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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

rocks can be seen on Kelleys
Island. You'll be able to see the
television show via WHI0-TV,
Dayton, at $50 this Thursday
night and more clearly over
WSPD-TV, Toledo, from 9:45 to 10
this Friday evening.
-JOT -.
WTE need help, Can any one
w tell us the current address of
Evelyn Whims Chirpka or Mar
vim Kruse? They are the only
two members of the Class of 1884
for which we do not have ad-
! dresses, and we want all class
members to be notified of our first
reunion, to be held Sunday, Aug
ust 20, at Gem Terrace Beach.
John KRISTOFF, who is spend
y ing several weeks here with his
brother-in-law, Coach Rowland
DOC" Wenzel, is a star swimmer
on the Canton Mckinley team. He
has won scholarship to Ohio
University on his swimming abil-
ity, but has another year of high
school competition ahead of him.
JOT -.
IHARRY MILLER, Sandusky,
will open women's apparel
store in the former Sarie Shop,
Madison street, about August 25.
Miller has had wide experience in
the field, and other members of
his family operate like stores in
other northern Ohio cities.
EIFTH in the series of eight
"Music Under the Stars" free
pop band concerts by the Toledo
Municipal Band at Toledo Zoos
Amphitheatre Sunday night at 8
will feature Ruth Strohbeck, So
prano; James Serviss, bass, and
the Teutonia Maennerchoir, along
with the band concert. The Maen-
nerchoir is a male chorus estab-
lished 83 years ago and has won
high honors in choral competi-
ton.
WHlLE driving six of the Port
w Clinton Little League ALL
Stars to the district tournament in
Elyria, Tuesday, we heard songs
one would never expect eight-to-
twelve-year-old boys to know.
Bruce Carter, Dick Cernek, Allan
Anderson, Don Ice, Gary Nossa-
man and John Papcun seem to
know all the latest ditties and
many oldies. Usually we could
recognize the tune instantly, but
the parodies were new. Dick Ger
mex, incidentally, should enter the
Ted Mack Amateur Contest to be
held soon in Toledo. That boy
has the clearest tenor we've heard
in years, and he isn't afraid to cut
loose. Eighteen carloads of local
ball fans accompanied the boys to
Elyria and were thrilled by the
excellent game.
-JOT-
1CURT SIMMONS, the Philadel-
phia Phillies pitching star, has
not been training with the 51st
AA Brigade during the past two
weeks at Camp Perry, despite ru-
mors to the contrary. We under
stand he formerly belonged to the
51st, but is now training with a
national guard outfit at Indian
town Gap, Pa. Simmons division
is one of the four called 70 active
duty and it looks as though the
popular young pitcher will be in
khaki before too long.
-JOT-
THERE will be no national
matches held this summer at
San Francisco, as originally plan
ned, but the big Ohio Rifle and
Pistol Championship Matches will
be held at Camp Perry as sched-
uled. Cancellation of the western
meet should mean even more en-
tYioc fo, +bo CoY,n Darru cbopt
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04
MISCELLANEOUS

FEDERAL LAND BANK Loans
at 4fe. Lawrence C. Rupp, S. T.
Ottawa Co, N.F.L.A., Port Clin-
ton, Ohio. 24-26t
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04
SheriT's Sale of Real Estate

In The Court of Common Pleas
of ottawa County Ohio
Case No. l260S.
u. H.. Cullenen, Treasurer of
ottawa County, Plaintiff.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

NAFT'S AUTO WRECKING -
Will pay the highest prices for
junk cars and waste materials.
Phone 1881. Soft
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

CANARIES-Young canary sing
ers, 81. SIT Madison street.
25-1t
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

MILK COW-Was fresh in June.
Also White Rock pullets. Phone
4123. 25-1tp
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

WAFFLE IRON - New model.
Westinghouse waffle iron. Never
used, $14.00. Inquire 7l6 d ST.,
Erie Gardens. 25-1t
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

SCRATCH PADS - Various sizes
now in stock, 15c Lib. News Office.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

CAR-1941 Buick. Inquire One
Stop Service Station. Rube Fill
more. 25-1tp
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

ITEMS Home gas incinerator;
l Harley Davidson Motorcycle;
l Johnson outboard motor, II h.p.
Phone 5147. Bert Mackey. 25-1t
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

LIVING ROOM SUITE-Daven-
port and two chairs. Green tap
estry covering. Good condition.
Beulah Wolfe. Call at TOP East
Perry after $50 p. m. 25-1tp
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

CAR-1949 Ford Delux Tudor,
light blue, 5000 miles total. For
information see Milton Hershber-
ger at Airport. 25-1tp
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

DINING ROOM SUITE-S-piece.
Chromwellian oak, $45.00. Call
1914 evenings. e. 25-lt
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

DAVENPORT AND CHAIR -;
Brown mohair frieze, reasonable.
Mrs. Ralph T. Mackey. Phone
7743. 25-1tp
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

BOXER PUPPIES - Pedigreed,
registered, champion sired, male
or female, fawn or brindle, now
2 weeks old. Inquire at 1908 East
Second st. 25-1t
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-04

WASH MACHINE - Very good.
Used four years. $4,000. A le-
gal steal. 13o Center Loop, Erie
Gardens. 25-1t
Evening star., 1950-04-14
Truman Pordons James CurIey
And Donald Wakefield Smith
Mccormack Asked
Mercy for Ex-Moyor
Guilty Of Mail Froud

President Truman has granted
a "full and unconditional" pardon
to former Mayor James M. Curley
of Boston and to Donald Wakefield
Smith, who was convicted with
him.
The pardon was signed Wednes-
day, but was not announced until
this afternoon.
Curley and Smith, along with
James G. Fuller. were convicted in
District Court here in January
1947, on charges of mail fraud.
In 1947. Mr.. Truman commuteo
Curley's 6-to-18 month sentence
releasing him from the Federal
prison at Danbury. Conn. where
he had served five months.
The Government had charged
that through fantastic lies" the
Curley firm, Engineers Group
Inc, obtained more than 100000
from clients by representing it
could obtain Government con-
tracts for them.
.Curley, now rs, was, president of
the group. The Government con-
Evening star., 1950-04-14
IembIor Shakes Seattle
Year After Bad Quake
BY the Asseeioted Press

SEATTLE, April IA slight
earth tremor was felt in the Seat
tie area at approximately 3:05
am. today.
Switchboard operators at both
Seattle newspapers and at the
police station reported receiving
numerous calls from anxious resi-
dents who said they had been
routed from their sleep by the
shaking of their beds.
The minor jar did no apparent
damage.
1t followed almost a year to
the day the heavy temblor which
shook the entire Northwest on
April Is. 1949. That shock
claimed q toll of eight lives and
caused damage into the millions
Of dollars.
Evening star., 1950-04-14
BY the Asseeioted Press

TAIPEI. Formosa. April IA
A glamorous "Mata Hari" who
"has bewitched many men by her
beauty and romantic tempera-
ment" is building q Red under
ground to strike at Formosa,
Chinese Nationalist security Of
f1cers warned today.
They identified her as Miss
Hsieh Hsueh-hung. so. Com
munist leader of the February 28,
1947, revolt in which thousands
of Formosans were slain.
A former lover, security officers
said, spilled the goods on the
beautiful woman. They said his
name was Lin Hsi-lu and he told
this story:
Miss Hsieh escaped to main
land China after Chang Kali
shek's generals crushed the revolt
of Formosans demanding self
rule. Moscow-trained, she had
been Communist Is years. She
was sold into concubinage when 10,
Acting directly under Red Lead
er Mao Tse-tung's orders. she has
Evening star., 1950-04-14
By Herman r. Schoden

Lone Ranger rodeos broke out
all over Northeast Washington to-
day.
Maybe it was the crisp weather,
maybe the call of the wild. What
ever it was, it made renegades out
of show horses and cowboys out
of policemen.
The horses. perhaps inspired by
the great Silver himself, deserted
the picket line outside the Ma
tional Guard Armory singly and
in punches. If they had stuck
around, they would have had
plenty of activity at today's
matinee in the armory.
AS it was. unscheduled shows
began popping UP as early as 2
I'm. and continued throughout
the morning as policemen and ro-
deo hands pursued the animals on
horseback. on motorcycles. In scout
cars and patrol wagons. It's not
Evening star., 1950-04-14
Closer operation
Within Hemisphere
Urged by Gonzalez
ChiIeon President Asks
United Efforts in Fight
Against Communism

President Gabriel Gonzalez vi
della today called for closer eco
nomic and political cooperation
among nations of the Western
hemisphere.
The more bonds Of union we
have. he said. "the better we shall
be equipped to face the interna-
tional situation"
President Gonzalez spoke at q
meeting of the Council of the Or
ganization of American States at
the Pan American Building in con-
nection with Pan American Day.
In particular. he expressed
hope that "basic pan-American
agreements, such as the Treaty OF
Reciprocal Assistance. the Charter
of Organization and the Treaty on
Pacific Settlement. will be rati-
fed by all American states"
AssailS Kremlin.
Speaking of Communist aggres-
sion, but naming no names. Presi-
dent Gonzalez spoke of the in
explicable events" since World
War II which have placed the
world in a perilous position OF
choosing between liberty and
slavery"
1--WE in America have decided
to resort to liberty and to defend
it at the cost of any sacrifice" he
said.
The President referred to the
Kremlin as an Outrageous polit-
ical machine which during the
war disguised itself as democ-
racy better to devour it,"
In addition to closer political
bonds the visiting chief of state
fc-~ ~@NT0 AZ T0 r~- 49,
Evening star., 1950-04-14
VenizeIosGovernmen
Resigns in Greece;
P|astiras Picked
Retired General Expected
To Form Cabinet on Lines
Fovored by U. S. Envoy
By the Assoeioted Press

ATHENS, Greece, April IA
The government of Premier
Sophocles Venizelos resigned today
and retired Gen. Nicholas Plasti-
ras was handed a mandate to form
a new cabinet.
Gen. Plastiras, leader Of the
mildly leftist National Progressive
Union. was expected to organize
a broad center coalition desired
by American Ambassador Henry
r. Grady.
Mr.. Venizelos. whose govern.
ment had included only one Min.
lister outside his own Liberia
Party. submitted his resignation
to King Paul at his summer palac.
at Tatoi. He said he had sug.
gested Gen. Plastiras. whose party
ran third in the recent nationa
elections. as Premier designate
The King handed the cabinet
mandate to Gen. Plastiras soor
after.
American Views Cited.
The Venizelos cabinet in state
ment today said it had resigned
because "allied factors" - the
Americans-preferred another anc
broader government.
Gen. PlaStiras said he hoped tC
form a government by Saturday
which would represent a parlia
mentary majority and coulc
make full utilization of valuable
American aid through the Mar.
shall Plan"
The Premier-deSignate said he
expected his cabinet would include
Mr.. Venizelos. George Papandreor
of the Social Democrats ane
Emanuel Tsouderos, co-leader with
Gen. Plastiras of the Nationa
Progressive Union.
There were some hints. how.
ever. that Mr.. Venizelos might no
want to join the government i'm.
mediately.
Grady Warns Greece.
Ambassador Grady broadly hint.
ed early this month that Mr.
Venizelos should either resign o.
broaden his government to includ,
other center parties. Mr.. Grad.
said the United States could no
continue to extend economic ait
to any but broadly representa-.
tive government.
Mr. Venizelos, whose Liberia
Party held less than so Of Par.
liament's $50 seats. had counted
on support of the Rightist Popu'
lists (Royalists). led by former
Premier Constantin Tsaldaris.
The Venizelos cabinet, wher
formed March %. contained onl.
one member from outside tht
Liberal Party. Vice Premier anc
Defense Minister Panayotis Kan.
ellopoulos. of the small Nationa
Union Party. He resigned aftel
the Premier received Mr.. Grady.
letter to pave the way for a cab.
met reorganization.
Evening star., 1950-04-14
Teen-Age Couple Stands Of
Canadian Posse II Hours
BY the Associated Press

QUESNEL, British Columbia
April IA defiant pair of lovers
"a 1s-year-old youth and his
l6-year-old girl friend-stood of
a police posse more than IL hours
before capture today on a high
plateau in the Northern British
Columbia wilderness.
Police smoked the couple out
of a lonely trapper's cabin with
tear gas bombs, but the two fec
to the bush. The posse finally
tracked them to a stony ridge
where a police bullet felled the
girl as she prepared to open ur
a fusillade on police. The girl
was only nicked in the leg.
The couple-Bert Lagace was
the only one identified by police
holed up in the cabin 18 miles
west of here after fleeing theil
Quesnel homes Tuesday night ano
breaking into isolated wilderness
cabins. This village is about 400
miles north of Vancouver.
Evening star., 1950-04-14
Doctor Flies 2-Day-0|d Son
From Panama for Operation

A 2-day-old boy, one of twin
sons born to an Army doctors
wife in Panama, was. rushed here
by plane today for a throat opera
ton.
DR.. Frederick Carriker, member
of the staff of Gorgas Hospital in
the Canal Zone, and the child
arrived aboard an Eastern Air
lines plane and went to Walter
Reed Hospital by ambulance.
Flight attendants said the doc
tor, still in white uniform. carried
no luggage except a brief case
containing X-ray photographs.
He left hurriedly at 2:20 an. to-
day and arrived in Miami at 6:45
am.
Evening star., 1950-04-14
North Georgia Peach Crop
DESTROYED; Loss S6 Million
by the Assoeiated Press

ATLANTA. April II. The
North Georgia peach crop was
written off as a total loss today
a $6 million disaster.
L. G. Moultrie, director of the
State experiment station in Cor
nelia. reported only one orchard in
eight North Georgia counties has
any peaches.
THE crop is a total loss as far
as this area is concerned" he told
State Entomologist c. H. Alden.
Mr.. Alden said the area usually
produces 400 to 500 carloads of
peaches.
Frost damage also has been re-
ported to the crop in the Central
and Southern sections of the State,
but no definite surveys were avail
able.
|, Mr.. Alden said he believed the
crop south of Macon. main Georgia
peach area, would be fair"
Evening star., 1950-04-14
2U. 5. Agents Testify
Airlnan Offered 10
Give Secrets 10 Reds
Soy Corporal on TrioI
In Germany Revealed =
Belief in Communism
By the Asaeeiofad Rrast

GARMISCH PARTENKIRCH-
EN-. Germany. April IA: Two
United States Army agents testi-
fed today that a 19-year-old
American airman told them he
volunteered to supply secret mill
tary information to Russia because
II believe in Communism"
They said Corpl. Gustav Adolph
Mueller Of st. Paul. Mimi. then
gave them secret American intel
ligence documents while they
posed as Soviet agents.
Corpl. Mueller is on trial before
q United States Air Force court
martial on charges of attempting
to deliver classified information
involving American national de-
fense to . foreign nation. He
pleaded not guilty at the opening
of the trial this morning.
Death Penalty Possible.
Conviction in time of war could
bring the death penalty. Tech
nically the state of war has not
yet ended.
One of the agents said Corpl.
Mueller son of a Swiss father and
British mother. told them at a
meeting they had arranged with
him:
Il have been looking for con-
tact for a long time. My father
fought in the Communist revo-
luton on the side of Lenin. From
my earliest youth I have been in
terested in Communist doctrine
and I believe in Communism. II
is the only right way.
THE Soviet Union represents
the Communist Party line and
think I could help the Soviet
Union and thus the party line BY
supplying information I believe tc
De important.
Corpl. Mueller, member Of ar
Air Force intelligence squadron
was studying at the intelligenc,
school in Oberammergau.
Asked About Secret Documents.
The agents testified they askec
Corpl. Mueller If he could obtair
secret documents and he assured
them he could.
At a subsequent rendezvous, ont
OF the agents testified, Mueller
walked into the room with q yer.
proud face and said, I have &C.
complished my mission Then HI
(See TRIAL. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1950-04-14
Death Parts Family
Few Minutes After
O-Yeor Reunion
BY the Associated Press

PITTSBURGH. April IA. -
Twenty years ago Frank Allega
left Italy to seek his fortune In
the United States. Three years
later his wife. Josephine, came
here to join him. Their son, Ar
turo. remained in Italy.
For two decades the Allegas
planned a reunion. And yester-
day 1t came to pass.
Arturo. a policeman at Rome,
arrived in Pittsburgh and met his
parents. He climbed into their car
and they started for home. The
car was wrecked and Arturo's
mother and father were killed
The son was unhurt.
Evening star., 1950-04-14
Policemen Cry 'Hi-Ho Silver
And Rodeo Stroys Are Away

surprising how inept a motorcycle
policeman can be with a lariat. (
1t had been such a quiet night
for the police. too. Pvts. Joseph
D. Wildman and William H. Pritt
were enjoying 1t when they saw
eight horses grazing at Oklahoma
avenue and Benning road NE. 1t
isn't every night that eight horses
Craze there.
Convinced after a careful search
they had no lariats in their car,
the police called for assistance
from headquarters. The idea was
to wait until fellow came from
the rodeo with a rope. But some
of the converging policemen just
couldn't wait.
With a Hi. no, Silveri" they
opened the impromptu rodeo per-
formance. Motorcycle Policemen
Richard White and william r.
Graham found a couple of ropes
(see ROUNDUP. Page A-4J
Evening star., 1950-04-14
Chinese Moto Hori Reported
Building Red Fifth Column

recruited fifth column OF more
than 1000 men. Most are For.
mosa natives who fought with
Nationalist armies and surren.
dered to the Reds.
Miss Hsieh plans to smuggle hel
fifth column into Formosa. The
Reds have promised to take For.
mosa this year. But its isolated
position, 80 miles from the main.
land, makes invasion a tough job
A fifth column is an alternate
and probably easier-way.
The spy leader "is unpatriotic
immoral and inhuman." the Ma
tionalists warned. Beware OF
her!"
A Nationalist spokesman sale
the Chinese Reds we're having
their own troubles on the main
land.
Resistance movements are grow.
ing and ever day our guerrillas
are becoming bolder," he said.
He asserted IS per cent of the
mainland Chinese awaited eagerly
the Nationalists' return.
Evening star., 1950-04-14
.WeII-Dressed Woman
PIunges IS Feet Off
Bridge and Lives
Purse and Clothes Yield
No Clues to Identity;
Given Tronsfusions

A well-dressed woman with light
brown hair climbed over the rail-
ing of the Massachusetts avenue
bridge shortly after 8 am. today
and plunged about IS feet into
the Rock Creek Valley.
-Four hours after the plunge. the
woman was still unconscious. but
fighting tenaciously for life. Doc
tors who administered blood trans.
fusions said she has a little less
than a $3.50 chance Of living"
Her injuries were described as 9
compound fracture of the left
ankle. a fractured righ ankle. pos
sible internal injuries and possibl,
brain injury. Doctors expressed
amazement that her ankles were
the only broken bones received IL
the plunge.
There was nothing to identify
the woman In the small purse
found in a pocket of her coat anc
all identifying labels shad beer
removed from her clothing.
Description Issued.
Park Policemen Carroll w
Shoemaker and w. j. Grishkot
said the woman. about 30, is
about feet 4 inches tall. Her
eyes are brown and she weighs
about 125 pounds. She was
wearing black cloth coat
with a silver reindeer pin on the
lapel. a green skirt. tan blouse
and brown Snakeskin shoes. On
her hands were black kid gloves
of unusual design with different
colors.
Miss Mary Ellen Saunders of 36l9
Upton street NV. who was driv-
ing to work at The Evening Star,
(See PLUNGE, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1950-04-14
Acheson's S Daughter
Undereoes Surgery
BY the Assoeioied Press

SARANAC LAKE. N. Y. April
l4.-Mrs. William Bundy. daugh-
ter of Secretary of State Ache
son. was reported in fairly good
condition today after an opera
ton at General Hospital.
Mrs. Bundy has been a patient
at private tuberculosis sani-
torium here since last fall.
The operation Wednesday was
the second and final stage OF
chest surgery.
Mrs. Bundy. youngest of Sec
retary Acheson's three children,
had been a patient here several
times in recent years, the last
time in 1948. After the birth OF
her son in Washington last fall,
she suffered a relapse.
Evening star., 1950-04-14
Bridges Hawaii Agent Refuses to Tell
II He Was Communist Poee A-le
Stote Department Aide Denies He Helped
Keep Renegade in u. 5. Post Poee AT

Congress is taking over the
functions" of administrative agen-
cies, Mr.. McGrath said last night
in an address at an alumni din
ner Of the University of Mary
land Law School in Baltimore.
With an apparent reference to
Senator McCarthy's charges OF
communism in the State Depart
ment and the Senate Foreign Re-
lations subcommittee investigation
of the Wisconsin Republicans s
accusations. the Attorney General
said:
II do not care to what extent
the Congress goes in holding the
agencies of the Government to ac-
count for the performance of their
duties. But if it has information
on the disloyalty of Government
employees. it ought first to pass
that information on to the ad-
ministrative officers. Then. If the
administrative officers fail in their
duty. the Congress should hold US
to strict accountability"
Sees No Failure, to Date.
Mr.. McGrath added:
But, up to this time, I do not
feel that we in the administra.
ton have failed"
He acknowledged that "subver.
sive elements have tried to infil.
trate the Government" But HI
added that the Justice Depart.
ment and other administrative
agencies "are doing all they pos.
sibly can to ferret out those peo.
pie"
I'VE shall not stop until We
have succeeded" Mr.. McGrati
declared. THE Congress cannot
set itself up as a grand jury with.
out the risk of destroying the es.
sential areas of information ir
which the Department of Justice
and other administrative agencie.
are now working"
Meanwhile Alfred Kohlberg
New York importer of Chinese
textiles. told reporters here thai
he had supplied Senator McCar.
thy with information on Over
baltimore.
Mr.. Kohlberg was spotted at the
Capitol where he said he was call.
ing on Senate friends"
Senator Mccarthy has charged
Evening star., 1950-04-14

OCEANSIDE, Calf, April IA
R.-John Siguard Olsen, So. OF
the "Olsen and Johnson" comedy
team. suffered a fractured leg
yesterday in an auto accident
while en- route to San Diego for
rehearSals on a new show. He
was taken to Oceanside Hospital