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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-13
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Mrs. George Caswell and daugh.
ter, Sandra, Long Beach, Calf,
arrived here Sunday morning for
an indefinite stay with her sister,
Mrs. Ethel Fielder, and other rela-
tiveS.
Pitted Cherries, zoe h., Gypsum
Canning Company. 22-1t
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William Thompson and daugh-
ter, Martha, of Canton, we're week
end guests Of his sister, Mrs. Hal.
lie Finefrock. Mr.. Thompson re-
turned home Monday while Mar
tha remained for a longer stay
with her aunt.
-r>r Mr.. and Mrs. Orville
@ Payne, $50 Laurel Ave-,
y are the parents of son
weighing seven pounds, 1871 oun-
ces, born Saturday in Magruder
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Emmett
spent the Fourth weekend in Co.
lumbus at Buckeye Lake.
Groups I and II. Msgruder Hos.
pitaI Guild. will hold q bake sale
Sat-, July IA. at II a. m. at Ger.
ner & VOLTS. 22.lt
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Stump of Roy
al Oak, Mich, returned to their
home in Cleveland after weeks
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wright, West Second street.
II drive with an easy mind.
Gene BoIte insvres my car-yov
bet" 52.tf
Mr.. and Mrs. James Camplin left
Sunday for their home in Miami,
Fla, after having been here for
4 week because of the illness and
death of her father, Harley Robin
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Wood and
son Clayton, of Elgin, Illinois,
spent the past weekend with Port
Clinton relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
X. D. Alexander.
Smith Automotive, Incorporated,
| telephone number is 2-4022
Wholesale and retail dealer.
22-1tx
Mr.. and Mrs. William Younker
and Mrs. Albert Pettibone, repre-
sentatives of the Younker Insur-
ance Agency, spent Tuesday and
Wednesday in Columbus attending
the statewide meeting of the May
ilower Insurance Company's
agents. The meetings were held
Tuesday at the DeshlerWallick
hotel, while on Wednesday they
were guests of John Galbreath
Associates at the Derby Dan
Farms for an all-day picnic.
Pitted Cherries, zoe lb.. Gypsum
Canning Company. 22-1t
Margaret and Barbara Wenger,
twin daughters of Mr.. and Mrs
Donald Wenger, Lakewood, arriv.
ed today for ten day visit with
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
George Wenger.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Goodall, of
Chicago, are expected Monday VI
a two weeks visit with the latter's
mother, Mrs. Walter Wagener al
the Lake House.
| -. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom SemOn and
family returned last week from {
two weeks trip touring the east
ern states.
| -: -: -
~S0 Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Os
W. borne, Route 2, are the
parents of a son weighing
five pounds, 13 ounces, born Sun
day in Magrrder hospital.
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WaSSon Smith, student at Ohio
State University, spent the weel
end here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Smith.
Mrs. Virginia Bowen and son
Brooks, of Washington, d. c., lef
Thursday after having spent tn,
past two weeks as guests of Mr.
and Mrs. William l.. Moon an(
family.
Rugs and carpetins. Free esfi
mates. Dwight w. Fox Co., II.
w. Second ST. Phone 2.202l.
Mrs. Paul Lockwood, society edi
ItOr Of tho Nous iS apiOvipo
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-13

Mrs. George Caswell and daugh-
ter, Sandra, Long Beach, Calf,
arrived here Sunday morning for
an indefinite stay with her sister,
Mrs. Ethel Fielder, and other rela-
tiveS.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-13

CARD OF THANKS
We gratefully acknowledge and
deeply appreciate the many kind
nesSes and expressions of SYM
pathy extended to us at the time
of the death of our husband and
father, Harley Robinson. We es-
pecially thank the friends and
neighbors for their thoughtful as
sistance, DR.. Wood, the Masons,
Gerner g. Wolf, and Rev. Miller
for his words of comfort.
Mrs. Clara Robinson, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Camplin.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-13

and Mrs. William Smith.
Mrs. Virginia Bowen and son.
Brooks, of Washington, d. c., left
Thursday after having spent the
past two weeks as guests of Mr.
and Mrs. William l.. Moon and
family.
Rugs and carpetins. Free esii.
mates. Dwight w. Fox Co.. ia
w. Second St. Phone 2.2o2l.
Mrs. Paul Lockwood, society edi-
tor of the News, is enjoying a
weeks vacation with her husband
at Niagara Falls. Mr.. Lockwood
has recently been discharged from
service.
Groups | and u Masrvder Hos.
pital Guild. will hold a bake sale
Sat-, July Ia. at II a. m. at Ger.
ner & VOLTS. 22-lt
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Mrs. Robert Loder spent few
days last week at Reno Beach the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. |. j. Cowles
Smith Automotive, Incorporated
telephone number is 2-4022
Wholesale and retail dealer.
22-ltx
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Pitted Cherries. zoe h., Gypsum
Canning Company. 22.lt
Bert Klein, operator of Burt's
Store was in Cleveland Sunday at
tending the Merchandise Show al
the Statler Hotel, and buying stock
for the Fall and Winter trade.
Mr., and Mrs. Myron Stone oi
Detroit, are guests at the Rudolph
Chaplin home on West Third St
Myron was a Port Clinton resident
more than 40 years ago, the sor
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Isaa,
lStone.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-13

Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Wood and
son Clayton, of Elgin, Illinois,
spent the past weekend with Port
Clinton relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
X. d. Alexander.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-13

Smith Automotive, Incorporated,
telephone number is 2-4022.
Wholesale and retail dealer.
22-1tx
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-13

Groups ! and II. MsgrUder Hos.
PitaI Guild. will hold a bake sale
Sat-, July Ia. at II a. m. at Ger.
ner B VOLTS. 22.1t
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-13

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stump of Roy
al Oak, Mich, returned to their
home in Cleveland after weeks
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wright, West Second street.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Baseball by Telegraph

the wire is much more difficult
than doing 1t live" from the
ball park. mainly because of
the details that must be filled
in to keep the description in
teresting. At Griffith Stadium.
they can describe things actu-
ally happening; when they're
doing out-of-town games. they
must call upon their imagina-
tion.
Chief complaint that has
been received from listeners
concerning the recreation of
the game is from those who
can understand Morse code
and can hear the ticker in the
background during a broadcast.
They claim it takes the thrill
out of listening to the game to
be able to know what's hap
pened before 1t is broadcast!
Evening star., 1951-08-12
By William II. kreh

Descriptions of the action
are wired as simply as possible.
For example. the symbols Bl
HI OS would be described to
listeners as ball one. high out
side. Likewise. SIC Is read
strike one. called, and S2F
would be read as strike two,
swinging.
The operator is equipped
with a sending key with which
he can talk" to the out-of-
town operator. He does this
in cases where descriptions of
plays coming in are not clear.
In such instances. the sports
caster usually fills in with arti-
ficial details until the play is
cleared up.
Mcdonald and Wolff agree
that broadcasting games from
Evening star., 1951-08-12

THANKS to Samuel F.. B.
Morse and his invention
of the telegraph. local baseball
fans can hear a play-by play
description of an out-of town
Nationals game almost as fast
as it happens. without the an
nouncer ever leaving Wash
ington.
For the past several years.
running accounts of most of
the Mats games on the road
have been brought to home
town fans by direct wire from
ball parks in other cities.
Arch Mcdonald and Bob
Wolff of WWDC keep the
"piped-in" broadcasts COM
parativcly simple. Broadcast
crs in other cities sometimes
try to make descriptions of re-
created out-of- town ball games
as realistic as possible by using
recorded sound effects of such
things as peanut vendors.
cheering crowds and even the
sound Of a bat hitting a ball.
In most cases, however. these
announcers are describing &C
ton on the diamond as late as
an hour after 1t actually hap
pened. due to the special sound
effects work needed. Local fans
have shown. according to
Messrs. Mcdonald and Wolff.
that they prefer to have the
special effects dispensed with
in order to get a description
of the game as soon as possible.
Mcdonald and Wolff are
quick to admit that much Of
their running commentary on
telegraphed games is filled in"
and not actually sent in on the
wirea Only the barest details
Of plays are received in the
studio, but they are made more
colorful by the announcerS. who
draw on the experience of
watching games in person and
imagining many of the things
that are happening at the
distant park.
Key man in the broadcasting
operation is the Western Union
operator. He sits at a type
writer next to the announcer
and as the description of plays
Is received in Morse code. he
translates and types it. 1t is
from this translation, read
while still in the typewriter.
that Mcdonald and Wolff give
the running account of the
game Only in rare cases Is a
play described that has hap
pened more than 4 or S minutes
before.
WASHINGTON n G.. AUGUST
Evening star., 1951-08-12
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You can prove this, yourself by
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, 1951-05-12
Mother Day Program
Set At State College

WHEREFORE, O., May II
(Special)-Attorney Elsie Anstin,
National Labor Relations Board,
Office Of the General Counsel,
Washington, will be guest speak
err, at Central State College, Sun
day, May 10, for the Fourth An
nual Mothers Day Celebration
sponsored by the Big Chums, an
organization under the guidance
of Dean Elizabeth M. Anderson.
Attorney Anstin's accomplish
ments are eminent: she was the
first Negro appointed Assistant
Attorney General of Ohio; she
has served as legal advisor and
Executive Secretary to the Re-
, 1951-05-12

Hawkinsville, Ga, Police Chief
James T.. Bragg told the jury the
two Fort Bragg, N. c., soldiers
were handcuffed together and
each had n hand free. .
He said the pair attacked him
last night in the front seat of his
car as he drove them toward Rob-
ms Air Force Base at Warner
Robins to face charges of being
AWOL.
Houston County Corner James
Rainey identified the soldiers
only as "Loais l.. Passmore of
California" and Lon Guy Asman
Of Hawkinsville.
Air Force officials-who are
conducting a military investiga-
ton withheld Identities of the
men unity their next of kin are
notified.
Charles Williams Of Warner
Robins, foreman of the jury, said
Bragg claimed the men suddenly
showed him under the steering
wheel Of the car. The officer said
he managed to empty his re-
, 1951-05-12
Draft Board
Rejects Stm
GI0be-TOfter

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, May II
(INS)- Basketball Star Tony
Lavelli returned to the United
States from South America for
Army induction, but was rejected
by his draft board.
Draft officials did not announce
the reason for the rejection.
The 23-year-old former Yale
University court ace, who was the
nations high scorer in 1919, had
been touring South America with
the Harlem Globe-Trotters. He
was scheduled to report to his
draft board Monday, but was
granted a two-day delay to fly
back to the United States.
Lavelli said he plans to return
to South America after a brief
visit to his home in Somerville,
Mass.
, 1951-05-12
One ShopMter
MdbbedAs Other
Hees Detective

Specializing in 'sladies night
les" one member of a s%hoplifting
team is being held by police and
his confederate is being sought
following the capture Of Lawrence
Stokes, %, of 2248 Lakeview
Ave. by a store detective at
Sears-Roebuck.
According to the detective, he
was able to hold Stokes, but the
second man escaped.
, 1951-05-12

One is the story Of Leonard
Allen, 38, Of 314 S. Robert Blvd,
Apt. 2, who told police officers
that he. and his wife, Pearl, rs,
had been in an argument, and that
she threw lye water in his face
causing minor burns about his
face and eyes.
The second case was that OF
Bernice McLemore, 80, of 1920
Peach Ave-, who told Hagan and
Allen that during an argument
with her roomer, George W.
Johnson, 80, he threw a contain
err Of lye in her face, neck and
breast. She said johnson threw
her on the floor where she was
further burned on the hips and
legs by the I've on the floor.
The record shows that about
, 1951-05-12

A songfest, featuring the out
standing combined choirs Of the
church, will be presented Sunday
at 1880 P. M.
The Montgomery County Mis-
sionary Union will meet for re-
gular business on Monday at 8
P. M. in the home Of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Eva Burns, % Krug
St. All participating churches are
urged to be present.
MISSIONARY UNION will
sponsor the Institute, all day
Thursday, May "a, at Tabernacle
The theme is "Know Your
Church." The following topics
will be discussed: stewardship"
led by Rev. J. F. Radford; "Home
and Foreign Missions" led by
Rev. J. Welby Broaddus, and
"Youth and the Church." led by
Mrs. Girlene Franklin. The SEES
, 1951-05-12

a year ago, she was attacked by
the same suspect and filed a war
rant, but withdrew it and paid
the cost Of court herself. She ad-
mitted being intimate with John
son over a period of four years.
POLICE ARE STUMPED on the
whereabouts of two thugs who
beat and robbed an ~80-year-old
man in the vicinity of the Kuntz-
Johnson Lumber Co. an Mound
St. Ben Daugherty was the victim
ofthe smuggling. He told the weird
story at headquarters while look
ing through the 'rogues" gallery
with detective Sgt. James B. Ho-
gan and Detective John Allen in
hopes of recognizing his assail-
ants.
He said he was returning to
home, 1011 Mathews Lane, when
the two men came upon him in
Continued Page 4
, 1951-05-12

volver at the soldiers during the
scuffle.
Williams said the jury agreed
the men we're shot at close
range and the angle at which
the bullets entered the bodies
supported the chiefs story.
One of the soldiers was shot
four times and the other twice.
The only other person present
during the shooting was Bragg's
five-year old son, Tommy, who
the chief said was asleep in the
back seat at the time.
, 1951-05-12

corder of Deeds in Washington;
she is an authoress; former Matt
onal President of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority and was designat-
ed "Woman of the Year" by Al
pha Kappa Alpha Sorority in 49,
48.
The Mothers Association in CO.
operation with the Big Chums
will sponsor a weekend program
beginning Friday, with a Coffee
Hour, 1880 P. M. a Symposium
Saturday followed by a recreat-
ional period and eliminating with
an onpen worship service Sunday
at II A. M. in Galloway Audi
forum.
, 1951-05-12
For Commencement
Dr.. Befhune Speaker

Special to The Express
HAMPTON, Va, May 1.-THE
world-famous founder Of Beth
une-Cookman College, DR.. Mary
Mcleod Bethune will be the conn
mencement speaker at Hampton
Institute on June 4.
She gained fame as a special
advisor to the late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
, 1951-05-12

Bragg, who said he had arrest
ed the soldiers earlier yesterday
in Hawkinsville, SO miles from
Warner Robins, took their bodies
to the base hospital.
MILITARY OFFICIALS at the
air force base said one Of the
soldiers had suffered a fractured
leg, which was in a cast at the
time of the shooting.
The Air Force added that the
soldiers, dead on arrival at the
hospital, YER unarmed and still
were h~andcuffed together.
, 1951-05-12

sions will continue all day begin
ming at 10 A. M. Luncheon will
be served in the social rooms.
Mrs. Minnie Parks of Home Ave.
has returned home after spending
two weeks visiting relatives and
friends in Atlanta, Palmetto and
College Park, Ga.
, 1951-05-12
Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy and warmer to-
day, high IS to 20. Some cloud
mess and cool tonight, lowest
35 to 40. Sunday, partly cloudy
and cooler.
, 1951-05-12
Local Church To Mark
Annual Mother Duv

The Rev. J. Welby Broaddus, pastor of Taber-
nacle Baptist Church, will deliver a special Sunday morn
ing sermon at II A. M. in honor of Mothers, marking the
celebration of Mothers Day.
, 1951-05-12
Jury "CIeors" Georgia Police Chief Who
Killed 2 Unormed> Hondcuffed GIs

WARNER ROBINS, Ga, May IL QNS)-A Georgia police chief who
said he shot and killed two unarmed, handcuffed soldiers because they at
tackled him was cleared" early today by a coroners jury that ruled he fired
self defense.
, 1951-05-12
POLICE BlOTTER
Detectives To
Two 'Zye-H yoMiings ="
By JIMMIE JONES
Staff Writer

Detective Sgt. James 3. Hogan and Detective
John Allen have been assigned to investigate of two "lye-
throwing' complaints on the police blotter.
, 1951-05-12
Congress TO Decide On zoe Cigarette Tax

WASHINGTON, May II ONS)- House tax writer's ire
using the weekend to marshall forces O both sides to a smoking
controversy-whether the nation must pay an additional two cents
a pack for its cigarettes.
, 1951-05-12
Macarthur Out Of Uniform FOR Ball Game

NEW YORK, May IL ONs)- Gen. Macarthur will ap
pear out of uniform in public today at the Polo Grounds to SCI
the Giants-Philes ball game.
, 1951-05-12
Big 4 Deputies In 50fh FruiiIess Session

PARIS, May II UNS)- Big Four deputies meeting in
Paris in an attempt to draft an agenda for a formal conference
held their fifteth session today but it again a q fruiAess n
, 1951-05-12
LATE Bulletins
Congressman Sees Improved u. S. Weapons

BAN FKANCTSCO, May i INSJ- Improved weapons for
the United States a a result of a third series of atomic tests just
completed in the mid-Pacific were predicted in San Francisco today
by Rep. Henry M. Jackson, of Wash.
, 1951-03-20

as Of now, no Iron Curtain tactics
have been employed to black the
station out, nor have state laws
been passed prohibiting Georgians
of either color to listen to
WEIRD programs.
OUR FOLKS CONTROL an i'm
portant medium of commun-
ications. What could st. Louis and
several scores of other Negro
communities do with such a medi-
UNI to air their causes, display
talents, give boys and girls oppor-
tunities to enter all phases of the
radio industry and make money
the real reason for any business.
These are just a few reasons
why I wave the flag of Atlanta
an Avenue of Achievement in it.
self. I could not leave the subject
, 1951-03-20

name. The measure now goes to
the Ohio House Of Representatives
for a vote. It is expected that the
bill will hit no snags in that body.
Under the new law, the state col
lege will also be able to grant
degrees in the liberal arts.
The last tie between the schools
on adjoining campuses has been
the legal right of the church school
to name one member of the board
of trustees of the state school. The
Daniels bill wipes out this right
which has not been exercised since
1947.
, 1951-03-20
to Radio Station WEIRD, another

to Radio Station WEIRD, another
Negro venture.
Now in its second year Of Ne
gro ownership, WEIRD is just an
other example of Atlanta's onward
march in the business world. Each
time I visit Atlanta and go into
VERBS studios or listen to its
fine array Of programs, I get real
bitter with a letter-writer in st.
Louis who wrote one Of the week
lies there opposing that was term
ed a "Jim Crow radio station.
Radio is big business and to me
it can be termed "Jim Crow" no
more so than can banking, manu-
featuring or any other industry or
business enterprise that serves the
public. My big question would be:
GLOW in the name of God can
one conceive of Jim Crow air.
planes?"
The Blaytons, owners a d
operators of WEIRD, would tell
you that their assigned channel
has no colorline; and the man who
hands out the radio-listening rat
ings would tell you the same.
There are IL radio stations in the
greater Atlanta area and, accord
ing to Hooper, WEIRD holds the
second listening position of the
city for its air-hours. Only ap-
proximately 20 percent Of this
city's 100000 population is Ne
gro.
Within the 1OO-mile reach Of the
WEIRD channel wave length are
100000 people. This is the heart
of MI. Talmadges's Georgia; and
, 1951-03-20
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member of the Fifth St. YIN
CA.
His mother is a member of the
board of directors of the Dayton
NAACP. He has two sisters, Ann
Rhodes and Linda Borah, both of
Dayton.
1T. JAMES BYRD is the son
of James A. Byrd, business mana
ger and fiscal officer of the State
College at nearby Wilberforce. On
Jan. 80, his father received a
letter on Jan. 80 saying that Byrd
had been up front for a solid
month. On Feb. IL, the officers
father received unofficial word
from a friend saying that he had
been captured by the Communists.
A wire several days ago confirm
ed the fact hat 1t. Byrd was
missing in action.
He was a graduate of the State
College at Wilberforce, class Of
1850. The young officer entered
the service last July as a Regular
Army officer. He graduated as a
Second Lieutenant from the RO-
TIC at Wilberforce, and at the
time he was reported missing he
had just been promoted a rank
higher. He was a platoon leader
with the 9th Infantry Regiment of
the Second Division.
His mother, Mrs. Grace w.
Byrd, died several years ago. She
was prominent in affairs of the
college. 1t. Byrd is a member of
the Episcopal Church and the
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
, 1951-03-20

without pointing out that Of
schools, colleges and universities
in operation for the purpose Of
educating Negro boys and girls,
here are located the best, and the
same goes for other institutions
-YMCA, YWCA, so on.
Atlanta has reason to wag it's
tail of vanity-its an Avenue of
Achievement.