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Evening star., 1951-12-13
ArEner Is Lost
Two Hours in Foo
After 1t Lands
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Dec. 13.-A pea soup
fog at London Airport swallowed
up an Air France plane after it
landed from Paris last highland
no one could find it or its 80 pas
sengers for two hours.
The plane landed when visibil-
1ty was still at 600 yards. Within
seconds a fog blanket reduced
visibility to Is yards and the
pilot was ordered to stay put on
the taxi-way.
Then for two hours, five search
parties in coaches, vans and trac-
tors and even an airport fire truck
tried to find the plane.
The fire truck driver, using a
walkie- -talkie tWo-way radio to
contact the plane, finally found it
and guided the coaches in to carry
off the passengers.
1T wasn't so bad" commented
Mrs. Brian Taylor, returning with
her husband from a Paris honey
moon. I'VE drank champagne
and played cards"
The passengers had to wait an
other couple Of hours for their
baggage.
The trucks sent out to pick up
the luggage also got lost.
Evening star., 1951-12-13
by the Assoeiaisd Press

FAIRBANKS. Alaska, Dec. 13.-
A Santa Claus letters. plane few
over the North Pole yesterday on
a course airlines officials hope may
become a regular passenger air.
liner route across the top of the
world.
The Alaska Airlines' "Polar Ex-
press" returned here from the
polar area, it's task Of dropping a
bag Of 5000 children's letters and
a candy-cane 9-foot steel pole
over the polar wastes completed
uneventfully. Fairbanks women
had written acknowledgements to
all the children before the letters
were put on the plane for the
polar dumping)
Pilot l.. e. Flahart, of Anchor
age. and his crew said most of the
long flight over the polar wastes
was made in moonlight. with a
little cloudiness in the sky. and
the trip was very routine" The
plane returned here passing up a
planned Point Barrow stop on its
way back from the North Pole
area 1900 miles north of the
continents rim.
OF the dropping Of the brightly
colored steel pole. an Alaskan'S
idea to mark the North Pole more
definitely. Pilot Flahart said:
I'VE tied a flashlight to it so we
could watch it fall. The light dis
appeared when the pole hit the ice.
The drop took about Is seconds
from our 1000 altitude"
The Alaska Airlines, sponsor Of
the flight. has applied to the Civil
Aeronautics Board for a flight
route certificate from Fairbanks
to Oslo. Norway, and then to
Western Europe. over the polar
regions. They said they believed
the flight was the first by COM
mercial airliner over the North
Pole.
Neither Of the two Alaskans who
fathered the idea of the novel
flight were allowed to go along on
the trip. They were Mrs. Audree
Vance. the North Pole Nellie"
who originated the idea for chill
dren to send along their requests
for direct delivery to Santa Claus,
and Stan Carson. former Point
Barrow Naval oil reserve worker
who made the pole.
The Navy said Mrs. Vance could
not land at Point Barrow as the
plane did on its fight to the pole.
as it has a rule against women
Evening star., 1951-12-13
Polar Express Plane Drops off
Letters From Santa, 9-Foot Pole

there Airline and Civil Aeronau-
tics Administration rules per-
mitted only crew members aboard
the plane, barring Mr.. Carson
from the fight.
Pilot Flahart said the tempera-
ture was about is below zero at
the pole.
Air Force reconnaissance
weather planes have been making
the same flight over the North
Pole regularly in recent years to
take weather observations.
Evening star., 1951-12-13
Publishing House Blasted

1t was termed explosive criti-
cism," when a bomb rent the en-
trance to the publishing house in
Buenos Aires, Argentina. which
recently had published Evita Pc
ron's book. THE Meaning Of My
Life"
Evening star., 1951-12-13
Hoover, Rockefeller Enlist to Get Into Army

IDeKalb. H., enlisted yesterday at
the Rockford recruiting office.
Later. John D. Rockefeller applied
for enlistment. Neither are related
to the national figures for whom
they are named.
Evening star., 1951-12-13
By The Associated Press

BY The Assoeioted Press
ROCKFORD, ILL.,, Dec. 13.-Her-
bert Hoover and John D. Rookie
feller soon will be in the Army.
Herbert E. Hoover, jr., of
Evening star., 1951-05-11
Police Inspector Decries Phrase,
Them S Fighting Words, Mister

pretty plain about assault: "The
unlawful, forceful touching of one
person by another in an angry
rude. insolent or hostile manner
He pointed out that a person
aggrieved by blow to the body
may defend himself legally, if he
can prove later that he was un-
lawfully assaulted in the first
place. But mere words. even nasty
ones, never justify assault so fal
as the courts are concerned, In
spector Murray said.
Washington had 3,023 cases OF
assault in 1949, Inspector Murray
said. He blamed this record or
domestic squabbles, alcohol, mar
cotics and the native American
culture. IF we can claim any,
that says the individual must de-
fend is dignity from name calling
as the expense of cuts, bruises
black eyes and Jail.
Evening star., 1951-05-11

The mother Of a United States
President once told him to "acquit
yourself as man should" if he
|got into a fight, instead of taking
lit to court, and the District Is still
hearing about it.
Metropolitan Police Inspector
Robert v. Murray. chief of the
Detective Bureau, told the Junior
Chamber of Commerce yesterday
Andrew Jackson's mother gave
her son that bit of advice.
Later. some one coined the neat
phrase: "Them'S fightin' words,
mister" and it's all been perpetu-
ated in movies. television and
radio. the inspector said, until the
right" to take a poke or push
at a tough-talking antagonist has
become an American tradition.
That's too bad, Inspector Muir
ray noted, because the law is
Evening star., 1951-05-11
Additions Planned
For Scholarships

Additions for vocal scholarships
to be awarded by the Washington
Chapter of the National Society
of Arts and Letters will be held
next Friday, according to an an
nouncement by Mrs. Winifred
Howell Artaud, music chairman
Of the chapter.
Public high school students COM
pleting their senior year, who are
from II to % years old, are ELI
gible to apply.
The additions will begin at
$3.50 am. in the studio of Nine.
Dmitrieff. at 5612 Connecticut
avenue NV.
The awards will include a $500
scholarship to American Univer-
sity and a second scholarship Of
$3.50 to be given to a young stu-
dent for use at the discretion Of
the music committee and the stu
dent.
Students wishing to participate
in the additions have been asked
to get in touch with Mrs. Artaud
at her home. 3031 o street NV.
Evening star., 1951-05-11
RandIe Highlands Group
Elects Castonquay

w. B. Castonguay, was elected
president Of the Randle Highlands
Citizens Association last night.
Other officers named are Carl
E. Dunnington, vice president;
Mrs. Joseph A. Heberle. CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. Joseph j.
McKeon, recording secretary. and
Joseph r. Soresi, treasurer.
The association commended the
Federation Of Citizens Assocla-
tions for its work In obtaining a
refund on gas bills.
The group also voted to in
struct the Randle Highlands dele
gates to the federation to agree
to whatever methods the fedora
ton deems advisable in fighting
the pending electric power rate
increases.
Evening star., 1951-05-11
Public Hearings Next Week
On District BUDGET Bill

Public hearings by the Bates
Appropriations subcommittee on
the $136 million 1852 District bud
get probably will be held Wednes-
day or Thursday.
Representative Bates, Democrat,
Of Kentucky, chairman of the
House subcommittee, said he Is
seeking to reserve a big room for
the hearing so the public will have
ample space.
Closed hearings were concluded
yesterday as the subcommittee
listened to the final testimony
from District government spokes-
men. The last witness was David
Auld. superintendent OF the Water
Division.
A transcript of the closed hear
ings will be printed after the
open sessions for the public are
finished and will be made public
later.
Evening star., 1951-05-11
Riley to Speak
On Park History

Edward M. Riley, historian Of
the Independence National His
toric Park Project, will address
members and guests Of the Con-
lgressional Club this afternoon at
the clubhouse, 2001 New Hamp.
shire avenue NV.
Mrs. John Murdock will present
the speaker, whose topic will be
Preserving the Birthplace Of the
Nation" Mrs. John c. Davis will
preside.
Mrs. Charles P. Nelson and Mrs.
Lyndon B. johnson will greet
guests at the door. while Mrs.
John Taber and Mrs. Leslie c.
Arends will head the Hostess
Committee for the tea following
the meeting. Assisting will be Mrs.
Charles Mclaughlin, Mrs. Karl
Stefan, Mrs. Harry Hull. Mrs.
James E. Strong, Mrs. Fred q.
Aandahl, Mrs. Joseph r. Bryson.
Mrs. Omar Burleson and Mrs. J.
Edgar Chenoweth.
Evening star., 1951-05-11
MASS at Shrine
orAlunnnue

With the International Fedora
ton Of Catholic Alumnae observ-
ing tomorrow as Mary'S Day,
members of the District Chapter
will attend a 10 o'clock mass at
the Shrine Of the Immaculate
Conception at Catholic University.
Msgr. Patrick J. O'Connor will
be guest celebrant and guest
speaker. The glee club of st.
Patrick's Academy will furnish the
music.
Arrangements are being made
by DR.. Bernice Wall Mcguire,
chapter governor: Miss Geraldine
T. Nesline, chapter vice-governor,
and Miss Mary A. Dixon, circle
agent.
Evening star., 1951-05-11
lConqo Rich in Uruniun,

ANTWERP The Belgian Con-
go is reported today to produce
upwards Of 60 per cent of the
worlds known output of uranium,
a vital ingredient in atomic re-
search.
Evening star., 1951-05-11
Columbia River VoIuminous

SEATTLE.-The Columbia River
a natural boundary between Wash
Iington and Oregon. is believed to
carry more water by volume than
Iall of the other American Pacific
Coast streams combined.
Evening star., 1951-05-11
.Currioon Host

Mrs. William H. Carrigan, state
vice regent of the District Daugh-
tiers Of American Colonists, will
entertain the society at 2 pm.
tomorrow at her home, 1904 Rum
nymede place NV.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02
M | N s T REL TO
HAVE 8 END men

This year the forthcoming Min
strel Show will have eight end men
and as many cavorting comics.
RehearSing in teams, this years
production will bring back the
favorite team of Norm Willbond
and Curt Kuhnle, as we'll as new
stars. Assisting will be Roy
Whale and Fred Wolfe, George
Bankey and Charlie Bauman, Bill
Burkins and Manual Nossaman.
The interlocutor this year will be
George Slaughter.
The Hula Dancers of the second
part of the show will be in charge
of Mrs. Ed. P. SherWin. Mrs.
Sherwin, whose husband was re-
Gently transferred to E. P. G.,
here, was born and raised in
Hawaii. She will lend the authen-
ticity to the scenes with her SUI
pervison.
In addition to her service as
director of the Hawaiian scenes,
Mrs. Sherwin will preside as
queen of the dancers court, and
will wear an authentic costume
which she brought from Hawaii.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02
Future Business Girls Show Intense
Interest In How Government Plant Works

Interested in Erie Ordnance De-
pot as prospective employer and
in the DepoPs role in the present
national defense emergency, mem-
bers of the Commercial Club of
Port Clinton School, consisting
this year of girls in the Junior
and Senior classes, visited Erie
Ordnance Depot last Wednesday.
Undaunted by the rainy wealth
er the girl students arrived at the
Depot at noon, lunched in the post
restaurant, and then toured the
artillery processing shops. storage
areas and proof front of the de-
pot. They were accompanied by
Marjorie PulSchen, commercial
subjects teacher and former vaca-
ton time office employee of Erie
Ordnance Depot.
Acting as guides for the tour
of the post were 1t. Paul Hoffman,
shop officer, and Charles Bridges,
personnel utilization technician.
The visit was requested by the
club as the result of the interest
aroused from recent club meet
ing talk by Harold Deuschle, chief
of the utilization branch of Erie'S
personnel office.
Deuschle, who incidentally, has
a daughter in this club, briefly
reviewed the history of Erie Ord
nance Depot and its present mis-
sion for club members. 1t is the
oldest Army Ordnance owned and
operated installation in Ohio. The
present mission is to supply the
Army with proof tested mobile
artillery, Chiefly antiaircrafD tank
armament and armor plate, both
new and reconditioned, whenever
and wherever needed, and to
maintain in storage an Army re-
serve of artillery and materiel.
The speaker also explained the
general advantage for women in
federal service, and outlined spe-
cific requirements and qualifca-
tions for Office typiStS ard steno-
graphers at Erie Ordnance Depot.
Club members and senior girls
who visited the depot were: Joan
Quintet, Norma Taylor, Carol
Norden, Norma Balduf, Joyce
Babcock, Carol Deuschle, Marcia
Englebeck, Nancy Valance, jan
is Boss, Charlene Runion, Darlene
Danner, Mary Jane Wright, Mary
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02
0LNEy GUSTS
{ | N 0 R { | n
DISTRICT PLAY

After taking the county
championship, Elmore fell be-
fore Olney 50 to Al at FIRE.
mont Tuesday in the district
tournament. 1t was a bitter
pill for Elmore, after having
taken the county crown Sat-
urday by defeating Genoa 49
to as.
Olney spurted in the third
quarter after a close first half
battle to win easily. With
Bul Felchaber, bespectacled
Olney center, doing some un-
canny shooting in the first
half, the Bulldogs found
themselves behind 1928 at
the half. With two minutes
to go in the second quarter.
Elmore trailed by only three
points, 1928, but Don Hurst.
Bill Mclaughlin and Felch-
aber scored for an eight-point
edge.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02
COUNTY ROADS
COST S118,279

County Engineer Delos Nissen
has filed his annual report cover
ing the activities of the county
highway department for 1850
The reports contains 10 pages OF
typewriter data. Maintenance of
52.14 miles of highway was list
ed at $118,279.18 of which town.
ships paid $11,771.54 and the
county $1O6,507.64; structure of
guard rails, bridges, culverts cost
$39, ,984.52; traffic service includ-
ing ice control, road signs, center
line stripping and barricades $12,-
1923; miscellaneous expendi-
lures were SIG, 205.81.
Henry Bergman, Genoa, was
awarded the contract by the coun
ty commissioners Monday for the
construction of a new culvert on
the Reiman Road in Allen town.
ship, to cost $1,450.75, the esti-
mated cost had been set at ST.,
750.75. Other bids received were,
Weis Brothers, Elmore, $1,730.75;
Ira Hartman, WilliSton, $1,610.65.
and Harry Boss, Trowbridge, 81,
548.8O.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02
Tv F j N D F @ R
C0UN TY H 0 N {
PASSES S4OO

Funds for purchase of television
sets for the Ottawa county home
have passed the $4,000 mark this
week, according to the funds
sponsor, Epsilon Eta of Sigma
Alpha.
Additional donors reported the
past week to the fund are: the
Junior Woman'S Club, Coterie
Club, VFW Auxiliary, Women of
the Moose, Beta Sigma Phi, Gam
ma Omega chapter all of Port
Clinton.
VFW Auxiliary, Kun bubble
Club, St. Paul's Lutheran Ladies'
Aid and Mozart Club, of Oak Har-
Dor; Women's Federation, Rural
Community Club, Elmore Grange,
Thimble Club, American Legion
Auxiliary, Mothers Club and Ell
more Study Club, all of Elmore;
the Outlook Club, Eastern Star
and 42-Culture Club of Genoa and
the Perry Wage DAV No. % and
the Daughters of st. PauPs Luth-
eran Church, of Danbury.
Individual donors are Band Box
Cleaners, Leslie Meyer, E. j. Mul-
ligan and Robinson Funeral Horne
Oak Harbor.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02
POSTAL WORKER
{ N TERS PLEA
IN COD THEFTS

Entering plea of guilty to a
charge of embezzling $3.50 from
the Port Clinton Post Office, Lloyd
E. Wood, 20, local carrier, was re-
leased on bond of $4,000 under
his own recognizance before U. S.
Commissioner John J. Barone in
Toledo, Wednesday.
Employed at the Port Clinton
Post Office for several years, Wood
was specifically charged by post
al inspectors with failing to turn
in COD receipts over period Of
several months.
Wood was arrested Tuesday by
deputy U. S. marshals here and
taken to Toledo on the same day
his wife gave birth to a Az ID.
girl. Commissioner Barone said
he had taken this fact into con-
sideration in granting Woods re-
lease on bond.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02

RoSiar, Lucille Ludrowsky, Betty
Probel, Doris Nelson, Marilyn
Sheppard, Gail Boss, Carrie Brind-
ley, Dolores Duffy, bort Wilson,
Joanne Nelson, jeanne Truck,
Eleanorc Linderman, jeanne Nc
Cullough, Hazel Nef, Joyce Kirk,
Lorraine Bennett, Irene Petro-
viach, Mary Papcum, Jeanette
KoWalski, Janet Barnes, Beverly
Hoshal, Sally Peterson, jeanne
Perry, Shirley McAtee, Pat Sui
livan and Mildred Coyle.
Members of the club unable to
attend the excursion we're: Caro-
lyn Aurand, Lillian Azbell, Bon
ME BurkinS, Joann Easton, Lois
Everett, Corrine Florian, Mary
Ann Kreutzfeld, Rosalyn Kuzma.
Clarice McAfee, Virginia Silver
wood and Peggy Wright.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02
{ 0 D c HlEF OF
PRODUCTION IS
TR R ED

Maj. Philip w. Blair, Erie Ord
nance Depot, has received his
orders transferring him to Camp
Stewart, GA. He will leave the
first of the week for his new as
Signment.
Mai. Blair, who came to Erie
in November 1949, has been Chief
of Depot Production Division. He
has served also as executive ofTi-
Ger and as shop officer during his
tour of duty at Erie.
He has nearly 80 years of SER
vice as an enlisted man and Off
Ger to his credit. He first enter
ed the Army in 1920 as a private
and advanced through all the
grades to master sergeant in 1910.
In 1912 Major Blair was given a
warrant officer appointment and
five months later was appointed
a first lieutenant. In May Of
1943 he was promoted to cap
tain and last October he receiv-
ed his majority.
During the last year of the war,
Maj. Blair served in battles in the
Rhineland and in Central Europe.
He served three more years in
Europe from 1946 to 1949.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02
Council Sets Hearing For
Complaint Against Airport

AT the direction of city council,
Clerk William Zeis is writing
Ralph L. Dietrich, Sandusky, and
Milton Hershberger, operator of
Air Tours, Inc, to appear before
council March 13 relative to a
complaint by Dietrich that he was
barred from landing passengers on
Kelleys Island last November.
Dietrich, who is president of
Sandusky Airport, Inc, charged
in letter addressed to Mayor
Carl Becker that he was prevented
by Hershberger from landing pas
SengerS on any of the islands.
Denies Barring
Hershberger, contacted Thurs
day by the NEWS, denied that he
had barred anybody from the
Port Clinton airport but said that
he had told Dietrich some time
ago that he (Hershberger) holds
by contract the exclusive right to
land passengers on all islands of
Lake Erie.
Council did not take any action
on the Dietrich letter, other than
direct the city clerk to invite him,
Hershberger and officials of the
Civil Aeronautics Administration
of Columbus to attend the next
meeting of council for discussion
of the Sandusky flyers complaint
Manager Resigns
City Council accepted the resig
nation of Robert (Bunny) TWyn
ham, who has been manager OF
the Port Clinton Airport since the
local port was turned over to the
city by Hershberger several years
ago.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02
County Deputies
For Tags Named

Eight Ottawa county deputy reg
istrars have been named by R. E.
Foley, state registrar of motor ve-
hicles.
The registrars, who are already
issuing the new plates, are: FL
more, Willard G. Weis; Genoa,
Robert V. Cashen; Marblehead,
Ruth Benya; Oak Harbor, Robert
F. Thayer; Port Clinton, E. A.
Guth, county auditor, and A. P.
Miller, 123 East Second street;
Put-in-Bay, Olga Roth, and Willis
ton, Grover Tank.
Motorists should take good care
of the 1851 tags, Foley said. They
may have to use them several
years if a steel shortage develops.
Motorists should turn over old
plates to filling stations and gar
ages where they will be saved for
contributions to scrap steel drives,
Foley requested.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02
Special Course For
Air Raid Wardens

Air raid wardens will begin a
30-day intensified course in atom
bomb preparation in the near fu
ture. Wayne Petersen, Ottawa
county chairman of civil defense,
announced this week.
In addition to the preparedness
course, first aid classes will be
conducted throughout the county.
A first aid school has already
been started by members of the
Port Clinton fire department, he
said.
Arrangements are being made
for a countrywide defense pro-
gram which will be held in the
Warner Hotel, Oak Harbor, within
a few days.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02
TWO OTTAWA COUNTY STUDENTS
NAMED ON ohio CHORUS

Wilmington, O.-Two Clay-Ge-
noa students have been selected
for the 210-voice All-Ohio High
School Chorus which will be feat
ured in the fourth annual Inter
national Folk Music Festival at
Wilmington College Sunday after
noon, March 4. They are Audrey
Crooktown and Carolyn Johnson,
both of Clay-Genoa High School.
The chorus will be accompanied
by an 85-piece All-Ohio High
School Symphony Orchestra.
These two state "all-star" music
groups are made up of students
from every part of Ohio and re-
present nearly 100 different high
schools. The participants were
chosen by judges from nearly 700
nominations made by music in
structors in the Ohio Music Edu-
Gators Association.
Prof. Rolla Foley, director of
the Idyllwild School of Music and
the Arts, in California, and music
professor at San Diego State Col
lege, will fly here to be guest con-
ductor of the chorus. The Orch
estra will be directed by PROT.
David Hughes, chairman of the
orchestra department of the Jor-
dan College of Music, Indianapo-
lis, and one of the top men in his
field in the nation.
This concert of the bestowed
folk music of 10 countries will be
a highlight of the three-day festi-
val. Students from 25 countries
will be featured presenting the
native songs and dances in their
colorful native costumes in the
international program Friday
night, March 2. Saturday night 5
program will be devoted to native
American folk lore with the Min
nitaree Indian Dancers staging a
program of authentic dances of
the Red Man. On the same pro-
gram the Wilberforce University
singers will interpret negro spiri-
tuals in the way they were actual
ly sung on the southern planta-
tions generations ago.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02
Oak Harbor Rotary
Marks 9th Birthday

More than go were present when
members of the Oak Harbor Ro-
tary Club observed their ninth an
nixersary with a dinner and party
for their wives and guests at the
Log Cabin on Tuesday evening.
Honored guests were District Gov
ernor and Mrs. Irving Reynolds,
and Past District Governor and
Mrs. Harry Hansen, of Toledo. The
latter was district governor when
the Oak Harbor club was organ
lied. George Mohn served as the
master of ceremonies for the
program which followed the din
ner.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-02

Above is Port Clinton'S new
14-room elementary school build
ing, at Jefferson and Fifth Streets
which will be open for public in
Spection between the hours of :
and 9 p. m. this evening friday
The building, which cost 1887 $3.50
and was nearly two years in con
struction, will also be opened to
the public next Sunday afternoon
from 2 until 4:30 p. m.
Superintendent D. D. Sims said
there will be no formal dedica-
tory program, but that entertain
ment will be offered by grade
choral groups under the direc-
ton of Miss Jean Baxter, vocal
instructor, and instrumental mus
ic will be furnished by the school