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MEETING IN MIAMI BEACH, FLA., In what was described as "showdown" conference on merg ing America's two big labor organizations, top men are in good humor as they meet photographer. Seated are George Meany (left), president of American Federation of Labor and Walter Reu ther presidents Congress of Industrial Organizations. Standing, from left: David McDonald, president CIO United Steel Workers; Harry Bates, president, AFL United Bricklayers; William Bchnitzler, AFL secretary-treasurer and James Carey, CIO secretary-treasurer. (International) Shells Fired by Big U.S. Atomic Cannon More Powerful Than Hiroshima A-Bomb New, York (U.R) The nation's armed forces now have 30 huge cannon each capable of firing shells more devastating than the atom bomb dropped on Hiro shima, and more are on the way, Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. said Saturday. Brownell, speaking at the Na tional Republican Club's 69th s annual Lincoln Day dinner, said that since 1952 five atomic-cannon battalions, each equipped with six cannon,, have joined military units. Each can fire a larger atom warhead than the World War II bomb that nearly wiped out the Japanese city of Hiroshima, he aid. Summary Of Work Brownell spoke of defensive and offensive weapons in a sum mary of the accomplishments of the first two years of the Eisen Springfield, III. Solemnly Observes 146th Anniversary of Lincoln's Birth Springfield. 111. U.R) This prairie city that claims Abraham Lincoln as its most revered son Saturday solemnly observed the 146th anniversary of the. Civil War President's birth. War veterans, government of ficials and others made pilgrim ages to the tomb'' on a knoll in nearby Oak Ridge cemetery, where Lincoln was buried after he died by an assassin's bullet In 1865. : : . "" Visit Lincoln Horn. Others paid their respects at the simple brown house near downtown Springfield, the only home Lincoln ever owned, and at the restored village of N e w Salem, where he lived as a young man.. As almost every school boy knows Lincoln was born in a Mew York Newspaper Asks Jenner To End Handouts Syracuse, N. Y. (U.R) The Syracuse Post-Standard said Saturday itj publisher asked Sen. William E. Jenner (R-Ind) to stop mailing postage-free "political handouts" to the newspaper. The request was made in a e letter from publisher Richard H. Amberg to Jenner, a member of the Senate Internal 1 Security committee. Amberg' letter said in part: "It is of absolutely no -interest to readers of the Post-Standard to have copies of your remarks . to the Shelby County (Ind.) Re publican Central committee and the Madison County (Ind.) Cen tral committee and others which for years ' "I had trouble with irregularity for years. I tried almost every kind of lax ative without much help. Six months ago 1 began to eat Kellogg's All-Bran. Now I feel like a new person." Mr. Rudolph Schultz, 3012 S. Lloyd Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Good-tasting Kellogg's All-Bran provides natural laxative food bulk' you need daily. No drug-type laxa tive can remedy constipation due to lack of bulk. But Kellogg's All-Bran can. All-Bran is scientifically milled to bring you nature's best bulk-forming food in its most effective cereal form. Remember, there's only one All-Bran Kellogg's, the original. It will have you comfortably regular, within 10 days or double your money back. Best liked by millions COMPUTED lOLA hower administration. He - said Mr. Eisenhower, in his budget message, made a statement that "needs no embellishment." In that statement, the President said the nation never had been as well prepared to defend itself as it is today. . "It is as comforting to us as it is disappointing to those with evil designs upon our free insti tutions to know 'that Nike guid--ed-missile battalions, fighter in terceptors, aircraft control and warning networks, land and wa ter radar systems, and other de fensive measures are rapidly go ing forward to the point where, already, a surprise enemy at tack would find us with increas ing readiness to resist; attack and retaliate with devastating ef fort," Brownell said. "Our offensive striking power is outstanding in the present log cabin in Kentucky. But cere monies on his birthday tradi' tionally revolve around Spring' field, for it was here he spent much of his adult life and it is here he lies enshrined. One of the first wreaths plac ed on the tomb Saturday was that of President Eisenhower. Col. Richard D. Boerem, adviser to the Illinois National Guard was assigned that duty. : Legion Makes Pilgrimage The American Legion made its 21st annual pilgrimage to the tomb, led by National Com mander Seaborn P. Collins, Las Cruces, N.M. The Veterans of Foreign Wars and others also mapped pilgrimages. Members of the Sangamon County Bar Assn. planned their usual hike to the tomb ; from you send us through senatorial frank at public expense ... .. "I feel that it is an imposition on the taxpawers for you to send us your remarks at taxpayers' expense, and I would appreciate it if you would delete our name from your mailing list." - The - Post-Standard, listed as Independent-Republican, said it had been receiving Jenner's "political handouts" for several months. - U.S. Military Reserve Said Weakest in NATO Washington (U.R) Gen. Al fred M. Gruenther, supreme al lied commander in Europe, said Saturday the United States' mili tary reserve system "is one of the weakest in the entire North Atlantic treaty organization." He said it would take several months to get U. S. National Guard and reserve units into ac tion after an attack "an unac ceptable situation in a jet-atomic age." Gruenther's statement was is sued by the defense department along with two others by over seas commanders supporting President Eisenhower's proposal to build- a 5,000,000-man U. S. reserve. Joe Rips Coexistence In Lincoln Day Speech Appleton, Wis. - (U.R) Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy ripped "co existence" with the Communists in a brief speech here Friday night devoted almost entirely to a criticism of the Eisenhower administration. The Wisconsin Republican told a hometown Lincoln day dinner audience that "co-existence is a catch phrase of an adopted defeatist assumption that half the people are free and half are- slaves." v For the second time in two days, McCarthy referred to a recent White House snub suf world situation;" It was here Brownell men tioned the atomic-cannon bat talions, and added that air force fighter interceptor squadrons now are 100 per cent jet equipped. The atomic submarine USS Nautilus, launched last year, will be joined this year by the USS Sea Wolf, an atomic sub of differ ent design, he said. "The building of. two atomic- powered attack type submarines is underway," he said, "and addi tional submarines of this type are included in the 1956 budget, as is a fifth aircraft carrier of the For- restal class." Brownell said that despite in creases in military strength, the 1956 estimated defense depart ment costs are more than $9,500,- 000,000 less than actual expend tures in 1953. the county courthouse, which was the state capitol when Lin coln lived here. Their route fol lows that of the Lincoln funer al procession in 1865. A special feature of today's birthday observance was to take place at Lincoln's home. Six more rooms were to be formal ly opened to. the public for the first time. . . BUSY, BUSY Memphis, Tenn. r (U.R) To drive an automobile safely these days General Sessions Judge Greenfield Polk thinks "y o u have to do more things at one time than .a. trap-drummer." Commenting on a traffic case before him, Polk said: "You've got to look to the right, look to the left, look straight ahead, brake, change speeds do just ou tnmgs at once to be a good anver. E5JTC5A Maid Servant Tells Police of Slaying Of Wealthy Woman Beverly Hills, Calif. (U.R) A young maid servant admitted Saturday she hacked wealthy Mrs. Kate Hayden, 71, to death with a hand axe after arguing how to carve a roast of beef. The maid, Peggy King, 25, who had been employed only three days at the Hayden's lav ish home here, broke down and confessed the murder after po lice gqt a "bad reaction" from her during a lie dectetor test. Miss King told oficers she had got the hand axe to cut the bone on a round roast. Mrs. Hayden, the wife of millionaire real estate man Samuel Hayden, came into the kitchen and they argued over how the bone should be cut, Miss King told police. "During the argument Mrs. Hayden took the axe from me and tried to show me how to do it," police quoted her as say ing. "She continued arguing with me and I took the axe from her and struck her on the head. She didn't fall after I struck her once, and then I struck her again and again." Nerves on Edge Miss King, who first told of ficers she was vacuuming in an other part of the house when the murder was committed, said her nerves had been on edge since, her common-law husband of the two years had left her. It was her screams that brought six landscape . workers rushing to the blood-spattered kitchen. Police said the young maid rushed upstairs after the mur der and pulled open dresser drawers in an attempt to make it appear the house was burglar ized. Then she returned to the kitchen and started to scream. Langlie Will Consider Seeking Senatorship Sacramento, Calif. (U.R) Gov. Arthur B. Langlie said Friday that he would consider running for U. S. senator in his state of Washington next year if President Eisenhower wanted him to make the race. Langlie said the matter has been discussed with him by sev eral persons "close to the Presi dent." "I have preferred to retire from public life and return to law practice after three terms as governor and prior service as a councilman and as mayor of Seattle" Langlie said. "But I am willing to do anything tne Presi dent wishes me to do to help him in his administration." The governor made fhis com ments prior to his return to Oly mpia. He was principal speaker Thursday night at a Lincoln day dinner in San Francisco. Washington (U.R) American Airlines announced Saturday it will start through plane service from Washington to San Fran cisco on March 1.' There will be one stop at Tulsa, Okla. Forest fires destroy fish as well as other game, damage the shade, increase soil erosion, the filling of holes in streams, and also wash ashes into the water forming poisonous lye. 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The chief executive, week ending at a "warm weather" plantation where the mercury dipped to 22 Friday night, ap peared to be slightly hoarse this morning. He did not require the services of a doctor. Instead of taking to the fields again where 90 minutes in a light rain and a sharp, cold wind yesterday brought no hunt ing luck, Mr. Eisenhower organ ized a bridge game. The President flew here Thursday for some quail hunt ing but the weather ran against him. He returns to Washington tomorrow. Retail Meat Prices Drop to Low Mark Chicago (U.R) Retail prices of the 14 most popular meat cuts and items this week averaged lower : than at any time during the last year, the American Meat Institute reported Saturday. Pork continued most to the de cline,; the institute said, averag ing between 10 and 26 per cent below prices of a year ago. Sliced bacon, for example, was selling 22 cents a pound less than a year ago in Chicago and was typical of prices elsewhere, the report said. 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