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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-12-24

Mrs. leila Bartlett. OF San Die
go, Calf. is spending some time
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Lacy Scruggs.
Mrs. J. Fl. Clark and children,
James Boyce and Sally Ann. will
spend Christmas week end with
Mrs. Clark father. B. p Oben-
shain at Fincastle. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Adams
are spending the Christmas holi-
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Adams. Jr.. and family at Ashe-
vile, N. c.
Mss Judi h Spindler arrived
Wednesday from Virginia Beach
to spend the Christmas holidays
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Frank w. Spindler, at Hampden-
Sydney. Miss Spindler teaches at
Oceana.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitehead, Of
Charlotte, N c.. arrived Thurs
day for holiday visit wi h Mrs
Whitehead's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. B. Crawford.
Coach and Mrs. Robert c. Gill
mer will spend the holiday vaca-
ton III Lynchburg and Pembroke,
Va, Coach Gilmer's mother has
returned to the hospital. where
they fill visit with her.
c. w. Hart. Of Washington Col
lege, Chestertown, Md, is the
holiday guest of his parents Mr.
and Mrs c. w Hart.
Miss Thelma Ann Smith, a
nurse in the Children Hospital.
Louisville, Kentucky. arriv d
Tuesday Dec. 81. to spend the
Christmas holidays with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris G..
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs Emmett S
Jacobs and son. Allen, of Bethle-
hem. Pa, will arrive Friday to
spend Christmas week with Mrs.
Jacobs parents. Mr.. and Mrs. E.
c. Buck. Jr.
Miss Bette Daniel still suffers
much and is at present incapaci-
lated with an injured knee. The
injury was sustained in Novem-
Der.
Mr. and Mrs. w B. Wall and
son. Bid. will leave on Christmas
Day to spend couple of days
at her home in Pulaski.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick r.
Scott. Jr.. and son. of Richmond,
arrived Christmas Eve to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Frank
w. Spindler.
Mrs Frank N Watkins, is visit
ing her mother. Mrs. j. l.. Wisely
n Waynesboro, Va
Charles f Attix. former mem
Der of the Department Of Music
at Longwood College who is now
taking graduate studies at Column
ola University. New York will ar
rive in Farmville on December 81
to visit friends.
Mrs H T Stokes left yesterday
to spend the Christmas holidays
with her son. Herbert T. Stokes
and family at Grandview, Va.
Mr. and Mrs Jack Mays. Of
Richmond, are the expected
guests of Mrs Mays sister, Mrs.
J w Shepherd. Jr
J Luckin Bugg, Jr. OF Column
bia. Mo. arrived last Friday to
visit his parents. Mr. and Mrs,
j. L. Bugg They will leave today
to spend the Christmas holidays
with MIR. and Mrs Elam Holland
In Richmond who will return
Sunday to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
Bugg
Col and Mrs. Allen c. Perkin-
son. Mr. and Mrs. ] E. Tunstall,
daughter. Joan. and son, Cadet
| Billy Tunstall. Of Blackstone. will
spend the holidays with Mr/and
Mrs. w j Bloomfield and Miss
Elizabeth Radford.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Stokes. of
South Hill are the expected holi-
day guests Of Mr. Stokes. mother
Mrs A. Y Stokes.
Mr. and Mrs. w. II. CrenShaW
viii have as Christmas Day guests
| his sister and brother in law. Mr.
/ and Mrs. L. T Fit2, of Chase City
Mr.. and Mrs. Waymon DeHart.
Of Mehcrrin. will be guests OF
Tommy French. and Mrs +. l.
French for part of the Christ
mas holidays
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-12-24

Nh and Mrs John Graft and
son OF Tappahannock were week
end guests with Mrs Graft S par
cntS. MI and MIS- J d Atcheley
at Thr0ck Mr. Graft. Of the Viz
einia Forest Service. was former
" fire chief IN the Farmyille dis
trict oItlC
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-12-24

Mrs w, B, Rogers is leaving
for ST. Petersburg. Fla, shortly
after Christmas to visit her par
ents. the Rev. and Mrs Llttletop
H4.g!sterget
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-28
MURRAY ASKS INCREASED funds
FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Accompanied by Mr.. A. w. John
son, Montana's Chief of Vocational
Education, Senator James E. Muir
ray has appeared before the SEN
ate Appropriations Committee TO
urge that the full 1929, 100000 au-
thorized by the George Barden Act
be appropriated for vocational edu-
cation.
Stressing the great value of voca-
tlonal education to the people of our
Western States, Montana's senior
Senator pointed out that, because of
fund limitations, less than 25% of
Montana's high school students have
an opportunity to enroll in a voca-
tional education program.
Stating that many more. Montana
communities want vocational educa-
tional educational programs and that,
where they exist, there is great de-
mand for their expansion, Senator
Murray insisted that an ALLEGATION
OF federal funds to this program rep
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-28

resented not an expenditure but an
investment which will more than be
repaid through the greater produc-
tivity and higher individual incomes
resulting from vocational education
courses.
Moreover, we have got to realize
in this age of the Communist men
ace that the manpower of Soviet
dominated countries far exceeds our
own. Our country must rely on the
superior training of its numerically
limited manpower, and it is just such
work as is carried on in vocational
education courses that provides that
training" Senator Murray concluded.
Mr.. Johnson, who had made the
long trip from Helena, Montana, to
Washington in order to consult
with vocational education leaders
from other States on methods of
the program, was in
troduced to members of the Appro-
priations Subcommittee. He strongly
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-28
State EMPL OYNENT SERVICE HIT
HARD BY CONFERENCE CORAhaITTEE
By CONG LEE METCALF
By CONG. LEE METCALF

When the late Senator George
Norris of Nebraska was in the House
of Representatives, he got so upset
over what happened to some of his
legislation in conference committee
that he evolved the idea of the uni
cameral legislature which Nebraska
has today.
AS you know, conference commit
tees are appointed to iron out the
differences between similar bills
passed by both houses. Since bill
rarely passes both houses in identi-
cal form, a large part of the major
legislation passed by Congress is put
into final form by conference com
mittees. Their work is controversial
because they are limited to the areas
of disagreement between the two
houses.
Conference meetings are not open
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-28
LAND BANK AIDS
10000 FARMERS

Almost 100000 Northwest farm
ers and ranchers have taken advan-
tage of the long-term credit service
offered By the Federal Land Bank
of Spokane since it opened for bust
ness back in 1917.
From April 4, 1917, when it closed
its first loan, to Dec. 81, 1853, the
Spokane institution recorded more
than $1,000 regular land bank loans
for almost 1898, 100000. An addi-
tional $4,000 loans for 100000
were closed during and Immediately
following the depression of the '30's
when the bank, acting as agent for
the Federal Farm Mortgage corpora
ton, made commissioner loans to
farmers and ranchers who were un-
able to qualify for regular bank
loans.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-28
QUICKiE RAIL RATE
INCREASE Bill BEATEN

WASHINGTON Railroads must
still wait for Interstate Commerce
Commission approval before going
ahead with freight or passenger rate
proposal of Senator John w. Bricker
increases.
The Senate defeated, May IS, the
(R-Ohio) to allow rate boosts to go
into effect within go days, if ICC
hadn't acted on the request. The vote
was SO to 81. Senators George A.
Smathers (D-Fla.) and Mike Mon
roney (D-Okla.) led the fight on the
bill.
The bill would also have applied
to rates of interstate truckers and
bus lines.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-28

to the public, the press, or even to
the general membership of the two
houses. The proceedings of a confer
ence are not published Except for
a press conference, which may be
called by the conference chairman
or by a member, little is known of
what went on beyond a prepared
formal statement.
However, the purpose of this col
umn is not to protest the fact that
much of the final form of contro-
versial legislation is determined not
by your congressional delegation but
by handful of men working in Sc
cret session. For the conference
method of settling disagreements be-
tween the two houses is an accepted
part of our legislative process.
1t is rather to call your attention
to the fact that, as we get closer to
adjournment, legislation piles up,
and the conference committees have
a field day. There is good example,
important to Montana, of what hap
pens to a bill in conference.
The Third Supplemental Appro-
priation Bill for this fiscal year
started out, among other things, to
provide an additional STAY mil
lion for the Labor Departments
Employment Security Bureau for
grants to the States for unemploy-
ment compensation and employ
ment service administration.
The House inserted language which
froze that money in a special fund,
when in reality it was needed out
side that fund for seven special pur-
poses. These are: Net cost of increase
in benefit claims, salary increases
for April-June, 1858; direct admin
istration of unemployment compen-
sation for veterans program; increase
in number of new applications; re-
tirement contributions, supplies, and
postage reimbursement.
| was informed that these funds
would go dry unless the restrictive
language were removed from the bill.
In correspondence and personal con-
ferences with officials of the Mon
tana State Unemployment Service
and the Department of Labor, 1
learned that MSES operations in
Montana would be seriously hamp-
cred" unless this language was de-
leted.
Meanwhile, the Department had
re-figured its supplemental needs
and decided that $12.1 million would
do the job.
When we were unable to change
the bill in the House, Senators Muir
ray and Mansfield took over in
the Senate. Working with other
interested Senators, they were
able to delete the Objectionable
language. At the same time, the
total for this particular item was
knocked down to $12.1 million from
$14.5.
The bill went to conference. The
conference committee accepted the
Senate amount but kept the restric-
tive language of the House-passed
bill.
Since conference committee re-
port comes in pretty much on a take
t-or-leave-it basis, that's the way the
dill passed. So, instead of having
S14.5 million dollars frozen in the
contingency fund we have $12.1 mil
ion.
We're trying to straighten this
out. If we can, it'll be no thanks
to that conference committee.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-28

supported Senator Murray's position
and presented to the Committee his
own definitive analysis of the value
of an expanded vocational education
program to Montana and to the Ma
ton.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-28

In 1853, $500 pedestrians were.
killed in U. S. traffic accidents.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Fighter Dies From Knockout
AfterL citing BeotenF Foe Coon
-AP Wirephoto.

series of blows to the body and
head. A short right to the jaw
put Weiser down.
He got TO one knee. then
pitched forward on his face. DR..
Adams I and both managers
worked over him but he was still
unconscious when an ambulance
arrived to take him to the hos
pital, where he died today.
Weiser was a klamath Indian
who moved into professional
fighting seven years ago after
Golden Gloves boxing and was
widely known as a preliminary
fighter in the Pacific Northwest.
Surviving are his widow and
five children. four from a pre-
vious marriage.
The Klamath Falls Boxing
Commission termed it an "un-
fortunate accident" after q
public hearing In which three
doctors testified that Weiser ap-
peared in good condition.
DR.. G.. r. Nicholson, who per-
formed ar autopsy, said death
resulted from a brain hemor-
rhage.
The commission indicated no
further action Is planned.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
BY the Assoeiussd Press

BOSTON. Dec. lid SAM
ders. 1852 Olympic heavyweight
champion now serving with the
Navy in Boston, apparently suf-
fered serious injury tonight
when he was knocked out in the
1Ith round Of q scheduled l2-
rounder IN Boston Garden.
In an earlier. nationally tele-
vised bout before 8 crowd Of
13,s09. Peter Mueller, German
middleweight, won d unanimous
decision over Joe Miceli Of New
York in q dull fight.
The 25-year-old Sanders. chal-
Ienging for Willie James New
England heavyweight title. took
. heavy battering Id the earlier
rounds. but hadn't been down
until he wilted under q two-fisted
attack ct rs seconds of the 18th.
DR.. Samuel Sander. the Mas
sachusetts Boxing Commission
physician at ringside, ordered
Sanders taken from the ring on
q stretcher. The doctor sa91
Sanders appears to have d brain
injury
Evening star., 1954-12-12
By The Assoeioted Prsss

KLAMATH FALLS, Greg, Dec.
11.-Ralph Weiser died today
after a knockout in a fight which
he would have won last night If
he hadn't tried to give fans their
moneys worth.
The 128-pound Indian from
klamath Falls had knocked out
his opponent. Teddy Hall, 1873. of
Seattle, in the first round. But
Hall. unhurt and obviously in
good shape, apparently had be-
come confused and did not
realize the count had reached
ten.
Weiser asked Referee Wally
Moss to permit the fight to con-
tinue in order to give the fans a
show. Weiser's manager. Red
Milhorn, agreed and the bout
resumed in one of the most
unique fight incidents in boxing
IllSbUIy.
1t was to end in death
for the generous Weiser, who was
knocked out in the ninth round.
never to regain consciousness.
Hall was stunned. 1T wasn't a
hard blow" he said, ''in fact. I
partly pulled it back after start
ing it."
Although Hall gave Weiser
head and body punishment in
the seventh and eighth, Weiser
was well ahead on points at the
start OF the ninth. He was doing
well in that round. too, when
Hall answered . rally with a
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Olympic Heavyweight Champ
Badly Hurt in Pro Knockout

At Massachusetts, General
Hospital, his name was placed
on the danger list. There was
no immediate diagnosis, but q
nerve specialist was summoned.
Sanders, who weighed 217A
to James 208l was q former
resident of San Diego and at-
tended Idaho State College.
It was reported at ringside that
Sanders still was unconscious
some 90 minutes after the fight
ended.
DR.. Sander said Sanders, also
q basketball. football and track
star. may have suffered q cereb-
raj hemorrfage. The boxer was
breathing very heavily when he
left the ring on . stretcher.
During the Mueller -Miceii
fight, the crowd sang q phrase
Of Let Ne Call You Sweetheart"
in the final seconds.
Mueller seemed as annoyed as
many Of the Boston Garden fans
as he gestured In the eighth
round for the left-hooking MI
cell to come ID and night.
aHlaa y
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Determine Wins Golden Gate
To Top 1854 Money Farmers

The time for the race over
a heavy track was l::503s
Determine had entered today's
handicap just $1,000 short Of
the money earning mark Of King
Ranch's High Gun. who has been
retired for the season with an
injury.
poona III, an Irish-bred maxi
ing his first start In this country.
was allowed to open q five-
length lead In the backstretch
as York refused to rush his
mount. Despite Poona's light
weight Of l04 pounds. the race
ceased to be q contest when
rounding the far turn. York
reused his mount to an effort
that fairly swept him ahead OF
the imported horse.
Imbros, stablemate Of Deter
mine, was scratched and Deter
mine carried top weight In the
field. las pounds.
Determine paid SIS. $3.50 and
$40: Poona III $40 and SIS,
Iandk Blue Trumpeter. $3.50.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Georgetown Defeats
81. Peter 5 as Soph
Sparks Comeback

Georgetown's basketball team
tossed away a nine-point lead in
the second half and then came
back to defeat st. Peters of New
Jersey, 77-68, before a noisy
crowd Of about 1000 last night
in McDonough Gym.
Ken Rode, a sophomore from
Brooklyn who was scoreless in
Georgetown's three previous
games, came off the bench to
spark the Hoyas after they had
fallen behind, $3.50, midway in
the second half.
Rode made five baskets, was q
help of the backboards. and
seemed to make the club click.
With seconds to go. he went
out with the recurrence Of an
ankle injury,
Three of the Hoyas' four
highest scorers of their previous
games, Hank Morano, Warren
Buehler and Joe Missett, sat out
most of the second half after
they had scored 33 points among
them to give Georgetown a a.
36 lead at intermission.
Hit Cold Streak.
After widening the lead to 9
points early in the second half,
the Hoyas hit q cold streak and
fell behind before Rode, Don
Morchower and Jack Walsh
popped them up.
st. Peters. which brought a
couple of hundred rooters who
had horns, drums and other
noise making instruments, went
ahead at $3.50 In the second
half with some unerring accur-
acy from the foul line and the
consistent shooting Of Dick On
derdonk.
Morchower, Georgetown's tall
est player. at G-foor-6, tied the
score on a Jump and put the
Hoyas ahead with follow shot.
The visitors did not catch up
again.
|. st. Peters was close for the
last time at 66-64. After that it
(See HOYAS, Page B-4.)
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Picture on Page B-S.


ALBANY, Calf. Dec. 11-De-
termine. Andy Crevolin's Ken
tucky Derby victor. won the
$25, ,00O-added Golden Gate
Handicap at Golden Gate Fields
today, to become the Nation S
leading money Garner for 1854.
The $i5,150 Jackpot In the
winners circle boosted the little
gray 3-year-old's earnings for
the year to $32S, 700. .
Poona II was second and Blue
Tumpeter third In today's race.
run before a crowd Of 14.432.
Determine, with Ray York up,
was not pushed and ran in third
place, three lengths OF the pace,
for the first six furlongs of the
mile-and- dome eighth race. he
moved up with . rush to take
the lead at the top of the stretch,
easily passing Poona II and Blue
Trurnpeter. He was taken Ia
hand as he eased up in the last
SO yards. finishing 3la lengths
ahea
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Relief Mon for FitzGeroId
Relief Mon for FitzGeroId
Senators Buy Bruce Edwards,
Ex-Dodger Star, From L. A.
BY Burton hoWkins ,

Bruce Edwards, 3l-year-old
former Brooklyn and Chicago
Cubs catcher who also has seen
service at third base, first base
and in the outfield. was pur-
chased by the Senators from Los
Angeles of the Pacific Coast
League yesterday for $4,000.
Edwards was obtained at the
behest Of Manager Charley Dres-
sen despite the fact the 5-foot-8
receiver has been plagued by a
chronic sore arm for years. Ed
wards. a 180-pounder who bats
righthanded, played third base
for Los Angeles last season, bat
ting .298.
Dresser is enthusiastic about
Edwards chances of recovering
the form that stamped him as
one of the National Leagues
crack catchers when he broke In
with the Dodgers in 1946. Ed
wards played in two World Series
and twice was named to National
League All-Star Game squads,
In 1947 and 1851.
Hell be the best defensive
catcher in the league Dresser
said recently when he disclosed
Evening star., 1954-12-12

name Is Jesse Leyan, who batted .444 when
he had cup Of coffee with the Phillies in
i947 and an even 800 last season for two
games with Washington, giving him a
Lifetime" 1858.
Notre Dame, not UCLA, Is the Nations
No. team behind Ohio State, according to
Roger B. Sayler, statistician at Penn
State. For nine years Sayler has been
rating football teams on a strength of
schedule basis and says OF the Irish: 'They
played tougher schedule and Jared better
against 1t than any other team in the first
ten" Navy and Army wound. up 10Th and
22d, respectively (although in the top 10
Evening star., 1954-12-12
St0r Roto Announces
AH-Americon Eleven
Next Sunday

The Star Pictorial Masozine. 10
co-operotior with n other newspapers
throughout the country. will onncsnes
the first annual Metropolifan SUNDAY
Nevspoper AIl-Amerira foofball
team.
The 70 newspapers n the Metro
group were polled 10 choose the An
America eleven. The results. com-.
piled By The Star RirtoridI Masaxine.
comprise . selection Of outstanding
players from ever section 81 ths
eountsy.
Don'f miss Iris bic sports photo-
feoturs next Sunduy il Tie siar Pc
forioI Magazine. Mashinstoa's onIy
locally edited ssndsy mosoxins.
Evening star., 1954-12-12

heart trouble several hours after
last Sundays game.
The loser of today's game gets
undisputed possession Of the
league cellar. But sting win be
softened By the automatic right
which goes with the poorest rec
ord. to first choice at the annual
draft meeting. Coaches Joe Styds.
ahar Of the Cardinals and Joe
Kuharieh Of the Redskins would
prefer to win, however, and take
second choice in the draft.
Kuharich. already signed for
another season a3 head coach,
esee REDSKINS. Page B-l4
Evening star., 1954-12-12
.Holup Gets 26
For C,oIoniaIs;;
DeyIin Has21
Dukes Miss Green;
Ricketts, Scores 38
For Tourney Mark
BY The Assoeiotsd Pres.

PITTSBURGH, Dec. IL
Classy George Washington Uni
versity. kingpin of the Southern
Conference, defeated under
manned Duquesne, 71-64. to win
the championship of the fourth
annual Steel Bowl basketball
tournament tonight.
Playing without Forward 81
Green, offensive and defensive
standout, the Dukes were no
match for the hard-driving CO.
lonials. Green was hospitalized
today after an attack of appen-
dicitis.
Coach Dudley Moore'S Dukes,
ranked No. 3 in the preseason
Associated Press poll, trailed at
halftime, 37-34.
Center Joe Holup led the Co
lonials with 26 points and For
ward Corky Devlin took run
nerup honors for George WASH
ington with 81.
Ricketts, Sets Record.
Dick Ricketts,, Duquesne's g.
foot-7h center. pumped in 38
points, q new Steel Bowl scoring
record for one game. The old
mark of 80, which Ricketts, set in
1852, was tied last night by
Devlin.
Led by Capt. Ed Pavlick, who
Tailed % points. Pitt scored a
Ties come-from- behind tri-
umph over Fordham in the con-
ISOLATION game. :
George Washington gained the
tournament finals by whipping
Pitt, 87-65, Friday night while
Duquesne was knocking over
Fordham, 67-45.
The tournament victory was a
sharp turnabout for the Colo
mails, who on December !
dropped their only other game to
Wake Forest, 107-86.
Ricketts, also broke his own
mark for most points in a two
game series In the Steel Bowl.
scoring So compared to the pre-
vious record Of SIS established in
1852.
Devlin Sets Field Goal Mark.
Devlin emerged with the honor
Of having made the most field
goals in two games. He hit on
"a altogether. one more than
Ricketts, garnered last night and
tonight. Ricketts, set the stand
ard Of 20 last year.
Holup wound up with 56 points
for the two tournament games.
He fired in 80 in Fridays game.
Devlin posted a two-game total
of So.
Before Green became i'll, 1t was
expected that Duquesne would
be favored over the Colonials by
as much as eight points. Green
scored 26 points in the victory
over Fordham.
This marked the first appear
ances of the Colonials and the
Rams in the Steel Bowl. The
Dukes won the tourney title in
1858, the first year the event was
conducted on an elimination
basis.