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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05
CHILD BURNED
when DRESS
IS ICNITED

Cynthia, the four-year-old daugh--
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Bahnsen, Port Clinton RID /, mar
rowly escaped critical burns when
her dress caught fire from piece
of paper she was burning in the
yard of her home Tuesday.
The child was treated at Ma.
gruder Hospital for first degree
burns on her arms and legs and
was able to return to her home.
The little girls plight was dis
covered by her mother, Mrs. Myr-
tie Bahnsen, who beat out the
flames.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05
State Re|axes Pressure On Sewer Rental Issue
TRAIN KILLS
FARMER NEAR
GENOA MONDAY

Services were held Wednesday
in Genoa for George p. Brown,
38, an ElliSton farmer, who died
instantly when his truck ran into
a New York Central System train
on the STANCE road crossing a
mile east of Graytown Monday
morning.
Browns body was discovered
early Monday by trackman patrol.
II was badly mutilated George
Babka, the section patrolman,
stated that Browns truck must
have forcibly crashed into the
side of freight train. He said
six trains had gone over The
trackway where his body lay, dur
ing the night and he estimated
that death occurred sometime be.
tween midnight and a. M, when
he discovered the wreckagc and
body remnants. The body Was
removed to the Burman Mortu
ary in Genoa
Mr.. Brown, an employee of the
Electric Auto-Lite Co., Toledo
is survived by his wife, Ruth
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George 7
Brown, ElliSton; sons, Robert anu
Roger, at home; sisters, Mrs Paul
inc Snyder, Oak Harbor; Mrs. Mil
dred Doundt and Mrs. Myrtle vii
son, PcrrvSburg, and Mrs. Mary
ApplehaunSe, Toledo; brothers
Phillip, Alex and Joseph, Ere
mont, and Jacob, ElliSton.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05
Named To Soldiers,
Sailors Relief Group

Judge Tom d. Stahl has ap-
pointed Andrew J. Kovach, of
Marblehead, to serve on the OF
tawa County Soldiers Relief Com
mission, for five year term, effec-
tive October 16. Mr.. Kovach will
succeed Charles Biers, of Marble
head, whose term expires. He is
a veteran of World War ii. The
other members of the board are:
Ray Sperber, chairman, Port Clin-
ton; Thomas Heating, Port Clin-
ton; Charles Leow, Oak Harbor,
and Robert Brinkman, Genoa.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05

the dining room of the Trinity
Methodist church.
Leslie Meyer then brought up
the question of the legality of the
sewer rental assessment plan and
said that in his opinion both the
state Water Pollution Act and the
local sewer rental proposal were
i'll advised and poor legislation.
AS so much interest was evi-
dent Mrs. Eunice BiSsel, as mod
orator, threw the meeting open
for questioning to the speakers and
a lively discussion followed.
The tenor of the discussion was
that every one approved of the
sewage disposal plant but there
was wide diversity of opinion as
to how that plant should be
financed.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05
GIVES 20 PINTS

Mrs. Lorena Swigert, an en-
ployee of Erie Ordnance Depot.
has given 20 pints of her blood
to the American Red Cross to
date, it was made known this
week. She is one of few persons
who has given two pints of blood
within a period of only five weeks.
Her last donation was to the
bloodmobile on its visit to E. O.
D. Sept. 5. She had previously
given a pint July 27.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05
BL00DM0bILE TO MAKE FIRST
STOP AT STANDARD PRODUCTS
COMPANY PLANT OCTOBER Is

The Standard Products Co.
plant will be the scene of the
first visit of the American Red
Cross Bloodmobile, Thursday, Oc-
tober 25.
Since the Inauguration of the
Ottawa County Blood Collecting
Unit, Standard Products was one
of the first to evidence an inter
est in joining the Pint Parade"
realizing what an invaluable serv-
ice it could render in emergen-
cies to not only its employees,
but to the community and nation
as we'll.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05
BOY HIT BY
CAR; ESCAPES
SERIOUS INJURY

A Port Clinton school boy, Ben
Booker, 10, escaped serious in
iuries when he was struck by a
car driven in Madison Street, in
front of the school building at
4:20 Friday afternoon.
The child was removed to Ma
gruder Hospital by Patrolman
William Robel, where he was
treated for abrasions and contu-
SionS of the left knee.
The car was driven by Mrs.
Harry Stensen, according to the
police report
The boy is the son of John
Booker, Erie Gardens. His con-
dition is not considered serious.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05
TWO FINED FOR
GYPSUM HOME

At the request of Ottawa Coun.
ty Sheriff Merlan Budd, two Lo-
rain, o., men were arrested by
Sandusky police last Sunday to
face gambling charges here.
Arraigned Tuesday before JUS
tice E. C. Brough, Sam Harris, "a
and James Harris, 25, of Lorain
were each fined $40 and costs
and John Smith, Gypsum, was as
sessed $25 and costs for permit
ting gambling on his premises.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05

mately two hundred students at
one time. This practically doub-
les the capacity of the cafeteria of
previous years, when serving was
done in the music room.
Mrs. Josephine Boyer and Mrs.
George Streeter will serve as
cooks An additional person will
be employed from HOO a. m. to
LOO p. m. to serve as cashier and
supervise the serving and clean
ing With expanded facilities
some new equipment will be pur-
chased by the Board of Education.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05

The facilities of the CIO Union
Hall, adjacent to the plant, have
been offered by the labor repre-
sentatives of the Ottawa county
group, Ed Williams, on behalf of
the Union, as the blood collecting
center on this day.
The staff accompanying the Unit
will consist of some 80 persons
who will be responsible for car
rying out the various phases of
the program. It is planned that
this group will be served noon
day luncheon in the company
cafeteria.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05
Work On New Public
School Cafeteria Completed
This Week, Opens Oct. IS

Work on completing the new
cafeteria is progressing rapidly,
Supt. D. D. Sims said this week.
Plumbers, electricians and car
penterS expect to have their work
finished this week. 1t is hoped
that painting and moving can be
accomplished next week and that
the cafeteria can open OH Octobc.
18th.
The new serving area will be
approximately seventy-eight feet
in length and twenty feet wide
and will accommodate approx
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05
BODY SENT FROM KOREA

The Douy of Dana A. Dellinger,
who was killed in action in Ko-
rea last May, has arrived in To-
ledo, where services will be held
Friday. Sgt. Dellinger was the
brother of George p Dillinger,
424 Fremont Road, Port Clinton.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05
CALLED TO GRASS FIRE

City Volunteer fremen respon-
ded to a fire alarm at 1926 p. m.
Friday to eXtinguish a grass fire
at the northern end of Laurel
avenue. Neighbors said the fire
in tall grass was set by an uni
Identified small boy. There was
no loss and the blaze was put out
in about IL minutes.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05
NEW VOTING PLACE

Catawba Island residents will
have new voting place at the
election next month. They will
vote iE Community hall instead
of the school house.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05

looking on is Don Sanders,
mortician, who is secretary and
treasurer, succeeding Eddie Ed
wards, mercantile merchant,
standing at extreme Ieft.-Misch
Photo.
just returned from Europe and
his home in Denmark. He told
of the Danish 4th of July celebra-
ton for their American friends
which was quite revealing. They
90 all out in patriotic celebration
Continued Page 2, Col. ~
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05

Shown above, center, is Harry
Callahan, cinema executive, in
coming president Of the Port
Clinton Merchants Association,
being congratulated by Law
renee Ludwissen, retiring presi-
More than so business men and
their wives attended an installa-
ton dinner in the Catawba Cliff
Beach Club Saturday evening.
Harry Callahan became president.
succeeding Lawrence Ludwigsen.
Principal speaker of the even
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05

dent, at the installation dinner
given in the Catawba Cliffs
Beach Club last Saturday night.
At CalIahan's left is Harry
Karshner, ieweIer, the new vice
president, and at the end, (also
ing was Olaf Rasmussen, Bay
Township, inventor and indusri.
alist.
People Of Europe take pride
in the display of their flag; the
people of the United States do
not, stated Mr.. Rasmussen, who
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05

The NEWS Is prepared TO do
your JOB PRINTING on a basis
OF Good Workmanship and
Good Service at Fair Prices.
Phone. 527I.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
1t Can Happen to You,' VoqeIer Warns

ION espionage and sabotage
charges.
He flew back to this country
shortly after his release and spent
some time in the Bethesda Naval
Hospital regaining his health.
The luncheon speech he gave to-
day was postponed once because
of his health.
He asked today that people
think Of me as q case history
for the malady OF Communist war
lagainSt mans mind and person
must be understood clinically and
ldispassionately If we are to help
others who have been or will yet
face the horror Of the Communist
prison"
Mr.. Vogeler described his ar
rest on November 18, 1949, in
Budapest.
'The first 78 hours" he said,
l"were divided into alternate pc
riods Of relentless, repetitious
questioning and the forced writ
ing Of my autobiography.
Whenever I seemed to ap-
lproach exhai -stion. was given
i Continued on Page A-s. Col. IL
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Maryland U. Professor
Dies After Collision

DR.. Paul c. Brown, 40, of 6507
Queens Chapel road, University
Park, a member of the University
of Maryland faculty, was injured
fatally when his automobile COL
lided head-on with a tractor
trailer truck this morning in Bal
timore County.
DR.. Brown died at the Union
Memorial Hospital at 9:45 am.
Police said DR.. Brown was north
bound on Dulaney Valley pike, and
the truck operated by Vincenzo
B. Console. 81. of Dover, DEL, was
southbound.
College Park associates said that
DR.. Brown was en- route to a
Baltimore County farm in con-
nection with a cattle disease prof.
ect on which he had been working.
Born in Detroit, DR.. Brown
was graduated from Michigan
State in 1880. He received his
doctor Of veterinary medicine de-
gree in 1941 from the same school,
and his master of science degree
from Purdue University in 1943.
He was an instructor at Pur-
due and at Colorado A. and M.
before joining the faculty at
Maryland in 1916. He was as
sociate professor Of animal path
ology.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Says Problems of World
Stem From 7eherdn and YdItd
Peace Lost Because Roosevelt No Longer Was
Gallant Warrior Against Fear, He Declares

lit is essential that the torch of
leadership be passed on to others.
preferably to younger men,"
IF younger men are not trained
step by step to take over leader
ship there is danger that the race
may be set back or lost" he
added.
Leaders do not spring full
grown into public Office but
must patiently climb to eminenceS
of trust through accomplished per-
formance in positions of trust
whether private or public"
Mr.. Farley said that he opposed
a third term for the President in
1910 because he feared Mr.. Roos-
welt was listening to courtiers
and coat-tail riders"
II could see nothing but danger
to the party and to the Nation
by continued occupancy of Office
in contradiction to the expressed
wisdom of founding fathers.
was impelled by deep conviction
to take the course of opposition.
I knew it was a losing fight. but
felt that the fight had to be made.
Every passing day, especially
as I look upon a world torn by
strife, has convinced me that
was right. I do not rejoice in my
|rightness. I would rather be
wrong and the world happier"
st. AnSelm's conferred the hon.
'orary degree of doctor of laws on
Mr.. Farley
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Kefuuver Urges TeIevised Quiz
Of Cabinet Every Two Weeks

Senator Kefauver, Democrat, o1
Tennessee, said today he is draw
ing up a "code Of fair play" which
he hopes will lead Congress to tel
evise as many Of its hearings as
possible.
Testifying before the Senate Ex-
penditures Committee, Senator
Kefauver proposed that Congress
bring Cabinet members before ii
and before television cameras fol
a fortnightly report, and ques-
ton" period.
Under proper rules and regu-
lationS, the reporting and ques-
tioning of cabinet officials by Con-
gress before television cameras
would be of great benefit to Con-
gress and to the American people, y
the Senator declared.
The committee, headed by SEN
ator Mcclellan, Democrat, OF
Arkansas, is considering q num-
Der Of proposals for reorganizine
legislative procedures Of Congress
Senator Kefauver also suggested
Evening star., 1951-06-08
AT Flyer Acquitted
In InMorningside Deaths
By the Asseeiated Pres,

BALTIMORE, June 8. - Air
Force Capt. Paul v. Chapman was
found not guilty today OF man
slaughter charges resulting from
the crash of his abandoned
bomber into a Morningside home
last April 8.
The verdict was announced by
Federal Judge w. Calvin Chestnut,
who heard three days of testi-
mony without a jury. Judge
Chestnut called the case "un-
precedented in this jurisdiction "
Victims of the crash were Kay
Snyder, 6, Rena Denise Snyder, 2
months. daughters of M/Sergt.
and Mrs. Samuel r. Snyder, and
Irving N. Guyer, their uncle from
Crawford, N. j.
During the trial, which opened
Monday, Capt. Chapman testi-
fled he and his crew bailed out of
the ship over Andrews Air Force
Base shortly before it crashed
into the nearby Morningside
house.
He said the craft was abandoned
because trouble developed with its
landing gear and he did not feel
it could be brought down safely.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
BY the Asseeiafsd Press

MANCHESTER, N. H.. June g.
James A. Farley. a member OF
President Roosevelt's cabinet. said
today it is his Solemn conviction
that many of the problems beset-
ting the world would not be with
us if we had had a vigorous, alert
and forceful leader at Teheran
and Yalta."
Speaking at st. Anselm's Col
lege commencement, the former
postmaster general said:
There the peace was lost while
we were winning the war. And the
peace was lost because our leader
president Roosevelt) was nc
longer the gallant warrior against
fear, but a weary. over-burdened
man who had given his all in a
supreme effort to not only solve
the problems Of our Nation but
of the world.
1--WE all know that there is a
limit to the endurance of body
and mind-and for 16 years start
ing in 1929, our late President
carried a back-breaking, heart
breaking burden in Albany and
Washington. 1t was a miracle that
he was able to carry on physically
and mentally throughout that
long period"
The former National Democratic
Committee chairman said that "in
the vital realm of politics
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Marshall Visits Korea War 'front.'
But Denies Link to Peace Moves;
Nothing 'Brewing>' Acheson Says
Secretary Denies
Giving Ridgwuy
New Directive
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, June 8.-Defense Sec
retary Marshall made a surprise
visit to Japan and Korea today
but said it had mo connection
whatever" with any current peace
moves.
He also denied that he brought
Gen Matthew B. RidgWay any new
directives on fighting the Korean
war.
Gen. Marshall said the reason
for his trip was purely military" F"
"I came to Korea to congratu-
late our Army leaders on their
achievements" he said.
No Stalemate, Marshal Says.
When newsmen in Korea asked
him if his trip had any connection
with peace moves, Gen. Marshall
replied with a smile:
You better ask Mao TZe-tung
Cred China Premier) about that. P"
A correspondent asked him if
Korea was a military Stalemate.
Gen. Marshall replied: When
ever we start something and don't
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Send q Kid to Comp
Your Gift Can Help
D. c. Youngsters Have
Health and Happiness

"I want to learn to swim under
water" she said. But there's
no place to swim around here" "
Ann is her name. Her age, 9.
Her playground, the fire escape
out back.
The only chance she ever had
to swim was when she was at a
children's convalescent home. She
went there because she was thin
and run down. needed care.
She stayed for three months
the first time, two years ago.
Last year she went back-for
four months more.
School has been difficult.
There have been five different
Schools-five different homes--in
three years.
School work seems hard. The
teacher seems stern.
She tf1inks-for no reason-that
the other kids don't like her.
Evening star., 1951-06-08

that Congress adopt electrical vot-
ing In the House and Senate. de-
claring, 1--WE can save IS legisla-
tive days each session by depart
ing from voting mechanics basical-
ly set 162 years ago."
Concerning the televising of
congressional hearings, Senator
|kefauver-an acknowledged ex-
pert because Of the historic TV
|coverage Of hearings Of the Senate
Crime Investigating Committee he
formerly headed-Said:
II think as many congressional
hearings as possible should be tele-
vised. Television provides an ex-
|cellent medium through which al
most facsimile presentation of
governmental events may be COM
|municated. The better informed
our people become, the better gov
|erned they will be-"
He suggested that the Senate
Caucus Room in the Senate Of
(See KEFAUVER. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Press Club Hears
Victim Describe His
Torment by Reds
By Gornett D. Horner

Robert A. Vogeler warned today
that the mental and physical
torture he suffered in a Commu-
mist prison in Hungary "can hap
pen to YOU"
II wish every one could under
stand this" he emphasized in a
luncheon address at the National
Press Club. mo price is too dear
to pay for our way of life"
For the first time Mr.. Vogeler
described publicly how he was
tortured by his Communist jailers
-"slugged over the ear and
dumped naked into a tub of ice
water" put on a near-starvation
diet, fed stimulants, questioned
relentlessly for days on end and
allowed to sleep only under a glar-
ling white light.
Mr.. Vogeler. a vice president oi
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Enemy Losses Estimate
Revised 10 1,115,111
By The Associated Pres.

The United States Army esti-
mated total enemy casualties in
Korea through June 2 as 1,115,-
Ill.
A spokesman said this was an
adjusted figure removing some er-
rors and miscalculations since last
week, when the estimate was
placed at 1,133.410.
In addition to the adjusted
total. the Army said it had reports
of $4,000 enemy casualties between
June 2 and 5, which have not been
thoroughly assessed and adjusted
against tables used by the Army to
arrive at enemy casualty esti-
mates.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
U. 5. Language ExperI
Fiqhts Off Atfacker
After He Abducts Her
Struck From Behind
On I'D Street and
Carried Off in Car

A pretty State Department
language expert fought off an at
tacker in Potomac Park early to-
day after he had abducted her
near her home.
Miss Catherine Robson. rs, of
2224 r street NV, told police
the man struck her from behind
while she was walking in the 800
block Of Twenty-second street
NV. shortly after midnight.
He carried her, unconscious, to
his automobile and drove to
Potomac Park in the vicinity of
Riverside Stadium. She said
when she regained consciousness,
he put his arms around her and
started to make love to her.
She resisted him, opened the
car door. screamed and fed. She
told police he made no effort to
follow her. She ran to the Wash
ington Cab Co. at Twenty sixth
and E streets and took a cab to
the home of a friend on Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
Police were called. and Miss
Robson was taken to Emergency
Hospital. where she was under
treatment for a head injury suf-
fered when she was struck.
The young woman, described
by police as an expert in five Ian
guages, had been scheduled for
transfer today to the Philippines
for State Department work. The
"trip has been postponed pending
her recovery.
She said she was en- route to
the home of a girl friend when
the attack occurred. The girl
friend, who works until midnight,
had wanted to talk to her before
she left.
Miss Robson described her at
tacker as about 81 years old, 5
feet 10 inches tall, and weighing
about 100 pounds.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
finish it the same afternoon-ir

finish it the same afternoon-in
our country that's stalemate."
He said the guerrilla war in
Greece was once called a stale
mate and so was the Berlin airlift.
Gen. Marshall had this to say
about the 38th Parallel, once the
dividing line between Communist
North and Republican South
Korea:
1.-THE Army will be handled in
the most effective manner possible.
The 38th is just figure of speech
now"
Gen Marshall emphatically de-
MED that these and other reports
of possible negotiated peace had
any connection with his visit.
Ridgway Refuses Comment.
In Tokyo, Gen. Ridgway, who
accompanied Gen. Marshall to
Korea, was asked this direct
question:
Have you any new instructions
from Washington concerning the
WARP"
Gen. Ridgway's reply was "no
comment"
The Defense Secretary few into
Tokyo about midnight last night
Within 20 minutes he had changed
planes and was on his way to
Korea. Gen. Ridgway accom-
panied him.
Today, just south of SO on the
western front, Gen. Marshall con-
ferred with 1t. Gen. James A.
Van Fleet. United States 9th Army
commander, and the top United
Nations field commanders.
The thunder of Allied artillery
could be heard in the distance.
Police Guard Farley Tent.
The 45-minute meeting was
held in a green camoufaged Army
tent. Fighter planes circled over
head and armed military police
guarded the tent.
Photographers were allowed tx
take pictures when the conference
broke up. but correspondents were
not allowed to question him. Tht
press conference was held later
just before he returned to Japan
(See MARSHALL, Page A-3.)