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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
1t. Taylor On Leave
Before Going To Post
In The Far East

1st 1t. Lewis B. Taylor, Victor
Transportation officer at Erie Ord
nance Depot, left Thursday for a
80 day leave prior to his transfer
to the Far East Command. He has
been assigned to Erie since Aug
ust when he was ordered back in
to active military service from
the reserves.
1t. Taylor entered the Army in
1941 as an enlisted man and re-
ceived his commission in 1912
upon completion of Officers Can
didate School. He served a two
year tour of duty in the European
Theater, leaving active duty in
1916.
Mrs. Taylor and son, I. B., will
return to their home in Science
Hill, KY.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
Named On State
Young Farmers
Executive Group

Kenneth Diefenthaler, of Cur
tice, was elected a member of the
executive council of the Ohio
Young Farmers Association at a
reorganization meeting held in
Columbus last week.
George Vetters of Wapakonetta
was elected president of the
group.
An Ohio YEA meeting, sched-
uled for February l and 2 on the
Ohio State University campus,
will be the associations first state
convention, although local organ
izations have met on the camp
us for conferences in past years.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
Camp Perry Still
To Be Soldier CITY
Despite Denials

Despite published denials, the
NEWS today repeated its pre-
diction that Camp Perry will
be re-activated as a troop cen
ter shortly after the first of the
year.
eve fully expected that So
called official sources would
deny the report" publisher
Robert w. Reider said.
Our information, however,
was obtained from thoroughly
reliable sources and despite
the denials-which were only to
be expected-our facts as print
ed in last weeks NEWS will
hold up" he added.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
Peninsula Yule
Lighting Contest
Announced Again

The third annual Christmas dec
Grating and light contest will be
sponsored by the Peninsula Cham
Der of Commerce, it was an
nounced this week.
Residents of Danbury, Lake
side and Marblehead will be eligi-
bic to compete for a number of
interesting prizes which are to be
awarded.
Judging will be based on orig
inality and attractiveness of both
commercial and residential pro-
perties.
Members of the committee are
]. T. Kihlken, chairman, of Dan
bury; Francis Dorko, Marblehead,
and Almon Gibbs, Lakeside.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
Local Debaters Win
Decision Against
4 Other Schools

Port Clinton high schools de-
batting teams participated in a
preseason debate tournament at
Ohio State university Saturday iii
which 80 other Ohio schools we're
represented.
The affirmative team of Sally
Dewitt and Max Fischer, won a
decision over Delaware, Willis
and South Charleston; while the
negative team of Fred Schneider
and Harry Chaffin, defeated Ne
wark but lost to Dayton Oakwood.
Next Saturday the teams will go
to Heidelberg college at Tiffin to
take part in the first regular de-
bate tournament. The topic be-
ing debated this year is: RE
solved-That all American citi-
zens should be conscripted for es-
Sential service in time of war"
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
Police Cruiser
Meets Fourth
Traffic Mishap

The now not-so-new Plymouth
cruiser met another accident
its fourth, last night, when Pa
trolman John Wright, who was
pursuing motorist, skidded on
fresh packed snow and crashed
into a utility pole on Perry st.
Wright was uninjured, but the
front end of the car was badly
damaged.
Traffic conditions were at the
worst point in the year after
three inches, the seasons heav-
lest snowfall, had covered the
city early Wednesday evening.
Traffic moved at snail pace un-
til Thursday morning, when
state and county sand trucks
got on the job and relieved the
situation somewhat.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
new WAREHOUSE:
Gets UNDERWAY
AT ERIE DEPOT

Clearing of site on the Erie
Ordnance Depot grounds will be.
gin Immediately, preparatory for
construction of a new 200 by 300
foot warehouse which will be part
OF the huge expansion program
which was recently approved by
the Defense Department.
Contract for the new building
has been awarded to the H. X
Ferguson Co. of Cleveland, by the
Huntington, w. Va, Corps of En-
gineers.
The new structure will be erect.
ed north of the present installa-
tions and will be of structural
steel and brick masonry.
The contract calls for installa-
ton of sewage system, electric,
water and drainage facilities and
construction of a railroad spur,
and a system of new bituminous
roads and driveways.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
Genoa Man Heads
County Firenen

Edward Stone was elected presi-
dent Of the Ottawa County Volun-
teer Fireman's Association at a
meeting in Jerusalem Township
Fire Station Thursday of last
week.
Vice-president of the organiza-
ton is Charles Harpel, of Mill
bury and Howard Scott, also of
Millbury, is secretary and treas
urer.
The Association members rotate
their meetings in different towns
of the county each month. The
next meeting will be held January
10 in the Catawba Island new fire
station on Sand Road.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
Combined Choruses
To Give Program In
Carroll Township

The combined choirs of the Lo-
Gust Point United Brethren
Church, the Lacarne United Breth-
rem Church, and the Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints will present the can
tata, "The Child of Bethlehem"
at 8 p. m. Tuesday, December 13,
in the Carroll Township school
auditorium.
There will be IA vocal selec-
tions on the program, most of
them in keeping with the relig
ious theme of the Christmas sea-
son.
Soloists will Include:
jeanne Rahrs, soprano; Paula
Polling, soprano; Dolores Robert
son.. contralto; Dorothy Lacy,
contralto; Robert Hahn, bass; John
Cover, bass; Thomas Reeder, bari
tone, and Ruby Kidd, contralto.
Kenneth Hahn will be director.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
INSURANCE
GROUP ELECTS

Sam Christensen was elected
president of the Ottawa County
Insurance Association at an an
nual reorganization meeting held
last Thursday in the Island
House.
w. w. Druckenmiller, Oak Har-
Dor. was named vice president and
Howard Fulton, Port Clinton, sec
retary and treasurer.
Members of the board of direc-
tors include: Gene Bolte and AL
bert Davids, Jr., of Port Clinton;
Robert Carroll, Lakeside; George
Brandow, Elmore and Don Fore
man, Oak Harbor.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
APP WORKERS GET GIFT

Employees of the Great Atlantic
& Pacific Tea Company through
out the country will share more
than S2,00O,OO0 in pre-holiday
compensation this year, it was an
nounced today by Ralph w. Bur-
ger, president of the food chain
Every employee with as much as
six months service will receive
a part of the annual fund voted
by the company's board of direc-
tors. Distribution is scheduled
for Friday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
I raffic Infraction
Cost Autoist SIS

Found guilty of passing another
vehicle at an intersection, Lewis
Offenburg, rural route 2, Port
Clinton, was fined SIS and costs
by Mayor Carl Becker Monday.
According to police testimony
the Offenburg car collided with
an automobile operated by Ray
mond Bollin, city, on route 2 east
of Port Clinton.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
Cub Christmas
Party Tuesday

Distribution of a gift exchange
by a miniature Santa Claus will
feature the Cub Scout Christmas
party which will be held in the
High School Auditorium next
Tuesday, December 18.
Parents of the boys will take
part in minstrel act, and there
will be an illustrated lecture on
''The Poor Fish" by Prof. Puffle-
wort.
Refreshments will be served
following the program, which
will be in charge of Cubmaster
William Phipps.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
OHIO SALES UP go

In the first ten months of 1851.
total Ohio retail sales were up 6
per cent over those for the same
period of 1850, according to the
November issue of the 'Ohio Re-
tail Annalist,' published by the
Bureau of Business Research at
Ohio State University.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
Traffic Deaths In
Northwest Ohio
s. Last Month

There were % fatal traffic ac-
cidents in District A last month,
according to 1t. S. B. Radcliffe, of
the State Highway Patrol.
In the district, which compris-
es "a Northwestern counties, in
Guiding Ottawa county, there was
a total of SIS traffic mishaps in
which 35 were killed and 445 in
jured in November.
State Patrolmen made total
of 958 arrests and issued 3,733
written warnings.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
MARITIME GUILD ELECTS

Glen Jones is the new president
of the Maritime Construction
Guild, comprised of Matthews
Company employees of Port Clin-
ton. Andrew Wright was elected
to the vice presidency. Max Dub
bert was named secretary and
treasurer, and Basil Stevens and
Ralph Smith will serve as trustees.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14
c. OF c. MEETS THURSDAY

The Port Clinton Chamber of
Commerce will hold its regular
meeting this Thursday night in
the Island House. The business
meeting will bic preceded by a
dinner beginning at $50 o'clock.
George Schade, president, will
preside at the years final meet
ing.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14

THE NEWS is prepared TO do
your JOB PRINTING on basis
OF Good Workmanship and
Good Service at Fair Prices.
Phone. 527l.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14

Mrs. William Allan is chairma
of tke drive in Port Clinton.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-14

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Evening star., 1951-04-20

Drivers, Brassies, Spoons and No. Woods
made with chrome steel shafts, black leather
grips and solid persimmon heads.
Evening star., 1951-04-20

flown only four or five missions in
Korea since his arrival in the
Far East Command March 16, his
wife said. She has learned his
plane crashed during a strafing
mission over enemy ground troops.
A graduate of Tuskegee In
stitute, Capt. Gray was commits
stoned there after air cadet train
ing in 1912. After Is months
Of combat duty in Italy. he was
transferred to the weather service
and stationed at the Pentagon.
Later, the service was moved to
Andrews.
Pvt. Lloyd, an 18-year-old para
trooper, was wounded seriously in
action with the 18th Airborne
Infantry Combat Team on March
I25-Easter Sunday. His mother,
Mrs. Alice L. Lloyd, said she has
received no other details.
One Of three brothers and four
sisters, Pvt. Lloyd enlisted here
two years ago and has been in
Korea about nine months. Before
Joining the Army he was gradu-
|ated from Hine Junior High
School. He is reported in a hos
|pital somewhere in the. Far East
Command, his mother said.
Slightly Wounded.
Listed as slightly" wounded
was Pvt. Warren. 20, grandson of
Mrs. Lucille Washington of the
Rhode Island avenue address. His
father. Leon Warren. lives at 443
IN street NV.
Mrs. Washington. who raised
Evening star., 1951-04-20
Blind Leads Blind In This Organization

|annoyed by blind groups which
had sighted people as leaders. They
believed that sighted people
couldn't fully appreciate the prob
lens Of the blind and started their
own organization.
At the headquarters of the
organization shop sells items
made by blind people all over the
world. The senders are paid upon
acceptance of the article.
Evening star., 1951-04-20
BY the Assoeiafsd Press

NEW YORK.-"Let the blind
lead the blind" That is the motto
OF an organization made UP en-
tirely of blind people including
the board OF directors, officers and
members. It's called, THE AS
sociated Blind, Inc"
The organization was founded
IA years ago by Mr.. and Mrs.
Irving Sells, both blind, who were
Evening star., 1951-04-20

A Washington fighter pilot with
a record of 102 missions during
World War II is missing in flight
in Korea, the Defense Department
announced today.
Air Force Capt. George E. Gray,
l30-year-old former Andrews Air
Force Base weather officer, has
Evening star., 1951-04-20

7oung Warren, said he re-enlistec
i the Army early last spring after
ne three-year hitch. Reported
wounded March "a, he is recover.
ing in a hospital in Japan, she
said.
Pvt. Stevens. nephew of Mrs
Fred Lewis, was wounded the enc
Evening star., 1951-04-20

been missing since April S, accord
ing to his wife, Mrs. Loretta Gray
of 637 Keefer place NV.
The department also reported
four District men have been
wounded in action in the Korean
fighting: Pvt. Joseph c. Lloyd,
jr.. $50 M street Sc; Pfc. Leon
J. Warren, jr., 1874 Rhode Island
avenue NV; Marine Corps Pfc.
Charles R. Stevens, jr., 3O01
Twenty sixth street NE, and Pfc.
Evening star., 1951-04-20
District Pilot Missing on Korea Strofing Mission

James E. Irving. 1888 Fifth
street NV.
Crashed on Strafing Mission.
Capt. Gray, a Psi pilot In
Italy during World War II, had
Evening star., 1951-04-20
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Of March while serving as rifieman
with the 1st Marine Division.
He enlisted at the age of II,
was discharged after two years
and re-enlisted for a three-year
tour of duty. Mrs. Lewis said.
Word of his injury came April 5,
on his 22d birthday.
In Korea Since August.
Pvt. Stevens, whose parents are
dead, was raised by the L.ewises.
He was on a cruise with the Fleet
Marines in the Mediterranean Sea
when he was ordered to Korea
last summer, Mrs. Lewis said, and
has been in Korea since August.
Pvt. Stevens Is a former carrier
for The Star. He is recovering at
a hospital in Japan.
Pvt. Irving, son of Mrs. Emily
N. Ransome, 1888 Fifth street
NV, was born in Arlington. He
attended school in Detroit and
Shaw High School, Rhode Island
avenue and Seventh street NV.
Pvt. Irving, now 20, enlisted in
the Army at the age of 16 in
1948. He served seven months
and was discharged in January :,
1949. He re-enlisted in July, 1850,
and became a private first-class
last January. He was wounded
slightly in a shrapnel burst Easter
Sunday, March Is, and is now In
a hospital in Japan.
Awarded Second Medal.
HARRISONBURG. Va, April
20 (SpeciaD .-Corpl. Walter L..
Often, 81, brother of Mrs. Harry
Huffman, was wounded seriously
in Korea in January and has been
awarded his second Purple Heart
medal.
A nine year veteran Of the
Army, Corpl. Often was wounded
in the hips and legs during
World War II and won his first
Purple Hearth then. He is re-
covering from the Korean injury
in Japan and expects to be home
soon.
Mrs. Huffman said her brother
has written he plans to re-enlist
for the third time in about six
months, when his present duty
lis up. He will be assigned to
Inon-combatant duty after that,
and may stay in the Army for 20
years, Mrs. Huffman said.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Court Bans Texas
Bias Against
Negro Voters

FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. l.
The United States Circuit Court
of Appeals this week decreed that
Negro citizens of Harrison County
must be allowed full participation
in all the voting machinery of the
county, thus VIGOROUSLY terminal
ing battle for the franchise wag-
ed in Texas by the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People for more than a
quarter of century.
Reversing lower court decision,
the appeals court ordered that Har-
rison County Negroes must be Civ
en- full rights of membership in
the Citizens. Party or any other
political group. The opinion stated
that the primary election of the
Citizens Party "has effectively con-
trolled the election of candidates
for county offices for over fifty
years and asserted that the exclu-
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Bill Offered
To Abolish
Segregation In
coIored Schools

JEFF SON CITY, Mo-
(NNPA) - Representative Victor
Lay, colored Democrat, of st.
Louis, introduced a bill in the
Missouri House last Tuesday which
would permit the attendance of
colored students at any public
school in the district in which they
live.
The measure is designed to abol-
ish segregation schools in the State.
Mr.. Lay said he thought if the
University of Missouri is required
to admit colored students "why not
start it in grammar schools when
they (the children) are young.
Missouri's 1916 constitution pro-
vides that colored pupils may be
permitted to attend a white school
in any district where there is no
colored school. But throughout it's
history Missouri has provided sep
arate public schools for colored
children.
Mr.. Lay said all four colored
Representatives are sponsoring the
bill. The others are Representa-
tives John w. Greene and LEROY
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR IGNORES
WORLD WIDE PLEAS AS FOUR
OF MARTlNSVlLLE SEVEN DIE
Mass Execution OF Negroes Is First
Of Its Kind In Nations History:
NAACP Appeals For Remaining Three
Walter White Cites Propaganda Use
of Case In Africa And The Orient

Richmond, Va, Feb. 3.-(DSN)
Pleas from all over the world,
including England, France, Ger
many, Russia, and China, that
poured into the office of Governor
john Battle, together with a mas
sive delegation carrying banners
calling for prayers for the CON
demned men, sponsored by the
Civil Rights Congress and a last
minute appeal by the National As
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People proved to be of
no avail as four of the Martins
vile Seven" went to their death
in the electric chair here Friday
morning.
The four of seven Negro men
convicted and sentenced to death
for the rape of white woman in
1947 were Joe Henry Hampton,
Howard Lee Hairston, Booker T.
Millner, and Frank Hairston, Jr.
The remaining three men were
Continued on Page Three
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Chicago Urban
League To Hold
34th Meeting

CHICAGO-(ANP)- The eco
nonic stability of Chicago and
the situation of its Negro COM
munity will be presented at the
34th annual meeting of the Chi
cago Urban League to be held at
the Hotel Sherman at noon on
February 7.
A panel Of outstanding author
tiles will highlight the facts on
this important subject. They in
clude Leverette Lyon, executive
officer of the Chicago Association
OF Commerce and Industry, a ma
tionally recognized economist; DR..
Philip nj. Hauser, sociology pro-
fessor and outstanding statistician
at the University Of Chicago; ST..
Clair Drake, professor of sociology
at Roosevelt College and co-author
of "Black Metropolis"
Sidney Williams is executive
secretary of the league. The
agenda for the meeting will in
clude the election of new board
members and the presentation Of
the 1850 service report.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
0koIona College
Host TO COED
Conference

Okolona, Miss. = The Annual
State Coed Conference sponsored
by college YMCAs and YWCAs in
Negro colleges will meet at Oko-
Iona College April IA. Eight col
leges participating in the confer
ence were polled to determine the
most suitable date.
Delegates from Okolona invited
the conference at the meeting last
April which was held at Alco1n
College. Campbell College has also
hosted the conference. The con-
ference is now holding its third
coed session. The first meeting
held at Southern Christian Insti-
tute in 1948 was YWCA only.
The conference is one feature of
the cooperative program of Chris
tian education sponsored by the
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
George Hull One Time Sharecropper
Now Operates 1900 Acre Delta Farm
Credits Rise To
Good Management
Practices

Washington, D. c., Feb. 5-By
following good management prac-
tees, a migrant sharecropper, who
arrived in the Mississippi Delta
with only 60 cents in his pocket 40
years ago, now operates a 1,7O0-
acre farm.
The former cropper is George
Hull, ST., of Indianola, Miss. How
he rose from landless migrant to
become one of the outstanding
colored farmers of the South is
contained in a report received last
week by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture from State Extension
Leader M. NJ. Hubert of Mississip-
pi.
Mr.. Hull, says the report, is now
a small cotton planter with 80
tenants on his place. During some
good years, he and his tenants
gross over 100000. Also, he OPP
crates a modern grocery store on
his farm and owns considerable
property in the town of Indianola.
In recent years, with the help
of his county agent, Robert A. Lee,
he has been shifting part of his
cotton acres to soybeans and hay
crops. Mr.. Hull says he plans to
continue raising cotton, but he is
also going to raise more hogs and
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Preacher And Kin
Held In Laurel
Murder Mystery

LAUREL, Miss, February s.
(SPECIAL)-Rev. Ira Blanks, Jr.,
former pastor of St. Paul Mis-
sionary Baptist Church of DAN
vile, ILL.,, and his nephew, J. M.
McGill, was arrested here last Fri
day in connection with the mystery
Staying on February % of Rev.
Lewis Dean, A Baptist Minister and
a longtime employee of the Mason
tie Corporation.
Police chief Valentine said Fri
day that no charges had been filed
against Rev. Blanks and his nephew
but they were being detained as
strong suspects for investigation.
Rewards totaling more than
$1,000 have been posted in an eff
fort to solve the mystery.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Ex0NERATE CAPT. HILL.
NAACP URGES AIR FORCE

father and sister. He was given
the opportunity Of resigning or
facing service hearing He
chose to present his case at a
hearing scheduled for Selfridge
Field, Michigan.
In his wire to Secretary Finlet-
ter, Mr.. White said: "The National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People is shocked to
learn Of the demand of the Air
Force for the resignation of Capt.
Charles A. Hill, Jr., Of Detroit, on
the irrelevant basis of the alleged
activities of his father, the Rev.
Charles A. HILL"
AS reported in the press, the
wire continued, there is no indi-
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10

by individual reporters, certain
newspapers, and organizations and
finally by an open hearing in the
Rules Committee.
A few months following Lautier's
admittance, Alice A. Dunningan of
the Associated Press was accepted
as member of the galleries. For
nearly four years no other Negro
reporter was accepted.
Simmons is veteran writer,
lecturer, and for many years
professional Republican leader and
worker. He has been connected with
newspapers for a long period of
time. He is regular contributor to
the Washington Eagle, the official
organ of the Elks lodge. 1t is
rumored he has been offered the
editorship of that monthly publ
cation.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Col. Roscoe Simmons, Native Of Miss.
Admitted TO Capitol Press Gallery

WASHINGTON = (ANP) =
Roscoe C. Simmons, columnist for
the Washington Times Herald and
Chicago Tribune, native of Mis-
sissippi was accredited to the SEN
ate and House of Representatives
Press galleries last week.
Simmons became the third Negro
member of the regular press gal
laries and the first to be admitted
as the representative of white
daily paper.
Louis Lautier of the Negro
Newspapers Publishers Associa-
ton was the first Negro to be adj
mitted to the galleries in 1947 af-
ter certain technical rules of the
standing committee were changed
by order of the Senate Rules Com
mittee.
The rule change was the result
of an extensive fight carried on