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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
Team Standing
ST. MARY'S LEAGUE

The Spaniels won three points last
week to remain on top by 10 points.
The fourth place Scotties were the
only team to win all four points.
The Spaniels had both high scores,
with a single game of 555 and set
of 1855.
Ellie Sirbaugh had the high game
for the ladies (119), but the mems
scores were divided, with Jack
Weaver having the high single game
(126) and Wayne Kiser the high set
(337).
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
DiSiIIuSiOned

Two modern little girls coming
home from Sunday school were
solemnly discussing the lesson.
'Do you believe there is devil?"
asked one.
mo" replied the other promptly.
"of course not. It's just like Santa
Claus. He's your father"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
Team Standing
BANKERS LEAGUE

The Pennies won both their games
last week while all the others were
winning one. The Dimes had the
high single game (535) and the Pen
MES the high set (1021).
June Martin had both high scores
for the ladies, with single game of
lib and set of 217, while for the men,
Frank Mcconnell had the high single
game (129) and Robert Bowman the
high set (237).
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
Team Standing
WOW. LADIES' LEAGUE.

The Branches won two games last
week while the Roots were losing
two, to go out on top by point. The
Saps were the only other team to
win both games.
The Saps had both high scores,
with single game of $40 and two
game set of 1905
Helen LeFevre was the high bowl
er, with a single game of 1T and
set of 221.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
Brothers. Right

The president of a large corpora
ton was sitting down to dinner with
his family when little Mary turned
to her father and said; "Why can't
we just pray once a week, Daddy?
Why do we have to ask for our
daily bread every day?"
Her younger brother, looking up
h utter disgust: "Do you think we
want stale bread?"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
Cnnnetent

Salesman These stockings are
the very latest pattern, fast colors,
holeproof, won't shrink, priced far
lower than elsewhere and a very
good yarn"
Customer-"Yes, and you tell it
we'll"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
DIVISION III
Team Standing
WOMEN's MAJOR LEAGUE

Savoy Restaurant won one point
on Saturday night to remain on top
by 6 points. Gibney's Florists had
both high scores, with a single game
of $50 and set of 1874.
F. Thomas and D. Wolfensberger
tied for the high single game (126),
but D. Bremen had the high set
1880. I
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
SAD STORY

A man who detected piece Of
bark in the sausage visited a
butchers shop to know what had
come of the rest of the dog. The
butcher was so affected that he
could give him only part of the
tale.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03

Mother" said Peggy, who had
just seen a large toadstool sprout-
ing, do babies grow or can you
buy them?"
''They grow, DEAR" repli d
Mother.
"Well," said the your-year-old, II
think there's one coming up in the
backyard now"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
BOWLING SCORES

single game (543), but Washington
Square Methodist had the high set
(1558).
Dennis Thurston had the high sin
gle game (134) and Vic McSherry
had the high set (348).
DIVISION
Team Standing
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
Could Be

Son: "Why do dollars have eagles
on them?"
Father: ''They're symbolic of
swift flight"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03

The tourist came upon a farmer
In the back country holding a hog
up to an apple tree while the animal
munched on apples.
isn't that rather slow way to
feed him?" the tourist asked.
could be-" reckoned the farmer.
"But what's time to a dern old
hawg?"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
Good Advice

If you would be efficient, dear
Permit me to advise,
Your letters would look better it
You'd dot, not roll, your is.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03

We make 'em in Jiffy!
Stouffer Printing Co., Phone 1900
Adv.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
Marital Madcap

She talked in her sleep so he sent
her home to mutter.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
Hot Spot

Hot Spot
Judge-"Why did you strike this
dentist?"
Prisoner-"Because he got on my
nerves."
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-04-03
Team Standing
RUBBER STAMPS

Be Sure To Vote On May 5.
Evening star., 1952-08-19
Communist Youths Stone
U. 5. Sergeant in Iran
BY the Associated Press

TEHERAN. Iran, Aug. 49,
Communists youths stoned an
American Army sergeant and his
Persian soldier-driver today while
their jeep was stopped for a traffic
light on one of Teheran's busiest
streets.
Police charged the 100 or SO
young Reds with batons and dis
Ipersed them while the jeep sped
away.
The United States Army Mission
identified the American involved
as Sergt. James Hagan of Atlanta,
Ca, and said he received only a
glancing blow from a rock and
was not injured.
The mission said the jeep was
making a regular run between
its headquarters and the American
Embassy.
The crowd, an American spokes-
man said, yelled "Emricaie gom-
show"-literally, Americans get
lost.
Evening star., 1952-08-19
u. 5. MinesWeeper
And Tug Il SheIIed
In Error Reach Japan
BY the Assoeiated Press

TOKYO, Aug. ia United
States Navy minesweeper and
salvage tug arrived in Japan last
night for a formal investigation of
an incident off Korea in which the
Iminesweeper fired twice on the
tug, killing two men and injuring
nine.
"A Navy officer said the shooting
resulted from failure to exchange
recognition signals between the
minesweeper Chief and the
Grapple. ,---
In Washington. the Navy said
"a Navy board will investigate to
fix responsibility and to determine
measures to prevent a possible
recurrence.
Two Shells Strike Ship.
The Navy said two 3-inch shells
from the Chief hit the Grapple
Friday night when the vessels were
searching for small Communist
ships of Hungnam on Korea's
northeast coast.
One shell struck a gun shield
and went through the stack and
the second hit the pilot house.
The Navy said damage was mainly
to the Superstructure where elec-
tronic equipment was located.
The Grapple, steel-hulled ship,
is 214 feet long, has a beam of Al
feet and displaces 1,48O tons. The
Chief is 22l feet long, 80 feet at
the beam and d;splaces 800 tons.
Casualties Listed.
The Navy said the dead were:
Richard Armstrong, quartermas-
ter third class, from Columbus,
Ohio.
Robert Emmett Smith, radioman
second class, of San Diego.
Seriously injured were Clyde
Vincent Taylor. damage control
man second class, Thomasville
Ca; Paul Thomas Madden, sea-
man, DewyroSe, Ga, and William
Henry Walker. seaman apprentice
Madison, Ohio.
Other injured are Edward E
Kreiss. chief boatswain's mate
Redwood City. Calf; Richard r
Flippen, boatswains mate thiro
class. Boston; William J. Bewick
boatswain's mate second class, Sar
Diego; Billy E. Wigginton. Enoree
S. c.; Jackie D. Richards, sea-
man, Strange, Okla, and Ralph
G. Graffam, seaman apprentice
WATERFORD, Me.
Evening star., 1952-08-19
Jersey Banker Gets
1O-to-14-Year Term
For S456,OOO Theft
BY the Assoeioied Press

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Aug
ia judge who said he prayed
Ito reach a right decision today
sentenced William C. Horley tc
10 to IA years in State Prison fol
ia $456,00O embezzlement from his
Perth. Amboy bank.
The soft-spoken banker, neatly
dressed in a brown suit, stood
calmly as the sentence was pro-
nounced by Superior Court Judge
Ralph j. Smalley.
Judge Smalley, after a lengthy
plea for leniency by defense coun'
sci. said Horley. 50-year-old for
mer vice president of the Firs
Bank & Trust CO. of Perth Amboy
had brought the unfortunate stu
alton on himself.
Horley was given five to seven.
year sentences on each of eigh
counts of embezzlement. The frs
two sentences are to run consecu'
lively, and the other six to rur
concurrently.
Each Of the counts on which
the bank executive was indicted
named a firm or individual whose
account he was accused of jug.
Cling between August 4, 1850, ano
May /, 1852.
A routine audit uncovered the
shortages. Asked how he has lost
the money, Horley told authori-
ties it was syphoned off by q
series of bad investments anc
stock market flyers he made try
ing to recoup for bad loans he
approved.
Horley, married and the father
of three children, worked for the
bank since it was organized ir
1887. At the time of his arrest
he was making $500 a year a!
vice president.
Evening star., 1952-08-19
|Export-Import Bank
Reports $40 Million
Profit on lis Loans
BY the Associated Press

The Export Import Bank today
reported on a years profitable
business in At countries on all
continents.
The bank, Government cor
poration, reported that on July
it paid a $40 million dividend into
the United States Treasury out
of profits of $40 million earned
in the fiscal year which ended
June 80. The year before. it
paid like dividend to the Treas
ury, which holds its stock.
The bank was set up by Con-
gress in 1945 to make loans here
and abroad aimed at increasing
foreign trade with the United
States. It differes from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (World Bank
also Government owned, in that
the World Bank was established
to aid in basic economic develop
rnent of foreign nations. How
ever, the work of the two banks
overlaps to some extent, as the
eventual object of both is to in
crease markets.
Pays SIT Million Interest.
The Export-Import Banks semi
| annual report to Congress and
the President gave these details:
/. Besides the $40 million divi-
dend to the Treasury. it paid the
Government slightly more than
SIT million in interest.
2. The banks operating expenses
for the fiscal year were 81 million.
3. 1t used the rest of it's fiscal
1852 profit of $40 million to add
$31.8 millions to it's reserves. This
brought reserves to $926.6 million.
4. At the end of the year the
bank had $1.2 billion of it's author
iized $4.5 billion lending power still
uncommitted.
5. In the last six months of the
fiscal year the bank authorized
new loans amounting to $413.3
million and authorized the use of
$30.5 million out of credit already
extended.
$500 Million to France.
The bank made available to
France $500 million to tide Paris
over it's fiscal difficulties until it
starts collecting on United States
purchases of French military sup
lplies for the Mutual Security
Program.
Another field of the banks work
is development of sources of scarce
materials, particularly materials
needed in the atomic energy and
other defense programs. In this
field the bank made loans in Latin
America for tungsten and sulphur
|production and for uranium pro-
duction in Africa.
The bank made short term loans
during the year of $173 million to
finance the export of cotton from
this country and $40 million for
Tobacco exports.
Evening star., 1952-08-19
Krupps Propose 10 Sell
Steel and Coal HOLDINGS
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

BONN. Germany, Aug. 49,
Germany's No. munitions makers.
the Krupps, want to sell their vast
steel and coal holdings which have
armed the German war machine
in two world wars.
The huge firms 44-year-old
head. Alfred Krupp, has asked
permission of Allied and West
German officials for such trim
ming of the family empire. APP
parently the firm would retain
such other big enterprises as loco
motive and truck plants, ship
building works and real estate
holdings.
Mr.. Krupp submitted his pro-
posals to sell the coal and steel
industries in accordance with AL
lied occupation laws requiring the
splitup of vast industrial empires.
The Allies believe such economic
concentrations helped spur the
Germans to war.
Krupp spokesmen have said
publicly the company never would
produce arms again.
Evening star., 1952-08-19
IS New Polio Victims
Raise D. {. Areas
1852 Toll 10 17S Cases

Fifteen new cases of polio in
the Metropolitan Area today raised
the 1852 total to 178, compared to
II at this time last year.
Hardest hit is Prince Georges
County, which reported six new
cases, two critical. The county
total now is so. as compared to IA
in 1851.
The latest victims in that county
are a 5-year-old girl Of the 800
block of Queens Chapel road,
Mount Rainier; 5-year-old boy
OF the 3700 block of Allison street,
Brentwood, Md; a 5-year-old boy
of the Fifty-firs avenue OF Col
lege Park. Md. and 1O-year-old
boy of the 1900 block of Queens
town drive, Mount Rainier.
Also listed as in critical condl-
ton with bulbar-type polio are an
e-year-old boy of Forest Heights.
Md, and a 27-year-old man visit
ing the 1900 block of Russell ave-
nue.. Mount Rainier.
Montgomery County reports no
new cases and has a total OF six
SO far this year. Last year there
were "a cases.
d. C. Has 3 New Cases.
The District Health Department
recorded three new cases today.
bringing to nine the number OF
pre-teen age children stricken in
the District within the last "a
hours.
Two-month-o1d TIJUANA Nick
ems, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Norwood B. Nickens of 1920 Meade
street NE, was the second OF
their seven children to come down
with the disease in two days. She
was admitted to Childrens' Hos
pital.
Other District children afflicted
are a 712-year-old girl OF the
3400 block of D street Sc. and a
1O-year-old boy of the 300 block
of Eleventh street Sc. Both were
admitted to Children's.
Forty-five cases have been re-
ported in the District this year,
compared to 20 at this time last
year.
Three Areas Have 2 Each.
Arlington's 30th and 31st cases
of the year were admitted to
Children's yesterday. They are a
5-year -old boy of the 1000 block
of North Kenilworth st, and q
year-old girl of the 500 block of
Eighteenth street. Eight cases
were recorded at this time last
year.
Alexandria also reported two
more polio cases. both adults.
They are a 31-year-old man of
South Walter Reed street. previ-
ously reported as an Arlington
resident, and a 23-year-old woman
of High View drive in the Shirley
Duke apartments. Alexandria
now has had 16 cases as opposed
to only two in 1851.
Fairfax County reported two
more cases, making its total 81
as compared to nine last year.
The two are both 7-year-old
boys, admitted to Children's. The
first lives at Hampton Court, Falls
Church. and the second on Poplar
drive, Falls Church.
Evening star., 1952-08-19
Political Mystery Womon
Gov. Stevenson's Former Wife
BoffIed by PubEc's Curiosity
Article Authorized
By Mrs. Stevenson

Ever since Gov. AdIoi Stevenson Of
Illinois wos nominated for President by
the Democratic Notionol Convention,
his divorced wife. Mrs. Ellen Borden
Stevenson, hos been deIused with re-
quests from mosozines and newspapers
for story.
To oil Of their proposals she replied
with polite no"
The flood become so greet. however.
thot she finoIIy. with greet reIuetonee,
sronted the chieoso Dolly News the
interview on which this series is based.
This she did becouse she become
convinced thot some one would write q
series Of articles bosed on inaccurate
information.
She preferred. she sold. to have the
focts stoted correctly.
Evening star., 1952-08-19
Gus Empties Hospital Wards

BALTIMORE, Aug. 10 tP.-A
refrigerator exploded on the
second floor of st. JoSeph's Hos
pital here yesterday, spreading
ammonia fumes through the wards
and causing the evacuation of IS
patients.
Evening star., 1952-08-19

spent one year in Italy studying
art, music and languages.
THAT was my finishing school,
so to speak," she explained.
1--WE talked French one week
and Italian the next" she re-
called. She still has fluent COM
mand of French.
On her return from Italy. she
made her debut at 18.
At 10, she married Adlai Ewing
stevenson. then a struggling young
Chicago lawyer.
The above article is the first
of a series. Tomorrow: Life on the
Stevenson farm at Libertyville, Ill
Evening star., 1952-08-19

my summers at our home on Lake
Geneva, Wis, from the time
was Z on almost until I was mar
ried.
4At Lake Geneva. I lived an
outdoor life," she recalls. I'VE saw
very few people except on week.
ends.
A Different Life.
eve had a sailboat and a cat
boat.
ut was a very different life
from Lake Forests social whirl."
Mrs. Stevenson remembers well
the forms in which the religious
|fervor of her grandmother, Mrs.
William Borden, expressed itself.
my family was full of religious
fanatics" she recalls.
She said that recently an elder
ly milk wagon driver told her of
the days when her grandmother
compelled tradesmen to come into
the mansion for prayers when
they made deliveries.
"She was wonderful person."
Mrs. Stevenson said.
"She sold all the family jewelry
once and gave the money to the
church." she recalled.
One Was A Missionary.
Mrs. Stevenson said her father
John Borden, escaped these ire
ligious pressures. However, two
other children of the William Bor-
dens did not.
One of them, William Whiting
Borden, a handsome millionaire
in his early twenties. renounced
the world and embarked on life
time career as a missionary.
He was stricken with a fatal
illness in 1918 in Egypt. where
he was studying Oriental Ian
guages in preparation for a trip
to China.
A daughter, Mary Borden. went
to India as missionary, and re-
Gently published a best-selling
novel with a religious theme.
Mrs. Stevenson was one of two
daughters born Of the marriage
between the former Miss Waller
and John Borden. Her sister is
married and is now active in char
ity work in New York.
Went to School in Maryland.
AS a girl, Mrs. Stevenson at
tended the University School for
Girls in Chicago. She also attended
st. Timothy's boarding school at
Catonsville, Md, but did not
choose to 60 on to college.
j At the age of 9 Mrs. Stevenson
began to write verses and de-
velop the interest in poetry thai
has become one of her major pur-
suits.
i During her childhood she fre.
|quently arose in the middle oi
1.-THE night to write verses by light
from the street lamps.
II was always bookworm,
she explained. II read everything
I could get my hands on, poll.
.Itics, poetry. literature"
! Instead Of going to college, sh'
Evening star., 1952-08-19
Political Mystery Womon
She's Been Leading
Busy Life Of Her Own
Ever Since Divorce
By Joy McMuIIen

CHICAGO, Aug. 10 (CDN -
The pretty mystery woman" ir
American politics today is Mrs
Ellen Borden Stevenson. until re.
|centl the wife of Adlai Stevenson
But Ellen Stevenson herself i:
downright mystified as to why
she should be considered a mys-
terry.
Descended From Pioneers
And that "might-have-been" in.
cludes the fact she will have mar.
rowly missed being the nation!
First Lady if Gov. Stevenson j.
elected president.
Mrs. Stevenson is a fourth-gen.
Grafton Chicagoan. A member o.
a rugged pioneer family that
helped make history here while tht
city was young.
She was born to wealth, eul-
ture, breeding-and society, al
though she shrinks from use Of
the words society" and social.
ite."
But Mrs. Stevenson never
shakes the family tree. She i!
hazy about details of her family
history.
3 Taken for Granted
1--WE never been much inter.
|ested." she says. Il just took il
for granted that they were nice.
Her great grandfather, Johr
Borden, came to Chicago in 1885
He became wealthy through rea
estate ventures.
However, the family fortune wa!
actually made by her grandfather
William B. Borden. Mr.. Borden
lat 81, after studying mining ir
Heidelberg, Germany, discovered
the now famous mine at Lead.
vile, Colo.
Her father, also named John
carried on in mining operations
invested in oil wells that paie
off, and now lives in semi-retire.
ment in Michigan.
Mother Got Divorce
Her father was widely known a!
an Arctic explorer, big-game hunt.
'er, polo player and sportsman. Al
one time, he owned large share
of the Yellow Cab Co. in Chi.
cago.
Divorce was nothing new in the
life of Ellen Stevenson.
When Ellen was IA. her mother
the former Ellen Waller, wealth,
in her own right. divorced Mr.
Borden in 1924.
Nine years later, her mothe1
married John Alden Carpenter
distinguished Chicago music com
poser, to whom Mrs. Stevenson
had become very devoted. MI
Carpenter died last year at rs.
Her father has since been twic,
married.
Mrs. Stevenson's materna
grandparents were Mr.. and Mrs
James Breckenridge Waller. MI
Waller. also a pioneer, came t.
Chicago from Lexington, KY, il
1910. He died in 1920 leaving
100000 fortune he accumulate,
in real estate.
Uncle Was Alderman
/ Two children inherited his for
tune in equal shares. They wer
Mrs. Stevenson's mother and tn
late James B. Waller, the forme
lChicago alderman who was Mr..
IStevenson's uncle.
! Mrs. Stevenson talks with re
Iluctance of her childhood. Sh
prefers to ignore details of he
life in the stately Borden man
sion built on Lake Shore Drive /
1884 by her grandfather.
i 81 was brought up. very sim
lply." she said.
"I spent winters in town Will
. I was attending school and all {
Evening star., 1952-08-19
De VuIeru Off to Utrecht

DUBLIN. Ireland, Aug. 10 P).-
Prime Minister Eamon de Valera,
70, whose sight has failed badly in
recent years. left by plane today
for eye treatment by Dutch spe-
cialiSt in Utrecht.
Evening star., 1952-08-19
CycIist Takes CYCLING Trip

INDIANAPOLIS (P.-The post
man who hikes on his vacation
has nothing on Motorcycle PATROL
man George Lynch. He and his
wife took their last vacation on a
2,800-mile trip-by motorcycle.
Evening star., 1952-08-19
English Language Bon Seen

The Bombay Qndia) govern
ment has decided to ban the use
of English in administrative af-
fairs within IS years.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-11-22
By LUTHER WEBB

..,;ca's greatest opportunity
A" time world leadership is
70 ,'nnting not just our elected
CON- r9e";sl, but the entire popula-
on ls5 million strong. Each
w. ~" Of the day and night
nv lbs the horizon with the
sp PA Of wisdom, courage and
elear thinking.
Many Americans have stated
,,llowinq the election There
.,s no Republicans or Demo
s,s,s-iusi plain Americans;
Auericans determined TO pre-
1--we the welfare of all of the
nsople of this country. and as
n,rv others of The Free World.
ss IS humanity possible"
w. believe no truer words
..o~. ever spoken. OF course
,1o,e viii be those among us
...ho vIn because OF petty think
,.e continue TO differ. not be-
cause thoy believe in what they
c,ll right" but merely for the
.loyal opposition sake of the
matter politically speaking.
Nevertheless. the bulk Of US.
;rreqardless of race. religion. eli
eeters-will put our shoulders
70 the tasks facing us all. We
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-11-22
UIy Boykin's Digest
municipal psYchiairic hospitals.

municipal psYchiatric hospitals.
The young patients were gen.
orally released soon after II was
demonstrated that they were free
of Withdrawal symptoms. some
psychiatrlc treatment was also
administered But the relapse
rate for these hastily discharged
young patients proved very hieh
The authorities then rccon-
certed an abandoned institution.
the Riverside Hospital on North
Brother Island in the East River.
as a school-hoSpiial for teen age
narcotics users and addicts OBJ
Servatlon had Indicated that ADDS
leScentS often can be- taken off
drugs with fcw sign, soi the
classical Withdrawal symptoms 5
The hospital has room for
$50 patients. and is stated
with five psYchiairisis. four
psYcnoiogisfs. nine psYchiafric
social workers. seven recreation
leaders. four oceupational Their
apisis. and a physical education
instructor. in addition TO the
customary nursing staff.
The school unii ni the hospital
is staifci and operated by reg
ular teaching staff under the
City Board Of Eduoation Part of
the cost Of operation of the hos
pital is borne bv the New York
State Department ui Health The
development of this state and
local experiment in treating teen
age narcotics users is being
watched with interest by experts
throughout the country.
In the next issue we will
discuss What Can We Do About
the Drug Menace.