they felt were emphatically held by him." He referred to Eisenhower's ac-csptance Tbf such" ticket mates as Joseph R. McCarthy of Wis consin and William E. Jenner of Indiana and the famed peace meeting with Sen.

Robert A. Taft. iWyatt-sai(Lthat Independents are shifting "in a very major way'-to Stevenson "because of their belief that he (Eisenhower) no longer represerts the principles that "they thought he did repre-cent." As examples of such shifts. Wyatt referred to the formation of a "Citizens Formerly for Eisen- (Continued on page 3) Housing Authority Awards Contracts Contracts fof refrigerators, "gas water heaters, and gas ranges h'ave been awarded by the Murfreesboro Housing Authority for the 200-unit housing projects which are now being constructed, it was announced today by Edward Seddon, 'executive director. A bid of $22,031.27 submitted by Frigidalre Sales Corporation Birmingham, -Alabama was ac- cepted for refrigerators.

The loca1. service representative' will be Knight and Shipp Appliance Co. A bid of $11,675.20 was accepted from Phillips and Burgdorf, Nashville, for tiie gas ranges. The local service representative Will be the Tennessee Gas Co. The GambilF Distribution Co, JJashville, was awarded the gas water heater contract with a bid of $14,645.82.

The 'local service representative will be the Ten-, nessee Gas Ea rthquake Rattles San Francisco Area SAN' FRANCISCO (UP) Rest- at ea reported serious damage today after a sharp, earthquake rattled through the region, causing widespread alarm. The temblor hii yesterday at 4:34 p. m. and the University of California seismograph recorded v. uunb Hit V.

V. which was felt within a radius of about 40 miles. Although, the quakejasted only a few seconds, the seismograph lecorded it for four minutes. It was described by some residents as hinc a "sham r-rarlr" rather than the rolling type of earthquake. registration In the various -polling pointed out that those who have their names, as in marriages, must ROKs Hold White Horse Reds Hurled Back By Ga I la Defe nders SEOUL, (UP) The Chinese Communists threw suicide troops against South Koreans holding bloody White Horse Mountain f-day but the gallant defenders hurled the Reds back in a brief but bitter, fight.

The South Koreans then took off in an attack of their own against three knobs on the nothern edge of thecentral front height, the Reds' last precarious toehold on White Even as the fighting raged, Gen. Jfcmes A. Fleet, 8th Army commanderpraised the South Ko rean 9th Stay and Fight) Division frjf its "'tremendous victory" in recapturing 'all territory lost in the bloody, week-long" battle on White Horse. The Chinese commanders, stopi ped coldrby-the fierce ROK threw suicide troops into the fight for the first time in the White Horse battle. 'About six Red soldiers, carrying oangalor torpedoes iron pipes filed with TNT and 10-pound satchel charges assaulted South Korean, positions in an attempt to blow a hole in Allied defenses.

''They were cut" down before they had no. regard forthelr own safety." "The Koreans have taken everything the Chinese 38th Army it's one of. their besU-could throw at them," Van Fleet As of to-(Jay, they (The South Koreans) hold all the ground they had. I am very proud of them." Van Fleet said the South Koreans' recapture of the shell-smashed crest and most of the rest of the west-central front height was a classic military operation. He said the.

South Koreans had overcome "overwhelming odds and manpower." "The lessons learned will be given to the rest of the U.N. forces in Korea Van Fleet It was a good lesson for the whole army;" Republic of Korea soldiers launched their assault to rut enemy diehards from the northern tlope of the mountain after beating oft seven Chinese counter-attacks (Continued on page 3) One Thing In Presidents Money Eisenhower received a steady if smaller income from the army. As a five-star- general, his military income was more than $18,000 a year until he retired last summer. In addition he received a salary i eported to be $25,000 annually for 2 l-z years as president of Colum bia University. Another source, of income for Eisenhower was his book "Crusade in Europe." Estimates of his income, after taxes, from the book have ranged up to Oii the republic's early dtys pres idents almost invariably- were picked from, the' "country men of property -and education." Most presidents who came later had either earned, accumulated tnrough Investment, or inherited comfortable oesteggs before entering the White House.

Among these well-off presidents were Franklin D. Roosevelt and his predecessor, Herbert Hoover. When he' died Mr. Roosevelt left an estate valued at $1,940,000. Half of it was in stocks and bonds inherited from his mother.

Hoover gave "up a cai-eer as a mining engineer I Continued oa page 3). Election commission officials moved their residences or changed re-register in order to qualify. Russian 'Blockers' Ready For UN Genera! Assembly UNITED-mTIONS, -N. Andrei Y. Vishinsky led Russia's toughestjeam IntoJtheUnited Nations General Assembly today an obvious plan to drive a fwedge between the United States and its Allies on the Korean question.

The firebrand mouthpiece and Andrei Groimyko arryie. aboard the Queen Elizabeth. Vishinsky will head the star-studded staff which also includes Georgi Zaru-bin, Arkady Sbolev and Valerian Zorin. Secretary of State Dean Acheson held a last-minute meeting with the entire U. S.

''delegation in New York to decide American strategy snd tactics invthej seventh annual As.4enjn;vIifcJi opens. 7 Acheson had asked for first place on the speakers' list in the Assembly's general, or policy, debate- in an effort win from VishTnsky an opportunity to set the tone for the Korean argument. Acheson's final draft was not complete because of differing opinion among Western Allies on tactics;" y': Thus- Vishinsky appeared to have a ready-made entering point for the wedge, since the U.S. 's Western Allies obviously were not in full accord with the tentative plan to havfr the General Assembly offer peace to Peiplng anH Pyongyang;" If the peace move was spurned, thfe plan called for fuller support from U.N. members to fight the Korean war to a finish.

rSorneWestern nations objected to what they regarded, as the "blood and thunder" tond pnase the SOS for help in fighting the war. But it was understood that Secretary-General Trygve Lie was sounding out the membership on a plan to put' 20,00 more troops in the battlelines from U.N. countries which' have fighting forces in Korea in the event the on page 3) WEATHER FACTS Temperature at noon, 74. Highest last 24 hours, 74. Lowest last 24 hours, 45.

Sun sets, tonight, 5:13. Sun rises tomorrow, 5:52. Ike And Adlai Have Common With Most WASHINGTON (UP) Wight D. Eisenhower and Adlal E. Stevenson have at least one thing in common with most American; presidents: a lot of money.

The nation's, chief executives generally werec well-heeled before they moved, into the White House. President Truman is one of the exceptionst. When he ran foe; re-electionto-ibeSenate in 1940, Mr. Truman did 'ipot havel enough money to stop- the sheriff from foreclosing" the--mortgage on the family home in Missouri. He ultimately recovered ffie.

homV tljough repurchase. wealthiest of all presidents, by the standards of his time, was the first. George Washington" air leady was a well-to-do member of the colonial aristocracy when he married one of its righest women. "He left an estate valued at between $530,000 and $750,000, a tremendous fortune in those days. It included stocks' and bonds and 63,000 seres of land: Stevenson, 'the Democratic andi-cate, has revealed that in the past 10 years he received a gross income of $500,046.

His net income y.tter taxes was Last year he received more than $50,000 from I WITH EISENHOWER (UP) Dwight Dt- Eisenhower- bega campaign swing through Wyoming, Oklahoma and Louisiana today with a demand that "just ordinary- business methods" be restored to government. The Republican presidential candidate took off shortly after dawn from Denver, and flew to Wyoming, where he was due to speak, briefly at Casper and Cheyenne He told an ajrport audience at Casper that about half the land in Wyoming is owned by -the government. He said 59 separate federal bureaus have "some kind of finger in the pie of western land Meanwhile, Eisenhower's aides ariitounced the former gencraf will make his personal finances this weekend in New' York. The general let it be" known that fe would bare the much discussed finances butwould probablylnot include his laxreturn In the statement. His running mate, youthful Sen.

Richard Nixon, made a report on his finances in a nationwide radio-televisior broadcast several weeks sgo. He indicated In New York today he would have nothing more to say about his personal funds. Eisenhower who is believed to have earned most of his income in lecent years from his salary as book "Crusade in Europe," did not disclose how far-reaching" his fi- Lhancial statement' would He indicated it would cover only recent years. I He' announced last I Friday in Phoenix, that he would make a statement before election time containing substantially the same information as his tax statements Gov. Adlal E.

Stevenson, and running mate Sen, John J. Spark-man both have disclosed their incomes' for thelast ten years. spent ihtweek? ead resting and planning future campaign strategy at Denver, was scheduled to make trips today to Casper and Cheyenne, Tulsa and Oklahoma -City, and wind- up the speaking schedule' with an address tonight at New Orleans. 'The anftouncement that Eisen-tcwer would 1 bare' his' financial (Continued on page 3) Rites Held For James Alcorn Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. at Jennings and Ayers funeral home for James Alcorn, 71 who died 'of a heart attack Saturday afternoon at" the Wodhayen rest home.

--f -C 'rr-: 7 Survivors are, Mrs. Fred Roland, Miss Minnie, Alcorn of Murfrees boro; two sisters, Mrs. Kate Lewis and Mrs. Mary Victory of Texas' and four grandchildren. He was a retired and lived most of his, life, in Rutherford county.

He was a member of the Westvue Baptist church. Buriai' was in Evergreen cemetery. Mayor Jones To Speak At Southern Conference Mayor Jennings Jones left today for Memphis where he will be one of the speakers ort the conference which is held by the Southern 'Association "of State-' Planning "and Agencies. Mayor Jones will speak Through Planning" on tomorrow afternoon's session. So.ne 14 states are expected to be presented at the conference.

Contest Winners Sam Harris, 1921 Donnell street, won the' fourth- weekly AU-American football con- test being sponsored by the Daily News Journal. First-place prize is $5. Dwain Lamb, route 3, was second. Henry Huddiesion III, 517 E. College; Mrs.

Ray League, 549 Crossway and Carl Floyd Jr. won third," fourth and fifth place, respec-Uvely. T. T. Howse Rites ScFeclu led For Tuesday Thomas Turner -Howse, -79, died at.

Rutherford hospital last night after a lengthy illness. Rites will be held Tuesday at' 10 a.m. at Moore Funeral home with Rev, M. J. Triplett officiating.

Burial will be in Evergreen. He was the son of John Richardson and Josephine Banks Turner Howse and was a-, merchant of the Compton community. He also had engaged in farming. Survivors include two brothers Murfreesboro; two sisters, Mrs. Brown, Van Nuys, and Mrs.

W. DeJarnett, of Mur freesboro, Active pallbearers will-be James DeJarnett, Pitts Howse, John Howse, B. E. Duhaway, J. D.

Bennett, Cecil Davis and Less Fite. Russia Admits. Its Fighter Fired On B-29 MOSCOW (UP) Russia admit-te today its fighte planes fired on an 'American Superfortress, which disappeared in the Far East, but insisted they did so only' after the B-29 violated Soviet and fired first. 't The Soviets said the B-29 "departed in the direction of the Ust Tuesday after exchanging-fire with two Russian fighters over the Kurile tip of Japan. American sources helieved: it crashed.

However, a U. Air Force spokesman in jTokyo said the missing B-29 was unarmed and denied the plane was. over soviet, territory when -intercepted by the Soviet fighters, 3 -f A note on the 1 incident handed U.S. Charge D' Affaires i. O'Shaughnessy by Deputy Foreign Minister Georgi.M, Pushkin Sun-nay made a "determined protest against the incident' and asked the-Amerjicans to Vadopt measures to prevent violaiJon of the- Soviet state frontier by American aircraft." The text of the.

note was pub lished in the official newspapeiw Pravda today without comment. Tokyo, a U.S. Air Force spokesman denied that the B-29 had. violated the Soviet frontier. It said radar showed the plane as over Japanese waters 15 miles from the Soviet frontier when an plane approached from the direction of the Kurile However, the' Air Force conceded that the Superfortress may have glided across the boun-aty.

into Soviet territory after the attack.) The carrying a new of eight on a routine training flight, was the fourth Ameii-iContinuedon page 3) Red Infiltration PHILADEtPHIA (UP) Gen.T Walter Bedell Smith, head of the top secret Central Intelligence Agency, testified today that he knew of no Communist infiltration into U. S. government security agencies "within the United States." 1 Smith appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee to amplify a statement he made tist Sept. 29 that, "I believe there are Communists in my own organization." The former U. S.

ambassador to Russia said that he. based that statement; and" past Irformances" -of the Russians, but said that he actually- knew of no Communists in the government. "If I would have-pointed them out," he said. Smith said that he believes there are Communists in his organization outside ot the United States 'because of their adeptness at infiltrating in Germany, 'Japan and other countries "It is inevitable that at sometime or another there has been h. said, have ob served what hey have done else-.