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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
Mrs. Ruth Rankin
Dies In Columbus

Mrs. Ruth Marie Rankin, age
ID, wife of George G. Rankin,
formerly of London, died early
Monday morning at her home 723
South Chesterfield Rd,, Columbus,
following a long illness. Though
she had been in failing health for
some time, she had been seriously
i'll for the past eight months.
A daughter of William and Zena
Sheets, she was born in South
Vienna, March 13, 1911. She was
a member of BroolIwood Presby-
terian Church, Columbus.
Surviving besides the husband
are a sister, Roma Jean Garrit-
ger of Brighton. and a brother,
Lemuel Sheets, Springfield.
Funeral services at three o'clock
Wednesday at the Lukens Funeral
Home the Reverend Keith Con-
ming, officiating minister. Inter-
ment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
klI-Stars Defeat
Mid-Six Champs

Worthington was finally beaten
this season by the Mid-Six ALL
Stars at Worthington last Friday
night. 1t was the champs first loss
of the season, and they were up
against fine array OF talent, in
Guiding Dick LeBeau and Vaughn
Bass.
High point in the game was in
the third quarter, when Bass, Le-
Beau, Hagedorn, Nibert and Coder
were matched against the champs
and ran the score 10 POINTS up as
the quarter closed, AZ to 81.
In the fourth T,srter, Bowman,
Enrich, Eberhard, Low ard Cor
such tool. the action, and the
champs started a comeback, but
with an assist by substitutions, the
All-Stars emerged victorious, 81 to
40
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
Collections Pass
Fiscal 1854

In a sharp upward swing, col
lections of S3,804, ,20S from the sale
of prepaid tax receipts for the
week ending March 5, 1855 exceed
ed collections for the corresponding
week in 1854 by $1,250,930, or al
most fifty per cent according to
figures released today by State
Treasurer Roger w. Tracy.
This is the largest amount of
weekly sales tax collections regis
tered in the calendar year to date,
and reflects gains in all eight in
dustry classification totals. In
Madison Co. collections totalled
S8,06737 for the week, with $685.
13494 in collections from July /;
81 to date.
An analysis of the increases,
compared to 1854, in the various
industry categories, revealed SUBJ
stantial gains of $34,941, or 20.3
per cent in food; $4,000, or sos
per cent in apparel; $192,821, or
1873 per cent in department and
general stores; $607 ,925, or 77.6
per cent in automotive; SIT 1858, or
365 per cent in furniture; S115,-
602, or 80 per cent in building;
S152, ,316, or 37.3 per cent for chain
stores; and S47,584, or 10.4 per
cent for the miscellaneous group.
Tax collections from motor We
hicle sales contributed S1,235, ,731
to the automotive group total. This
is a record increase of S560,073, or
1913 per cent over last years COL
lections for the same week in this
sub-clasSification.
State Treasurer Tracy's summa-
ry shows that on March 5, 1855,
cumulative grand total collections
of S133, ,579, $50 exceeded the grand
total collections of S133, 100, BOB,
registered on March 6, 1854, by
1888, SIT, or 20 of one per cent.
This is the first time in the cur
rent fiscal year, which began July
l, 1854, that the overall grand
total collections have heen ahead
Of fiscal 1953-54.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
M cBurg Market Is
Robbed Sunday

The Dowden Supermarket in
Mechanicsburg was the Yictim of
an $1160 robbery Sunday night.
The money was taken from a safe
in the store after the thieves gain
ed entry by forcing the door. Po-
lice officials were of the opinion
that the job was done by profess
sionals because of the manner of
forcing the safe.
W. F. Dowden, owner of the
store, discovered the loss as he
opened for Mondays business. The
theft was all in cash.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
Ben Bennett In Coop
At u. Of Cincinnati

Ben Bennett, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Brown, II Columbia
Ave, a sophomore at the Univer-
sity of Cincinnati, is under the CO.
op work section, in mechanical en-
gineering. Under the coop they at
tend school five years, the first
year full time, three years co ,op
and the fifth year full time. Ben
is doing his coop work at Battelle
M m or a Institute, Columbus.
They go to school seven weeks,
then work two 8 week periods and
one ten week period. Ben is now at
home and working one period.
He is a graduate of London High
School, 1858. In February, he was
initiated into the Sigma Phi Epsli-
Ion fraternity.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
Basketball Feast
At High School
Tuesday, March u

London High Schools annual
Basketball Banquet will be held
in the school cafeteria on Tues
day, March % at $50. Robert
Strimer basketball coach at Ohio
Wesleyan University, will be the
guest speaker.
Awards will be presented to the
Varsity and Reserve Squads.
Guests will include the Junior
High and Freshman squads and
the Varsity and Reserve cheer
leaders.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
Machinery Clubs Will
Meet Wednesday

The first meeting of the Lon
don Machinery Maintenance clubs
will be held at the Madison Coun-
ty Farm Bureau Wednesday,
March %, at 800 Pm. according
to Don Gehres, Asst. Agr'l Ex-
tension Agent. The Farm Bureau
is located at the west edge of
London on Route AZ. Ted Meeker
will be leader. Everyone is well
come to attend.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
Drug Stolen In
Sterling Robbery

Mt. Sterling police reported the
theft of an unknown quantity OF
morphine from the R. j. Tame
hill Drug Store of that city some
time Saturday evening or Sunday
morning. The owner said the drug
was taken in one-quarter and one
half grain tablets.
Besides the drug, the thieves al
so took three cameras, pen and
pencil set, "a cartons of cigarets
and some toothpaste.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
TWO FINED IN MAYORS
COURT MONDAY

London police reported two ar
rests Sunday with action in May
or's court Monday.
Jack Manns, 38, R. r. was ar
rested for driving while intoxicat-
ed and fined $3.50 and costs and
sentenced to 5 days in Jail.
Harold Cook, South Oak ST, was
arrested for speeding IS miles per
hour on N. Main st. and fined
$50 and costs.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
STUNT NIGHT PLANNED
AT TEEN CANTEEN

Directors of the Teen Canteen
announce a stunt night for which
different groups of school classes
have planned to present stunts.
The program will begin at $50
pm. Thursday, March 81
The Canteen will open at the
usual time of 7:30 with the Spar
row Order of the Eastern Star as
sisting
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
FRED WINCHESTER
HOME FROM. HOSPITAL

Fred Fl. Winchester is recover
ing at his home on North Main
Street following an operation at
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
DON TRENCHES
HAVE DAUGHTER

Mr.. and Mrs. Don French, Bar
bara Wall of Findlay, announce
the birth of a daughter at Mt.
Carmel Hospital Thursday, March
IT. The baby weighed eight
pounds. .....
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
William w. Whitacre
Dies In Vet Hospital

William w. Whiteacre, 78, Lon
don, Rte. 2, died Saturday, March
10, at the Dayton Veterans Hos
pital. The body was taken to the
Littleton Funeral Home, Spring
field, where services will be held
at 1:30 pm. Tuesday, the Rever-
end John Wilson officiating. In
terment will be in Glen Haven
Memorial Gardens.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
SISTER OF LOCAL
WOMAN SUCCUMBS

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Houser
were called to Wellston when Mrs.
Houser's sister, Mrs. Everett King,
of that city, was found dead Satur-
day morning. Mrs. King was resi-
dent here for a short time.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22

In the meantime, keep the
homefires burning and may
the best of everything come
your way!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
MANSIONS OF WASHINGTON
HalcYon House Had All Props
For Sherlock Holmes Mystery

mummleS in SarcOphogl in
memory of his lost youth and
lost figure.
During his occupancy the
house was kept padlocked,
Once having created this my
Rad of rooms lover 40, he
simply filled them with hun
dreds of packing cases OF pur-
chases for the house, but he
lived in the basement.
Lore From Clemens Era
Oldtimers in Georgetown
claim they remember when a
cigar store Indian was kept on
the balcony over the front door
OF the house.
Mrs. Gray can point to all
sorts Of things left in the
house, courtesy of Albert
Clemens.
ON the floor above the ball
room are bits of stained glass
windows, a pulpit, carved
beams on the ceiling-all Of
which came from old St.
Mathews Church when it was
torn down. says Mrs. Gray.
Elsewhere is a lantern from
the Capitol. which was sold
when the Capitol was converted
from gas to electricity. There's
also woodwork from the old
Metropole Hotel: marble and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07

built by Stoddert has been
completely covered over. But
inside. the original rooms are
very much as they were over
$50 years ago"
History of House
When Stoddert died in 1914,
deeply in debt, the house was
purchased by William Whann,
then cashier of the Farmers
and Mechanics Bank of
Georgetown. Mr.. Whann in
turn gave it to his daughter,
Anna Maria, when she mar
ried BENJAMIN Mackall.
Halcyon House stayed in
the Mackall family until the
turn of the century.
At various times it was rent
ed. fell into disrepair and
finally was purchased by Albert
Clemens for a pittance.
The house shows the effect
Of this famous eccentric.
First he built two huge wings
on either side of the house, ex-
tending to Prospect street.
Next he Joined them with a
long ballroom or theater the
front of which he ornamented
with a gingerbread facade.
He built q chapel. supposedly
q replica Of one in England.
It was said that he kept two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
BY SELWA ROOSEVELT

In its time. Halcyon House
at 3400 Prospect avenue,
has had everything.
Ghosts, trap doors, corridors
leading to nowhere. doors
opening on to blank wallS-all
the props for a Sherlock
Holmes mystery.
The house is no less colorful
than some of its past owners.
Built around 1888 by Ben
jamin Stoddert. the first Sec
rotary Of the Navy. the house
has had its ups and downs
{, cd by its 40-year occu-
pancy in this century by an
eccentric named Albert Adsit
Clemens.
Do 1t Over
It is now Jointly owned by
Mrs. Henry Kondrup and her
daughter. Mrs. Kondrup Gray,
who purchased it in 1851. They
have spent the last four years
unraveling it's mysteries and
doing the house over from
basement to attic.
The facade of the house Is
very misleading" says Mrs.
Gray. There. the original
Georgian Colonial mansion as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07

bits of wood from the old Mar
cha Burns farm. where the
White House now stands" she
adds.
Legend has it that in his
will Clemens requested that
his heart be pierced with a
sharp instrument to insure
that he was dead. Whether
this request was executed no
one knows. The legend also
says he is buried under the
chapel and that it is his ghost
which now haunts the new
part of the house.
Left to Harvard
His will left the house to
Harvard University, but they
sold it. In 1943, Mr.. Frederick
Sterling, former Ambassador
to Sweden, became the new
owner.
Albert Clemens never al
lowed electricity. So 1t wasn't
until the Sterlings bought 1t
that the house was converted
from gas to electricity" ex-
plains Mrs. Gray.
Today the various wings,
chapel and other Clemens ad-
ditions are rented as apart
ments.
Mrs. Gray and her mother
occupy the original portions
OF the house-three drawing
rooms, a dining room, four
bedrooms and six bathrooms.
plus the ballroom added by
Clemens.
1T took us two years to do
over this house" says Mrs.
Gray.
After we bought 1t we
found two rooms we didn't
know existed. One was a trap
door with steps going down
to another room; the other
was at the end Of a corridor
so long and winding that we
never have gotten to the end
of it."
The present owners say they
won't vouch for the ghost
stories. In addition to Glenn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07

ons, the ghost of Stoddert is
said to haunt the old part Of
the house.
II was telling a friend about
our ghosts" says Mrs. Gray.
When suddenly for no appar-
ent reason a door swung back
and forth. It was very eerie
and certainly produced the
right effect"
Original Mantels
All the mantels in the old
part of the house are either
original Adams or Georgian.
The windows which once
faced Prospect street are now
panels of the drawing room
and ballroom. On one side they
are covered with mirrored
See ROOSEVELT, on Pg. DIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07

George Washington University
and will graduate this month
from West Virginia Univer-
slty.
The couple will live in Mad
ison, Wis, where they viii do
graduate wrok at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, where Mr..
Freas has q teaching fellow
ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07

the garden Of the home Of the
brides mother in Arlington.
Mrs. Freas, the daughter of
the late Mr.. Hardy. attended
Randolph M acon Woman's
College and is graduate of
George Washington Univer-
sity.
Mr.. Freas, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. c. Freas of Mont
gomery County, atten d e d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
Miss Mary Hardy
To Wed Mr.. Freus

Mrs Benjamin Hill Hardy
announces the marriage on
August 6 of her daughter Mary
Jean to Mr.. Donald Hayes
Freas.
The ceremony took place in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
Miss Molle' to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur H.
Molle Of 1dylwood. Falls
Church. announce the engage
ment of their daughter Yvonne
Jeanne to Mr.. Richard Bersch-
winger of Altamont. N. Y.
The wedding will take place
in September.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-16
When a U. S. Secretary Of War
Was Instructed In AmeriCanisrn

pulsive gesture. produced a cigar
exclaiming enthusiastically:
please let me give you something
to smoke-an American cigar!''
With gracious bow. but consistent
sparing of words. was the offerd
accepted.
Pleasantries over and accounts
with the waiter having been set
tied, the diners moved out of the
car and proceeded to their re-
spective travelling compartments.
The older gentleman walked a.
head. Mr.. Barondess behind him
still charging upon the virtues Of
America. Next came the tall
young man and last. Dr.. SYrkin.
AS the line moved forward. our
modest philosopher mustered suf-
ficient courage TO inquire who his
companion was.
"That gentleman" said the
young man slowly, sis Newton D.
Baker,"
The Secretary of War;" asked
DR.. SYrkin. incredibly.
"The same" said the young man
smilingly and with apparent en-
joyment of the surprise he pro-
duced.
For some little while after thai
DR.. Syrkin sat in his compart-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-16
What Happened in
Israel Next Year
(Continued from Page s9)

CONTINUED from Page 89)
suns energy has been successfully
captured by any of the common
practices to make it useful for in
dustrial purposes. The problem
has been not so much capturing
the sun energy as keeping it from
being quickly dissipated. The Ia
Dor process offers great hope in
this connection. The process will
be tried during the coming year
at the potash works around Sod
ON. being developed with the aid
of the state funds of State of
Israel Bonds.
Israeli scientists are also ex-
perimenting with the Harvesting
of wind for electric power. Also
a first step to the nuclear power
of the more distant future has
been taken with the prospects of
the construction of an experiment
tai reactor under the U. S. scheme
for atomic energy development.
One big development of next
year will be the establishment Of
many new agricultural villages as
the result of the completion Of
the big Yarkon pipeline 20 the Me-
geb.
Next year in Israel should be a
big year, kahn anhora.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-16
"World's Most Famous Beach
DaytOna Beach, Florida

ment without saying a word. a
mysterious smile lowering over
his features. Then he suddenly
turned to Barondess sitting oppo-
site him and asked: DO you know
who the gentleman is to whom
you were lecturing on America
Barondess was all curiosity.
When the name was divulged, he
looked incredible and bewildered,
utterly unable to realize that such
a thing could happen. Then he
recalled the resemblance of the
man to the printed pictures of the
famous Reform Mayor of Cleve-
land and later President Wilson's
Secretary of War.
He burst out laughing. loud and
long - as only Barondess could
laugh.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-16
CONTINUED from Page sl)

the top and live in peace. And
that's the grand and glorious USA
Gods own country. AS to living
in comfort, the enjoyment of per-
feet service. the ease, accommoda-
tons and pleasures furnished by
our inventive genius and mechan-
ical achievements-there is no
land like it in the whole univer-
Sc"
isn't that right. doctor?"
Certainly, certainly" returned
DR.. Syrkin, somewhat abashed by
this vehement outpouring before
utter strangers.
When however. towards the
end of the meal. the elder Of the
two strangers lighted cigarette.
Mr.. Barondess. with quick. i'm
Evening star., 1955-02-02
BY tho Assoeiaisd Pres.

MILAN, Feb. 2.-Gloria VAN
derbilt Stokowski. estranged wife
of Leopold Stokowski, has bought
the 135-carat emerald called
"The Eye of Mahomet's Horse"
The purchase was disclosed
yesterday in testimony at a trial
centering around the gem and
several former Central Asian po-
tentates who once owned it.
Jeweler Is Charged.
The defendant is Edoard de
Klerq, a Belgian jeweler. He Is
charged with writing a worth
less check when he originally
bought the emerald from the
former King Of AfghaniStan.
One of the witnesses was ANA
nullah. the ex-King, who now
lives in Rome.
Amanullah, who ruled Afghan
istan after World War I, told
the court something of the his
tory of the emerald.
1.-The Jewel at first was owned
by Shah Shofia Of Afghanistan, "
Evening star., 1955-02-02
.735-Corot Afghoniston Gem
Bought by Gloria Vanderbilt

he said. When that dynasty
ended it was bought by my
grandfather's cousin, Prince
Ibrahin. Ibrahim gave my fa-
ther the precious stone when
my father was married and when
my turn came I got the emerald
from him"
Sold Two Years Ago.
Two years ago Amanullah
commissioned Italian jeweler
Carlo Rodari of Stresa to sell the
emerald. he testified, and De
Klerq bought it for 10 million
lire ($16,O00). but part of the
payment was with an uncovered
check.
Police seized the gem.
Yesterday the Italian jeweler
asked police to release the en-
erald, saying De Klerq had made
up the deficit. The police agreed.
De Klerq's attorney disclosed
that Mrs. Stokowski. who re-
Gently turned actress, had bought
the gem, and it now is on its
way to the United States. The
price was not disclosed.
Evening star., 1955-02-02
Jailed 43 Years
Without q Visitor,
Murderer Dies
BY the Associated Press

CRANSTON, r. l., Feb. a.
Biennin Crovagreer, rs who
served 43 years as convicted
murderer without a single Wis
itor or letter from the outside
world, died Yesterday
He passed away ct the State
Infirmary wnere he was trans
ferred in 1941 under conditional
pardon.
He spent 26 years in bed, nope
lessly paralyzed.
Crovagreer, a Polish immi-
grant, was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment on February IL. 1912.
for the shooting death of Joseph
Brigham at West Kingston, r
J., after a violent quarrel.
He had neither relatives nor
friends.
Evening star., 1955-02-02
Witnesses Kept Secret
In 81. Louis Tax Probe
BY the Assoeiated Press

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2.-Justice
Department attorneys have in
stituted a rule of strict secrecy
as to identity of witnesses ap-
pearing before a Federal grand
jury investigating Internal Reve-
nue. matters.
The secrecy ruling went into
effect yesterday.
Harold Holt, now Assistant
Regional Internal Revenue Serv-
ice Commissioner at Omaha, al
ready had appeared before the
jury before the ruling went into
effect. He was a co-author of an
early report on an investigation
into the Office of James P. Fin
negan when he was Internal
Revenue collector here.
Finnegan later was convicted
and sentenced to two years in
prison for official misconduct.
Several top officials in the
Treasury and Justice Depart
ment in former President Tru-
mans administration are ex-
pected to appear as witnesses
before the grand jury.
Evening star., 1955-02-02
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Evening star., 1955-02-02
India Post Profits

India's post Office and tele-
graphgraph operations report a
profit after six consecutive years
of operating in the red, New
Delhi reports.
Evening star., 1955-02-02
Mendes-France Foes
Attack in Crucial
Debate on Africa
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Feb. 2.-Opponents of
Premier Pierre Mendes-France,
determined to topple him from
power, launched a sharp offensive
today as the National Assembly
opened a crucial debate on the
Premier's policies in North
Africa.
Gen. Adolphe Aumeran. mem
ber of the Independent Republic
can Party from Algiers, bitterly
criticized Mr.. Mendes-France
and Interior Minister Francois
Mitterrand. Gen. Aumeran de-
clared their policies had en-
couraged bands of terrorists to
attack French settlers.
He also accused American and
British trade union officials of
seeking to oust French influence
in North Africa under the guise
of union activity. This remark
apparently was aimed chiefly at
the American Congress of In
dustrial Organizations (CIO)
which has been advising the Tu-
nisian General Labor Confedera-
ton.
Decisive Test Ahead.
A feverish atmosphere per-
vaded the chamber and its lob
bies when Pierre Schneiter, pres
ident, gaveled the legislature to
order. The Premier was facing
one of the most decisive tests of
his seven months in Office and
veteran observers were reticent
about predicting an outcome.
Mr.. Mendes-France foresaw
a possibility that he might want
to make the ballot on the con-
cluding resolution a vote of
confidence-staking his govern
ment's life on it's passage. He
reserved his decision, however. to
await the political lineup re-
vealed by the debate. If he poses
q confidence vote, it is expected
early Saturday morning. "a hours
after the end of the debate.
The debate comes at a time of
growing dissatisfaction with the
Mendes France government.
Twice in two days the cabinet
has been defeated on minor bud
get points. The opposition has
been organizing attacks on any
available target in an effort to
wear down the ministers.
Choice Of Issue Available.
The question remaining was
the choice of an issue on which
to topple the cabinet. The North
African question presents the
first major opportunity. but some
opposition deputies may prefer
to wait for a later date.
Although final party positions
on the debate have not hardened,
assembly sources appeared pessi-
miStic that the government could
survive without last minute sup
port from unexpected quarters.
Mr.. Mendes-France is ham
pered by the lack of any agree
ment with the Tunisians on
terms for local autonomy in that
protectorate. The negotiations,
after dragging on for months,
seem to be stymied on the divi-
sion of police powers.
Tunis and Algeria will get most
Of the attention in the debate,
with Morocco only a side issue.