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Tag Game Played
With License 68

The Commissioners now have
at least one answer to their an
nual problem of giving out the
Districts low number license tags
to deserving residents. Just print
each number twice.
Today Commissioner Spencer
may take his family for a ride in
a car tagged SO. So may William
Mcleod, clerk of the House Dis
trict Committee. It's been like
that since April Fools Day.
1t seems Mr.. Spencer was mis-
registered. Tomorrow, he won't
be.
The Board of Commissioners
on April decided to give Mr..
Mcleod No. 68, which had been
identifying Mr.. Spencer's ranch
wagon. Mr.. Spencer was to take
No. 4 for his personal car. He
has a District government tag
No. l on his official car.
Neither Commissioner Spencer
nor his representative picked up
the new No. 4 tag. which pre-
sumably lies alone and forlorn at
the District Traffic Department.
Mr.. Mcleod took his new No.
So tag, and went his way re.
joicing.
Lawrence E. Duvall, Mr.. Spen.
ser's assistant. takes all the
blame on himself. saying sorrow
fully, Il should have followed
through on it,"
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Clyde v. Cessna, IA,
Pioneer Airman, Dies
BY The Assoeio,ed Pres.

WICHITA, Kan. Nov. 20.--
Clyde v. Cessna, IA, pioneer
Wichita aviator and plane
manufacturer, died tonight at
his farm near Rago. Kan.
He founded the Cessna AIR
craft Co. here in 1927. During
more than 40 years In the indus
try he received many honors for
his work in developing aviation.
Mr.. Cessna retired in 1884 and
his nephew, Dwane L. Wallace,
now heads the company. The
Cessna firm built many military
airplanes during World War II
and in 1852 led the industry in
building commercial private air.
craft.
Mr.. Cessna few his first hand
made plane in Oklahoma in 1911.
He moved to Wichita and In
1917 produced a monopiane pow
cred by a six-cylinder r-cooled
engine. In 1924 Cessna. the late
Walter Beech and Lloyd Stear-
man organized the Travel-Aire
Manufacturing Co. to build q
three place. open cockpit bi.
plane. Mr.. Cessna left the firm
in 1927 and formed his own
company. 81
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with heavy concentrations of
service personnel?
The Associated Press recently
surveyed the country and found
q reassuring answer. Only a
small minority of military camps
are In areas where organized
gambling and prostitution are
available.
The Stars survey Of this area
showed conditions as bright as
anywhere in the United States.
This is military headquarters
OF the Nation. Pentagon sources
report $4,000 persons in the
services stationed in the Dis
trict. and the counties of Mont
gomery, Prince Georges. Airing
ton and Fairfax.
Every one of them can find
Evening star., 1954-11-21

red light section. The gay girls
used to dominate a section two
blocks long. Now operations are
down to a half-dozen or so
houses scattered downtown. But
Mobile still has easy-to-find
bookies. numbers. dice. slot
machines and card games.
Supplied by Bellhops.
Georgia has prostitutes in
Liberty County, home of Camp
Stewart. apd Savannah. where
a partner for the night is on
rent from bellhops. Savannah
Beach's dice games are available.
Sailors in San Diego. home OF
one of the biggest naval stations.
can cross the border into Tijuana,
where everything is for sale.
However. the Shore Patrol says
servicemen make up only $4,000
of the IL million Americans who
visit Tijuana every month.
Generally over the Nation.
however. vice available to serv-
Iicernenf stationed nearby has
been reduced from organized
wholesale business to strictly
| private, If not free, enterprise.
There is a certain amount OF
inevitability about commercial
lied sin. 1t can be broken up
into tiny beachheads. though.
Civilian and military authorities
say that's the way it is being
kept down in the District.
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grams as a major factor in COM
batting organized vice here.

grams as a major factor in COM
batting organized vice here.
The Armed Services Hos
pitality Committee here lists ap-
proximately 100 dances a month
on posts in the area. Some 800
girls are on the committees S
roster of hostesses.
In addition there are dances
in the city sponsored by churches,
the VS. and community centers.
Besides the PXs, movies, field
houses. "rec" halls, service clubs,
golf courses, swimming pools,
athletic fields and other enter
tainment facilities on posts here,
servicemen may, of course, par
take Of Washington's civilian
amusements.
The Hospitality Committees
chart of attractions includes
barbecues, beach parties, arch
cry, baseball. bicycling, boating,
casting clubs, concerts, fishing,
hiking, horseback rides. lectures,
motor tours. picnics, skating,
swimming, theaters and others
Young bachelors in uniform sta
toned here are fortunate in hav-
ing a city full of unwed Govern
ment girls.
Fort Meade's soldiers have a
choice between Washington and
Baltimore for their revels. Each
is nearby. The Maryland me-
tropoliS frequently wins the nod,
Evening star., 1954-11-21
BY Richard Rodgers

Parents, worried over organized
vice around their servicenner
sons stations, should be gratified
If their boys are sent here. Wash
ington appears to be one Of the
cleaner military cities.
Parental concern over system
atized sin for GIs was churned
up across the Nation this sum-
mer. when headlines splashed
the appalling facts about Ptenix
City. Alabama's depravity center.
It is only eight miles from Fort
Benning and $4,000 troops
The murder of a reformer
there blew the. lid off that cot
ton country Sodom Martial law
was invoked and Phenix City
has been quieted now.
But what about other towns
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and not because 1t has Fort
McHenry or fine seafood.
1t was Baltimore's own H. l..
Mencken who coined the word
"ecdysiast"-one who molts-as
a fancier substitute for strip
teaser.
Baltimore molters are re-
nowned wherever in the country
there exists a bald head over
cleaning eyes.
Sunday drinking also is per-
mitted in Baltimore and "B-
Girls" who frequent bars and
are available for companionship,
are not unheard Of.
Even lustier amusements are
available elsewhere, according to
the Associated Press.
"The honky- -tonks, the clip
| joints. the tell-tale trailer and
friendly woman posed in the
doorway are getting harder to
find" the A. P. survey found
Harder, but not impossible
There are the exceptions. where
vice is relatively easy TO come
by, for a price - - ~
Phenix City's neighbor ir
Alabama. Mobile, seems to have
collected some of the trash that
fed its wilder sister.
Mobile is the home Of Brookley
Air Force Base. The city has a
/ tradition of liberality toward
| gambling and vice.
1t has cleaned up much of its
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trouble here II he searches
enough, For that matter. he
could back in his home town. Or
any city.
It is a different proposition.
however, locating real organ
lied vice here = big-scale. as
sembly y-line evil such as doomed
I in Phenix City. There, prior to
the compulsory exodus Of the
f1oozies and finaglers, a CT was
confronted with temptation all
over the place.
In Washington, the average
binge-bent serviceman must
supply his own temptress. booze
and other facilities.
Here there are no enormous
concentrations Of field troops
isolated In the boondocks, far
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Increasing Threot
Causes Dip in
Business Over U. S.

Hotels are engaged in a flx-
up squirt these days in an effort
to WOO tourists from motelS.
Some hotel managers report
their modernization programs
are q routine part Of operations.
Others say improvements are
strategic maneuvers against sub
urban competition. But all will
agree that any changes they
can manage will help in holding
their fair share of the tourist
dollar.
The hotels are slipping a bit.
and there is cause to worry.
Business is off across the
country, the Associated Press
reports. The picture in Wash
ington follows suit.
The Hotel Association Of
| Washington reports that It's "a
members had a room occupancy
of 1913 per cent for the first
nine months Of 1851. This has
been dropping steadily: 1914 per
cent In 1852, TIA per cent In
1853 and 75.2 per cent through
September of this year.
Managers don't blame this sad
tale on motels alone. The cause
is too Intangible to spot con-
/ clusively. But they know for
sure that every family stopping
at a motel means just that much
more in lost business.
Threat Increasing.
The motel threat is increasing
every year. The American Auto
mobile Association approves 80
motels in washington and the
immediate areas of Alexandria,
Fairfax. Va: Bethesda and Col
lege Park, Md. Officials estimate
that about one-flfth of the
motels in the country meet their
standards. On this basis, there
would be approximately 145 In
the Washington area running
competition with the hotels.
There would be thousands in
| Maryland and Virginia close
enough to Washington to cap
ture the business Of motorists
who otherwise would drive into
the city for lodging.
Luring motorists on the high
ways and into the downtown
traffic congestion takes q bit Of
/ doing.
Possibly the most direct ap-
proach has been taken by the
Hotel Washington which last
summer opened a motor lobby
for use In combination with q
nearby garage to accommodate
car travellers and their families.
Facilities Separate.
Facilities are separate from
| the hotels main lobby So guests
can register ct q special desk
and use>a private elevator with
Isout being conspicuous III their
casual clothes. The privacy Of
Tered motorists BY motels Is con-
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repainting is the order Of the
day. and nv sets and radios are
rapidly becoming added features
to be taken for granted.
Hotel advertising is on the
increase. Industry-wide promo
ton throughout the country
is underway to convince tourists
that the convenience and serv-
ices of hotels match that Of
their competitors.
In Washington several of the
relatively smaller hotels have
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sidered to be one of the most
appealing features Of their in
duStry.
A majority Of the hotel asso-
cations members have adopted
the family rate" plan, under
which children up to II years of
age can sleep In the same suite
with their parents without extra
charge. Extra beds and cots
are provided as needed.
Many hotels have installed air
conditioning in all guest rooms:
Evening star., 1954-11-21

from their families and forced
| to turn for recreation to GIN
mill sap-traps. for-sale women
and monitored dice.
Oficers Of all branches agreed
that. although figures on 1t have
never been compiled. the per-
centage Of servicemerl here who
have their families with them
| is probably as high as anywhere.
They point out that men with
! families to return to at night
are less likely to be out raising
Cain than lonely men on their
own.
In the late Jimmy LaFontaine's
heyday his gambling palace and
other protected wheels and
tables gave this area as fancy
q choice Of currency transferral
points as any sporting site in
America.
No Organized Gambling.
Shakeups in law enforcement
have sharply curtailed those
transactions.
Oh. a uniformed bettor can
still get his money down on a
horse or a number here, pro-
vi1ing he knows his way around.
Eut military law officers were
unanimous in agreement with
the Quantico Marine Base pro-
voSt marshal's Office. which re-
ported fatty: There is no evil
dence OF organized gambling"
Crap games, red dog, poker
and associated ventures con-
tinue. as traditionally, in mill
tary installations In the area.
This is hardly organized vice.
Over in Southern Maryland's
slot machine resorts, military
payrolls are as welcome as any
other Vegetables. However.
getting from q post here to La
Plata, for example, is more of a
job than getting from Fort Ben
ming to Phenix City.
AS for drug addiction among
the military here, Metropolitan
detectives say it is extremely
minor. In the first six months
OF this year. their files revealed
only four addiction cases that
had any connection with the
service. All four men, colored,
confessed getting the habit
overseas-three of them in Ko-
rea. Narcotics squad officers
say they know Of no serviceman
engaged in selling the stuff.
Cites Low Figure.
you'll laugh at me-" said
Inspector Roy E. Blick, head OF
the Metropolitan police vice
squad. "but ] still say there
aren't more than is white
prostitutes in this CITY,"
His interviewer didn't laugh,
but did suggest the figure
seemed very low, indeed.
The inspector would not re-
treat very far. I'll bet there are
fewer than 25," he said.
There is not single open
house Of prostitution for whites
here. he said. He conceded there
are zone or two" two-girl apart
ments. ''bht they won't admit
anybody unless he's been
youched for by other customers. /"
Inspector Blick said the op-
erations Of colored prostitutes
are being harassed constantly.
Below 'Tolerable' Rate.
Medics in uniform here said
the areas venereal disease rate
is well below a rate regarded
as "tolerable." The Military Dis
trict Of Washington listed 36 VD
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combined in a billboard adver-
tising campaign to bark virtues
Of the family, rate plan.
Efforts also are being made to
combat the rumors that there
are no hotel rooms available in
Washington"
Hotel rooms are available, y
one manager insisted recently,
I'm fact. we used to be. looking
for places to put people. Now
we're looking for people to put
places"
Evening star., 1954-11-21
Hecht Co. Sales Rise,
But Earnings Decline

Hecht Co. and subsidiaries re-
ported sales in nine months
ended October 81 totaled $685.
511.s47, q gain Of 4 per cent from
$50. .S46.01O a year earlier. Net
income dropped to $l.245,5sl or
$l.26 q share VS.. $l.305, ,SS2 or
$I.33 a year earlier.
Sales in IL months ended oc-
tober 81. amounted to $lOl.-
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132,672, q gain Of IL per cent
from sos, 0,o27,74o in the previous
u months. Net income was $2,-
46o. 1852 or $3.50 vs.. $685. .o52 OF
$2.79 q share.
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Hecht Co. Honors spieeeI

A 40th anniversary testimonial
for Herman Spiegel was given
by executives and associates of
the Hecht Co. at Hotel Statler
last night. More than 200 at
tended.
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overshadowed the game winning
sprint of S5 yards executed by
halfback Bob Mast. Late in the
third quarter Akron pulled ahead
1912 after driving the length of
the field. Mast then gathered in
st. Mary's kickoff and scooted
through the entire opposition in
a dazzling broken-field jaunt to
give the Vikings new blood.
As the fourth quarter opened
Godic took over at fullback and
literally chewed up the gridiron
with pro-like thrusts through the
line. His fine offensive spurts and
determination on the part of the
blockers and linemen protected the
st. Joe's lead.
Saturdays game at University
will be a new thrill for the Vik-
ings but many of them can't help
but think of what's coming up
next.
On Friday, October 18th, the
Vikings travel South to meet the
Alliance Aviators - the same team
that just pushed Massilon from the
states top spot.
"We'll be there in time for the
game that's about all that the
Vikings coaching staff had to say
about the Alliance game - being
more interested in Saturdays
tussle at us.
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Campus
Notes

Two East Cleveland residents
Richard L. Baumgartner, 1860
Oakhill rd.; and Albert F. Ekar
1901 North Lockwood rd. are
members of the first-year class
at the School of Medicine at
Western Reserve University.
The current freshman class, is
studying under a new medical
curriculum introduced last year.
Features of the new program in
clude inter-departmental teaching
by subject committee, frequent
student-patient contact, and other
methods which are aimed at pro-
ducing better trained and more
resourceful doctors. The program
represents the most comprehen-
sive of its type over to be at
tempted by medical schools any
where.
Richard completed his under
graduate work at Denison Univer-
sity while Albert received his
undergraduate degree from Hough-
ton College.
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Offer Instruction
To Owners Of All
Type Small Boats

The Painesville Unit of the
United States Power Squadrons
announces the beginning of it's
annual series of classes in Pilot
ing and Small Boat Handling in
Bentley Hall, Lake Erie college
on Thursday, October 7th at
500 p. m.
These classes are open to any
one interested in the subject, and
the instructions are given with
out charge. Glasses will be held
each Thursday evening until the
course is completed. Women as
we'll as men are eligible to take
the course which is completed in
approximately eight weeks. For
those who desire to take it, there
will be a written examination
when the course is complete.
There is no obligation to join
the U.S.P.S. for those who desire
to take the course.
The Course in Plotting and Small
Boat Handling covers the follow
ing subjects: Equipment and Gov
ernment Regulations, Rules of the
Road Ofloat, Seamanship, Safety
Afloat, The Mariners Compass,
Aids to Navigation, Charts and
Plotting, Manners and Customs on
Shipboard.
You will learn how to dock and
"undock" your boat in all kinds
of winds and currents - how to
care for your boat in Summer and
Winter - how to figure tides and
currents at any goven point at any
given time how to plot your
course and come within few feet
of your goal - how to estimate
accurately your time from one
point to another, and how to navi-
gate safely in bad and foggy
weather and even in the dark of
night. You'll be able to enjoy your
boat and life on the water to the
fullest when you learn the art
and science of skillful navigation,
step by step, along with men who
think the same as you do, and
who have one thing in common,
love of the water.
For additional information call
Loren Bullard, RE. 1-25OO.
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New Officers In
Veterans Group

The Ladies of the 37th Division
Veterans Association, Cleveland
Chapter No. l held joint installa-
tion services Sunday evening at
East Cleveland YMCA. The guest
speaker was Congressman Frances
P. Bolton, who told of her tour
through Europe visiting the hos
pitals and of how we'll the nurses
were takin gcare of our boys over
there.
Mrs. Ada B. Sharp presented the
Past Presidents pin to the retir-
ing president, Mrs. Edna Magid.
Mrs. Cecile Gregory installed
the following officers: President,
Mrs. Betty Reding; Vice President,
Mrs. Agnes Havel; Secretary, Mrs.
Rita Green; Treasurer, Mrs. Bessie
Scain; Historian, Mrs. Esther
Beels; Chaplain, Mrs. Ada Sharp;
Sergeant-at-Arms, Mrs. Margaret
followed.
The next meeting will be held
at the same place on Sunday,
October oath.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-10-07
These "Parties" "
Are Not News

Each year at this time there is
great deal of merchandise put
out by high pressure sales outfits
to catch the holiday dollars. The
classified columns are full of ad-
vertisements promising " ug e
profits" and "you can make 100%o".
No ordinary business makes that
kind of profit, so there can only
be one conclusion - the merchan-
disc is greatly over-priced.
Hundreds of amateur statesmen
are roped in by the glowing
promises. The merchandise is
usually the same as can be bought
for less in the stores, and the part
time salesman gives up after stick
ing a few friends and relatives.
Another racket is the party.
Here again friends and relatives
are invited in to listen to the high
pressure pitch of slick salesman.
After the guests are separated
from as much cash as possible, the
hostess is presented with a fur
lined what-not by the glib sales
man. Henceforth she is avoided
like Typhoid Mary by her victim
lied friends.
Another facet of the racket is
to locate the chairman Of the
money raising committees of an
organization. Permission is OBJ
tained to "put on demonstration"
The salesman reaps a rich harvest
and the organization is rewarded
with small commission.
Publicity items boosting these
parties" henceforth will be filed
in the waste basket. This news
paper is always happy to boost
the affairs of local organizations,
but when they permit themselves
to be used as commercial outlets
we draw the line.
Bake sales, bazaars, where hand
work is sold, ETC., are commend
able, and the goods offered are
usually priced far below values.
Stick to these and we're with YOU.
THE EDITOR
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-10-07
St. Joseph High
Vikings Seek End
Win At University

An eager and aggressive st,
Joseph High School football, seek
ing it's third straight victory, will
become the 10th opponent for
University School when the two
teams clash Saturday afternoon
on the Prepper's we'll cushioned
gridiron starting at 2 p. m.
University's activities on the
football field date back to Octo-
Der, 1890 when the first high
school game in this area pitted the
Preppers against old Central
School. Since that game the hill
toppers have faced 78 different
schoolboy elevens in their 81 year
history, including teams from five
different states.
Coach Bill Gutbrod's boys are
not interested in the games his
torical significance but they are
eager to make the Preppers vic
tim number three. Last week US
drubbed Lutheran to even their
seasons efforts having lost their
opener to Garfield Heights.
The Vikings found that their
bench had hidden power last Sun
day when they came from behind
to nip Akron st. Mary's, 1916. The
hidden power turned out to be
sophomore Ralph Godic VIII o
caught the fancy Of both the St.
Joe rooters and the Akron fans.
Ralph's terrific showing almost
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Library News

Books added to the East Cleve-
land Public Library the week of
October 4th are:
Kierkegaard, S. A., "a Kierke
gaard Anthology; Joseph, Harry,
"The Emotional Problems of Chill
dren"; Coventry, John, "The Break
ing of Bread; American Jewish
Congress, "Civil Rights in the
United States; Bromfield, Louis,
New Pattern for Tired World";
Kunstler, W. NJ, The Law of Acct
dents; Ellingston, j. R., PRO
tecting Our Children from Grim
inal Careers; Capone, NJ. L., $50
You've Joined Club; Lane,
Carol, Travelling by Car; Coop
er, Gordon, "Your Holiday in Ger
many; Welsman, Ernest, "Your
Holiday in Yugoslavia"; Dittert,
Rene, "Forerunners to Everest;
Cough, Mary, "Travel Into Yester-
day.; Machetanz, Sara, "Where
Else but Alaska %; Mackersey,
Ian, "Rescue Below Zero; Bull
lock, Adeline, Book for Expectant
Mothers; DOrnberger, Walter,
"V-2";
"Ford's Official Freighter Travel
Guidebook, 1954-55"; Fischman,
w. l., "The Weekend Builder;
Street, Frederick, Hardy Rhodo-
dendrons"; Ahlers, A. W., "Where
and How to Sell Your Pictures;
Foster, S. c., Songs of Stephen
Foster; Gibson, w. B., Houdini
on Magic; Sitwell, Osbert, "The
Four Continents.
Fiction
"Best American Short Stories,
1851; Carr, J. D., The Third Bull
let"; Parker, Richard, "The Gin
gerbread Man.; Speas, J. O.,
Bride of the MacHugh"; Taylor,
r. D., "Ghost Town Bonanza;
Terry, C. ", "Buccaneer Surgeon;
Wilson, E. D., Swamp Angel.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-10-07

Join a dance class at Miss
Carols Studio of Dance Arts, $50
East 185th Gaus Conservatory of
Music in the beautiful conservatory
room, bus stops right in front of
studio. Tap Toe Ballet acrobatic
pre-kindergarden classes are now
forming, this is the last week for
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-10-07

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Vara, 1878 First ave-, a girl,
Deborah Marie, September 26th.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. L. F.
Staley, 1875 Elderwood ave., a
girl Barbara Lynn, September
26th.
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