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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-27
daughter, of Keysville.

daughter, Of Keysville.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Scruggs
and Gloria Jane visited B. w
Bailey and daughter. Mrs. Ruth
Scruggs. near Jennings Ordinary
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs f. J Borum and
daughters. Mildred and Ann,
spent the week end at Gretna
With her mother, Mrs. Marvin
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs D. r. Scrug9s and
daughter, Shirley, shopped IN
F'armville Monday
Bob Bowen was treated at
Southside Hospital for a kidney
ailment, Sunday and released
Harvesting OF tobacco is in full
swing at this time.
James Scsuggs celebrated his
l4th birthday August IS.
Mrs. r. f. Dennis and Edna,
Eta and Laretta visisted Mrs.
Harvey Tharpe, Monday night,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-27

ration Clubs OF Prince Edward on
Wednesday. Of last week.
Little Visitor
Little Lou Swalley spent We'd
nesday OF last week. in Farmville,
with Little I'rudy Newman. On
Saturday. she and little Peggy
D'Leo visited Misses Anna Marie
and Kathy Spencer, Of Worsham,
and attended the morning movie
al the State theatre.
Week end visitors Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. M Throckmorton and Mr..
and Mrs Bert Swalley were Mr..
and Mrs. James Ronald Throck-
morton and Jackie D. Throck-
morton f. j ThrockmOrton re-
turned to Roanoke with them af-
ter spending the past two weeks
visiting his children here War
rant Officer j. G.. w. j Hughes
has Just returned from a tour Of
duty in Japan, was also a recent
visitor in this home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Scott and
children spent Sunday at Charles
City visiting their daughter and
Son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Harri-
son Saunders
Far West Visitos
Mr. and Mrs. Harold SWalley
and children. Of Coffeyville, Kan.
and Mrs. Nellie SWalley, Of Della
ware Ola.A are the expected
guests this week end of MI and
Mrs Bert SWalley
The People in this community
wish to welcome Mr. and Mrs.
p f. Thompson. and baby into the
neighborhood Mr. Thompson is
employed with the A & p Food
store, in Farmville.
p F. c. Hillard Fowler has
returned TO Fort Benning, Ga,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-27
Mt. Zion

MI. and Mrs. B. Do Guthrie and
son, Steve Of Guinea Mills. were
the guests Of Mrs. Frances jam
erson. Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K Evans.
Of Philadelphia; Penn, announce
the birth of a daughter Linn
Marie, August H. Mrs Evans IS
the former Miss Edith Marie
Woodson daughter Of Mrs. Ella
Christian and the late William
Woodson
Vim p Davis spent the week
end i'll this neighborhood and
attended the Mt Zion homtcom-
ing
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-27

after spending furlough here
with his mother. Mrs. Ola F'oW
Ter
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackie Griles. OF
Briery, visited her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. H. Allen. Sunday
Miss Velma 10 Scott. of Roa-
noke. is spending this week with
her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Slayton. Mr. a nd Mrs. Bill
Bonn. Of Roanoke. arrived on
Monday night to spend several
day in this same home.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-27
Throck

Mrs. Leonard Slayton left on
Friday OF last week fpr Rich
nond where she Joined her daugh-
Ter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs
Charlie Marker, for 4 trip to
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio to visit reIa-
Itives,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie NeWcomb
and little daughter Of Arlingd on,
were week end guests Of her aunt
ana uncle Mr. and MIS-. John
Hudson
Generalization are extended
to Mir and Mrs Robert Driskill
OF Darlington Heights, on their
recent marriage. Mrs. Dyiskill Is
the former Iva MAG Lowery
Of this community
Roanoke Visitor
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dooley, Of
Roanoke, wefe week END gu sts
of Mr.. and Mrs. Baudie Carter.
Mrs Dooley remained to spend
several days
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecn watson and
children, Of Portsmouth, spent
the week end with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs NJ b Driskill Mrs.
Autie MNum and CHUCK of Rich
mond were also recent visitors
OF per parents
Nh and Mrs Allie Lipscomb,
o. near South Hill have been
usitma his mother Mrs. Florence
Lipsconb Mi Lipscomp was cal
led nome due to the illness Of his
sister Miss Sarah Lipseomb
MRS Morton Rice and Mrs Bert
SWalley represented the Thfock
II d Club at the Fan Planning
meeting for the Home Demonst-
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23
Vincent Price
Plays Part OF
Mad Magician

Columbia Pictures "The Mad
Magician" SD chiller with Vim
cent Price in the title role, arrives
at the Monroe Theatre on Sunday.
Starred with Price, that House of
Wax" man, are Mary Murphy and
Eva Gabor. John Emery is fea-
tured in support of the stars in the
new Shocker.
In 1.-The Mad Magician" Price
plays the worlds greatest master
of magical illusion and disguise
who, when he goes blood-mad, uses
his great talents for evil purposes.
Miss Murphy, recently seen as the
romantic support to Marion Brando
in 1.-The Wild One," plays Prices
pretty stage assistant who nearly
SuccumbS to his blood lust and
Miss Gabor portrays a femme ia
tale who is one of Prices victims.
Price becomes the magician
turned monster when he is forbid
den to use illusions he himself
created by his former employer.
who has also won his former wife.
Miss Gabor. In fight, he kills the
man and assumes his identity with
a mastery disguise. Miss Gabor
pierces his identity and he kills
her, too. How the mad magician
finally is trapped and falls victim
to one of his own Illusions, a flam-
ing crematorium, provides the
thrilling climax of the Sd shock.
er.
Advance reports indicate that, in
addition to entertaining its audi
enceS with a gripping story made
more chilling through the use of
Sd, The Mad Magician" has de.
lighted them with the spectacle of
magic illusions demonstrated > in
profusion on the screen. Two of the
illusions, the crematorium and the
giant buzz saw which saws. the
head from Miss Murphy's pretty
shoulders, were created especial
ly for The Mad Magician"
Written for the screen by Crane
Wilbur, who penned the story,
The Mad Magician" was directed
by John Brahm and produced by
Bryan Foy. =.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23
Mccarthy Asks
Why. Pentagon
Barred Aide
BY G. MILTON KELLY

WASHINGTON u The Senate
Investigations subcommittee prod
ded the Pentagon again today to
tell why one of its aides, Thomas
W. Lavenia, was denied security
clearance.
Sen. Mccarthy (R-WiS), who ap-
pointed Lavenia as office manager
and assistant counsel to the SUBJ
committee, has invited both the
Defense and Justice Departments
to send spokeSmen to a closed door
subcommittee meeting for ques-
tioning.
Lavenia has said he was cleared
to handle secret documents in 1852
while in another government job.
Meanwhile, Sen. Flanders (R-
VI announced he will give the
Senate a limited bill of partic-
ularS" in a speech on July so or
81 to support his resolution of cen
sure aimed at Mccarthy.
He told reporters he plans to
give the Senate "just sampling"
of his accusations that Mccarthy
as the subcommittee's chairman
has been guilty of unbecoming con-
duct, and he added:
ITO give every item in a bill of
particulars would take until Christ
mas"
Mccarthy, who has called Flan-
ders "senile," has not commented
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23

Scientists estimate that there are
more than 100000 species of fungi.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23
Chrysler Is Now Standstill

DETROIT R-All of ChrySler's S
Detroit automobile production was
at a standstill today in the fifth
day of a strike now idling 44,S5O
workers.
Assembly lines went down COM
pletely yesterday with the layoff
of $3.50 machinists, motor builders
and maintenance employees in
mounting idleness from Mondays
strike of 1O.7OO Dodge main plant
employees.
Only an approximate 21,O0O hour
ly employees, including defense
workers, were still on the job.
All the affected employees are
members of the CIO United Auto
Workers. The Dodge main strikers
walked out in protest of what they
called a speed-up. Management de-
MED there was a speed-up
The only assembly plants left in
operation were those in Evans
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23
France Stands To Lose More
In Asia Than North Indochina
BY CARL HARTMAN

PARIS, July R-North Indochina
is not all France stands to lose in
Asia.
Also slipping are the first toe.
holds of the once-great French EN-.
pire on that continent-the little
trading stations France has held
on the Indian coast for more than
200 years.
First conquered by the French
in the 18th century, they were ex-
panded into broad inland holdings.
Then they were lost to the Brit
ish, retaken, lost and restored once
more as tiny enclaves in British
India.
For nearly a century and a half,
the sleepy, primitive towns of
French India remained French by
Sufferance of the British Empire.
Their main industry reputedly was
smuggling.
Now only two of the five original
colonies, Pondichery and Karikal,
are still under French control.
They cover about 165 square miles,
with a total population of no more
than 10000 amidst the hundreds
of millions of the great Indian SUBJ
continent. Both are on the east
coast of India'S Madras Province.
In the past five weeks, the
French have moved out of Maize
and Yanaon, two smaller posts,
under pressure from enthusiastic
Indian Nationalists. Chandernagor,
a suburb of Calcutta, was taken
over by India in 1850 after a refer
endum.
Similar votes in the other areas
have been delayed. The French
maintain under their Constitution a
local vote must precede the ces-
sion of any territory. The Indians
are reluctant to have the vote.
The French believe the Indians
fear such vote might be thought
a precedent for holding a referen-
dunn in Kashmir, where the Mos
lem majority mught be against the
present Indian control and in favor
of joining PakiStan.
The Indians claim a referendum
is not needed in the French-held
towns because local councils al
ready have. declared for India.
They also say the French wouldn't
permit a fair vote.
French officials in Paris say they
are not reluctant to get out. but
they want to 60 in an orderly
fashion.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23
SENATORS WEAKLY CONTINUE
DEBATE ON ATOMIC MEASURE

posed of Humphrey proposal to
set up in the Acc civilian and
military divisions on application OF
atomic energy.
After several attempts to get a
debate curbing agreement had
failed, Knowland moved to table
Humphreys amendment. A motion
to table-0r kills not debatable.
For that reason, it is rarely used,
since senators are jealous of their
right to talk before they vote.
Humphrey protested, but num-
ber of COP senators shouted "vote,
vote" and on the roll call, Know
lands motion carried 47-49 with
few Democrats in the chamber at
the time.
The amendment on which admin
iStration forces suffered their big
geSt setback thus far was offered
by Sen. Edwin C. johnson d.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23

Colo). AS originally drawn by the
Senate-H House Atomic Energy Com
mittee, the measure would have
permitted the Acc to sell only
electrical energy developed as a
byproduct of its research opera
tionS.
Sen. Hickenlooper (R . Iowa.,
floor manager for the bill, argued
in vain that the Acc and the ad-
miniStration had no desire to get
into the commercial atomic power
field.
But JohnSon's amendment, which
would authorize Acc and some
other federal agencies to build
plants capable of producing COM
mercial quantities of power, car
ried 45-41. Voting for it were 80
Democrats, 6 Republicans and l
Independent. Voting "no", were IS
Republicans and 6 Democrats.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23

day. There was no break all
Wednesday night, and none until
1:35 am. today.
In the early morning hours, only
half a dozen senators were on the
floor most of the time as Sen.
Eastland (D-Miss) delivered a
long speech covering a number of
subjects not related to the atomic
bill.
There were a few persons in the
galleries, as on the previous night.
Even in the unlikely event that
cloture should be imposed, that
would not automatically shut off all
talk. Debate would continue, but
under strict limits.
One of the COP leaders actions
which led Humphrey to accuse him
of employing "atomic political
bombs" was a move which dis
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23

on the Vermonter's move to have
the Senate officially censure him.
William Frye, a publicity man,
announced yesterday that % prom
lnent citizens sent kilograms to
most Senate members" urging
them to support Flanders cenSure
resolution.
Frye made public the text of the
kilograms endorsing the resolution
as a move to Curb the flagrant
abuse of power by Sen. Mccarthy
and to help the Senate regain
the confidence and respect of the
American people" "
Frye said the telegram's Signers
included Paul G. Hoffman, former
foreign aid administrator; Lewis
W. Douglas, former ambassador 20
Britain and a former budget dir
ector; viii Clayton, a former un-
dersecretary of state, and other
nationally known figures. Hoffman
and Douglas were among early
hackers of the candidacy OF Pres
ident Eisenhower.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23
Lions Carry
On Routine
Business

''We hope to have a report on
the swimming pool ready for the
city commissioners at the next
meeting" Paul G. Albury, City
Recreation Director, told the mem
bers of the Lions Club last night
during their weekly meeting.
Albury spoke in reporting the
action to date by the city in con-
nection with the swimming pool
proposal put forth by the Business
and Professional women LIuD
The Lions Club has indorsed the
proposal and is giving it active
support.
Mrs. Ruth Rogers, guest and
at the meeting, appealed to the
club to donate books or money to-
ward the support of the Book
mobile.
Mrs. Rogers said that the first
time the Bookmobile went out, 900
books were distributed. Money is
needed to pay the driver of the
vehicle.
Edelmiro Morales displayed a
certificate of appreciation from the
Commander Naval Base signed bv
Admiral George c.. Towner. The
certificate was given the Lions
Club for their Darticipation in
Armed Forces Day ceremonies.
Louis Carbonell, city commits
sioner, and Lions Club member
has also received a certificate of
appreciation from the Naval Base
Command.
In routine announcements, Jud-
son Mather, publicity chairman, re-
quested the members to buy Lions
club decals to place in their auto
mobile windows.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23
ALA. TOWN is STUNNED
BY GOVERNORS ORDER
Qualified Martial
law Is Declared
In Phenix City

PHENIX CITY, Ala. R - Resi-
dents of a city long hardened to
violence stood by stunned today
as stern-faced National Guards
men enforce law under an un-
precedented order issued by Gov.
Gordon Persons.
The armed civilian soldiers, hur.
ried into the city by truckloads,
relieved Phenix City law enforce
ment officials of their weapons as
well as their duties yesterday when
qualified martial law was pro-
claimed.
The stormy community of shady
night clubs and gambling denS
across the Chattahoochee River
from Columbus, Ca, and sprawl
ing Ft. Benning erupted five weeks
ago when incoming Atty. Gen.
A. l.. Patterson was slain in an
alley below his law office.
Gov. Persons said he was invok-
ing martial law to suppress the
state of lawlessness, intimidation,
tumult and fear which reigns" in
Russell County. He added that
Phenix City officers have either
been unable or unwilling to con-
troll tangled affairs here.
City and county law officers as
we'll as private citizens were Or
dered to turn in all firearms nd
other weapons to the military COM
mand headed by Adjt. Gen. Walter
j. Hanna.
Crowds of townspeople ringed
the courthouse and police station
during Thursday afternoon S
steady drizzle as word spread
around that the old order was
changing.
But as night came the once
teeming streets were almost de-
serted. Before midnight, guards
men hauled in five persons on
charges of being drunk-a fair av-
erage when rowdy Phenix City was
the playground of Fl. Benning, the
worlds largest infantry training
center.
Twenty-Seven firearms of various
types we're collected from the 25-
man police force, eight of them
from Police Chief Pal Daniel. He
surrendered seven revolverS and
a machine gun.
State authorities said more than
100 National Guardsmen and about
Is state patrolmen are enforcing
the governors edict, but they
would not give the exact number.
Gov. Persons said he hoped the
action would hold down fear of
reprisals by witnesses called be-
fore an emergency grand jury i'm
pannelled Wednesday to inveSti-
gate the Patterson Staying and
other wrongdoingS brought to light
by the intensive search for the
slayer.
Russell County'S judicial setup
has already been revised. Circuit
Solicitor Arch Ferrell has been re-
lieved of all official duties and
Circuit Judge J. B. Hicks was re-
placed for the grand jury probe
with Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones
of Montgomery, president of the
Alabama Bar Assn.
The governor promised to keep
martial law in the Strife-torn town
indefinitely-if necessary, even for
the rest of his administration,
which ends next January.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23

vile, Ind, and Los Angeles. These
two turn out about 20 per cent
of Chrysler'S normal production of
Chrysler. Dodge, DeSoto and Ply.
mouth cars.
The Dodge main strike lacks the
approval of the UAW information.
al union. At the same time the in.
ternational has taken no action on
a demand by the company that
the strike be declared unauthor-
lied and a contract violation.
A company spokesman said the
strike may interfere with 1855 mod
el changeover plans. Before the
Dodge main strike began, the com.
pany announced plans to close
down in August for model change
overs.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23
N.Y.Builder
IsCalledT To
Probe
By ROWLAND EVANS JR.

By ROWLAND EVANS JR.
WASHINGTON B-Senate hous
ing investigators today summoned
q New York Builder, Samuel J
Rodman, for questioning about two
apartment projects built in the ma
tion's capital with government
insured loans.
The banking committee, headed
by Sen. Capehart (R-Ind), is in the
midst of an investigation of what
members term excessive profits
made by builders of big apartment
projects. These profits resulted for
the most part from the difference
between loans insured by the Fed
efal Housing Administration and
construction costs which were low
er. Testimony has ben that many
promoters pocketed the difference.
Committee sources named Rod
mans two housing projects here as
Atlantic Gardens and Chesapeake
Gardens.
In the hearings, due to wind up
their current phase today, the
banking committee has been pay
ing particular attention to the
possibility of fraud. prosecution OF
any builders who may have filed
false inform alton with the FHA. as
to estimated costs and other fac
tors, in their applications for FHA
mortgage insurance.
Acting FHA Commissioner Nor
man P. Mason said yesterday one
such case, involving a 22-million-
dollar project Just across the
Potomac River fom Washington,
was sent to the Justice Depart
ment Wednesday for possible fraud
prosecution. That project, known
as Arlington Towers, still is under
construction.
Walter P. Mcfarland. one of the
sponsors of the 1,647.unit project,
denied that the FHA was not kept
completely filled in on the groups
financial position. He said the
builders tie d with "Scrupulous
honesty" and told newSmen the
committee was hunting headlines.
Mcfarland said that as soon as a
competent Justice Department law
yer studied the case it would be
dismissed.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23
ACTRESS TO WE'D

SANTA MONICA, Calf. B -
Actress Kathleen Hughes, Is, and
film producer Stanley Rubin, ss,
obtain a marriage license yester.
day and said they will wed Sunday
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-23

Until about the year 1900, i'm
priSonment was not a common
method of punishment for crime.
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Steel Executives See
Only ~ Dip in Sales
In '54, Poll Shows
BY the Assoeieted Press

CLEVELAND, Jan. 4.-More
than 5000 steel industry exec
utives polled by Steel Magazine
look for a 1854 sales volume
only about 2 per cent below
the record $126.6 billion Of 1858,
an all-time high.
The weekly Woodworking
journal said the steel industry,
starting the year with an an
nual production capacity Of
about 120 million net tons, COM
pared with IT'S million tons
a year ago. is in a better posi-
ton than ever before to fulfill
demands.
Increases in production ca
pacity this year and next prob
ably will be Offset in a large
measure by elimination of mar
ginal high-cost facilities that
have operated since the outbreak
Of the Korean war created de-
mand that outran supply, Steel
said in its weekly review.
The magazine quoted Bennett
s. Chapple. jr., a United States
Steel Corp. expert. as estimat-
ing such obsolete and costly
production capacity amounted
to from five TO 10 million tons
a year.
The 1858 steel production for
the Nation was about 1923 mil
lion net tons for ingots and
castings-far ahead of last year
when an eight-week steel strike
cut output, Steel reported. The
previous tonnage record was
SO, ,168, ,039 in 1851.
The worlds steel production
for the year was a record
breaking 256,385, 900 net tons,
with Russia, second to the Unit
ed States. contributing about
Alb million tons. the maga-
zine said.
During the week ended Sat-
urday, the national ingot rate
increased eight points to about
78 per cent of capacity, Steel
said.
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO JanA4 P,.-Grains set of
on on the new year with worried under:
active dealings.
Behind the selling was some appre-
hension over the possibility Of an in
that 1854. with its reduction in in
come taxes, has arrived In addition
mOcn uncertainty existed over the farm
program congress will soon start work
wheat near the end of the f,rs. nonr
was was TO =" cent lower; March. 2.95s-;
oats = to a. lover .Se MaTeh' alcn 4sl.; o4: ry:
"a to cent lower; March. I.lgh; soy
beans. ~ to 4 cents lower; January,
pounds lower; January, felS5. "u"ofe0
Cash grain receipts were not unduiy
large today but grain men didn't think
miebt mai be fair ,ss Of wha.
Usss %hsai ressiP's ssg soEsse t9sslsd corn
cash prod"ets By te sSe eoantsy mtsSt 1t
expand was provided in hogs. where re-
ceiptS at major terminals were much
larger today than both a week ago and
ence Grains can be impounded under
the Government loan and hogs can't be,
Deliveries on January soybean con-
Whs ,Sa iSHday y.t t0sed fssv bushels
match estimates which in some cases
had run as high as = million bushels
SoybeanS. however. suffered from a little
Many grain analysts felt that "polit-
ical market soon would develop in
grains. Congress is about to reconvene
and a new farm program will be pre-
sented by the administration. This is
bound TO cause an uproar with various
plans being discussed and Raining tenn
porary ascendency. Prices may well
sway up or down in line with these
proposed plans. traders said.
There was no export business of any
Importance over the week end.
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Stock Prices Mixed
10 Leaning Forward
In Moderate Trading
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Some
difficulty was experienced by the
stock market today in maintain
ing slight progress.
Price changes ran about a
point either way with the plus
signs maintaining a small nu-
merical edge.
Volume was moderate.
Railroads were higher on bal
ance, and others in that category
were copperS. colds, steels, and
air lines. In the mixed group
were the utilities, motors, motion
pictures, aircrafts, and radio
televisionS.
On the depressed side were the
oils and chemicals.
There were few weekend de-
velopments with a broad market
bearing. Many were disposed to
await President Eisenhower's
message tonight before making
any major market moves. al
though no surprises were ex-
pected in the address.
Higher stocks included Balti-
more & Ohio, United States Steel,
Chrysler. Kennecott Copper, and
Pan American World Airways.
Lower were General Motors,
Santa Fe, Du Pont. General Elec-
trio, and International Paper.
Corporate bonds were steady.
Government securities in the
over the counter market were q
little lower.