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Evening star., 1953-04-13
IS Ford Co. Plants
Are Closed by Strike
BY the Assoeioted Press

DETROIT, April 13.-Assem-
bly, lines at Is of the Ford Mo-
tor Co.'S 19 Ford, Mercury and
Lincoln plants across the coun-
try were closed today because of
a strike of 1900 workers in a
parts plant at Monroe, Mich.
The closing idled 10000 OF
Ford's 10000 production work
ers, and a Ford spokesman said
"the total idle could easily reach
$4,000 as more of our plants run
out of parts"
CIO United Auto Workers
walked out at Monroe April l,
charging a speedup. Company
officials denied the accusation.
Negotiations have failed to break
the deadlock, but were resumed
today.
The Monroe plant makes
wheels, coil springs and chrome
parts.
OF the 10000 laid off, $500
were at Ford's giant Rouge
plant here. It normally employs
$4,000. Another $500 were laid
off at the Mount Road plant
and 1875 at the tractor plant in
Highland Park.
A company spokesman said all
available sources Of supplies are
being tapped in an effort to keep
production lines operating az
long as possible at plants which
still are operating. ...-
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Taft Law Is Called
'Depression-Maker'
BY the Associated Press


Albert j. Fitzgerald, President
of the United Electrical Workers,
today told the House Labor
Committee the Taft Hartley law
is a depression maker" and
should be repealed.
Genuinely strong unions are
required to raise the real wages
of working people and create the
mass markets needed as an anti
dote to depression" Mr.. Fitz.
gerald said in a prepared state
ment.
'The Taft-Hartley Act weak
ems unions. It must be totally
wiped out"
The UE has been labeled az
Communist-d dominated by con-
gressional committees. It was
ousted from the CIO for the
same stated reason.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, referring to
charges that his union is Com
munist dominated, said attacks
on the UE are really aimed at
the entire free labor movement
and the wages and working con-
ditions of all American workers. u
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Hersche| Young Goes
On Trial in Perjury
By the Associated Press

Herschel Young, older brother
of E. Merl Young. went on trial
today on a f1ve-count perjury
Indictment.
Herschel Young is accused of
swearing falsely before a Federal
grand jury September 20, 1851.
during an investigation of the
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
The five charges grew out of
his testimony that he never rep
resented any one before the
RFC.
The grand jury charged that
he represented several loan
seeking companies and also dis
cussed the possibility of others
obtaining loans.
Merl Young, key figure in a
Senate Banking Subcommittee
investigation of the Government
lending agency, was convicted
March 81 on four charges of
perjury. He is scheduled to be
sentenced April 80.
A jury of seven men and three
women was seated within a mat
ter of minutes to hear the
Herschel Young case. In addi-
ton. there are two alternates,
both men.
Judge Alexander Holtzoff is
presiding at the trial, which is
expected to last the rest of the
week.
Evening star., 1953-04-13
BY Herb Aitsehull
Associated Press Sfoff Writer

Thomas Jefferson was born
210 years ago today, and you can
take the word of Miss Millicent
Sowerby that:
"Jeffie was a real man, not a
stuffed shirt or an ivory tower
dreamer. He was vain, but never
objectionably vain. He was proud
of what he did, and he was real
cute in telling everybody how
proud he was of his accomplish
mentS."
Miss Sowerby, at the Library
Of Congress, has been compiling
the most ambitious jefferson
collection ever attempted. She
doesn't think she is disrespectful
by calling the third President
"Jeffie" and saying he was cute.
In the past II years, Miss
Sowerby has read nearly $4,000
letters which jefferson wrote or
received. She said today in an
interview: I'm sure I know
Jeffie Us well as anyone who
knew him when he was alive"
Jefferson was one Of the prin-
cipal authors Of the Declaration
of Independence and of the Con-
stitution, yet his birthday is not
a legal holiday-except in Vir-
ginia. where Jefferson spent most
Of his life.
Robertson Pays Tribute.
Senator Robertson, Democrat,
of Virginia, is not one to let the
day pass without a kind word.
Said the Senator:
Democrats regularly celebrate
the birthday of Thomas jefferson
not only because he was the
founder of what is now known
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Little Effect Expected
On Farm PriceSif
WARM Korea Ends
8 THEEVENING STAR
~ Washington. D. c.
MONDAY, APRIL Is, 1853

A truce in Korea would not
have an appreciable effect on
farm prices in the foreseeable
future, Secretary of Agriculture
Benson today told the Senate
Subcommittee on Agricultural
Appropriations.
Thus far, the Secretary said,
"rumors Of truce in Korea have
had little discernable effect on
prices of farm products.
Before the Secretary testified,
however, Senator Young, Repub-
lican, of North Dakota, the sub
committee chairman. made it
clear he is concerned over how
peace might affect the farmer.
He said it has been his ex-
perience that agriculture never
has done "too we'll in peacetime. !"
Secretary Benson testified that
farm pricee are substantially
lower than a year ago, while the
cost Of farming has remained
high and relatively inflexible.
with only little opportunity
to reduce production costs ma
terially," the Secretary contin-
ued, 1.-The realized net income
of farm operators likely will be
down tthis year, more than S
per cent, perhaps as much as a
tenth from 1852 ($14.3 billion) =.
However, if this should materi-
alize, net farm income would
still be somewhat larger than
the, $12.3 billion received in
1880"
The Agriculture Department
has already cut the original Tru-
man budget by $70.6 million in
annual appropriations and by
$50 million in loan authorize
tions. These cuts left $682 mil
lion in appropriations and $305
million in loan authority now
asked.
Mr.. Benson said he is sure each
budget change will meet resis-
tance somewhere, "but the time
has come when we must face
the hard facts of sQuaring our
spending with our income"
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Police Rout Crowd
Protesting Meeting
By the Assoeiofed Press


CHICAGO, April 13.-Twenty-
five police squads dispersed a
crowd of $500 protesting a
Roosevelt Stain memorial
meeting yesterday afternoon,
sponsored by the Chicago Coun-
Gil of American Soviet Friend
ship.
Before police reserves reached
the scene, an estimated 500 per-
sons surged into the People's s
Auditorium on Chicago avenue
and smashed chairs, overturned
tables and destroyed and scat
tered books and pamphlets.
Police Capt. Harry Penzin
said the Friendship Council
scheduled addresses by Writer
John Howard Lawson, William
L. Patterson, secretary Of the
Civil Rights Congress, and Ced-
ric Belfrage, editor of the Ma
tional Guardian, New York.
A spokesman for the invaders
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Jefferson's 27Oth Birthday
Brings Collectors Tribute

as the Democratic party, but also
because he was the greatest po-
litical philosopher our Nation has
produced"
Miss Sowerby riff1ed through
some of the letters, written in
the small. precise hand of a
bookkeeper.
Jefferson wrote as many as 20
letters a day and kept copies
filed in pigeonholes in his re-
volving circular desk at Month
cello. He saved letters he re-
ceived.
Miss Sowerby showed one let
ter, written anonymously from
Massachusetts,. It began:
"You redheaded - -
It was filed away with the rest,
the date noted in Jefferson S
h n writing. No comment,
though.
Sold Books to Library.
And then there was the letter
Jefferson wrote in a playful vein
to a friend who was to be mar
ried.
It said: and I'm certain
she will love you very much, in
spite of your teeth"
Jefferson's collection Of books
formed the nucleus of the Lii
brary of Congress. The library
was started in 1900, but every
book was destroyed when the
British burned it down in 1914.
Jefferson. pressed for money,
offered his collection of nearly
1000 volumes to the library. The
library paid him $23,950.
How much are those books
worth today? Nobody will guess,
but you haven't got enough mon
ey to buy them.
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Polish Communist Purge
Seen on Premier's Order
By the Asseeieted Press

VIENNA. Austria, April 13.-
A purge in the Polish govern
ment and Communist Party ap-
peared today to be looming on
orders of Polish Premier BoleS-
law Beirut.
Beirut, it was disclosed here,
has demanded that the Polish
United Workers (Communist)
Party purge it's ranks of waver-
ers and ideologically alien ele-
ments."
% He made the demand in a
meeting of the party's central
committee March %. The text
of his speech became public here
today in the weekly journal of
the Cominform.
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Six Killed in Cur-Truin
Crash, a in Same Family
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW CAMBRIA, Kans., April
13.-Six persons, including an
entire family of four, were killed
yesterday in the collision of their
car with a Santa Fe freight
train.
Dead are the driver, Mert Sea-
grove, so; his son, Phillip, 81:
John Lantz, SO; his wife, Mamie,
"a; a daughter Frances. IL, and
a son, Eddie, 8. All were from
New Cambria.
The train pushed the car
about 500 yards before stopping.
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Boy, 6, Struck by Cor,
Suffers Head Injury

A 6-year-old boy was injured
yesterday when he was struck
by an automobile at Eighteenth
and Irving streets NE.
The boy. Enrico Carpenti,
1908 Douglas street NE, was re-
ported in good condition at Sib-
ley Hospital today. He is Suf-
fering from a possibly fractured
skull. He was injured when he
ran in front of an automobile
driven by Margaret M. Collins,
"a, 311 Livingston terrace S.W.,
police said. No charges have
been placed against the driver.
Evening star., 1953-04-13

Alex j. Zabrosky, said they
were members Of the American
Friends of the Anti-Bolshevik
Block Of Nations, which supports
the underground in Iron Curtain
countries.
The scheduled meeting, de-
layed an hour and a half, was
attended by about so persons.
There were no arrests.
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Musical Program Planned

An informal program of music
and readings will be given at a
meeting of the District Associa-
tion of Workers for the Blind at
8 pm. Thursday in the Church
of the Epiphany Parish Hall.
1917 G street NV.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
King And Hedge
Sell Top Steers
At Feeder-CaIf
Sale, Thursday

David King and L. E. Hedge
and Sons sold the two top-price
Angus steers at the Guernsey
Noble Feeder Calf Association
sale held at Coshocton last week.
The top price paid at the sale
was S24.25.
Prices remained comparatively
high at the sale despite a general
decline in cattle prices. A lot of
IL Hereford steers averaged
$3.50 hundred for second best
price.
Average price of the 799 head
consigned to the sale per hun
dredweight was $17.27, a drop
of about S1.00 a hundred from
the previous sale.
Average weight of the animals
consigned was Ais pounds. Aver
age prices for steers per animal
was $80.34 as compared for
heifer animals, while the overall
average for the sale per animal
was listed as $71.72.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
Seerest To Speak
On Armistice Day
At Banquet Planned
For Summerfield

Sponsored by the Summerfield
American Legion Auxiliary the
annual Armistice Day banquet
and program will be given at the
Legion hall in Summerfield on
Tuesday evening, Nov. 10, begin
ming promptly at $50 o'clock.
Miss Helen Meek, president of
the auxiliary, said today that
Rep. Robert T. Secrest would
deliver the main address. The
HaZelwood Jubilee singers of
Cambridge, will also be featured.
A course turkey dinner will
be served and only 200 tickets
will be placed on sale in order
that everyone will be served
promptly and efficiently.
Tickets will go on sale next
Saturday and may be secured
from Helen Meek or Ila Wilson,
chairman of the Americanism
committee.
An interesting program has
been prepared and the public
is invited. Tickets, however,
should be secured in advance.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
Lack OF Water Closes
SenecaviIIe Schools

Students of the Senecaville
local schools enjoyed two free
days" last week, because the
shallow water in the school well
started to "have a taste"
p The schools were closed on
Thursday and Friday, pending
tests of the water by the county
health department.
Herbert Rich, president of the
board of education, said it may
be necessary to haul water to
the school this week. He added
that the board did not know
what course to take should the
present drought continue for any
length of time.
1--WE don't know if it would do
any good to drill another WE'LL"
said Rich, because it is quite
often difficult to get water in
Senecaville.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29

diligent work of the County
Agricultural Extension Service
and the individual County
Agents and attributed the out
standing success of the 1858
PLANT OHIO program to the
united support given the effort
by local county civic, religious,
educational, youth and women's
groups under the guidance of the
county chairmen.
Governor Lausche pointed out,
however, that while the 1858
goal has been met and great sue
cess achieved, there is still much
work to be done in reforesting
hundreds of thousands of acres
of idle land and also the beauti-
'fication of public, industrial and
home areas through planting of
ornamental and shade trees. He
said this PLANT OHIO program
must be continued indefinitely.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
Blackburn Named
To State Board
Soil Conservation
Board Director

H. r. Blackburn of the Rem
rock community, was elected as
member of the board of direct
ors of the Ohio Federation of
soil conservation districts for
1854 last Wednesday evening.
The election was held at the
five-county meeting of soil con-
servation officials held in Cald-
well, Wednesday, Oct. 81.
Blackburn is chairman of the
board of supervisors of the
Noble soil conservation district,
in addition to being active in
number of agricultural organ
izations of the county.
Leo Durant of the Muskingum
district was elected as alternate
for Blackburn.
Floyd Heft, executive Secre-
tary of the state soil conserva-
ton committee, distributed
handbooks to the supervisors
and aides of the soil conserva-
ton districts at the meeting.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
State Highway
Receives High
Inspection Rate
Columbus Officials
Hold "Dry Run" At
Local State Garage

The Noble county division of
the state highway department
was highly commended after
the "Dry-Run" inspection of
snow and ice control equipment
at the garage south of Caldwell
last Friday, Oct. %.
Inspection was made by Of
ficials from Columbus head
quarters of the Ohio State High
way Department. At that time,
all plows and cinder spreaders
were mounted and checked, in
addition to general inspection of
all equipment.
The last load of 33 cars of Gin
ders was unloaded at the garage
Wednesday. These cinders will
be used for ice-control thruout
the winter.
Division crews are working on
state route 145 near Harrietts-
vile and bitches are being
opened and cleaned on route 564
and 563.
u. S. route 81, between Cald-
we'll and Belle Valley is being
repaired with all berms being
patched on this stretch of high
way.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
DR.. Robert Rudge
AT Convention

DR.. Robert S. Rudge, COZ West
street, Caldwell, will attend
the Sesquicentennial Celebration
Convention of the Ohio State
Optometric Association which is
meeting in Columbus this week.
Headquarters for the convention
are in the Deshler-Hilton hotel.
DR.. James F. Wahl, o. D., of
Anna. Illinois, president of the
American Optometric Associa-
ton is to be one of the featured
speakers on the convention pro-
gram.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
Caldwell Soldier
Gets High Honor

Richard E. Crum, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence L. Crum,
route 6, Caldwell, was recently
selected Trainee of the Week by
the Separate Battalions Board of
the famed 18th Airborne Div
ision stationed at Fort Campbell,
KY.
A board of officers Of the 18th
and 710th Tank Battalions chose
Pvt. Crum, of Company "B,"
710th Tank Battalion, over 1000
Basic Trainees as the Trainee
who has shown the best know
ledge of military subjects and
set the best example of military
bearing for the two battalions.
Pvt. Crum, who entered the SER
vice on the 26th of August 1858,
was a graduate of Caldwell high
school before donning the Olive
drab.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
Alonzo Freese
Enters Guilty Plea
To Second Degree
Manslaughter Charge

Alonzo Freese, 40, indicted for
second degree manslaughter in
the two car collision which re-
suited in the death of Mrs. Mary
Lasko and Mrs. Jenny Doty, both
of Jacobsburg on July II, enter
ed a plea of guilty to this in
dictment, Saturday morning be-
fore Judge w. Vernon Archer
of the Common Pleas court.
Freese appeared before Judge
Archer with his attorney, Lucien
c. Young and entered the guilty
plea.
He was fined 5000 and costs
and given a six months Jail SEN
tence, which was suspended.
His drivers license was also
suspended for six months or
until he has complied with the
rules and regulations of the
Bureau of Motor Vehicles, fol-
lowing a fatal accident. The fine
and costs were paid and Freese
was released.
The accident occurred in the
Kennonsburg community near
Seneca Lake on July II. The
victims were life long residents
of the Jacobsburg community.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
Prince OF Peace
AT Dexter City

The Prince of Peace Contest
will be held at the Dexter City
Methodist church on Sunday
evening, 7:30 o'clock.
There will be six participants,
Bill Hupp, Neil Mcfarland,
Larry Sanford, Norma Waller,
Ruth Adds and Eileen Haga.
James Carter is their instructor.
Special vocal numbers will be
presented by a mixed chorus
from the sophomore class of the
high school. Ernie Evans will
favor with two instrumental
solos.
The winner of the contest will
complete in the Noble county
contest.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29

time they will receive their
supplies and instructions re-
lative to counting the ballots.
The state has instructed Clerk
Robert A. Dennison that the
questions and issues would be
tabulated first and this will be
passed on to the precinct level
Only a light vote is being
anticipated in Noble county,
although it is believed that sew
eral precincts will have heavy
voting since spirited contests
have developed for trustee, with
two to be elected. In Noble
township, for instance, eight
candidates will be on the ballot.
Those who vote Tuesday and
it is urged that everyone go to
the polls, will receive the large
question and issue ballot, a
township ballot, a school ballot
and the village ballot where it
applies.
Fulda school district will have
special six mills tax levy and
the Caldwell exempted village
school district will be voting on
a $250,000 bond issue.
Judges and clerks who will
serve. in the coming election are
as follows, the first named being
the presiding judge:
Beaver: Earl Moore, judge;
Harry Stotts, Catherine Long,
Richard Starr, Richard Flood,
and Lena L. LaShley.
Batesville: George Hyett,
Judge; Edward Moore, Ruth
Newhart, Isabelle Dingus, John
Atkinson and Marie Miller.
Brookfield: Franz McNutt,
Judge; Flora Mae Lisak, Vera
Thorla, J. w. Gee, John Hall,
and Olive E. Pitts.
Buffalo: Freda Cooper, judge;
Roy Johnson, Irma Wheeler, Joe
Shriver, Carl Miley, and Vir-
ginia West.
East Center: Hugh Cox,
judge; Mary Davis, Emma
Moore, Frank VanFleet, Austin
Hannahs, and Martha Ruther-
ford.
Continued on Page TWo)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
Local Author In
Readers Digest

Helen Worden Erskine of
Park avenue, New York but well
known in Caldwell. is the auth
or of the feature, "The Most I'm
forgettable Character I've Met"
which is appearing in the Nov
ember issue of the Readers
Digest.
Author of the book. "Out of
This World Mrs. Erskine writes
about her husband, John Erskine
who died in June, 1851.
The author is the daughter of
the late Wilbertine Teeters Wor-
den of Caldwell. She is very
close friend Of Miss Lena Alter,
local we'll known business
woman.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
Stale PTA Head
Is Local Speaker
Mrs. Esther Stats
Is Well Received

Mrs. Esther K. Stats, state
president of the Parent Teachers
association, was the principal
speaker, Monday evening, for
the October meeting Of the Cald-
well PTA.
Mrs. Stats spoke at length
on child delinquency and point
ed out that it is increasing every
year. She placed the response
bility squarely on the shoulders
of the parents and teachers and
urged them to do all in their
power to curb the rising per-
centage Mrs. Stats very capably
pointed out that in many cases,
delinquency begins in the home
with the parents and not the
child to blame.
Mrs. Henry Brumbach is presi-
dent of the Caldwell unit and
she presided and introduced the
guest speaker.
Musical selections were given
by the Caldwell high school
choir under the direction of
Gray Tuecke.
Mrs. E. G. Ditch and John w
Hazard spoke briefly in behalf
of the $25O,000 bond issue for
the Caldwell school district and
urged its support at the polls
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29

Mrs. Litta K. Robertson, direc-
tor of women's activities for the
Ohio Farm Bureau federation,
will be the principal speaker,
Wednesday, Nov, 4, when the
annual Noble county Farm
Bureau meeting is held at the
Caldwell high school auditorium.
The meeting will begin promptly
at 1880 o'clock and all members
are urged 20 attend. An interest
ing program has been arranged.
Mrs. Robertson comes to Noble
county highly recommended and
has gained wide recognition for
her development of health cour.
ses in the public schools, as vel
as for helping county home and
community committees carry
out projects for improvement OF
community life.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
Local Students Al
Ohio University

Six Noble county students are
among 4458 enrollees for the fall
semested at Ohio University. An
additional 591 students attend
classes at three branches, Chilli
cothe, Portsmouth and Zanes-
vile.
Noble county students on
campus are:
Gene R. Briggs, freshman in
University College, route 3,
CALDWELL; Albert R. Christopher,
freshman in University College,
TIA West street, Caldwell; Wes-
ley B. Marshall, freshman in
University College, 319 E. Main
street, Caldwell; Thad d. Picken-
paugh, freshman in the Univer-
sity college, 916 Belford street.
CALDWELL; Hugh E. Cox. sopho-
more in College of Education,
route /, Sarahsville and Janice
|. Bishop, Summerfield.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
Three Local Students
AT Muskingul1 College

The following students from
the Caldwell area are attending
Muskingum, New Concord, this
year. They are part of the fresh
men class of 249. They are: Hilda
Merritt, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Merritt, Caldwell;
Donald Thesis, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Thesis, Dexter
City; and Robert Webber, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Webber.
Dexter City.
Muskingum college has recent
ly opened its 117th session with
an enrolment of 694 students.
The school is under the sponsor
ship of the United Presbyterian
church.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-10-29
Gary WYscarver
Has Steer Entry
In Pittsburgh
Show, Wednesday

Gary Wyscarver of near
Seneca Lake, his brother, Ronald
and their grandfather, Ellis Long
attended the annual All Junior
Livestock Show and Sale, held
at Pittsburgh Oct. 20, 81 and %.
Gary's prize Hereford fat
steer was sold for 80 cents a
pound. 1t received ninth award
in its class.
The trio returned from Pitts
burgh Thursday to find that
the barn on the farm of the boys
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Wyscarver, had burned to the
ground. Five baby beefs were
destroyed in the blaze, although
three of the calves escaped from
the burning barn.