Friday, Feb. 12, 1954
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s His 107th Birthday
Last Union Survivor Greets 4 Confederates
Duluth, Minn.—(U.P.)—The hatred and animosities of four years of Civil War were erased for all time today as the last survivor of the Union army paid his respects to his old adversaries in gray and their lost cause.
Two of the last four living Confederates, in return, sent him hearty congratulations on his 107th birthday yesterday.
The Union Veteran, Albert Woolson of Duluth, sent greetings to the Southern veterans as he was surrounded by well-wishers on his birthday.
"I wish you could be here to join me," the former drummer boy said. "God bless you."
One of the surviving Confederate veterans, 107-year-old Thomas Evans jiddle, was too sick to reply. Another, Walter W. Williams, 100, of Franklin, Texas, could not be interviewed.
But William Allen Lundy, 105, of Laurel Hill, Fla., said "sincere congratulations and best wishes to Yankee Woolson on his 107th birthday.
"I hope he will celebrate many more. Tell Woolson to take care of himself."
Confederate Veteran John Salling, 106, of Stlaunt, Va. said, "I'm looking forward to seeing him again and to shaking his hand once more."
Mr. Salling, bed-ridden with a broken hip suffered last August, said he thought of Mr. Woolson yesterday when he looked at his picture on his bedroom wall. If they are both still alive, Mr. Salling said he hoped they could visit him in Virginia this spring.
Mr. Williams, who lives in a rural area, said recently he was willing to "let bygones be bygones."
"War never seems to settle anything" he said.
Mr. Woolson's daughter said her sprigly father never harbored any ill feeling toward his old enemies.
He always respected their viewpoint and the fact they had fought so hard for the cause they felt was right, she said.
Mr. Lundy put it another way.
"Although we fought on opposite sides during the Civil War, we are both Americans," he said. "Our sons, grandsons and great-grandsons have fought side-by-side to defend our country since the close of the Civil War. I have no bitterness in my heart toward anyone."
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Nation Honors Lincoln Today
Springfield, Ill. — (U.P.) The nation today honored martyried President Abraham Lincoln on the 145th anniversary of his birth.
Led by a representative of President Eisenhower, hundreds of persons made pilgrimages to the tomb near here where Mr. Lincoln's body is enshrined.
Activity in Springfield, heart on the country which calls itself the "Land of Lincoln." almost came to a halt for the holiday.
All state, county, and city offices, banks and most businesses closed for the day to honor the great emancipator. The day is marked with more notice here than the birthday of George Washington Feb. 22.
Army Lt. Col. Leonard C. Cooke laid the wreath at the tomb for Mr. Eisenhower, accompanied by officers and men from the Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
At Washington Mr. Eisenhower, himself, laid a wreath at the marble statue of a brooding Lincoln in the Lincoln memorial. For the first time, members of sons of the Confederate veterans took part in the Washington ceremonies honoring Mr. Lingolin.
Other organizations making traditional visits to the tomb in Oak Ridge cemetery near Springfield included the American Legion, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and Women's Relief corps.
Members of the local bar association gathered at the Sangamon county courthouse, which was the state capitol when Mr. Lincoln was a legislator, for their unique "pilgrimage."
Every year the attorneys hike from the courthouse across town to the tomb, following the route taken by the Lincoln funeral procession.
Another center of attention was a Quaker-brown frame house near the city business section—the only home Mr. Lincoln ever owned, now preserved by the state of Illinois as a memorial.
Scores filed through the house, which has been restored so it is
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Washington—(U.P.)—The administration is considering additional steps short of direct intervention to bolster the French fight against Communists in Indo-China, informed sources revealed today.
America's chief military planners feel the West absolutely cannot afford to let Indo-China fall, it was reliably reported, and that the United States can take various measures short of war to prevent this from happening.
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Another possible move relieved to be under consideration is a naval blockade to try to stem some of the flow of weapons and equipment from Communist China to the Vietminh rebels.
They said two proposals being studied call for increased emphasis on the delivery of planes requested by France and the dispatch of a top-level military mission to take a hand in planning French strategy.
Defense officials confirmed that South Korean President Syngman Rhee has suggested he might send one of his American-trained divisions to help out the beleaguered French-Vietnam forces.
Proposals Being Studied for Indo-China Aid
Two Democratic senators—John J.
Stockton to Attend Traffic Conference
Dr. Frank T. Stockton, director of special projects for University Extension, has been invited to attend the White House conference on traffic safety Feb. 17-19.
Dr. Stockton, who was dean of Extension until retirement last July, helped organize the Kansas conference on traffic safety education in 1950. He since has been chairman of that agency, which is a coordinating unit for the many Kansas groups working in the field.
in virtually the same condition it was when Mr. Lincoln lived there. Mrs. Kathleen Bradish, custodian, said Mr. Lincoln's birthday and the Fourth of July are her busiest days.
Sparkman (Ala.) and John C. Stennis (Miss.) — warned that such a move would be an open invitation to the Communists to resume the war in Korea.
Gen. John E. Hull, commander of U.S. Far Eastern forces, said after a White House call yesterday that there would be "certain advantages" in the idea and that it would "not necessarily" bring new fighting in Korea.
But in the Pentagon there was
doubt whether the move would be worth the risk of weakening the Allied position in Korea. Sen Sparkman also made this point. State department officials frowned, saying it might send Red China troops into Indo-China.
America's role in the growing Indo-China crisis is now being reviewed by a special committee headed by Deputy Defense Secretary Roger M. Keyes and Undersecretary of State-Walter Bedell Smith.
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