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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
MainIiner Wins
HambIetonian

GOSHEN, N. Y.,-tPl- A horse
purchased sight unseen while his
trainer was fishing bosses the
nations three-year old trotters to-
day as the result of an unexpect-
ed straight heat victory in the
richest of 25 Hambeltonians.
Mainliner, owned by building
contractor Ralph II. Kroening of
Milwaukee and trained an driven
by veteran Guy Crippen, stepped
away from 20 other high class
trotters in 2:02 3/5 and 2:04 3/5
to take down $51 ,347.26 VIM
ner's share of $95, ,263 at Good
Time Park yesterday.
Few in the crowd estimated at
1900 thought the son of Worthy
Boy would win and even fewer
ever figured the Buggy Whip Der
by would be over in the minimum
of two heats.
But Crippen, who has b n
riding sulky for 35 of his 81
wears, knew he had good horse
IN front of him and he proceeded
to prove 1t.
He beat back the challenge of
spennib, one-half of the favored
entry from the Hayes Fairaere
Farm of Du Quoin, ILL.,, In the
first mile and then came fro m
off the pace to whip pair of out
siders in the second after the
more highly regarded trotters
faded i'm the stretch.
Crippen, making only his sec
ond appearance In trotting's Ken
lucky Derby the finished thir @
with Lord Steward last year.. got
his first glimpse Of mainliner less
than . year ago. -
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
cINCI0NE TO
PLAY FOR ICE
FOLLIES HERE

Madison County Fair Board has
engaged Ray Cincione of Colum-
bus to play for the Ice FolIies of
1851 which will officially ope n
Madison County's 62nd annual
fair, Saturday night, August 18.
The orchestra will play for the
three night performances and the
Sunday afternoon matinee of the
FollieS.
Cinciones orchescra played for
years at the Club Gloria Columbus
filled 20-week engagement at
the Deshler-Wallick Hotel, Co
lumbus and has been playing dur
Ing the summer at Buckeye Lake.
Presentation of the Ice Follies
of 1851 will mark the first time
the annual Madison County ex-
position has ever provided enter
tainment of this nature.
The Follies are billed for Sat
urday night, August Is, the OPEN
ing of the fair; Sunday afternoon
and Sunday night, August 19 and
Monday night, August 20.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
BY Robert 3. Tuckman

U.N. ADVANCE HEADQUART-
ERS, KOREA, AUG. 10-lP =
Communist cease-fire delegates
flatly refused today to talk about
anything except a buffer zone on
their own terms, the United Ma
tions command reported.
When negotiations resumed
after a five day break, IT, n. dele
gates offered a series of alterna-
tives intended to break the dis
agreement over where to end the
shooting war.
The communists turned all U.N.
proposals down.
The five Red generals refused
to consider anything except a buff
fer zone back along the 38th par
allel.
The Red spokesman even resort
ed to more than two hours of sill
ence in an effort to gain h j S
point, a U.N. communique said.
The armistice talks appeared to
be at their most critical poi n t
since they began month & o
today. The U.N. communique in
dicated the tension ridden con-
ference might be nearing a break
ing point.
The Allies described the position
of the communists as "adamant. /"
They talked across the green
topped conference table for four
hours and II minutes, without a
break.
Despite the length of the ses-
sion. a U.N. spokesman said they
still made no progress"
They meet again tomorrow at
IL AM. g PM. EST, Friday.
The ten ENJOYS five COM
munist generals and five high
ranking United Nations officers
appeared almost jovial W h n
they entered the conference room
for the first time since last Sat
urday.
Negotiators resum d right
where they left off when the U.N
command cancelled meetings in
protest against a Red violation OF
the Kaesong neutrality zone.
The communists apparently were
adamant in their insistence for a
buffer zone created along the 3Sth
parallel, old political boundary
line between north and south Kor-
ca. The front lies mostly north
of the parallel, extending 35 miles
north of the east coast.
The Allied delegation held a
hushed 15-minute discussion in the
u. N. tent before Fridays session
began.
They entered the conference
room a few seconds before north
Korean Gen. Nam II led in t h {
communist negotiators. The poker
faced Nam seemed almost happy
before the meeting.
The delegations entered, as us.
ual, through separate doors.
The u. N party flying to t h c
goth session in helicopters Friday
saw no signs of armed Red troops
Their presence last Saturday caus-
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
Buffer Zone On Own Terms,
Reds Only Talking Point

ed the longest break in the dis
cussions since the N etin G S
started.
The u. N. party rode to tn e
U. N. staff house in Kaesong in
communist jeeps four of Rus
sian type and one captured Ameri-
can model. Lacking their own
transportation, newsmen were
unable to visit the spot three
quarters of a mile from the con-
ference building where Chinese
troops had a tent area last Sat
urday.
From a helieopter they spotted
two unarmed guards in the r a,
one doing in his undershirt.
No remains of the camp wer g
visible.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
BULL:
NJ. ADVANCE HEADoUART.

u. NJ. ADVANCE HEADouART-
ERs, KOREA, AUG. TO- Up -
DeadIocked United Nations and
communist truce negotiating dele
cations sat for two hours and II
minutes In dead silence today,
each waiting for the OF ther to
change his position.
The unprecedented silence W q .
precipitated, the United Nations
command said, when the commun-
lists refused TO talk about anything
except a buffer zone located where
they want it.
Vice Adm. c. Turner Joy, Chief
U. NJ. delegate, proposed several
alternatives to break the dead.
lock. Then ne waited for north
Korean 1t. Gen. Nam III, head OF
the Red delegation TO reply.
Nam said nothing.
For f3f minutes, nobody spoke
"The air was full OF electricity
said Brig. Gen. William p. Muck.
OILS, official U. NJ. O m m n {
spokesman.
He said General Nam fioetet
In nervous embarrassment, smok'
ed cIgarets incessantIy, drummee
on the green-topped conference IA
BILE with his fingers on his Gig
aret lighter. and glanced repeat
eddy NJ his wrist watch.
Occasionally he received notel
from staff officers behind hin.
But he said nothing.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
Cop Who Killed
Four To Retire

CINCINNATI-tP- Detective
Millard c. Schath, who killed four
desperate men during his career
and took part in the fatal shoot
ing of two others, has asked for
retirement on pension from the
Cincinnati Police Department.
Schath, who is So, said he was
lust tired of it all"
Schath always contended it is
better for a police officer to shoot
than be shot. In each instance the
men he killed either were attack
ing him or other officers.
A naval veteran, Schath was a
member of the crew of a sub
marine that sank in the Atlantic
in 1924.
He also served on a submarine
for a year during World War II.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
Plan Sanitary
Sewer For City

London council has adopted a
resolution to improve Olive and
Mound streets by construction Of
a sanitary sewer.
According to the resolution the
improvement will be from the in
tersection of West Center Street
and Olive Street to an easterly
boundary of property owned by
George T. Wickline on the south
side of Mound street.
The resolution states the AS
sessments for the improvement
levied against property owners
may be paid for in ten annual
installments with interest on de-
ferred payments at the sa m e
rate as shall be borne by bonds
to be issued in anticipation Of the
collection thereof: provided that
the owner of any property assess
ed may, at its option, pay such
assessment in cash within thirty
days after passage of assessing
ordinance.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
l37 FILE FOR VILLAGE
AND TOWNSHIP OFFICES

COUNCIL - Willis Mason, A.
Ross Hill, John Beale, Arthur
Calvert, B. Eugene Hott. T. F.
Lindsey.
BOARD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
b. II. Caudy, Fl. l.. Paullin, r.
H. Gittins.
Range Township
TRUSTEE = Leslie Mace.
CLERK = Frank Sherrin.
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD -
Kermit Hankins, Jacob Butler.
Village of Midway
MAYOR - Adam B. Morgan.
CLERK - Roy B. Gossard.
TREASURER - George Dorm.
COUNCIL - Gene Shoemaker,
Valoris Gildow, Max c. White
side, Gordon Knisley, Frank
Baughn, A. Russell Trehearne.
somerford Township
TRUSTEE Floyd Deck.
CLERK - Herman Seward.
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD -
Leslie S. Laird, Branford Gis t,
James Taylor.
Stokes Township
TRUSTEE - Howard Correll.
CLERK - Odell Jackson
Keith X. Rowand.
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD -
Henry Klever. Raymond Calm.
Village OF South Solon
MAYOR - Stanley Marsh.
CLERK - Elsie NJ. Murry.
TREASURER - u. G.. Evans.
COUNCIL Arnold Grear, Eliza
Knisley, Robert Ellars, Howar
r. Murry, Dale Simmermon, Char
les Saunders.
BOARD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Byron L. jerks, Clifford Glenn
ans, Bruce Baughn,
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
LEGION 0NNAIRES
IN CONVENTION

COLUMBUS, O.,-tP- A fla g
bedecked capitol city today greet
ed thousands of blue-capped
American legionnaires as the vet
erans organization swung into its
33rd annual state convention.
More than 10000 members and
their wives are expected to arrive
by Sunday when the legion will
climax its three-way get-together
with a parade. Three of Colum-
bus largest hotels are playing host
to the convention as well as to
meetings of three affiliate t e d
groups.
The state legion's executive
committee met yesterday. It after
ward announced revocation of the
charters of three posts-at Ironton,
Youngstown and Columbus.
The Frank ID. Goldcamp Post
No. SO at Ironton was asked to
surrender its charter for conduct
unbecoming a Legion Post" A
legion spokesman said the Iron
ton Post had been cited for viola
tions of liquor laws.
The Harrison Memorial P o {
No. 610 at Youngstown, and Ap-
pleby-Kelch Post, Columbus were
cited for failure to meet member
ship standards.
The committee also approved
naming, as delegates-at-large to
the Miami National convention in
October, of outgoing state COM
mander L. A. Dusseau, Toledo.
Others included r. B. Tharp,
Washington Court House.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
London Girl Is
Winner In Show

Miss Amelia 10 Foster, Midway
Street, was one of two of h e
students of Dorothy Stevens Hum
phreys, Columbus voice teacher in
New York this week, who was
chosen to appear on the ra do
program Strike 1t Rich We'd
nesday morning.
The take for answering all the
questions is $500,
Me Jo' and her partner an
swered every question and would
have won the entire amount, If
they had not been a little wary
and only risked a part of h cir
money in each step up to the
grand total. When it came to the
last question and the emcee turn
ed to Amelia Jo and asked h G r
how much she'd venture, she turn
ed to the group and said What
does Columbus say?" Columbus
said, "only $50" which raised the
total to more than 5000.
The usual question asked when
contestants appear on the pro-
gram, is why they want to Strike
1t Rich" The two students volun-
teered TO give their winnings to
a Columbus Settlement House to
aid musical students.
Mrs. Humphreys and her group
were in New York for the week
for lessons with Estelle Liebling
and Sue Reed, a concert at Mana
yucca Studio and additions { o r
radio and television shows, along
with sight seeing tours.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10

The Madison County Fair will
present a State Fair attraction be-
fore the Playground grandstand
the night of August %. Hollywood
Cavalcade is the attraction, billed
for this one night only.
1t is said to be one of the most
outstanding musical comedy re-
view eyer to be presented as a
fair attraction. A featured per-
former with the Cavalcade is
conchita. She will be presented
along with a gigantic cast. includ-
Ing a whole line Of beautiful girls,
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10

trapeze acts, jugglers, acrobats,
contortionists, aerial acts and
others.
Special spotlights, footlights and
blackout lights. in addition to
magnificent scenery and back
ground, make a beautiful setting
for this spectacular show.
This years fair is the 62nd am
nual Madison county exposition. IL
will be in full swing beginning
Saturday night. Aug. 18. and con-
tinuing day and night through
Aug. %.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
Union County
Man Jailed

Elmer Newell, Unionville Gen.
ter, O., Union County, was being
held in the Madison County Jail
today in lieu of 5000 bond after
being bound over to the gran d
jury in Mayor Lumas' court at
Plain City on charge of c h X
forgery.
Newell wa arrested by tn e
Union County sheriff and turned
over to Madison County Deputy
Sheriff Kenneth Johnson, VIII O
reported that he was accused OF
passing a $45 check at Uhlman's
store in Plain City.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
BARBER FOR SIXTY
YEARS RETlREs

Charles +. Lower. barber at
South Solon for GO years has re-
tired because Of his health. He has
given up his shop and the busi-
ness, according to word from the
family Mr.. Lower served his trade
IN the same room at South Solon
10 years.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
121 Entries In For Home
Talent Colt Stakes At Fair

One hundred and twenty on e
entries have been received for the
Home Talent Colt stakes in the
Madison County Fair speed pro-
gram. Stewart Anderson. Supt. oi
Speed, announced today.
TWO Year old Trots
John Worthy. Brucita worthy
Stormy Colby. ComaId, Our Volo
True Lassie, Prolific, Gay Nymph
Marie Spencer. Parfait. Hi-Lo's
Satin, Just Byron. Kate Colby
Batch Crusader, Titan Mite, Miss
Comet. Newport Girl, Gaynoms
Song. Guy Darnley. Mary Burns
Gilt Edge. Storm Boy. Charlie y
Roby, Silhouette, Guy Pegasus
Gerald O'Hara. Silver Lex, Pa
cific Comet, Ouch Parley
Scotch Valley, Clyde, Donna, Lois,
Leatherwood Day, Worthy Sister
Betsy Belle.
Two Year Old PAGES
Glendale Dividend. Lou Fl a n.
over. Dusty Waunee. Colonel vii
Bob Volo, Tilly Win, Mandy Lee
Roderick Holmes, Lay Tona, vii.
ming Gal, Pilots Chief, Honor Lee
Sunny Spencer, Hera Brewer
Miss Bucyrus, Miss Anita, Sor-
presa Rosa, Amber Rambler, Mao
Brewer, Grattan crumbrook
Counter Chief, Gay Rose, Range,
way, Miss Winsoke. Kristie Brew
er. Sparkel Spencer, Glendale Die
tator, McElwyn Direct. Breezie
Chief, Sally Ann, Gallant Jerry
Singafoika, Direct Zone. Winnie
Brewer. Heir Apparent, st. Regis
Bennington.
Three Year Old Trots
Lyra Dean, Silver Light. Star
v. Mac, Darnling. Ethel Key,
Belle Prone. Don Whitlock, My
Souvenier, Try Van. Cynthia Key,
Pro c. Brooke, Prince Philip
Mary Mite, Dewey Worthy, Enaj
Emma Jane, Hanover, Huldah
Hanover, Juggernaut, Walters
Boy, Jay Song. Kahla Key. Haila
Colby, Miss Tilly Guy, Glendale
Count. Emily Daily. Ann Parlay
Gloria Win, True Merry, Connie
Lois Volo, Cheerful Lad. Nancy
Song.
Three Year old Pace
Ambrose Hanover, Music. Aire
Win, Mary Beth. Attorneys Ace
Poor Pop. Mr.. Speaker. William
Webb, Singleway. Star Henley
Patty Wee, Essgo, Victory Pat
Manning Hanover, Clever Direct
um. Bomber, Maudeen Hanover
Repeat Direct.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
GOING OVERSEAS

1t. Gerald T. Cooke, son of
Mrs. Frank Reardean, 79 Toland
Street. who has been serving at
Wright Patterson Air Force Base,
will 90 to Langley AT Base for
a period training In B-26- planes
before going overseas.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
FlREMEN CALLED

Firemen were called to tn G
Floyd Ballard residence, 95 South
St, early Thursday afternoon
when small quantity Of gasoline
ignited In an auto. The bla z e
had been extinguiShed when fire
men arrived. No damage was re-
ported.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
Identifies Farm

Floyd stuthard, South VI
emma, Route I, has identified
tn G aerial view of farm,
shown In the Lucky Farmers
Photo Quiz, as the farm where
ne lives with his family. II Is
on the Old Columbus r a d
about one-haIf mile from the
MadIson-ciark county line. Mr..
sfuthard has received a pic
ture of the farm and "a gift
certificates.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
GROWS Hlo TOMATO

Harold Bostic, Richmond Ave,
was proving his ability as gard
ner today by exhibiting q tw Q
pound 10-ounce tomato. grown In
his garden. Uncertain OF the va
riety OF the big tomato. he said
1t was understood TO be 4 Grand
fathers Favorite. tHs4feH 5
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
PAROLES GRANTED
TWO COUNTY MEN

. COLUMBUS, o.. Up The
State Pardon and Parole Commits
sion yesterday granted paroles to
So inmates of Ohio Penitentiary.
Among the paroles, by counties,
with offenses and effective dates
(Sept. 10 unless otherwise noted)
We're:
Madison, David Oliver, uttering
forged check; Orville Burlington.
forgery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
esther

Considerable eIoudiness with
. few scattered shundeFshaw-
srs south Portion fcdoy and
fonIghf. High today 90 70 81
north and S4 70 90 south
portion. Low fonighf 81 70
%. sofurdoy mostly cloudy.
wern1 ond humid with fhun-
dsFshewsrs.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10

Mrs. Luther Casio. Big Plain
Pike, has entered, Mt. Carmel Hos.
pital for observation.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
coNvALEsciNe

Mrs. Charles Douglas, S GU t h
Street. is recovering after a major
operation in Mt, Carmel Hospital,
Wednesday,. Her room number Is
400.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-10
DEADLINE FOR
CANDIDATES AT
$50 WEDN ESDAY

up 10 fh6 o.SO p N. o0dotthS
Wednesday. August Q.
Union Township
TRUSTEE = Sam Johnson.
CLERK = John c. Lohr.
LONDON EXEMPTED VII
LACE SCHOOL BOARD - May
nard C. Dickerson, Glenn F,
Woosley. asM
MADISON RURAL S c HOOL
DISTRICT. BOARD OF EDUCA-
TION-Edgar G. Smith. George
Ropp.
MADISON COUNTY BOARD
OF EDUCATION, Isaiah Call, Ce.
Gil A. Reed.
Canaan Township
TRUSTEE r. B. Sherwood.
CLERK - Stanley P. Carpen-
ter.
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD -
Austin Harbage and Margaret F.
Smith.
Darby Township
TRUSTEE - Edgar c. Cannon.
CLERK - Harold Clark.
PLAIN CITY LOCAL SCHOOL
BOARD - Paul Davis, Jay Grab
er, Paul T. Haynes. Gilbert Kirby,
Howard B. Lucas.
VILLAGE of plain CITY
MAYOR - Kline c. Loomis
and Edward E. Willis.
CLERK - Fl. B. Walker.
TREASURER = James r. Lu.
cas-.
COUNCIL = w. A. Botkin
John E. Houchard, Robert z
Chapman. John s. Woods. William
Hilbert. Russell Noble, w. c
Rickard. Parker Adkins, r. r
Andrews.
BOARD PUBLIC AFFAIRS -
Jesse C. Reed, William c. You
mans, John Jones, Leslie r. Trees
Eugene Hommon.
peercreek Township
TRUSTEE - George L. Jones
Howard Pennell, Edgar Baker.
CLERK Lee Kilgore.
JUSTICE of PEACE - Ger.
aid A. Baynes.
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD -
Ivan Miller, Richard w. Howard
Gerald d. Geyer.
Fairfield Township
TRUSTEE = c. NJ, Cox, Abe
mclaughlin.
CLERK = Wilson McGlaughlir
and George Terry.
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD =
Orville Cummins, Homer Wilson.
jefferson Township
TRUSTEE - Fred Simpson
Albert Hockenberry.
CLERK = Harry Coe and
Donald (BilD Collins.
JUSTICE OF PEACE = E. E
Gregg.
CONSTABLE - Thomas Lowe
and Willard Jester.
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD -
DR.. Sol Maggied, P. Fl. Laferty
Ben III. Timmons, Donald F. Ell
lott.
Village OF jefferson
MAYOR - Homer Braithwaite
Robert J. Feddern.
CLERK = Robert D. Recob
Lucille NJ. Boyd.
TREASURER - Frank Peters
COUNCIL - Herbert Aller
ton, Richard NJ. Johnson Merrill H
Mellott. Hoyt Graves. Harry ]
Lowe, Gerald Poulson, Georgt
Baber, Harold B. RAIDER, Larry
j. Kaho.
BOARD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Herman T. Dietsch. James II
Long.
Monroe Township
TRUSTEE - d. C. Peterman
Harley McAdam.
CLERK = James r. Littler.
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD =
No petitions filed.
Oak Run Township
TRUSTEE e. Weldon Brown
CLERK = Brooks F. Beery.
Paint Township
TRUSTEE Harold $. Welsh
CLERK - James W. Boyd.
Pike Township
TRUSTEE - Willard Davis ant
Ross McCarty.
CLERK = No petition filed.
Pleasant Township
TRUSTEE Ivan Hughes.
CLERK James Haas.
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD =
Robert f. Wright, Thomas Midg
ley.
Village MT. Sterling
MAYOR = Roscoe G. Friddl
and Harry w. Junk.
CLERK - f. .. Tanner.
ise TREASURER - A. Ross AL
skire, JFh
Evening star., 1951-03-10
Senator Mcclellan
Hits obnoxious Bills
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 10
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat, of
Arkansas, wants the Democratic
Party to abandon such obnoxious
proposals" as compulsory health
insurance, the Brannon farm plan
and FEPC.
They (the proposals) clearly
indicate an attempt on the part
Of the administration to take ad-
vantage of the war emergency to
impose these unpopular and un-
desirable proposals and programs
on the American people against
their will" the Senator said last
night.
Senator Mcclellan was the prin-
cipal speaker at the annual Jeffer-
son-Jackson Day dinner attended
by some 800 Virginia Democratic
leaders who paid $25 a plate for
their feast.
The Democratic Party, said the
Arkansan, should clean up
straighten up. and measure up" to
its opportunities and responsible
ties. .
Gov. Battle introduced the Sen
ator as "a sound doctrine Demo-
crat and a great American" mean
ing a Democrat not of the New
Deal or Fair Deal persuasions.
Evening star., 1951-03-10
Kensingfon Fireman Helps
Put Out Blaze in Own Yard

Charles E. Fink, member of
the Kensington Fire Department,
was Johnny-on-the-spot at a
$4,000 fire in which a man was
burned early today. It was right
in his back yard.
Nj. Fink was off-duty and
asleep in his home at As Decatur
street, Kensington. when fire
broke out in a two-story, cinder
block building behind his house.
Mr.. Fink leases the building to
the Case Bros. Tin Works and
to the Jewel Tea Co. for storage.
He also had his own electrical
equipment stored there.
The Kensington department,
with more than the usual amount
of help from the owner of the
burning building, extinguished the
blaze after a two-hour battle.
The injured man. David Owens,
40, of the 10000 block of Meredith
street, Kensington. was taken to
Suburban Hospital with second
degree burns on the hands and
head.
Mr.. Fink said Mr.. Owens ap-
parently was in the building when
the fire broke out about S am.
Evening star., 1951-03-10
Convicted Driver Asks
ReiriaI in Death Of 7
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 10.-Leroy F.
Ammons, 81, today sought new
trial after being convicted of
manslaughter in the hit-and-run
death of Mrs. Bertha Brown and
her 3-year-old son.
He was found guilty by Circuit
Judge Benjamin Michaelson yes
terday, but sentence was deferred
pending the new trial motion.
Judge Michae1son also convicted
him of drunken driving, reckless
driving and failing to stop after
the December 10 accident in which
23-year-old Mrs. Brown and her
son Ronald lost their lives.
They were run down near their
Ferndale home after returning
from Baltimore. Mrs. Brown, wife
of a Friendship International Air
port policeman, had taken Ron
aid to see department store
Santa Claus. She had another
son and was expecting a third
child.
Corpl. Noble K. Collision Of the
Maryland State Police testified
Ammons was "stupef1ed drunk"
when arrested at the scene of the
accident.
Ammons, who won the Silver
Star and the French Croix de
Guerre for gallantry in World
War II, denied this. He said he
had been drinking, but was suf-
fering from extreme shock after
his car struck Mrs. Brown on the
old Annapolis road.
Evening star., 1951-03-10
EIectrocution OF Soldier
AT Fort Myer Investigated

Officers at Fort Myer, Va, to-
day are conducting an investiga-
ton into the death late yesterday
of M/Sergt. Jack Miller. of the
7011th Army Service Unit, De-
tachment One, Medical.
Sergt. Miller, who lived at Ar
lington Farms, was an Army med
ical technician. He was electro
cuted while repairing a diathermy
machine in the Fort Myer General
Dispensary.
Officials at the base said Sergt
Miller had been sent to the base
ment to check the machine, which
was reported to be out of order
apparently from a short circuit
They said he was thoroughly
trained to make the necessary re-
pairs.