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Evening star., 1955-03-06

NNARCH MAY no longer be
Nl the month of the income
tax, but it is still automobile
license plate month.
Motorists have until March 81
to get their brand-new edition
of the District tags. It comes
in one size, one color combina-
ton. but with radically diff
ferent numbering system.
This year the District is
using two letters and four
numerals. Something new has
been added in the way of dis
tribution. too.
Except for the first 1000,
which the Commissioners may
assign. the plates will be dealt
. from the top of the deck. ac-
cording to orders issued by
George E. Keneipp. director of
the Department of Vehicles
uAl0 kdAAISs ctCA1 IL yOO AldtC
had the same number for years,
you won't be able to get it this
year.
Everyone gets the next can
of beans on the Shelf" is the
way Herman s. Cole. assistant
director of the department,
puts it.
The official notice reads: 1T
is estimated that it took as
many employees and cost as
much to issue 8 per cent of
special tags as it did to issue
the remaining 80 per cent. We
were able to satisfy but a very
small number of requests for
, house numbers. telephone
numbers. low numbers. trick
numbers, birth dates, etc. The
result was that department
employees were subject to con-
Evening star., 1955-03-06
The New Look n Auto aqs

The license plates are made
at the District Reformatory at
Lorton, Va. The 6xl2-inch
tags are cut from sheets of
steel with no waste. As long
as the plates are in foot and
half-foot sizes. there is nothing
left over after they have been
cut.
This was not the case with
the tabs used last year to re-
validate 1858 plates, Waste
bits of steel were left over after
they had been cut from the big
sheets.
In fact. tabs proved very
unsatisfactory.
There isn't one good thing
I can say about tabs" Mr.. Cole
comments.
He points out that the num-
Der of plates which failed to
last-two years was enormous.
TheftS went undetected. Book
keeping was complicated.
The new colors. white letters
and numerals on a green back
ground. are expected to be the
most satisfactory combination
yet. Mr.. Cole points out that
marks on the previous white
background often made the
green numbers difficult to read
at a distance. This problem
will not exist with a green
background.
Another change is the SPELL
ing out of District of Columbia
instead of the abbreviation,
Dist. of Columbia" The ex-
piration date. 3-31-56. and
Nations Capital" also appear
on the plates.
(CoStisned on PAGE u
Evening star., 1955-03-06
E'Z!!;;l|1T71

sVs~SSs ~ w.
not on the Commissioners
select list will run from AA-1000
to AZ-9999 for private vehicles.
If all these numbers were
issued. the total plates would
be 259.000. Registrations for
1854 were 225, 900, so the Dis
trict has an ample supply of
numbers without varying the
system. In fact. Mr.. Cole says.
over 4 million tags can be made
without departing from the
two-letter. four-numeral setup.
Other letter claSsifications
are BA to BIZ for buses. CA to
CZ for commercial vehicles, DA
to DE- for automobile dealers.
HA to HZ for taxicabs, LA to
LIZ for limousines. M for motor
cycles. T for trailers and DPL
for diplomatic.
Evening star., 1955-03-06
BY Brian Bell

slant pressure and abuse from
unsuccessful applicants. and
severely critical comments
about the privileged persons
who obtained special tags.
Many friends were lost. but few
gained. through operation Of
the old system"
The new numbers for those
Evening star., 1955-02-16

This exquisite fluted glass
mayonnaise dish with sterling
silver spoon and removable
sterling base is an unusual gift
for the bride or for yourself.
Boxed in factory cartons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28

vanced beyond the prototype
stage. the experts say.
However. the Soviet change
over to Jet fighters has been
rapid. and today almost all So
Wet fighters are jet types. Sim
ilarly, almost all Soviet light
bombers are jets now.
Satellite air forces now are
so per cent jet. Two years ago
the figure was only 10 per cent.
1t probably will rise to 80 per
cent in 1856, indicating a de-
gree of reliability Of satellite
air forces from the Soviet stand
point.
But NATO's bombers are be-
coming bigger and longer-range
all the time, permitting a large
degree Of dispersal of strategic
air power. That factor remains
the outstanding deterrent to any
Soviet aggression in Europe.
AS long as the Communist
world cannot feel sure it has a
sufficient margin Of superiority,
the deterrent will remain. the
military experts believe, and the
Soviet Union will be forced to
confine itself to the political at
tack. One Of the greatest fears
expressed by the military lead
ers is that complacency will
develop on the political front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28

United States now added to the
capacities Of its allies.
NATO has made tremendous
strides. There is no compla-
cency among the officers Of the
IA nations in the alliance. But
there is rising confidence.
No Attack Unless
In Northern Greece. within
sight of Communist borders, an
officer told me: Our Commu-
mist neighbors will not attack
us unless they are sure they
will win. I think with the help
of our allies, we can keep them
insure"
In Turkey: I'VE Turks have
seen the Russians before. We are
ready"
In Italy: They may run a
steamroller over some of us. But
they'll know they've been in a
fight"
At British Mid-East head
quarters: The fact that you
might not see land or air forces
on all hands doesn't mean they
won't be there. If and whenever
the time comes they are needed.
they will be there. in vast power"
Yet the problems are manifold.
Nationalism, instability, deep
rooted suspicious and hostilities
throw, obstacles in the way of
any integrated Middle East de-
Tense system. Greece and Italy
could become weak links in the
NATO chain should political in
stability return to those coun-
tries. Turkeys monumental eco
nomic problems are a source of
deep concern to the United
which since 1947 has in
vested a billion dollars in Turkish
defense.
Reasonable Gamble
The best that can be elected
about the role of Yugoslavia in
the Balkan defense pact is that
she represents a reasonable
gamble" If President Tito
should be toppled. a reassess-
ment Of Yugoslavia's position
would be required.
At NATO headquarters, the
primary concern Is arming IL
German divisions and integral
Ing them with NATO land
forces. There must be a Ger
man army in being, the experts
say, with its structure adapted to
the contingency Of nuclear war
fare. Otherwise Germany repre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28

sents q dangerous vacuum In
Europe.
NATO strategy is to defend as
far to the east as possible. There
would be no trading of space
for time in this planning, no
idea Of giving up Denmark and
the Low Countries for a delaying
or holding action. But Germany
is necessary for such defense
planning.
Backed by allied strategic air
power. dispersed and in depth,
there are forces in Europe today
which represent a deterrent to
Soviet aggressive action. One
NATO spokesman reports that
the NATO nations could put 100
divisions into the field within
80 days Of a mobilization order.
50 Per Cent Unreliable
The Soviet Union and Eu-
ropean satellites probably could
put 400 divisions-more than
300 of them RuSSian-in the
field in IN plus 80" OF the
satellite troops. estimates are
that perhaps SO per cent would
be unreliable. Russian air
power seems stabilized at 20, 1000
warplanes of all types. But Rus
sian development of the later
Western types of long and me-
dunn range bombers has not ad-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28
HOW GOES THE COLD WAR?
Two Fears Plague Reds:
About War or Peace

force is enough to create the
tension. But an attempt to carry
out the threat could explode the
possibility of ultimate disaster.
Aside from the threat in Asia,
the other factors which could
touch of world conflict are des-
peration, fear. miscalculation or
accident. NATO is in the process
of building strong deterrents to
the first three and defenses
against the fourth.
Across the middle of Europe
and deep into the Middle East a
line has been drawn. 1t runs
from the Arctic through the
middle of Germany. BY means Of
the Balkan pact of Greece, Yugo-
slavia and Turkey, it rims Yugo-
slavia and links up with NATO
again on the Vests right flank
in Turkey. There another link
is established. through the Brit
ish-Turkish-Iraqi pact, linking
NATO's defenseS with those Of
Britain in the Middle East.
Dare Not Trespass
The Russians dare not tres
pass across that line without
risking a shower of hell on earth
from a mighty combination Of
strategic air power.
Moscow, say the military ex-
pertS, is not likely in the near
future to launch any military
attack westward. The reasons:
First, the Russians lack an
adequate answer to the awe
some ring represented by the
combination of NATO and Brit
ish Middle East strategic air
power.
Second, if the Russians should
contemplate sudden attack in
Europe, the West could not fail
to notice the mobilization neces-
sary. Yet the Russians would
have to overrun Western Europe
with lightning speed, or sur
render the vital time needed by
the Allies to set counter-action
in motion.
Third. the Russians cannot
come close to matching the pow
erful industrial capacity Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28


the rim of the Iron Curtain in
Europe today. They put it this
way:
!. The retreat of Communist
Parties in Europe behind a soft
line" denotes Soviet worry over
the possibility that Moscow may
stumble into the about war it
breads at this moment. Most
likely it would spell the end Of
Soviet Communism.
2. Eruptions of international
tension betray Soviet worry that
the appearance Of world peace
surely would revive pressure from
the Soviet population for a
fairer share Of the economy.
That probably would lead to the
rise Of a new and far more radi-
cal Malenkov.
Fuse Sputters
If it were a matter of Europe
and the Soviet Union alone, say
the experts, the chances of war
would be less today than at any
time in the five years since the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
ton was born. But there re-
mains the suffering fuse in Asia.
The idea that any war in any
part of the world might turn
into a general conflict is re-
garded as a powerful reason for
Moscow to lay a restraining
hand upon Communist China.
Formosa is already valuable to
the Communist world as a ready
source of international tension
when tension is regarded as nee
essary for the accomplishment
Of immediate Red purposes. The
threat to "liberate" Formosa by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28
By WILLIAM L. RYAN

Associated Press ForeiEn News Analyst
PARIS. April 20 (P.-There
are two things in this world the
Soviet regime fears more than
anything else. One is about
war. The other is about peace.
This is the opinion of COM
petent Western observers around
This is the third and last Of q series Of
articles surveying the cold wor ored
from France TO Turkey.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-07-29
IT'sLATER THAN YOU THINK


AUGUST = Matthew A.
Raphae Springfield winning national recognition
work there Has plans for Movie >
AUGUST Albert Corday Attorney A. Cordray
graduate S made assistant English and Dramat
University of Iowa Iowa City.
AUGUST Approximately 500 Shrners attending London Shrine
picnic a Morsecroft
AUGUST Tenth Basket
attended by $500 al-day meeting Madison
grounds
AUGUST opening Country dedication
of Club House. with bridge golf, dinner and dancing.
AUGUST Neil 6year-old Clancy
Neil Neil House London killed when he dashes front Power
AUGUST
plot farm Lafayette
AUGUST Hail damages
Estimated perhaps only half harvested
proximately 5000
1945 TEN YEARS AGO
AUGUST Roger Counts member of faculty of LfIS
Central Building teacher
AUGUST q ieth picnic London Shrine attended
by $50. Marcus Cornwell president.
AUGUST 8 Mrs Esther T. formerly
at Corp San Diego Calf
former position home economics teacher Fullerton
College, Fullerton Calf
AUGUST M prominent County
Kile Elevator Plain
iona OPA Industry Advisory Committee.
AUGUST Deputy Sheriff Earl Lamb,
Madison County Home succeeding Howard Chenoweth
AUGUST - Sgt Eldon K Foulk with the 299th Ren Co., US
Army France commissioned 2nd lieutenant Mr. and Mrs
Grover c. Fouk London r. r.
AUGUST Z Sheriff leg
stolen automobile while directing traffic US a.
London.
AUGUST Hanson High
signs position accounting Ohio Tubular
ducts Company
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-07-29
WITH A BUCKEYE IN CONGRESS
BY Clarence j. Brown Member Of Congress- 7th ohio Dstc.

The Democrac leadership on Capitol Hill has practically given up
the 84th
sine die by the night of July 3o appears likely final adjourn
will
bills including which
must clear Congress before adjournment.
Esenhowers
taking off for the Geneva Conference which appealed
bring about better understanding nations and easing of
world
listeners Chuc famous blood and tears speech made
World War III Britain His
Thursday to exchange military information with Russia considered
diplomatic masterpiece value World
Last Thursday the Treasury announced the Government wound
fiscal 1855 30h) -
which $500 million under
during the last fiscal $3 billion than
paed spending also ST billion higher than
receipts $60 billion and expenditures S645 billion during
The House scheduled to take this week the latest
Highway Bill H 7474 which
taxes gasoline diesel OIL truck tires and trucks and buses
enlarged
determined effort will be made to substitute the financing thru
President
IN the Committee approved bill
By the Overwhelming 362 81 the
bill
from rs ST 90 hour after
80
gin The bin the White House approval disap
prval of the President had favored
made IN the coverage provisions of the present law.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-07-29
Livestock School
Held Wednesday

Over eighty 4-H members, par
ents and leaders attended the gen.
eral livestock fitting, showing, and
judging school Wednesday evening,
July n at the v. Y. Overturf Farm
according to report from the Ag-
ricultural Extension Office.
Jay Straley, Ali member, gave
a demonstration on fitting and
showing beef projects assisted by
Don Genres, Assoc Agricultural
Agent. Carl Smith, 4-H member
gave a demonstration on fitting
and showing sheep. assisted by
Ralph Grimshaw, Extension Sheep
Specialist, Ohio State University.
John Overturf. All member, gave
demonstration on fitting and show
ing hogs assisted by John E.
Moore, County Agricultural Agent.
The Judging was handled by Mr..
Grimshaw. All livestock was furn-
ished by V. Y. Overturf except a
hereford heifer trucked in by Jay
Straley for his demonstration.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-07-29

State of Ohio VS.. Clarence Ten
mis- Phillips, on information for
pointing firearms, plea changed to
guilty. Placed on probation for 2
months, sentenced to three days
in Jail, (suspendedD, and fined
$4,000 and costs, committed to
Madison Co. Jail until fine and
costs are paid. July 16, $50.
Edgar Bussard VS.. Grace Ward
Bussard, divorce granted on
grounds of gross neglect of duty
Defendant restored TO former
name, Grace Ward.
Graybar Electric Co. VS. Richard
Markham, dba Markham Electric
Co., and Markham Electric Co., for
plaintiff in suit for money only,
amount $341.76 with interest and
costs. Defendant in default.
Electronic Supply Corp. VS. Rich
ard Markham, dba Markham Elec-
trio Co., and Markham Electric Co.
for plaintiff in suiAfor money only,
amount $28S 10 with interest and
costs. Defendant i'm default.
The WV. Electric Co., VS. Rich
ard Markham, dba Markham Elec-
trio Co., and Markham Electric Co.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-07-29

Va, with offices in Columbus, bid
ding up to $3.50 on the larger tract
and stopping at $299 on the second
tract, and the Byerlys who made
the higher bid.
H H .Crabbe, Jack Tanner and
c C .Crabbe, c. L. Corkwell and
Wallace. are attorneys in the cases.
BY comparison, farmer who
had resided a number of years ago
on that Pratt land that lies just
across the road from the land that
figured in last Saturdays sale, was
heard to remark that the 1000
acres of the Pratt land, which he
considered might have been of
slightly better quality, brought
$141 per acre when it was sold ap-
proximately six years ago.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-07-29
Burnllam Land
CONTINUED from Page One)

Cheney E. Burnham of Worth
ington, formerly of London,
brought suit in common pleas
court against Henry Locke Burn
ham of Pittsfield, Mass, ct al, in
order that the land might be sold,
while his sister, Mrs. Anna Burn
ham McCloud of Columbus, also
former London resident, brought
suit against Katherine Burnham
Work, of Mechanicsburg, to sell
the 144.95 acres that had been
owned by Mrs. Amy Burnham, to
settle the bequests of the 10 heirs
While there were many pros
pective bidders for the land, which
was sold by auctioneer G. Harold
Flax, assisted by Lee Kilgore,
there were only two actual bid
ders in the final contest, the Leck-
lie Coal interests of Huntington, W.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-07-29
Wool Producers
Asked To Ballot

Ballots are going in the mail
this week to all Madison County
wool growers to give each an OPP
portunity to vote on a marketing
agreement under which one cent
per pound would be deducted from
each growers 1955-clip incentive
payment.
If the agreement is favored by
the producers of at least two tnmus
of the sheep and lambs owned hy
those voting, the fund SO collect
Cd win be used for advertising and
sales promotion programs 10 be.
conducted by the American sheep
Producers Council, Inc. Deduct
ions for the same purpose IN an
amount still to be determined but
not exceeding ] cent per pound
also will be made from wool pay
ments for the 1856, 1857, and l956
clips.
The referendum Is being con-
Quoted in each county by the Colm-
ty Agricultural Sterilization snd
conservation Committee. The ASC
office in Madison County Is 10
Gated at 81 West High st., Lon
don, Ohio.
ASC Chairman Lloyd Roby
urges all wool and sheep growers
in the county to vote and TO ger
their marked ballots In the msl
on or before August l9. He ex-
plains that if the vote Is favorable,
deductions also viii be made at tbs
rate of S cents per hundredweight
for the 1855 crop, on lambs and
yearlings moved to slaughter with
the wool on.
Any Wool Grower that does not
receive a ballot by mail Is urged
to contact the local ASC Office
and a ballot win be mailed TO
them.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-07-29
MADISON COUNTY COURT NEWS
COMMON PLEAS
New Cases.

New Cases; >.
Regina C. Rogers, West Jeffer-
son, VS.. Virgil A. Rogers, West
Jefferson, divorce, asked ON
grounds of gross neglect of duty.
Married Covington, KY 1914.
Plaintiff asks custody of 3 minor
children, settlement, aliInony and
other relief.
Gladys Noble, London, VS.. Gayle
T. Noble, London, suit for separate
maintenance, alimony.
Greats Glispie, by James Mil
ler, her father and next friend,
So. Scion, VS.. Charles Glispie, So.
Solon, divorce asked on grounds of
gross neglect of duty and extreme
cruelty. Married So. Charleston,
O., 1854. Plaintiff asks custody of
minor child, support, alirnony
and other relief.
Barnhart Sales, Inc. VS.. Glen
Robson, judgement for plaintiff
on cognovit note, amount $25775
and costs.
Judoements:
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-07-29
Wills Admitted:

Wills Admitted:
George c. Schultz, July Ia
1855.
Amy E. Burnham, July ID, 1856
]. E. Woosley, July 18, 1866.
Accounts Filed:
Thomas Hanrahan, first ano
final.
David F. Jordan, twenty-fifth
Osie A. Thomas, first and final
Appointments. ~
In the estate of George w. Chav'
ers, late of Mt. Sterling, Robert
B. Webber appointed adninistra'
tor, $4,000 bond. A. r. Alkire Sr.
A. Ross Alkire Jr., II. c. Hill, ap.
praisers. @a @
inventories Approved:
In the estate Of Jennie Balo, late
of Fairfield Twp, inventory oi
$7,253.21, all personal goods.
In the estate of A. Lee Snyder
late of London, inventory of ST..
$3.50, all personal goods.
Marriage Licenses Asked:
Donald Phillips, 10, factory Ia
borer, London Route a, and Bon
ME Mclaughlin, 1S, bookkeeper
Lilly Chapel. Qssued)
RECORDERS OFFICE
Real Estate Transfers:
Roy and Helen McNeal TO Con
temporary Development Corp, Co
lunbus, $3.50 acres on Lincolr
Ave, London.
Ben c. Keller, adnr. of the es'
tate of Mary F. Keller, deceased
to Richard B. Powell, Galloway
352o4 acres IN Mt. Sterling.
Harry Lowry Jr., to Ralph E
Fay E, ando Rachelbell Martin
1851 acres in Canaan Twp
Ralph E, Fay E. and Rachel.
bell Martin to Roy j. and Clare
B. Cline, north half of 1851 acres
III Canaan Twp.
Ralph E., Fay E. and Rachel.
bell Martin to Kenneth w. and
Luella F. Cline, south half of 17.61
acre In Canaan Twp.
Cecil and Lydia B. Forrest &c
Roger l.. and Margaret Picard, ]
acre In Jefferson Twp.
Cecil and Lydia B. Forrest to
William G. and Doris E. Horn.
ing, 0.8O6 acre Jefferson Twp.
M. and w. Construction Co.,
Inc. to Richard and Marian E
Becker, lot S, block 3, Elmhurst
Village No. 1, London.
E. P. and Katherine B. Speas-
maker to Emil N. Evans, lot no
26, Speasmaker's second addition
Union Twp.
Marjorie L. Egefhoff to Earl
Woodrow Wilt and Helen Eva
Wilt, 0.379 acres, London.
William K. Kaufman to Paul B
and Maureen Duke, lot 13, Town
and Country addition, West jeff
erson.
Ruth Moore ct vir to Harry Sti-
tes, lot 27, Speasmaker's second
addition, Union Twp.
Edwin E. and Doris v. Cutlil
TO Charles and Vera Grace 012
ecre, Union Twp.
Roberta Bowsfiier TO Arthur and
Catherine Malone, S acres In Pike
and Somerford 7wps.
Emma and Seymour Dowler tc
Forrest w. Dowier, lot z, janice
B. Bell subdivision, London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-07-29

for plaintiff in suit for money only,
amount, $414.29 with interest and
costs. Defendant in default,
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-08
>@s|ss91
Woke Up! Sign Up! look Upl
JOIN THE
GROUND
RSERvER
CORPS
Tele: 4243 or 41SO

The Milford Ground Observer
Corps now has 102 volunteers. We
still need 66 men and women for
a "a hour post. Are you doing any
thing for Civil Defense? AS a
plane spotter your call could sound
the alarm that would give our
interceptor pilots in Air Defense
Command more time to challenge
the invaders in the sky BEFORE
THEY REACHED THEIR TAR
GETS.
ONE CALL could alert the Army
Anti-Aircraft batteries in time to
swing into action.
ONE CALL might save our long
range bombers in the Strategic
Air Command from possible des-
truction on the ground-give them
a chance to strike back at the
enemy in his own territory.
ONE CALL could give local Civil
Defense organizations more time
to sound the air raid warning.
TODAY our warning system con-
sists of factors-Radar and
Civilian Plane Spoilers. Radar is
in operation "a hours a day but
there are dangerous, unavoidable
gaps in our present system through
which Iow-fying enemy aircraft
could sneak undetected.
There were 101 planes recorded
-65 calls to the filter center.
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-08

Miss Lois Jenkins of Della
ware Hospital and Lieutentnt
Dorothy Douns, A. N. c.. of
Cambridge, Md, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Fisher of Frederick.
scn
Miss Virginia Geyer left on
Thursday of this week for
Chautauqua, n. Y. where she
plans to attend summer music
school. While there she will
study cello. choral conducting
and will enter the Chautauqua
Students Symphony.
sss
Edward Argo of Milton. has
recently improved his resi-
dence on Union street Ly
shingle walling the entise
building and other improve
ments. including large fire
place in the living room.
zee
Reports on damage from the
severe storm which struck
Georgetown shortly after the
close of the Here's Your In
fantry" show, are slowly COM
ing in- The steeple cap of the
Presbyterian Church on North
Bedford street, fell. damaging
the roof of the church. Light
ming struck a large tree in front
of the home of Norman Abbott
and ran in on the wires.