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The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
OPENERS APRIL 70

The Lincoln County Amateur
Baseball League. recently organ
lied with six teams. will play a
20-game schedule. League games
will be played each Saturday af-
ternoon. with the opening games
scheduled for April %. Clubs in
the league are: Triangle, Punch
vile, Pine Burr. Smokey Ridge,
Pumpkin Center. Buffalo Chiefs.
The schedule follows:
APRIL %
Smokey Ridge at Triangle,
Pumpkin Center at Punchville,
Buffalo Chiefs at Pine Burr.
APRIL 80
Buffalo Chiefs at Smokey Ridge,
Pine Burr at Pumpkin Center, Tri-
angle at Punchville.
MAY7
Punchville at Pine Burr. Smokey
Ridge at Pumpkin Center, Tri-
angle at Buffalo Chiefs.
MAY IA
Pine Burr at Smokey Ridge,
Punchville at Buffalo Chiefs
Pumpkin Center at Triangle.
MAY 81
Triangle at Pine Burr. Smokey
Ridge at Punchville, Buffalo
Chiefs at Pumpkin Center.
MAY 20
Triangle at Smokey Ridge
Punchville at Pumpkin Center
Pine Burr at Buffalo Chiefs.
JUNE 4
Smokey Ridge at Buffalo Chiefs
Pumpkin Center at Pine Burr
Punchville at Triangle.
JUNE IL
Buffalo Chiefs at Triangle
Pumpkin Center at Smokey Ridge
Pine Burr at Punchyi lille.
JUNE is
Smokey Ridge at Pine Burr
Buffalo Chiefs at Punchville, Tri-
angle at Pumpkin Center.
JUNE 25
Punchville at Smokey Ridge
Pumpkin Center at Buffalo Chiefs
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
Basketball Awards
Presented Players
At Rock Springs

Twelve pupils of Rock Springs
High School were each presented
letter for their basketball par
ticipation, and ten were presented
stars. The letter was given for one
year of activity and the star for
the second year.
The presentation took place at
high school assembly with Ed
gar Carter, basketball coach, in
charge.
Those receiving star were c.
E. McCorkle. Jimmy Mundy, FL
lott Potts. Loretta Little, Anne
Hager. Elizabeth Ballard, Linda
Primm, members of the basketball
teams. CheerleaderS who earned
stars were Jean Abernathy, and
Linda RudiSill. Joe RudiSill re-
ceived a star for his activity as
scorekeeper.
Basketball players receiving let
terS were Tony Cloninger. Jerry
8arkley. Fred RainWater, Herbert
Loftin, Jayne Wilson. Frances
Stroupe. Billie Mae Brotherton,
and Sue Haynes. CheerleaderS who
earned letters were Marilyn Aber-
nethy. Linda Perkins and Jeanette
Graham. Janice Perkins was pre-
sented a letter for her record as
manager of girls basketball.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
Sports Quiz

Try some of these questions for
size:
|. The highest scoring opener
in the modern history of baseball
was played by the Cleveland In
dams and St. Louis Browns in
1925. Hall of Fame First Baseman
Gearge Sisler, and a slick-field-
ing man at the bag. made four
errors in the game. Can you give
the score of that game?
6 2l-14; 9 l7-l6; j 20-l8;
q 22-l5.
2. Walter johnson. the immor-
tai pitcher ofthe Washington
Senators. started IA openers for
the Mats, winning nine of them.
But can you name the number
of shutouts pitched by this star
performer on opening game ef-
forts?
g One; 9 Five; 9 Three;
{ } Seven.
3. The big affair in Washington
usually has the President of the
United States throwing out the
first ball. But can you name the
President who set the precedent
of a Chief Executive making the
first pitch?
9 Taft; 9 Mckinley; 9
Wilson: 9 Cleveland.
4. When the Washington Sena-
tors lost their first Is games of
the season in 1904, that string of
opening defeats stood as a record
until 1920, when it was equalled
by another American League
team. Can you name the club?
9 Red Sex: @ Athletics:
9 Tigers; 9 Indians.
5. Bob Feller pitched a no-hit
same against the Chicago White
Sox on opening day. 1910. On the
same day. Lefty Grove was pitch
ing through seven inin9S of per-
feet ball-but a star performer
muffed a fly ball to break the
spell in the eighth. Washington
made two infield hits after that
and Boston lost. to 0. Can you
name the man who muffed the
fly ball?
9 Ted Williams; g Pinky
Higgins; 9 Joe Vosmik; }
Jimmy FoxX.
Answer to The Sporting News
Sports Quiz at bottom of page.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
= CHILEAN NITRATE Of SODA IS the
worlds only NATURAL NITRATE fertilizer

K Sodium supplements potash -
when necessary, substitutes for it
reduces teaching losses of pot
ash, calcium, magnesium-releases
unavailable potash in the soil.
4 Sodium increases availability
of phosphate in the soil and inn
proves efficiency of applied phos-
phate.
4 Chilean is rich in small quaint.
ties of minor elements necessary
for healthy vigorous growth - its
the only natural combination Of
100 per cent nitrate nitrogen, So
dium and minor elements.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
ARCTIC STORY

There were three bears, Papa,
Mama, and Baby Bear. who sat
down on the ice to tell stories to
one another. Papa told his tale
and Mama told her tale, but
when it was Baby Bears turn,
all he could do was sit on the
ice and say, My tail is told"
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
cherryviIIe Ice & Fuel
Buys Property Near City

The Cherryville Ice g Fuel Co.
has purchased some property near
the Riverside Station, near the
city limits. and has been in pro-
cess in recent days of clearing
the land for future company use.
An official of the Cherryville
firm told The Times that an Of
ficial announcement as to the
company plans for the property
will be announced at an early
date.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18

Score by innings:
Cherryville -------- ITO 900 900
Lincolnton ----. 100 021 00x
Summary: E Lineberger 2,
Poole, Lippardr. Humphries; RBI
-BoSt 3, Lineberger. B. Dellinger,
B. L. Dellinger; 2BH-Bost, Maui
ney. Austell; 3BH - Lineberger;
SB-Lineberger, Bynum. Turner,
Lail; SH - BoSt: DIP - BoSt to
Smith, Lineberger (unaSsiSted);
LOB - Cherryville 8, Lincolnton
7: BIB - Hallman 4. Humphries
4; so - Hallman 8. Mauney 4.
Humphries Z; Hits Off - Hall
man. in and 1i3 inn: Mauney,
l in and 2I3. HB - CarSwell (by
Mauney): PB B. Dellinger.
Winning pitcher Humphries;
Losing pitcher Hallman; Um-
pires Brown and Abernethy;
Time - 2:15.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
SNOW SETS MARK

Caribou. Me. More than Is
feet of snow fell in this northern
Maine community during the past
winter. which according to the
Weather Bureau, was record.
The previous record fall was in
the winter of 1951-52. with 1921
inches or IL feet.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
ANSWER TO SPORTS QUIZ
|. 21-14, with Cleveland the

I. 21-14, With Cleveland the
winner.
2. johnson pitched seven shut
outs among his nine opening
came wins.
3. William Howard Taft in 1910.
4. The Detroit Tigers in 1920.
The most victories scored at the
start of the season in nine, set
by the Giants in 1918 and tied
by the Dodgers of 1910 and the
Browns of 1914.
5. Ted Williams.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18

the Lincolnton infield stopped
Threatening Cherryville rallies;
The dps coming as the result of
attempted squeeze plays by the
Cherries that backfired.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
VIC STANDINGS

Tuesday Schedule: Rutherford
ton at Cherryville Cnight. Kings
Mountain at Shelby, Belmont at
CliffSide.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18

NATURAL as the food your chill
~ dren eat. Chilean Nitrate is
the only natural nitrate. Guaran-
teed AZ per cent plant food.
X Richest of plant foods, Chill
cans many extra values make it
one of the most efficient and eco-
nomical nitrogen fertilizers.
X Chilean's nitrogen content is
100 per cent nitrate. Ideal for top
dressing and side-dressing. Free
flowing, spreads evenly and
smoothly.
4 Chilean needs only moisture
from the air to dissolve no
waiting for rain - fast, effec-
tive action.
X Every ton of Chilean con. e
tains sodium equivalent to IS
$50 pounds of commercial E
limestone - an acid destroy. e
ing agent. The more Chilean E
you use, the greater its acid =
destroying value. "a
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18

Score by innings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18

The visitors are free trappers. Barley
Joe hyar, Little Ernie thar, cuxxins Man.
we're stove-ditchin' Pawnee three day!
Lost our pack string, drowned q mount,
ben ridin' dOuble-up! HongTyp
squat en- dig in" FitS oftera.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28
Mccarthy Raps
Delay on Flyers

CINCINNATI. April % P.-
Senator Mccarthy. Republican
of Wisconsin. last night declared
that President Eisenhower is the
first President to abandon
American uniformed men to the
enemy.
In a speech. he told of a Sem
ate committee meeting several
days ago in which the State De-
partment. the Army, the Marine
Corps and others were asked
what was being done to obtain
the release of 48l American serv-
ice men in Communist China.
I'VE asked what was being
DONE" Senator Mccarthy said.
THE answer was nothing; abso-
lutely nothing
This is the first time the
Commander in-Chief, the Pres
ident of the United States-has
abandoned American uniformed
men to the enemy.
eff Eisenhower Were Alive"
eff Bob Taft (the late United
States Senator Robert A. Taft
Of Ohio were alive today that
would not be going on.
I'm fact, if Eisenhower was
alive, 1t would not happen"
Senator Mccarthy spoke at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28

the annual meeting Of the
Hamilton County Building and
Loan League.
Earlier. when he was met at
Cincinnati Airport. Senator Nc
earthly called the Dulles pro-
poSal to hold a Formosa cease
fire" meeting with Chinese Red
Premier Chou En-lai a mistake.
He struck out at what he
called the Milton Eisenhower
foreign policy"
Sees Insult to Chang
ut is a great waste of time
to meet with the leaders of Red
China who have never kept their
word and won't keep it in the
future" he told reporters. ut
Is also an insult to Chang Kai-
shek Of Nationalist China not
to invite him to the meeting"
Senator Mccarthy said he be-
lieved SECRETARY Dulles would be
more effective as Secretary of
State if he had the full backing
of the Eisenhower administra-
ton. He charged that Mr.. Dulles
cease fire Formosan plan is the
product of DR.. Milton Eisenhow-
er, brother Of the President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28
Fugitive, Is, Surrenders
To Join Bride, Is, in Court

An escapee from the National
Training School gave himself up
at Juvenile Court yesterday to be
with the girl he claimed as his
wife. She had been brought be-
fore the court on juvenile
charges.
The 15-year-old girl was
brought before Judge Edith H.
Cockrill from the Receiving
Home on a "beyond-control'
complaint and a case worker tes-
titled that the girl was very
much in love with an NTS es-
capee.
The climax came when an as
founded deputy United States
marshal found himself face to
face with the 16-year-old boy
whose love for the girl proved
greater than his love for free
dom.
The marshal tip-toed into the
court and handed Judge Cock
rfll q note from the boy saying
he had come to the court because
of the girl.
Judge Cockrill, who had previ-
ously issued an attachment for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28
By the Associated Press

Senator Sparkman. Democrat,
of Alabama. said today Congress
should say whether some indus
trial giants are too powerful and
if they are. should set forth
"the specific things to be done
to those companies"
Senator Sparkman said the
task is outside the scope of the
Senate Small Business Commit
tee which he heads. but that the
group may recommend that
some other Congressional COM
mittee make such a study. He
said he has in mind such con-
Germs as General Motors, U. s.
Steel and General Foods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28
Kennedy Fine
Leaves HospituI

NEW YORK. April % (P1.-
Senator Kennedy, Democrat, of
Massachusetts, left the Hospital
for Special Surgery last night
after a routine checkup. He was
on his way back to Palm Beach,
Fla.
Il feel fine" he told reporters.
Senator Kennedy has been re-
cuperating after an operation
last October to correct a World
War II spinal injury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28

the escaped boy. listened as the
two declared they had been
married last fall. She sent for
the parents of the couple but
they were unable to throw any
light on the situation.
Judge Cockrill then ordered
the boy sent back to the training
school and returned the girl to
the custody Of the Welfare De-
partment, where she will be
placed in a foster home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28

/ committee to study the anti
trust laws.
Senator Sparkman launched
the hearings yesterday with q
statement that the report
seemed to ignore" the needs
of small business and also
seemed to" contain recommen-
dations that could undermine the
Governments antitrust and anti
monopoly program.
Stanley N. Barnes, chief Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28

Justice Departments antitrust
division who was q co-chairman
Of the study group. defended the
report. He said 1t could add
several useful new weapons TO
the antitrust arsenal"
Two college professors. who
had made minority findings a.
members Of the e1-member
study group, assailed the major
ity report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28
Sporkmon Urges Study
OF industrial Giants

The Small Business Commit
tee today called more witnesses
in its study Of a report by the
Attorney Generals national
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
Dixon-Yotes

The staying power Of a poll
tical issue is only as good as
the staying power of the man
behind it. And Estes Kefauver
of Tennessee has plenty of
staying power.
Last week the Democratic
Senator was still punching
away at Dixon-Y Yates. His prin-
cipal punching bag was Edgar
H. Dixon, co-sponsor of the
contract by which the Govern
ment would have bought pri-
vate power generated in Ark
ansaS to make up for public
power deficiencies In Tennes-
see.
Despite the fact that Dixon
Yates Is out the window-the
Government Cancelled the con-
tract when the city of Mem
phis announced 1t would build
its own electrical generating
plant-both Mr.. Dixon and
Senator Kefauver were unwill-
ing to let the issue die. Mr..
Dixon wants his money back;
Senator Kefauver regards the
Dixon-Yates affair as q ma
tional scandal which may pay
OF politically In 1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
POLITICS
Presidents Candidacy
In Sc Still Up in Air
As Both Sides Hope

The biggest political ques-
ton OF 1855 is: viii Ike run?
Hopeful Republicans say he
will; hopeful Democrats say he
won't. But except for Presi-
dent Eisenhower himself, no
one really knows-and no one
is sure If even the President
has decided.
Last week speculation on his
plans for Sc continued I'M
abated and remarks made
Wednesday by the Chief Exec
utive could be construed as boil
steering the hopes of Democrats
and Republicans alike.
. On the Democrats side.
Mr.. Eisenhower told a Repub-
lican delegation from Ohio that
he likes to see younger men
brought to the front: that he
is concerned about the physi-
cal erosion" of a man in the
White House: that he would be
10 at the end of a second term.
and that no President had ever
lived to the age of 10 in Office.
Q On the Republicans side.
The President told the Ohio
group Of his lifelong respect for
the call Of duty: intimated that
conditions in 1866 might have
@ lot to do with his ultimate
decision, and said a resolution
by the Ohio group petitioning
his candidacy was heart
warming"
The previous day-Tuesday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07

that and other elections where
IUE-CIO defeated UE, the
margin overall was approx
mately 2 to land that
certainly can't be called a
squeeze"
Mr.. Hartnett said that GE
workers are determined to win
the guaranteed wage. a sub
stantial wage increase, q I'M
ion shop. pension and insur-
ance improvements and other
points in the unions l1-point
program. which has been ap-
proved by every GE local.
This means if a satisfactory
contract is not negotiated by
September Is, expiration date
Of the old contract. there will
be no work in IUE-CIO GE
shops September is, Mr.. Hart
nett asserted.
This is an uncompromising
decision, Mr.. Hartnett said,
and has been "bolstered by the
continued growth Of IUE-CIO
in the GE chain and by the
accelerated elimination Of the
Communist minority which, in
previous years. has disrupted
collective bargaining by be-
trayals Of its membership and
the signing of 'sell-out' con-
tracts.
Here. then, is certainly one
Of the most important of the
controlling factors in the TUE
CLOS prospects Of winning a
guaranteed employment pro-
gram in GE this year greater
internal unity and solidarity
among GE workers than ever
before. the IUE-CIO's unprec-
edented numerical strength in
GE, and finally the determined
NO Contract No-Work" pol
icy adopted by all IUE-CIO
General Electric locals. But
this factor" has no status
whatever in Mr.. Shades eval-
uation.
Finally Writer Shade stands
indicted for violation Of an
other basic precept Of fair and
responsible Journalism. The
IUESCIO headquarters is in
Washington and listed in the
telephone directory. Mr.. Shade
neither came to us in person
or by phone for information or
to check his facts. II Mr..
Shade had made any effort to
follow the reportorial rule Of
checking facts at their source.
the article in question would
not have appeared in print as
a mish-mash OF error. distor-
ton and superf1ciality."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
What Wasn't Done

Last Thursday at his press
conference, President Eisen-
hover had "a little list" Of
things Congress hadn't done
for him. It was the second
time the little list had been
produced.
The first time. at his confer
ence June 30, the list had
13 items. Last week, there
were still these nine:
Highway construction. mill
tary survivors benefits. health.
school construction. refugee
act amendments, water re-
sources. customs simplif1ca-
ton, the atomic peace ship
and Hawaiian statehood.
Four of these-Schools.
health, highways and water
resources-are absolutely vital
10 our future" the President
said. He intimated he might
call Congress back in special
session before January, but
said he had not yet made a
decision on this point.
To drag 53l strong -willed
legislators kicking and scream
ing back to Washington Is not
the best way for a President to
get a sympathetic audience.
But 1t might conceivably be
smart politics to turn G. o. p.
heat on a Democratic Con-
gress. 1t seemed certain. how
ever. that Mr.. Eisenhower
would give. long and serious
thought to the probable results
before calling a special session.
In any case, most of Congress
unfinished business will have
another chance in the feverish
election year of 1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
Union Disputes Article
On Electric Pact Talks

The following has been re-
cetued from, the International
Union of Electrical. Radio and
Machine Workers, CIO, reid-
the to an article in The Sun
day Star of July "a.
The International Union of
Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers, CLIO, has entered
negotiations with Genera |
Electric this year with supreme
confidence that 1t will achieve
an outstanding contract, in
Guiding guaranteed employ
ment.
AL Hartnett, secretary-treas-
urer of IUE-CIO, which has its
international headquarters in
Washington. bases this conf
dence on two major factors:
The fact that every IUE-CIO
local in GE has approved a
no-contract. no-work resolu-
ton and the fact that IUE-
CLIO members in the electrical
division of General Motors
have won the principle of the
guaranteed employment.
Mr.. Hartnett took sharp
issue with an article, "Electri-
cal Union Head Faces Critical
Period" which appeared in the
editorial section of The Star
Of July "a. This was an as
tonishing medley Of irrespon-
sible reporting. factuaf errors
and omissions" Hartnett said.
He pointed out that the writer,
William Shade. had completely
omitted mention Of the no.
contract, no-work resolution.
Because of the unavailability
Of the writer and also because
the fiagrantly anti-union tone
and content Of the article, we
might well be justified In sus-
pecting that Mr.. Shade is a
publicist either for General
Electric or the Communist
controlled United Electrical
Workers." Hartnett declared.
Mr.. Hartnett noted that Mr..
Shade had said that the IUE-
CLIO recently" had won bar
gaining rights for the huge
Schenectady GE works, pre-
viously under UE, and that
IUE-CIO had "slipped
through in a narrow squeeze"
In that and other elections
where UE was the collective
bargaining agent.
The Schenectady election
was held June 80, 1854, Mr..
Hartnett said, land that GER
tainly could not be called re-
cent" And, he went on, in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
VIRGINIA.
Anti-Rote Rise Fight
Seems to Be Abotinq

"The increase in net income,
excluding tax savings from
accelerated tax amortization,
amounted-not to $2.2 million
but to $4.289, 900.
zone may be excused for
wondering how the company's
accountants could have gone
so far wrong In their esti-
mates. and why the commits
sion failed to follow the rec
concentrations Of its own
stan. whose estimates were
much nearer the mark than
those Of the company's ac-
countants."
Nevertheless. In a detailed
technical study OF the COM
pany's records. the corpora
ton commissions accountants
conclude that the rate of re-
turn still amounts to only
5.85 per cent on investments.
This is because there has
been between $50 million and
$40 million in additional in
vestments during the first
year of the new rates and
there has been a subsequent
reduction in rates to a class
Of commercial users.
But there are some who feel
the law does not require the
powerful State Corporation
Commission to furnish reasons
for its decisions.
Peoples Counsel Sought
One such critic in this re-
gard Is Arlington's Delegate
Harrison Mann who has
promised to sponsor or support
legislation creating the ONCE
Of peoples counsel to the COM
mission. Maryland now has
such az, ofiicer to represent
the public before that States
Public Service Commission.
In Virginia the public must
either hire its own attorneys
to fight rate cases or interest
the local county Or city gov
erning bodies In retaining
counsel for this purpose.
At the last session of the
General Assembly Mr.. Mann
sponsored legislation to bring
the SEC under the admins
trative procedures act which
would have required it to set
forth its basic reasons for
its findings when passing on
rate cases. These findings
would be available to the
public in printed form.
The legislation was killed
but the question was referred
to the State Bar Association
for study. The bar has found
that the problem cannot be
cured by legislation but would
require an amendment to the
State constitution,