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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
Rudyard Businessmen
Join Fhrong Seeking
"Parify For the Farmers"

Businessmen of the rural wheat
growing community of Rudyard last
week added their voices to the grow
ing demand for continuation of 90
per cent supports for basic commodi-
ties, reports Ole Sanvik, Kalispell,
former Rudyard businessman.
In addition the businessmen of the
Hill county town asked Congress to
try to establish 100 per cent parity
for all farm commodities" and con-
demned "any form of prosperity
based on war and bloodshed."
Businessmen signing the petition
were: NJ A. Kinder, Grand Hotel;
Sanvik Bros, Selmer Sanvik; Jim
Carr, Rudyard Implement Co.; Don
Twedt, Don's Garage; Petersen Jew
elry, R. P. Petersen;
Lawrence's Dry Goods, L. A.
Struck; Ralph E. Line, Bank Tav-
ern; c. A. Gustafson, Hi-Line The
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14

he is resigning as accountant and
tax examiner for the state unem-
ployment compensation commission.
A veteran of World War |, Davis
for many years has been prominent
in Montana veterans organizations.
He is past commander of the Lewis
and Clark post of the American Lee
gion and past department command
er of the Disabled American Veter-
ans and for years has been the de-
partment adjutant treasurer of that
organization. He is also active in
the Veterans of Foreign wars.
Davis has previously been his
party's nominee for the office he
now seeks.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
DEMOCRAT FILES IN
TETON COUNTY

Gordon McOmber, Fairfield, has
filed on the Democratic ticket for the
state legislature. McOmber is making
a bid for the seat in the legislature
presently held by E. V. Omholt On
holt has filed for reelection on the
Republican ticket.
McOmber is 35 years old and has
been in Fairfield since 1888, is mar
ried and the father of two boys and
one girl He farms for living. He
is veteran and past commander of
his local VFW post, as well as local
president of the Farmers Union.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
PAGE AGAIN SEEKS
COP. NOMINATION FOR
CONGRESS FIRST DISTRICT

MISSOULA.-Winfield E. Page, a
member of the Montana Legislature
from Missoula county for five con-
secutive terms ending in 1853, an
nounced Saturday that he will be
a candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for Congress from the 1st
(western) District in the July pri-
mary. He was nosed out for the 1852
nomination by the states Republican
national committeeman, Wellington
D. Rankin.
Page was a member of the Mon
tana State Reorganization (Little
Hoover Commission. Forty-three of
its 81 recommendations have been
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
DAVIS TO MAKE ANOTHER
TRY FOR p. S. COMMISSION

HELENA.-George A. Davis of
Helena, World War l combat vet
eran, who has had many years of
experience in various departments
of the state government, filed Sat-
urday for the Republican nomina-
ton for railroad and public service
commissioner.
In his nominating petition, Davis
stated, "If nominated and elected,
during my term of office | will grant
special favors to none but will give
equal and impartial treatment to all.
I will protect the rights of every
Montana citizen"
AS the departments personnel is
subject to the Hatch act prohibiting
political activity, Davis announced
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
METCALF SEEKS REELECTION ON
RECORD ACHIEVED IN FIRST Term

HELENA.-Democratic Rep. Lee
Metcalf yesterday filed for renomi-
nation and reelection in Montana S
First (Western) District.
The 43-year-old member of the
House Education and Labor Commit
tee said he would campaign on his
record in the S3rd Congress.
During his first term, Metcalf
sponsored legislation to continue
farm price supports; increase the
minimum wage; foster develop
ment and growth of small bust
ness; extend and improve the So
cial Security system; strengthen
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
IMPORTANT POLITICAL
DATES TO Remember

June (midnight)-Final day for
filing for office.
June 4-Final day to register to
vote in Primary Election.
July Final day for filing Initia-
tive petitions.
July 20-Primary Election Day.
Sept. 17-Final day to register to
vote in General Election.
November q General Election
Day.
November 2-Vote on Initiatives
and Referenda.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14

alter; Ray Warhank, Rudyard Lum-
Der Co.; Leo Schaefer, Gamble
Store;
C. Weir, Wehrs Garage; John c..
Phillips, Phillips Chevrolet; Curt
Phillips, Phillips Implement Co.; B.
o. wilson, Evans Cafe; Morris w.
Ewald, Ewald's Store;
Robert C. Rigg, international Ele-
vator Co.; Albert Berge, Home Shoe
Hospital; Joe Schwietzer, Vets Club;
Thomas Floerchinger, Farmers Union
Oil Co.; Wallace Abrahamson, Farm
ers Union Elevator
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14

enacted into law. These include the
personnel act initiated by Page pro-
viding equal pay for equal work for
state employees, as we'll as improv-
ing working efficiency and fostering
economy in state government.
Mr. Pages record of five consecu-
tive terms as a state representative
is unexcelled in Missoula County.
He is a graduate of Billings High
School and attended Montana State
University and the University of
Minnesota. He was a delegate to the
1914 Republican presidential nomi-
mating convention.
In reviewing his 10-year service
in the Legislature, Page cited:
Initiating measures to promote
economy and efficiency in state gov
eminent, among them his authorship
of the laws establishing the office
of state controller and creating the
Little Hoover Commission.
A memorial to Congress urging a
moratorium on payments for veter-
ans homes when they are called
into the armed services.
Appropriations to pay off bonds
on CT houses on the Montana State
University campus, resulting in re-
duced rentals for veterans.
Served on the House Appropria-
lions subcommittee for the Greater
University of Montana, with result
ant increased appropriations for the
six units for schooling of returning
GIs.
Authorship of the 6-mill Greater
University levy referendum zap
proved by the voters in 1948) in
creasing the annual levy from 81
to mills.
In 1947 session, introduced and
secured enactment of a dormitory
act permitting the six university units
to construct dormitories, student
unions and other facilities on a self
basis at no cost to the
Montana taxpayers. Under the pro-
visions of this measure, there is at
present building trades employment
at many of the six Greater Univer-
sity units.
In 1851 session, secured broaden
ng of his 1947 university buildings
aw to provide for construction of
field houses financed by self-liqui-
iating bonds at no expense to the
taxpayers. He expressed pride in
having "authored legislation for this
Unique method of financing some of
he buildings on Greater University
'ampuses as they are not paid for
'ut of taxes but are being financed
rom their earnings. This is a vast
Improvement over the old days of tax
md give away"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14

The Golden Promise: ''Here and now,
without any ifs or butts I say to you that
| stand behind-and the Republican party
stands behind-the =. amendment to the
basic farm act S. to continue through
1854 the price supports on basic commodi-
ties at 80 per cent of parity.
II firmly believe that agriculture is en-
titled to a fair, full share Of the national
income -.
a.. a fair share is not merely 80 per
cent of parity-but full parity"
From General Eisenhower's speech
at Kasson, Mimi, during 1852 cam
paign
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14

ton without Federal control;
KEEP FAITH WITH HIS
FELLOW VETERANS
Keep faith with our war veterans,
especially those disabled in the serv-
ice of our country; work toward a
farm program that will restore pros
perity to the farms and the business
communities which serve them; fos-
ter the development and growth of
small business; seek balanced budg-
ct, as consistent with the national
defense and our other needs, and
see that the greatest number share
in the resulting tax relief; try to
extend and improve our Social Sc
curity system; work for strong do
mestic mining industry, and seek to
raise minimum wages and insure
full employment"
These are some of the things on
which 1 have concentrated during
my first term" Metcalf said.
Metcalf was winding up a six-year
term on Montana's Supreme Court
when he was elected in 1852 to the
House seat formerly held by Mike
Mansfield who moved up to the SEN
ate that year. Prior to that time
Metcalf had made a record as a sol
der, State official, State legislator
and attorney.
Metcalf was born in Stevensville,
son of the late Harold E. Metcalf,
cashier of the Stevensville First
State Bank, and the former Rhoda
Smith, native of Victor and daughter
of Bitter Root Valley pioneers.
He attended grade and high school
at Stevensville and Stanford Uni
where he majored in history
and economics, before taking his
law degree at Montana State Uni
versity in 1886.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
HoItz Files For Cascade
County Representative

Ronald w. Holtz, Floweree, and
member Of the 1949 and 1861
Legislative Assemblies, Monday filed
for the office of State Representa-
tive from Cascade county.
Holtz, who operates large wheat
farm about IA miles north of Great
Falls, in two legislative assemblies
achieved 100 per cent record for
farmer, worker and the general pub
lie on legislative issues of major i'm
portance to the state.
He is a graduate of Great Falls
High School, married, and the father
of two sons, the oldest of whom is
in the U. S. Navy. He is active in
the Farmers Union, the Methodist
Church, and in the Cascade county
chapter of Red Cross.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
TIVE COL Den PROMISE TURNS GREEN

Farm Program: The President said he
had never heard of reports described to
him by newsman-that he was willing
to accept one-year extension Of the pres
ent law providing for government price
support of basic farm commodities at 80
per cent of parity. = PRESS CONFER
ENCE, Washington, D. c., May 6, 1854.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
FLANDERS TO OPPOSE

WASHINGTON.-Senator Ralph
E. Flanders (R-Vt.) said he would
oppose the House-passed tax credit
proposal for dividend income, May 5.
Flanders is a member of the Senate
finance committee, which is voting
on the huge 875-page House tax bill.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14

the domestic mining industry. Also
provide Federal assistance, free
from Federal control, for public
school construction; require that
Indians be consulted in drafting
legislation concerning them; in
vestigate the prevention and con-
troll of diseases incident to unem-
ployment in the mining industry.
He has worked and voted for such
measures of Importance to Montana
as increased Federal aid for high
ways, the st. Lawrence Seaway
Hawaiian statehood, tax reduction
and revision
A conservation bloc, formed
around Metcalf, turned back several
of what its members termed "raids
upon the public domain" Metcalf's
work earned him concentrations
from several major conservation or
CARNATIONS.
HAS RECEIVED BIPARTISAN
RECOGNITION
There has been bipartisan recog-
milton of Metcalf's ability. This in
cludes his designation by Republican
House Speaker Martin to read Wash
ington's Farewell Address to the
House during Washington's birthday
ceremonies last spring. This was the
first time Montana had been so hon
ored in the House of Representa-
tives.
In a statement released from his
Helena field office, which Metcalf
opened early last year "to bring the
government closer to the people," he
said if reelected he would continue
to:
Protect the public interest in the
natural resources held in trust for
all Americans by our Federal gov
eminent; cooperate with the Mon
tana Citizens Freight Rate Assn. and
others interested in securing equit-
able freight rates for Montana;
strive, as member of the Education
and Labor Committee, for a Labor
Management Relations Act equally
fair to employers, employees and the
general public, and work for Federal !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14

Speeding on U. S. streets and
highways last year killed 1880
men, women and children.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14

assistance to public school construc-
ton without Federal control;
Evening star., 1954-11-05
Alexandra Man Fined
For False Report 10 Police

An Alexandrian who last
month told police he was at
tackled by three unknown men
pleaded guilty yesterday to max
ing q false report and was fined
$25 and costs.
Judge James r. Duncan of
Alexandria Civil and Police
Court imposed the fine on
Thomas Johns. 35. of the 4500
block of Raleigh avenue.
Johns. detectives said, reported
to police on October 16 that an
auto occupied by three colored
men forced his car to the curb
on King street.
According to police files, Johns
further complained the three
men leaped from their car and
started beating him with their
fists and a tire iron. He said
the three men drove off when
friends of his arrived on the
scene.
Evening star., 1954-11-05
Appeals Court Returns Suit
Over D. c. Mans Torn Will

The question of whether a will
was torn accidentally or with in
tent to revoke it was returned
today for consideration by the
lower court, in an opinion by the
United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia.
The case concerned the will
of a Washington man, Walter s..
Savoy. Mr.. Savoy had been hav-
ing marital difficulties with his
wife, Mildred, who now lives in
New York. When the will was
Evening star., 1954-11-05

Of q grocer who was slain 10
months ago in another holdup.
Irving Honikman told police An
derson was the bandit who took
his money and then forced him
to ride through Northeast Wash
ington until he finally leaped
from the car.
: Municipal Court Judge George
D. Nelson. continued the $4,000
bond on Anderson.
Evening star., 1954-11-05
Honikman HoIdup Suspect
Held for Grand Jury

Walter Anderson, jr., 81, Of
o19 c street NE. was held for
the action of the grand jury yes
terday in Municipal Court,
charged with the $3.50 holdup
last week Of Irving Honikman, a
52-year-old market proprietor.
Mr.. Honikman is the brother
Evening star., 1954-11-05

offered for probate by Mrs. Sa-
voy, it had been torn in two
pieces, Joined by scotch tape.
Two brothers of Mr.. Savoy,
Rodney P. Savoy and Leonard
d. Savoy. both of Newark, N. j..
opposed probate. charging that
their brother had intended to
revoke the will.
Estate Worth $4,000.
Had the will been deemed re-
voked. Mr.. Savoy would have
died intestate. and the brothers
Evening star., 1954-11-05

would have had q greater inter-
est In certain property valued at
$23. 900. They each had been be-
queathed $40 in the torn will.
The issue came to trial in the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia. Mrs. Savoy,
who had a maintenance suit,
pending when he died. said he
pulled the will out of his pocket
during an argument. She said
she grabbed it and that I'VE
both had a part in tearing it"
Under the law, if the tearing
was accidental, it could not be
considered revoked.
Reported Favoring Wife.
Testimony was offered on be-
half of the widow that several
months after the will was torn,
Mr.. Savoy had said he wanted
to leave his wife all his property
and wanted his brothers to have
nothing. This testimony was
excluded as hearsay.
The jury found that Mr.. Savoy
had intended to nullify the will
and that. therefore, it had been
revoked. Mrs. Savoy appealed.
In remanding the case for re-
trial. the appellate court saw er-
ror in excluding the testimony
in question. "The testimony was
Evening star., 1954-11-05

relevant to aid the jury in de-
termining whether or not the
tearing was intended as a revo-
cation" the court stated.
Evening star., 1954-11-05

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Continued on Page D-24, Col. -
Evening star., 1954-10-10
BY Mary [. Vaughan

wife, was a city boy with no
knowledge Of farming.
So he went out to the Uni
versity Of Maryland Agricul-
ture School as a special stu
dent for a couple Of months.
81 took every course they
had, from 8 in the morning
to 6 at night" he recalls. "And
I decided to start out raising
and selling turkeys"
During the war the farm
boasted a flock of $4,000. but
Mr.. Orrne says there's not so
much profit in them any more.
TOO many people are in it."
he said.
With 1000 turkey hens. he
incubates the eggs on his farm
and sells the excess to hatch
cries. Last year he sold 1885,.
900 eggs at 40 cents apiece.
"The eggs" he points out,
''must be a certain size and
weight. and free OF cracks and
toe punches"
He discarded 10000 last
year, fed some to his hogs and
gave away thousands to hos
pitals and bakeries.
"They taste just as good as
chicken eggs for baking" he
Evening star., 1954-10-10

the memories Of the young
ster's famous grandfather, the
late Alfonso XIII, the last king
of Spain and one who loved
being a king, whose fabulous
palaces, racing stables, fleet of
high-powered automobiles, and
daring athletic feats, all con-
tributed to the colorful leg
ends about him.
Serious Side, Too
But he was not all frivolity
and one newspaper account
of the time describes this de-
scendant of the Hapsburgs
and the Bourbons thus:
". j. there Is a certain for
midable character about the
blended blood behind the
Bourbon charm there is the
Bourbon pride. the long jut-
ting Hapsburg jaw can mean
something and the mind be-
hind the dark lively. watchful
eye is very quick and subtle.
I'm short. this tall, tanned.
active man, who loves move
ment and action. polo ponies,
racing cars and everything
swift and dashing: who looks
and is iron hard and fit, with
out an ounce Of superficial
flesh on his spare frame, is
many sided and indomitable.
"If he is still King today
(1930) it is not because he
was born one (his father died
before he was born), but be-
Evening star., 1954-10-10
By SeIwu Roosevelt

cause he likes being King and
intends to go on being a King
if patience, tact, adroitness,
quick action and an audacious
courage can preserve his bal
ance on the monarchial tight
rope"
But they were not sufficient.
On April IA, 1881 he signed a
manifesto in which he said
that the elections, held a few
days previously, made it clear
that I no longer have the love
of my people," But predicting
that the Republic would not
last long, he added:
II renounce none of my
rights, for, more than my
rights, they are the accumu-
lation of layers Of history for
which some day shall have to
render strict account"
And so these words have
guided his progeny-11one Of
whom has ever renounced
their right to rule Spain.
Tragic years followed for
Alfonso, for until his death in
1941, he spent a decade wan-.
dering over the European con-
tinent in pursuit Of various
pleasures.
His marriage to Victoria
Eugene, the daughter Of
Queen Victoria Of England,
ended in their separation and
she now lives in Switzerland.
OF his four sons, two were
cursed with hemophilia, the
Evening star., 1954-10-10

the picture, Mr.. Orme can tell
you.
Besides marketing q year.
In, year-out flock Of 5000
turkeys. he manages q herd
Of 200 Herefords, 500 hogs. q
half dozen riding horses and
a menagerie Of pet cats and
dogs. He has q working staff
of six men to aid him.
During the year he delivers
dressed and drawn frozen
turkeys weekly to a drugstore
chain in Washington.
Troditionol Menu
At present he is fattening up
his flock for sale on the local
market for the traditional
Thanksgiving menu.
Mr.. Orme learned his farm
ing the hard way. Fourteen
years ago, when he and the
former Miss Nancy Luttrell
were wed. they looked around
for q home in the country
where they could settle, raise
children and build 1t into q
paying farm.
Mr.. Orme, a fourth-genera-
ton Washingtonia as Is his
Evening star., 1954-10-10

favor of his young son, Juan
Carlos, and that Don Juan
now is putting the heat on
Generalissimo Franco for a
firm commitment about the
return of the monarchy.
According to q Spanish en-
bassy spokesman, young Juan
Carlos is an intelligent boy,
handsome, with very blonde
coloring. He has been going to
school at San Sebastian, the,
former royal summer palace.
and apparently is very much
in Frances good graces-but
there has been no build-up or
propaganda about the boy thus
far in the Spanish press.
But not much is needed to
bring to most peoples minds
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Fol- nthe Forn1
Casual Country Living Near Leesburg
IS the Choice Of the Edgar J. Ornes, Jr.

said, 'sthey are just larger"
Mr.. Orne moves his turkey
range to one new field from
year TO year.
This cuts down on the
fertilizer bill. believe me-" Mr..
Or1ne reveals. sThe former
ranges are so rich the wheat
grows high enough to blow
right over In a windstorm."
500 TO q House
The turkeys are kept in
colony type houses, 500 to a
house, for three months. After
that they are hardy enough to
turn out on the range where a
watchman looks after them
nights.
They are butchered right on
the farm and put in a freezer
there. The assembly Line proc
ess, including plucking and
dressing, takes about four min
utes per bird.
Mr.. Orlne buys his cattle
at about 600 pounds at the
beginning of August. He keeps
them grazing on grass and
corn for a year and after three
months in the barn he sells
them on the hoof at 1900
pounds.
During the summer months
Mr.. Orme manages his farm
wearing Bermuda shorts.
"The boys over in Leesburg
sure kid me-" he said, "But I
ask them why the heck they
don't try them-they're a lot
cooler"
Tennis, Too
For recreation, Mr.. Orme
plays tennis on a double court
the family built near their
swimming pool. Afternoons, If
he feels like it he stops work
to watch TV such as the World
Series, working later that
night to catch up.
"It's a nice life," he adds.
Mrs. Orme, when not chauf-
fering the children, supervises
the house, her flower garden
and "goes calling"
She also helps put on an an
nual pony show for the benefit
of the Loudoun County Hos
pital in Leesburg.
An expert horSewoman, she
manages to ride twice a week
sometimes with the Loudoun
County Hunt. She is a member
of the Hunts board of gover-
norS.
She also helps keep the
farm books in Mr.. Orme's
paneled Office where the couple
have hung before and after
pictures of their re-modeled
home.
II used to spend my sum-
y mers canning and freezing the
food we raised" she said. ''But
it kept me too busy and I dis
covered it wasn't any cheap
er."
''Now," she adds, "I buy
everything at a grocery in
Leesburg.
In the old days, she also
Evening star., 1954-10-10

for o twice-a-day grind Of
driving to and from Washing
ton to school. For the driver
(Mrs. Orme in good weather,
MIR. Orme in bad it's a dis
tanee of more than 800 miles
o week.
The family would have it
no other way. however, and
Mrs. Orme's annual suggestion
for q winter apartment dur
ing school terms is always
voted down.
They're all too fond of their
country home and its sur
rounding $50 acres, where they
ride horses. swim. play tennis,
fish and farm.
Farming is a major part of
Evening star., 1954-10-10

chy a n d
just W h a t
e ect it
might have
on Spain.
r e p o rtS
! n d i C a t e
t h a t Don
Juan, t h e
pretender to
the Spanish
throne, may
now be will
ing to relin-
quish his
claim to the
crOw n in
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Fall on the Farm

The Edgar ]. Orme. jr, FAM.
lily Of Greenfield Farm, near
Leesburg, has a solid and un-
divided opinion on living in
the country.
I'VE like it," they all chorus,
from Nancy and Sunny"
Orme down through their three
children. Nancy, l3: Neddie,
IL, and Matte, 8.
But when fall arrives on the
farm, the family girds itself
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Will Spain See Juan Carlos on the Throne?

Diplomatic circles were busy
this week speculating on the
possibilities of the eventual
return of the Spanish Monar-