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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-09
Death Toll Now 1900
I'm FL Salvador Quake
BY the Associated Press

SAN SALVADOR, Ell Salvador,
May 9.-The death toll from Ell
Salvador's weekend earthquake
rose to 200 persons today as new
reports filtered slowly into the
capital from isolated regions in
the disaster zone. The injured
were reckoned at 1000 or more.
With many villages in the earth
quake area still cut off, casualty
figures were incomplete. The gov
iernment earlier had estimated that
"over 1000" persons died in the
upheaval in the eastern part Of
the country.
President Oscar OSorio last night
ordered martial law in the devas-
tated region. Aid was being rushed
to the injured and homeless.
The army continued a hurried
evacuation Of survivors from the
region 60-square-mile zone in
the country's rich coffee planta-
ton belt close to the Pacific Coast.
Newspapers reported move to
make a vast funeral pyre of the
area, to prevent the spread Of dis
ease. Local authorities holly OPP
posed this, hoping to rescue their
records and complete identif1ea-
ton Of the dead.
Renewed but slight local earth
shocks were reported again yester-
day, but there were as yet no re-
ports of new casualties or damage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-09
Wheat Soaked in Rum
Doesn't Foze Pigeons


SYDNEY, Australia. - New
castles pigeons won the first round
of the rum-soaked wheat battle.
You may have read Of the bright
idea of Newcastle Park Supervisor
M. Sivert to feed the city's pigeons
with wheat soaked in rum. The
idea was that the pigeons would
become staggery and easy to catch.
The pigeons were-and still are
unpopular because they are eating
|up the young poppies and pansies
|sown for the big floral display.
The Newcastle people fed the
pigeons plain wheat for two days.
The third day they laced the wheat
with rum. From nearby rooftops
the pigeons swooped down into the
park. They ate heartily. They then
flew back to the rooftops in steady
formations.
Now there's talk of soaking
wheat in stronger rum for q week
before feeding the pigeons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-09
Red A-Power Growth
Cited in Debate Over
|CiviIian Shelters
BY the Asseeiassd Press

A warning that Russia's atomic
might Is growing was injected yes
terday into Senate debate over
whether to- vote funds which could
be used to build bomb shelters
for civilians.
A money bill passed by the
House carried $50 million for such
construction, but the Senate APP
preparations Committee erased the
fund entirely. The Senate is now
debating the measure.
An amendment offered by Sena-
tors Knowland, Republican. OF
california, and Holland, Democrat.
of Florida would allot $25 million
Ito the Federal Civil Defense Ad-
ministrator to aid the States In
building bomb shelters and. other
protective facilities.
Senator Knowland told the
Senate yesterday that failure to
indicate any need for such a pro-
gram would tend to throw wet
blanket" on plans being drawn by
the States.
Senator Mcmahon, Democrat
of Connecticut, chairman of the
Senate House Atomic Committee.
said he trusted none of his col
leagues had any doubts about
Russia's ability to drop atomic
bombs on American cities.
He said Russia is Stockpiling
A-bombs in ever-increasing guam
titles and yet it is now proposed
that we cut drastically" the funds
to prepare the Nations civil de-
lenses. Senator Mcmahon said II
was hard to imagine better way
to court tragedy.
The administration asked for
Icivil defense funds totaling $403.-
000, 900. The House voted $780,
I750, 900: the Senate Appropria-
Itions Committee recommended
$84 million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-09
DR.. LoveIace Is Named
To Defense Medical Posi-

DR.. w. Randolph Lovelace OF
Albuquerque. N. Mex, has been
named chairman of the Armed
Forces Medical Policy Council
succeeding DR.. Richard L. Neil
ing, resigned.
Defense Secretary Marshall said
last night that DIR. Lovelace, chief
of the surgery section and mem
Der Of the Board of Governors of
Lovelace Clinic at Albuquerque,
would assume the post July i. He
won the Distinguished Flying
Cross as q wartime Air Force
colonel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-09

John M. Denison, alumni secre-
tary for the University of Akron,
Ohio, will be honor guest at a
meeting of the Washington alumni
chapter at Z pm. tomorrow in the
Old Club Teahouse, SIS South
washington boulevard. Alexan-
dria. Va,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-09
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C..
WEDNESDAY MAY

was destitute, a gift parcel service
was begun in the United States.
Day after day the total mounted
until at the end Of last month,
West and East Germans had been
sent 40 million gift parcels. Off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-09

Gals estimate their combined value
at $375 million.
Even today, as the German
economy continues its upward
trend. Americans still send gift
packages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-09
Lovers Lone Yields Opium

SINGAPORE Up. Police re-
Gently made the biggest opium haul
this year-500 pounds Of it. worth
$3.50, 900. They found 1t in station
wagon in a section Of Singapore
known as Lovers Lane"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-09
|Germons Still Showered
|By American Gifts

FRANKFURT, Germany.-Open-
hearted Americans are still show
|ering Germany with gift parcels.
In 1916, when postwar Germany
Evening star., 1951-05-27

I've got to live with my conscience.
Wilkins made it bet. He left his car
running all night. Along toward morning, /
noticed his car was making funny sound and
cloud of steam was going up from the front
end of it. All of sudden, it gave screech
and quit
Wilkins gave another screech when he
found it. Between the car, the new piles of
dirt I'd made and the female next door laugh
ing so hard she almost fell out of the window.
"Heyr' she said. "Ill take mine before
the garage cleans you. Just leave the five
on the fence"
He left the five and got out of there, almost
running Later on in the day, two men came
with tow car. "Froze tight" heard one
of them say Three hunert bucks for new
motor = that Il learn him.
Came evening, he tackled me again. He
was sprinkling the lawn, when he noticed that
water ran down hill A bright kid, no doubt
about it. He squirted the hose in one hole
and then another. could almost hear his
little brain working. He put the hose in a
tunnel and left that on all night.
In THIS Oregon country it rains all the time.
wouldn't get through the first month of
winter, if didn't have drainage system.
And on this development I've got beauty.
1t went well, wait'll you hear what the
female next door had to say about where it
went. She started saying it at dawn
''You idiotr' she said. "You vandal! Do
you know what you did,"
Drowned that mole, maybe?"
I'm a pigs eye! You flooded our basement
with two feet of water and ruined our OIL
burner!"
Then, believe it or not, the guy started
laughing. didn't get it and neither did she.
He said this was even funnier than when he'd
burnt up his car.
SIS it my fault you've got leaky base
mept?" he asked.
Its your fault you've got leaky head"
she said. YOU'RE going to pay for the dam
age. Every penny of it. How do you like
that, Mr. Smarty?"
Il don't like it!'' he said and quit laughing
There was murder in his face = wild muir
der. Take human, nuts like that and any
thing can happen. They want action and a
lot of it. I tore down and told Rhee to start
packing.
The guys foaming at the mouth" said.
Wouldn't surprise me any to meet him in
tunnel, trying to dig us out with his bare
hands, You're going to hit for the storm
cellar and stay there till it's all over"
What about you?" she asked.
''I'll hold the fort" said. 'As long as
can"
HE storm-celar's deep gallery not con-
nected to the rest of the development. With
Rhee in there, snug and safe, could concen-
trate on the battle.
He came out in the yard that evening, lug
ging big blue can. The letters on the can
said CARBIDE. I'd never heard of it before.
This was new dodge and it had me jumping.
The female next door came out to the fence.
Mr. Wilkins!' she said ''What're you up
Evening star., 1951-05-27

curves, zigzags - there wasn't a square yard
untouched. Came the dawn, Wilkins emerged
in a bathrobe. He took one look at my work
and went straight up in the air.
"Yeow!" he yelled "You dirty beast"
He got shovel and started whacking the
ground and yelling. The window of the
young females house next door went up.
''Quiet!" she yelled. do you always run
around, half-dressed, beating the ground in
the morning."
What business is it of yours?"
sim trying to Sleep" she said. with all
that racket =" Then she saw the work I'd
DONE She gave him a friendly smile. IF
you're wise, she said, you'll tear your house
down and move out while you're still able.
You've picked fight with Mike the Mucker,
and he's unbeatable. He gave me my Jumps
year ago and said uncle But you - prob
ably haven't any more brains than you have
taste, 50 you'll keep going until he wipes
you OUT
How would you like -?'
He didn't finish whatever he was going to
say He stamped into the house, and little
later I heard him drive away in his car.
knew what he'd have when he got back.
Traps. After dark found three of them. /
triggered off two, dug the other one out, and
went back and told Rhee.
'The guys tyro," said. Its pitiful."
Don't be too sure He might fool you"
Don't be silly I'm little ashamed to be
scrapping with joker like him. It's hardly
sporting
don't know how much longer the traps
skirmish would have gone on, if the female
next door hadn't pointed out to him that he
was digging up more land setting the traps
than I'd dug to get him started. He threw the
shovel down and said something l didn't
catch.
Keep that up" she said, land your tongue
will turn black"
Poison bait was next. l went around after
him and buried it so the kids wouldn't get it.
After that, we had gas bombs. They're dam
gerous, all right, but not to me. plug off the
upper runs from the rest of the system.
Traps, bait and bombs. | was glad to see
them gone Now he'd have to improvise.
While he was thinking, l was working.
With the new family coming on was going
to need more space, two more galleries. at
least. 1t was too bad Wilkins had to plant his
lawn right over where wanted to dig. By
the time I'd quit I'd showed up four big dirt
piles in the middle of it. The female next
door was waiting for him that afternoon.
''Oh, Mr. Wilkins" she said. There's
surprise for you in your back yard"
1t sounded like needle to me. He gave
her dirty look, but when he saw what I'd
done, he took off his hat and jumped on it.
The female laughed and laughed.
''You get the maddest,' she said, "of any
man ever knew But the way you do it's
kind of cute"
That seemed to make him madder than
ever. He got his car and backed it into the
yard close to one of the dirt piles I'd made.
Another oldie. While he was getting the hose
Evening star., 1951-05-27

we'd worked them out. In her garden mole
could root out meal and you could hardly
tell the difference But in the kind he wanted.
you had life and death struggle on your
hands And that's exactly what got.
Soon a mob of humans moved in. They
tore up the ground and planted it. A few of
the main runs were broken and all of my
feeders. 1t was the opening gun. and the war
was on.
Evening star., 1951-05-27

Now, don't like to brag, but I'd be lying
if said l wasn't digging fool. Give me
hard packed clay and can make thirty yards
day Give me fresh-broken ground, and -
we'll, in that kind of stuff I've got to watch
the curves. If don't slow down going into
them, the next thing know I'm out on the
surface digging air.
went to work as soon as it was dark. Not
deep, you understand, just under the surface,
Evening star., 1951-05-27

llC lCIIldlC IoOSiiC0 anu AeAASAANN'
"You get the maddest," she said, "of any
man ever knew. But the way you do it's
kind of cute"
That seemed to make him madder than
ever. He got his car and backed it into the
yard close to one of the dirt piles I'd made.
Another oldie. While he was getting the hose
hooked on the exhaust pipe, l put tight
plug under the dirt pile. He ran the hose
from the exhaust pipe into the burrow and
started the engine.
The female said What silly waste"
What's silly about it," The guy couldn't
seem to talk without yelling. Carbon mon
oxides deadly gas, and it'll kill this blasted
mole"
Want to bet?" she asked.
"Five1l get you tent
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-03-15
War Refugee Is
Dinner Sneaker

Paul Kollar, war refugee, was
the principal speaker at the
Lions Club regular dinner meet
ing, Wednesday evening.
Mr.. Kollar was accompanied
by H. P. Garrett, who is in
charge of all forestry work for
the conservancy district. Mr..
Kollar is now working on a
forest survey for Muskingum
Forestal Conservancy District.
Mr.. Kollar, who is SIS years old,
spent 10 years of his life in a
Russian POW camp, during and
following the war. Prior to World
War II, he was in charge of l45,-
900 acres of forest land in East
ern Hungary. Since the war he
made his way out of Hungary
with the American Occupation
Forces with his wife and two
daughters. They lived in Ger
man DIP camp until last fall. His
wife died in the DIP camp, but
his two daughters are still living.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-03-15
New Grange AT
Halley's Ridge
Charter Prepared
Thursday Evening

Noble County has a new
grange organization.
Twenty residents of the Hal
ley's Ridge community met last
Thursday evening and organized
a new grange. The charter was
prepared that evening and it will
contain the list of the 20 charter
members, who were instrument
al in it's organization.
Deputy Master Clifford Par
rish of Sharon attended the
meeting and helped in the Or
ganization. Halley's Ridge is
located in Noble township, in the
Ava and Coal Ridge communit-
les.
Clifford Buckley of Ava, is the
new master and Mrs. Anna Davis
secretary. Barney Heddleson was
elected as the new lecturer. Par
rish said that Noble county now
has IL active oranges.
1t will be remembered that
Elk grange was organized three
years ago with Is charter men,
bers. This grange now boasts a
membership of over 100 and still
growing.
Three years ago, Olive grange
was also reorganized and this
membership has grown to over
$50
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-03-15
RruceIIosis Tests
Are Now Completed

According to Agricultural
Agent Floyd Henderson, the
Brucellosis test has been COM
pleted in Noble county and the
mobile laboratory has been NOV
ed to Cambridge.
Prior to this date, the collect
ion of blood samples had been
completed in Wayne, Center,
Olive, Stock and Buffalo. The
vetinarians are continuing to
take blood samples and send
them to the Cambridge labor
atory. This work is being COM
pleted as rapidly as possible with
personnel available and weather
conditions permitting.
The bleeding of all herds
which showed reaction to the
tes twill be completed before the
test of herds whose owners speci-
fically requested blood tests re-
gardless of the way the milk
tests came out.
DR.. Carr, local vetinarian, will
complete the TB testing which
was discontinued because of the
Brucellosis tests.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-03-15
New Car Sales
Zoom. Despite
Price Increase
Titles For SO
Used Vehicles
Are Also Filed

Automobile dealers here,
sWamped with orders for shiny
new motor vehicles, delivered
81 new cars in February. Sales
were about normal with a few
less vehicles being purchased
during the period because of the
short month. During the month
four new pickup trucks and three
new trucks titles were recorded
at the office of Walton (Bill)
Starr, county clerk of courts.
Donald H. Webster purchased
the first housetrailer sold here
during 1851.
Mr.. Starr said Monday that 98
used car titles were filed at his
office during the month. Other
transactions included the filing
of titles to nine pickup trucks
and four trucks. This was slight
ly below normal sales of used
cars in the county for one month.
The office receipts foA the
month included Sl27.50 turned
over to county treasurer, Ira
Pryor and $50 which has been
forwarded by check to the
bureau of motor vehicles in Col
umbus. q
Citizens purchasing new cars
and trucks in February included;
G. Virgil Reed, car; Charles H.
Gill, car; G. 7. Jennings Trans
fer Inc, truck; Norman Schoep-
pner, car; w. S. Camden, car;
Adah and Carlos Musser, car; T.
w. Ferguson. car; L. E. Young,
car; Boyd r. Wagner, pickup;
Fred McWilliams, pickup;
Donald H. Webster, house trail
er; Lee Mcdonald, car; Ralph
Robinson, car; Ewing E. Brown,
car.
Loren E. Buckley, car; Thomas
D. Buckley, car; Gerald D. String
er, truck; Harold Dunfee, car;
Fleeman Pontiac Co., car; d. L.
Harkins, car; Martin w. Schafer,
truck; Harry G. Watson, car;
Paul Kelby, car; Wilmer T. Wat
son, car; Martha Buckley, car;
James H. Moscrip, car; Paul
Wise, car; Roy E. Smith, car;
r. F. Thorla, car; Fleeman Pom
tiac Co., car; c. A. Heisler, pick
up.
John F. Clucus, car; Sam Car
tell, car: Andrew Zudell, pickup;
Herzle Garrett, car; A. Leighton
Archer, car.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-03-15
Grange Conference
To Be Held March II

The annual conference of all
oranges in Noble County will be
held Saturday, March II, ac-
cording to an announcement
made today by Clifford Parrish,
deputy master.
At this time, the program for
the summer months will be plan
ned and dates arranged for vari-
Gus meetings.
The conference will begin at
1890 a. m., Saturday, and is to
be held at Olive grange hall,
Miller street.
A potluck dinner will be held
at noon. Grange members are
asked to bring their own table
service.
This conference is an import
ant one and all oranges are urged
to have their representatives at
tend.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-03-15
State Highways
Being Repaired
In Noble County
Department Also
Completes Laying
Of New Water Line

Keeping Noble county high
ways repaired has turned into a
full sized job this winter accord
ing to officials at the state high
way garage, West street. At the
present time all efforts are being
turned toward keeping roads re-
paired and maintained until
weather conditions allow main
tenance and patching on per-
manent nature to be carried out.
Division ten crews from Mari
eta are in Noble county aiding
the local crews. Crews from the
Marietta headquarters have used
10000 gallons of bituminous mix
during the past two weeks to seal
checked spots along highways
and prevent more of the pave
ments from chipping from the
roadbed. Workmen from the
West street garage have used
5000 gallons of the mix in re-
gular maintenance work.
State route 339 between Crook
ed Tree and Dungannon is re-
ceiving special attention this
week with weak spots in the
roadbed being strengthened.
Work on the new state high
way garage just off U. S. Route
81, south of Caldwell is progress
ing rapidly with the building
now beginning to take shape. The
cement block walls of the struc-
ture are being laid this week by
the contracting firm of w. j.
Little and Sons, Cambridge.
The highway department COM
pleted, on Wednesday, their Sec
ton of the waterline being cons
tructed south of the village. Un-
der the terms of the agreement
reached last summer, the depart
ment laid 1900 feet of line, be-
ginning at the north east corner
of the new garage site and con-
tinuing north to a junction with
a section of the line being built
by the homeowners in that area.
The new four-inch line will be
one of the longest extension ever
constructed outside the corpo.-
alton limits and was made pos
sible when Nseyeral property
owners south of Caldwell organ
lied and reached an agreement
with the highway department.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-03-15

attend. 1t will be remember
ed that slightly over 1000
kiddies attended this event
last year.
Chairman Henry said the de-
tails this month are much the
same as they have been in the
past.
Business men are asked to con-
tribute at least two dozen color
ed eggs or more and bring them
to the first corridor of the court
house, Saturday morning, March
"a.
They will later be distributed
on the courthouse lawn. The
children will also be divided in
to age groups, which will protect
the smaller tots and enable them
to gather several eggs.
Chairman Henry urged the
business men today to give more
prizes. This could be accomplish
ed by giving less expensive
prizes and more of them. The
prize winning eggs are to carry
the firms name and the children
who pick them up in the mad
scramble will call for them.
Continued on Page Two)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-03-15
he County @b4e1ueaf00M Birthday 4niuenG4Y @n Sunday MaAcH

should be- The Caldwell farm received 1871 votes of the
$500 cast So Duck Creek site But the bcker
ing and law suits went for years
After three years, Samuel Caldwell decided the
Courthouse Square and surrounding land to the county
missoners June 1857 The brick courthouse erected
the next year.
Henry Howe says his history that Noble County has
have taken the time to count them But
this gives Noble another honor: is Ohos most
county.
There county officers and Jail at Sarahsville
before lost the county seat The frs officers were Robert
Barley auditor Samuel McCarry treasurer Joseph Scho-
field sheriff; Jabez Belford prosecuting attorney
Robert HeIlyer, recorder John H Jeffres, surveyor
and the three commissioners John Noble, Timothy
Smith and Jacob Lyons
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-03-15

Legislature 1916 to 1848 OF least the petitioners let him
think for he the chairman of the committee
counties
Well our lobbiests worked diligently and there the
day. The law erecting Noble County passed in Coum
bus March H. 1851 The lawmakers had to do than
that They told the citizens of the county to to the
polls the first Monday of the next month and elect
county officers.
There had to be county seat The Legislature appoint
ed three special commissioners to tour the county and
a location
These commissioners George Mccullough of jefferson
County Martin Heckard of Meigs County, and Lafayette
Emmett of Knox County, met at Sarahsve April 3d. 1851
after checking several other sites They had been paid So
day. and cost the county 123 to get unpopular SITE
The three men chose Sarahsvlle
That fall election held where the county seat
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-03-15
Red Cross Drive
Progressing In
All Communities
Caldwell's Division
ID" First To Go
Over Their Quota

Mrs. Lucille Weekley, chair
man of Division ID" of Caldwell
was the first chairman of the
Red Cross 1851 drive to report
her district over the top, accord
ing to Frank Reed, fund chair
man for this years drive.
Chairman Reed said that de-
spite the condition of the roads
and sickness reported in many
localities of the county, the Red
Cross drive is going along very
well and the workers are to be
commended for their fine work
at this time.
Noble County has a goal of
S250O., and the official drive is
to come to an end this Thursday,
March Is. All volunteer workers
are urged to make their report
as quickly as possible to the Red
Cross offices in the courthouse.
Since the report last week, the
following special gifts have been
received by Executive Secretary
L. H. Tarleton:
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Henderson,
$500; Cozier Container Corp,
$500; American Legion Auxili-
ary Noble Post Unit 252, $1,000;
Howard M. Shafer, $1,000; Rich
ard Ball, $500.
Joseph Elias, $500; Alexand-
er's Shoe store, $500; c. E. Tip
ton, $500; Gray's Store, $500;
Cox's Bakery, $l.00; T. T. Muir
ply, $500; Buckey's Hatchery,
$1.00.
Opars Beauty shop, LOO; DR..
A. G. McGregor, $500; Gillespie'S
Drug store $500; J. B. Hayes
and sons, $500; Kegerreis store,
$500: Stellfox restaurant, $l.00;
T. M. Ehlermann, $500; Gill
Bros. Barber shop, $l.00.
James & Quick, $500; Caldwell
Implement & Supply, $500; ].
w. Evilsizer Plumbing, $500;
jennings Furniture store, $1,000;
and Ohio Fuel Gas company,
$1,000.
All special gifts will be pub
lished las they are received ac-
cording toChairman Frank Reed.