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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-17

of education at special meeting
last week, to assure inclusion of the
7-mill levy on the ballot for this
falls general election. Thomas
Guernsey, assistant Allen county
prosecutor drew up the necessary
papers and filed them with the board
of elections last Friday. Deadline
for the filing of levies was Tuesday
of this week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-17

roth, Karen Hall, Carol Schmidt,
Irene Basinger, Jackie Tschantz and
10 Ann Dirmeyer.
Tryouts for amateur acts who wish
to compete for the prizes to be
awarded will be held at p. m. Thurs
day night in the school auditorium.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-17
ENROLL IN NURSING SCHOOL

Barbara Reichenbach, Bluffton, and
Joyce Ann Bechdolt, Lafayette, are
among az students who have enrolled
for pre-clinical work in the Lima
Memorial hospital school of nursing
this week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-17

healthier, it was pointed out by
extension officials.
Open season on squirrels this year
will be from September Is through
October ID.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-17
Wide 4-Lane Construction
10 End At Gratz Crossing
HighlCdy Officials Explain Latest
Details Of Route Is Improvement

Although negotiations are underway for the purchase
of sufficient ghoway for four lane highway bypass around
Bufton plans for the initial only for single
strip OF concrete from GRATIS crossing norhward to the point
where 1t will rejoin the present Route 25 north Buton
The fact that the bypass will be only single strip "a feet
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-17

Saturdays program included a
tour of the campus and recreational
activities with the student council in
Continued On Page 6
Evening star., 1953-03-06
Dr.. Stadtman 10 Receive
$1,000 Research Award

DR.. Earl r. Stadtman, biochem-
list in the National Institutes of
Health, will receive a $1,000
award administered by the Amer
lean Chemical Society for his re-
search into the processes by
which fat materials are built up
in the bodies of men and animals.
The award in engine chemis-
try is made annually by the Paul
Lewis Laboratories, Inc, of Mil
waukee. Wis. It will be presented
to DR.. Stadtman on March 16
at 1880 national meeting of the
American Chemical Society in
Los Angeles. T
DR.. Stadtman has been asso-
ciated with National Heart Insti-
tute at Bethesda, Md, for the
last three years. He is a native
of Carrizozo, N. Mex, and came
here after completin gwork on an
Atomic Energy Commission fell
lowship at Massachusetts, Gen.
eral Hospital at Boston.
Evening star., 1953-03-06
Mob Protests in Pakisfan
ParaIyze CitY's Activity
By the Associofed Press

LAHORE, Punjab, Pakistan,
Mar. 6.-Surly anti-government
rnobs milled through this tense
city today, paralyzing all normal
activity. The demonstrations
came in the wake of clashes with
police yesterday in which at least
six rioters were killed and sew
eral injured.
The mobs, extreme Moslem
groups, demonstrated against
the country's national authorities
and against a reform religious
Evening star., 1953-03-06
u. ). Junior Chamber
Honors Wadden; 7
Others Get Awards

Assistant United States At
torney Thomas A. Walden, jr.,
yesterday was awarded the
United States Junior Chamber
of Commences Distinguished
Service award for his prosecu-
tion of organized crime.
Two Washington Junior Cham
ber awards also were presented
to Armiger L. Jagoe, jr., chair
man of the Special Committee
on Child Welfare Services of the
United Community Service, and
John S. Hayes, president and
general manager of Radio and
Television Stations WTOP.
The distinguished service
awards to the young men who
rendered outstanding service to
the city in the fields of business.
civic, educational enterprises and
public service were given at a
luncheon meeting in the Bur-
lington Hotel.
Fight on Dope Cited.
Mr.. Walden was cited for his
"outstanding accomplishments in
the field of organized crime in
the District and adjacent and
distant Jurisdictions with par
ticular emphasis upon illicit mar
cotics traffic and gambling con-
spiracies."
In presenting the award.
Douglas R. Smith. vice president
of the National Savings and
Trust Co., said Mr.. Walden
showed industry, initiative, pa
tience and persistence in the
criminal investigation and prose-
cution, which brought to justice
% of the Is major narcotics
wholesalers operating here.
Among them were Randolph
(Catf1sh) Turner, Joseph (Peter
Rabbit) Smith, Richard Man.
fredonia and Lawrence Carrado.
He was also lauded for his
work in prosecuting the Charles
E. Nelson gambling conspiracy.
Mr.. Jagoe was awarded the
Community Service Award for
outstanding voluntary commu-
nifty service to the city and its
future citizens through his Child
Welfare Committee.
Heads Youth Program.
President of the A. L. Jagoe
Insurance Agency, he is men,
ber of the Society of Sponsors Of
the Industrial Training School
and national chairman for youth
welfare of the national chamber.
The Washingtonian Award,
given in recognition of the lead
ership ability in the business and
professional field, was presented
to Mr.. Hayes "for his significant
contributions to countless civic
enterprises.
The award cited him for "his
outstanding leadership in the ra-
dio and television industry and
for his imaginative development
of radio and television programs
which have represented a major
public service to Washington in
the fields of national security,
public health, welfare, education
and business"
Mr.. Smith said the selection
board was particularly impressed
by outstanding leadership as
chairman of the 1928 Com
munity Chest business unit.
Municipal Court Judge Frank
H. Myers, chairman of the Sc
lection board, told the group he
was amazed to find so many
young men making such strides
in the service of the community
Evening star., 1953-03-06
Arizona WiIdIife Movies

Alfred M. Bailey. director of
the Denver Museum of Natural
History, will show color movies of
Arizonia wildlife at 4:45 and
$50 pm. today in Constitution
Hall as part of the National
Geographic Society's current lee
ture series.
Evening star., 1953-03-06

still, shops remained closed and
government Offices ran on skele-
ton stats.
City schools and colleges were
ordered today to remain closed
all next week.
Evening star., 1953-03-06

sect called the Ahmedya. They
moved into the streets as a 15-
hour curfew came to an end.
No clashes with police were re-
ported during the morning hours.
But rail traffic was at a stand
Evening star., 1953-03-06
Mr.. Hayes.

tomorrow in the Mount Pleasant
branch of the Public Library,
Sixteenth and Lamont streets
NV. Her topic will be Trailing
Ancestors to Vermont"
Evening star., 1953-03-06
Genealogical Society
MIR. Walden.

Mrs. Pearl M. Shaffer will ad-
dress a meeting Of the National
Genealogical Society at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Store Sales Rise
12Per Cent in Week

Department store sales in the
Metropolitan Area, during the
week ended October 10, in
creased IL per cent above those
of the previous week, but re-
manned 4 per cent behind the
comparable 1852 period, the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Richmond
reported yesterday.
Area sales in four weeks ended
October 10 were 2 per cent be-
low those of the same 1852 pc
riod. They also were down 2
per cent for the year.
Downtown Washington de-
partment store sales in the week
were Is per cent above those of
the previous week. but 6 per cent
behind figures for the compar-
able 1852 week. Sales in four
weeks were 4 per cent behind
those of a year ago and S per
cent down for the year.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Prince Georges PTA Appeal
For School Policemen Denied

A referendum would show a ma
jority in favor Of women guards.
she prophesied.
Commissioner Everett Marion
agreed. Commissioner Edward
(NeO Waters said little. Mr..
Waters has said several times
that he's opposed to hiring
women on the police force. Mr..
Marion thinks they could be
valuable additions.
Mr.. Latimer pointed out that
10 women are to be hired for
clerical work. When they go to
work, 10 policemen will be freed
for duty outdoors, he said.
Mr.. Waters wanted to know
how long the PTA representa-
tives had lived in Prince Georges.
Later he said most of you ladies
live in apartments, presume. :"
They told him three of the
seven live In houses.
Mr.. Waters said the county
board was trying to find ways to
get the most for its money. to
protect home-owners" from
"confiScatory taxes"
Evening star., 1953-10-17

people absorbed in matters auto
motive; they spend hours and
days and months working bn
their cars. he said. And they
want to see what those cars will
do. he said. so they should have
a place to test them.
The hotrodders boasted of
their safety record. Two county
policemen, 1t. Roland Sweitzer
and Pfc. Emmett F. G. Gray.
who are counselors to groups of
young motorists, have praised
them in the past.
County Police Chief F.. Allen
Richards. State Senator John
Raymond Fletcher and Grover
Small. assistant States attor-
ney. also were present.
Mr.. Small was the only official
who would commit himself. He
said he thought a private racing
strip was a great idea.
Several other officials indicated
privately they support the idea.
They said they would schedule
another meeting soon. to pick a
location and determine other de-
tails.
Two sites were suggested last
night. Both are airstrips, one at
BeltSville and the other at
Greenbelt.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
General Asks Patience
For Eisenhower Policies

A request for patience with
the woSk of the Eisenhower ad-
ministration was made to the
Young Republican Club of
Montgomery County last night
by Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer,
U. S. A., retired.
Speaking in the Bethesda
County building, the commander
of World War II American for
ces in the China Theater praised
the administrators philosophy
of attempting to curtail what
he called the "handout policy"
of bygone eras.
The general said the sending
of troops to Korea was a mis-
take and that further military
aid should be given only in the
form of equipment and if the
recipients will try to arm them
selves.
Asked what methods are best
for fighting communism, he re-
piled the maintenance of inces-
SAINT propaganda and blows at
the economy of Communist con-
trolled countries would be most
effective.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Prince Georges Approves
Use Of Land for Cemetery

Permission to use 100 acres
for a cemetery on Sheriff road
near the George Palmer highway
was granted yesterday by the
Prince \. Georges County COM
missioners.
The applicant, Louis H. Bell,
2008 street NV, sought ap-
proval of the entire 106-acre
tract. But the commissioners
said they can grant such special
Zoning exceptions only for areas
not larger than 100 acres. The
future cemetery has been zoned
rural residential UP to now.
The commissioners also ap-
proved a request to put golf
driving range on Palmer high
way, near the Vista Woodmore
road. That property also was
zoned rural residential before.
The applicant was Andrew p.
Gordon of 1853 Hayes street
NE.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Verbal Hotrod ThrottIes Open
For 'Druq Strip at Hearing

One of the fastest crowds in
these parts made q big pitch
last night for a place that will
help separate the quick from the
dead.
They're Prince Georges County
h0trodders. And what they're
after is a drag strip" a stretch
Of roadway where they can race
safely.
More than IS Of them got to-
gether with county officials to
plead for living space. (And
true hotrod types are livin' it up
only when working on or driving
their Wondrous heaps.)
Their argument was that
youngsters are going to race, re-
gardless:i the way to control
them IS give them a spot where
they can do it without erldan-
gerirg others.
"Olr name is mud, right to be-
gin with. said Lorick Fox. '.You
say hot rod and, brother,
you've had it,"
Mr.. Fox, 20. delivered some
telling Arguments in behalf of
the group. He's q schoolteach-
er, teaching sixth graders at
West Lanhann Hills.
Hotrodders are not mere speed
nuts, he pointned out. They are
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Ex-Loan Office Manager
Gets ; Years in Theft
ey the Associated Press

FREDERICK, Md, Oct. IT,
A twice-wounded World War II
veteran was sentenced yesterday
to three years in prison for en-
bezzling $4,000 from a loan Of
flee he managed.
Circuit Judge Patrick M.
Schnauffer dealt the penalty to
Marvin j. Wolford, 81, who quit
the loan firm last January and
moved to Cumberland, Md. A
subsequent audit uncovered the
shortage.
Wolford, pleading guilty, told
the court he ran into financial
troubles after contracting to buy
an $18,500 home.
st got in over my head" he
said, explaining he covered up
his embezzlement by submitting
10 $500 fictitious loan applica-
tions over a six-month stretch
starting in July, 1852.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Laundry Destroyed
In Alexandra Blaze;
Four Firemen Hurt

A tWo-alarm fire destroyed the
Banner Laundry at Oronoco and
Alfred streets in Alexandria early
today.
The four exterior brick walls
of the big building and some
cement floors were all that re-
manned standing after the flames
were controlled. Most of the roof
collapsed.
Four f1remen were injured.
Paul Jacobs, sr.. and Garland
Marks, both cut their hands
fighting the flames. Robert
Walker was overcome by smoke
and Orville Poe suffered an eye
injury. All were treated at Alex
andria Hospital.
The first alarm was sounded
at 12:40 am. when passerby
noticed smoke coming from a
window. The second alarm was
sounded 10 minutes later. There
were two more special alarms
to summon selected pieces of
equipment from other COM
panies.
It was 3:15 am. before the
blaze was extinguished.
The laundry building occupied
approximately half a block. It
was one of Alexandria, oldest
laundry and dry cleaning estab-
lishments. The owner. Samuel
E. Harper, jr., was absent and
firemen said they could not es-
innate the loss.
The fire department reported
that it received a number of
telephone calls from anxious
customers who wanted to know
if any clothing had been saved.
It all went up in smoke.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Miss Washington
Says She'll Marry
Texas Oil Heir

Sheppard (Abdullah) King III,
the Texas oil heir, will marry
Miss Helen Fiske Smith, Miss
washington of 1883" the beauty
prize winner said today.
Miss Smith, who is herself
dancer, said Mr.. King pro-
posed to her across a table at
the Crossroads Cafe a few days
ago even as his latest rumored
f1ancee. Nejla Ates, performed
her terpsichorean gyrationS.
Miss Ates. a Turkish dancer, has
been here for a professional en-
gagement.
"He didn't even pay attention
to her." Miss Smith related.
Hes tired of it all and I think
he wants to settle down.
The wedding will have to await
final action in divorce proceed
ings involving Mr.. King and his
present wife, Samai Gemel, an
Egyptian dancer.
Both King and Miss Ates an
nounced yesterday that their
short romance was at an end.
Miss Smith said she met Mr..
King through a mutual friend
early last week.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Truckers to InstuII
New President TONIGHT

Morris Davidson, of the David
son Transfer g. Storage Co.,
will be installed as new president
of the District of Columbia
Trucking Association at a $50
o'clock dinner and dance to-
night commemorating the or
ganization's Goth anniversary.
A special tribute will be paid
to the late William E. Hum
phreys, one of the founders, dur
ing the program in the May
flower Hotel. Guests will in
clude District officials, members
of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and other Federal
agencies.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
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Evening star., 1953-10-17
Maryland Teachers
Move 10 Preserve
Academic Freedom
sy ihs Asseeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 1.-THE
Representative Assembly of the
Maryland State Teachers ASso-
citation asked the association
"and the community" today to
make every effort to protect
teachers from unwarranted at
tacks."
The request was included in
resolutions adopted at the close
of the associations 86th annual
convention.
The teachers asked for protec-
tion from attacks of "a vengeful
nature. as well as those result
ing from the narrow outlook of
individuals or minority groups.
Academic freedom must be
preserved if we are to develop
an enlightened society,""
Other Resolutions.
The assembly in other resolu-
tions advocated:
/. More adequate school build
ings-"we deplore any austerity
program in school construction
that ignores a policy of sound
long-term construction"
2. Greater State responsibility
for education in the joint rela-
tionship with local governments
I'VE believe in equal education
al opportunities for all citizens
Of Maryland, regardless of geo.
graphical location"
3. Greater efforts to see that
all teachers are fully certified by
completing educational require
ments.
4. More liberal retirement and
sick leave benefits.
EDDY Gilmore Speaks.
Speaker for the closing gen.
eral session was Eddy Gilmore,
until recently chief of the AS
sociated Press bureau in Mos
cow and winner of the Pulitzer
Prize for his coverage of Russia.
About $4,000 teachers attend
ed the convention.
The teachers yesterday heard
DR.. Thomas G. Pullen. jr., State
superintendent of schools, list
some serious problems" faced
by the school system.
He said Maryland needs 5000
5000 new schoolrooms by 1860,
Maryland's school enrolment,
he said, will grow at the rate of
24.000-27 900 a year, going from
the. present 100000 to about
100000 in the next six years.
Evening star., 1953-10-17

A mothers group brought up
the debate over women police
again yesterday but the Prince
Georges County commissioners
stuck to their policy Of using only
men officers.
A PTA delegation from the
Langley Park Elementary School
asked first for a uniformed man
to be assigned regularly to guard
their schools crossing.
The force is undermanned
now, they were told.
So the women proposed hiring
part-time women guards. Com
mission President Thomas Lati-
mer said the board has already
voted against that.
And then the arguments be-
gan. The PTA delegation finally
settled, temporarily, for signs to
warn motorists they're nearing a
school.
Mrs. Alan Carron. gill Ia
l1ona drive. led the PTA group.
She suggested the board wasn't
rejecting the voters sentiments.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Falls Church Woman
Found Shot 10 Death

Mrs. Gladys Ruth Kearns, 48,
of Falls Church was found fatal
ly shot at her home yesterday.
Police said the death was sui
eide.
David Eike, a Fairfax County
police detective, said the body
was found about 7:30 pm. by
her husband, Walter Kearns,
when he returned home from his
restaurant in Mclean, Va.
A shotgun lay beside the body,
the detective saide Mrs. Kearns
left a note for her husband, say
ing she could no longer stand the
severe migraine headaches she
had suffered for 10 years.
The Kearrls home is at 204
Shreve road.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Woman Faces Trial
In Death Of Baby
AT Nursery Home

Prince Georges County author
tiles plan to try Mrs. Arleen D.
Tenant in November on indict-
ments charging her with man.
slaughter and assault in the
death of a child placed in her
Maryland Park nursery home.
Mrs. Tenant, who is AZ.
pleaded not guilty yesterday in
Upper Marlboro Circuit Court.
She was among more than SO
persons arraigi1ed before Judge
Charles c. Marbury.
Her plea to true bills returned
by the October grand jury were
entered through her counsel,
Frank M. Hall of Upper Marl-
boro. She was released under
ST 900 bond.
States Attorney Carlyle j.
Lancaster said Mrs. Tenant has
elected to go on trial before
the court without jury. A
trial date will be set soon.
7-MOnth- Old Boy.
Mrs. Tenant is charged with
responsibility for the death last
April "a of James Cecil Hender-
son, 7-month-old son Of an
estranged District couple.
The child was pronounced dead
at. Prince Georges General Hos
| pital. He was taken there after
he had stayed six days in Mrs.
Tenants nursery home in the
400 block of Sixty fifth avenue,
Maryland Park.
Death resulted from multiple
blows on the head and face, :"
according to DR.. James I. Boyd,
county medical examiner. DR..
Boyd said his findings did not
necessarily mean. that the blows
were inflicted by persons.
Mrs. Tenant told police the
boy hit his head against a crib
or fell out and landed on his
head. She gave similar explana-
tions for the deaths OF three
other children placed in her care
in the last nine years.
Woman Denies Murder.
One of the other defendants
who entered not guilty pleas yes
terday was Mrs. Grover C. Mil
stead, indicted on a murder
charge in the death of her hus-
band last June IA in their home
near Camp Springs, Md.
Another was Edward H. Du-
laney, a Seat Pleasant volunteer
fireman, named in a true bill
charging warehouse burning. Ar
raignment of William K. Rob-
erts, assistant chief of the same
unit at the time of his arrest,
was postponed when his at
torney, A. Gwynn Bowie. object
ed. Mr.. Bowie informed the
court that motions are pending
to quash indictments against
Roberts charging arson and
warehouse burning.
Samuel D. Floyd, 81, a Dis
trict colored truck driver indict-
ed for rape, also entered a not
guilty plea. Floyd is charged
with assaulting a 26-year-
Forestville QMd.) woman last
July 7 after she got off a night
bus near her home.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Arlington Policeman
Hurt in CycIe-Auto Crash

Arlington Police Pvt. Bernard
E. Keyes suffered leg and arm
injuries last night when his mo-
torcycle collided with car driven
by an Arlington youth.
Pvt. Keyes, 81, said the colli-
sion occurred at $40 pm. on
North Stafford street near Fair
fax drive. The officer was treated
and released at Arlington Hos
pital.
Police charged Theodore A.
Perdue, 18, a craftsman. of 1920
North Stafford street, with fail
ing to yield the right of way.
Police said he was going south on
Stafford street and cut left across
the street to enter parking area.
Perdue was told to be in Ar
lington Police Court Tuesday
morning.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Church to Get Flags

A set of American and Papal
flags will be presented to St.
Mary of the Mills Church. Lau-
rel. Md, by the Washington
General Assembly, Fourth De-
gree Knights of Columbus at l
pm. tomorrow. The assembly
will hold a dance for members.
friends and wives at $3.50 pm. in
the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
County Republican Group
To Meet Tomorrow

Prince Georges County Know
Your Precinct Republican Clubs
will hold a meeting at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the First Baptist
Church, Seventieth avenue and
M street, Highland Park, Md.
State Senator John r.
Fletcher. Republican, of Prince
Georges, and Miss Bertha S. ADJ
kins, G.. O. P. national commit
teewoman, will address the col
ored voters at their annual event.
Other speakers win include
county Police Court Judges Nita
S. Hinman Crane and Theodore
L. Miazga and County Treasurer
Julian B. Mckay.
Mrs. Pearl T. Hampton is
chairman of the organizations
board of directors.