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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-24
Ray Campbell Is
CHA. Member

MIR. A. Ray Campbell, Rt. 2,
MT. Sterling is the newly appoint
ed member of the Madison County
Farmers Home Administration
Committee. This appointment be-
came effective July 1, 1854.
Mr., Campbell operates a gener-
al livestock farm, hogs being his
major, enterprise.
The other two members of the
I hr e-member Committee are:
Mrs. George Jones, Rt. 3, London,
and Mr.. Hays D. Carter, Rt. 2
Plain City. Each member is NAM
ed for a three-year term, one ap-
pointment expiring each year.
ALI applicants for loans through
Farmers Home Administration
m~M be recommended and certi-
fled as eligible by the Committee.
Farmers Home Administration
makes loans to farm operators to
buy, improve or operate family
type farms. Special livestock loans
are made where temporary credit
is needed to enable the operator
to remain in business. The Agency
does not make loans of any type
to any applicant whose needs can
be handled by other credit sour
The Madison County Committee
and the County Supervisor, Alvin
w. Barr, recently attended a meet
ing at Springfield for the purpose
OF familiarizing Committeeman
with their duties and responsible
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-24

now engaged in 272 types of en-
ployment.
During the 1953-54 fiscal year
1905 physically handicapped per-
sons received vocational rehabili-
tation. At the time these people
were accepted their total weekly
wage was S9,660 whereas theE to-
tai weekly wage at closure was
S48, ,422, excepting 68 cases which
were closed at no wage. The total
rehabilitation cost, including state
and federal grants, was S274,895.
The average cost per person was
S273.53.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-24
handicapped Fill
Variety Of Jobs

There is no job which some
handicapped person cannot fill"
That's the slogan of the division
of vocational rehabilitation, one
of the divisions of the State De-
partment of Education.
DR.. Clyde Hissong, state direc-
tor of education has just received
a report showing that physically
handicapped people who participa-
ted in this program last year are
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-24

flyways across Ohio, how deer
checking station information is
used in management, how the deer
population has spread during the
past eight years, etc. One panel in
particular will stress the need for
saving the hen pheasants. Ohios
snowshoe restoration project, pub
lie hunting areas, and What Hap
pens to the Hunting License Mo-
ney" will be featured on other
panels.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-24

ties in connection with the admin
stration of the +. FL. A. program.
The meeting was also attended by
Committeeman and Supervisors
from several neighboring counties.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-24

Wildlife can prevent diseased an
imals, and animals that may be-
come pests, from being brought in
to the State.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-24

Grease grills to prevent food
from sticking.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Another Light Quake Jars
San Francisco Bay Area
BY the Assoeiafed Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IT.
An earthquake which cracked
walls and shook buildings but
apparently caused no major
property damage jostled the San
Francisco bay area late last
night, some 20 hours after a
more severe shock ratified Ne
vada and neighboring States.
The University of California
seismograph at Berkeley pin
pointed the quake at 11:09 psf
(2:09 am. EST today centered
10 to Is miles south of Berkeley
in the San Leandro area.
The seismograph recorded a
magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter
scale. The earlier Nevada tremor
had been recorded at magni-
tude of 7 or slightly higher.
The San Leandro Morning
News reported some cracked
walls in private residences in
that city and said buildings in
the area shook sharply.
The tremor was felt as far
away from here as Vallejo. 40
miles to the northeast, Hamilton
Air Force Base, 35 miles north,
and throughout the heavily pop
ulated bay area.
Evening star., 1954-12-17

A three-alarm blaze. believed
caused by a 6-year-old girl who
was searching for her shoes un-
der a bed with . lighted candle,
routed a number of families from
three row houses in the 100
block of Twenty-fifth street
NV. today.
No one was injured, firemen
said. but q mother of eight chill
hdren was credited with saving
the life of a five-year-old sick
daughter who was in the bed
room where the blaze started.
The fire broke through q wall
and swept up an air shaft dam
aging all three floors Of the
building at lila Twenty-fifth
street and spreading to rooms Of
the buildings on either side.
Fire Inspector Warren c. Kelly
said Dorothy Thomas, 6. colored.
was searching for her shoes with
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Loyestone Case Is Hot Potato
For House Red Probers
AFL Figure AssoiIed
By Ex-Lubor Aide as
Promoting Socialism
By |. Edgar Primo

The House Committee on IN
American Activities today is
juggling a hot potato labeled
"The Lovestone Case" and is
wondering how it can dispose OF
it without getting its fingers
burned.
The committee has before it
accusations made under oath
against Jay Lovestone, an Or
ganizer and one-time head of the
Communist Party in the United
States, now a powerful voice in
the affairs of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor.
Spencer Miller, jr., who was
dropped as an Assistant Secre-
tary of Labor by the Eisenhower
administration last spring. is the
accuser. He testified before the
House committee shortly after
leaving the Labor Department.
What has the committee con-
fused and uncertain as to what
course to follow are the accusa-
tions themselves. They appar-
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Several Families Flee Fire
Started dby GirI, 6, With Candle

the lighted candle in Q first floor
bedroom. An older sister. Alberta,
Is, saw flames and smoke and
called her mother, Mrs. Rena
Thomas, about So. Mrs Thomas
carried a third daughter, Millie.
5, from the flaming bedroom and
called to the family living on
the second floor in time for them
to flee. Mrs. Thomas five other
children we're at school.
Mrs. Robert Clark fed from
an adjoining building. l116. as
flames spread, carrying her two
children, Bobbie Jean. 2, and
Thomas, /. The children were
dressed only in nightclothes and
were taken to Columbia Hos
pital nearby where they were
wrapped in blankets and fed.
Before the blaze was brought
under control at 10 an. 1t had
damaged all three floors Of 1114
and rooms in 1112 and 1li6.
Evening star., 1954-12-17

silver curtains-of the Pageant
of Peace" which opens an un-
precedented three-week festival
with the lighting of the tree.
Will Receive Children.
Last year, the President spoke
before microphones and cameras
inside the White House and then
came out to light the tree. This
year, he will receive at the White
House the children of six United
Nations employees from India,
Ecuador, Canada, France, the
Philippines and the United States
before proceeding to the Ellipse.
After walking to the Ellipse,
the President and Mrs. |Eisen-
hover will be greeted, on behalf
of the Nations children, by Lois
Jean Iffert, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. E. Iffert. 5308 Huntington
parkway. Bethesda, who was Sc
lected by her fellow Girl Scouts
Tor the honOr.
Some members of the Presi-
dents cabinet, several Supreme
Court justices, foreign ambas-
sadors and other dignitaries
planned to join the several thou
sand expected citizens who will
watch the ceremony.
Joining in a musical prelude
at 4:30 pm. were to be the
United States Army Band, the
80-voice Justin Lawrie Choir and
the st. Philips Cathedral Bell
Choir from Atlanta, Ga.
Carlton Concert.
Immediately following the tree
lighting, Charles T. Chapman,
noted carillonneur. will give a
concert on the bells given this
Nation year ago by the Dutch
government. He will play the
bells at their site in East Poto-
mac Park and the sound will be
carried by special lines to the
Ellipse.
The program will signal the
start of Washington's first
Christmas Pageant of Peace"
which will tinue until
Twelfth Night" January 6. Noon
religious services and evening
presentations of plays. operas,
tableaux and musical concerts
will continue daily for the three
weeks. ....
More than 5000 area residents,
foreign embassy representatives.
church, school and civic group
members will take part. All the
programs, open without charge
to the public, will be given in the
cross-shaped, tree-lined park in
the EllipSe.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
President Sets Up
Preference Rule on
Buy American Act
Orders U. S. Agencies
To Favor suppliers in
Unemployment Areas
By Gornett D. Horner

President Eisenhower today
ordered Government agencies to
give preference to United States
producers over foreign bidders on
Government contracts in cases
where the domestic firms will
produce most of the materials
contracted for in areas suffering
substantial unemployment.
He issued an executive order
setting up uniform standards and
procedures to be applied in ad-
ministering the Buy American
Act, which requires that prefer
ence in awarding Government
contracts shall be given domestic
supplies over foreign bidders un-
less the domestic price is "un-
reasonable"
The order provides two meth
ods for determining whether the
domestic bid is unreasonable.
Sets Percentage Limit.
Under the first method, the
domestic bid will be deemed
unreasonable if it Is greater than
106 per cent of the bid or Of
fered price of the foreign bidder,
including applicable duty and
costs incurred after arrival in
the United States"
The alternative method pro-
vides that the domestic price
will be deemed unreasonable if
it exceeds the sum of Cd the
foreign bid or offered price Gin
cluding applicable duty costs in
Cured after arrival in the
United States) and (2) 10 per
cent of such bid exclusive of
such duty and COSTS"
Employment Provision.
The order also permits rejec-
ton of a foreign bid in any sit
uation in which the domestic
low bidder would produce sub
stantially all of the materials in
areas of substantial unemploy-
ment as determined by the Sec
retary of Labor after a deter
mination by the President that
such preference would be in the
national interest"
The President announced that
he had determined that this
would be in the national interest
at this time.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
By Harry Boeos

President Eisenhower rings in
the Christmas season for Wash
ington and the Nation at dusk
today.
From beneath a huge sign on
the Ellipse, Peace on Earth,
Good Will to Men," the Presi-
dent will broadcast his annual
holiday message and light WASH
ington's community Christmas
tree.
All major television and radio
networks planned to carry the
program nationally, beginning
at S or Sis pm. The Voice of
America will broadcast it over
seas.
The scene will be the main
stage-completed last night with
12-foot candles, poinsettias and
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Chicago Bus Deiour Puts
Pupils in Police Station
By The Associated Press

CHICAGO. Dec. IA bus
driver, irked by 35 noisy, dis
orderly students of a social
adjustment school yesterday. de-
toured to a police station. Police
men surrounded the bus and re-
moved the jeering teen-agers, one
at a time.
The boys. ranging from IA to
18 years and all students at the
Monteiore Social Adjustment
School, boarded the Chicago
Transit Authority bus in a group.
One kicked the change purse of
the driver. r. w. Watzke. 20.
He was unable to recover it. CTA
employees sought to help Mr..
WatZke but were unable to get
on the bus.
The harassed driver then drove
to the Maxwell Police Station.
near the school, on the West
Side.
The pupils were locked up but
were released after police took
their names. The list was turned
over 10 school authorities for
disciplinary action.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Tug and Dredge Swept
By Fire al Baltimore
BY The Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. ia tug
and a dredge were burned out
and two other craft damaged
by fire today in cove at the
Arundel Corporations plant in
Baltimore's Brooklyn area.
A spokesman for the firm said
damage probably would be well
over quarter of million dol
lars.
Firehghter Joseph Herr was
taken to Mercy Hospital with a
broken foot bone.
An explosion occurred as the
flames leaped high into the air.
The barges we're tied up at
Frankhurst avenue near Reed
Bird Island. just of the Hanover
Street Bridge in South Balti-
more.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Sheppard's Fate Put
In Hands Of jury;
5 Verdicts Possible
18th in Box Dismissed;
Judges Careful Charge
Takes 36 Minutes
By fhe Asseciated Press

CLEVELAND. Dec. IA jury
today began celebrating the
guilt or innocence of DR.. Samuel
Sheppard after solemn instruc-
tions in which the judge told
them:
"You are not to recommend
mercy out of considerations of
prejudice, sympathy or favor. or
for the purpose of avoiding what
you may consider an unpleasant
task or duty"
1t took Judge Edward Blythin
36 minutes to deliverh his charge.
During that time the seven men
and five women or the jury
swiveled their chairs in his di-
rection and gave him close at
tention. They retired with the
case at 1913 am. (EST).
DR.. Sheppard, '30-year-old
osteopath, was seated about IL
feet away at the counsel table.
He kept his eyes fixed on the
men and women Of the jury
throughout most of the charge.
He is charged with first-degree
murder in the July 4 bludgeon
Staying of his wife Marilyn. 81.
18th Juror Dismissed.
After the judge was finished.
he dismissed the 18th alternate
juror, Mrs. Lois Mancini, an at
tractiwe brunette. She had sat
throughout the nine weeks of the
trial, ready in the event of ILL
ness or death to take the place
of one Of the regular jurors.
Judge Blythin thanked her
earnestly and profusely for her
attentive service in the case.
Two hours after the jury be-
gan celebrating his fate. DR..
Sheppard again confronted them
in the courtroom.
Two bailffs were sworn in and
charged with guarding the Sc
crecy of the jury's deliberations.
DR.. Sheppard was there to see
them sworn in. Then the jury
went to a Chinese restaurant
near the Criminal Courts Build
ing for luncheon.
DR.. Sheppard searched the
faces of the jury. Then his eyes
turned toward the back of the
courtroom where his two BROTH
ers. Richard and Stephen. and
their wives usually sit. The two
couples were there. and DR..
Sheppard had a wan smile for
them.
The jurors kept their eyes on
Judge Blythin. 1t appeared that
none of them exchanged glances
with the accused man.
Lamb Reported Foreman:
It was reported unofficially
that William C. Lamb. a husky
construction company superin-
tendent, had been elected FORE
man.
in his explanation of the law,
before the jury first retired.
the 70-year-old judge told the
jurors it is not necessary to prove
(See SHEPPARD. page A-39
Evening star., 1954-12-17
100000 Fire
Hits Woodward
Budget Store
8 Companies Fight
Three-Alurm BIuze
At Bethesda Branch

Fire wiped out Woodward q
Lothrop's Bethesda Budget Store
today. destroying the two-story
building and Christmas stocks at
a total estimated loss of $780,
900.
Firemen from eight depart
ments struggled to save some.
thing from the wreckage of the
store in the shopping center at
1901 Wisconsin avenue. But the
flames had made such headway
by the time the blaze was re-
ported at 2:12 am, firemen said
thev never had chance"
The store is the smallest of
the four Woodward & Lothrop's
operates in the outlying areas.
The principal Maryland sub
urban store, about a mile
and a half away, known as the
Chevy Chase Store, is at Wis
consin and Western avenues,
Chevy Chase. Others are in
Alexandria and at the Penta-
gon.
One Of the firemef. Pvt. Ted
Heffenger. a volunteer with the
Silver Spring Department, was
overcome by the heavy smoke
pouring from the building. Most
flremen wore masks.
"Santa Claus Was on Fire"
The three-alarm fire was dis
covered by Montgomery Police
PvtS. Jesse Jennings and Ralph
Hardgrave.
Il looked in the show window,
and did double take" said Pvt.
Jennings. Santa Claus was on
fire."
"A minute later the entire
front window blew out. Glass
sprinkled across the street and
10 or IL seconds later the draft
had swept the blaze through
the entire first floor.
And Santa just stood there In
the show window. blazing away"
Santa, of course. was part Of
the Christmas motif at the store,
which was packed with its heav,
lest stock of merchandise of the
year.
Remodeled Last Spring.
Andrew Parker, president Of
Woodward & Lothrop, estimated
the loss of stock at between
$l50.000 and 100000. Fred S.
Kogod. member of the real
estate firm from which the store
is leased. said the building was
worth about 100000. This in
cludes $125, 900 remodeling in
vestment last spring.
Mr.. Parker said the stock was
covered by insurance which pro-
Continued on Page A-25, Col. ~
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Wife Persuodes
Escupee TO Disescope
BY Tho Associated Pres,

EASTCHURCH, England, Dec.
17.-Charles Lammin. 20. who
was serving a nine month prison
sentence for shopbreaking, es-
capped from Jail Monday.
Jail officials last night heard
a pounding on the gate and q
voice crying: please let me In. :"
It was Lammin. With him was
his wife, who had persuaded him
to return and finish his term.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
San francisco Greets
Royal Couple of iran
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IT,
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
of Iran and his beautiful au-
burn-haired queen. Soraya Es-
fandiari. arrived last night on
their tour of the United States
as guests of the State Depart
ment.
The royal couple was greeted
on arrival from Washington by
State and city representatives.
They will visit bay area points
for several days and then go to
Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Anne Arundel Boy Hurt
In Shotgun Accident

An 8-year-old Anne Arundel
County boy was admitted to
Prince Georges General Hospital
last night after suffering shot
gun wounds of the chest and
left arm in a gun accident. po-
lice reported.
The youth. Franklin Green
well, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam B. Greenwell Of Bristol.
Md, had about a dozen shot
pellets removed from his chest
and upper left arm at the hos
pital, doctors said. His condi-
ton was listed as good.
The parents told Prince
Georges police their son was
playing with an old shotgun,
which they did not know was
loaded, when it went OF. pepper
ing the boy with buckshot.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Teen Scene CoIumnist
Talks of Christmas

YULE WiSHEs-Teen -oses won't
eomeFs hoir coats, records and IS
model cars this chnstmos. So reports
Columnist Sharon Doron in Teen
Scene" this week. Miss Doron oIso
deoIs with Christmos yoeoiion and
other inviting topics. Poee e-4.
HAND ON PUlSE-Iowo's Senotor-
elect Thomos Ellsworth Mortin credits
hrs victory over incumbent Guy Gil
lete portly to his resuIor eonsuIto-
fions with the heme folks. Don S.
Woren prsfiles the new eorn-beIt
Senator on pose A-30.
IT'S ALL IN THE 6AME-Dev Mil
burn. late hish-seorins polo pIoyer,
mointoined thot the game was what
mottered. not the outcome. The Iots
6rontlond Rice recalls the MiIburn
philosophy in the 18th instoIIment Of
his outobioqrophy. poqe ca.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Princess Margaret Gets
Modified Urchin Hair-Do
By the Assoeioied Press

LONDON. Dec. 17.-Princess
Margaret has a new hair-do-a
kind of modified urchin cut.
Queen Elizabeth lis gal-about-
town sister appeared at a West
End movie last night with
coiffure Of short, soft waves
dressed close to her head instead
Of the long curled bob she has
worn since schoolgirl days.
One woman said the new style
made the 24-year-old Princess
appear taller, younger and more
sophisticated all at the same
time"
Evening star., 1954-12-17
NAT0 Powers Agree
On Atomic Strategy
In Secret Meetinq
To Reveal Decision
Later on Employment
Of NucIeur Weapons
By the Assoeiased Press

PARIS, Dec. 17.--Leaders Of
the free world today adopted a
new defense strategy based on
atomic f1repower and agreed on
the way new weapons can be
used in the event of an attack
by the Communist bloc.
The foreign, defense and
finance ministers of the ID
North Atlantic Treaty powers
set the role Of atomic weapons
during a tightly closed session.
They promised a communique
on their decision tomorrow when
the conference ends.
After adoption Of defense
plans drafted by the chiefs of
staff of NATO members, giving
nuclear firepower a place in
NATO's new look" arsenal, the
ministers excluded most of their
advisers from the closed meet
ing. Then they took up the
controversial question of who
can decide on a resort to atomic
arms-military men or their
governments.
No Hint of Decision.
No immediate word on this
discussion leaked out, and NATO
press officials would say only
that the ministers had reached
agreement.
The American Government
was known to be strongly op-
posed to hampering NATO's de-
terrent effect with formula
which might be unavoidable in
a major surprise assault against
the West. The United States
position has been that although
only civilian authorities can
pull the trigger" and all
governments concerned should
be consulted as much as possible
before atomic weapons are en-
ployed, that this consultation
should not be made an absolute
condition hampering military
commanders.
French Standing Firm.
Earlier. in the full NATO
Council session. French Premier
Pierre MendeS-France told his
colleagues French policy will not
be modified by Russia's latest
note threatening to denounce
the 1914 French-Soviet treaty if
the French ratify the Paris ac-
cords to rearm West Germany.
All NA1O council meetings are
closed. but NATO press officers
were allowed to attend the ''un-
restricted" part of the session.
One press officer quoted Mr..
Mendes-France as saying:
They don't know the French
(See NATO, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Driver Goes Free
As Doctor Flunks
Handwriting Test
BY shs Assoeioted Press

HEREFORD. England.
Dec. ii. Police charged
Charles Finlayson Hunter.
"a, with drunken driving.
To support their case In
Magistrates Court yesterday
they submitted results of q
handwriting test on the re-
tired army colonel and a
doctors certificate that
Hunter was incapable Of
driving.
The magistrates decided
Hunters writing was better
than the doctors. Case
dismissed.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Morrison to Wed

LONDON. Dec. II R.-
Herbert Morrison. 66. former
Laborite foreign minister, and
Miss Edith Meadowcroft viii be
married January 6, they an
l1ounced today. She is a retired
director OF a clothing and supply
company. Mr., Morrison's first
wife died July IL. 1858.