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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-13
Observation-Disclosures
In Effect, Lawyer for
Sloan Simpson Says
BY the A.seeieied pre.s

MEXICO CITY. Aug. 49,
Sloan Simpson ODwyer's attor-
ney said the governor of MoreloS
yesterday took the final tech
nical step legalizing his clients
civil divorce from former AM
bassador William O'Dwyer.
Pedro del Villar said Gov.
Rodolfo Lopez de Nava yesterday
legalized the signature of the
Cuernavaca judge who granted
the Mexican divorce June 8.
1T was a mere technicality.
but it is the final step necessary
under Mexican law" Mr.. del
Villar said. f.,
Mrs. ODwyer's Comment.
Questioned regarding reports
published here that Mrs.
ODwyer had said in Madrid;
Spain, that she knew nothing Of
the divorce. Mr.. del Villar said:
THE mistaken report could
have been due to the fact that
Mrs. Simpson in Madrid. stated
that she did not know about the
ruling itself. This is possible.
because Madrid is a long way
from Mexico.
But any statement that she
did not know about the divorce
proceedings is false. She in
Stigated the case, and was pres
ent in court and signed neces-
sary documents.
Mr.. del Villar added that he
expects his client to return to
Mexico in September to testify
in Catholic Church action con-.
corning an annulment of the
marriage.
Doesn't Recognize 1t.
Mr.. O'Dwyer said Tuesday
that. as a Catholic. he did not
recognize the divorce decree.
Il do mot want to complicate
my situation" the former New
York mayor declared in a for
NAL statement to newsmen. LAS
Catholic my matrimonial af-
fairs are in the hands of the
Catholic Church. AS a Catholic
I do not recognize this civil di-
vorce, although I respect the
rights of the State"
The O'Dwyers have applied to
Catholic authorities for annul-
ment of their marriage. Church
officials approved their separa-
ton pending action on the an
nulment petition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-13
More Shakeups Seen:
In Red Appointments
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Aug. ia con-
tinuing shakeup in the Kren-
Inns far-fung administrative
system was indicated today by,
the appointment of three news
men, to high posts in the Soviet
Republics of the Ukraine and
Azerbaijan. ,t
Kiev Radio said Semen Vas
silevich Stefanyk was named a
deputy chairman of the Council
of Ministers in the Ukraine. The
council has several such deputy
chairmen, and the broadcast
gave no clue as to whether any,
ole was ousted to make room for
him. .r
Mr.. Stefanyk, formerly pro-
fessor at the University Of Lvov,
made news in the United States
in October. 1916. He was one OF
IL Russians who left the country
rather than comply with a gov
eminent order to register as for
eign agents. The group had
come to attend the American
Slav Congress.
Baku Radio said that in the
Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan,
Mahbaili Firidyn Amiraslanov
was named first deputy chairman
of the Council of Ministers and
Antoly Mihallovich Guchko was
appointed Minister of the In
terror.
The new appointment in the
Interior Ministry suggested a
man formerly close to l.. P. Beria
probably had been kicked out.
Such action has been taken in
other Soviet republics since the
head of the Soviet secret police
was purged as a traitor.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

Sergeant Clayton E. Richard,
whose wife, Pauline, and their three
children reside at 122 Williams Ave
nue., was one of group of prisoners
of war who were released by the
Communists on Monday night
Mrs Richard has not seen her hus-
band since he left this country in
August of 1913, on what both as
sumed would be a short tour of
peacetime overseas duty. He arrived
in Japan the following month. Two
years later, in 1850, just when he
thought that he would be returning
to the United States soon, hostilities
broke out in Korea. Sergeant Rick
ards outfit, the 63rd Field Artillery
Battalion of the Gath Infantry, was
among the first units to be sent to
Korea.
Sergeant Richard was first report
ed seriously wounded in the Korean
fighting on July IA, 1850 Not long
after receiving a telegram from the
Department of Defense informing
her of that, Mrs. Richard received
another, reporting that her husband
was missing in action" After long,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
SGT. r. w. ,Jan1ison
On Leave In Japan

Sgt. Richard w Jamison, whose
wife, Louise, and parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Webster Jamison, live on
Route 2, Sharpsburg, recently spent
five days in Japan on rest and
recuperation leave from Korea.
He was picked up at a forward air
base by a special R and R plane and
whisked from the discomforts and
monotony of war-torn Korea to the
bright lights and gayety of modern
Japan in a matter of hours.
At one of the Army's Japanese
leave centers, he was served a big
steak dinner and completely out
fitted with clean, freshly pressed
dress uniforms before beginning the
rounds of shopping, sightseeing and
enjoying the many luxuries not
available in Korea.
Sergeant Jamison is a member of
the 38th Infantry Regiments Medi-
cal Company.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Eight Boys Indicted
Into Armed Forces

The Selective Service Board has
announced that eight more boys
have been called for induction into
the armed forces-two from Hag-
erstown and six from the County.
The two Hagerstown boys were
both volunteers.
From HagerstOwn
George David Powell, 1856 View
Street; and Richard Sines, 837 Ian
vale Street.
From The County
George William Butler, Route l.
Hagerstown; Juris Egils Eckstein
Clear Spring; Ned Jennings House
holder. Route l, Fairplay; James AL
fred Nose, Sharpsburg; Jay Lowell
Troxell, Route 3, Hagerstown; and
S. Dean Mcclellan Vincent, Route
5, Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

At an organiZational meeting of
the Washington County Council of
United Church Women, held in The
Presbyterian Church on Friday eve
ming, two fall events were planned
and the appointment of new direc-
tors from the city and county
churches were announced.
Mrs. Thomas Powell, of The Pres
byterian Church, is president of the
Council.
The two fall events, both of which
are of interest to all church women
i'll Washington County, are: THE
School of Missions and World
Community Day"
The School of Missions will be
held on September 80 at Christt's
Evangelical and Reformed Church.
1t will open at 1000 a. m. and con-
clude at $50 p. M, with lunch being
served at noon by the host church.
The international mission study
books Within These Borders" by
John R. Scotford, the national book
for the year; and That The World
May Know" by Charles W. Ransom,
the foreign mission study book-will
be reviewed during the schools all
day session.
World Community Day. will be
held on Thursday, November S, at
7:30 p. m. at st. Paul's Evangelical
United Brethren Church and the
theme for the Day will be Building
Lasting Peace"
Help For Homes has been chosen
as the activity program for World
Community Day and the county
church women will use the days
offering to help make more COM
Portable the refugees sheltered in
camps and reception centers, or
phanages and children's homes,
youth hostels, hospitals, sanitoriams
and invalid homes, rehabilitation
centers and homes for the aged.
Material aid, in the form of wash
cloths and towels, sheets and pillow
cases, blankets, quilts, curtains,
Grapes and table cloths, will be col
lected and sent to Christian centers
In Korea, Hong Kong, India, Pakis-
tan, the Near East, Berlin, Trieste
and other parts of Europe.
The president then announced the
following directors to the Board of
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
M-Sgt. James Jones
Serving In Germany

M/Sgt. James Jones, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Jones, SO w. Bethel
Street, who has been in the Army
since 1913, is serving with the
Army's Both Field Artillery Battal-
ion in Erlangen, Germany.
He is a section chief in Battery A
Of the 30th, which is a unit of the
Eleventh. Army and part of the
NATO forces in Europe.
Master Sergeant Jones spends
much of the year in field training as
part of program of constant readi-
ness for immediate action.
While in garrison his time is di-
vided between regular duty and
classroom and practical training
Jones' training included radio OPP
Grafton, automatic weapons firing
fire direction for hoWitzers, physical
conditioning and atomic warfare.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
BURTON r. HOFFMAN, USN
IS STATIONED IN NORFOLK

Burton R. Hoffman, aviation store
keeper third class, U S Navy, son of
Mrs. Mary NJ Hoffman, 235 South
Potomac Street, is serving with Air
Transport Squadron % at the U. S.
Naval Air Station in Norfolk.
The squadron flies high priority
mail, cargo and passengers. Air
craft includes the RAD Skytrain,
R5D Skymaster and the transport
version of the TBM Avenger. The
squadron is unit of the Naval
Fleet Logistic Air Wing Atlantic
and Continental Division.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

the Washington County Council of
United Church Women, each direc-
tor being selected by her own
church:
Mrs. John Zentmyer, St. Paul's
Methodist; Mrs. Bessie Lowe, Wash
ington Square Methodist; Mrs. Mary
R. Ohler, Howard Street Methodist;
Mrs. Naomi Cook, Asbury Method
list; Miss Irene Middlekauff, Presby-
terrain; Mrs. ]. Lewis Eyerly, Christ's
Evangelical and Reformed; Mrs.
Omer T. Kaylor, Sir, Zion Evangeli
cal and Reformed;
Mrs. William C. Rebok, St. Marks
Lutheran; Mrs. Earl Howard, North
End Lutheran Mission; Mrs. R. r.
Richards, st. Johns Lutheran; Miss
Mary M. Kaylor, Trinity Lutheran;
Mrs. Earl Bowers, Christ's Lutheran;
Mrs. George F. Bell, St. Paul's E.UB.,
Mrs. Earl E. Redding, Grace cub:
Mrs. Samuel Conrad, St. Matthew's
cub; Mrs. Arthur L. Rice. En-
manuel cub.
Mrs. Brewer L. Stouffer, st. Johns
Episcopal; Miss Altha A. Horst, First
Christian; Mrs. Ruth Lond, Church
of the Brethren; Mrs. H. c. Gonso.
Church of God; Mrs. J. P. Richards
First Baptist; Mrs. Jack Spector,
B'Nai Abraham; Mrs. Roy S. Schneb-
ly, St. Pau's Reformed, Clear
Spring; Mrs. R. Leon Cushwa. St
Johns Reformed, Clear Spring; Miss
Mary Kefauver, Keedysville Re-
formed;
Mrs. Harry Miles and Mrs. Row
Ebersole, st. Paul's Lutheran. Clear
Spring; Mrs. Nora Newkirk and Mrs
Charles Chopper, Sr., st. Peters
Lutheran, Clear Spring; Mrs. Glenn
Fiery and Miss Margaret Shinham
Mt. Tabor Lutheran, Fairview: Mrs
Oliver Britner and Mrs. Richard
Miller, Zion Lutheran, Williamsport.
Mrs. ]. H. Knibb, Beaver Creek
Christian; Mrs. John Jennings
Brownsville Church of the Brethren,
Mrs. John Leather, Chewsville
cub; Mrs. N. B. Spielman, St.
Paurs cub, Big Pool; Mrs. Mvrtle
Holmes, Shiloh cub, Security.
Some of the churches have not. az
yet, announced their appointments
and these names will be released at
later date.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Around Town With
The Editor

In a copy of the Evening Globe
dated February 10, 1880, of which
excerpts will be found in our Horse
and Buggy Days" column in this
issue. there was a notice that the sub
scription rate to the Globe was $1.OO
a wear Invariably in Advance"
While The Observation-Disclosures
subscription rate is $500 year, we
too, like the Invariably in Advance
idea, and l hope those of you who
have been notified that your renewal
is due but have just overlooked it,
will take this friendly hint.
On Monday the Mayor and Coun-
ell took a trip around Town" They
were not, however, hunting news
but rather were intent on looking
over the needs of every section of
the city so that they could decide
the most urgently needed projects
for the balance of the year.
Advised by the city auditor that
there is only $171,000 of unspent
money available for unrestricted use,
it became necessary for the members
of the Council to list projects in
order of their importance, since there
is Just not enough money to do
everything that everyone wants this
year.
Following their inspection tour,
the Council met on Tuesday for a
couple of hours to discuss the situa-
ton and they will meet again at a
special session on Wednesday night
to decide on which projects to do
right away.
The regular meeting of the Mayor
and Council, of course, will be held
Thursday night.
Telephone service was normal as
we went to press, with the members
of the Independent Maryland Tele-
phone Union (Which includes, of
course, all of the operators) cancell-
ing their threatened strike when a
new wage offer was made by the
Company.
However, the CLIO Communications
Workers, a maintenance workers
union, called a strike yesterday
morning, which resulted in some of
the maintenance workers here pick
citing the local office.
This picketing, however, is ap-
parently not interfering in any way
with the operation of the exchange.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

suspenseful months of waiting and
praying, she was finally advised by
telegram that the Communists had
listed her husband among prisoners
they had captured
Mrs. Richard has received only
three letters from her husband dur
ing his long imprisonment-one in
November of 1851, another in De-
cember of 1852 and the third this
past March Though he could tell
little about his own condition or the
treatment he received, in all three
letters he reiterated his eagerness to
see the son that was born to his wife
after his departure for overseas duty
five years ago. Little Joseph, or
the baby" as Sgt Richard referred
to him in the letters, is now four and
half years old. The two other
Richard children will seem almost
like strangers to their father, too.
Mary Catherine, six years old when
her father left, is now II; Clayton,
Jr., just little over a year old when
his father left, is now ready to start
to school
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Edward r. Stoufer
Now Airnnan &c

Edward R. Stouffer, son of Max
R. Stouffer, HOO Murdoch Avenue,
was recently promoted to the grade
of Altman First Glass while serving
with Japan's 56th Strategic Recon-
Nuisance Squa dron, Medium,
Weather.
Altman First Class Stouffer is a
propeller mechanic with the seth.
His squadron, equipped with special
ly modified WB-29 aircraft performs
daily weather reconnaissance mis-
sion over Korea in support of the
United Nations forces there, and al
so flies weather track daily along
the Russian-held Kuriles, the chain
of islands to the northeast of Japan.
The 56th is a unit of the global
Air Weather Service, a component
of the Military Air Transport Serv-
ice.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
PVT. DONALD E. YONKER
! NOW STATIONED IN KOREA

Pvt. Donald E. Yonker, son of
Guy E. Yonker, Route 2, Hancock,
recently joined the End Infantry Di-
vision in Korea.
Private Yonker, a heavy weapon
infantryman, entered the Army last
January and received basic training
at Fort Campbell, KY. He is a
graduate of Hancock High School
and was a fruit and vegetable in
spector with the Federal State In
spection Service, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, in Washington, D. c..
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

made assistant supervisor of the Ha-
gerstown City Bus operation. In
January of this year he was pro-
NOTED to supervisor of the City Bus
Lines, the position he now holds.
Mr.. Mumma, who makes his home
at 201 South West Side Avenue,
Funkstown, joined the Company in
1925, when he accepted post with
the Transportation Department. In
1880 he was transferred to the Stores
Department and is at present en-
ployed there in the post of Store
keeper.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Attention
All Motorists

Beginning tomorrow, all park
ing meters, both on the streets
and on the market house lot, must
be used until 900 o'clock on Fri
day nights, but will not have to
be used after 500 o'clock on Sat
urday nights.
So remember, when you come
downtown shopping tomorrow
night, or any other Friday night,
be sure to drop that nickel in the
meter or you might find yellow
ticket on your windshield when
you start for home.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

Two Hagerstown employees of the
Potomac Edison System - Leonard
H. Poffenberger and William S.
Mumma - this month completed IS
years of service with the organiza-
ton, making them eligible for mem
bership in the Company's Quarter
Century Club.
Mr.. Poffenberger, who resides at
400 South Potomac Street, was first
employed by the Transportation De-
partment in 1928 as bus driver. In
1889 he was promoted to the position
of bus dispatcher and in 1948 he was
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Along The Potomac
from your Congressman
Dewitt S. Hyde

Washington, August 26 - The
Eisenhower Administration isn't
putting up any wasteful, fancy, new
government buildings for itself, but
it is doing a remarkable remodel
ing job on the bureaucracy inside
them.
President Eisenhower was the
first chief executive in history to
get going on efficiency and economy
before his Inauguration. He set up
a special committee to dig out the
Hoover Commissions report on
government reorganization, which
had gathered dust since the Com
mission did it's work for the Repub-
lican 80th Congress six years ago.
The new Congress promptly extend
ed the Presidents reorganization
power.
In seven months Congress okayed
ten reorganization plans submitted
by Mr.. Eisenhower. They covered:
welfare, agriculture, defense mo-
bilization, the Justice Department,
the Export-Import Bank, the De-
Tense Department, the foreign aid
and information programs, the
Presidents economic advisors and
the air mail subsidy program All
these add up to better service by
the government at less cost to the
taxpayers
But the best work is still to come.
Neither the President nor the Con-
gress has assumed that the whole
job could be done in half year.
The Eighty-third Congress has an
other year of its term; the President
has three more. Accordingly, work
has begun on long term projects
that will actually reverse the 20
year-old pattern of making the Fed
eral government bigger and more
powerful.
A new Hoover Commission is in
business. This time it will make
recommendation even more i'm
portant than those which just save
money. It will study our laws and
Constitution to find out how the
government can be brought closer
to the people, so that once again
they run it instead of its running
them.
A Commission on Intergovern-
mental Relations has been set up
to find out what the federal govern
ment is doing that the states can do
better. Clarence Manion, a brill
liant man, who is Dean of Notre
Dame Law School, is chairman of
the Commission and will really de-
liver the goods.
A Committee on Government
Contra IT'S, with Vice-P President
Richard Nixon as its chairman, is
going to bear down on unfair and
discriminatory employment by COM
panies who are dealing with the
government. This is tremendous
stride in the field of civil rights,
since the federal government is buy
ing quarter of the goods purchased
in this country.
Probably it will take little time
for the significance of all this to be
realized by the American people.
The job they asked for in last years
election is being done so efficiently
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Farm Ponds Are Big Asset

Farm ponds held the spotlight in
Kent county's recent Land Week
demonstrations. On August II,
more than 200 spectators were
shown how the farm pond on the
William r. Grow farm near Ken
nedyville, Md, can be used for ir-
rigation, livestock watering, fire pro-
lection, fishing and general recrea-
ton.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

the special glasses issued to persons
watching three-dimensional movies.
However, DR.. Huntington Williams,
city health officer, expressed the be-
lief that the glasses pose mo health
hazard at this point"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
State Items Of Interest
s Urgent Highway Projects

78 urgent" Highway Projects
The State Roads Commission has
designated 70 highway projects-at
least one in each county-for cur
gent and immediate action" These
projects entail the overhauling of
about 100 miles of road, at an ex-
pected cost of $22,OOO,OO. The Com
mission hopes that many of the pro-
jects will be under contract by the
first of the year.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
DOub Sworn In

George Cochran Doub, 51-year-
old Baltimore attorney, was sworn
in recently as U. S. attorney for
Maryland. He succeeded Bernard J.
Flynn, 65-year-old Democrat who
retired after 10 years in office.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Towson's "Man OF Year,

Alonzo G. Decker, industrialist
and president of the Black & Decker
Manufacturing Company, has been
named Towson's MAN of the Year
for 1858" by the Towson Town AS
ISOLATION. Decker is SO years old.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Vesper Service At
City Park Sunday

The last of the City Park Summer
Vesper Services, sponsored by the
Washington County Council of
Churches, will be held on Sunday
evening at 700 o'clock. DR.. L. Boyd
Hamm, pastor of St. Johns Luth-
eran Church, will be the guest
speaker.
The Rev. James E. Ault, pastor of
the First Brethren Church, is acting
as general chairman, assisted by the
Washington County Council of
Christian Laymen.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Checking On ed Glasses

The Baltimore City Health De
partment recently reported that i
was looking into the possibility tina
eye diseases may be passed on BY
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Pastors Words Prove Prophetic

James Miller, assistant pastor at
the First Presbyterian Church,
Waynesboro, Va, took his congre-
cation to task for the light sum-
mer attendance at church services.
IF we set the church on fire, I'm
sure everyone would turn out" he
said. Shortly afterward, five church
officers left their pews, seeking the
source of smoke seeping into the
sanctuary. They found it. The
public address system had caught
fire.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

The first home of the Army En-
cheering School was established at
Fort Totten N. Y, in 1868. At that
time the fort was the only military
engineer depot in the country.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Sgt. Clayton E. Richard Released From
Prisoner Of War Camp On Monday

Husband OF Mrs. Pauline Richard, 1872 Williams Avenue First
Reported Missing In Action Was Captured By The Reds
Early Days OF Korean War.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
County Council Of United
Church Women Plan Two Fall Events

School Of Missions To Be Held September And World
Community Day Viii Be Held November S. Various Churches
Name Directors Of The Council
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

that I think we are going to ask
ourselves one of these days why we
didn't demand it years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-20
COMING EVENTS

FRIDAY, MARCH 20
Old Fashioned hymn sing and
fellowship program, Poincisna
Baptist Church, $3.50 pm.
Landscape (any medium) and
beginners classes, 10 am. to ]
pm. Hand weaving, ! to 4
pm, West Martello Art School,
County Beach.
Navy Thrift Shop. / to S pm.
Triangle Club Pythian Sisters,
728 Fleming ST., musical pro-
gram, 1880 pm.
Key West Shrine Club, 1880 pm.
Cayo Hueso Grotto. All Amelia
ST., s pm.
Key West Amateur Radio Club,
National Guard Armory, 1880
pm.
Second night of Reynolds School
play, Cinderella" at pm.
Open to public art exhibit, East
Martello Tower Gallery, Ma
tional Association of Women
Artists, noon to S pm. daily,
except Mondays.