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Steel Dispute J Tossed Bock To President

Washington, S — (UP) —- The stekl dispute dropped back ihto President Truman’s lap today and a High administration •official said, “we don’t\know what we're going to do' now.’’ Mr. Truman was reported to be searching for some basis to resume , the White House-sponsored bargaining talks between the indhktrv a.hd-4he ClOpsteelworkerS, which collapsed late yesterday. 'But) some officials conceded that the president and acting ylefehse mobilizer John R. Stetilmrin might’ have to “let things simmer’ until th& supreme“court opens hearings next' Monday on the legality of government seizure- of the steel mills. Some of) he urgency was removed from the situation when ort strike against the ray announced that he had “no intention'’" of calling out his 650,000 riteleworkerß on strike against the government. ' .- • . liut Murray did not rule out the possibility ofi Wildcat walkouts, slowdowns dr \ other scattered ’•protests” I|y j the steelworkers, lie told reporjets that “we hope bur people will Continue at work during government operation of the steel properties:”" , <■ f Authoritative sources rOvrialed that the [extraordinary White House talks.’ whcih began Saturday Imorning j- and ' continuedthrough the weekend, once seethed on the verge of producing a ' '• ■ ‘ That! was shortly after Presfglent Tiruman had called the negotiators into bis office early Saturday and- threatened (o impose Ta wage iticri'ase pn the industry unless a settlement was reached' by This “club” was plucked from the hands- by the supreme court Saturday afternoon: It agreed unanimously to grant the. steel companies request for aii orfer forbidding the government tjfcfraisb wages'in the plants pendt ing the" filial decision on. the constitutionality of, the seizure. From that time on, informants? [Said, the bargaining t^lks “began top steam” arid, finally petered out in-futility. | “ Steelman said ini m formal, statement that the mediation- attempt broke down because tHerie are “a: number of issyes on which the par; ties are so’ far apart that no agree* ment cari be reached B at this time * He said trie patties were siibject; to recall “at Any time.” > Industry spokesmen charged that the * union had“refused to budge” fVom demand for a union shop, and the full 26-cents-an-hour wage increase recommended , by. thri wage stabilization board. They said the industry ‘-‘could notaccept” these tebms. I . , Murray retorted that the industry leaders^torpedoed the talks By refusing to raise\ their threely wrige increase plus some fringe benefits: 1 , TbriyGlO chief said another stumb,lirig block was the steel companies',“adamW irisistqnce upon a government gukrnatee of unwar- ( ranted relief.” ; f < Informed sources said that no specific . price figures were mentioned during the talks, hut the industry representatives were given to understand that they could get an increase of at least $4.50 a top if they negotiated a wage settlement. That issl.s|o a ton mote j than price stabler Ellis Arnall I says (he industry is entitled to (Tur» To Paras six) ’ it ’’ ■ v Four-Year-Old Boy Is Killed By Cycle Connersville, Ind.. .May S—(UP)5 —(UP) .Gerald K Brandenburg. son of Air. ahd Mrs, “ackson Brandenburg, { Connersville, died today at a local Itospital of injuries suffered yesterday afternoon when he was struck by a inotQ'rcyele in front, of his home, charged the cyclist,’ Robi ert .Bartlett, 16/Connersvillp, with | reckless driving. . j. ‘ — “' ■ . A INDIANA WEATHER ;, v Partly? cloudy. Scattered showers-tonight and over, south portion Tuesday.- Cooler Tue*< day and oyer north portions to* night. Low tonight 5058 north, • | 65-70 south, tjigh Tuesday near 70 north, 4JO-85 south. Ito “ • '■. t\ - I

«. i'- ■ “ ■ | Reds Assert Pilots Admit Germ Warfare Claim Two U. S. ’ * Air Force Officers Admit Germ Warfare Tokyp. May 5. — (UP)— The Chinese Communists claimed to.night [that tsyo Übjited \States ait force officers had confessed they’ dropped germ-laden bombs pn North' ' Korea. , ' ! ! The Peiping radio, voice of the Chinesei Red government, broadcast What It said v|as a recording made of the voices 'of the two officers aftfer their B-2i> bomber plane was’shut down in January. At about the srime time) 4 five British business mtn whb visited Peiping sa d in Moscow that the Chinese Reds playeid for them recorded “i qrifessions” by four Aniericgn war prisoners to dropping germ bombs, i The business men they wgrei shown a “bacteriological warfare exhibition.” One oif the Britons, Alec Horsley, told Moscow correspondents: “At “fast there is a prima facie case which can not be left unin- - vestigated.” hl ' / ‘ J n Anothjer. W. G. s|cLellarid, said it was “Inconceivable that the evidence shown us waisj forged.” ( In M’ashiigton. the air force repgated Its emphatic denial? that the United Elates has used germ Warfare in Korea. ' The I’bipint broadcasts arid the Moscow statement of the British business men, who to Peiping after attending the Rjussian-sponsor-ed “internal iorial trade conference,” came at a time wheff truce talks it Paninunjom were deadlocked again. They seerned to show no. evidence that the Reds are ready to negotiate a real'hrmistice at this time? “Peiping said the voices it broadcast were those of Ist Lt. Kenneth L. Enoch,’ Youngstdivn, f Ohio. and Ist Lt. John Quinn, for whom „no home dddress was-given. . II Earlier broadcasts identified phle voices variously as those* of; pHot , John Crane and navigator Kenneth ■ Bnoofc, serial number A-2,0169.988: and Ist Lt. John Kenny, 27|, of California”, serial number 1,799,351,' ' and Ist Lt. G. L. Emack, serial number ''2.069.988. Ohio, i ; . The Briftish business meh w-ho <Turn To Pa«e Six) ! ~ ■ - 13 Young Men Leave For Physical ExaiflsJ Two Transferred To ’ Other Draft Boards j! Thirteen Adtjms icounty young ’ men left for Indianapolis this mbrn--1 ing for pre-indiiction physical ex- • aminations uriqe'r’ selective service. In-addition, two others who were ’ scheduled to leave this morning, ■ were transferred to :he jurisdiction of other draft broads. i ‘ Members of this morning's conl tingent were Juan Santas Mireles, 1 Darrel Dean Arnold* Charles \Ed- ■ ward Ripley,. Ted David Lehman, ‘ Marion Leroy De Bolt, Eugene 1 Franklin Kiess, Curtis Dale Niiss- > baum. James Frederick Meyer, Ralph Isch, Daniel Thomas Kitson. Bobby Gene Lenhart and Ernest Leland “Eckrote. b J Paul ( Lloyd Baumgartner I was {transferred! to the local. board at Rochester, N.Y., arid Neil Claire . Thomas Was transferred to the local . board at Louring, Mich. Twp young men ape scheduled to j report,;, Wednesday morning for gblive indue ion irto the grmed t services, officials of the local selective service board}, announced to- !| V| Lions Club C oses Collection Tuesday The Decati r Lions dub old gbld cpllectiori will be closed Tuesday rind members Os the committee are requested to pick up the Collection boxes at the grocery stores and, bring thpm |o the Tuesday meeting of the club.

— f h First Rescue Pictures Os Wasp-Hobson Collision

U. s. NAVY photos of resuce operations In the tragic collision Aircraft Carrier Wasp and the Destroyer-Mine Sweeper U.S.S. Hobson.ih Which the latter vessel wag Stink, show (left) a motor-whale-bout of thq Wasp bringing survivors to, trie aircraft carrier. At the right, an unnamed Hobson survivor is escortedj tp the sick bay after being taken from the sea. Survivors aria covered with oil from the split tanks of th|e Hobson which sank within four minutes after the collision. j .. - .. „ e . ... -■ , ... _, bl , ■ ■

p — — Gas Shortage Being Fell In Midwest Area J Nationwide Strike Os Oil Workers Is Now In Sixth Day Denver, 1 Colo., I May 5 —(UP) — donnnercial airlines and motorists in two midwest cities today felt the fuel-shorthge ■ pinch .as the nationwide oil strike went into its sixth day without a settlement in sight. , Airlines started work to draw up emergency schedules to comply with the gpVernthent’s rationing ordsri which becomes effective tomorrow. / The goyetninent order, issued in .Washington yesterday, restricts domestic airlines fo|r the next 28 days to 65 iqreent of thg aviation gasoline they used diurfng March, fBrude Kj B|Wn, deputy chief of the defense petroleum administration. said the order would becoine effective at 3|oi a.m. (EDT) Tuesday. But nt hinted strongly that it might become effective today with its publication in the federal register. , Motorists in the Great'Lakes area were hit hard by the growing gasoline shortage.. j j Detroit’s gasoline supplies were cut 70 percent by the as eight of thb Inotor City’s 10 major gasbline distributors were strikebound and riuindreds of service stations in Michigan closed'down for therduriation.' \ An oil spokesman said the gas famine would hit the Chicago .area in five days, unless the strike/ The area stretches froth industrial Gary, Ind., to-Wau-kegan, 111. ji The air already has cut the npmber of training flights in, the United Staled to the minimum But an dir force spoktsm ip in Tokyo said; flying in the ta air force w{ould not feel the pi., of the strik ? for at least two weeks, if the walkput continued that long. He indicated, however, that there might be a clamp-down on oil consumption alter that time should the (Tim Tb Pave Five, * ;:l Western Railroads Ask Rate Increase Petition Increase In Passenger Fares Washington, May 5 — <UP) —J Nine western railroads asked the interstate {commerce commission today for I authority to increase passenger fai es 10 percent. , There ws.s no indication in the petition with the ICC why all western lines did not join in the request. {The petitioning railroads contiended they are losing money in passenger operations. Basis one->vay fares, if increased, would rjise to the level of those of southern railroads which got their iricrerise Oct. 1, 1951. They would become 2.75 cents a mile in coaches, and 3.85 cents a mile In •deeping and parlor cars. “■ Eastern railroads had received an increase on Nov. 8, 1949, which brought theiy basic fares td 3.375 ajid 4.5 .cepts a mile in coaches, and in sleeping and parlor cars, respectively. The western lines asking the increase are the Missouri Pacific railroad arid subsidiaries: North western Pacific railroad. Pacific Electric railway; St. Louis South- ‘ western railroad; St. Louis South Western itallrbad of Texas; San CTwra To r**« Ki*ht) 1 ' ■ ' ' ' ■■ l-i- ' L.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER ADAMS COUNTY '• 11 >■*>.: 't — Decatur, Indiana, Monday; May 5, 1952.

1 ! 40 Drownings Are Reported In Nation I J j /y-.\ ■ | . ■“ < Five Are Victims As Speedboat Overturns Li? -■; i“• 'I ' L ■ ■■! l By United Press A. wave of drownings \marked the nation's first summerlike weekend kri' season-jumping pleasure seekers sought to escape a widespread and record-breaking heat wave. At least 40 persons drowned in swimming, boating, fishing and other water sports accidents. lowa and Pennsylvania led the states with seven drownings each. The Unusually warm weather coaxed thousands into the out-of-doors for their first outing of' spring? Many never returned. The worst single accident cost the lives of five persona k'beh a* 112-horsepower speedboat'* Qver-. turned on the Allegheny riverj near. Pittsburgh. The only survivor was Mrs. Sylvia Long, 35. ’ Temperatures averaged about 90 in (he airea extending from the lower Great Lakes all the .way to' the Gtjlf rif Mexico and edst to theAtlantic seaboard. ■ •J ■ “ i r- ' * ' !■ ** At Chicago, the mercury yesterday climbed to 92 to establish a threje-way’ record: it was the hottest (lay |thus far in 1052, the hottest .May 4 on record and the first, time ri temperature of 92 was recorded so early in the year. The identical situation prevailed at New Orleans, La., even including the reading of 9£ degrees. At least three persons drownein futfle attempts trying to rescue; others.. I , Lloyd Harrah plunged into the lowa river near Montour, la., and drowned in a vain aittempt to rescue , his father-in-JaW, Ed Neiderhauser, 44. who fell into the river from a bridge on which both men were fishing. \ ' A | In New York , State, Joseph E. ' Sr., 39, the father of three “Jdrein, drowned trying tri save ,7-year-pld Paul Waxman. who fell into the Schuykill river. The boy also died. , At 'Mitchell, iS. D.. 12-year{old Jerry Sperjichpleaped into a creek: trying to rescue his brother. Lewi4 11. ABotb perished, v But{ near-drownings wdre even morri ‘numerous. Ther, lifesaving station at the University of Wisconsin on Lake Mendbta in Madison pulled 39 persons put 6f the lake. Most were dunked when a stiff breeze churned up: the surface of the lake. The lifesaving station said it was busiest day in seven years. I)i Southern California, where near-normal temperatures were the rule, lifeguards pulled more: than 260 persons to safety at Hermosa, Manhattan and Redonda beaches in the Los Angeles area. Laundry Ownet Is Granted More Time James of the Home Laundry, charged by the City of Decatur with violating a city ordinance by not havirig a smokestack at least 40 feet in height at his place of business, appeared In mayor’s court today and was granted more time by Mayor John Doan to make his plea. Stdnerook advised the court that he\wanted to comply with the ordinance and furnish a smokestack of trie proper height. He showed the dourt an order' for 20 feet of stack that he* has with a Fort Wayne \firm. The stgck will be read July 8. was represented by H. 18. McOlenahan, Decaturi attorney. ■' I ■

Foreign Aid Bill Tackled By Senators Republican Bloc To jj Seek Added Cuts In ; Foreign Aid Measure Washington, May s“— (UP)*— The senate tackled the foreign aid bill today, with a Republican bloc ready to fight for still more cuts in the $6,900,000,000 program. I f Chairman Tom Connally (D-Texi) of the senate foreign relations committee predicted, however, that the senate would cut po more from the administration’s requests than the 11,000,000,000 already lopped off by his committee. Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R---la.), another committee member, led the Republican group- trying to awtyg the economy axe pn the mutual security program. Hirigefr* looper would n< t the aige Os his first trimming attempt, but some Republican leaders have talked ,pf. cutting , tlje progiram film $500,000,000 tp S9OO,bOO.riOO ; Such cuts wbnltj be ih gdriitioq to the $1,000,000,0(0 committee reduction. ‘ ■ Sen. Guy M. {Gillette (D-la.) also served notice that he would try to 'miminate a section of the bill allowing the administration to {channel fund? direptly to international organizations, !iuph as the North Atlantic treaty organisation, rather than to individual nationsi Other congressional!! developments: I McGranery—Thle senatp judiciary committee bega,n what prpmised to be-a heated; hearing on the monthold nominatiqji bf fedprgl judge Janies P. McGranery to be attorney general. \ Sen. Hopier Ferguson (RMich.), a committee meinber, had several questions be (wanted McGranery answer; his views on I presidential seizure powers and how- he proposed to eliminate corruption in goverhniept. Tax scandals—House tax scandal investigatrirs\ tried for th® thirid time to question Joseph D. Nunan, Jr., in public session. The former internal revenue commissioner has failed to show pp at two pthpr public hearings on pleas of iltpess. The house ways and means subcommittee wanted to qtiestton Nunan iin particular about !i176,000 in |ncd|ne that he not report on his tax returns or otherwise account for in the seven years 1944-50. • Corruption—A house subcomiritttee investigating (he justice department summoned former deputy attorney general Peyton Ford and s a bevy of governin'ent. lawyers to trace the “peculiar maneuvers” behind Newbold Morris’ short-lived appointment as corruption hunter. Subcommittee members wanted to find out whether Ford ordered a criminal investigation of a surplus {tanker deal involving Morris’ law firm some six months before recommending the New Yorker for the cleanup job . Libel—Two feudirig Senators— Joseph R. ;McCprthy (R-Wis.) arid William Benton (D-Conm) —opened a face-to-face legril McCarthy <T * FB T * P * gf FIVe) :■■ I ’ J -3'' Sgt William Eichhorn Returns From Korea f Sgt. first class William Eich'Korn, Korean Ve :eran. will arrive here Thursday ot Friday from San Francisco. He an ived in thiri coun-try-yesterday aboard the NaVy transport Gen. William ' Mitchell. He called hip wife, wh° Wides at 731 , t Mercer avenue, from San Francisco. Sgt. Eichhorn served a year overseas and wap in Jlapan prior to bein< sent to Korea. iwr ' ' < I ■ " i'' '

~ nririwhL.j 17 ■p- •] U-—-x— U-l f Two Killed In Auto Crash Sunday Night

Cap Primary Vole Tuesday, Six Contests Polls Open (Tuesday From 7 To 7; 6,000 Votes Are Foreseen. Local political observers predict that about 6,000 iAdams county residents will go |o. polls tomorrow and etercige their right of selecting for the general election next “Jovember. There are;'12,271? registered voters in the county a |d 4,477 are Decatur residents. ’|vo years agb, out of 11,895 registtered voters, 6,062 cast ballots. f| |. • ' There is one (Republican contest and that is for representative in congress from the Yourth district. Republicans also will elect delegates to the state convention and precinct committeemen in each precinct. \ y • I There are five{ Democrat pri'mary contests, congress. The four county contests are:. Mrs. Mabel and Mrs. . Catherine Losev candidates for rei "carder. ! /f * ; G. RemyJ Bieriy and William J. Kruse, carididri&w for joint state representative t from Adams and Wells Harley «eef-!grid John C. Augsi burger, for cbmiriissioner of the third district. ' j '•' ' * Groce Tope . a|td Fred Kolter, candidates {for Auditor. In the ‘1950. primary election, 1 Democrats in Adams county cast 1 4,458 ballots and 'Republicans cast sion will be aboht the same this ! Year. ■ l|| Polls will open in the 39 precincts at 7 o’clekk daylight saving time, and will.dose at 7 o’clock Tuesday night. Results will be received during tie \night at the Dally Democrat, I is i not likely ' that any returns Willi be received herp before 9:30 Cfdock. * Thes Democrat and Republican committfri*| Will meet next Saturday a'tl ip Decatur to 1 elect Officers fdr k two year per- ■ iod. » - , Truce Negotiators ' In Short Session J - - “ ““-i. ' - \ ' 11-Min ute{ Session With No Comment i • *’ ' ■ ' flT'ii 1 J : • s 1 Panmunjoni, Korea, Mhy 5 — 5 (UP) — United Nations and Com- [ munist negotiators took just 11 1 minuted today to views on an “overall 0 solution to' truce ‘ deadlocks. It was their shortest * session yet. I | However, they agreed to try 1 again' tomorrow.\j ’ An official U. N. spokesman refused to indicate whether there 1 had been any progress or any hew proposals. ’ He said most of the meeting was 1 taken up by Gen. Narff l|, North 5 Korean chief delegate, who appar--1 ently read from a prepared paper. Nam proposed a recess after hearr Ing Joy’s reply. When Vice Asdmiral C. Turner { Joy, senior Allied truce delegate, left the conference tent, he told newsmen. “I am sorry, but we ate ! still in executive session and I can tell you nothing. We meet again tomorrow;’* ; There was no sign the Allies are prepared to retreat from their April 28 proposal for ending the deadlocks. The brevity of recent meetings indicated the Reds are ! not yet ready to accept it. 1 Reports from Washington, con- { firmed by Communist newsmen, said the U. N. proposal offered to return three out of five persons 1 help in Allied stockades. The Al- ' lies also wore reported to have I dropped their proposal for a 1 on military airfield construction (Turn TO ram ata) 4

Heavy Death Toll Is Recorded In Slate Highway Accidents L Lead In Death Toll By Drifted Press Indiana recorded one of its bloodiest week-ends of the year today as death struck on the highways, out of the sky, arid in waters within the state. The violent death toll for a warm spring week-end was 16. Despite dwindling gasoline supplies as a result of the oil strike, motorists crowded the highways and 'at least 13 lost their lives there. Two were killed in a plane crash, and a boy drowned. State police today identified the victims of a two-passenger plane crash on a farm near Greenfield yesterday as Paul R. Bornman, 34, arid his wife,. Catherine. 30, both of Indianapolis. Witnesses said the plane, owned by Bornman, failed to climb after completing a loop and crashed nose-first into the ground. Eight of the highway victims were killed when their cars went out of control, and the other five died in accidents involving trucks and autos. • “t J k A car driven by Reny Pabst. 37, Went out of control on U. S. 27 north of Bertie last night and Lester Steckman, 48. and MtS. Vuelta Sheehan. 43, were' killed. AH three were from Chicago. Pabst and two other persons were injured serious,y - I z Sunday out of dontrol accidents also claimed the lives of Sanford E. Allen, 20* Gary, whose car turned over on Ind. 43 south of Cloverdale, and Opl. Asberry Elliot, stationed at Chanute field. 111., struck a tree. Two iridianapolis motorists were killed and three injured Sunday nigrit! when their auto slammed into the rear of a semi-trailer on a narrow bridge three south of Ind. 50 on U. S. 3L Killed were Mrs. Eugene A. Holt, 20, and Virgie I.; Fannon, 17. { In' Lafayette, nine-year-old Charles Anderson, Jr. drowned Sunday as he swam near a bridge over the Wabash river. j 'I ' John Nitti of St. Ptiul, Minn., was killed Saturday when the car in which he was riding went out of control and truck a tree on U. S. 41 north of Terre Haute. William A. Williams. 30, Bedford, was killed his auto left (Turn Tn Pane Five) George H. Bright Is Taken By Death Fyneral Services Tuesday Afternoon George H. Bright, 82, T®tired farmer, died at *1:30 pt m. Saturday at his home in Peterson. He had been in poor health for the past year and seriously ill for the last three weeks., J He was born in Ohio June 17, 1869, a son of Joshua and; Nancy Mowery-Bright, and was rinarried to Flora Beery Dec. 23, A893. The family haip lived at Peterson since UMS. ' . \ ' Mr. Bright was a member of the Antirich United Missionary church. Surviving in addition to his wife; are a foster daughter, Mrsy Gretchen Arnold of Benson. Ariz.. three, brothers, John A. Bright of Decatur, Thomas Bright of Dayton, O„ and the Rev. Joshua F. Bright of Butler, and fotir sisters, Mrs. WlHis Landiri of Dayton, 0., Mrs. Mary Sautbine of Staples, Miinn., ■ Mrs. Marion Johnston of As t hley, and Mrs. John . Parrish of Decatur. Three sisters preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted; at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2:30 o’clock; at the Antioch United Missionary church, the Rev, Lloyd Null officiating. Burial will be iri the Antioch cemetery. Friends may c<ll at the funeral home until time of the services. ! . r { 1 -. j ■i '

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Ji; *'■’ I'; Auto Smashes i Into Utility Pole Sunday Twa Residents Os j Chicago Dead; One Man Still Critical { RU ■ I Two people are dead, one is on | the critical list and twp are in fair condition as a result of a mishap that occurred Sunday at 7 p. m. on U. S. highway 27 about eight miles south of Decatuy. k Lester J. Speckmani 48/ of Chicagq, died withiti moments after the accident. / \ V s Mrs. Vuelta Vt Sheehati, 43. also of Chicago, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Adams county memorial hospital. In critical condition with a broken back is Jack Olson, 25. of .... Park Ridge> 111., a suburb of Chicago. He was still in critical condition, that morning, the hospital said- ' ; < ■ Also In the hospital, their condition lieted as good, are Reiny V. Pabst. 37, of Chicago, who drove the car, and Alexander Du- • bois, 23, also of Criiriagb. j Pabst, ari he told the Story sheriff Robert Shraluka. state policeman Ted Biberstine and coroner Harmon Glllig, sai* that he pulled out of the northbound lane of traffic and passed two cats, but when he attempted to pass the third, driven by Mrs. Virginia Brockway, 25, of 723 Knitters avenue, Fort Wayne,, she pulted out unexpectedly, forcing him to jam on his brakes. It was too latell however, and the right side of his bumper caught the left rear bumper of the woman’s car. He ' was thrown into a skid that hurled his car i end over end into a utility polte, over a ditch, finally coming to rest on its hack. The five occupants of the death car were thrown clear. The auto, a ’sl Hudson. was completely demolished. , - . Mrs. Brrickway ana a baby son who was With her escaped /Injury. Speakman’s body was taken to the Gillig and Doan funeYal home, pending removal of tbekbody to Chicago. /J Mrs. Sheehan's body was taken to the Yager funeral home in .. * Berne penging removal to Chicago.. ■» ■ “ Light Vole Forecast In Indiana Primary Interest Is Light With Few Contests Indianapolis, May 5 —4 (UP) — Candidates in Indiana's primary closed out their campaigns today wtlh vigorous appeals for support in tomorrow’s voting. But a shortage of for many of the top nominations dull- •> ed interest to such a point observers considered a record turnout of* voters nearly impossible. Polls open at 7 a. m. CDT and close 12 hours later. Party work- _ ers and civic groups drummed on the theme, “go to the polls and exercise your right to vote, even if there are no contests.!’ , Yet all around the state observers Called the pre-prlmary interest “light” and expected a volume well below the 853.000 who cast ballots in the 1950 primary for a record May turnout. Interest ‘iti the congressional primary was perhaps the lowest since the first primary after the World War I candidates sought 22 congressional nominations. Ten of thefh were unopposed, including Six {incumbt ent Republicans, and voters in 32 frHra Te Pace Sts) “ ■: '.MI '