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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-01
BY HERBERT BRATTER

Congress is being asked to approve
United States participation in two
new economic adjuncts Of the U. N.
One Is the Organization for Trade
Cooperation, proposed agency to
regulate tariffs and other trade
barriers. The other is International
Finance Corp.
Without the United States, neither
will see the light of day. Both pro-
posals are controversial and the OBJ
jectors in the Congress will have
to be appeased or overridden. The
least familiar of the two is the IN
ternational Finance Corp.
This would be a bank for eco
nomic development making long
term risk loans in under-developed
countries in the fields Of industry,
agriculture and finance. It's func-
ton would differ sharply from that
of the International Bank for Re-
construction and Development-the
so-called "World Bank"-in that
servicing of IFC loans would be con-
tingent on the borrowers having the
necessary earnings.
World Bank President Eugene
Black says, 1.-THE IFC will not invest
in capital stock. But 1t will, in
effect, provide venture capital By
investing for example in securities
which would give the corporation
a right to participate in the profits
of the enterprise and which. when
sold to private investors. would be
convertible into capital stock" IFC
Is expected to start business with an
international kitty of between SIS
million and 500 million.
World Bonk Adjunct
While the IFC is to have charter
of it's own. with power to make its
own loans, for all practical opera
tional purposes 1t will be part and
parcel of the World Bank. Its board
of directors will all be directors of
the World Bank; its president
probably Robert l.. Garner. now
World Bank vice president-wil
function under the supervision OF
the World Banks president, who
will also be IFC's board chairman.
In fact. creation of IF'C will amount
to an extension of the World Banks
scope and resources.
When the World Bank was whipped
into shape at Breton Woods in
1914. its charter prohibited it from
making equity-type loans or from
making loans not guaranteed by
member governments. Early in its
career the bank found opportunities
for international financing which
because of Its charter it could not
handle. Amending the charter would
have involved opening the way for
possibly serious risks to the whole
Breton Woods program.
The first public broaching Of the
TC idea came in 1851, when Presi-
dent Truman's International Devel-
opment Advisory Board proposed an
agency empowered to make both
loans and equity investments. This
idea the World Bank took up with
considerable enthusiasm, but 1t
failed 10 take root on Capitol Hill
because Of opposition from Ameri-
cen businessmen and others.
M. TruEnan's board was headed
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whether this country could put more
emphasis on its traditional policy Of
self determination.
For instance couldn't the Cypri-
OTIS choose, in plebiscite. either
Greece, Britain or independence and
still agree by treaty to let Britain
maintain her naval bases there?
Couldn't we support the North AZ
ricans in their freedom movement
without the roof falling in on
NATO? Would France really break
UP the alliance? Or does she need
us more than we need her?
And wouldn't the Papuans be
better off with Asian rather than
white teachers?
The answers to all these ques-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-01
Spain Today
BY WELDON JAMES

The last time I saw Madrid was
In 1888. Sixteen years ago. It had
been under seige for more than two
years. German batteries ringed it,
Italian aircraft bombed it, Spanish
soldiers faced each other in sub
urban trenches barely 20 hostile
yards apart. You could climb to the
third story Of bomb-wrecked class
room building in University City. as
did, and cautiously peek at the
front-ine life of both sides In the
Spanish Civil War.
You were fairly safe. Shooting
was rare and intermittent. Franco
had failed IN his early attempt to
capture the Republican capital with
four columns from the outside and
the famous but unsuccessful fifth"
column inside.
The Republican soldiers with
whom talked. as war correspond
ent. had perfectly Spanish ex-
PLANTATION for the relative quiet.
Franco had proved he could not take
Madrid; they had not the f1repower
with which to chase his forces away
from the environs; the war would
be decided elsewhere. So why shoot
at the Franco soldiers you could see
from the wrecked building? They
would. Of course, shoot back, the
whole. line would burst into tenn
porary flame. the artillery on both
sides would blast nervously away for
while, the Italian planes might be
excited into sporadic raids, and more
men on both sides would be killed
before both sides discovered that
nobody. after all. was launching q
real offensive.
But such things happened. all the
same, every now and then.
Million Deoths
All that I remembered wildly
when I returned to Madrid last
month-that, and the shell-pocked
buildings, the bomb craters. the
thin-faced children and the thread
bare but cheerful masses of Madri-
lenos who kept their city for the
Spanish Republic for nearly three
starveling years. And remembered
that over a million Spaniards had
died in that war. that thousands
more had been executed when Fran
co finally won, that scores of thou
sands more had been imprisoned for
years afterward, and that an I'M
known number of the losers are
still in prison,
But you would never sense all this
II you dropped in to see Madrid
today.
For Madrid is a handsome, gay.
and sparkling city.
What cannot be missed in the
grander part of the new-old capital
is the welter of new hotels and Office
and apartment buildings. the broad
boulevards and parks and the ex-
cess of statues, the masses of peace
full Madrilenos and tourists from
every corner of the earth, the res
toration and enlargement of UNI
versity City, the hustle of traffic on
the Gran Via and in the Puerta del
Sol, the gracefully-walled museums
and great government buildings and
mansions. the gay and well-dressed
Spaniards and foreigners in the
hotels and nightclubs, the air of
grand well-being that Madrid sets
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tons are, of course. matters Of judy
ment. The State Department re-
views its stand on these matters
constantly, but its Judgment on
each has remained pretty much the
same in the postwar years.
The Asian-African nations believe
they have found one way to alter
our judgment on colonial matters.
however. BY joining together in the
historic Banding conference they
have pooled their voices and have
no doubt increased their influence
In world affairs.
When the next colonial question
comes UP in the U. NJ, the United
States may see more reason TO lean
farther toward anti-colonialism.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19
KINDERGARTEN
SECTIONS MOVE
TO CHURCH HALL.

All five kindergarten sections
this coming year will be held at
st. John Lutheran parish hall, and
the kindergarten rooms at the new
elementary school will be con,
verted into classrooms to take care
of the crowded lower grades.
Two kindergarten sections were
held at the parish hall last year,
and three at the school. Request
for transfer of all sections there,
made by the Board of Education,
was granted Sunday by the church's
official board.
All kindergarten equipment is
being moved this week TO the par
ish hall. kindergarten registration.
set for August 80, will be held
there instead Of at the school as
previously announced. Hours are
2 to 1880 a.m., 1890 to $3.50 p.m
Parents of tuition pupils are to
report if they desire kindergarten
enrolment for their children and
will be notified later if accom-
modations can be arranged, de-
pending on the size of this years
enrolment. At least $50 kinder
garten children are expected to be
enrolled this year.
The north side of the downstairs
area of the Parish Hall, divisible
by folding doors, will be used for
Kindergarten. st. John is making
a nominal charge for use of the
hall, and the Board will pay an
approximate ten cents day per
child for rental of kindergarten
space.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19
Airborne Troops Join Majorettes,
Canadian Band, For Fiiremen's Show

Music and precision marching Of
ST. Mary's Boys BUgIe Band from
Toronto, Ontario and cochran's
Maioretfes will highIight the out.
door show at the athletic field
Saturday night at 8:15, sponsored
by the Port Clinton Fire Depart
ment.
A platoon of 40 men from the
188th Airborne Infantry, stationed
at Camp Perry, will open the show
with a flag raising ceremony fol
lowed by an eight-minute drill.
Port Clinton will have its first
introduction to the Canadian boys,
since this band is making its first
local appearance, Saturday fore
noon. A 15-minute program al
1870 am, in front of the Madi-
son-st City Loan office will be
marked by the 60-piece bands of
ficial welcome to the city. A half
block area will be shut off to traf-
fic during the show.
st. Mary's boys arrive at EOD
about 9 pm. Friday. Through
courtesy of Commanding Officer
Col. John M. Phillips, they will be
housed and breakfasted there. AT
10 am. Saturday, Majorettes and
the st. Mary's band will have a
short practice session on the mall
at EOD. Buses then will bring
the boys into Port Clinton for the
11:30 show.
At noon the rs Majorettes and
the 80 Canadian boys will go to
East Harbor State Park where g
picnic and swimming party is ar
ranged for the visitors. At 5, the
Canadian boys will go to the Fire
House where wives of firemen are
supplying supper.
The show Saturday night will
last till about 1890. 1t includes
, music, drilling, novelty numbers
and the two units combined. Sun
day afternoon the st. Mary's Bant
will give free outdoor concert a
Lakeside and at 4:30 both Major
cites and st. Mary's Band viii
leave for Upper Sandusky to re
peat its joint show under auspices
of the Fire Department there.
Men in the First Battalion o.
the 188th Airborne Infantry of the
18th Airborne have proud his
tory. AS a glider Infantry regl
ment and then as parachute
regiment, they liberated some 5,O0(
American prisoners in Japan ant
gained the nickname Angels
For their action in the capture
of Manila, the First Battalion was
awarded the Distinguished Uni
Citation. In Japan the 11th Air
borne served as General Near
thurs honor guard.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19
To-! Collectors Train At Perry

The toll collectors will move
into Camp Perry when the marks
men leave after the National
Matches.
A week-long training school is
scheduled at Camp Perry for 140
toll collectors who will man the
Ohio Turnpike, to familiarize them
with their jobs.
The school will start Sept. 25.
It will include operating of toll
equipment, giving route informa-
ton to tourists using first aid
and operating the radio communi-
cations system of the 219-mile
Turnpike.
The school will be conducted
September 25 to %, inclusive, after
the new collectors have had two
days on the turnpike, to get ac
quainted with the toll booths to
which they will be assigned.
Brigadier General julius A
Stark, Commander of Camp Perry
has assigned barracks to house the
toll collectors and the use of the
camp theater for classroom train
ing. An outside caterer will serve
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19
CIVIL SERVICE
NOTICE AWAITED

The Civil Service Commission
has still made no certification to
Mayor Harold Jeremy on any of
the three examinations it gave Au-
gust 2 for police chief, sewage
plant superintendent and sewage
plant operators.
But unofficial word said that
William Robel, named police cap
tain May Is and considered logical
man for promotion to chief rating,
cannot receive that promotion until
next May even if he is announced
to be high man in the exam.
Solicitor Adair WILDER told The
News Tuesday that Civil Service
laws prohibit promotion of police
or fire department member from
one bracket to another until they
have put years service in their
present bracket, which would mean
Robel cannot be named Chief until
May Is, 1856.
Ironically, regular Police Off
Ger without Captains rating could
be given the promotion to Caief
since bracket can be skipped
in allowing a promotion. Mr.. Will
ber said Mayor Jeremy could ap-
point Robel chief, but it could not
become effective till next May.
Officer William Keesor, who
also took the chiefs exam, said
from the start that he did not want
the chiefs job regardless of the
exam outcome.
H. V. Frederick, Commission
chairman, said last week the Com
mission was holding up certifica
ton until physical examinations
were taken by applicants and that
it expected to have a certification
by this week. No word has been
received, and he could not be
reached Wednesday for a state
ment. Another member of the Com
mission said any statement had to
come from the chairman.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19
STORES PLAN
NOVEL SALES

The Retail Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce will an
nounce plans tonite (ThurSday) at
a meeting at the Elks for "Carni-
val Daze" to be held on the streets
of Port Clinton, Friday, August
26th. Merchants are asked to dig
out all their odds and ends and
unload them at ridiculiousy low
prices infront of their stores, with
"barkers" spelling about their
dogs" and lemons.
Many are planning on dressing
for the occasion with wigs, chin
whiskers, and possibly mother
hubbards. An attempt will be made
to get a strolling band of trouba-
dors to add atmosphere for the oc-
cassion.
If you see a woman's soiled dress
for &c, or mems pants for Soc
hanging from the awnings of some
of the local stores with a Chic Sale
telling you to Hurry, Hurry, Hur-
ry" - you better gobble them up.
The sale will last from / pm. until
4.
1t will unload number of odds
and ends of the season for the
local merchants, and will certainly
give our vacation friends some.
thing to talk about when they go
home.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19
LEUKEMIA CLAIMS LIFE OF SMALL
MARK ANDERSON AFTER ILLNESS

Small Mark Paul Anderson,
whose valiant tWo-year-old battle
against leukemia had deeply touch
ed the hearts of this community,
died Friday at University Hospital
in Columbus. He was the son tof
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Anderson 8f
Oak Harbor, and the grandson OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Anderson
Sr. here. Mark would have been
five years old next Jan. 5.
He had been getting blood trans
fusions every other day for the
past several weeks as his condition
reached the critical stage, and
every facility of The Ottawa Coun-
ty Red Cross augmented the tire
less efforts of the family and
friends in the fight to save the
little boy.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at 2 pm. from st. John Lu-
theran church here, the Rev. John
Braun officiating, and burial was
made in Roose cemetery. Rites
were in charge of the Gerner &
Wolf Co.
Mark is survived by his parents,
Paul and Marge Held Anderson;
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
Cloyse Lehman of Oak Harbor, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Anderson
Sr. of Port Clinton.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19
AKRON ATTY
BROWNS HERE

Albert M. Walker, 70, prominent
Akron retired attorney and presi-
dent of the Walker China Co. at
Bedford, drowned Tuesday night
when he apparently fell from a AZ
foot cruiser owned by John Ray
mond, Akron manufacturer, as it
was docked at Catawba Beach Club.
His body was recovered Wednes-
day morning around 10:45 by Will
son Snyder, chief of Catawba Fire
Department, and Charles Letter
haus, also member of the depart
ment. 1t was located in about ten
feet of water between the Ray
mond yacht and an adjoining
cruiser.
The Raymond family and several
guests have been spending the
week on board ti~Sfr boat. Mr..
Walker drove here alone from Ak.
ron Tuesday to visit them. When
the rest of the party lett the boat
for dinner Tuesday night, he said
he was not hungry, and stayed on
board alone.
He was missing when they re.
turned about $50, they told
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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19
Moose Picnic
Set For Sunday

Rained out last Sunday, the 18th
annual picnic of Port Clinton
Moose will be held this Sunday
afternoon and evening at the Jo-
hansen woods, with the same fine
program of entertainment again
boxed.
Glenn Ross Juvenile Follies of
Toledo will be part of the enter
tainment as will Tex Dubois, Ere,
mont, who will present the knife
throwing act he did on a recent
television show. Cash prizes and
merchandise awards are among the
features. A big display of fire
works, supervised by Howard
Later, will be presented in the
evening.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19

meals to the trainees at a camp
meess hall. Instructors will be
billeted in the clubhouse.
On September 80 the collectors
will return to their booths to make
final preparations to handle turn
pike traffic when the toll road is
opened at midnight of that day.
Dunbar announced also the ap-
pointment of Charles E. Murphy
of Columbus as Superintendent of
Toll Collections on the Ohio Turn
pike. Murphy will participate in
the instruction at the Camp Perry
school. Once the entire turnpike
is in operation he will be res
ponsible for the supervision of the
collection of tolls at the II toll
places which will be in use "a
hours of every day. It will be his
duty to assign hours and places of
work for the entire toll collection
force which will consist of three
district supervisors, 16 senior toll
collectors and 1853 toll collectors
and to see that the collectors per-
form their work in an efficient
and courteous manner.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19

sports page TOR detallS.) A CleVe-
land man hung to his capsized
boat all night Friday after leaving
Catawba Marine Sales to return to
Put-in-Bay, and was rescued by the
Coast Guard after a search in which
A Coast Guard boats and a hell
copter participated.
The nude body of a Canadian
drowning victim washed ashore on
the beach at Rock Ledge Eagle
Beach junction and was found at
II am. Sunday by John Burkhart,
IL year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Burkhart Of Eagle Beach.
The Erie Isle made its last trip
shortly after noon Saturday. The
William Miller, unable to dock at
Catawba because Of rough seas,
came into Port Clinton. 1t had a
tough time unloading its cargo
of cars. Clutch trouble had to be
repaired here before the boat made
its return trip. Planes were
grounded after 2:3O p.m.s due to
high winds. Boats from the local
Yacht Club were una bile to get
back from the Bay.
Winds between As and so miles
were recorded at the Coast Guard
station.
"The Swift, 35-foot sloop own
ed by Wade Bartlett of lCleveland
Yacht Club, went aground on
Lutes Point, 200 feet off the tip
of Middle Bass Island and broke
up in 6-foot waves. Four occupants
were rescued. 1t had left Putin
Bay after the regatta Friday, head
ed for Vermilion, when the Coast
Guard cutter Kaw saw it in dis
treSs.
Man Rescued
Edward Saunders, So, 1923 E.
Continued on Page %
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19
CUNNERS FINISH
STAY AT PERRY

Some 700 National Guard anti
aircraft gunners encamped at Camp
Perry were praised today as they
completed their two-week training
session.
The Ohio men, members of the
18Oth and 182nd Anti-Aircfart Ar
tillery Battalions, and 18th AAA
A III matte Weapons Battalion,
break camp and leave for home
Sunday.
81 am very much pleased with
the progress they have made here,
commented Col. Wilbur H. Fricke,
commander of the 371st Anti-Air-
craft Artillery Group. ''They would
be prepared in any emergency"
Col. Fricke's judgment was back
ed up by close-mouthed Second
Army inspectors who said the Ohio
ans have shown NAKED improve
ment" since arriving here. The
goodly number of superior" and
excellent ratings passed out by the
inspectors bore out the remark.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19
NRA OFFICIAL
DIES SUNDAY

We'll do the National Matches
this year for him."
Col. Charles r. Leonard, Jr., in
charge of Camp Perry's Matches
which open Friday, said this sober
Iy as word was received here of
the death Of Major General Merritt
A. Edison, retired Marine Corps Of
ficer who, was executive director of
the National Rifle Association. He
was due TO arrive s> Camp Perry
Thursday for fhe shoot.
General Edison was found dead
Sunday in the garage of his home
at Washington, D. c. He was found
by his wife. lying fully clothed in
the front seat of his car. Both
doors were closed. Deputy Coroner
Richard M. Rosenberg said dealt,
was due TO carbon monoxide poi.
soning.
The popular official, a key fig.
Ure at local Matches for several
years, had many friends in Port
Clinton who were looking forward
to renewing acquaintance with him
at this years event.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19
It's off To College For IS Seniors

It's almost time for another
school year to start, and for many
of Port Clinton High Schools
graduates of 1855, it will mean the
start of new kind of school life
college.
Headed for campus in the next
month or so are many '55 grads.
Jack Flynn, son of Mrs. Bernice
Flynn of 703 B-st, enters Bowling
Green Sept. II to major in busi-
ness management, and at the same
will work at the Whitehouse Drive
In there. Mary Alice Beam, dau-
ghter of Mrs. Evelyn Beam of 1923
w. Fourth-st, also goes to Bowling
Green, majoring in elementary
education. So does Gale Ariane
Shively, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. A. Shively of SIT E. Second-st,
who plans commercial teaching as
her career. She worked as cashier
at Kroger's this summer.
Star athlete Bob Twarek, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Twarek of Gyp-
sum, goes to Heidelberg to major
in business. Joseph McAtee, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John McAtee of 230
w. Third-st, will enroll in account
ing at Tiffin University. So will
Robert F. Zibert, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Zibert of 423 Jefferson
Street.
Harry Chaffin, outsta n d n g
speech student will go into en-
cheering at Ohio University. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
w. Chaffin, 513 Jackson-st. Honor
graduates Stephen Corthell, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Corthell of Ca
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19
Girl On Bike
Is Hit By Car

Karen Evanczuk, IL year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Mike
Evanszuk of 316 Monroe-st, sustain
ed bruises and abrasions Tuesday
at 5 pm. when she was hit by a
car at the corper of Fulton and
Second-st as she rode her bicyrle.
Driver of the car was John
Klaser, As, of Youngstown, who
was turning north as the small
girl rode her bicycle west on Sec
Nond. Neidecker ambulance took
Karen to Magruder hospital where
she was released after emergency
treatment. Officer William Faust
investigated.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19

Many of the class members who
do not plan to go on to college
have taken positions. Jane Minoff,
daughter of the Joe Minoff's of
Route 2, is working at Tadsen Ins.
Agency.
Taking positions at Erie Ord
nance are several girls, Sandra
Wadsworth, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ivan Wadsworth of Route 8;
Sheila Jess, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Jess of 313 Seventh
ST.; Ruth Rofkar, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Rofkar of Mon
roe-st, and Linda Bergman, dau-
ghter of Mr.. and Mrs. Norval Barg-
man of Route l.
Lamar Richardson, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Richardson of
212 w. Sixthst, will enlist in the
Navy in September. Sandra Will
son, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas S. Wilson of 730 Est, is
working at the Northern Ohio Tele-
phone Co. Lynn H. Jones, son of
MIR. and Mrs. Quinton Jones Of
Route 3, is with O'Nan's Packard
Sales and Service. John LaValle is
with Gentry Tool and Die Co.
Martha Meliska, daughter of Mrs.
Susan Zofko of 529 E. Third-st,
is working at the Celotex office.
Larry Sickmiller, SON of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jlian Sickmiller of S. Madi-
son-st, is at the u. S. Gypsum Co.
LaVerne Winke's plans have been
delayed due to recent surgery ON
her foot but she hopes to 60 to
EOD soon.