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Milford chronicle., 1954-05-28
LANGUAGE BARRIER

DETROIT - (P) - Seventy
three-year-Old Mrs. Eva Bundard-
iene wandered Detroit's streets for
30 hours without food or water
after she became lost. The Lithu-
anian grandmother, who speaks no
English, started by going to an
early mass at a church seven
blocks from her home. Losing her
way, she walked all day and night
before boarding a bus.
All she could say to the driver
was, Lithuanian" The driver
found passenger who spoke the
language. Police took Mrs. Bund-
ardiene home
1t was just like the eight years
she wandered around Germany,
homeless and destitute after she
lest her husband and home in a
bombing, she said.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-28
IMPERsoNAL SERVICE

OKLAHOMA CITY - (P) - Po-
lice have found a new wrinkle in
the bootleg whisky business in
cOnstitutiOnally dry Oklahoma.
Scout car officers noticing "a large
amount of foot traffic" entering and
leaving a domino parlOr got
search warrant and found a door
with a sign reading please knock
or ring the bell"
A slot in the door received mon
ey. The lower part had a sliding
tray. You paid your money and
the whisky was slipped out on the
tray. The bOOtlegger could see the
customer through a One-way glass.
The officers got behind the door by
showing the search warrant; found
61s pints of tax paid liquor.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-28
LOOK OUT BELOW!

SOMERVILLE, Mass. - Up -
Mrs. Mary Parker was walking
along the street A rope was
dangling from a tree branch. The
rope was caught on a passing
milk truck and pulled down the
branch on Mrs. Pafker's head. She
had minor cuts.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-28
DIMES GROW THIN

SAN FRANCISCO - (P) - Alert
city Officials nipped a "flattened
dime" racket by a few municipal
bus drivers.
officials said flattended dimes
registered as pennies when an Op-
orator dropped them into the cash
box while making change for rid
ers, giving the operator a 8 cent
profit"
The company soon stopped the
lhieveTy.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-28

The United States produced g.
10000 automobiles in 1916 and
6,165,O00 i'll 1858.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-28

Tropical birds often lay fewer
eggs than similar species in tenn
perate zones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-18
Migrant Workers Gel
Threats in Indiana
By the Associated Press

TIN Ind. Aug. 10
Threats received by migrant
workers employed at the Morgan
Packing Co. plant here have re-
suited in establishment of a
guard over the II trailers in
which some Is migrant workers
and their families live. ~ .<o.
The trailer homes are in a
fenced-in baseball park owned
by the company.
Company officials said a type
written unsigned letter sent to
the migrants said: 1--WE, the hun
cry people of Austin, want you
to leave town"
Previously several shots were
fired in the vicinity of the
trailer camp, the officials said.
State. police investigated.
Ivan H. Morgan, president of
the packing company, denied the
employment of the migrants had
affected job opportunities for
local residents. The real threat
to employment, Mr.. Morgan
said, is the extreme drought
which has almost dried up the
plants water supply in this
Southern Indiana town.
He said the drought also has
cut back by about 40 per cent
this years tomato and corn crop
which the company had planned
to pack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-18
200 Hit Assigning
OF White Pupils 10
Former Negro School
BY The Asseeiosed Press

PHILIPPI. w. Va, Aug. l8.
Police were called to restore
order last night. when the Bar
bour County School Board as
signed a white teacher and a
dozen white students to what
has been an all-Negro school.
Chief Of Police James Paugh
estimated 200 angry white
parents TANNED the boards
meeting room and the hallway
Of the building. Others stood
outside on the street.
First Mass Protest.
1t was the first mass protest
since West Virginia school
boards set out to eliminate
segregation this fan in line with
the Supreme Courts decision
May II.
Chief Paugh said no blows
were struck. There was no vio-
lence. No attempt was made to
modest the three school board
members There were shouted
protests and threatening talk.
Chief Paigh said someone
hurled several pop bottles onto
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-18
Building Under Way
Al Dial Phone Center

Ground was broken yesterday
by the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. of Virginia for a
new two-story dial telephone
center west of Alexandria on
Little River turnpike near Brad
dock road.
The building will house mod
ern dial Office equipment and
will serve Fairfax County sub
scribers in the Alexandria Falls
Church Engleside exchange
areas. The structure, scheduled
for completion late next sum-
mer. will represent an invest
ment of $l.577000, company
officials said. Its service will
release equipment now in use
in the Alexandria, Falls Church
and Groveton telephone centers.
The first spade of earth was
turned by G. w. Carper, chair
man of the board of Fairfax
County Supervisors. Other board
members, civic leaders and tele-
phone officials were present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-18

Ask your Big 10
DeoleF obous the
mony other OUT
standins speeiols
he is now feotur-
ing in Washers
and Dryers. TOO!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-18
Kenilworth Sewage Line
Bids Due September 3

The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission is sched-
uled to open bids September 8
on the first project in the i'm
fermentation Of a recent sewage
disposal agreement with the Dis
trict.
The sanitary commission yes
terday authorized construction
of a mile-long sewer line be-
tween the commissions present
disposal plant at Bladensburg to
a proposed Beaver Dam branch
pumping station near Kenil-
worth avenue.
That is the first step in the
agreement, which will allow the
sanitary commission to carry q
major part of its sewage into the
District for disposal at the Blue
Plains treatment plant.
The plan is expected to greatly
reduce pollution in the Anacostia
and Potomac Rivers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-18
Alexandra Fines
Gum Machine Dealer
On Gambling Count

A guunball machine distributor
was fined $3.50 in Alexandra
today.
Roy S, Cloud, 48, Of 1905
Barnum street. Mount Rainier,
pleaded guilty to violating the
city's gambling laws.
The fine was imposed by Police
Judge A. John Scarlet, ON rec
ommendation of Martin Van
Buren, Bostetter, assistant city
attorney.
Mr.. Clouds A gumball ma
chimes were seized in a series Of
police raids last month. He was
charged with operating gam
bling devices because the ma
chimes sometime gave forth q
gumball and sometime a charm,
depending on the players luck.
This. the city said. amounted to
gambling because you didn't al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-18
DR.. Sheppard Issues
Statement Denying
He Murdered Wife
BY The Associated Press

CLEVELAND. Aug. 18.-Dr.
Samuel H. Sheppard issued a
lengthy statement today declar-
ing IT am not guilty Of the
murder of my wife Marilyn." and
saying he and his wife had "re-
joiced that we were to have
second child"
The statement was given out
through his brother. DR.. Stephen
Sheppard, at Bay View Hospital
in Bay Village.
DR.. Samuel Sheppard himself
was back in county jail, re-
arrested last night after a Cuya-
hoga County grand Jury indicted
him on a charge of st-degree
murder In his wife's fatal
clubbing.
Loved My Wife,"
IT loved my wife" said his
statement. "We rejoiced that we
were to have a second child-all
the scandal and gossip to the
contrary. We had even given our
unborn child a name.' The
name he added was Stephen
Allen.
The Sheppards' 6-year- old son,
Samuel, jr., nicknamed Chips"
was asleep in an adjoining bed
room the night his mother was
killed.
The young osteopath's return
to Jail ended a brief period of
freedom--scarcely more than a
day. He was taken to the same
cell he occupied from July 30
until Monday morning.
Eating Cherry Pie.
The 30-year- old osteopath was
eating cherry pie in the kitchen
of his fathers home when
Sheriff's deputies came to rear
rest him. They let him finish
eatlngs
He was there for supper after
visiting with his son. The boy
has been living with an uncle
since the July 4 morning when
his mother was dubbed to death
in her bed.
Common Pleas Judge Arthur
H. Day set 9:15 am. Friday for
Sheppard's arraignment.
When deputies came the osteo-
path and his parents displayed
no emotion as handouts were
slipped over his wrists.
His mother rushed to fill a tan
paper shopping bag with a red
sweat shirt, blue hobby trousers
and other clothing. She tucked
in some oranges and bananas.
Sheppard kissed his mother as
they stood in the front hall. His
father grasped his hand and
said:
Take care Of yourself, son."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-18

the walk and lawn at the home
and transfer Of q high, school
president. while he was presid-
ing at the meeting.
Won't Send Children.
Some in the crowd we're on
hand to object to the 'delnotion
annd transfer OF high school
principal and q coach. These
changes did not involve segrega-
ton.
Members of nine families an
nounced they would not send
their children to Hanging Rock
Elementary School. which has
been for Negroes only.
The board retained e. E..
Adams, jr., Negro. as principal
at Hanging Rock, and appointed.
Mrs. Patricia M, True, a white
teacher. to the STAFF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-18

ways get the same thing for your
penny. !.
Mr.. Cloud agreed in court to
have his machines set up to give
forth charm and q guinbaH for
one penny. Merchants viii have
q spare box Of charms TO pay
of in case the machines don't
work.
In view Of, Mr.. Clouds promise,
the city agreed to return his
machines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-18
Democrats to Speak

Capt. Victor H. Harding, ex-
ecutive director of the Demo-
cratic National Congressional
Committee. will address the jun.
ior Chamber of Commerce at
1890 pm. tomorrow in the Bur-
lington Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-18
One Car to Every 80

DETROIT-There are approx
imately IS million cars, trucks
and buses in operation in the
world. one for every 80 persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
BohohnusHoist
Storm Flags;
Florida Alert
BY The Assoeiosed Press

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 7.-Hurri-
cane warnings were hoisted over
the Bahama Islands today and
South Florida was placed on the
alert as tropical storm Edna
gained a force of 80 to 80 miles
an hour about 500 miles south
east of Miami.
Needing United States Wealth
er Bureau advices, the Colonial
Meteorological Office in the
tourist capital at Nassau ordered
the ominous twin red flags with
black centers hoisted throughout
the island chain which stretches
to within go miles of the Flor
ida coast.
Winds Of gale force should be-
gin to buffet the Eastern Ba-
hamas during the afternoon, ris-
ing to hurricane force as the
center pushes eastward. The
heaviest winds were expected to
pass into the Central Bahamas
tonight and approach the Nassau
and Andres Island area tomor-
row morning.
Hurricane precautions are adj
yised immediately for the Ba-
hamas. and Southern Florida
should remain on the alert for
further advices the next So
hours. said Grady Norton. chief
storm forecaster here, In q noon
advisory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
Federation Asks Action Today
To Halt School Indignation
ColIodoy Seeks Speedy Injunction;
District to Reply to Court Petition

restraining order is issued. how
ever.
Mr.. Norman, acting after
being informed of Mr.. Colladay'S
plans. said he felt the issue
should not be acted on by the
court before the city has a
chance to reply to the fedora
tons suit.
Seek Time to Reply.
Under normal court procedure
the District would have until
September 20 to make a formal
reply to the suit. Mr.. Colladay
explained that his action today
is intended to speed up the legal
process, however.
Federation leaders are anx-
ious to try to halt further in
tegration steps before classes
resume. Many pupils and teach
ers are scheduled to be in racial
ly mixed schools next week
under a one-year program adopt
ed by the Board of Education.
Some colored pupils have al
ready been enrolled in formerly
white secondary schools, and
elementary schools are to reg
lister newly entering pupils
throughout the city tomorrow
and Thursday without regard to
race.
School officials have made
plain their intention of going
ahead with indignation plans
unless the court should act to
halt them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
Bud Fisher, s., Dies Of Cancer;
Creator Of Mutt and Jeff Strip
Cortoonist Wanted
To Be Fighter, But
K.o. Stopped Him
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-Bud
Fisher, SO, creator of the famous
Mutt and JEFF" comic strip.
died in Roosevelt Hospital today
Of cancer.
Mr.. Fisher started his famous
comic strip for the. San Fran
cisco Chronicle in 1907. His tall
ents caught the eye of William
Randolph Hearst, who signed
him to a contract the next year.
Mr.. Fisher was born Harry
Conway Fisher in Chicago, April
8, 1885.
. He went West in the early part
of. the century with ambitions to
be q prize fighter. However, he
abandoned this plan after one
fight. in which he was knocked
cold.
Mr.. Fisher then turned to
drawing sketches and cartoons
placed in windows Of stores to
attract customers. and finally
obtained a job in the art depart
ment of the Chronicle.
Mr.. Fisher spent his days of
at a'track across the bay, watch
ing the characters who hung
around the track.
He finally sketched a character
of his own, based on his obser-
vations, with a nose as long as
an anteater's. The cartoonist
named him "A. Mutt"
Mr.. Fisher showed the drawing
to John p. Young, then the
managing editor of the Chron-
icle, who remarked i think that
looks pretty good. We will run
it tomorrow"
Thus began the Comic strip
that was to become q favorite
of millions.
Mr.. Fisher was the first car
toonist to syndicate his own work
on q large scale.
Jeff got into the cartoon later
when Mr.. Fisher was attending
training preliminaries for the
heavyweight championship fight
between Jim Jeffries and Jack
johnson at Reno, New, July 4,
1919.
Jeff was based on another
Character who turned up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
Hotel Workers Ready
To Strike Tonight II
Afternoon Talks Fail
Representatives to Meet
With Federal Mediator
On Contract Demands

Employees of the Districts ma
jor hotels were reported ready to
strike at midnight tonight unless
agreement is reached on a new
contract in talks that were
scheduled this afternoon.
Henry Kaiser, attorney for the
Joint Executive Board, Hotel and
Restaurant Employees and Bar
tenders international Union,
AFL, said the strike will begin
as scheduled unless agreement
is reached.
Mr.. Kaiser and Joseph G. Nc
Garraghy. attorney for the Ho-
tel Association of Washington,
and other officials of both the
union and the hotel association
were to imeet with a Federal
mediator at 2 pm, at the Shera-
ton Park Hotel.
Both Mr.. McGarraghy and
Mr.. Kaiser expressed. hope that
agreement. could be reached on
a new contract to cover the
1000 hotel workers.
The union has modified de-
mands somewhat since the last
bargaining session and is asking
for something less than a 10
cent-an-hour pay increase" Mr..
Kaiser said. Improved holiday
and vacation benefits are also
sought, he said.
The hotel workers contract
expired midnight August 81 but
strike action was postponed be-
cause the American Legion con-
ventio nwas being held here at
that time. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07

SYDNEY. Australia, Sept. Z
CHARACTERISTICS have adopted
modern tactics and are leading
police q merry chase in this
sparsely populated nation with
the worlds biggest sheep popula-
ton.
During the past few weeks
nearly $50 900 worth Of sheep
have been stolen In q single dis
trict--Riverina, in New South
Wales - alone. Well organized
gangsswork, at night with high
speed trucks.
Special detectives have been
rushed from Sydney to help local
officers. But vast and unsettled
plains confront them IN their in
veStigations and they're moreover
hampered because the graziers
don't even know their livestock
is missing until they're mustered
at shearing time.
The "rustlers" concentrate on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
Southeast Asia SecurityPoct
Due to Be Signed Tomorrow
Exoct Wording Of Military Commitments
Still to Be Worked Out BY Delegates

instantly to the defense Of any
member attacked.
The United States is arguing
for a pact under which each
member would react to an attack
on another within its own con-
stitutional framework.
Delegates today adopted an
article stating that nations "by
means of continuous and effec-
tive self help and mutual aid will
maintain and develop their in
dividual and collective capacity
to resist armed attack and to
prevent and overcome subver-
sive activity directed from with
out against their territorial in
tegrity and political stability. -
The informed source said ap-
prevail came after Thailand
abandoned demands to include
subversiye activity within a ma
ton as well as outside its borders.
The delegates also repeatedly
agreed to accept general terms
in which the economic clause of
the proposed draft treaty was
written. It provides for CO.
operation with each other in
(See SEATO. Page A-3o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
By jones 6. Deone

Attorneys for the Federation
of Citizens Associations planned
to ask Federal Court here today
for quick action on the fedora
tons suit to halt District public
school race Indignation.
David C. Colladay, federation
attorney, said he would file a
motion in the u S. District
Court for the District of Column
bia seeking an immediate tenn
porary restraining order and a
preliminary injunction against
School Board plans.
The federation a week ago
filed suit in District Court in
an effort to halt Indignation,
slated to get into full swing with
the opening Of city schools next
Monday. The civic organization,
and Is white families, contended
in the suit that Indignation at
this time is illegal because the
Supreme Court has issued no
order to carry it out.
Hopes for Prompt Action.
Mr.. Colladay, said he hoped
the court would issue a restrain
ing order today, or at least
schedule a hearing later this
week.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Milton Norman today informed
the Office of Judge Henry A..
Schweinhaut that the District
wishes to be heard before any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
BY the Assoeiuted Press

MANILA, Sept. Eight ma
tons writing pact aimed at
hating aggression in Asia today
virtually agreed on all outstand-
ing issues and scheduled the for
NAL signing for tomorrow.
A reliable source said it seemed
certain there would be no final
hitch in secret proceedings, but
delegates still were sweating over
the exact wording of the key
clause.
This involves the military COM
mitments to be made by the
United States. Britain, France
Australia, New Zealand, Thai
land, Pakistan and the Philip
pines.
A Philippines delegate said
only the extent Of military COM
mitments to be made and the
treaty preamble remain to be
agreed upon and the final SEES
sion has been scheduled for to-
morrow evening.
Thailand and the Philippines
were reported holding out for a
NATO-type agreement under
which all members would come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07

under the delusion he was a
cousin of the champion.
One of the first car5o"a trips
featuring both Mutt and JEFF
showed JEFF pushing a wneelbar-
row upside down. Mutt pointed
derisively to him and said: Look
at the little guy. He's crazy"
Replied JEFF: mo I'm not. No
body can put any bricks in it
this way"
Shortly after the fight, Mr..
Fisher moved to New York and
the Hearst Syndicate, which had
purchased his cartoon from the
Chronicle, began distributing it
nationally. It proved highly pop
ular.
Presently he began getting Of
fers from other papers and svn-
dicates, eldNir1 1913 he accepted
an offer of the Bell Syndicate
guaranteeing him $1,000 weekly
plus a percentage Of the income
from his cartoon.
Mutt and jeff" has been a
feature in The Star for so long
that nobody remembers exactly
how long. The files show that
the strip appeared first in 1910.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
Austrolion Sheep RustIers
Profit byModern Methods

stealing ewes and usually drive
them the same night over the
state border into Victoria where
they sell the animals.
Some of the gangs are so skill
full they don't even leave wheel
tracks. They usually mend the
fences after they have rounded
up the sheep with dogs-to avoid
giving themselves away.
Australia. with one Of the
smallest white populations of any
country in the world GO million) !,
has the largest sheep popula-
tion--127 million head.
Sixty per cent Of Australia's
national wealth is derived from
the wool clip. Tue 1953-54 sea-
son was the third highest on
record. returning q total of more
than 81 billion.
Shearers during the season
earn the highest money Of all
workers in Australia sometimes
a. much as $3.50 o week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
Seasons 18th Typhoon
Lushes Southern Jupun
By the Assoeioted Pres,

TOKYO. Sept. THE 18th
typhoon of the season struck
Southern Japan this afternoon
and heavy rains drenched the
Tokyo area.
Kyushu, Japan's southern
most island, was buffeted by
winds estimated by the central
meteorological observatory at "a
miles per hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
Star Publishes Most
Miscellaneous Ads

During the month Of August you
had almost three times as many mis-
eellaneous offerings to select from in
The Star Classified compared TO
Woshinston's second newspoper. DR.
inc this some month The Stor> pub
lished more miscellaneous classified
DDS Than The other Woshinstoa aews-
papers combined.
II you want to buy, trads or sell,
bio or little, tell Il to the long
estobIished sudieaes Of The Stor
rsoders.
The Star publishes more classified
eds than the other Washington news
popers combined because il produces
the best results
Phsss yarsN 5000 and ask for
on ed-taksr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
No Confidence

OXFORD, England. Sept. z (R).
The British Association for the
Advancement of Science held a
meeting here yesterday on wealth
er forecasting. The scientists
attending emerged into q down.
pour and none had raincoats or
umbrellas. The forecast had
been: Rain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
,Howdy Doody' Star
In Good Condition
After Heart Attack
BY The Asseeiaied Press

NEW ROCHELLE. N. Y, Sept.
Bob Smith, SO, the Buffalo
Bob" of the "Howdy Doody''
children's television show on the
NBC network, was reported in
good condition and resting
comfortably" today after a heart
attack.
MIR. Smith, who was stricken
at his home early yesterday, is
under treatment at New Ro-
chelle Hospital.
He also is the star of the
Bob Smith Show" on NBC ra-
dio and television.
The "Howdy Doody" show yes
terday used some film previously
made by MIR. Smith, and NBC
planned to continue doing this
for the rest Of the week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
Former Cubu President
Fined in Arms Plot
By the Associo.ed Press

7 NEW YORK, Sept. Cuba s
former president, Carlos Prio
Socarras, and his Interior Minis
ter, Segundo Curt Messina,
pleaded nolo contendere (no de-
fense) today to conSpiring to
ship arms to Cuba. They were
fined $4,000 each.
The pleas on an indictment
alleging violation of the United
States Neutrality Act were en-
tered in Federal Court. Judge
Edmund Palmieri imposed the
fines.