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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-06-19
From where | sit ..M Joe Marsh
Heard About the Electric
Weather Predictor?

the weather over the radio-just
like anyone elsel
From where sit, that's the way
it goes with some experts" They
often don't have any more inside
information than you can get for
yourself. Like those who know"
cider is the only thirst -quencher
after days work. Far as I'm
concerned, I'll take temperate
glass of beer. Butt won't try to
predict" your choice for you.
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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-06-19

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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-06-19

Copyright, 1853, United States Brewer. Foundations
, 1953-08-06
Tourist Promotion
Funds Cut by Conc.
TO $1,000 from $4,000


The Senate and House con-
rerees have voted to reduce
tn appropriation for tourist
promotion in the Virgin Is
lands by $27, 600. The Congress
men approved only $4,000 for
this item.
The sum Of $1,O28,0Oo was
appropriated for the revolv-
ing fund Of the Virgin Islands
Corporation, instead of 1888
0o0eas proposed by the House,
and S ,375, 600 as proposed by
Senate. 1925, 900 was allowed
for power facilities q reduc-
ton Of the requested appropri
alton by $225, 900. The sum
of $4,000 was allowed for the
Corporations operating losses
and $4,000 for water and
soil conservation.
, 1953-08-06
Vocational Trririrq
prourum to be To-ir
Of Confcb AUGUST 7

A conference will be held
at the Government House in
st. Thomas tomorrow. August
7, to discuss a training pro-
cram which has been pro-
posed to increase and strength
en- the number of local con-.
strlctior artisans.
Amono thesa invited to the
.confab bv His Excel1encv, The
Governor are representatives
Of centraotinp fisne. the press
and government interested in.
vocational training.
, 1953-08-06
Assembly Session
Postponed One Week
Until August 9th.

Governor de Castro has an
nodnced postponement of the
informal session of the Legs
lative Assembly which was
scheduled for August 20 for
one week until August ~.
Postponement was made ne
cessary because of the expect
ed arrival of education special
lists for a two-week conference
with local officials to map an
extensive program for the Isl
lands.
Al the informal Sc son the
date for the Regular scion
will be decided upon.
, 1953-08-06
Personal Mention

Corporal Ismael Soto Of the
Unite1 States Army arrived
home from Germany where
he was stationed for the past
sixteen monhs, on August A
Corporal Soto joined the
Army in 1851. He is now on
Through but will be mustered
out within the next few days,
was formerly a clerk in
Brignoni's store.
, 1953-08-06
Chief Executive end
st. Thos. Councilmen
Agree on Appointnts

Discussions were contoin-
ued between Governor de
Castro and members of the
st. Thomas Council on Tues
day afternoon, on appoint
ments to boards and commits
sions.
The Governor and the Coun
ell agreed that the Councils
recent resolution regarding ap
~pointments to boards and corr
missions would not preclude
the Council from considering
any nominees who were I'M
der consideration by the Cow
or by the Council at the
Bime the resolution was Iass7
ID.
, 1953-08-06
Four Hundred More
Allied Prisoners Free;
70 Are Americans

The COMMUNISTS have turn
ed over Az more Allied pri-
soners, 70 of whom were
Americans, some too I'll even
to smile when photographers
were taking their pictures.
Many of the South Koreans
were sick and one died on ar
rival. Many amputees hobbled
painfully from the communist
trucks, "A South Korean sol
der told the U. N. Command
officers that Communist sol
diers beat up seven Americans
so badly that five of them
died. VII saf
Col Thomas Harrison, a re-
lative Of General William K
Harrison, Chief Allied dele
gate was among those who
were freed Yesterday.
Colonel Harrison said that
he was tortured and starved
for twelve DAYS after he was
captured in the fall of 1851,
Other repafriates also suffered
communist sadism.
The exchange is not going
off without incident. U. n. Of
ficers protested to the Reds
that communis soldiers were
getting out of hand during the
transfer at Panmunjom. Sew
en- American soldiers and off
GERS have been hit by shout
inc Red captives
An American medical Off
Ger said that many of the re-
turnino soldiers are suffering
from tuberculosis.
, 1953-08-06
DR.. Alonzo Moron due Congressman Miller an
in ST. Thomds This s Expresses Concern
Weekend for Confob for Welfdre Of People,

Congressman Arthur Miller
expressed his regrets that he
was unable to attend the dedi-
cation ceremonies of what he
Gale, 'sthe fine new hospital
in the Virgin Islands on Aug
ust End, due to pressing legis-
lation coming before his Com
mittee and Congress.
He said in his letter to the
Governor that he wanted to
attend this very important
dedication very much, but
was sure eyou and the fine
people of the Virgin Islands
understand the situation"
As you know, he continued,
1T have been very much con-
cerned with the welfare of the
Virgin Islands, not only as
Chairman of the Committee
which handles legislation for
this group, but also as q Medi-
raj Doctor can well remem-
Der, even though it has been
a few years ago, when I vigor-
ously urged that funds be
made available for this fine
hospital. ! knew then, as !
knew then, as / know now,
how badly it would be need
ed. It is truly a milestone IN
the continued development in
progress for the Virgin Is
lands. 1t will undoubtedly rcn
der a great service to the PEG
pie Of this thriving group Of
Islands. The people Of the Vir
gin Islands are to be congratu
lated. he concluded.
Senator Hugh Butler also
sent a cable which reads as
follows:
please convey congratula-
tContinued on Page A.
porconn1 Mention
, 1953-08-06

World Anyways.
In the Miami Herild Of Sun
day June q, under the head
ing Travel Horizons Vir-
gin Islands in the fourth of q
series giving facts to- tourists
who want to know about popu
lar Caribbean resorts, the ar
ticle starts: Location The
Virgin Islands of the United
States consist of the Islands of
St. Thomas, st. Croix and St.
John and about so nearby is
lets. st. Thomas is IS miles
east of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
characteristics These
perfectly delightful islands
which the United States ac-
quired by purchase from Den
mark are still unspoiled by
too many tourists and offer
wonderful vacation attractions
As they are a free port, it is
possible to purchase all sorts
CONTINUED on Page a
, 1953-08-06

DR.. Alonzo Moron, president
Hampton Institute, and two
of the colleges professors, will
arrive here this weekend to
work out details Of an extern
sive training program design
to improve the teaching staff
of the islands.
Details of the program are
expected to be released stimuli
taneously by Governor de Cas-
tro and DR.. Moron shortly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-20
Thomas 1. Stokes
FPC May Lose Public Friend
Utilities Are Drawing Bead on Chairman Buchanan
Want to Replace Him With Man More Sympathetic

designate as chairman, jeff
w. Robertson, now chairman
of The Kansas Corporations
Commission. Mr.. Robertson'S
chief sponsors are Senator
Frank Carlson, Republican. of
Kansas, one of Gen. Eisen-
hower'S campaign managers,
and Wesley Roberts, also of
Kansas, now chairman of the
Republican National Commit
tee.
In appearances here in the
past, both before the FPC and
the Senate Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee,
Mr.. Robertson revealed his
disapproval of consideration
by the FPC of original costs
of production in the field in
natural gas rate-making, and
complained as we'll about the
FPC's refusal to recognize
State laws, such as one in
Kansas, which fix a fiat mini
mum price for natural gas ir-
respective of costs of produc-
ton. He appeared before the
Senate committee to oppose
Mr.. Buchanan's appointment
for another term.
The opposition of Kansas
representatives in Congress to
the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Waterway also would indicate
his attitude toward the pend
ing application before the FPC
for the New York State Power
Authority to join with Canada
in construction of the hydro
electric project at Ogdensburg.
Canada is proceeding alone
with the waterway, itself, be-
cause of failure of our Senate
to ratify the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence treaty; but the joint
power development would pro-
vide additional needed power
in that area.
Presumably, from the line
up in the commission of the
four present members other
than Mr.. Buchanan, the Rob-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-20
Blockade Already in Effect
American Insistence on Isoloting Communist China
Is Bearing Fruit Throughout Far Eastern Seas

Rene Mayer is preparing to
visit Washington to seek more
defense aid"
This action, too, will be ap-
plauded in America as a piece
of timely cooperation.
But the most interesting and
dramatic piece of news came
also from Singapore, where
Capt. Christian SorenSen,
master of a Danish freighter,
said, "American-type planes,
apparently from the Philip
pines, are keeping close
watch on the shipping lanes
leading to Communist China"
He added:
Beginning a week ago.
for three days in succession,
as we were Steaming through
the South China Sea, twin
engined American aircraft ap-
peared every forenoon to give
us the once over. They circled
us many times. perhaps taking
photographs. They came from
the east, probably the Philip
pines, where the United States
has air bases"
This brought forth the COM
ment from the United States
Navy in Washington that sur
Vigilance of the shipping lanes
in the Far East was a routine"
part of its Formosa patrol.
1t will be recalled that dis
patches from Peiping recently
stated that Red China was
being given six submarines by
Soviet Russia. 1t is known
that the American Navy, in
order to protect its warships
now moving around in the Far
East, exercises close scrutiny
over every ship that might
possibly be heading for Korea
and makes a record of the
location of such vessels.
Back in 1910, before the
United States entered World
War II, the American Navy
carried on it's observations by
planes and destroyers all the
way across the Atlantic and
helped to spot submarines that
were believed to be planning
to attack American merchant
ships bound for Europe. 1t is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-20
Bulgaria 10 Represent
Moscow al Tel AyiV
BY the Associated Press

TEL AVN, Israel, Feb. 90
Bulgaria notified Israel today
that she will represent Russia
here. The announcement came
as the recalled Soviet diplomatic
mission boarded a ship for home.
Bulgarian Envoy Georgi K.
Bodanoff asked the Israeli
foreign Office to accredit him as
Soviet representative. Moscow
recently broke relations after the
bombing of the Soviet legation
here.
Soviet Minister Pavel I. YER
SHOW and members Of the Rus
sian legation staff, with their
families-a total of 81 persons
boarded the Turkish steamer
Kedesh at Haifa. The Kedesh
was scheduled to sail for Istan-
bull, Turkey. tonight.
Israeli Minister Samuel Ella
shev and his staff left Moscow
by train last night, for the trip
home via Leningrad, Helsinki
and Stockholm. The party was
given a send-off by a large group
of foreign diplomats gathered at
the station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-20
Fletcher KnebeI::
Potomac Fever

The State Department works of controversial authors
the Voice of America This administration posponing
all controversies until it's survive the first
slaughts of party harmony.
House and Senate leaders grim" White briefng
on the world situation Republicans beginning to realize
they left vital flank unguardedhey longer have the
Democrats between them and Russia
Ike entertains Democratic Senators at lunch.
can't beat Democrat under system of free elections
either getting free rde-or free meal.
Senate committee approves Allen Dulles head of Cen
trail Intelligence That's the agency that spies
to learn where the State Department will make its next mistake
Secretary of Agriculture Benson gives party
berS Of Congress complaining about low farm prices The
farmers worries about Federal supports oveBenson
good firm, steady hand on the teacup
The Repubican-controled House votes $40 million
for schools The G. O. claims it's real Every kid
who misses his learning overcrowded school potential
spendthrift Democratic politician.
Senate Labor Committee approves Lloyd Mashburn
leader Undersecretary of Labor Mashburns job
make between organized labor and Senator Taft
consider it at the end of four he has them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-20
Constantine Brown:
Sacred Cow MIXED the Public
Voice OF America Was Built Up by So Much BoIyhoo
That Any Criticism of Its Waste Was Taboo

During the last decade the
administrations high-pressure
public relations men created
something new in our public
life: the sacred cow" BY
means of speeches, newspaper
and magazine articles and radio
broadcasts, selected individuals
and Government organizations
were elevated to that rank.
Any attempt at constructive
criticism was Immediately de-
Scribed as a smear or interfer-
ence with the efforts of the
Government to bring about
world peace. Sacred cows"
were to be immune from any
aspersions.
One of these untouchable
organizations was the Voice of
America. There is no doubt
that the idea of spreading
throughout the world the
sound. selfless, democratic
policies of this country and ex-
posing the dangers Of COM
munism and the U. S. S. RS
aggreSSiveneSs was sound. I'm
fortunately, the execution was
so poor that in some instances
it helped rather than defeated
the enemies of freedom.
Creation of the Voice of
America was hailed by the
Governments public relations
men as one of Americas great
est contributions to world
peace. The blunders it commit
ted at first when the Voice was
headed by former Assistant
Secretary of State William
Benton, later a Senator from
Connecticut for a brief time,
were CLOSED over as inevitable
mistakes of a new enterprise.
But instead of remedying them,
and to avoid further criticism,
the Voices leaders Shrouded
its operations under a cloak
of secrecy.
Even members of Congress
found it difficult to. obtain a
clear picture of what the Voice
was doing. Its officials who
appeared at regular intervals
before congressional commit
tees to obtain additional funds
to run their shows were pre-
coded by a blast of propaganda
extolling the important and
successful work of that branch
of the State Department. For
eign countries, it was said.
we're tapping up our truth"
campaign. Some of these bu-
reaucrats insisted that the
Voice was making a real dent
even among the people of the
U. S. S. R. and her satellites.
Any doubts expressed about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-20
Doris FIeeson:
Waste in Defense Department
Curling 1t Will Be an Inside Job by Wilson's Team:
Sornoff Commission Gladly and Quietly Bows Out

BY common consent the task
of curbing waste and man
power in the military estab-
lishment will be left to the new
Charles E. Wilson team.
The citizens commission
launched last fall amid the
usual fanfare bowed out
peaceably with a pleasant smile
and an intriguing headline:
Defense Department Can
Save 100000 Men and Five
Billion Dollars.
Put another way, this &C
cuses the department of ten
per cent waste. Defense costs
$50 billion and uses 5 million
men.
Even so, the story got little
attention and the mourners are
few.
Chairman Sarnoff of the
commission and virtually all
its members supported Gen.
Eisenhower in the election.
They are busy men with great
enterprises of their own. Their
aversion to breathing down
the necks of the Eisenhower
defense setup in it's early
stages was natural. One good
look had also showed them
how much of a job it would be
to do a real job on the sprawl
ing military machine.
Although as a candidate
Gen. Eisenhower had indi-
Gated he had no objection to
his hacker, Mr.. Sarnoff. TAX
ing the commission appoint
ment from the then Secretary,
MIR. Lovett, the new President
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ertson appointment could swing
the FPC against the Ogdens-
burg power development and
also establish a policy on nat
ural gas that would permit
wholesale rate increases.
Mr.. Robertson's selection is
stoutly opposed by the chair
man of the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee, Senator
Tobey, Republican, of New
Hampshire. He has inter-
coded with both President Eli
senhower and with Sherman
Adams. the Presidents admin
istrative assistant, on behalf
of reappointment of Mr.. Blu
chanan.
When Senator Tobey saw
Gen. Eisenhower in New York
before the Presidents inaugu-
ration and urged Mr.. Blu
chanan's continuation in office,
he was asked by the then
PreSident-elect if it was not
true that Mr.. Buchanan was a
Democrat. The Senator replied
that he was, but said that in
his opinion it didn't matter to
what party he belonged, as Mr..
Buchanan has acted always in
the public interest, and that
was the important factor.
The Craftsmanship also is
sought by present member of
the commission on his own be-
half. This is Commissioner
Nelson Lee Smith, Republic
can, who is from New Hamp-
shire, Sherman Adams home
State. He has taken a position
on natural-gas regulation to
circumscribe the power of the
commission in some particulars
regarded as essential by Chair
man Buchanan.
President Eisenhower faces a
test in the FPC because of
pressure from utility and gas
interests to get a more isympa-
thetic commission.
It Is a real test.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-20

the presidential election, and
some of its members said then
the job would take a couple of
years.
Shepherded by Armed Serv-
ices Chairman Saltonstall,
Secretary Wilson and Chair
man Sarnoff called on Sena-
tor johnson early this week
with a republication copy of
the report. The preparedness
subcommittee is currently quiz
escent; Senator Saltonstall
has not appointed a new
chairman so Senator johnson
is still it's titular head as we'll
as minority leader.
All seems to be quiet, how
ever, on that front, with the
Senator from Texas proving as
mild and tractable as the G.
o. P. pallbearers. This is in
line with the party strategy
he has himself urged upon the
Democrats of holding their
fire until they see the whites
of the administrations eyes.
1t is understood in the Pen
tagon that Mr.. Wilson has his
own hatchetman all picked,
his Deputy Secretary, Roger
Reyes. Business sources de-
pose that this was Keyes' spe-
cialty when he served with Mr..
Wilson in General Motors and
in other corporations. 1t is,
they suggest, the reason Mr..
Reyes has a rather long list
of past corporate connections
with no very long tenure in
any.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-20

the Voices efficiency and any
suggestion that in many in
stances Americas prestige was
being hurt by frequent aSinine
broadcaSts were described as
SmearS. The American public
was sold on it and members
of Congress who thought that
its appropriations should be
cut drastically or the whole
thing scrapped in order to give
it a new and more efficient
start we're figuratively black
lacked by their own constit- =
uents into going along with
the Voices demand.
Pressure groups were skill
fully organized and saw to it
that the unaware public sup
ported the Voice in Congress.
Suggestions that Communists,
fellow travellers and security
risks had penetrated that or
ganization were blasted as I'M
patriotic and isolationist.
The incompetent and reck-
less SpenderS who headed the
Voice felt offended when Con-
greSsmen wished to know how
the taxpayers money was be-
ing spent. They wanted a
blanket sum.
The Voice started with
modest appropriation of about
$35 million in 1916. Last
years appropriation reached
some 500 million without
counting an un disclosed
amount. of counterpart funds
available to the State Depart
ment in countries which had
received ECA funds.
In the last few months the
rumblingS of waste, inefficiency
and security risk personnel in
the State Departments sacred
COW became more concrete.
Congress decided to investi-
gate them. The Committee on
Expenditures in the Govern
ment headed by Senator Nc
earthly undertook the job. In
the first few days, only casual
attention was paid by the
committee to whatever sub
versiveS and security risks were
on the Voices payroll. That
inquiry will come later.
The committee focused at
tention mainly on the waste
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-20

indirectly indicated that he
would be just as we'll pleased
to let the commission lapse.
1t would be hard to quarrel
with his decision to give his
own team chance to field the
defense ball. It does have a
certain historical interest that
Gen. Eisenhower was the in
Spiration for the appointment
of the Sarnof commission.
launching at the Capitol
with leading Senators, includ-
ing members of the Armed
Services Preparedness Sub
committee, Gen. Eisenhower,
who was about to depart to
take over NATO, agreed with
them there was huge wastage
in the Defense Department.
He said that as Army Chief of
Staff he had tried to curb it
and so had many other honest
and sincere people. 1t can't
be done from the inside, he
said then, it needs the dis
interested efforts of an out
side commission of able citi-
ZenS.
Primed with this expert ad-
vice, the subcommittee chair
man, Senator Lyndon johnson,
now minority leader, pressed
the Pentagon for the COM
mission. Many members of
Congress backed him and Mr..
Lovett-who frankly had as
little taste for outside super
vision as his successor, Mr..
Wilson-finally created the
Sarnoff commission.
1t did not meet until after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-20
Thomas L. Stokes:

Consumers of electricity and
natural gas would do we'll
to direct their attention
toward the Federal Power
Commission. That is the
agency charged by Con-
gress with administering reg
ulatory laws affecting hydro
electric utilities and natural
gas. In that capacity it fixes
rates. and in doing that it is
supposed to protect the con-
sumner. A single vote on the
FPC, as on other regulatory
agencies, can become very i'm
portant in deciding policy that
is of personal and pocketbook
interest to millions of con-
sumerS.
Such a single vote is at stake
now This is in a prospective
vacancy on the five-member
commission which is nov so
closely divided on vital issues
to consumers that it becomes
very significant how President
Eisenhower fills it. This is i'm
portant not only for the long
range, but Immediately be-
cause of two pending issues
one affecting policy on natu-
raj gas rate-making, the other
affecting the st. Lawrence
Great Lakes Waterway through
a proposed hydro-electric prof.
ect at Ogdensburg, N. Y.
The prospective vacancy is
that of the commissions act
ing chairman, Thomas c. Bu-
chanan, a strong and consist
ent supporter of the public
interest. He holds only an
interim appointment given
him by President Truman
when his confirmation for an
other term was blocked by the
Senate in the last Congress.
He serves oStensibly until
President Eisenhower acts.
The President is under heavy
political pressure TO appoint
to the Buchanan place, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-20

Of public funds. And although
only a tiny corner Of the
Voices operations was ex.
plored the testimony so far
in less than a week.-Mrs.
shown that some $50 million
of the taxpayers money has
gone down the sewer.
DR.. Wilson Compton, distin-
guished educator who had
been international information
administrator for less than a
year, testified that there had
been a waste of funds and re-
signed. He was a good man
but his hands were tied with
so many knots that he was
unable to properly administer
the organization. He could
not extricate himself from the
maze Of red tape in the hands
OF questionable. individuals in
the Voice.
Senator Mcclellan, the rank
ing Democrat on the commit
tee. wondered if perchance the
sacred COW had not actually
become a Frankenstein's mon
Ster,