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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20

mendous expansion in the chem
ical industries now going on in
southern Ohio and along Lake
Erie. Marietta is fast becoming
the chemicals center for the state,
Although a new huge plant is be
ing constructed in Ironton, Law.
renee County.
The riverfront counties contain
large deposits of rock salt and
brine, and eastern Ohio north
from Belmont County to Lake
Erie is in the area of the Maxville
limestone, Ohio's purest source of
chemical limestone. Another fac
tor is the bituminous coal belt of
eastern and southeastern Ohio, al
though the processing of bitumi-
nous coal for use in the chemical
industry still is in the expert
mental stage.
Among the companies presently
undergoing expansion in Ohio In
the chemical industries field are
DUPONT, which is constructing a
large plant in Pickaway County,
near Circleville; Allied Chemical
and Dye Co., Ironton; a new six
million dollar fertilizer plan &;
American Cyanmid Co., I'm o n
Carbide and Carbon, and B. F.
Goodrich Co., Marietta, all step
ping up production in expanded
programs.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
OHIO'S SALT MEANS GROWTH OF
CHEMICAL PLANTS IN STATE

Columbus, Ohio. = In Ohio's
earth, near Lake Erie and along
the Ohio River, are a combination
of natural resources spelling in
dustrial expansion. Actually they
amount to a new frontier. They
are the chemical salts and plenti-
full water. Together the two pro
vide the foundation for one of
Ohio's fastest growing industries,
the manufacture of chemicals.
In southern Ohio's riverfront
counties, there were As plants
with 30 or more employees in the
chemical industries group in 1850,
according to the Ohio Develop
ment & Publicity Commission.
Employment in the chemical in
dustries, based on figures releas-
ed by the Ohio Department of In
dustrial Relations, rose from 49,
837 in 1899 to 24,92O in 1850 for
the, State of Ohio.
These figures do not reflect tre-
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT

Mr.. and Mrs. Stensen Petersen.
III Oak Street, are announcing
the engagement of their daughter,
Barbara Jean, to Benjamin Nelson
Bailey of Salem, Ohio.
Both are students at Ohio Stare
University, where Miss Petersen
has majored in Music Education
She graduates today Friday). She
is a member of Alpha Gamma Del
ia and the honorary National Mu-
sic Professional Fraternity, Delta
Omicron.
Mr.. Bailey is a member of Theta
Chi and of the American Guild of
OrganiSts. He is organiSt director
at Central Presbyterian Church at
Columbus.
A late summer wedding is be.
ing planned.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
ST. THOMAS GUILD
GROUP MEETINGS

| The various groups of st.
Thomas Guild will meet next
Wednesday, March 25.
The Altar Group will meet at
p m. at the home of Mrs. Leslie
Meyer. Mrs. Earl Riedmaier will
conduct the worship and Mrs.
William Wolf will present the
program.
The Choir Group will meet at
8 p. m. at the home of Mrs. John
Reinheimer. Mrs. Perry Blanken-
ship will be in charge of the wor-
ship and Miss Frances Mitchell
will have the program.
Mrs. Frank Strickland will be
hostess to the Church School
Group in her home at 8 p. m. Mrs.
Andrew Hudac will conduct the
worship and Mrs. John will pre-
sent the program.
The House Group will meet at
the home of Mrs. Marjorie Semon.
Mrs. Carl Siefert will conduct the
worship and Mrs. Herbert Galow
will be in charge of the program.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
AMERICAN LEGION
AUXILIARY MEETS

The American Legion Auxiliary
Unit 113, held its regular meeting
last Thursday evening. 1t was an
nounced that the County Council
will meet in Port Clinton on March
30.
Announcement was also made OF
the annual birthday dinner to be
held at st. Johns Lutheran Churcn
on April 9. Reservations for the
dinner are to be made by April
2 with Mrs. Daniel Witter, phone
2-4341. Mrs. Charles McNeal, de.
partment president of the Auxil-
iary, will be the speaker for the
dinner. Word has also been re.
ceived that Mrs. Lewis Burkey
the First District president of the
American Legion Auxiliary, will
be present.
Donations of $40 each were made
to the American Red Cross, Xenia
Veterans Orphans Home, and the
Cancer Drive. The Auxiliary also
adopted six-bed ward at Dayton
Veterans Hospital. Five yellow
rose bushes will be donated toi
the Memorial Rose Garden.
1t was also decided that the
Auxiliary will take part in the
porch light campaign of the calr
Ger drive on April 10.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20

Wednesday marked the 5Oth
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Constable, Delta,
who on that date were honoreti
guests at the home of their SON
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Anderson, SOP West Sec,
ond Street, Port Clinton.
A family dinner, followed by
open house from 7 to 9 p. m.
marked the occasion. Constable Is
"a years old and Mrs. Constable
70. Both are in good health ana
have resided all their married
years on their Delta farm. Mrs.
Anderson is the only child and
three grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren make the fam.
lily circle.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
Three Hurt In
Elliston Wreck

Mrs. Regina Foster, 80, Bono,
is a patient in Riverside Hospital,
Toledo, being treated for head
injuries suffered early Sunday in
an accident at Route 1853 and the
Elliston Road.
State Highway Patrolman
George Babka said Mrs. Foster
was a passenger in a car being
driven by her husband, Clarence,
which struck the car of Emory
Fillmore, SO, Graytown.
Mr.. Foster, Mr.. Fillmore and
William Lynch, 80, another pas
senger in the Foster car, were
treated for cuts and, bruises al
Riverside hospital. Foster has
been cited for failure to yield the
rightof-way.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
Grandson browns
At Naval Base

Martin Ransbottom, three-year-
old grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Ransbottom, Sr., 329 West Perry
street, was drowned Thursday
while playing on the ice of a lake
near his home at Belchertown,
Massachusetts.
A playmate Cheryl Ann Viso-
ski, Hershey, Wisconsin, also was
drowned in the tragedy. Both chill
dren's parents are stationed at a
Navy air force base at Belcher-
town.
Martin Ransbottom is survived
by one brother, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Ransbottom; his
maternal grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rollie Miller, Norwalk, as
we'll as the paternal grandparents
of this city.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
BAKE SALE AND BAZAAR
TO BE GIVEN APRIL 3 BY
WOMEN OE TIE MOOSE

Women of the Moose meeting
was held Monday, March Is, at 8
p. m. in Moose Hail.
1t was Chapter Night program
for Evelyn Collins, Social Service
chairman and her committee. Two
candidates, Annabelle Ainsworth,
sponsored by Margaret Callahan,
and Rosella st. Clair, sponsored
by Viola Debien, were initiated
in her honor. For the program
Viola Debien showed color slides
of the mid-winter conference and
of her recent trip to Florida
Graduate Regent Cora E. X.
White gave a report on the Col
lege of Regents Day held in
Cleveland on March 18th. Ten
members of the Port Clinton
Chapter attended the meeting.
! Chapters who participated in the
program were Greater Cleveland,
the hostess chapter, Collinwood,
Akron, Norwalk and Port Clinton,
Ohio Helen Holmes, Junior Grad
uate Regent of the Collinwood
Chapter was guest speaker.
On Friday, April 3rd, the Port
Clinton Chapter will sponsor a
bake sale and bazaar at Gerner
& VOLTS. The social service, Col
lege of Regents, and Academy of
Friendship committee will have
charge of the various booths.
Senior Regent Viola Debien an
nounced that an executive com
mittee meeting will be held
March 80 at ZOO p. m. at the
Moose Hall, and reports due at
the next regular meeting on April
9Th will be Publicity, Mooseheart,
Library, Moosehaven and Mem.
bership.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
AFFIANCED

Announcement has been made
of the engagement and approach
ing marriage of Nancy Ann Saus.
ser, daughter OF Mrs. Lucille
Sausser, Sandusky, and the late
Claron L. Sausser to James K.
Nichols, son of Mrs. Kathleen K.
Nichols, 124 Fulton Street, by the
bride-elect's mother.
The couple has selected May 9
for their wedding to take place in
Trinity Methodist Church, San
dusky.
A 1850 graduate of Sandusky
High School, Miss Sausser attend.
ed Ohio State University and is
now employed at the Caryl Crane
Shop.
Mr.. Nichols attended Albion Col.
lege, in Michigan, and Detroit Col.
lege of Law. He is an employee at
Standard Products Co.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
AG U DER
hospital Statistics
ADMISSIONS

Mrs. Philip Later, Rt. 8, Oak
Harbor, surgical, March II; Mrs.
Maude Wehner, Rt. 3, Oak Harbor,
medical, March 13; John Semon,
421 Jackson St., Port Clinton,
medical, March 13; Alton Nissen,
224 Ottawa St., Oak Harbor, surgi-
cal, March Is; Mrs. Margaret See
gar, Rt. 1, Port Clinton, medical,
March Is; Wayne Shelby Ellis,
143 IL Locust St., Oak Harbor,
medical, March Is; Mrs. Daniel
Griesser, Marblehead, medical,
March 16; Diane Kay Rife, Rt. 3,
Oak Harbor, surgical, March IT;
Mrs. Beryl Welty 211 Washington
ST., Port Clinton, medical, March
II; Mrs. Lawrence Hattwick, 2OS
w. Third ST., Port Clinton, mecl-
cal, March II; Robert Owen, Sr.,
TIT C St., E. G., Port Clinton,
medical, March 18.
DISCHARGES
Mrs. Arthur JohnSo Ovid
Hyde, Herman Hawking, Mrs.
Christena Miller, Mrs, Richard
Dietrich, Ray Long, Esther Lee,
Thomas Brown, Mrs. Myron John
son and baby Mrs. Richard Coyle
and baby, Mrs. William Foster,
Mrs. Dale Vogt and baby, Mrs.
Charles Marecek and baby, Mrs.
Raymond Evans and baby, Charles
Woodman, Mrs. irwin Taylor and
baby, Mrs. Paul Smith and baby,
Mrs. Francis Blood and baby, Mrs.
Robert Hopfinger and baby, Mrs.
Frank Major, Diane Kay Rife.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
CHILD STUDY CLUB
DINNER MEETING

The Child Study Club will hold
dinner meeting at the Island
Hotel next Monday evening. There
will be an election and installa-
ton of officers for the coming
year. After the dinner the group
will go to the home of Mrs. Ralph
Mackey for the evening.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
CANCER FILM TO BE SHOWN
AT EASTERN STAR MEETING

"A regular meeting of the Order
of Eastern Star will be held next
Tuesday evening, March "a, at
7:45 at the Masonic Temple. At
approximately 9 o'clock a film on
cancer will be shown and the pub.
lie is invited to attend this portion
of the meeting.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
BOARD TO MEET

The Board of Directors of the
Business and Professional Wom-
ems Club will meet Friday eve
ming, March 20, at in the home
of Mrs. Verdi Won Thron, 322 IL
Perry Street.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
DUPLICATE CLUB

Mrs. Ralph Roose entertained
the members of her duplicate cluD
on Tuesday evening. Substitutes
were Mrs. Mildred Neidecker anG
Mrs. Irene Burke. North-Soutn
winners were Mrs. Verdi Won
Thron and Mrs. Archie King; eass-
west winners were Mrs. Allen
Clemons and Mrs. RooSe. Mrs.
William Smith will entertain at
the next meeting.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
CRESCENT PEDRO CLUB

Mrs. Willett Pettibone was host
esS to the Crescent Pedro Club last
Tuesday Prizes were won by Mrs.
Torvald Hostrup, Mrs. Nick Tad
sen, Mrs. Sam Kuhnle, and Mrs.
Tip Snider. A delicious lunch was
served. Mrs. Kuhnle will entertain
at the next meeting.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
INFANT OF PRAGUE
STUDY CLUB

Mrs. Fred Hendricks was host.
ess to the Infant of Prague Study
Club at her home Monday evening
A white elephant sale was enjoy
ed. There was a group discussion
on st. Patrick's Day and Mrs
James Bernard read a short pa
per. The next meeting will be on
April 20, with Mrs. Norman Koh
loft as hostess.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
FRIDAY NIGHT BRIDGE

Mrs. Elmer Clemons entertained
members of her bridge club Fri
day evening. Mrs. Bert Klein was
awarded first prize for her higa
score and Mrs. Grace Kleinman
received the second prize. Mrs.
Allen Clemons will entertain the
club in two weeks.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
CHILL CANASTA CLUB

Mrs. Rodney Lockwood was host
ess to the Chill Canasta Club on
Tuesday evening. High score was
held by Mrs. Pat O'Brien and low
score by Mrs. Wilbur Lockwood.
Refreshments we're served at the
close of the evening.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
WoMEN'S G. o. p. CLUB

The Port Clinton Unit of the
Women's Republican Club will
hold its monthly meeting on
March "a, at 7:3O p. m. at the
home of Mrs. Elizabeth Pettibone.
80 Harrison Street. A social hour
will follow the business meeting.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
SOCIETY
MOTHERS ROUND TABLE

The Mothers Round Table VIII
meet next Monday evening, March
%, at the home of Mrs. Roger
Kinney with Mrs. James Thierry
as cohostess. The program will be
presented by Mrs. Thomas Brad
bee.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

A group of friends helped Mar
10 Snyder celebrate her birthday
at Rainbow Gardens last Saturday
evening. A birthday cake was Ell
joyed by the group during TIC
evening. Mario is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Snyder, Wash
ington Street.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
PINOcHLE CLUB

Mrs. Donald Quisno entertained
her pinochle club Monday evening.
Prizes were awarded to Mrs.
George Gulau and Mrs. Wayne
Lieske. Lunch was served at the
close of the evening. Mrs. Harold
'Suhrbier will entertain in two
weeks.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
WILL E,AVE LENTEN TEA

Ladies of st. Johns Lutheran
Church, Oak Harbor, are sponsor
ing Lenten Tea at the parish
hall on March 26. Mrs. E. j. Mel
ebert of Perrysburg will be the
guest speaker.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
SEWING CIRCLE

st. Johns Sewing Circle viii
hold an all day sewing and busi-
ness meeting March z6. Luncheon
will be served at noon by the fo:-
lowing: Mrs. Ernest Below, Mrs.
Leland Bell, Mrs. Victor Berndt,
Mrs. Josephine Boyer, Mrs. john
Braun, Mrs. Inez Bredbeck, Mrs.
Fred Bredbeck and Mrs. Fred
Brindley, chairman.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
cANASTA FoURSoME

The Canasta Foursome met Mon
day evening at the home of Mrs
Erwin st. Clair. After a $50 din
ner, Canasta was played with
prizes going to Mrs. Willett Pet
tibone and Mrs. Ernest Bebow.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
LENTEN TEA TO BE HELD
SUNDAY AFTERNOON

The public is cordially invited
to attend a Lenten Tea which is to
be held on Sunday afternoon,
March %, at 2:30, in the assembly
room of the Evangelical United
Brethren Church. Mrs. Ray Boiler
will be the speaker.
/ The Enter Apprentice Degree
was conferred upon class of
candidates at the Wednesday eve
ming meeting of the Oliver III.
Perry Masonic Lodge The Master
Mason degree will be conferred
at special meeting of the lodge,
Friday evening, March 81.
Several members of the Port
Clinton Chapter of the Eastern
Star attended the dinner and in
spection of the Genoa Chapter at
Genoa, Monday evening when
Mrs. Elfreda PulSchen Port Clin-
ton, deputy grand matron of the
Sixth District of Ohio, was the in
specting officer.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20

Miss Frances Lukac and Mrs
William BelShaw were substitute
players Tuesday evening when
Mrs. James Hopfinger entertained
members of her pinochle club at
her home.
Members present were Mesdames
Claude Mosley, John Mazurik, Ron
aid Tewers, Kenneth Richey, Lynn
Clemons, Burton Below, Alfred
Wozniak, Misses Mildred Coyle and
jeanne Nelson and the hostess.
Mrs. Mazurik will entertain
next.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
500 CLUB

Mrs. Della Pledger entertained
the 500 Club at her home last Fri
day afternoon. Prizes were won
by Mrs. j. Fl. Gulau, Mrs. Denver
Rowley, Mrs Josie Mitchell, and
Mrs. Gust Schmitt. Lunch was
served at the close of the after
noon. The next meeting will be
in two weeks at the home of Mrs.
Rowley
Evening star., 1953-01-24
|5ieyenson 10 Speak
|Ai New York Dinner
By The Associated Press

CHICAGO. Jan. "a Adlai
Stevenson has accepted an invi-
tation to speak February IA at
the Jefferson Jackson Day din
ner in New York.
Mr.. Stevenson, former Illinois
Governor and President Eisen-
hower's Democratic opponent in
the recent Presidential campaign,
now is vacationing on Barbados
Island in the West Indies.
An aide OF Mr.. Stevenson said
yesterday that the jefferson
Jackson Day speech will be Mr.,
Stevenson's first television ap-
pearance since the Presidential
campaign.
Prof. Walter johnson. head OF
the history department at the
University Of Chicago. today con-
firmed. reports that he will Join
Mr.. Stevenson for a round-the-
world trip starting early in
March.
Others in the party viii be
Barry Bingham, publisher of the
Louisville Courier-Journal and
Times: William Mccormick
Blair, Mr.. Stevenson's law part
ner, and two Look Magazine
photographers.
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Deaths Reported

Emma schafer. 90. 1924 18th st. NV.
Katherine Groves. 81. 1855 Wisconsin
Sarah ran, Pepper. "a, 1901 Connecticut ave
Ellen Sullivan. 81. 3422 P st. NV.
Margaret McKenna. so. 3033 P st. NV
Mary Mcdonnell, SO. 1900 35th st. NV
Edward G2rvey, 80 S19 22nd st. NV.
Emil Schroeder, so: Soldiers Home.
Josephine CLARK, IS, Westmorelapd. Va
Katherine Smith, "a. 220 n st. ne.
Regina o'Brien. rs. 262g nth st. ne.
George Shoemaker. 76, 1415 LongfelleV
Wallace Parker. II. Soldiers Home.
william Baker, 66. 1901 Connecticut ave
Henry Becker. "a. 1916 N, Capitol st.
Laura Lehman. So, 204 r st. NV.
Esther Smith. 80. 2S31 Naylor I'd. Sc.
elizabeth Mills. 55. alexandria. Va.
Kc%Ia Korson, 59h 3 53o Alaska I,,d ave NV
Dorothy Quick. 80. Glenn Dale, Md.
Jean Przybylski. %. Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
Dorothy Caynor. 10. SO. New York ave
Rosetta Lawson. 20, 224 Eye st. s.w.
William D.ckett. 80. 1893 Park rd. NV
Daisy Green "a. Washington.
Flemming White. 40. 2701 Dunbartor
Fannie Williams. 81. 14as R st. NV.
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Wunderbirds Slate Hike

The Wanderbirds Hiking Club
will start a 6-mile hike in the
vicinity of Rock Run and the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal tow
path at 10 am. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Industries Forming
Guided Missile Unit

A guided missile committee is
being formed by the Aircraft In
dustries Association, Admiral De-
Witt C. Ramsey, ALA preSi-
dent, said yesterday.
The new committee, now being
formed, will act in behalf OF the
guided missile manufacturers on
collective problems regarding re-
search. engineering design, de-
velopment, construction and test
ing guided missiles.
ALA companies engaged in the
design and manufacture of guild
ed missiles or principal missile
components are eligible for COM
mittee membership.
Evening star., 1953-01-24
U. 5. Employe Sentenced
In Theft From Blind Man

A Commerce Department en-
ploye yesterday pleaded guilty
in Municipal Court to stealing
SIS cents worth Of candy from a
blind mans stand in the build
ing where he works.
Judge Frank H. Myers SEN
fenced Carroll r. Kemper. AZ,
colored, of the 1900 block of
West Virginia avenue NE, to
pay. a fine of $50 or spend Is
days in jail.
Kemper was observed as he
stole the candy earlier in the day
by two General Service Admin
istration detectives. When he
took the candy, Clyde Hooks,
manager of the stand, was stand
ing four feet from him, the de-
tectives said.
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Marriage License
Applications

Under d. c. IdtU couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one dag. iDGit three fuH days
and receiUe the license on the
NTH dag. Sundays and hoi-
days are counted the same as
other days.
Ieonars na dior HONG e. s,s yessrsep St s,l..
Hu@phrssy; Patton. jr.. SO. $500 stanton
ID. Sc, and Rose DeMouy. %, a11e
oven a'V windsor. ass a. 4s. lio7 HolbroOk ter
ne, and Marie Tapley, Ss. 1928
NeSls RI. f$sEs HRsI: s f 5ssaas 6issssri va and
and Catherine Farrell. II. sO2 7th
olita 9ofaim - ii. ss&'VS; s4Ss dsorsis "a ave- ave-
rsiipse Perrer, ~. 2eao End st, s.e., and
Clarence Ross. s5. 500 10th st. Sc. and
MsEE sssynhsinsr. asi Kic6@ond aMna M
Thomas Glynn. jr. 90. 341S Prospect
John Wago, 20. Arlington. Va, and
Robert Msllen, 22. 9uantico. Va. and
Richard Brown, %, and Joan Stiene, 19
both of .8O8 F st. ne.
Robert Weber. 90, Fort Belvoir, Va. and
Berla Tolin. %, Alexandria, Va.
Vernon Thomas. 40, and Mary Hook.
reiter: A., both Of 216 MARYLAND
Jessie james, ! 4a, e. and Evelyn Brennan
Dowell Waltz. %, Winfield. Md, and
Rita Johnson, Is, 1O4 Emerson ST. NV
Jack Chambers, 81, vienna. Va. and
Emalene Hardman, 10. 751 Consress
Kenneth Fletcher. 80. New York ans
James Harper: 20. 1888 s st. NV, and
Addie Madden. 25. 106 10th st, Sc
oslsa'f foai's e lis sis Y You Rs
Asss zffst Viii: psoa s sss g. aRss sSs Il
Stanley Iichtenstein. so, 141s varnum
1880, CONNECTICUT ave. NV.
Bela Bermsn, $5. Ysse Hpshus St; NV
chsEies bots Esw5s IL ArInstOn ri sa Nary va
william Hoover. 81, 1919 H st. NV,
and Norma Johnston. 10. Port Greer
Calvin Rock, 2s, 1914 varnum st, NV,
and Clara Peterson, FL, 643 Sth st
sgRiss essngstt ssss e isos E.t.;s
Cooper. 3s. both Of 2123 7 st. NV
and Arminta Wood. ie. 3766 FOots
III. m p.
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Use Of Troops Urged
To End Seizure Of
Land in. Guatemala
By ihs Assoeiassd Press

GUATEMALA, Guatemala, Jan.
24.-OficialS Of anti-C Communist
parties are urging President Ja-
cobo Arbenz to use militiamen to
suppress wave Of land seizures
and other disorders of Red-led
peasants.
(The reaction of Arbenz' left
list government, which draws
much Of its strength from il I
literate voters of the affected
hinterlands, was not disclosed
In this dispatch.)
Some persons are speculating
that scattered acts Of violence by
knife-wielding groups this week
may lead to larger conflicts. Pri-
vate landowners are arming. The
public feels tense. Among re-
ports received in the capital yes
terday:
A hundred Indian farm labor
ers who call themselves Commu-
nists wounded is persons and a
child in an attack with sticks,
stones and machettes on the gov
ernment-owned plantation of
ChOcola' near the coastal town
Of Mazatenango, because the
group refused to join the Com
muniSt- dominated regional Farm
Workers. TJniOn
Appeal for Protection.
Non-unionized workers at Cho-
cola appealed to the provincial
governor and police for protec-
ton, which was reported refused.
Two hundred farm workers
who forcibly partitioned private
plantation lands near Asuncion
Mita, near the border of Ell Sal
vador. threatened to fight to the
death any attempt to remove
them
Other incidents were reported
on large plantations in the
southwestern province Of Es-
quintla, where the American
owned United Fruit Co. has its
largest holdings. The farm work
ers union is clamoring for di-
vision Of the fruit company,s
property.
Aftermath Of Election.
The peasants land seizures
are an aftermath of an election
in mid-January which main
tanned leftist control of Congress
and seated several Red leaders.
Under recently enacted agra
rian laws, cultivated land owned
by the government or by private
operators is supposed to be
divided among farm workers. The
government would pay for ex-
propriated private land, but has
been unable to raise the money.
Extreme leftist candidates
pledged in the campaign that,
if elected, they would act inn
mediately to start the partition
ing Of private lands. The WIN
ners, however. do not take office
until March and some of their
constituents do not want to wait
that long.
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Symphony Conductor
CoIIupses at Concert
Rn ths Assoeiufed Press

VIENNA, Austria. Jan. "a
Wilhelm Furtwaengler, famed
German conductor, collapsed
while leading a concert in a
Vienna music hall yesterday and
was taken to a hospital.
Physicians said he apparently
was victim of the influenza epi-
demic sweeping Europe.