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WTJS NEWSCASTS 5:00 A.M., 6:25, 7:00, 7:20, 10:30, 12:00 Noon, 12:43, 1:55, 2:55, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:30, 8:25, 9:00, 9:25, 10:00, 10:55, 11:55 P.M. THE WEATHER WEST TENNESSEE Fair and lightly cooler tonight and Thursday with low tonight of 63. Outlook for Friday: fair with littla changa in temperature. 109th Year, No. 211 Associated Press, AP Wirephoto JACKSON, TENNESSEE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1957 Fourteen Pages Price: FIVE CENTS crzi KJ mm 0mm mmsi Mi ffl ffiVm mm arcotics Rinq Is 9 Are Denied Passage into R.

School Broken Reported NEW YORK 3 A giant international narcotics smuggling and distribution ring was reported LITTLE ROCK, Ark. UFi National Guardsmen called out by Gov. Orval Faubus today forcibly smashed today with the openin lis I i At VW, vhJA 7MWsi in- i i ml Soviet Airliner Heads for U. S. prevented racial integration of In federal court of a sealed indictment naming 46 defendants Winningham Says Dispute Was with Equalization Board Pierce Winningham, who fig Central High School and Faubus insisted at a news conference lat er that he is not defying a federal court order.

The grim-faced soldiers, armed LONDON (JPV A big Russian jet airliner roared out of London air with rifles and carbines, turned back nine Negro students who ured in yesterday's appeal before the State Equalization Board, issued a statement today denying that he had ob tried to enroll at the all-white school. and 16 co-conspirators. A roundup of scores of persons in the New York metropolitan area already had been reported. Head of the gigantic operation was Harry Stromberg, 54, who was the ring's "over-all director" for more than 25 years, according to a government spokesman. The dope syndicate imported heroin, cocaine and opium into this country from France and other countries, and on at least one occasion it smuggled in about 50 pounds of pure heroin valued at ZVt million dollars, according to U.

S. Atty. Paul W. Williams. The troops controlled a disorderly crowd which jeered the Negroes, who were led by a well- jected to any assessment made by Tax Assessor Roy Davis, saying that the basis of his protest was the action of the port today for the first flight to the United States by a Soviet civilian plane.

The twin-jet TU104 flew here from Moscow, stopped 2 hours and 25 minutes for refueling, then took off for Keflavik, Iceland. From Keflavik it will fly to Gander, and then on to Mc- dressed unidentified white man. Faubus maintained that his only County Board of Equalization. ine case in question was a purpose in calling out 250 white Guardsmen Monday night was to "maintain peace and order." Referring to a decision by U. S.

Dist. Judge Ronald Davies Tues NEGRO GIRL DENIED AD3ITTTANCE An Arkansas National Guardsman gestures to 15-year-old Elizabeth Echford in front of Little Rock's Central lliffh School, indicat ing that she will not be admitted to the all-white school. She was the first to try to break the school's color barrier today. Eight others were later turned away. (AP Wirephoto) piece of commercial property owned by Winningham which he said had received a 68 per cent tax incerase which Win day night ordering the Little Rock School Board to "proceed forth move, the governor's aide said.

Faubus said at his news con-f that Negroes were stopped this morning under his orders. The off-again, on-again integration of Central was an uncertain issue as classes began today. The state branch of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People, after learning that the school board had given the green light to Negro students again Tuesday night, announced some would try to enroll. An unaccompanied 15-year-old Negro girl made the first attempt to cross through a line of about 200 soldiers standing shoulder-to-shoulder.

As she repeatedly attempted to pass through the formation, an armed Guardsman steeppd forward and silently turned her back. She was followed a few minutese latr by a Negro boy, also 15, who walked up to the guardsmen but made no attempt to pass. The crowd of whites, which doubled in size almost at the instant the Negro girl appeared, was noisy and abusive in its language compared to the quiet, orderly crowd of 500 which gathered in front of the high school Tuesday. Faubus has maintainede that the National Guard was not called out Monday night to maintain segregation at the school but only to keep "peace and order." However, the Little Rock School Board interpreted the move as a block to integration and temporarily called off its federal court-approved gradual desegregation plan which had been scheduled to become effective school opening Tuesday. Tuesday night, Federal Judge Ronald Davies for the second time since Friday directed the board to ning ham appealed on the grounds that it was inconsistent with action by the Equalization Board on similar property in with with integration despite the presence of troops around the school, Faubus said today:" "The governor of the state is Jet Plane Strikes Unoccupied Houses Trenton Schools List 1,735 Pupils that vicinity.

Guire Air Force Base in New Jersey. It will be the first Russian plane to land in the United States in 20 years. The Moscow-to-Mc-Guire flight was expected to take about 18 hours total flying time. The last Russian aircraft to visit the United States a military plane in 1937 made a flight in 62 hours, flying over the North Pole. There were conflicting reports Civic Club Growth Told by Speaker At Rotary Meet "The action of the County the preservator of peace, not a Board of Equalization in set The indictment was returned Aug.

27, sealed and opened at 9 a.m. today in the chambers of U. S. Dist. Judge Edward Wein-feld.

The ring used many methods in its operations and an untold number of customs inspectors were by it, in agreeing to facilitate the smuggling of narcotics through the port of New York, Williams declared. Those inspectors have since been discharged, he added. They were not identified. A list of defendants released in Washington by the Justice Depart federal judge." Asked why local and state po ST. LOUIS UP) Almost any TRENTON, Tenn.

Trenton lice could not deal with violence, school opened the new term with an enrollment of 1,735, ting aside the action of Mr. Davis is the basis of my appeal," Winningham said. "I have every confidence in the efficiency and the integrity of Mr. Davis and his assistants. if it occurred, Faubus said that "it is better to preserve peace Charles Schneider and Raymond wnicn is about tne same as Development of modern clubs was traced by past Meyer families would have been than to quell disorders.

last year, Supt. John Under at home. wood said today. of thfe number of persons aboard Peabody High School has 514 district governor Edwin E. Deusner of Lexington at today's noon meeting of the Jackson But fate stepped in ahead of a An aide said Faubus had received about 500 telegrams since his mobilization of troops.

More than 98 per cent favored the the TU104. A Moscow radio broad- Mr. Ken Caven and Mr. Cart-cast said 60 passengers boarded mel Townes, and I have taken pupils enrolled in grades 7-12: Navy jet fighter which smashed ment named three as former cus Rotary Club at the New South no exception to any action on the plane but a news dispatch from the Soviet capital said there Trenton Elementary School has enrolled 663 in grades 1-6; and Rosenwalk High School reports their part. into their houses in suburban Berkeley Tuesday, leaving little ern Hotel.

Rev. Deusner, pastor of the toms inspectors. They were listed as Herman Samnick of Queens, N. Benjamin Danis of Brook were 19 and a crew of 12, includ "I did not 'cross-examine' Mr. Davis, but called 'him as First Baptist Church of Lexing 558 enrolled in grades 1-12.

ing three Britons. A Transport but charred ruins. Teachers for the 1957-58 school ton, told the Rotarians that a witness in support of my po The pilot, Lt. John R. Renshaw lyn and Saul Snyder of Queens.

The Washington list said Sam-nick formerly was stationed at when Paul Harris brought Ro sition." tary into existence Feb. 23, 1905 of Centerville, appeared to be shooting for an open space a blodk year are: Trenton Elementary School: Cain F. Taylor, principal; Grade 1, Miss Hazel Ewell, Mrs. Idlewild Airport. It did not name he had.no idea of the far-reach Nashville Teachers Hear Adyice on Integration Step By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nashville school teachers heard west of.

the Meyer home. ing consequence of that act. "At one of Rotary's early con Instead his burning plane hit C. C. McKnight, Miss Willease what may have been the only two unoccupied homes in the area.

Cooper, Mrs. Fred Lewis; Grade 2. Mrs. John Jeter, Mrs. Albert Phelan, Miss Alice Har ventions, one member, a burst of enthusiasm, made the prediction that the time would Ministry official at London Airport said the plane carried 36 passengers.

Some passengers stayed aboard during the refueling stop in London, making an accurate count difficult. Most of those aboard were translators and minor officials of the Soviet delegation to the U. N. General Assembly. The McGuire base is about 60 miles from the site of U.

N. headquarters in New York City. The flight from Mos Wide Variety of Farming Exhibits Readied for Fair Renshaw was killed. proceed with integration at Central come when there would be at Schneider, operator of a home high. ris, Mrs.

Willis Bennett; Grade 3, Miss Ruth Allen, Miss Kitty advice today from the Baltimoree, least 50 Rotary clubs," the improvement firm, said his wife Louisville and St. Louis school speaker related. Ruth would be busy getting supper system on how to "make deseg He described this as the "un almost any other Tuesday. Their children, Linda. 8, Charles, 5.

and regation a smooth and easy step Exhibits are now being set derstatement of the century," citing the fact that there are to take." Richard, months, would be at up in the Agricultural Building the stations of the other two. The huge ring diluted and sold the narcotics at fantastic prices, the U. S. attorney said. He added that the narcotics were distributed in New York, Washington, D.

Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania. Califor-nia, Massachusetts and other places. So far, nine of those indicted have been taken into custody, Williams said. Stromberg, the alleged kingpin, whose alias was given as Nig Rosen, has not yet been apprehended. Williams said seven arrested in New York were Herman Samnick, Benjamin Danis, Tommy Akel, Anthony Mirra, Nicholas Lessa, Octavio Fuggetta and George Baker.

They were not otherwise identified. And police last night kept cow to London was made in 3 now some 9000 clubs in 104 na home. The Negro girl, who identified herself as Elizabeth Echford, was engulfed by whites as she attempted to pass through the guardsmen. They shouted "Nigger go back where you belong" and "Nigger go badk to Africa." One muttered, "Let her go, she's being paid for it." There were ho attempts to harm the Negro girl. Moments later a Negro boy.

hdurs 46 minutes. Keflavik is at tne fairgrounds, to be shown at the West Tennessee District watch over another segregationist rally at a Nashville campus, pro But it was the first day of school 1,190 miles farther along, Gandeer Robertson, Mrs. Betty Har-wood; Grade 4, Mrs. A. F.

Bridges, Mrs. Hugh T. Bennett, Mrs. Or-ven Hardeson; Grade 5, Miss Dorothy Smith, Mrs. Ruth Mc-Leary, Mrs.

Cain F. Taylor; Grade 6, Mrs. Dent Partee, Mrs. Bob Taylor, Mrs. Karene Bledsoe.

Peabody Junior and High School: Miss Frances Arnold, Mrs. tions and geographical divisions. Today's program, under the direction of the club service and his wife had picked out the another 1,585 miles and McGuire testing the federal court-approved children's best clothes. She told another 1,185. plan for desegregated ficst grades committee, was obtained by Ro- when classes start next Monday.

The TU104 was expected at thee her husband at his office: think when the kids come home tarian Louis Zimm. Rev. Deusner, who served as Meanwhile, about 26 Negero stu New Jersey air base early to they'll be all dressed up so I think Fair, September 9 through 14. Under the supervision of Norman Jones, exhibits this year will depict all forms of activities in West Tennessee farming communities. Booths are now being prepared by 4-H Boys and girls, Future Farmers of America.

Fu dents were quietly turned away night. district governor during Ro who said he was Terr an ce Ro we 11 go over to mother s. i ou At Gander, an American pilot from a white elementary school in Alcoa, and seven Ngrc high Lucille F. Ayers, Lacy Bran can pick us up there. They were at the home of Mrs.

and radio operator will be put aboard to guide the liner after it school students were accepted Schneider's mother Mrs. Lorena berts, 15, walked up to the guardsmen and stood quietly, making no attempt to pass. A white youth lunged at him and a guardsman reacted quickly. The soldier grabbed the white without incident at Clinton. enters American air space.

The ture Homemakers oty America, Clarence Byrd, principal at Al 12 crewmen boarding the plane in The attorney said Thomas Greenberg was arrested in Balti coa's Bassel School, said yester Madison County Home Demon str a i Clubs. Young son, Robert Cotham, Mrs. an-chon Crider, Fredrick Culp, Mrs. Ruby Barrett, Mrs. Agnes L.

Evans, Mrs. Ann Fairless, Sam Goodman; Walter Hunt, Miss Sarah Els-ton. Mrs. Verna Lassiter, Ern Moscow included three British Royal Air Force officers. It was more and Cornelius Parker in Stevens, in suburban Jennings when the plane ripped through the Meyer home and into their six-room frame house, leaving only a few upright timbers and four day he explained to the Negero ap tary's golden anniversary year, is a past president of the Lexington club.

On Sunday he will observe his 12th anniversary as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Lexington. He held the pastorate at Carthage, for four years before coming to Lexington. The speaker is a graduate of Georgetown University and received his theological training at Southern Baptist Seminary at youth, searched him for weapons armers and Homemakers, General Crop Exhibits, a cotton Washington, D. C. Stromberg was said to be a na- their job to help navigate to London and Newfoundland.

plicants that the school was not prepared "to take care of them." and thrust him back into the milling crowd. Farther down the line, seven production show, a corn produc tive of Russia who came to this drawers of untouched clothing in He suggested they go to the all- est Lewis. Miss Cary Lewis, Top members of the delegation are tentatively scheduled to leave tion show, and a flower show. a scorched dresser. Schneider was country in 1906.

Negro Hall School, and the stu Mrs. Evelyn Lowery, Leland Negro students accompanied by a Madison County rural com Moscow aboard a second TU104 dents, accompanied by 10 adults, Marsh. Miss Gertie Morris, Mrs. still at his office. Almost any other Tuesday, Ray Sept.

14. dsparted without protest, Byrd Jewell Smith, Mrs. James Williams. Walter Kilzer. few Negro adults, asked a National Guard officer to allow them in the school.

Passage was again de said. munities which will exhibit are Diamond Grove, Baker's Chapel, Big Springs, Spring Creek, Hart's Bridge, Lester's Louisville. Woman Falls from Speeding Tricycle mond Meyer would be in the shower bathing after a day on a Rosenwald High School: The routine opening day at Clin The Soviet government raised a last-minute objection to landing at McGuire Tuesday, but the United States refused to change construction job. W. L.

Burnett, principal, Nao Guests at today's meeting were Bill Butler of Nashville with Grady Smith and Fred Grove. Madison Hall, Hillcrest, The Negro girl, who refused to mi Chrisp, Flora Howard, Ma MEMPHIS Mrs. Ann and Medon. But Monday he was kept 10 minutes overtime. He made up a few minutes en route to pick up answer newsmen's questions except to identify herself, sat on a rie Nolan, Ida Powell, Eva the flight plan.

Morris fell from a speeding tri Flucker of Pittsburgh, Pa Communities from counties other than Madison which will Russian Embassy officials in with Seale Johnson. Visiting Ro Washington complained that Mc cycle- and suffered a broken nose, two black eyes, a cut that required four stitches and va have exhibits in the "Ag" build his wife at work. He made up a few more minutes on the home bench across the street from the school. After soldiers had dispersed a crowd of 50 whites who tarians were Hayward Highfill of Humboldt, Odell Wyatt of Guire was 60 miles from New ing during this year's West ton High was in sharp contrast to the picketing and violence at thee start of the school's first year of integration last year. The seven Negroes who enrolled were apparently unnoticed by the nearly 800 white students.

An eighth Negro was tardy and was told to return and complete his registration today. I Nashville school officials envit-ed the out-of-state speakers for an stretch. Johnson, Ester Lee Johnson, Lockie Richardson Johnson, Juanita Smith, Josie Anderson, Josephine Barnett, I Burnett, Luther Chrisp, Juel Collins, Marine Fenner, Leo Hale, Hollis Jordon, John Mc- York, the destination of the pas rious other wounds. Huntingdon and Fred DeLay of Tennessee District Fair are the They were just two biocks away had gathered about her, she sobbed briefly. sengers, and asked permission to Nashville.

Elkhorn Community, from It happened, Mrs. Morris reported, while she was trying to when the plane hit. land at Idlewild Airport, the usual The speaker was introduced Henry County; Dunbar Com The crcwd became aroused when Harry Fields, a neighbor, said arrival point for aircraft from a white voman approached the the Meyers house "just dis Bride, Nathaniel Penn. rush her 3-year-old son in to supper. She was riding on the back, pushing with one foot.

munity, Decatur County; Sauls-bury, Hardeman; Jack's Creek, Chester; and Moore's Chapel overseas. Idlewild is 10 milese on the other side of U.N. headquar appeared." by Rotarian Boyd Bullard. Eisenhower Starts girl in a friendly manner. The white woman and the Negro girl boarded a bus together.

The other "By the tune I could get to the ters. when the speeding tricycle hit and Pleasant Heights communi Civilian Payroll in service training session in preparation for the city's first de door, which was four or five sec The State Department did say a bump the, driveway. ties from Gibson County. onds, the second house was in Mrs. Morris zoomed smack A new Superintendent Of segregated classes Sept 9.

The city's plan calls for deseg Tops $11 Billion flames, he said. over the top of the vehicle and the second jet liner could land at Idlewild if it passed a "noise level" test showing the craft's en Seaside Vacation landed face first on the con regation of the first grade this fice has been constructed at the north end of the Agricultural Building, for use by Jones and The plane apparently developed trouble immediately after takeoff gines did not create an undue dis year and an outline for desegre WASHINGTON UV-Sen. Byrd crete. Her son didn't even fall off. WASHINGTON President from Lambert-St.

Louis Airport a turbance. his staff. (D-Va) said today that the fed gation of the other grades to be submitted to U. S. District Court Eisenhower flies to New England eral government's civilian pay-! today for a seaside vacation of mile from Berkeley, and was on fire before the crash.

Lt. Renshaw, stationed at the by Dec. 31. roll exceeded 11 billion dollars golf and fishing as the Navy's last year for the first time. guest at Newport, R.I.

Naval Air Test Center at Pa- Byrd, as chairman of the But a segregation leader, the Rev. Fred Stroud, urged white parents last night to keep their tuxent River, had made the Joint Committee on Reduction Negroes also left about 30 minutes after they, had arrived and classes, containing only white students, began inside Central high. Faubus, in announcing Monday night that he was ordering guardsmen to the school, had declared that he feared violence if the Negroes tried to enter Central High. The checker game in which Faubus, the school board and the U.S. District Court were involved posed one question which attracted the interest of the nation and the! Sou eh, in particular.

Is Faubus, as the head of a (Continued on Page 13) Nervy Little Dog Is Her Great Hero of Non-essential Federal Expen children out of school. trip here to pick up some test equipment. ditures, said the total for the Stroud spoke on the campus of year ended June 30 was Caldwell School, where Negroes are eligible to enroll but where 000,474,000. This compared with slightly over 10 billions in the none registered at the appointed previous fiscal year and about tune last week. SVz billions each for the two The President and Mrs.

Eisenhower will occupy a tree-shaded, 12-room, white stucco house which the new commander of the base, Rear A dm. Henry Cromellin, is yielding to the commander in chief. There has been no official word on how long they will stay. If the! weather is good, they may remain until close to the scheduled mid-October visit to Washington of Britain's Queen Elizabeth. The President does plan to make some commuter flights from Newport for business conferences in Lexington Stores Lose to Burglar LEXINGTON, Tenn.

UP) A preceding 12-month periods ine senator said av erase Although a Nashville ordinance forbids gatherings on school grounds without a permit from the school board, police have not interfered with orderly segrega civilian employment during the 12 months also reach a new high of 2,394,099 persons. This tionist rallies on campuses in the burglar who left a note signed "Wyatt Earp" broke into three desegregated zones. was an increase of about 60,000 over the previous fiscal year. business establishments here 1 1 Mllllfllf -i -t-M L- j. V.

Thirteen Negro first graders have enrolled at five previously Byrd said his totals did not and made off with about $1,200 include 215 million dollars paid all-white schools in the state in cash. The note and a few nickles DETROIT ID Mrs. Charles Livingston's nervy little dog is her great hero. The dog, Tex, a 4-year-old mixed breed, routed an armed robber to protect bis mistress Tuesday at the cost of his life. capitol city.

to loreign nationals who are not on regular civilian payrolls. Most of them are employed were left in the cash register at Davis Drug Store. overseas by the Defense De Washington. As always on vacation, the President will mix work and recreation at Newport. A temporary office has been set up at the naval base.

Eisenhower still must act on al jvirs. uyingsion, manager or Dyersburg Pilot Killed in Crash "These nickles are to open up with," the note read. The other burglarized firms were Long Equipment and SHERMAN. Tex. 1st Lt Odle Chevrolet Co.

most 100 bills remaining from the an afu uncut uuuuiug, upciieu the door to a man who said he wanted to make a deposit on an apartment. -Once inside, the man pulled a gun and demanded money. At that moment Mrs. Living William E. Simpson, 23, of Dy big pile that Congress sent to his desk shortly before adjourning ersburg, was killed last night when his F86D interceptor last Friday.

Those remaining in crashed just north of Perrin Air clude the civil rights measure. Temperatures 7:00 a.m., 75; 10:00 a.m., 83; ston's husband returned home. partment. Mrs. Stout's Trio! Set for Sept.

23 MEMPHIS UPl Mrs. Mary Imogene Stout, charged with first degree murder in the hammer slaying of her husband, Floyd, will go on trial here Sept. 23. The 28-year-old housewife is accused of battering Stout to death and disembering his body with a saw. The torso was found last June floating In a stream near Dyersburg.

which administration officials have predicted he will sign. The robber braced himself. Force Base. Base officials said Simpson was on a radar training flight back to the door, and. as Mrs.

12 noon, 89. Highest for 24 hours preced On the vacation side, the Eisen Livingston seized his arm, Tex and had entered the landing pat sprang at the man. The doe tern when he crashed. The hower golf faces a real test at the heavily sand-trapped Newport ing 12 noon 89 degrees; Lowest 69. sank his teeth in the man's cause was not immediately de MEDICAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS Dr.

Jim Langdon and Dr. Willis E. Brown (second and third from left) of the University of Arkansas faculty were the principal fpeikeri at the Tuesday nighf xseetiss of The same date last arm. The robber shot Tex in the Consolidated Medical Assembly of West Tennessee in the New Southern Hotel. They, are shown talking over the program with local physicians who opened the discussions.

Dr." Allen Truex (left) and Dr. Roy Douglas. 8bb yaeU If Be Arnold) Country Club. The course is located just 15 minutes by boat termined. He is.

survived by, his wife. Highest 92; lowest xl i i rm Rainfall for 24 hours preced Patricia Leach Simpson, of the back, freed himself and escaped past Mrs. Livingston'! husband. inviii uie naval Dase. iiiere is 1 plenty of fins fishing in the area.

ing 12 noon 00 inch. Sherman. 1.

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