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Evening star., 1951-01-17
School Bus Wreck
Killing Two Blamed
On Icy Rural Road
By the Assoeiofed Press

GLADWIN, Mich. Jan. ia
slippery, ice-covered rural road
was blamed today for a school bus
wreck that killed two pupils and
injured a score more.
Authorities investigated to de-
termine If q strike of county road
workers had any bearing on the
mishap. Sanding operations had
been interrupted by the strike.
The bus. loaded with As pupils
homeward bound from Gladwin
Rural Agricultural School, collided
with q creamery truck yesterday
at a one-way bridge.
The bus careened over the
bridge railing and carried the
screaming youngsters into the icy
water IL feet below. The bus
landed upside down in three feet
Of water.
Heroic efforts Of the bus and
truck drivers and a crew Of Michi-
gan Bell Telephone workers were
credited with saving many pupils
from drowning.
With water pouring through
broken windows Of the bus, the
rescuers worked frantically to get
them out Of the wreckage.
The youngsters were carried tc
q nearby farm house and treated
for shock. Ambulances brought
the injured to Gladwin hospital.
Killed Instantly were Arthur
Fisch, 7. and Dennis Zelt, 6, both
Of Gladwin, q central Michigan
community.
Ward Klein, 80, Gladwin, driver
of the bus, suffered lacerations
about the head but ignored his
wounds to join in rescue efforts.
Roy Davis, %, Gladwin, driver of
the truck. escaped injury.
Evening star., 1951-01-17
Soviet Press Reports
u. 5. Policy Crisis
BY HE Assoeiotsd Press

MOSCOW. Jan. 1.-THE Soviet
press in = series Of reports today
pictured an increasingly acute
crisis in the United States and
Western Europe over American
foreign policy.
The articles gave Russian read
ers the definite impression that
President Truman's policies are
arousing ever more formidable
dissatisfaction tn the Western
world.
One article reported that from
the Presidents own party Sen
ators George of Georgia and
Douglas Of Illinois had Joined Re-
publicans in demanding congress
sional approval before the dis
patch Of any more American
troops abroad.
Pravda. Izvestia and other lead
Ing papers commented that the
stand Of Senators George and
Douglas had even greater sig
niflcance than that Of prominent
Republicans holding the same
view.
In Germany. Pravda and Izves-
tia reported. dissatisfaction was
increasing rapidly over West Ger
man Chancellor Konrad Ade-
nauer's refusal Of East German
Premier Otto Grotewohl's invita-
ton to negotiate on German
unity.
Evening star., 1951-01-17
BY the Assoeioied Press

A teacher who goes to summer
school apparently can take a
Federal income tax deduction on
the cost if she must go to hold
her job-but not If she does 1t to
get a better job.
Internal Revenue Bureau Off
cials said it shapes up about that
way on the basis of court deci-
sions, but they cautioned that the
lines of distinction are fine and
each case must be decided on its
own facts.
The bureau has been opposing
attempts by teachers to take a
business-expense deduction for at
tending summer school even in
cases where they were required to
go to hold theri jobs. But now it
has given up in one case, which
may be a precedent-setter.
Victory for Danville Teacher.
That is the case of Mrs. Nora
Payne Hill, a Danville (Va.) high
school teacher who won a deci-
sion over the bureau last summer
by carrying her battle to the
United States Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals after losing the
first round in the Tax Court.
The bureau could have carried
the Circuit Courts ruling up to
the Supreme Court. But after
months of mulling it over it has
decided to quit claiming Mrs. Hill
Evening star., 1951-01-17
Utah Fugitive Caught
After 200:Mi|e Flight
With Police Captives
BY The Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. H.
Robert Lee Clifford, who engi-
neered a spectacular jail break
with q butcher knife, was cap
tured yesterday after q 200-mile
flight in a police car.
Three officers he took along as
hostages were not harmed.
Clifford, a 35-year old native OF
Tombstone, Ariz., broke out Of the
county jail in Twin Falls, Idaho.
He had been held on q minor
charge Of putting slugs in a slot
machine.
Now he faces four serious Fed
eral charges.
In making his bid for freedom,
Clifford used a butcher knife to
threaten guard and gain pos
session of several guns. He forced
Twin Falls Deputy Sheriff Jim
Benham and City OfIicers Angus
A. Spence and Lee Talkington into
a police car and sped away.
Clifford used the cars radio sew
eral times, threatening to shoot
his hostages If any attempt was
made to retake him.
However. Sheriff Warren w.
Hyde Of Utah's Box Elder County
pulled up quietly behind the es-
cape car when it stopped in VIII
lard, Utah. He opened q rear
door and Deputy Benham stuck .
thumb between the hammer and
firing pin Of q revolver held by
Clifford. Clifford was disarmed
after a brief struggle.
He was taken to Ogden, Utah.
for arraignment before a United
States commissioner on three
Federal counts Of kidnapping and
a motor vehicle theft act viola
tion. He then was brought to the
Salt Lake County jail.
Evening star., 1951-01-17
Unity Octave Services
0pen Here Tomorrow

Speakers for the chair of unity
octave, to be held from tomorrow
through January Is in the Ma
tional Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception on the Catholic Uni
versity campus, were announced
today by the Franciscan Friars
Of the Atonement, sponsors of the
observance.
Services of the unity octave, for
the reunion of all Christians in
the Roman Catholic Church, will
be held at o'clock each night.
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
OBoyle, Archbishop Of Washing
ton, will preside at the opening
service tomorrow. The Rev. Theo-
phane Murphy, director of the
Graymoor Fathers Mission Band,
will speak.
Speakers during the week will
be the Rev. William K. Dunn,
assistant secretary, Catholic Near
East Welfare Association, Friday:
the Most Rev. William A. Scully,
Coadjutor Bishop Of Albany, N. Y,
Saturday; the Rev. Cletus Mulloy
of the Passionist Fathers Mission
Band, Sunday; the Rev. Thomas
Cribbin, associate editor of Eph-
pheta magazine, National Cath
olic Educational Association, deaf
section, publication, Monday.
The Rev. Warren Schmid dbauer
of the Capuchin Fathers Mission
Band, Tuesday; the Rev. Thomas
F.. Stack, professor at st. Thomas
Seminary, Bloomfield, Conn, next
Wednesday, and the Rev. Edward
L. Curran, president, international
Catholic Truth Society, Janu-
airy rs.
Evening star., 1951-01-17
Teacher Upheld in Deduction
of Summer School Expenses

owes an extra $57.52 on her 1945
income tax.
The bureaus reluctance to yield
was tempered by the Circuit
Courts specifying that its deci-
sion does not hold that "all ex-
penses incurred by teachers in at
tending summer schools are ne
ductible. It said the Hill deci-
sion was limited to the facts of
the case" ....
Needed More Credits.
The Hill case was an instance
of 27-year veteran of teaching
with master of arts degree be-
ing required by Virginia law to
get more college credits or pass
certain examinations to obtain q
renewal of the teaching certificate
she needed to keep her job.
Mrs. Hill went to summer school
at Columbia University in New
York.
When the year was out, Mrs. Hill
reduced her net taxable income
by deducting $239.50 in summer
school expenses from her income
She braved trouble with the Reve-
nue. Bureau by claiming it as COR
dinary and necessary business ex-
penses."
The Circuit Court stressed that
Mrs. Hill went to Columbia to
maintain her present position. not
to attain a new position; to pre-
serve, not to expand or increase:
to carry on, not to commence"
Evening star., 1951-01-17
Inquest in Death Of Man
| After Fiqhf Set for Today

An inquest will be held today
in the death of Joseph M. Marks
jr., SO. Of 1905 Brentwood road
NE, who died in Gallinger Hos
pital yesterday after a fight with
q 40-year-old Post Office clerk.
The clerk, John j. Conlin OF
1900 Brentwood road NE, was
charged with second-degree muir
der and ordered held for action
of the grand jury yesterday when
brought before United States
Commissioner Cyril S. Lawrence.
His bond was set at $4,000.
Police said the argument started
in a restaurant in the 1900 block
of Rhode Island avenue NE, and
quoted Conlin as saying he pushed
Marks, who fell out the door.
Conlin was arrested at his home
about 2 am, unaware that Mr..
Marks had been injured, police
said.
Evening star., 1951-01-17
General School
To Move to New Posi-

The Army announced yesterday
that its Adjutant General School
at Fort Lee. Va, would be trans
ferred to Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Ind, about March 10.
The relocation was necessitated
by expansion Of the quartermas-
ter facilities at Fort Lee, they
said. About 500 officers, enlisted
men and civilian employees on the
school staff and $50 students will
make the move.
Evening star., 1951-01-17
james Roosevelt Sued
By Campaign 'PubIicist
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17.-Rus-
sell Birdwell claims James RooSe-
velt owes him another $4,000 fol-
his services as publicist in Mr.
Roosevelt's unsuccessful campaign
last fall for Governor of Cali
fornia.
MIR. Birdwell filed suit yester-
day, saying he had been paid $10,-
900 but believes his services were
worth $4,000.
Evening star., 1951-01-17

tographer could have drawn life
in prison If convicted under the
second-degree murder indictment.
When the panel announced its
mot guilty" verdict after two
hours and 81 minutes of delibera-
ton, Gehr broke down momen-
tarily. He recovered his COM
posure and thanked the Putnam
County jurors individually.
Spectators Applaud Verdict.
Applause broke out in the court
room and one spectator shouted:
BE good to your kids"
Gehr. the father of two daugh-
tiers, was judged by a jury Of
seven mothers and five married
men.
Mrs. Dorothea Matthews, 81.
the trim and sultry "other women"
in the case, was absent from the
courtroom for the climax of the
drama that started last July 10.
That was the night Gehr's wife.
Andrea, 81, led private detectives
to her husbands cabin near
Brewster, N. Y, in search of
divorce evidence.
Admitted Shooting "Prowler."
Gehr. who admitted shooting
his wife, said he thought the
divorce raiders were 'prowlers."
and that when he fired through
the cottage screen door, he had
no idea his wife was outside.
Mrs. Matthews, a red-haired
divorce. testified for the State.
But even the prosecution admitted
she was on Gehr's side. She said
she was at the cabin to care for
Gehr's children.
Mrs. Matthews was divorced
after the shooting from Mark
Matthews, q New York messenger
service executive. Her own di-
vorce followed a series of sensa-
tional bedroom raids and spicy
accusations.
No Plans for Marriage.
There had been rumors that
Gehr, formerly a Hollywood pho
tographer, would marry Mrs. Mat
thews If acquitted. But yester-
day he said he does not plan to
wed her.
In his one-hour charge to the
jury, Judge John P. Donohoe said
the State had not proved any
motive for the killing.
IF you reach the conclusion
that the taking of the life of this
woman was justif1able or excusa-
BILE, then your verdict must be not
guilty." he said.
Evening star., 1951-01-17
1.-Two 6. 0.P. Senators
Warn Of Initiation Peril
In War Housing Plan
BY ihe Associofed Press

Two Republican lawmakers de.
manded today that "inflationary
aspects" of President Truman's
big-scale defense housing program
be held to a minimum.
Republican Senators Ives oi
New York and Schoeppel of Kan.
sas declared that while some sort
Of program to provide housing for
defense workers is necessary, Con-
gress must see to it that the prof.
ect does not dangerously strain
the Nations economy.
Senator Sparkman, Democrat
Of Alabama. said he agrees the ad-
ministration program could in
crease inflationary pressures. He
added. however, that the plan IL
vitality important and must be un-
dertaken despite the danger.
FSA Officials to Testify.
Senators Sparkman. Ives and
Schoeppel all are members Of the
Senate Banking Committee, which
scheduled another hearing on the
administration bill today. officials
Of the Federal Security Admins
tration were called to testify.
The measure would authorize
the Federal Housing Administra-
ton to insure an additional 5;
billion worth Of new construction
by private industry.
Government officials have esti.
mated that about 81 billion ol
that total would be earmarket
for defense area dwellings undel
the program, which they sale
would be on a standby basis unit
absolutely needed.
The remaining - billion II
mortgage authority would be han
died under the regular FILA In
surance program which has beer
in operation several years. Ray
mond M. Foley, housing and hom'
finance administrator, told tn,
committee yesterday.
Provides Federal Grants.
The bill also provides for Fed
eral grants for community facili
ties, such as schools. In new hous
ing developments. Another pro
vision would authorize the Gov
ernment to build defense housin,
If private industry could not sup
ply 1t.
Mr.. Foley said the main re-
lance in overall program woult
be on private builders. His tes
timony urging a So billion expan
sion Of the FILA mortgage IN
surance program caused Senate
Robertson, Democrat. Of Virginia
to question whether that woult
be wise at a time when I'VE fac
one of the worst imitation threat
that ever confronted u.s."
Evening star., 1951-01-17
Aviation Advisory Council
Is Named for Virginia
By me Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Jan. 1.-two
moves aimed at bolstering Vir-
ginia's air defense have been car
ried out by State Civilian Defense
Co-ordinator j. H. Wyse.
A State Aviation Advisory
Council was appointed yesterday
and the co-ordinator's Office took
over the operation Of the Ground
Observer Corps from the State
Division of Planning and Eco
nomic Development.
Thomas Wheelwright, jr., Of Mr.
wyse's Office will control the
Ground Observer Corps, while the
Advisory Council will be under
the State Office. reporting to Chief
of Air Defense Allan c. Perkinson
Evening star., 1951-01-17
Gen. Taylor Will Become
Assistant Chief Of Staff

Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor
Army commander in Berlin. will
became assistant chief of staff for
operations here February /.
The Army said today he would
succeed Mai. Gen. Charles l.
Bolte, who was nominated by
President Truman yesterday to
become deputy chief OF staff for
plans with the rank Of lieutenant
general.
A former superintendent OF
West Point, Gen. Taylor COM
manded the 101st Airborne Divi-
sion during the last war.
Evening star., 1951-01-17
Southwest Is Center
OF Primary Planning
For Redevelopment

The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission will start
making its plans for redevelop-
ment in the Southwest section Of
the city, according to John Nolen,
jr., director Of planning.
Three areas are marked for
study in the selection of proposed
sites for projects to be carried out
by the Districts Redevelopment
Land Agency. The other two are
in the Southeast and Northwest
sections.
Surveys to Start Soon.
Speaking at luncheon meet
ing Of the Washington Clearing
House on Urban Redevelopment,
Slum Clearance and Housing at
the YWCA yesterday Mr.. Nolen
said basic planning and surveys
should start within the next few
weeks.
He said that study Of the three
sections would go on almost
simultaneously, but that the first
efforts probably would be concen-
trated in the Southwest area.
The national defense program
may have an important influence
on the plans, he observed.
Scarcities Noted.
with scarcity of building ma
terials and labor on the horizon
for some time to come, it is likely
that the current redevelopment
program will have to favor areas
where there is substantial justifi-
cation for rehabilitation of exist
ing structures" he said.
MIR. Nolen announced plans for
informal conferences between the
planning commission staff and
representatives of the Clearing
House to discuss general policies
of the program.
BY obtaining at an early stage
the benefits Of constructive think
ing in the community on redevel-
opment problems, he said, it is
believed "the misunderstanding
and opposition which prevented
acceptance Of the Marshall
Heights redevelopment project
nearly two years ago" can be
avoided.
Appropriation Refused.
The Marshall Heights project
died after Congress refused to ap-
propriate funds for 1t.
John Searles, newly appointed
executive director of the land
agency, discussed arrangements
for financing the redevelopment
program now contemplated. The
Housing and Home Finance
Agency has approved a preliminary
advance Of $170.185 to get the slum
clearance and redevelopment pro-
gram under way. Some of the
funds will be turned over to the
planning commission for its
studies.
The three areas to be studied
are: Southwest. bounded by Vir-
sinia avenue. Seventh street,
James Greek parkway and P street;
Southeast. bounded by Pennsyl-
vania avenue. South Capitol street,
Eleventh and N streets, and North
west. bounded by New York ave-
nue., Fifth street. North Capitol
street and Constitution avenue.
James c. Turner. vice president
OF the Central Labor Union, was
elected president Of the Clearing
House.
Evening star., 1951-01-17
Doq Bites Orson WelIes

ROME. Italy. Jan. II o.
Three anti-rabies injections didn't
stop Orson Welles today from cut
ting his latest film, "Othello." A
small stray dog bit him three days
ago,
Evening star., 1951-01-17

h o spit al in
Japan, is the
son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William
H. Hogue, 1922
N ! n e t eenth
street NV. In
a recent in
S t allm ent Of
t h j S column,
an incorrect
p C ture OF
Qaurtermaster
H o 6 u e ap-
neared because
of faulty trans
| mission of the
Evening star., 1951-01-17

picture from Japan.
Corpsman Gaylord Bancroft
writes from a rice paddy near
Pusan that he is very lucky to be
alive" Attached to a company
in the 1st Marine Division. he
says that, of 210 infantrymen
seven officers, and eight corpsmen
only 80 men, one officer. and two
corpsmen are left now, the others
being casualties. Despite this. the
corpsman Is glad I'm with the
Marines" Before entering the
service last August, Mr.. Bancroft
lived at 2029 F street N: w.
First Infantry headquarters re-
Gently announced the appoint
ment of I'd Lieut.. Russell Perry to
commandant of special troops
non-com school in Germany. 1t.
Perry, who formerly lived at 5518
Greenway drive, Green Acres,
Md. is a Marine Corps veteran OF
World War II.
David T. Livingston. steward
SIC, was in Naples for the Christ
mas holidays. His ship, the de-
stroyer mine layer Shannon was
there several days, and the crew
gave a holiday party for war or
phans of that city. Steward Liv-
ingston is the husband of Mrs.
Roslyn G. Livingston, 1917 Ames
street NE.
Two District sailors recently
visited Toulon in the south Of
France. Chief Yeoman Eugene
M. Sims, 800 Sixth street NE.
has been serving on the destroyer
Pierce. and Chief Torpedoman's
Mate Frank F. johnson. AS Mel
Evening star., 1951-01-17

side q mountain
cabin where he
was weekend
ing with an
other woman.
BY the &C
quittal verdict,
the jurors indi-
Gated they ac-
cepted G e h RS
contention that
the pred a W n
. h o o t ing was
accidental.
he ha n d.
some, 40-year-
Evening star., 1951-01-17
Gehr Wins AcquittaI
In Staying Of Wife
Al Mountain Cabin
By the Associated Press

CARMEL, N. Y, Jan. 17.-Her-
bert Gehr. New York television
director. was found not guilty yes
Evening star., 1951-01-17
Here and Abroad

United States military forces
are stationed in tGr-0f places
no,D, as weH as in this country.
Here are notes about some Dis
trict area men serDing overseas.
QuartermaSter 1/c Walter E.
Hogue recently was awarded the
Purple Heart for wounds received
in Korea. Mr.. Hogue. now at a
Evening star., 1951-01-17

Ion street Sc, has been aboard
the destroyer Warrington.
Evening star., 1951-01-17

David L. Sandoe, Navy fireman,
recently learned how to escape
from a sunken submarine. At the
submarine base at New London,
Conn. Mr.. Sandoe got out of a
120-foot training tank, which
Stimulates underwater conditions.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
David l.. Sandoe, jr., 5305 Sew
enth street NV.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-10-25
Mental Health
Unit Draws
Large Crowd

BURTON The first meeting
of the 1951-52 series sponsored
by the Geauga Mental Health
Association was held at Burton
High auditorium, Wednesday,
Oct. 18th, at $50 pm. One
hundred eighty : five Geaugans
attended the meeting called to
order by Supt. Frank Schofield.
He introduced the speaker of
the evening, DR.. Arthur F.
Ritchey, prominent Cleveland
child psychiatrist, whose SUBJ
ject was "A Psychiatrist Looks
at Your Child" In a fascinat-
ing As minute talk, DR.. Ritch-
ey told the audience of the his
tory and development of child
psychiatry in relation to the old
fashioned taboos and ideas held
about the growth and develop
ment of children. He then re-
lated the Importance of the
home and heredity. A large part
of the talk discussed the behaV-
ior of children and their habits.
Each problem was explained
and analyzed with the psychi
atric reason behind each display
either of temper, sulleness, in
confluence or popularity.
DR.. Ritchey invited questions
from the audience and the re.
sponse proved the interest of
the talk. 1t was after 1890 p.
m. when DR.. Ritchey reluctant
ly said Good Night
The second meeting of the SER
les will be held Wednesday eve
ming, November 21st, 1851 at
8:15 pm. at West Geauga High
auditorium. Again all Geauga
citizens are invited to take ad-
vantage of these important meet
ings which are open to all. DR..
Neil T. McDermott, Associate
professor of psychiatry at West
ern Reserve Medical School and
of the Staffs of University Hos
pital and Ingleside Hospital will
discuss "A Psychiatrist's Job and
Marriage Problems.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-10-25

AT the last meeting of the
County Welfare Advisory Board,
a resolution was passed as fol-
lows: Because of the failure of
the State Department of Wei
fare to pay the usual percentage
of Geauga County Welfare costs
and because funds have not been
appropriated by the State to pay
the usual percentage for the fis-
cal year 1951-52, it is recommen-
ded by the County Welfare Ad-
visory Board that they support
the Geauga County Child Wei
fare levy of .00065 mills at the
coming election"
The Geauga County Welfare
Advisory Board consists of nine
members, appointed by the
County without compensation,
their duties being to suggest
rules and regulations to the
County Director of Welfare with
respect to the organization OF
the County Department of Wei
fare and to advise the County
Director of Welfare and Board
of County Commissioners with
respect to budget estimates, pol
icies, and other problems o1
welfare activities.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-10-25
Farmers Plan
Fall FroIic
at Thompson

THOMPSON - Farm Bureau
Federation members and their
families and friends are lookins
forward to the annual Fall
Frolic and Fish Fry in Geauga
County which will be held at
the Thompson High School gym
on Thursday evening Nov. l,
according to Miss Mary Strava,
organization manager of the
Farm Bureau.
The special feature of the
evening will be a magician
show by Jack Gregor of War
rem, Ohio and dancing, with
music furnished by Hayden's
Orchestra of Thompson.
DIR. Harold Thomas, Legis-
lative Chairman of the county
Farm Bureau will present the
resolutions for 1852 which have
been submitted by members of
the Farm Bureau Advisory
Councils in the county.
The fish will be ready to
serve beginning at z pm. and
rolls, butter, coffee and sweet
cider will be furnished. Those
attending are asked to bring
their own table service and
whatever they wish to eat with
their fish. The fish fryers are
w. E. Egleston of Chardon and
T. E. Simpkins, Painesville,
assisted by Fred Knisley, Bur
ton, Walter and Ellen Spencer,
Claridon and Hugh Fowler,
Chardon.
The Thompson Council men,
bers reported that there is
plenty of parking space behind
the Thompson School gym.
"The Farm Bureau members
who pay their 1852 dues at
the Fall Frolic will have their
names placed on the Honor
Roll" according to Sam Pat
terson, membership chairman.
The event is open to any
Farm Bureau members, their
families and friends. The
Thompson, Claridon and Hunts
burg Farm Bureau Advisory
Councils are in charge of the
meeting.