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Evening star., 1953-12-27
Monnef B. Davis,
Veteran Diplomat,
Envoy 10 israel, Dies
BY the Associated Press

TEL AVN, Israel, Dec. 26.-
Monnett B. Davis, so, veteran
United States career diplomat
and ambassador to Israel since
1851, died of a heart attack to-
day at his home in suburban
Ramat Gan.
Mr.. Davis had been confined
to his bed since his return from
sick leave in the United States
only five weeks ago. He had
been unconscious for two days
while Israel's leading heart Spe-
cialists attended him. At his
bedside when he died, were his
wife and only son, Thomas
Davis.
Mr.. Davis was born in Green
castle. Ind. August 13, 1898. He
was educated at the University
of Colorado. He entered the
foreign service in 1924. Among
the posts he held were charges
d'affaireS in Stockholm, Shang-
hal. Singapore and Buenos Aires,
minister to Denmark, United
States representative to the Eco
nomic Commission for Asia and
the Far East. and Ambassador
to Panama.
Expedited Aid From u. s.
Since coming to Israel in Feb
ruary, 1851, he had taken an
active part in expediting United
States economic and technical
aid to Israel and in attempting
to improve relations between Is
rael and her Arab neighbors.
Acting Prime Minister Moshe
Sharett, in a broadcast state
ment, summed up a feeling of
sadness by Israelis at Mr.. Davis
death.
The United States lost one Of
its most distinguished diplomats
and Israel lost a friend full of
understanding" Mr.. Sharett
said. His personality was a
wonderful synthesis of an extra
ordinary keen brain, alert con-
science, steadfaSt character and
Sensibility of soul. His memory
will be cherished in the United
States and Israel. where he leaves
behind countless friends who |
mourn his untimely DEATH"
Pays Respects at Residence.
Immediately on hearing of the
diplomats death, Mr.. Sharett |
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Orchard Company Gives
Bonus TO All Employees
Special Dispoieh 10 The Siar

PAW PAW, w. Va. Dec. 25.--
Consolidated Orchard Co. has
declared another year-end bonus
to all employees on the payroll as
of December Is.
The bonus. said Henry w.
Miller. jr., vice president and
general manager, is in continual
ton of the companv's long
standing policy of sharing a
just and proper part of the
company's gains with the good
people who help make us money"
The bonus paid totalled $10,-
235.02 and represents 10 per cent
of each employees earnings with
in the past year, exclusive of
harvesting wages on which q
previous bonus had been paid.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Area Utilities Unit
Is Recommended To
Arlington Board

Creation of Tenth District
Public Utilities Commission in
nearby Virginia. having direct
authority over utilities in Ar
lington and Fairfax Counties
and the cities of Alexandria and
Falls Church, has been recon-
mended to the Arlington County
Board.
Board members deferred ac-
ton on the proposal, made yes
terday in a report by the boards
legislative advisory committee.
The advisory committee sug-
gested that the board request
Arlington members of the Vir-
glnia House of Delegates to "ex-
plore the possibility" of an area
utilities commission. The State
Corporation Commission con-
trolls the utilities under present
law.
The report said that Arling-
tons experience in defeating or
delaying utilities rate increases
in the past has been one of pay
ing for attorneys and techni-
clans and the having neighbor-
ing cities and counties enjoy the
benefits without having helped.
Benefit Is Claimed.
"We feel that Fairfax, Falls
Church and Alexandria should
contribute toward these expenses.
and also help determine whether
or not there should be COM
plants filed against the various
utilities" the report stated.
The committee said also that
an area utilities commission
would be :'local people dealing
with a local problem" 1t said
the plan would benefit the utili-
ties because they could deal with
one authority rather than four.
If all the nearby Virginia COM
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Pukistun Minorities
Fiqht MosIem Rule

Minority groups in Pakistan,
with B K. Dutta of East Bengal
as spokesman. are opposing a
proposal that only a Moslem can
be head of the government.
Mr. Dutta claims the 10 million
people of religious minorities are
"stateless people" in the face
of the majority of IS million
MOSlemS.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Buns Pay Way
BY ShoveIing Snow
By the Associoted prasx

OMAHA.-Omaha Police Com
missioner Harold P. Caldwell
thinks bad weather holds it's own
solution for one of the problems
1t creates for the city. He noted
the annual rush of buns seeking
"loafing time" at taxpayer ex-
pense in the city Jail during cold
and stormy weather.
Mr.. Caldwell suggested a tai
lor-made job for them is helping
to clear the streets after big snow
storms.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Need Of New Hospital
Stressed in Report
By the Associated Press


RICHMOND, Dec. 26.-East-
ern State Hospital at Williams
burg reported today that the
rate of admissions had increased
to the point where the hospital
board should consider "the es-
tablishment Of a new institution
to take part of our territory. 4"
In his annual report to the
Commission of Mental Hygiene
and Hospitals, DR.. Granville l..
Jones. superintendent at East
ern State. said 929 admissions
were recorded during the fiscal
year ended June 80.
At this rate. he said, the in
stitution will reach the $500 ca
pacity set by the State hospital
board in the next eight years.
While the rate of admissions
was the highest in the old insti-
tution's history, the superintend-
ent said the hospital showed a
"creditable" record in the num-
ber of persons showing benefits
from disqualification.
The report showed nearly go
per cent of the direct admissions
as having improved under the
institutional care and 1874 per
cent of the patients discharged
as recovered. Also, the report
noted, 234-or 7.9 per cent-pa-
tients died during the period.
The superintendent said this
rate was not considered excess
Sive because most of the admis-
sions are in the old age group.
DR.. Jones reported that the
per capita cost of operating
Eastern State was $2.16 a day,
"a significant increase from last
year, but still far from ade-
Quate."
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Sales Tax Proposal
May be Fought by
darlington Delegates

The Arlington County Board S
sales tax proposal for nearby
Virginia areas has raised complex
problems that are certain to di-
vide public opinion and may
draw opposition from some of
the county's representatives in
the General Assembly.
The board, at it's meeting yes
terday. asked for introduction in
the LEGISLATURE next month of
bill authorizing a referendum on
an Arlington sales tax not ex-
ceeding 2 per cent. The board
asked that "co-ordination be
sought with Fairfax County,
Falls Church and Alexandria,"
None of the legislators is on
record in favor of a sales tax.
However. previous county dele
cations have on occasion favored
requests to introduce bills sup
ported by county groups, pro-
vide6 the question was to be sub
mitted to the voters. The legis-
lators have adopted this policy
even if they were against the
changes that would take effect if
the voters approved.
Delegate j, Maynard. Magru-
der, who was reelected in No.
vember, said yesterday he is mot
averse to letting the people de-
eide the sales tax question"
It's not a question of whether
we favor the sales tax or not"
Mr.. Magruder said. He said he
is opposed to a sales tax except
as last resort but it may be
a question of whether Arlington
can continue present services
and pay off its debts without
such a levy.
New Delegates Cool to Plan.
The county's two new dele
gates, Mrs. Kathryn Stone and
Harrison Mann, are cool toward
the boards revenue plan. They
have reserved final decision on
whether they will offer or sup
port a sales tax bill.
Mrs. Stone said she has never
liked a sales tax and believes
that Virginia has been very
fortunate to avoid It.
Mr.. Mann said he is not con-
vinced that a sales tax is neces-
sary. The measure should be
adopted only as a last resort
and only after careful study
he said
Adoption of a sales tax should
result in elimination of some
other levy. such as the personal
property tax on household ef-
fects, Mr.. Mann said.
Mrs. Sine said that she dis
likes the personal property tax
because it is difficult to admin
ster equitably, but she says She
does not believe it should be
replaced with a sales tax.
Referendum Need Cited.
State Senator Charles r. Fen
wick. who heard the County
Board request at a conference
about two weeks ago, said the
bill would have to carry a refer
endum provision, giving the
voters an opportunity to reject
the plan.
One of the objections raised
by some merchants would be met
If the boards plan to coordinate
its revenue plan with adjoining
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Teachers Pay Raise
Seen Sure 10 Win
in Virginia
By the Assoeiatsd Pres,

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 90
Teachers salaries: A lot has been
said about them in 1858. What
will be done about them in 1854?
It's a virtual certainty that
on the average-they will be in
creased.
The question is how much?
And how equitably?
Gov.-elect Thomas B. Stanley
has promised publicly that he
will back the salary schedule
asked by the State Department
of Education - 50, 400 beginning
minimum; $500 after eight
years. 1t will take $18 million
additional money in the next
two years to do the job.
Others Make Demands.
Those Pumping for this extra
money from the 1854 General
Assembly will have to compete
with other services which are
also aggressive in their demands
for money. These others. too,
have strong political backing and
there isn't enough money to go
around.
Taxes will not be raised. That's
a certainty.
Therefore. the present revenue
base will have to be stretched to
meet the budgets of education,
health, mental health, tubercu-
loSis, welfare. hospitals, colleges,
penal institutions and so on.
Hardly a department or bureau
has not asked for more money.
Teachers, in Virginia as
throughout the country, have
come long way in recent years.
Public school education gener-
ally has done especially we'll
under the benevolent admins
tration Of Gov. Battle, with the
Battle fund.-" the $75 million
appropriated for school build
ings, possibly obscuring the sub
stantial increases in teachers
salaries.
Average Pay Raised.
In 1945-46 the average. teach
er's salary in Virginia was $1,516.
Last year the average was $2,824.
But teachers spokesmen point
to the higher salaries paid today
to persons with equal training in
other fields of government.
And educators say teachers
salaries must be raised still more
If capable and qualified men and
women are to be recruited into
education careers. There remains
a serious scarcity of teachers.
Now. as a new administration
is about to take over, the gov
ernor-elect is on record as ia
voring schedule of teachers SAL
aries considerably higher than
the present schedule-though
one far short of the goals an
nounced by the powerful Vir-
ginia Education Association
which numbers some 10000
teachers among it's members.
Pay Low in IS Counties.
In rs Virginia counties certi-
f1cated teachers with long years
of experience get a maximum of
less than the $4,000 approved by
the legislature as the minimum
for such experience, because of
lack Of funds. In some the top
is $4,000.
Yet in some wealthy Virginia
Evening star., 1953-12-27
st. Luurent to Visit ltuIy

ROME. Dec. 26 (P.-Canada's
Prime Minister Louis st. Laurent
has accepted Italian Premier
Giuseppe Pella's invitation to
visit this country next February
as part of a projected European
tour. The actual date has not
yet been set.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Many Areas Offer
Lure for New Settlers

NEW YORK.-Thinly popu-
lated areas that offer good possi-
bilities for further settlement by
occidental people are in South
ern Canada, East Central South
America. the Mediterranean
coast of Africa, North Central
Asia. and Australia, according
to research conducted by the
Twentieth Century Fund.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Seoborn Hurst, Jr..

WILMINGTON, N. c., Dec. 26
R.-Seaborn Dewitt Hurst, ir.,
executive assistant to the presi-
dent of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad, died in James Walker
Memorial Hospital today. He
had been with the ACL for 81
years.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Sweden Buys Less Coal

GOTHENBURG, Sweden. -
Sweden's imports of coal and
coke are dropping. The 1853
total Is estimated at 5.4 million
tons, or about rs per cent less
than in 1852. SWeden's oil con-
sumption is at an all-time high.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Irish Export Footwear

DUBLIN. - More than 5000
workers are employed in Ire
lands footwear industry. which
has an annual output worth
more than $15.4 million. The
value of exports averages about
SIS million a year.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Ted Murphy, Editor

MONTREAL, Dec. % (P.-
Thomas Edward (Ted Murphy.
So, Montreal newspaperman and
city editor of the Star for IL
years. died in st. Mary's Hos
pital today after q brief illness.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
New Zealand Income Up

New Zealand's national income
has grown from $3.50 million in
1886 to S1,608 million in 1858.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-02-19
Another StUiss Day

With Hiram Kohl and D. W. Bxler general chairman
and treasurer respectively of the committee sparkling the an
Swiss Day observance the Blufton college campus
next May the affair should not lack for interest auhen
ticity.
The Swiss Day planners were among szeable aggrega-
ton residents who returned to the homeland of their
ancestors attend the Mennonite Conference in
Basil Since that time Mr. Kohl and his wife have had
practically futime job the evenings showing their color
slides and relating their experiences in the Alpine country
Mr. Ber aso has appeared several programs to tell OF
his summer travel.
If they mpart to Swiss Day of the personal en-
thusasm they have given openeared audiences who saw the
pictures and heard their tales of the homeland the occasion
will indeed be festive For day, Switzerland will come
to America in song and sorya in the language of grand
father.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-02-19
Fishing At WaterUOrks Quarry

The announcement last week that Bufftons Board of
Public Affairs had granted exclusive fishing privileges in the
Waterworks Quarry to private club might be sufficient to
the ire of reeance fishermen of the community
all the facts not considered
On the surface said fishermen would have right to
complain that public government entity had Disseminated
in signing lease whereby only certain duespayng ndvid
uas granted the privilege of casting their lines in search
for the elusive denizens of the quarry waters.
The facts however to justify the boards action
and the request of the Buon Sportsmens club which
forerunner of it. First the Sportsmens club period
of many years has been stocking the quarry water with large
pckere and waeyes at considerable expense Fishing would
undoubtedly be less attractive there if not for this
program of the club.
Second members of the Sportsmens club have been of
great assistance the BPA their work of controlling weed
growth in the quarry which only makes attractive
anglers paradise but also keeps the body of water
full for the light plants cooling system.
Third just about every fisherman in Buffton belongs to
the Sporsmens Club anyway and the clubs nominal So
year dues which includes fishing privileges costs little
than $25 state fishing license which would be required
the water not controlled under lease by the club
Buffton fishermen benefit mmeasurably by the Sports
mems Club program. They provided with two good
fishing spots within walking distance of their homes where
two of leisure offers itself They have the the fish
there they have the skill and knowhow lure them
their bait This than be said for most public
fishing grounds.
There few communities that boast of such fine
asset and the board of public affairs action helps continue
it. We believe most Butftonites will agree
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-02-19

News and wanted him to know "I'm
still for anything that's good for
B."
She states she's enjoying Ft.
Lauderdale sun, flowers and birds and
notes that she recently had letter
from son Robert, who at the time was
getting ready to fly to the iron ore
mines in Ontario, Canada, on mis-
sion for his company located at Steep
Rock Lake. Mimi.
THE PIRATES 60-12 loss during
the past season to st. Mary's gridders
takes on the aspects now of moral
victory. Buck Augsburger's claim TO
distinction for having been member
of the BHS team to have suffered the
"best" beating in the schools annals
has been substantiated.
Writes John Spangler from
Columbus: 81 played in every
game on Bluffton Highs schedule
in the years 19O5-Os and | believe
can shed little more light on
this debacle of early Bluffton
football history. We opened the
1906. and '06 seasons with
Fostoria, at that time one of the
very best teams in all Northern
Ohio. | am sure the year of the
great defeat was 1908 and the
perpetrator of that masterpiece of
mayhem and annihiliation, none
other than this Fostoria team.
The score? Hold your hat-and
you '52 boys be proud of YOUR
record-was 81 to o."
With a picture of the 1906 team
before him, Spangler writes that
Harry Beach was quarterback and
others not mentioned by Augsburger
included Monroe (Shevlin) Amstutz,
Cleon Triplett, Charles Worthington,
Emmett Stauffer, Cal Moser, Tom
Murray, Will Smith, Sidney Huber
and Brother Glen Spangler.
SLAW CUTTERS are not the only
devices the ingenius mind of Clair
Fett creates, neighbors in the Campus
drive neighborhood noted Monday.
Mr.. Fett with a homemade snow
plow made short work of the drifts
on his own walk and those of a good
many neighbors as well. Powered
not by new tangled gasoline motor,
but by the inventor himself, the
wedge-shaped plow did the trick eff
ficiently.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-02-19

door. In the night | slept on the
ground on just a piece of mat, and
all my clothing was ragged. But
one day, by the grace of God, |
was taken to this orphanage.
Ever since that day / have had
nice warm meals and good cloth
es. These clothes were sent from
far off America by you, our
American Pops and Mons. Now
/ can play freely, and car go to
school. For these things thank
God, and | thank you Cor your
kindness.
"Oh how thankful I em! If
you didn't send this clo.hing, |
might, be frozen now in this cold
weather. It will be warmer in
a few months.
'Tn the morning the bell rings
as a get-up signal, and we all get
up from our beds at once. Then
we clean the orphanage ourselves,
and have breakfast. After break
fast we all gather together in the
church room. There several hund-
red children worship with our
whole hearts and minds.
"We play games and live
joyful life very day. We are hap
py now, even though we have no
parents, because we think of our
teachers as our parents.
"Since | have been in this Or
phanage I am happy like as if /
am in heaven.
81 wish you will continue to
help us. Iwant to be a good man
in the future i'm Christ, and | hope
that this country will be peace
full one very soon.
81 pray that Gods peace may
be with you.
Sung Chun o
Faithful Glass Inchon Church
of Christ Orphanage.
Enclosed with the letter Chaplai
Muller included a snapshot of tf
children gathered in front of tl
building. Some of tt
tykes are clad in American sty
'nowsuits-possibly the gifts of som'
,ne in Bluffton. The snapshot al
etter of thanks appear in The New
window.
A FINAL DOLLAR for Bluffton
March of Dimes was received b
'Tuffy" Swank this week, bringin
his chain of Greenbacks to $50, h
,otal collection to $601, and the con
nurity's final count to $2,054.59. II
last dollar" came by mail from Nil
lie P. Murray in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
She had been reading of "Tuffy'.
atest accomplishment in The Blufftc
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-02-19
Mainly Personal

THERE WAS LITTLE DOUBT
but what the Grounding had seen his
shadow early this month even though
it was a weak one! Optimistic Bluff
tonites were parading to the high
school band and orchestra concert on
a Spring-like afternoon Sunday :.
looking enroute for an early crocus,
or even expecting to spot Robin
-. but Monday brought return to
reality as snow shovels were brought
out of hiding and put to work.
February, despite wishful
thinking, is still a winter month.
Folks are apt to become impatient
with it. They want to hurry it
along the way. Its longer days
and brighter skies seem to belle
the necessity for it staying
full 2S days-or 20 days in Leap
Years.
Saturday and Sunday it seemed to
go feminine in keeping with the paper
lace fripperies of st. Valentines Day,
but Monday brought the little month
back into it's true character. Well
just have to wait for Spring!
THERE WAS A NICE CROWD at
the concert Sunday in the school
auditorium and those who attended
were amply rewarded for their
| trouble. Director Earl Lehman had
his young musicians in fine fettle and
their performance would have done
credit to a more experienced group.
We particularly liked the orch
estra's novelty number, "Waltzing
Cat", in which the violins, one
might say, were the "cat's meow,
and the percussion section gave
with sound effects indicating that
the waltzing cats partner might
have been a canary. At any rate
when Charles Bucher gave
the final "meow" vocally one
sensed that the bird had disap-
| peared.
BLUFFTON FOLK who answered
an appeal from Marine Pfc. Homer
| Henderson for clothing for tots he
had become acquainted with in
home for Korean War Orphans will
be interested to know that the Is box
es of clothing mailed from here sew
eral months ago were received in
Inchon and have been distributed
among some of the $50 parentless
children at the Inchon Church of
Christ Orphanage.
Gratitude of the children is ex-
pressed in a letter written by one of
their number in his native lanuage,
and forwarded to The News together
with translation by John H. Muller,
chaplain of the First Marine Division,
Henderson's unit.
The letter follows:
ITO Pop and Nom who are in the
far-off land of America:
"In this Korean war many,
many Korean people have been
| killed by the cruel Communists.
My dear Nom and Pop were also
killed by their guns and swords.
Now / am a miserable orphan.
Iwant to see my Nom, but | can
not see her. | want to see my
Pops face, but l cannot. can
not even remember my dear par
ents now.
Il wandered from street to
street, and begged from door to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-02-19

Ohio possesses about one-sixteenth
of the national wealth, or about $50,
000,000,0Q0 at current prices.