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Evening star., 1952-07-17
Truman Spends Good Night,
May Leave Hospital Saturday
Fever From Mild Virus Attack Is Gone,
Works While Getting Thorough Checkup

Mrs. Truman, who has been at
the bedside of her ailing mother,
Mrs. David w. Wallace, in In
dependence, Mo-, Joined the Presi-
dent in the presidential suite at
Walter Reed shortly after arriv-
ing by train at Silver Spring, Md
She was met there by Rear Ad-
miral Robert L. Dennison, Mr.
Truman's naval aide.
The Presidents physical exami-
nation is continuing. but it is moi
interfering with his work, Mr.
Short said. He added, however
that he did not think the Presi-
dent would have any visitors
today.
| He said that ito the best of my
knowledge and belief" the Presi.
dent had not seen Thomas ]
Gavin of Kansas City. his alter.
nate to the Democratic Nationa
Conventions. who came to Wash
lington Tuesday to confer with the
(See TRTTMAN page A-Hl
Evening star., 1952-07-17

Health Department needs, was re-
LEASED today. A closed hearing on
the budget was held by the Com
missioners yesterday.
Health Officer Daniel L. Seek
niger asked $710,720 to reimburse
eight private hospitals and the
Washington Home for Incurables
for care of District residents who
cannot afford to pay for their own
disqualification.
Based on Average.
He said the $13.44 q day esti-
mate was based on the average
daily cost-per-patient at Calm
ger Municipal Hospital.
However, it appeared that fewer
INDECENT patients could be sent
to the private hospitals If the re-
quested figure is approved by the
Commissioners and subsequently
by Congress.
In his request for. fiscal 1858
DR.. Seckinger had asked for $847,-
900 to reimburse the hospitals
at q $3.50 day rate. This was
cut to 100000 by the Commits
sioners. who ordered the hospitals
paid at the then-prevailing rate
of SO a day. Congress subsequently
added $76,875, making it possible
for the city to pay the private hos
pitfalls SO O day during the cur
rent fiscal year.
Under DR.. Seckinger's proposed
budget for fiscal 1854, the hos
pitfalls would be paid $2.50-a So
cent increase-for every clinic
visit by INDECENT out-patients.
officials Of private. hospitals
have complained bitterly over the
Districts policy of reimbursins
the hospitals at a rate lower thar
the District spends to maintain
patients at Gallinger.
Although private hospitals woulc
receive an increase in District
payments. the estimate calls fol
reimbursement to Freedmen
Hospital Federal institution
which treats some District ward.
lat the old rate of SO a day.
DR.. Seckinger told a reporter
this was because Freedmen's of.
ficials have not asked any increase
(See HEALTH page A-Hl
Evening star., 1952-07-17
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman spent "a very
good night" at Walter Reed Hos.
pital and expects to get back to
the White House by Saturday
aides reported today.
Press Secretary Joseph Short
said the Presidents physician
Mrs. Trumon Arriving at HospitoI. Pic.
ture on Pose Al
Maj. Gen. Wallace H. Graham
reported that Mr.. Truman's tenn
perature had returned to normal
The physician said the Presidents
temperature may 60 up a teeny
little bit" again this afternoon, q.
it has been doing since Sunday
when he came down with q milo
virus infection.
Mr.. Truman entered the hos
pital yesterday-for the first time
since he took Office more thar
seven years ago-to undergo .
thorough physical checkup.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Two Bandits Get
S6,00OinHo|dup
AT Roger Smith
Flee in MONDAY Crowd
After Toking PoyroII
From Hotel Office

Two armed robbers held up the
auditors Office of the Roger Smith
Hotel shortly before l pm. today
and escaped with $4,000 payroll.
The robbers. both colored men
about 80 years old, forced Auditor
Frank Foley and two assistants
to lie prone on the floor while
they looted his Office.
The men backed out of the
office on the mezzanine floor, ran
down a back stairway and van
ished in the lunch hour throngs
on Pennsylvania avenue near
Eighteenth street.
Mr.. Foley telephoned police as
soon as the men left his Office and
within seconds the radio Dispatch
er sent half dozen scout cars
with sirens screaming to the hotel.
Policemen surrounded the hotel,
but as soon as it became known
that the men had escaped the
cars raced away to search streets
within a radius of several blocks.
Thousands of Government work.
ers on their lunch hour were at
tracted by the police car sirens
and crowded around the hotel.
One of the bandits was wearing
a two-toned sport shirt and the
other was wearing khaki trousers,
police were told. Both were wear
ing dark felt hats.
One of the men was armed with
a .45-caliber revolver and the
other carried small gun.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Truman Gives Mrs. Stewart
Recess Court Appointment

President Truman today gave a
recess appointment to Mrs. Grace
M. Stewart, executive assistant to
the Attorney General. to be an
associate Judge Of Municipal
Court.
Mrs. Stewart was nominated
July 4 for the vacancy created by
the death of Judge Ellen K. Raedy.
but the Senate failed to act on
her nomination before Congress
adjourned.
She still must have Senate ap-
|proval before holding Office per-
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Training School Plans
To Be Accelerated

AN $4,000 STEP FoRWARD-pis-
triet Officials plan speedy oetion in
drowins pIons for the new Notionol
Troinins School for Girls at the Chill
dren's Center near LoureI, Nd. But a
lot must happen before reoIixotion Of
the dreom. See pose Ala.
LOOK TWICE At FOOD PLANS
The Better Business Bureau is warning
the public to beware Of the so-eoIled
food pIons advertised as a woy TO save
on food bills. Some Of the snores in
the pIons ore explained in the last Of
o series by WiIliom Hines on pose A-24.
FROM SOLDIER TO POLITICIAN
The Lost in q series on the life Of Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower delves into reo-
sons for the senerors decision to try for
the presidency. See pose Ala
Evening star., 1952-07-17
81 Organizations ASK
9-Point Democratic
Civil Rights Program
Move Moy End Hopes
Of Party Leaders for
Convention Harmony
By J. A. O'Leory
Stur Stoff Correspo,denf

CHICAGO, July 17.-Spokes-
men for more than so national
organizations today laid before
the Democratic Platform Com.
mittee a nine-point civil right.
program which may shatter the
hopes of party leaders for a har.
monious convention.
A warning that independent
and minority voters could "Stay
home" on election day if they
don't like the civil ranks planks
of either major party was sounded
by Stanley Gewirtz of Americans
for Democratic Action, one of the
81 organizations participating ir
the leadership conference on civil
rights.
There was some difference OF
opinion among the advocates of a
strong civil rights plank, how
ever, over the possibility of taking
Ia walk.
Not Thinking of WalkOut.
James B. Carey of the CIO in.
dicated at press conference yes.
terday that his group is not think
ing of taking a walk. He saic
that the CIO-PAC will be more
active than at any time in its
history.
Asked what the CIO would do i
Senator Russell of Georgia is or
the Democratic ticket, he said HI
does not accept that possibility
He repeated, however, that hi!
group would not take a walk, but
would be extremely active, pre-.
sumably at the State and loca
level. in congressional and Stat'
elections.
Walter White, of the Nationa
Association for the Advancement n
of Colored People, also said hi,
group would be very active in tls
election of members Of Congress
and Governors.
Brought 1948 Revolt.
In a statement prepared for de-
livery to the Platform COMMITTEES
today, Mr.. Gerwitz predicted th'
Democrats will lose in Novembe,
if there is any retreat from theil
1948 civil rights plank.
The 1948 plank indorSed Presi
dent Truman's stand on civi
rights, which includes a Fedora
(See PLATFORM. Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Family Finds Lost Dog
Through Classified Ad

A mon told Of the loss Of his fomily's
puppy recently in a classified od in The
Stor. The dog was returned to them
thot afternoon.
When you won't quick results. adyer-
tise in The Stor. Remember. the deod-
line for Sunday ods changes from z
pm. to noon Saturdays, beginning
August z. At the some time. telephone
ud takers will be on duty on extra hour
until 10 p.m.-on Fridays. Phone
Sterling 5000 to advertise IN Woshins-
toms No. l classified medium.
Evening star., 1952-07-17

NIT his own denomination. What
he would be. expected to Go, in
the event of a deadlock, is tc
throw his influence in support OF
one of the candidates. SO far
there has been no indication OF
which aspirant the President may
support.
Mrs. Perle Mesta, Minister tc
Luxembourg, has different ideas
At a press conference, Mrs. Mesta
wearing a Truman campaign but
ton, said yesterday she hoped the
President would change his mind
about not seeking another term
Truman Her Only Choice.
Mr.. Truman. she said. is hel
only candidate. She left no doubt
she had come to the convention
city to try to stimulate draft OF
the President, and to give one OF
her famous parties.
She will give her party Tues
day night at the Blackstone Hotel
for members of the delegation
from Rhode Island. her voting res
idence, and for the presidential
candidates, their wives, other dele
gates and the press, radio ano
televiSion.
She said she had entertained
Gen. Eisenhower "once a month
all winter long," while the Re-
publican presidential nominee wa.
head of the NATO forces. ASKED
if she thought Gen. Eisenhower
would make a good President, SHE
replied: II am a Democrat"
Mrs. Mesta retained her reputa.
ton for parties. even while sht
held a press conference. Waiter!
Ipassed sandwiches and drinks tt
the half hundred reporters wht
we're present.
Kefauver and Russell Arrive.
Two of the candidates whom
Mrs. Mesta presumably will invit'
to her party arrived in Chicago
yesterday afternoon, Senator Ke
fauver of Tennessee and Senate
Russell of Georgia.
The Tennessee Senator wen
Into action almost Immediately an,
held a press conference. Senate
Russell will hold such a confer
lence this morning.
Senator Kefauver, red of fac
| /c. <INNyvrr7NrTrONY nora AQ
Evening star., 1952-07-17
the death of pretty Miss Eilee1
Fahey, 18, last Monday.

tQe OedCn OF preGCy MISS Eileen
Fahey, 18. last Monday.
Boston police said Peakes, who
has a mental discharge from the
Air Force. told them he just
wanted to kill some one" because
of an academic failure.
Miss Fahey, bookkeeper, was
shot to death at her desk In the
American Physical Society Office
on the campus as she read the
first of three letters she had re-
ceived earlier that day from Pfc.
Ronald Leo Of the 1st Marine
Division in Korea.
Pfc. Leo, granted q 30-day leave
is flying here to attend Miss
Fahey's funeral Saturday.
Bought Gun in June.
Boston Police Capt. Francis VIII
son said Peakes told of purchasing
a .22-caliber pistol last June with
the intent of shooting some one
in the American Physical Society
because that organization had
turned down his thesis on the
theory Of life.
Peakes. a packinghouse worker,
was arrested early today. He is
the son Of a retired Dover
Foxcroft (Me.) lumber dealer.
Miss Fahey "just happened to
be the first person I met in the
office." Peakes was quoted by
lpolice as saying.
After questioning, Peakes waived
lextradition for return to New
York.
Police found a pistol and the
remains of two boxes of ammuni-
ton in Peakes' room. They said
he told them he bought the pistol
in Bangor. Me-. last June as he
brooded over failure Of the society
to answer his letters on his
theories of electronics.
Investigators said Peakes only
actual contact with electronics
was while he was enrolled briefly
lin a physics course at Northeast
! (See SLAYNG. Page A-2N
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Man Admits Ki|Iinq
Girl at Columbia AffeI
Rebuff on WRITINGS
Police Seize Veteran
Who Shot Down Secretur,
He Never Saw Before
By the Assoeicted Press

NEW YORK, July 17.-A 30
year-old Air Force veteran. Bayard
Peakes Of Boston, confessed orally
today, Boston police said, to the
Columbia University campus kill
ing of a girl he never had seen
before.
Peakes arrived here. handcuffed
to a detective, for questioning in
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Budget Asks Increase
In Charity Case Pay
To Private Hospitals
Health Department PIun
Would Roise Figure From
$50 to $13.44 Per Day
By Wallace E. Clayton

Payment to private hospitals
here for care of District-certified
medically INDECENT patients would
be increased from $40 q day to
$13.44, under provisions Of a ten
tative Health Department budget
for fiscal 1854.
The budget estimate, calling fol
expenditure Of $40 million for al
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Russiu to RecuII Envoy
Named in Spy Triul
By the Asseeiofed Press

LONDON. July Russia
bowed to Britain's demand today
and agreed to withdraw Soviet
Embassy Diplomat Pavel Kuznet-
SOW from London after he was
named in a British spy trial.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Action by President
Forecast in Event Of
Convention Deadlock
Purty Leader Believes
Truman Eventually May
Have to Enter Fight
BY Sioff Correspondent Of The Sfor

CHICAGO, July 17.-If Gov.
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois sue
ceeds in staying completely out
of the race for the Democratic
presidential nomination-and it
begins to look as if he may be
successful in that aim-President
Truman eventually may have to
take a hand in breaking a dead
locked convention.
This is the opinion Of one OF
the most astute party leaders now
in Chicago.
The President is not expected
to become a candidate, or to per-
Evening star., 1952-07-17

cIemmer Asks Penal Budget of $4,870, 500.
Page AIS
Evening star., 1952-07-17

Photograph Of Murder Suspect. Pose AZ
Evening star., 1952-07-17

(see CONVENTION. Page AS
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(see TRUMAN, page A-60
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(see HEALTH, Page A-6J
Evening star., 1952-07-17

Trumon's Foir Deal Demand Sets New
Poce for Candidates. Pose A
Evening star., 1952-07-17

(See VIRGINIA, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Brought 1948 Revolt.

(See PLATFORM, Page A-53
Evening star., 1952-07-17

tSee sLAYNG, Page A-2n
Evening star., 1952-07-17

Chance of thundershower late today, high
near 92 partly cloudy tonight with low, 73.
Tomorrow. continued warm, chance of
thundershower. Full report on Page A-2.)
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-01-24
Steve OhtoIa
Killed in
Accident

MIDDLEFIELD - Instant
death came to little Steve AL
len Ohtola, aged 7, Saturday
about 9 am, when he jumped
from moving truck about
a mile and a half east of Mid
dlefield Village on Route 81.
The truck was driven by Don
johnson of Windsor and was
being toWed a short distance.
The driver was unaware that
Steve and his brother were
clinging to the truck. Evidently
they decided to jump off after
the truck was under motion.
Joseph alighted, but Steve fell
to the pavement and was in
stantly killed.
The truck driver was un-
aware of the accident until he
turned to come back and saw
the boy lying on the pavement
and neighbors gathering around.
DR.. Corey, Geauga County
coroner pronounced the death
as accidental. The truck driver
was not held.
The body was taken to the
Laraway Funeral Home in Mid
dlefield, where it remand un-
til Tuesday morning when it
was taken to st. Helen's church
in Newbury township on Route
81. The Rev. Father James
Maher, pastor of the Parish,
performed the last rites. Bur-
ial was made in Middlefield
cemetery.
Surviving are Steve's parents,
Wayne j. and Francis Zwolin-
ski Ohtola, two sisters - Ann
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-01-24
TOM ROWLEY
News by Nellie Wright

Telephone Middlefield 25551
Past Chiefs Club will be
entertained at the home of Mrs.
Irene Boorn, Monday, Jan. %,
with Mrs. Terry McGurer as
assisting hostess.
The Band Boosters Club will
sponsor a family party in the
Veterans Memorial Hall, Sat-
urday, Jan. 26. There will be
dancing from 9 to IL pm. to
the music of the high school
dance band, also a fish pond
and other amusemnts and re-
freshments on the first floor.
The Booster Club is an or
ganization to encourage and
assist the band of the Middle
field school.
There will be a basketball
game Friday evening, Jan. rs,
in the school gymnasium; Mid
dlefield is playing the Thomp-
son team.
Mrs. Smith M. Johnson of
Pawling, N. Y, who was called
here by the illness and death
of her mother, Mrs. T. H. Crit
tenden, is remaining with her
father this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Weber
and daughter Nancy attended
a meeting of the Mid-W Western
Cactus Society Sunday, held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Hinkley in Cleveland,
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Ginger
ich and children of Burton
were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Swonger.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-01-24

Marie aged TO- and Jean Alma brother, Wayne Joseph
two and half, and one many other relatives
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-01-24
Crittenden Rites
Are Held

MIDDLEFIELD Funeral
services for Mrs. T. H. Critten-
den who passed away last
Wednesday as the result of a
fall at her home a few days
before, were largely attended.
Rev. Albert S. Wolstencroft,
Pastor of the First Methodist
church officiated and burial
was made in Middlefield GEM
etery.
Ala Jewett Crittenden was
born in Custer City, Pa, July
5, 1878. When a small child,
she came with her parents,
Mr.an Mrs. Hiram Jewett, to
Huntsburg to make her home.
She graduated from Middle
field High school with the
class of 1897 and in the sep
tember following was married
to Thomas H. Crittenden of
Middlefield and had made her
home here ever since.
Mrs. Crittenden was always
very much interested in chill
dren and young people. She
served as clerk on the Village
Schoolboard while the present
building was under construc-
ton.
For the past eight years,
Mrs. Crittenden had been in
charge of the Middlefield
branch of the Geauga County
Public Library and was most
efficient in that position and
was loved and respected by the
school children and adults
alike.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crittenden cele-
brated their fifty-fourth we'd
ding anniversary.
Mrs. Crittenden Is survived
by her husband and three
daughters - Mrs. Lora John
son of Pawling, N. Y, Mrs.
Farah Burke of Cleveland and
Mrs. Eileen Pawlowski of Farm
ington and one son-Carroll P.
Crittenden of Highland Heights,
five grandchildren and one
brother, Orrin Jewett of Paines-
Vile.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-01-24

Telephone
Middlefield 2553l or 22o66
We have ready buyers for the
following type properties:
Farm-Between 100 and 200 &C
res on improved road -
must have good house on
land and barn in fair con-
dition. Will pay up to $20,-
900 for right property.
Home-With to 5 acres. House
must be in good condition.
Five or more rooms. inside
plumbing. sound structure
About $9500.
FARM - FARMS - FARMS
AS the spring season ap-
proacheS. we are getting
calls and letters from buy
ers wanting farms in this
vicinity. If you have con-
sidered selling your farm
property. get in touch with
US. as our present files con-
tain many propectS with
ready cash.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-01-24
Burton Fire Auxiliary
Plan Gard Party
GARLAND SHELTER

BURTON - The Firemen's
Auxiliary plan an evening of
cards this Saturday, Jan. 26,
according to an announcement
from Mrs. A. R. Dean.
Play will start at 8 o'clock
at the school gym and there
will be bridge, pinochle and
canaSta. Refreshments will be
served. Admission is a dollar
per couple or fifty cents for
stays.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-01-24
Knights of Pythias
Install Officers

MIDDLEFIELD - Richard
Moss was installed as chancel-
lor commander of the Knights
of Pythias at their meeting
January 8.
Other officers installed are:
Vice chancellor endell
Tucker, Prelate Charles Zang,
Master at arms Donald Hunter,
Outer guard Walter Dreyer,
Secretary Andrew Minnick,
Financial secretary B. W. Hor-
ton and Treasurer Keith Her
rick.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-01-24

MIDDLEFIELD BIRTHDAYS
SATURDAY, JAN. 28-
Mrs. Rudy Miller.
SUNDAY, JAN. 27-
Rocco MaZzochi.
Bonnie Lou Boorn.
Wayne McMinn.
Joe A. Byler.
MONDAY, JAN. 28-
Howard Barnes.
Mrs. Helen Davidson.
Joseph Sulhan.
TUESDAY, JAN. %
John Lawrence Clingman, Jr
Wilma Motylewicz.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30
Hazel Carlton.
Eva Burris.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-01-24
NEWS from MIDDLEFIELD

Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Gates
and son Larry of Champion
Heights called on Miss Nellie
Wright Sunday afternoon.
Continued on page twelve)
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-01-24

READER INTEREST
More Middlefield families read
The Geausa Republican-Record
than any other newspaper.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Russian Protest 10 U. ).
On Air Corridor Violations
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN. July 26.-The Russians
announced tonight they had pro-
tested to the U. S. and France
two alleged violations of air COR
ridors over the Soviet zone of Ger
many July IS.
The Soviet-licensed news agency
ADM said Maj. Gen. v. I. Trussov
Russian deputy chief of staff in
Germany, had ''once more
warned that the Americans and
French would be responsible if
such violations had evil conse-
quences."
Adm published another letter
from Gen. Trussov repeating an
earlier charge that U. S. military
personnel had fired at the Com
munist East German PEOPLE S
Police and railway workers from
a military train at Babelsberg
near Berlin. June 10. " 6 a''-
thorities told Gen Trussov when
this charge was first made that
only firecracker had been
thrown from the American train.
Trussov rejected this explanation
and said bullet marks had been
found at BabelSberg.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Staying Of Young Wife
Battles New York Police
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 26.-The
strangling of a pretty blond
pregnant housewife had police
baff1ed today.
Authorities said they were un-
able to turn up a single clue in
the Staying of Mrs. Josephine
Brown, %, of nearby Mineola. who
had gone into Queens to shop for
maternity clothes.
Her body was found sprawled
in a street last night. Her string
of pearls was twisted around her
neck. However, an autopsy
showed she had been strangled
by hand.
Police said there apparently was
neither robbery nor a sex motive
behind the Staying. The autopsy
showed Mrs. Brown had not been
molested Sexually and her jewelry
and money were untouched.
Evening star., 1952-07-27

came actively associated with the
newspaper three years ago, shortly
after his graduation from Prince
ton University.
He started in the advertising de-
partment as a clerk behind the
classified advertising counter. He
next served as a classified sales
man, then as circulation produc-
ton manager, a position he held
for a year.
Mr.. Kaufman was born in
Washington on January 81, 1925,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H.
Kaufman. His father is presi-
dent of the company.
After graduating from The
Choate School in Wallingford,
Conn. he attended Princeton
University. following a tradition in
the Kaufman family. World
War II was on and instead of
graduating in the Glass of 1947,
he Joined the Air Force. For two
years, 1943 to 1945, he saw active
service. He ended up as a gunner
staff sergeant with a B-24 and
flew numerous bombing missions
over Germany.
Mr.. Kaufman returned to
Princeton after the war and was
graduated with an ALB. degree
in 1949.
He is married and lives at 6
Worthington drive, Westmoreland
Hills with his wife and three
children.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Australian Miner Wants Queen
To Get Big Sapphire He Found

If the Government-which has
until July 81 to make up its
mind-decides not to buy the
Golden Willow" Clifton -Parr
will offer it to prospective Amer
ican buyers.
He has been told by Australia s
foremost sapphire expert, Elias A.
Heiser of Brisbane, that the stone
would probably be-worth around
$4,000 in the United States.
The Golden Willow" which
has not yet been cut, is a golden
yellow with a small dark green
area at cne side. and is slightly
larger than a bantam's egg.