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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-19
DILLON ON uss PArAu

Roger L. Dillon, fireman. USN,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond II.
Dillon of II North Main St, Lon
don is a crew member of the es-
cort carrier USS Palau, which.
with its two attacked air squad
rons, recently held intensive.
round-th-clock operations in the
western Atlantic, polishing up the
Nays Submarine-stalking TACTICS.
Dillon entered the Naval service
in September. 194S.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-19


Alumni Secretary of Miami Uni
versity, Oxford, Ohio, will be the
speaker for the eightieth COM
mencement of the London High
School to be held at the Methodist
Church Friday evening, May 26
at $50. A class of 55 will grad
uate.
Baccalaureate services for The
class will be conducted at the
Presbyterian Church Sunday even
ing May 81 at 800 o'clock with
the Rev. A. NJ. Shenefelt, pastor
of the Methodist Church, giving
the sermon.
Dolibois, the commencement
speaker, is native of Luxem-
burg He came to the United
States with his father in 1881 to
live with a sister in Akron.
Entering the Army as a private
in 1912 after his Navy commission
was withheld (because he was not
a native American.) Dolibois was
commissioned in the armorad
force seven months later and was
transferred to military intelligence
in 1914. He holds a reserve COM
mission as captain.
Dolibois, who entered the public
schools in Akron without knowing
any English, underwent rapid
AmericaniZation. He became an
Eagle Scout, President of his
senior class at Akron North High
School and delegate to the Buck
eye Boys State. He went to
Miami on a four-year scholarship.
Continuing to show leadership in
college, he was president of his
fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, and
while student organized Oxford S
first Boy Scout troop and additi-
onal new troops in nearby Hamil-
ton as an assistant Scout execu-
tive.
A 1912 Miami graduate, Dolibois
resigned an industrial engineer
ing position with Proctor and
Gamble at Cincinnati to return to
Miami.
Since 1947, he has been in heavy
demand as a speaker on his ex-
/ periences interrogating high Nazis
as U. S. Army intelligence cap
tain during latter phases of World
War II.
Much of the information gather
ed by Dolibois later was used as
evidence in the war crimes trials
in Germany. Among the Nazi
chieftains he questioned were Goe-
ring, Denitz and Won Ribbentrop.
The Baccalaureate program fol-
| lows:
Prelude - Serenade Gounod
! Professional - Gloria Mozart
Mrs. William Ensley
Choral Selection
Prayer. THE Victory Hymn"
Lwoff: Arr. Wick
Katherine Hern, Accompanist
Ray Creighton, Director
Scripture Reading and Prayer
Reverend Greer Imbrie
Hymn-Faith of Our Fathers
Page PCT
] Class Sermon
| Don't Know Yet
Reverend Arthur Shenefelt
| Choral Selection
Oh Lord, We Worship Thee
Bach: Arr. Morgan
Mixed Chorus
Benediction
Reverend Greer Imbrie
Response
The Lord Bless You and Keep You
Lutkin
Mixed Chorus
Recessional Alma Mater
Milton Parman
London High School
Continued on Page TRo)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-19
DRIVER FINED AFTER
AUTO COLLISION

Occupants escaped injury and
only slight damage to the cars
resulted when autos driven by
James w. Tarbutton, London and
Richard Wheeler, London RID 4,
collided on the Old Springfield
Road three miles west of London
early Wednesday evening, accord
ing to Deputy Sheriff H. c. Mark
ley, who Investigated the accident.
Tarbutton, arrested by Deputy
Markley, was released on pay
ment of a $100 fine and costs
following a hearing Thursday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-19
HERRtoTT PROMOTED

Robert ]. Herriott, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Herriott, North
Madison Road, has been promoted
to the rank of electricians mate,
third class he is stationed at the
u. S. Naval Base, Norfolk, Vir-
ginia, and was formerly ranked
electricians mate fireman.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-19
ADKINS DELEGATES

Raymond Adkins, junior at the
Midway school is the delegate who
is to represent the London Lions
Club at Boys State instead OF
Raymond Alkire, as announced
Monday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-19
q our
"a Town

POME
Twas in a restaurant they
met
Brave Romeo and Juliet.
He had no cash to pay his
debt
So Romeod what Juliet!
LAZY
My imaginary friend, Hey
wooG Snugg, says that he
knows guy who is SO lazy
that the only way they'll ever
make him work is to cream
ate him and put him in an
hour-glasS!
MOTHER PoME
l sneezed sneeeze into the
air,
1t fell to earth, l know not
where.
But hard and froze were the
looks of those
In whose vicinity / snoze!
PETIT
Any lawyer will tell you
that no one ever knows what
a jury will do.
Other day there was a case
in court wherein the defen-
dant offered to settle for $500.
The plaintiff refused the
offer. The jury went out and
after some deliberation re-
turned to announce that they
had awarded the plaintiff
$400i
INVENTION
The boys with the brains
have come up with new one.
1t is a new type of electric
organ which has push buttons
instead of keys. Thus you
merely play numbered but
tons instead of chords. An
amateur can play if he can
read since the organ does all
the hard work. Clever, Ell?
THINK
Money if invested in the
following manner will double
itself in:
l. A percent compound inter-
est-18 years.
p 5 percent compound inter-
est-14 years.
81 percent compound inter-
est-12 years.
4DS percent compound inter-
est-9 years.
STRIKE!
An umpire is merely ietir-
ed baseball player whose
sight has begun to fail.
'sA FACT
At the rate the boys down
in Washington are spending
our money about all that the
meek can expect TO inherit
will be the earth.
PEOPLE
Fellow told US that there
are only two kinds of people.
Those who are bent from toll
and those who are crooked
from trying to avoid it.
BIBLICAL
A friend of ours, an ardent
angler, says that the part OF
the Bible he likes best is
| the part about the fellow
who loafS and fiSheSi
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-19

CRITICALLY Ill
John Harper is critically i'll OF
heart ailment at his home in
Sedalia. Mr.. Harper suffered ar
attack two weeks ago.
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Baby Sitter, 13, Saves -Four
As Fire Destroys Home
By the Associofsd Press

OKLAHOMA CITY, Mar. 3d.
"A teen-age baby sitter was ac-
claimed a heroine by firemen last
night for saving four small chill
dren as fire quickly destroyed
their home.
Norma Lee Cook, 13, seventh
grader. wept as she told how T.
year -old Leland Ray Tate started
the blaze in another room while
playing with matches.
The flames leveled the four
room frame house OF Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Tate, causing $4,000 damage
II got them all out but they
don't have any clothes or furni-
ture left" Norma choked out. 81
can't face their mother or father
I did all I could do"
Norma was tending Anna Paul
cite, s, Leland Ray, Loretta. 8.
and Paul. jr., IL months. while
their parents were attending a
movie.
When Leland Ray gave the
alarm she made two trips to get
the children to safety as flames
shot through the roof.
Firemen could do little to save
the structure.
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Would Not Have Hired
Lee, Whitney Tells
Senate Subcommittee
Commerce Aide Testifies
On Strength Of Whot |
Have Read About Official
By james Y. Newton =.

Undersecretary of Commerce
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney told
Senate subcommittee today that
from what he knew about charges
brought against department
Official under investigation he
would not have hired him for
Government service.
Mr.. Whitney testified before a
Senate Commerce subcommittee
which is investigating charges
brought against Michael Lee, a
Commerce Department official. by
Senator Malone, Republican, of
Nevada.
Mr.. Lee, who Is chief Of the Far
East Division of the ONCE of In
Evening star., 1950-03-30
YugosIovio Warns
|Chino About Soviet
Exploitation Pact
By the Associofed Press

LONDON, Mar. 30.-A Yugoslav
trade union newspaper warned
China today of the dangers Of CO.
operating with Soviet Russia in
economic exploitation of its re-
sources.
Commenting on the signing of a
treaty setting up joint Soviet
Chinese companies to exploit the
oil and non-ferrous minerals Of
remote Sinkiang Province in
China, the trade federation paper
Rad said:
ut is no more a secret that not
an independent company exists in
Romania. that Bulgaria through
the aid OF mixed companies is be-
ing turned into an appendage Of
Soviet economy. that both indus
trial products and raw materials
are being extracted from all Com
inform countries at paltry prices.
and that in return unnecessary
goods are imposed upon them in
the world Market"
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Capitol Hears 1rumun WiIIVeto
Farm Price Support Measure

tional acreage of peanuts and
cotton which the bill would put
under price supports had aroused
opposition of presidential farm
advisers.
Southern Democrats have been
pressing Mr.. Truman to sign the
measure. Their areas would bene-
fit especially from its provisions.
Democratic Senators Hoey, of
North Carolina, and Kefauver, of
Tennessee, and Pepper, of Florida
released copies of kilograms sent
to the President in Florida this
week urging him to approve the
bill. Mr.. Truman is vacationing at
Key West.
Chairman Cooley Of the House
Agriculture Committee added his
plea to the list today.
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Word From Truman
Expected Today on
Administration Shifts
Pace, Lowton, Symineton
And FinIetter Mentioned
In Possible ReshuffIing
D. lI
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor StoH Correspondent

KEY WEST, Fla, Mar. 30
President Truman summoned cor
respondents to a rare 4::30 pm.
news conference today with every
indication that he would discuss
major shifts in his administra-
ton and voice anew his support
Of Secretary Of State Acheson.
1t was the first time in three
weeks that the President has seen
the group of reporters who accom-
pany him. He does not ordinarily
hold his weekly news conference
during vacation unless he has
something definite to announce.
He has decided, associates said,
to move Budget Director Frank
Pace, jr., to Secretary OF the
Army, succeeding Gordon Gray
who will become president Of the
University Of North Carolina in
September.
If that shift takes place, Fred
erick j. Lawton, a native Wash
ingtonian and now No. man in
the Budget Bureau, was believed
likely to get the nod for the top
post.
There also have been reports
that Air Force Secretary Syming-
ton would be moved over to the
long vacant Craftsmanship of the
National Security Resources Board,
to which Mr.. Truman at one time
tried. but failed. to name his old
political friend Mon Wallgren.
That nomination was withdrawn
in the face of Senate opposition
and Presidential Assistant John
-Steelman has been acting chair
man for many months.
To succeed Mr.. Symington,
Thomas K. Finletter has been
prominently mentioned. Mr.. Fin
letter. former ECA chief in Lon
don, has been prominently identi-
fed with aviation for years. Two
years ago he headed a presi-
dentially appointed commission
which made the recommendation
that the Air Force should consist
OF 10 groups. a recommendation
which Mr.. Truman failed to fol-
low. The Chief Executive has
(See TRUMAN, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1950-03-30
PoIiceRecruiting Block Captains
For Daylight Saving Time Poll
Some Reluctance to Take Job Is Reported
As Distribution of 100000 Ballots Begins

saving, but I'll distribute the bal.
lots for you," she said. They
changed the date of Thanksgiving
and now they want to change the
time Of day."
A. B. Gilmore, 66. of Is Fifth
street Sc, also agreed to serve as
a block captain. He said he didn',
care whether daylight saving time
won or lost and would cast his
vote with the majority Of his
neighbors.
Precinct commanders briefec
their men this morning on pro-
cedure in distributing.
Police were to designate the
citizen poll takers. give them the
ballots, and collect the results
within a week.
Strictly informal, the plebiscite
is designed to determine public
sentiment on daylight saving time
during the summer. Legislation
is pending in Congress to give the
city heads authority to order day.
light saving time, either for one
year or permanently.
Today's opening canvass fol-
lowed a slight mix-up in police
orders yesterday. Acting Police
Chief Robert S. Bryant first or.
dered policemen to carry out the
poll. Two hours later, he counter
(See DAYLIGHT pana Az
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Memphis Snuff Plant Strike
Reaches Riot Proportions
BY the Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Mar. 3d.
The American Snuff Co. strike
reached riot proportions today
Three automobiles were overturned
and nearly all windows in a COM
pany bus carrying non-union
workers were broken by flying
rocks.
Four persons. two women and
two men. were taken to a hospital
for treatment of injuries. Eight
were arrested.
An estimated crowd of 500 per-
sons milled around the plant at
the peak of the violence, which
has erupted throughout the IT.
day-old strike.
The group included striking
members OF the CIO United Steel
workers and sympathizing CIO
union members from Fireston and
international Harvester plants,
Union officials were on the scene.
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Joe YuIe Dies; Snowman,
Father Of Mickey Rooney
BY the Associa'sd Press

NORTH HOLLYWOOD. Calf,
Mar. 30.-Joe Yule. veteran show
man and father of Actor Mickey
Rooney, died at his home today
after a heart attack. He was 81.
Mr.. Yule's second wife Leota.
their two young adopted children,
Jerry and Mary Jean. and Rooney
were at his bedside when death
came. So was Fred Pankey,
Mickey's stepfather
Mr.. Yule, who was born in
Edwinburgh. Scotland, and began
his theatrical career at the age
of 13. recently had returned here
after appearing with stock COM
pany's presentation of "Finian's
Rainbow" Previously he had ap-
peared in several Maggie and
Jiggs" pictures.
Evening star., 1950-03-30
BY The A,.oeiotsd Press

Reports that President Truman
has decided to veto the contro-
versial farm price support meas
ure affecting cotton, peanuts and
potatoes today spread rapidly
through the Capitol.
Many Senators and Repre-
sentatives told reporters they un-
derstood Mr.. Truman had de-
cided to disapprove the legisla-
ton.
The bill was sent to the White
House last week. It was a hard
fought Senate House compromise
aimed at tightening price props
under surplus Irish potatoes and
allowing increased acreage for
this years crop of cotton and
peanuts. ~
1t was reported that the addi-
Evening star., 1950-03-30
German Party Chiefs Quit

BERLIN, Mar. 80 (P.-Six top
leaders of the Liberal Democratic
Party tLDP) in Saxony-Anhalt
resigned today in rebellion against
a projected single slate election in
Soviet : occupied East Germany
October Is. New pro-Communist
officers then expelled q fifth de-
putty on q charge Of "anti-party
and anti-democratic behavior"
Evening star., 1950-03-30

Senator Mccarthy PIons Speech About
Owen Lottimers. Pogs Az
ternational Trade, has been ac-
cused of holding up aid to Ma
tionalist China and OF discrepan-
.cies in his naturalization papers
and educational record.
Investigation Dropped.
Mr.. Whitney revealed that Sec
retary of Commerce Sawyer had
ruled that no security restrictions
would be imposed on Mr.. Lee after
the departments loyalty board
recommended that careful study
be given to Mr.. Lees fitness for
holding a position in which he
would have access to restricted in
formation.
The Loyalty Board called for
the investigation of Mr.. Lee last
July. and Mr.. Sawyer gave his
ruling some time later. Mr.. Whit
ney said that last month the Sec
retary again reviewed the matter
and found to reverse his earlier
decision.
However, Mr.. Lees background
and former affiliations are again
being probed by the department
Officials revealed that the investi-
cation was reopened on the basis
of new information supplied by
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton.
The hearing today brought out
that Mr.. Lee was born in China
of White Russian parentage and
came to this country in 1882. He
subsequently filed three applica-
tions for citizenship and was de-
MED naturalization on the basis
that he had not established that
he was of good moral character
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Leon Blum, French Ex-Premier
And Veteran Socialist, Dies
Bitter Foe of Nuzis,
He Also Strongly
Fought Communists
BY the Associoisd Press

PARIS, Mar. 30.-Leon Blum,
n, three times premier Of France,
died Unexpectedly today. He had
long been a leader of the Socialist
Party in France and was recog-
nized in recent years as its elder
statesman.
Mr.. Blum, veteran Of Frances
turbulent between-w politics,
would have been 78 April 9.
The ex-premier was active in
Frances government to the end
He was vice premier under Andre
Marie in 1948 and was a leader in
the European unity movement.
A bitter foe of the Nazis before
and during the war, Mr.. Blum was
just as vehemently an enemy Of
the Communists who made him q
constant target of their attacks.
Mr.. Blum served as premier
twice in the years before World
Evening star., 1950-03-30

Distribution of 100000 ballots on
which Washington residents will
indicate whether they are for or
against daylight saving time be-
gan today.
Policemen in 13 of the city's
IA police precincts are busy re-
cruiting block captains and equip
ing them with ballots for door to-
door distribution. Recruitment of
block captains in the third pre-
cinct will begin when the pm
shift reports for duty.
Early reports from patrolmen
revealed they were encountering
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Shift Of 6 Pools Here
To District Hinted BY
House Subcommittee
Hearing Abruptly Ended
After Root Tells of Plan
For Inter-RucioI Use

A House District subcommittee
indicated today it might seek to
legislate immediate transfer OF
six swimming pools from the In
terror Department to the District
Recreation Board if the Federal
agency does not itself make the
shift.
The hints came from members
OF the subcommittee headed by
Representative Abernethy, Demo
crat. of Mississippi at hearing
on a bill to transfer. all parks
Fairgrounds and swimming pools
| in the city to the District Com.
missioners.
The expression Of sentiment
from the members followed testi-
mony by Irving c. Root, super.
intendent of the Interior Depart.
nent's National Capital Parks Of
flee. that the pools would be
opened by the department in May
on an interracial basis.
Witnesses Not Heard.
Chairman Abernethy imme-
diately adjourned the hearing
Some dozen witnesses who ap-
peared to testify were not called.
Mr.. Abernethy said it was up to
the subcommittee to determine
what should be done to avoid
repetition of last summers racial
disorders at the pools.
The subcommittee voted to meet
in executive session at 10 am.
Wednesday to consider the legisla-
tion.
The long standing dispute over
control of the six pools-Takoma,
East Potomac. Anacostia, McKin-
ley. Francis and Banneker-Was
outlined to the group by Chair
man Harry S. Wender Of the Dis
trict Recreation Board before Mr.
Root took the stand.
Wender Expects Trouble.
Mr.. Wender warned that if the
Interior Department insisted on
opening the pols in May on a
non-segregated basis, trouble was
bound to arise.
He said the Recreation Board
earlier this month had voted to
seek a conference with Interior
Secretary Chapman to see if con-
troll of the pools could be shifted
to the District body.
Mr.. Wender said the Recreation
Boards offer OF last summer to
operate Mckinley as an inter-
racial pool still stood. Under the
proposal of the Recreation Board,
he added, Francis and Banneker
would remain colored pools and
the others white pools. Until last
summer Mckinley was a white
pool while Anacostia remained
closed because of disorders which
began when colored swimmers
tried to enter.
Representative Mcmillan, Demo-
crat, of South Carolina explained
that he introduced his bill so that
(See POOLS. Page Al,
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Gen. YoungAsks
.AcceIeration Of
S|um Clearance
Report Calls for New
Agency as Port Of
ng-Ronge Plan
By Harriet Griffiths

Acceleration of the Districts
program for rehabilitating sub
standard housing is recommended
in a report made public today by
Engineer Commissioner Gordon
r. Young.
The report has been submitted
for study to Commissioner John
Russell Young. For the present.
it calls for streamlining the pro-
cedure of the Board for the Con-
demnation of Insanitary Build
ings.
BY way of a long-range objec-
tive, it calls for study of possible
transfer of the boards activities
to a new executive agency.
Duty of the board. composed.
ex-ofhcio, of Assistant Engineer
Commissioner Thomas j. Hayes
III, the Health Officer and the
Director of Inspections. is to To-
cate structurally insanitary build
ings, require the owners to correct
the defects or have the buildings
vacated or razed.
Progress Unsatisfactory"
But with part time personnel.
the boards progress in the past
has been wholly unsatisfactory"
Gen. Young pointed out. In the
years from 1912 to 1948 the board
handled $50 cases. or an average
of 83 a year.
At that rate, the report noted,
it would take so years to work
through the 5000 cases which are
estimated to be grossly below our
minimum standards"
The board should seek to raise
its output so that. by the end
of fiscal year 1850. it is operating
at the rate of 500 cases a year.
or say 40 per month" Gen. Young
wrote.
Urges Action on Employees.
He recommended that the city
heads press for congressional ap-
proval of five employees for the
board asked in the Districts
budget for fiscal 1851. Cur
rently the boards work is done
by personnel assigned to other
jobs.
The report does not deal with
comprehensive redevelopment Of
slum areas It Is aimed at an
"amelioratioil Of the problems
presented families who are forced
to live in substandard housing"
Recommendations outlined in
the report included these:
The board should review any
insanitary conditions it has not
acted against which could be
acted on under existing law.
Legislation Should be Drafted.
The Commissioners should adopt
any new regulations permissible
under existing law needed to
strengthen the board or any other
agencies in the related field
The Corporation Counsel should
determine what insanitary con-
ditions out of reach of existing
law could be covered by simple
and non controversial new legis-
lation, and draft the legislation.
The board should concentrate
primarily on areas of slum hous-
ing. preferably complete blocks.
Within 80 days the board should
submit to the Commissioners Q
(See SLUM, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Defense Aides Pledge
Use Of Firing Powers
Against Pervefs
Committee Hears KimbuII
And Others Testify for
Summary Dismissal Bill
By joseph Youno

Defense officials told Congress
today that they would use the
authority they seek In the civilian
employees summary dismissal bill
to get rid Of any sex perverts in
the Governments military agen-
cies.
The officials made their state
ment as the House Civil Service
Committee resumed It's hearings
on the bill to give the military
and security agencies the perma-
|nent authority to fire summarily
any civilian employe who is re-
garded as a poor security risk.
Would you use these powers to
get rid Of sex perverts?" asked
Representative Karst, Democrat,
Of Missouri.
Eyes, we would" replied Under
secretary of Navy Dan Kimball.
Mr.. Kimball was one of the group
Of Defense Department officials
who testified on the measure.
Backed by Other Officials.
Recently Washington police of :
ficials told a congressional COM
mittee that there were 5000 homo
sexuals here. three-fourths of
them in the Government.
Other defense officials backed
Mr.. Kimball's views regarding the
pending legislation. Among them
were Felix Larkin, assistant general
counsel. Office of the Secretary OF
Defense, and Nicholas Allen, as
sistant general counsel of the Air
Force Department.
The officials opposed the sugges-
ton OF several committee members
that employees fired in these cases
Goa TTDrKTc Dooa A Ky
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Festival Tickets
For Reserved Seats
Now Available

Tickets for the Cherry
Blossom Festival Pageant are
now on sale at all Peoples
Drug Stores, all Government
Services, Inc, cafeterias and
newsstand and in Room 204
of The Star Building.
Seats for the pageant, all
reserved. are 81 and $1.25 for
adults and so cents for chill
dren. The show will start at
l pm. Saturday and 2 pm.
Sunday.
In addition. tickets may be
purchased after 10 am. dur
ing both days at box Offices
near the Watergate entrance.