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Aged Miamian Doesn't Remember Marrying 22-Year-Old Bride

MIAMI, Fla., Nov. 5. (UP)—If he's married to 22-year-old Hazel Rutherford, Frank Maxa, Sr., 82, said, he wants the marriage annulled. "I don't remember getting married." Maxa told County Judge W. F. Blanton in filing two suits to have his 47-day-old marriage crossed off the books. "The only thing I remember is getting into an automobile and going for a long ride. I think I was doped. There is witchcraft in there." The wealthy Miami property holder admitted that he had been drinking. Maxa's attorney said the jaunt, one of "six vacation trips" Maxa said he had taken with Miss Rutherford since he met her in Aberden, Md., three years ago, ended in the pair getting married Sept. 19 at Lawrenceville, Ga. "She was always asking me to marry her," Maxa said. "I thought she was too young." Attorney Jack Moore also sought to have his aged client declared incompetent to handle his large holdings. As evidence, Moore introduced checks totaling $38,000, and also related how Maxa turned over a $7,500 liquor store to Miss Rutherford on a promisory note which disappeared after their marriage. Later, the young bride reportedly sold the bar for $5,500.

Episcopal Bishops to Consider Church Attitude on Divorce

WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Nov. 5. (UP)—The house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal church was expected to consider the church's attitude today on divorce and remarriage. Also on the agenda was a proposal for a limited form of union with the Philippine Independent church. The Filipino group, which broke with the Roman Catholic church 42 years ago, asked that its bishops be consecrated by the Protestant Episcopal church. Norman S. Binsted, Episcopal bishop of the Philippines, sponsored the proposal and said its approval would probably lead to eventual complete union of the two churches.

ICC Weighs Raise for Redcaps

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. (UP)—Passengers using Eastern railroad terminals will be paying Redcaps 15 cents a bag instead of 10 cents after Dec. 1 unless the Interstate Commerce commission acts to prevent it. New tariffs specifying the increases have been filed with the ICC. They also provide for a flat charge of $1.50 for 10 or more packages. This charge is now $1. Protests against the increases must be received by Nov. 20, the ICC said.

GAMBINO AGAIN HONORED

RALEIGH, N. C., Nov. 5. (UP)—Lunging Lucien Gambino, Maryland's Balding Bambino, won the United Press Southern Conference "Star of the Week" honor for the second time of the season today with his three touchdowns against West Virginia in the old liners' 27-0 upset. The Baltimore Bambino, whose 202 pounds and race horse legs send him charging down the field like an angry bull on roller skates, ran his touchdown total to 11 in six games to stay at the top with 66 point in the national scoring race.

Strike Delays 'Queen' Sailing

SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., Nov. 5. (UP)—The sailing of the liner Queen Mary for New York with 2,000 passengers was delayed today by a strike by part of the crew. Pagsengers were aboard the Queen Mary at the scheduled hour of departure, 4 p.m. (10 a.m. EST) but the liner remained tied up at the dock although the telephone lines to shore had been disconnected. About 150 of the ship's crew of 1,280 were striking. Cunard Line officials said they still had hopes of sailing, but added that the situation was "unclear."

Disabled Freighter Rides Storm

NEW YORK, Nov. 5. (UP)—The Canadian ore carrier Louisburg, with its starboard storeroom deck torn away and its hold partially flooded, was holding its own against gale winds and pounding seas East of Argentia, Newfoundland, today, the Coast Guard reported. The Coast Guard cutter Dexter, standing by the disabled 7,183-ton freighter, said the ship's master now was "very hopeful" of riding out the storm and proceeding to St. Johns, Newfoundland, for repairs. The message said the ship, previously reported in immediate danger of sinking, was making three miles per hour in the heavy seas.

Income Hike Is Reported For Floridians

Income to Floridians last year amounted to $2,372,000,000, an increase of 163 percent over 1940, the research and industrial division of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce stated yesterday in the first of a series of weekly business reviews interpreting recently released official income tabulations. "Only ten states in the nation had a greater increase than Florida for the period and two other states tied with Florida for eleventh place. "Growth of the state and its improved economy is shown in its increasing proportion of the total national income. In 1929 this proportion was .84 percent, 1.19 percent in 1940 and 1.40 percent in 1946. "Measured against income growth is the increase of 21.8 percent in the state's population in 1946 over 1940, 1946, computed from the latest Federal census estimates of 2,310,305 persons in Florida. "A tentative breakdown of the total income to Floridians last year shows $1,415,000,000 paid in wages and salaries, $532,000,000 in proprietors 'income. $234,000,000 in property income and $191,000,000 from other sources. "Revisions of formerly quoted income figures for the years 1942 through 1945 will be incorporated in this series of studies", the state chamber commented. "Much statistical data issued by federal agencies during stress of war was, of necessity, compiled for immediate use only and subject to revision.

Theodore Roosevelt was the first United States President to go below the surface of the sea in a U. S. submarine.

Simple Rites Mark Burial Of Winant

By JOSEPH LEVINE United Press Staff Correspondent CONCORD, N. H., Nov. 5. (UP) Former Ambassador John G. Winant, 58, who shot himself to death, apparently because of increasing illness and "growing disillusionment," will be buried today in a military ceremony. There will be no flowers. His family asked that the funeral services be kept as simple as possible in keeping with the statesman's character. After funeral rites at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, next door to the State House, where Winant served three terms as governor, his flag-draped coffin will be taken to Blossom Hill cemetery for services by the Concord American Legion post, of which the World War I airman had been a member. The religious ceremony will be conducted by the Rt. Rev. John T. Dallas, retiring Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, and long a friend of Winant. He will be assisted by the Rev. Charles M. Hall, rector of St. Paul's. In the choir stall will be the combined choirs of the church and St. Paul's school, where Winant studied as a youth and later served as an instructor. Present and past commanders of the American Legion post, including former Gov. Robert O. Blood, were named as pallbearers. Many prominent figures were listed as honorary pallbearers, including Assistant Secretary of State Norman Armour and Maj. Gen. Thurman Eddy. John G. Winant, Jr., a student at Princeton, arrived to attend the funeral with his mother. Winant's other son, Rivington, is a student at Oxford University, England, and his daughter, Constance, is in Peru. J. Bernard Teulon, his secretary and advisor, said Winant "went through 10 hellish years, in which he worked himself to death." Friends said he had been in frequent agony from stomach ulcers and suffered from a kidney ailment. "It wasn't his nature to quit the job," Teulon said. But friends saw in his book, "Letters from Grosvenor Square," to be placed on sale by Houghton Mifflin Co., on Nov. 18, his growing discouragement in the trend of world affairs.

Part of the $2,500,000 haul of counterfeit U. S. currency seized by U. S. Secret Service agents when they broke up a counterfeiting ring at Marseille, France, is inspected at Washington by Albert E. Whitaker, agent in charge of the New York District, Forrest V. Sorrels, in charge of the Texas District, and John J. McGrath, Assistant Secret Service chief. Sheets are tens and twenties.

UN Flounts Boycott on Korean Plan

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Nov. 5. (UP)—The United Nations political committee today voted to send a special UN commission to Korea to lead that nation toward political freedom in the face of a Soviet boycott of the whole procedure. The Korean proposal was sponsored by the United States and calls for a special UN commission to supervise Korean elections as a preliminary to establishment of an independent Korean government and the withdrawal of occupying forces. The Soviet boycott, however, made it plain that the UN commission would be allowed to operate only in the American or southern zone of Korea, leaving the fate of northern Korea uncertain. Russia and its supporters announced their boycott because of the failure of the United Nations to invite representatives of Korea to Lake Success to participate in the discussions of their country's future. The boycott announcement was made after the committee rejected 20 to 6, with 7 obstentions, the Soviet proposal for ordering a simultaneous withdrawal of American and Russian occupation forces from Korea on Jan. 1, 1948. Korea would become independent as of then, under the Russian plan.

Stennis Leads Field of 5 For Bilbo's Senate Seat

JACKSON, MISS., Nov. 5. (UP)—Circuit Judge John C. Stennis, scholarly, quiet-spoken and conservative newcomer to Mississippi's rowdy politics, held a lead today over five opponents for the late Theodore G. Bilbo's Senate seat. A middle of the roader who ignored the racial question in his campaign, Stennis piled up a lead in the early counting last night and still led by some 5,000 votes at mid-day. Some 500 precincts, most of them in rural areas, still were unreported. Rep. William M. Colmer was running a strong second behind Stennis, but Rep. John Rankin, outspoken advocate of white supremacy who had promised to "out-Bilbo Bilbo" trailed a poor last among the five democrats in the race. Returns from 1,197 of the state's 1,716 precincts gave Stennis 41,852, Colmer 36,493, Attorney Forrest Jackson 35,945, Paul B. Johnson, Jr., 20,050, Rankin 18,336, and the lone Republican, L. R. Collins, 409.

'Good Nabor' Air Prevails At Conference

New Orleans, Nov. 5—(UP)— An atmosphere of "Good-Neigh-borliness" predominated today at the American Municipal Assn. conference here as distinguished government officials of the United States, Mexico and Canada prepared to deliver addresses tonight at the annual banquet. Atty. Gen. Tom C. Clark will speak to some 700 city officials at the dinner, following greetings from Fernando Casas Aleman, Governor of the Federal District of Mexico, and Garnet Coulter, mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and honorary Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities. The morning sessions included discussions of the federal aid airport program and problems of airport financing and operation. City intervention in utility rate cases coming before state commissions evoked lively interest in a forum conducted by mayors of cities of more than 100,000 population. City clerks and finance officers met during the morning to outline budget-making procedures and determine revenue forecasts. City attorneys assembled to give their views on current legal problems confronting their municipalities. Before tonight's banquet, dele-gates were given a free afternoon in which to visit sights of interest in and around New Orleans. Before the close of yesterday's sessions, a charge of "State Dictatorship" was hurled by Mayor F. Kenneth Dempsey of South Bend, Ind. Dempsey blamed state legislators for "Federal Meddling" in city governments and called for the return of home rule to cities. The Indiana mayor blasted "State Dictatorship" by stating, "Today in most cases we find growing in stature a state absolutism, a state dictatorship that on each fortunate occasion strikes down the principal of local self-government. It is little wonder that in times of economic stress, the Federal Government has broken through state lines and legal barriers to come to the rescue of the cities."

'Keep Florida Green' Drive Is Launched Through State

Fire-conscious Florida citizens today began work on a program to "Keep Florida Green" by active preservation of timberlands and prevention of fires through public education. A program drafted by Robert J. Bishop of Orlando was adopted by the committee called into session by Gov. Millard Caldwell. It provides for: 1—Appointment of at least one representative in each county to organize an active county group interested in preserving forest lands. 2—District organizations along congressional district lines. 3—An executive state committee made up of chairmen and cochairmen of district groups, to replace the present central committee. 4—Education programs in schools and before civic groups, and solicitaion of public support through newspaper and radio campaigns. State Sen. Ray Carroll of Kissimmee warned that it would take some time to educate cattlemen against burning range land to obtain new grass growths, vital as winter cattle feed. W. F. Jacobs, executive secretary of the Florida Forest and Park association, declared that 84 per cent of the state's forest fires last year were set intentionally. County representatives will be appointed soon by association president X. L. Pellcer of St. Augustine, he said. Sen. Spessard L. Holland, D., Fla., was luncheon speaker at the meeting. He warned that Florida can not afford to destroy its natural beauties, and that "people expect to be satisfied through the eye" when they come here. Holland said the program was already late, but that no better time could be found to begin it.

Rezoning Law Passes 1st Reading

An ordinance rezoning Campo Santo, bounding the University of Miami Main Campus on the North, for duplex and fraternity house use, was placed on first reading, Tuesday by the city commission. Plans for duplexes to be erected there and in block 56, adjoining, must be submitted to the zoning board for approval. Commissioners say that the location, while no longer suitable for single family residences, does call for a "superior type" of duplex residence.

Grove Civic Group To Hear Candidates

The regular meeting of the Coconut Grove Civic Club will take place at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Housekeeper's Club, 2985 So. Bayshore Dr. All Miami City commission candidates have been invited to attend and each candidate has been asked to give a brief five minute synopsis of his platform.

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