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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-09
American LegiOn's Govern
ment School Will Be Largest
Ever In This State

Four local high school junior
students, Ronald Johnson, Bill
Coon, Ed Nau and James Jacobs,
will represent this city at Buck
eye Boys State, the American
Legion-sponsored school of practi-
cal self government which opens
Saturday at Camp Perry.
Johnson and Coon were dele
gates chosen by the high school
faculty and they will represent
Port Clinton's American Legion
Post 113. Expenses of sending
Nau and Jacobs, the altemates,
will be paid by the local Kiwanis
and Rotary Clubs.
This marks the first year that
Boys State has been held at
Camp Perry and the local camps
spacious accommodations provide
enough room for the largest en-
rollment in Buckeye history.
Over 1850 junior boys fro,a
every community in the state, LIE.
gion officials and volunteer ex-
perts in every phase of govern
ment will come here Saturday to
remain until Monday afternoon,
June 10.
Pete DeWeese, Columbus, will
serve as dean and will be in charge
of faculty personnel. Governor
Frank Lausche, Senator John w.
Bricker and Bruce Henderson,
Warren, Commander of the Ohio
Legion Department, are expect
ed to visit Camp Perry during the
Today encampment.
Col. George Mingle of the Ohio
State Highway Patrol, as usual.
will have patrol equipment on the
grounds and his men will super
wise the Boys State Highway Pa
troll.
Dr. Harvey Walker will teach
parliamentary procedure; Carl
Smith will supervise civil service
and William S. Konold will be i'm
charge of administration. Ma
tional Guard personnel will handle
the feeding of the many visitors.
William e. Eels, assistant di-
rector of the Institute of Practical
,, Politics, Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
sity, Delaware, will be chief coun-
sellor of Boys State.
The youths will be housed in
the hutments on both sides of
Camp Perry's main street. Rows
of hutments will be divided into
20 cities and four counties, with
selfelected iand appointed Off
cials to govern the groups.
There will be three more cities
than ever used before. These will
be known as Coffey, Kitchen and
Eaton, named for past Ohio Ie-.
gion Department commanders.
Counties will be Galbraith, Nc
Quigg, Eden and Cole, name
} after the first four Ohio Ameri..
can Legion Department command
ers to pass away.
An assembly is planned for 2
p. m. Saturday and all boys mus.
be at the camp by four o'clock
that afternoon. Religious servic-
es will be held at the chapel and
entertainment will be presented
in the post theatre. Athletic con-
tests and swimming will be sched-
uled daily.
Upon arrival at Camp Perry,
the boys will register as mem
bers of one of the two evenly di-
vided political parties and citizens
Of the 20 cities and four counties
of the "49th state".
In the weekend campaigning
and the elections to be held Mon
day, June IL, practically all of
the boys will be elected to an of
fee. During the remainder of
the encampment, they will con-
duct affairs of their various Off
ces, vying for awards for the best
conducted city or county.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-09
cod PAYROLL IS
BIC BOOST FOR
REA'SBUSlNESS
Over $5,000,00O Paid To Civ
ilian and Military Work
ers At Local Post

Retaining it's position as the
chief industry Of Ottawa County,
Erie Ordnance Depot employed an
average of approximately 1850
civilian workers during the past
year, and poured into the towns
and cities in its vicinity approx
mately five million dollars dur
ing the same IL months.
Although the average numbe.
of civilian workers dropped from
1900 to 1850, the posts payroll in
creased better than a half a mil
lion dollars because of the federal
pay raise which was effective last
October.
The military pay raise, effective
the same month, boosted the posts
military payroll by half.
Contracts for major construc-
tion repairs and remodeling pro-
jects and purchases of supplies
and repair parts for equipment
account for the remainder of thu
total annual expense of this Ord
nance Department owned and op-
Grated installation.
The largest part of the payroll
remains right in OTTAWA County,
according to Leroy Ansalvish
Port Clinton, post fiscal officer, for
two-thirds of the posts 1856
members live in Port Clinton
Oak Harbor, Marblehead, Lake
side and right on the post.
The gross pay for the 500 civi-
liam workers who reside in Port
Clinton amounts to approximate.
$4,000 each week. Oak Harbol
employees have a total weekly
gross pay of approximately
$25,00O. Fremont employees re-
ceive approximately $4,000 each
week, while Toledo employees al
Erie receive in salary approx.
mately $4,000 each week.
The net payroll for the military
of Erie Ordnance Depot averages
$4,000 each week, according t.
John Rankin, Catawba Island
chief finance clerk, and as all tbt
officers and enlisted men reside
on the post, it is estimated tha
most of this money is spent il
Ottawa County.
While the majority of purchas
es were made right in this area
and contracts for various improve
ments were let to bidders from
this community, some Of them
of necessity, were with more dis
tant firms, it is explained b.
| William B. Woolley, Willow Beach
purchasing agent.
What is the source of the fiv
million dollars spent by Erie Ord
nance Depot during the past L
months? This question is aske'
by both employees and the inter
ested residents of this area.
BY tar the greatest part o
this money is allotted by the Of
flee of the Chief of Ordnance fo
shop production and for mainten
ance-in-storage on the half bill
hon dollars worth of artiller
stored at Erie Ordnance Depot
Various embellishments, earmarR
ed for military maintenance an
in payment of special work don
by Erie for other Ordnance posts
are received off and on during
years time. These direct an
Embellishments provide for tn
money spent by Erie Ordnanc
Depot annually.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-09
BRUISED IN ACCIDENT

Mrs. William Chic, Curtice, suf-
fered back and neck bruises Sum
day afternoon when the car in
which she was riding was struck
by a car driven by Robert Pat
terson, Spencerville. Harold Pelc,
Curtice, was driver of the car
which had stopped in Perry be-
tween Madison and jefferson. Pa
trolman Russell Shinevar investi-
gated.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-09
GRADUATES MONDAY

Miss Dorothy Patricia Harris,
daughter of Mrs. Dorothy C..
Harris, Lakeside, will be one of
430 students to be graduated
Monday when Oberlin College
holds it's 117th anniversary COM
mencement. She is a candidate
for the degree of bachelor of arts
in the College of Arts and Sci
ences.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-09
ELKS PLAN FLAG DAY
PARADE AND RITES
REAR ADMIRAL
TO BE SPEAKER
Elks Expect Many Partici-
pants In Big Parade Next
Wednesday

What may prove to be the big
gest parade in Port Clinton's his
tory is scheduled for next We'd
nesday evening when the Elks
Lodge will sponsor a Flag Day
observance with a parade through
the business district and dedi-
catory ceremony at the new flag,
pole being erected in Water Works
park.
The parade will start at 700
o'clock from the high school, and
the ceremony at Water Works
park is scheduled for 500 o'clock.
Lodge officials are hoping for ar
attendance of over 1000 persons
from Port Clinton and surround
ing towns.
-Four high school bands, includ-
ing Port Clinton, Genoa, Elmore
and Lakeside, are scheduled tc'
participate. Other units in the
line of march will be Cochran's
Majorettes, the Armyettes, Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, Brownies, Sea
Scouts, and military units train
ing at Camp Perry.
Selfridge Field officials are
sending radar outfit for the
parade, and may have formation
of Navy planes overhead. Erie
Ordnance Depot is sending six
mobile units, and the Naval Re-
serve unit at Toledo is also
scheduled for representation. Ma
tional Guard units of Port Clin-
ton and Oak Harbor may also par
ticipate.
Rear Admiral Robert M. Grit
fin, Washington, D. c., is coming
here especially to be the principal
speaker at the Flay Day ceremony
in Water Works park, an event
which may well prove to be the
biggest Flag Day observance in
Ohio next Wednesday. Admiral
Griffin is a veteran of both World
Wars, commanding the USS New
Mexico in the Pacific campaign.
He is now president of the. U. S.
Naval Examining Board.
Flags of All Nations
A feature of the program at
water works park will be the Flag
Day ceremony staged by members
of the Elks Lodge in full regalia.
The ceremony is traditional and
mandatory in Elks Lodges, but
this is the first time the ceremony
has been presented in public in
Port Clinton. Flags of all ma
tions are used in the rites.
Climaxing the ceremony, the
lodge will present a new 9xlz
American flag to the city Of Port
Clinton, to be flown from the new
65-foot pole being erected in
Water Works park, beyond the
new ball diamond.
The new flag pole, which for
merly stood at the Port Clinton
airport, is being heightened an6
re-erected through the courtesy
Of services and funds donated by
Blacks Machine Shop, Sam Conti'$
Lakecraft Welding company, St
Clair Brothers, the Elks Lodge
and others.
Exalted Ruler Richard Dern o1
the local lodge, together with
Mrs. Dern, will play hosts to Ad
miral and Mrs. Griffin in heading
the parade. Herman Frederick
is general chairman of the parade
and Wayne Petersen will be pal
ade marshal.
Admiral and Mrs. Griffin will ar
rive via air Tuesday night ant
plan to visit his former Annapo
lis classmate, Com. Webb Hayes
at Fremont, prior to his address
here.
Banner Display Asked
Officers of the Elks lodge hav,
asked that all merchants displa,
their welcome banners as we'll a
their American flags next Wednes
day to add color to this Flag Da.
event.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-09

THE NEWS is prepared to
do your JOB PRINTING on
a basis of Coed Workman
ship and Good Service at
Fair Prices. Phone 5271.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-09
FLAG DAY

Wednesday, June ii
STARS AND STRIPES
ADOPTED 1777
Evening star., 1950-04-24

Eastern Germany. estimated at
about SO. 900 well-trained infantry
men. Russia has buffer weapon
which presumably could endanger
the Allied position in Berlin with
out direct Intervention by the So
Wet Army.
But firm Allied pronouncements
putting the blame on Russia in
advance If the Communists pro-
woke trouble have apparently in
duced q cautious attitude by the
Soviet command in Germany.
The Soviet army itself Is not
reported engaged in preparations
in East Germany which might be
construed as readiness for q war
this year.
Evening star., 1950-04-24
Soviets Expected to Try Again
Next Month to 7 axe Over Berlin
Half Million Youths
Threaten Putsch
In Western Zones
By the Associated Press

The highest American officials
believe the Russians will try again
next month to drive the Western
occupation powers out Of Berlin.
They say this expected effort,
in the form Of an invasion of
the city's Western zones by half
million German Communist
youths. will be resisted to the lin
it. including the use of machine
gun fire If necessary.
Preparations to resist the
threatened putsch on May 27-29
are being made by American.
British and French authorities in
Germany. A high government
source here said the West will not
yield an inch il the young Com
munists stick to the marching
plans. They have made some con-
hicting statements as to their in
tentions.
President Truman and Sec
retary of State Acheson look to
the prospective Berlin incident,
officials said today, as
the focal point Of the present
Russian spring offensive in the
cold war.
They regard the maneuver as
a Soviet Communist effort to cap
ture the city by intimidation-by
frightening the West Berliners
with a massive. Hitler-like show
of force to demonstrate that the
Western powers are unable to
protect them.
In Mr.. Acheson's view, the
Soviet's Berlin plan apparently is
part Of a broad pattern Of Krem-
lin-directed moves to create new
tensions and fears of war in the
West and thus force the Western
nations into negotiations and new
concessions to- Russia.
Another piece in this pattern, as
Secretary Acheson repeatedly sees
it, includes the recent Baltic
plane affair in which Russian
fighters allegedly shot down an
United States naval
patrol plane over the open waters
of the Baltic area.
That the United States, has no
intention of yielding to Russian
pressure was made clear by Mr..
Acheson in speech here on Sat-
urday night to the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors. There
cannot even be an approach to an
East-West agreement, he said,
unless one idea is done away with
and that is the idea of aggres-
sion.'
Evening star., 1950-04-24
Moscow Stepping Up
Attack on Acheson' S
Total Diplomacy
BY the Associated Press

MOSCOW, April 24.-Foreign OBJ
servers here are convinced the
Russians will step up their diplo-
matte drive to counter Secretary
of State Acheson's recently de-
clared policy of total diplomacy"
Veteran diplomats in Moscow
are unable to recall in recent times
as much positive diplomatic activ-
ity as that in which the Soviet
Union is engaged.
They believe the end to this
activity is not in sight and the
Russians intend to tackle every
international issue of interest to
them or in which they see the
United States trying to take the
offensive.
The observers point to the fact
that in the past week or so the
U. S. S. R. has shown considerable
diplomatic activity in numerous
major international fields.
They have protested strongly to
the United States over the Baltic
plane incident and have rejected
an American note on the subject.
They have delivered a note to
the Italian government demand
ing payment of Italian war rep
arations.
In a note on the free territory
of Trieste they have charged the
United States, Britain and France
with violating the Italian peace
treaty.
Trade Pact With China Reached.
They have issued a statement on
the repatriation Of Japanese pris-
oners Of war.
A new Chinese-Soviet trade
agreement has been announced.
They have declared themselves
opposed to the U. N. plan to in
ternationalize Jerusalem.
Several diplomats here are con-
vinced the Soviets believe they
can match and do better than
the State Department in any Of
fensive labeled total diplomacy"
They are of the opinion the
Soviet certainly will not sit idle
and allow Mr.. Acheson to develop
anything he might term total
diplomacy"
(Mr. AcheSon has called on
the American people to join with
their Government in q concert
ed drive to beat Russia's plans
Evening star., 1950-04-24
Percy Cox, IT, Dies;
|Ex-FederaI Attorney

Percy M. Cox, n, a Justice De-
partment attorney who retired IN
1947 after so years Government
service, died of a heart attack
yesterday at Garfield Hospital.
Mr.. Cox was born in Washing
ton and graduated from the old
Columbia College School of Medi-
cine in 1895. He practiced briefly
in Hyattsville before turning to
law.
He entered the Justice Depart
ment as a secretary shortly be-
fore the turn of the century and
received his law degree from
Columbian College in 1904. That
year he was admitted to the
District Bar and to practice be-
fore the Supreme Court.
Mr.. Cox first was an attorney
with the departments bureau
which handled the defense Of
suits against the United States,
forerunner of the present Claims
Division. In the early days Of
his career he engaged in litiga-
ton of cases growing out of the
Civil War. He later handled
cases which dealt with flood con-
troll along the Mississippi.
Active in Masonry, he was for
merly a member of Hiram Lodge
and was a charter member of
Justice Lodge.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Betty Cox; a daughter. Mrs. w.
N. Morell. Bethesda, and two sons,
James B. Cox of Mclean and
Percy N. Cox, Baltimore.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow at the Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-04-24
Police Chief Believes
Reds Are Overuwed,
Doubts BIoodshed
BY the Asso<ictsd Prsss

BERLIN. April %. - Police
Chief Johannes Stumm, who COM
mands West Berlin's frontline
against communism. looks for q
battle Of words In May but no
bloodshed.
THE Communists appear over
awed by the measures we have
already taken. and we are ready
for any eventuality." he said in
an interview today.
For that reason. expect no
serious incidents next month"
Chief Stumm's force of 5000
policemen recently was increased
to 1000 by the Allied comman-
dants. and his special anti-riot
squads were provided with tear
gas. gas masks. and armored fire.
hose trucks.
Fear is a bad counselor" the
police chief asserted. I'VE face
the future unafraid."
Oficial annou m ent from
Washington that Allied garrisons
in Berlin approximating $500
troops viii fire, if necessary. on
invading Communist mobs was no
surprise to Chief Stumm.
Since January. when leaders of
the Communist Free German
Youth" recklessly said they would
storm" West Berlin at Whitsun
May 27-29). the police chief has
been assured that his force will
be supported by Allied soldiers, If
needed.
American, British and French
infantry and armored units here
are now on a combat efficiency
basis never equalled before in
the city's occupation.
But it is Chief Stumm's esti-
mate-agreed to by some high
Allied authorities-that the Whit.
sun invasion plan has been put on
the shelf by Communist tacticians.
Such plan requires the ele-
ments of surprise" he said.
80 why should they. have told
us about it four months in ad-
vance? If Whitsun comes and
goes without serious trouble, as we
expect. We shall not relax our
alertness. We stand ready to
break up an invasion any day
in the year. :.
1T Is probable that scattered
groups of agitators will try to
propagandize our people during
Whitsun. They will be Jailed, of
course. But this is a different
thing from what the Communists
were threatening at first-the
overrunning of West Berlin by
10000 demonstrators"
Official programs for Commu-
mist rallies on May Day and Whit
sun week end specify the Soviet
sector as their location.
Although Allied intelligence off,
GERS here describe Berlin as the
No. l objective of Soviet pressure
in Europe in 1850, their reasoning
is that the Russians will limit
themselves to acts short of war.
BY creating A. police army in
Evening star., 1950-04-24

Iceland now has two paint fac
tories.
Evening star., 1950-04-24
Fire and Explosions
Wreck Acc Building Al
California University
-AP Wirephoto.
BY the Associated Press

BERKELEY, Calf, April "a
Fire. accompanied by a series Of
minor explosions, destroyed the
Atomic Energy Commissions ad-
ministration building here last
night.
Acc officials refused to say
whether irreplaceable scientific
data were lost, what the building
contained. or how great was the
loss in dollar values.
Brilliant flames shot high from
the two-story frame building, at
tracing thousands - including
scientists intent on saving notes
on experiments. At least one
scientist was barred from enter
ing because Of the danger.
Quickly posted security guards
prevented any one from entering
the AEC-cyclotron area, which is
enclosed by a high, electrified
fence. The University of Cali
fornia's giant SO million CYCLIC
tron, in concrete building 100
yards away, was not damaged.
Acc officials gave out no news.
However, one commented: 1T was
an intense fire with tremendous
heat and many sparks and con-
ceivably could have set off a
catastrophe fire."
One~of the security guards said
the Acc building housed a maze
of apparatus" A fireman reported
he saw drafting tables, a labora-
tory and a big vault.
The Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation joined the Acc in an i'm
mediate search for the cause of
the fire.
The flames were controlled in
As minutes, but the building
burned for several hours.
No one was working in the
structure when the fire started at
10:45 pm. GAS am, EST.
Evening star., 1950-04-24

for world domination" In this
statement. made public March 9.
he called this total diplomacy.")
In addition to these official
statements and diplomatic notes
the Soviet press and radio have
kept up a continual commentary
on all phases of American foreign
policy, arms and atomic energy,
and Western European affairs.
The Western sources here think
that by May / the Russian will
have "activated" so many issues
such as japanese and German
peace treaties - that the three
Western foreign ministers may
feel the need of a four-power ses-
sion with Russia this summer.
Evening star., 1950-04-24
Francis Junior High Dinner

The Home and School ASsocia-
ton Of Francis Junior High
School will hold a father-son
dinner at 6 pm. Friday in the
school cafeteria. The dinner is
sponsored by the parent education
committee of the association. The
Rev. Daniel c. Hill, of the How
ard University faculty, will dis
cuss "The Moral influence OF the
Home"
Evening star., 1950-04-24

Poland foresees a brick short
age.
Evening star., 1950-04-24
Turks Called On 10 Unite
In Face OF Red Demands
~ shs Assssio.sd Press

ISTANBUL. Turkey. April "a
Russia'S renewed campaign for
bases in the Dardanelles was
viewed in Turkeys official press
today as "A call 10 the Turkish
people 10 be more awake and
united"
Turkeys position was made
clear in a front-page editorial in
UluS, organ Of the ruling Peo-.
pies Party. and distributed by the
official Anatolian Agency. obvious
ly rejecting the official attitude.
The editorial referred sarcastic
cally to an article in Red Fleet,
organ OF the Soviet navy. which
raised again RuSSia's old demand
for joint control of the straits.
Turkey has said her last word
on this question" the editorial
said. The Montreux convention
tunder which Turkey controls the
straitsl takes particular view Of
RusSia's security and guarantees
this security"