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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-06-02
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE

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BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
Raymond Atkins of ,Sedalia was
complimented on his seventeenth
birthday anniversary at a surprise
party given by Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
eph H. Brown of Springfield.
Games were played and prizes
awarded to Miss Norma Jean
Mercer of South Vienna, Miss
Jessie Day of Mt. Sterling, Gene
Wilt and Lowell Robinson of Sed-
ALA.
Others attending were: Miss
Barbara Johnston, Miss Verna-
mae Robinson, Miss Marilyn At
kins, Donald Dorm and John Mantle
of Sedalia; Miss Joy Junk and
Miss Elsie Mahoney of Mt. Ster-
ling, the guest of honor, host and
hostess.
ENTERTAIN CLASS
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Brown, Bon
ner road, west of London, had an
ensemble supper party last Thurs
day evening, for members of Mr..
Browns class at the Church OF
Christ in Christian Union.
Attending were: Rev. and Mrs.
c. H. Rice and family, MIR and
Mrs. Max McClaskie and two sons,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Groves and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Holcomb, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
jackson and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Graves and Mrs. Alma
Gregg.
GUEST FROM KANSAS
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Brown and
son Bennie Bennett, Columbia
avenue, had as their guest last
week, Bennie's grandmother, Mrs.
Ora Bennett of Pratt Kansas. Mrs.
Bennett had been visiting in Day.
ton with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Cannon and came to London to be
with her grandson, Bennie Bennett
on Recognition Day, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hatfield of
Mechanicsburg were guests at the
Brown home, during the week end
and Mrs. Bennett accompanied
them to Mechanicsburg for a
visit.
ENrERTAiNs CLASSMATES
Miss Sue Hartley, freshman at
Ohio Wesleyan University. Della
ware, with her two suite-mates,
Miss Marilyn Kishman of Vermil-
lion and Miss Lola Bond of
Chicago, spent the week end with
her parents. Supt. and Mrs. j..
]. Hartley, West High street.
GUEST OF AUNT
Robert Williams, Westport,
Conn.,, returned Tuesday after a
several days visit with his aunt,
Mrs. Rea Chenoweth, North Main
street.
VISITS SISTER
Mrs. L. H. Holden of Wooster
spent Memorial Day with her sis
ter, Mrs. M. B. Cannon, North
Main street.
~ -
HERE ON FURLOUGH
Pfc. Chris T. Deneca has re-
turned to his new post at Arling-
ton, Virginia. after a 60 day fur
Tough with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Deneca.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-06-02
NAZARENE CHURCH
203 S. Walnut st,

Rev. D. A. Houeh
Sunday School $50 m, by Evangelist Walter
Jacobs 1890.
n Y. P S. p m, Virginia Bowman leader.
Evangeistic service 745 pm thro
ugh June 4h by Evangelist Walter Jacobs of Mt Sterling
Evening star., 1950-08-03
Advice Given on Treatment
Of Sun Stroke, Heat Exhaustion

to call a doctor. Then remove the
victim to o cool place, have the
person lie on his back and remove
as much clothing as possible. At
tempt to reduce the temperature
by sponging the body with cold
water, applying ice bags or cold
cloths to the head. Rub the arms,
legs and trunk toward the heart TO
increase circulation. Do not give
Stimulants.
Heat exhaustion, he said, comes
on gradually. A person may have
returned to his home after q days
work. The signs and symptoms
are a cold, clammy skin, rapid
shallow breathing and a weak
pulse. There is marked weakness
and the person may collapse.
The treatment for heat ex-
haustion Is to call the doctor first.
Then remove the person to a cool,
quiet place in q reclining position.
Loosen the clothing, but keep the
victim warm with a hot water
bottle or blanket.N II the person
is conscious, give a stimulant,
such as tea. coffee or aromatic
spirits Of ammonia.
Evening star., 1950-08-03

Health Oficer Daniel L. Seek
niger today issued some hot
weather advice to District resi-
dents.
He said summer heat may give
rise to various disturbances. OF
which sunstroke and heat ex-
haustion are the most common.
Sunstroke, he said. usually re-
suits from exposure to the direct
rays of the sun. Illness overtakes
one suddenly. The person be-
comes unconscious and, unless
properly treated, death may fol-
low.
DR.. Seckinger said it is most inn
portant to differentiate between
sunstroke and heat exhaustion,
because each condition calls for
a different type of treatment.
The signs and symptoms of sun.
stroke are dizziness sometimes &C
companied by nausea. The face
of the victim is flushed and red.
the body surface dry and hot, and
the pulse pounding. There is a
marked rise of temperature and
breathing is noisy and forced.
Treatment for sunstroke is first
Evening star., 1950-08-03
Overseas Group to Meet

Skits depicting life overseas
during the last war will be staged
when the local members Of
American Overseas Association
hold a reunion at 6 o'clock to-
night in the Library of Congress.
The group is comprised of former
Red Cross workers.
Evening star., 1950-08-03
Senate Group Shelves
Eastern High Stadium
FIoodIighting Bill

Legislation for fiood-lighting
and expansion of Eastern High
Schools stadium was sidetracked,
at least temporarily yesterday, by
the Senate District Committee,
largely because of an adverse re-
port from the Distri-t Commits
sioners.
The city heads said they thought
a special act for this $50, 900 pro-
ject. giving it clear priority over
others. might jeopardize proposals
for building q stadium for Coolidge
High School.
Furthermore, they argued, pro-
posals for lighting and expanding
the Eastern High stadium could
be considered on it's own merits in
the city budget for the 1852 fiscal
year.
Pleas for approval of the bill
were made by DR.. Allen S. Cross,
for the Eastern High Alumni and
by Carl G. Gall, for Eastern stu
dents. They said completion of the
Coolidge stadium was four years
away and that the Eastern
stadium could be available for
much wider use, including armed
service events, If given lighting for
night events.
In view of the Commissioners
stand, however, the committee
voted to delay action temporarily.
The Senate committee approved
and sent to the Senate for action
a bill authorizing police to destroy
or dispose of dangerous weapons
confiscated from persons having
illegal possession. It also reported
favorably a bill defining the au-
thorities and liabilities of the Dis
trict auditor and disbursing officer.
Evening star., 1950-08-03
Discussion Group Planned

The Biosophica1 Institute OF
Washington will hold q young
peoples discussion group meeting
at 8 pm. tomorrow in the Willard
Hotel. Young people between the
ages of 10 and 81 are invited.
Evening star., 1950-08-03

Let's be sensible. There Is no
shortage Of food in the United
States. The President has stated
there is no immediate prospect of
rationing. So let's be sensible.
Don't hoard.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
PoIiceSometimes Make Solution
Of Crime Difficult, Expert Says

off and casts made and photo
graphs TAKEN" said DR.. Ford.
The Harvard expert, who was
a key prosecution witness in last
winters mercy killing trial in New
Hampshire of DR.. Hermann San
der, offered these other pointers to
homicide officers:
/. Bullets, often vital pieces of
evidence, are sometimes lost be-
cause officers fail to make a care
full search for them.
2. Don't take a suspect back to
a murder scene if there is trace
evidence, such as blood on the
clothes-a defense attorney might
contend the suspect picked up the
blood when police took him to the
scene.
He added that tampering at the
scene probably "is one of the seri-
Gus problems in Baltimore because
ambulance drivers are allowed to
move bodies"
Evening star., 1950-10-24
No Special Session
On Social Security,
Gov. Battle Rules
BY the Associofed Press

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. "a
Gov. Battle declined today to call
Ia special session of the General
Assembly to enable county and
city employees to come under pro-
visions of the Federal Social Sc
curity Act.
Such a session was requested
last week by State Senator An
drew w. Clarke of Alexandria. He
asked the Governor to call the
Legislature to meet as soon as
possible after the November 7
elections so social security COW
lerage could be extended to the
county and city employees by next
January /.
In replying to Senator Clarke,
Gov. Battle pointed out that the
amended Sociay Security Act pro-
vides that the earliest effective
date of the act is January /, 1851,
and that the States may take
advantage of the act prior to jan
uary l, 1858.
IT am advised by the Federal
Social Security authorities that
the General Assembly of Virginia
may at the regular session of
January. 1852, adopt such en-
abling legislation as may be neces-
sary and that any agreement
entered into pursuant to such leg
islation prior to January /, 1858,
could be made to relate back to
January /, 1851" Gov. Battle said
in his Letter to Senator Clarke.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
BY the Asseeiaisd Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 24.-Some-
times police make solving a crime
more difficult, Maryland homicide
officers were told yesterday.
DR.. Richard Ford, head of the
department of legal medicine at
Harvard University, speaking at
homicide seminar, said the
most serious handicap to solving
murders was allowing tampering
at the scene.
Attending the seminar were
officers from Baltimore City, Cum
berland, Hagerstown and four
countries, Anne Arundel, Balti-
more, Prince Georges and Mont
gomery.
"A footprint, for example, may
be the vital piece of evidence, and
be ruined by police assistants who
put their size 12s down on the
scene. The area should be roped
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Lane Was Forced to Hit
Gamblers, Hughes Says

Prince Georges County Republi-
can Candidate William R. (Huck)
Hughes charged last night that
the Justice Department had to
appeal directly in 1947 to close
down gambling operations within
the county.
The appeal put the Governor
in peculiar position, but he took
the only course he could" Mr..
Hughes declared. Taking a
chance of offending the county
machine. he sent the State police
in to do the job our Board of
County Commissioners and our
police chief, Ralph Brown,
wouldn't do"
Mr.. Hughes, a candidate for the
Maryland House of Delegates,
made the charge in radio broad
cast ever Station WWDC. He
called last nights broadcast
round four of my fight with the
racketeers and the machine poll
ticians. the boys who have held
Prince Georges County in the
palm of their greedy hands for q
quarter of a century"
Promising to return to the air
again at 7 pm. Thursday, Mr..
Hughes, a former Catholic Univer-
sity boxing star, called for citizens
cleanup committees to turn out
the corruption" when they go to
the polls November 7.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Democrats Council Candidate
Calls Phone Campaign Vicious

Democratic and Republican can
didates in. Montgomery County
last night carried their political
campaigns to the Chevy Chase
Women's Club with attempts to
discredit each others claims.
Mrs. Stella Warner, Democratic
candidate for the County Council,
denied that the candidates of her
party planned to do away with
the charter if they are elected.
De Witt S. Hyde, COP nominee
for the State Senate, denied that
the Democrats had held open po-
litical forums.
Mrs. Werner charged that in
dividuals who do not identify
themselves are telephoning voters
to tell them that the Democratic
County Council candidates will
do away with the charter"
''It is a vicious campaign and
the charge itself is not true" said
Mrs. Werner.
She said the charter could not
be repealed or even amended with
out the full approval of the voters.
Mr.. Hyde said the Montgomery
Democratic machine" is claiming
credit for setting up open polit-
ical forums. He said actually the
COP had suggested such forums
to let the electorate know where
the candidates stand"
Others who spoke were Walter
w. Dawson, COP nominee for
States Attorney; Mrs. Kathryn j.
Lawlor. Republican county coun-
Gil candidate; Mrs. Margaret
Schweinhaut, Democratic NOM
Evening star., 1950-10-24

inee for the House of Delegates
and Warren Browning, Montgom-
cry County chairman of the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee.
Mrs. Schweinhaut, who is the
wife of Judge Henry A. Schwein-
haut of District Court, denied
that there was any "bossism" in
the Democratic party in Mont
gomery County.
Declaring that she was an orig
inal member of the county Demo-
cratic Victory Committee and is a
freely elected precinct captain,
Mrs. Schweinhaut said:
II can assure you that I would
not be serving in any of these
capacities subject to bossism from
any one"
Mr.. Browning played the now
famous recording of speech by
Theodore r. McKeldin, Repub-
lican candidate for Governor, in
which he praises the administra-
tion of Gov. Lane, who is the
Democratic candidate for re-elec-
ton.
Republicans, meanwhile. prom
ised to "offer proof" that it is
united behind all it's candidates
in the fight for good government
in Montgomery County"
Republican campaign head
quarters announced COP rally
would be held at 8 pm. Thursday
in the Silver Spring Armory. All
party candidates in the county are
scheduled to appear, and State
Senator Roy Tasco Davis will in
troduce Mr.. McKeldin.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Police Seek Maryland Boy
Missing Since October 9

Washington and Maryland po-
lice today were seeking a 15-year-
old Annapolis (Md) High School
student who has been missing
from his home at Edgewater, Md,
since October 9.
An aunt of the missing boy,
Miss Catherine L. Harris of 4127
River road NV, said her nephew
Robert E. Harris, disappeared on
his way to school, and expressed
fear that he met with foul play
Robert is 5 feet 3 inches tall
weighs 100 pounds, has brown hair
and brown eyes and small scar
just above his left eye. He was
wearing dungarees, a navy-blue
sweater and tennis shoes.
Miss Harris said Robert is one
OF five sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
w. Harris of Edgewater. The boy
and a brother, Martin, 16, had
been living with Mr.. and Mrs
Theodore Brown of Edgewater
Miss Harris said, and three young
er brothers live with their parents
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Water-ControI Chief
Addresses League
By the Associated Press

ABINGDON, Va, Oct. 24.-Ade-
quate water resources, the elimi-
nation of pollution and the i'm
portance of each to rural areas
were discussed here today before
the convention of the League of
Virginia Counties.
Some $50 delegates were pres
ent during today's session of the
10th annual meeting of the
League to hear the feature talk
by A. H. Paessler, executive sec
retary of the State Water Con-
troll Board.
Opening sessions of the three
day meeting yesterday were fea-
tured by addresses by League
President Carson F. Holsinger, of
Rockingham County, and the
State superintendent of public in
struction, Dowell J. Howard.
Mr.. Holsinger said in his mes
sage that "the surest defense
against attacks from without upon
our Government is an effective
and respected local government
which will halt the ever-present
tendency for governmental func-
tions and responsibilities to flow
from the lower to the upper
level :"
Mr.. Howard told the group that
distribution of the $45 million ap-
preparation by the State for school
construction depends on the sub
mission of four-year building
programs by the localities. Such
plans have been furnished so far
by Sc counties and 10 cities, he
said.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Carr Says Three Calls
Warned Him 10 Stay
Out Of Prince Georges
BY the Associcted Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 24.-Thomas
S. Carr, Republican candidate for
the Fifth District congressional
seat. said yesterday that anony-
nous telephone callers have
warned him to stay out of Prince
Georges County.
He told a Statewide meeting
of the Federation of Republican
Women that two of the calls have
been from men and a third was
from a woman. All came over
the week end.
Mr.. Carr said one of the men
warned him to LAY off" his criti-
cisrns of the vice and crime situa-
tlons in Prince Georges County.
Despite the warnings, he said,
he plans to spend all day tomor-
row campaigning in the county.
He declared that there are
more floating crap games, illegal
oookles and after hour spots run
ming wide open in Prince Georges
County than there are in Reno,
where such operations are legal"
The county is filled with gamb-
lers, Mr.. Carr declared. Some of
the top ones, he stated. have con-
trlbuted money heavily to the
county's Democratic political
machine.
Mr.. Carr added that "it is only
because Of this political machine
that these guys are allowed to run
loose"
The Republican also spoke in
critical terms of the policies of
Representative Sasscer, Demo-
cratic incumbent who is seeking
his sixth consecutive term.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Council Refuses
To Dust Attorney
AT Falls Church
Also Firmly Opposes
Personal Controversy
In November Poll

A move to oust Falls Church
City Attorney La Rue Van Meter
failed last night.
The City Council not only re-
fused to ask Mr.. Van Meters
resignation but approved a reso-
luton condemning IAN insidious
whispering campaign" against
him and taking a stand firmly
opposing the injection Of personal
controversy into the November
referendum"
Voters will decide November 7
whether to continue to have the
city attorney appointed by the
Council or whether he will be
elected by the people. The ref
erendum is required by new
charter approved by the Legisla-
ture earlier this year.
Councilman Samuel F. McCrary,
who asked that Mr.. Van Meter
be requested to submit his resig-
nation, was supported by James
E. Durant. The other six council
members present backed Mr.. Van
Meter. Councilman Karl l.. An
derson did not attend. Mr.. Nc
Crary said he was asking the at
torney's resignation "to elevate
the question to one of principle
and enable the people to vote
upon it without bias or emotion
respecting the incumbent"
so Persons Wait 5 Hours.
Mr.. McCrary and Mr.. Durant
said they thought that a ma
jority Of the voters will choose
to elect their city attorney "be-
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Maryland Breeders
Hold Annual Meetino

The Maryland Artificial Breed
ing Association is holding it's fifth
annual meeting today at the Uni
versity of Maryland.
The day-long session will in
clude tours of the barns where
the associations herd sires are
kept, an inspection of the lab
oratories, and an artificial COW
demonstration explained by DR..
Joseph c. Shaw of the university
dairy department. Max Drake,
president of the National Associa-
ton Of Artificial Breeders. will
speak.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Baltimore Democrats Plan
Suit in Shoughnessy Case
By The Assoeioted Pres,

BALTIMORE, Oct. "a (P.-A
member of the Baltimore City
Democratic Central Committee
said today he will start a court
suit against its nomination of
Leroy C. Shaughnessy for reg
aster of wills.
Frank j. Flynn, deputy chief
clerk of the Board of Election Su-
pervisors and one of the eight
committee members who voted
against Mr.. Shaughnessy, said he
would bring the court suit.
He plans to charge that the
committee meeting which nomi-
mated Mr.. Shaughnessy was il
legally called and that its action
Evening star., 1950-10-24
GreenbeIt High Pupils
In 21-MiIe Radius
Lose Bus Service

Starting today. Greenbelt High
School students living in the city
up to 2l2 miles away no longer
will get county bus transportation
to and from classes.
This development was confirmed
last night by the city Council,
which has conferred with county
school authorities and studied
State laws since reports on the
matter originated last week.
Overcrowding Blamed.
Mayor Elizabeth Harrington re-
ported that County School Supt.
Gardner Shugart declared over
crowding was the reason for dis
continuing the bus service. Mrs.
Harrington said the superinten-
dent pointed out to her that there
is greater need for the service by
children elsewhere in the county
who are even farther away from
schools than 2la miles.
State law. it was learned, does
not require free transportation for
either senior or elementary school
students. It has simply been
Prince Georges County policy in
the past to provide school buses
for children living more than 2
miles away.
Study Authorized.
Mrs. Harrington pointed out
that public transportation by Cap
ital Transit Co. and the Greenbelt
Cooperative is inadequate at pres
ent to provide the necessary serv-
ice for the high school students
Whether this transportation can
be improved is not certain, the
Mayor said. City Manager Charles
T. Mcdonald, meanwhile, was au-
thorized by the Council to con-
tinue his study of the problem
Preliminary budget discussions
began last night. but the Council
does not expect to make any head
way in ironing out 1851 expenses
until next Mondays special meet
ing. which begins at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1950-10-24

cause they oppose the present
incumbent.
IF the council really wants an
appointed city attorney" Mr.. Nc
Crary said. sit will approve my
resolution" Mr.. McCrary said he
has "the highest personal regard
for Mr.. Van Meter" and he praised
the work Of the attorney. He
added, however, "I think the coun-
Gil owes it to the community to
remove the city attorney for be-
coming engaged in political con-
troversy." Mr.. McCrary charged
that the council is briefed politi-
cally as well as legally by Mr.. Van
Meter.
Mayor Albert M. Orme, who did
not participate in the vote, told
Mr.. McCrary that if the voters
decide they prefer to have an ap-
pointed city attorney the appoint
ment would not be made by the
present council but by the council
elected next June.
More than so persons waited
nearly three hours to hear the
outcome of the two proposals re-
garding the city attorney. The
first resolution, praising Mr..
Van Meter and opposing making
any city employe the victim of po-
litical intrigue" was approved by
6-2 vote.
Tax Penalty Proposed.
Councilman Lee M. Rhodes pre-
sented the first resolution which
put the council On record with a
conviction that the citizens of
Falls Church are entirely capable
OF deciding the issue in the
November referendum on it's
merits regardless of attempts to
use personalities as a blind for an
attack on home rule"
In other business, Mayor Orme
asked the councils Finance Com
mlttee to meet with A. Burke
Hertz, commissioner of revenue,
November 16. to discuss three
proposals made to the council last
night by Mr.. Hertz.
The commissioner recommend
ed that a 10 per cent penalty ap-
ply to personal property not re-
ported by the May l deadline;
that Falls Church design it's own
personal property tax form, "if the
State form is not greatly i'm
proved" and that a standard be
adopted in calculating incomplete
personal property returns.
Mr.. Hertz said he also plans to
make "spot checks" of personal
property by visiting homes of tax
payers who request help in esti-
mating values or who file IAN abb
normally low" tax return.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Cause Of Power Failure
In Nearby Virginia Probed

Virginia Electric & Power Co.
officials this morning were in
vestigating the cause of So
minute power failure last night
that affected a large section of
nearby Virginia.
From $40 to $50 pm. power
was off in the west end of Arling-
ton, Falls Church, Mclean, An
nandale and other parts of eastern
Fairfax County.
Power company officials believe
the trouble was "system-wide",
affecting other parts of the State
also.
At the meeting of the city coun-
Gil in Falls Church last night,
Councilman James E. Durant
asked that the power company
take action to reduce power fail
ureS.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Buffet Supper at Tokomu

Successful candidates in the re-
cent primary in Montgomery
County will be guests of the DEM
ocratic Club of Takoma Park at a
buffet supper from to $50 pm.
tomorrow in the auditorium of the
Montgomery Junior College, for
merly the Bliss Electrical School.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
McNamee to Head Unit
In County Chest Drive

Harry w. McNamee, president
of the Prince Georges County
Board of Commissioners, will head
the 1850 Community Chest drive
among county employees. Walter
L. Green, county campaign chair
man, announced yesterday.
Mr. McNamee will be assisted by
w. Waverly Webb. clerk of the
county's Circuit Court. Fred
monaghan, president of the
county's Hotel and Restaurant
Association and proprietor of the
Starlight Inn, Berwyn, is conduct
ing the Chest drive for the restau-
ranteurs,