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The Nome nugget., 1955-08-12
2l Persons Die in Blast and Fire During Storm

ANDOVER, Ohio R,-The grue- some job of identifying charred bodies began yesterday in tenn porary morgue three blocks from the village square, where smoke still rose from an explosion and fire Wednesday.
 Many of the dead and injured had sought shelter from storm in row of buildings which were leveled by the disaster.
 There were 21 bodies accounted for, most of them in a makeshift morgue inside a garage three blocks away. The injured num- bered more than score.
 The center of the disaster was the Gateway restaurant in this village in the resort area of Pym- atuning Lake, along the Pennsyl- vania border The restaurant and a dairy store were in a two-stOry frame building which disintegrat- ed with force that shook the entire town.
 Andover has a population ot about 1900.
 Sheriff Tom Fasula said he thought sewer gas, backed up by clogged drains, might have been the agent which ignited the blast But he said he could not be sure
 A Cleveland policeman, Elmer Bunblis, was driving past the restaurant at the time of the ex- plosion and gave this description of the disaster:
 ''The walls blew out and the roof fell in. There were arms and legs sticking out of the wreckage all over the building"
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-12
U. s. and Red China Near Agreement on
 Release of Americans

GENEVA, R-A Chinese Com munist source said Thursday his government and the United States are near agreement on the re- lease of 40 Americans held by Peiping and only details remain to be worked out. There was no official confirmation of the report from either the Americans or the Reds.
 The Chinese source spread his report after US. ambassador U. Alexis Johnson and Peiping envoy Wang Ping-nan met for an hour and a half. 1t was the fifth of their secret talks here on the American prisoners and Chinese students the Red regime claims the US. is keeping from returning home.
 The two ambassadors announced they would meet again Saturday morning. The talks had stalled Monday over Wang'S demand for list of Chinese nationals living in the United States and a propos- al that India act as a third repre- senting Red China on the repatri- ation question.
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-12
Big Dam on Yukon Predicted Unless
 Atom Takes Over

JUN Construction of a hydroelectric dam at Rampant on the Yukon River would change the whole character of interior Alaska, "and it probably will be built some day unless atomic power makes dams obsolete" So said Howard Baltzo, of the Fish and Wildlife Service, on his re- turn from viewing the major pro- posed power sites of the territory
 Baltzo was in a party including James T. McBroom, coordinator of river basin studies for the Fish and Wildlife Service in Washing ton, which flew to half a dozen main sites to plan FWS studies designed, to protect fish and wild life resources where major dams are built.
 Others in the group were Clar- ence J. Rhode, administrator of wildlife for Alaska, and Mel Mon son and Gordon Watson of the Alaska FWS river basin staff at Anchorage.
 An expansion in the river basin study program in Alaska is planned by the service McBroom was quoted by Baltzo.
 The site at Rampant is the larg- est in Alaska. Construction of dam there would make lake out of large part of interior Alaska, undoubtedly affecting the climate as well as the economyo the area.
 Other sites visited by the FWS men included the Frobisher sites on the upper Yukon, Devils Can yon on the Susitna, Wood Canyon on the Copper and several smaller sites on Kenai Peninsula.
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-12
DONALD A. QUARLES, CHIEF MOON MAKER, NEW AIR FORCE HEAD

WASHINGTON, R-President Eisenhower Thursday appointed Donald A. Quarles top man in the earth satellite project-as the new secretary of the Air Force.
 Quarles is now assistant secre- tary of defense for research and development. He is 61, a native of Van Buren, Ark, and more re- gently a resident of Englewood, N.J. He is a Republican.
 Quarles will succeed Harold Talbott, who resigned Aug. l, ef- fective this Saturday, after the Senate Investigations subcommit- tee raised a question of ethics.
 The appointment will be sub- ject to Senate confirmation when Congress reconvenes in January
 White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said Quarles was recommended to Eisenhower by Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson. When a reporter asked about Quarles private business holdings and what was being done about them, Hagerty said he was not in a position to answer that.
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-12
Three Nations to Survey North Pacific Ocean

FfAKODATE, Japan, R-The 142-ton Japanese weather obser- vation ship Yushio Maru left yes terday to join US. and Canadian vessels in a survey of the North Pacific.
 The Yushio and it's IT man crew will carry out tests on tenn perature and composition of ocean water and will make marine me- neurological observations in the Sanriku Sea off northern Honshu.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-05-12
Retired Florist
At 81 Still
Enjoys Flowers

Chas. A. Schmitt, for % years
a resident of 14717 Shaw ave-, will
observe his Saith birthday next
Monday. Mr.. Schmitt, as usual,
will spend many hours in his gar
den, if skies are blue; or with his
house plants, if skies are showery.
Flowers have always been his
avocation and vocation interest.
For years he operated the A.
Schmitt Florist, a business started
by his father after the family
came here from Alsace Lorraine,
France, in 1878. The greenhouses
were located at East 1O5th and
Burton, Bratenahl for wholesale
and retail trade. Mr.. Schmitt dis
posed of it when he retired.
Flowers, plants, are living
things" says Mr.. Schmitt, land
should betreated as living things.
/ talk to my plants, and encourage
them to grow and to bloom" He
feels too many people fail to ap-
preciate the beauty of flowers. He
boasts of the more than so blooms
on five sturdy Amaryllis plants in
his dining room window ledge.
They started Towering at Christ
mas timeand have but recently
given out their last blooms of the
year. He has no favorites among
flowers, saying each one has its
own special beauty.
Another life long interest is the
YMCA, which he joined when 16
years of age, at the then only Y,
Old Central. He still believes the
YMCA outstanding in its training
of youth.
Mr.. Schmitt was for years
member of the Cleveland Floral
Club and the National Society for
Florists.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-05-12
Win Poetry And
Music Awards

Second place prize winner in the
contest held by the Ohio Poetry
Society at its conference at the
College of Wooster, May 7th, is
Mrs. Gladys Clarke, 1452 East
135th st. DR.. Ridenour of Baldwin
Wallace College was the Judge.
Mrs. Clarke's poem was entitled
pioneer Ohio"
Mrs. Clarke has won a number
of awards with her poetry and is
also the author of a book.
Mrs. VIM. Furze of 883 Selwyn
rd. won a gold pin for writing
perfect paper at the annual
Music Memory Test at Severance
Hall. Mrs. Furze has been a men,
Der of the Caledonia Music APP
probation Club for many years.
Another long time member of the
group, Mrs. Edward Groenstein,
999 Greyton rd., won an honorable
mention award.
The annual meeting and lunch
con, including the election of Off
vers usually held during the month
of May is being postponed until
later in the summer due to early
vacation plans of most Of the
members
If any one is interested in
joining this group in the fall,
please contact Mrs. Elmer H.
Mueller of 1851 Boynton rd. during
the summer. 1t is the purpose of
this group to make all music
more enjoyable to the individual
by a program of systematic listen
ing.
Meeting at the Caledonia School
in East Cleveland.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-05-12

last one will be on Friday, May
9th. All Junior High students are
invited to come and enjoy a jolly
evening in the church gymnasium.
The hours are 1880 to 1880 p. m.
Having completed training as
stewardess, Miss Dolores Janson,
1906 Third ave-, has been as
signed to the American Airlines
crew base at Cleveland Hopkins
Airport.
Miss Janson attended Shaw
High School and the University Of
Arizona and formerly was en-
ployed by the Eastman Kodak
Stores, Inc.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-05-12
Personals

Mrs. Florence Szobel of Pitts
burgh, Pa, was the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Daniel Grossman, of
13411 Third ave., for the Mothers
Day weekend.
DR.. Ralph Green of the Euclid
Superior district, is convalescing
at his home after emergency sur
gerry at Huron Road Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ewald and
children, Arthur and Dan have re-
turned to Chicago after a visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Deason, 15140 Elderwood
ave. They came for Mrs. Deason's
birthday on May 4th and remained
over Mothers Day.
John Perry Of 1885 Beersford
rd., has joined the US. Navy.
Harry Martin, popular Hayden
ave. merchant and long worker
on the East Cleveland Community
Picnic, is home from the hospital, ,
convalescing nicely and expects to
be up and out soon.
WILDER c. Barney" Fielitz.
freight agent for Pacific & At
lantic Shippers, Inc, has been
given charge of the firms Cleve-
land Office, located at 3707 Euclid
ave.
Active in East Cleveland youth
programs, Fielitz has managed
teams in the Little League. He is
also a golfer. He resides at 1856
East 146th st.
There are but two nights sched-
uled on the St. Pauls Episcopal
Church canteen calendar. One is
tomorrow nights dance, and the
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-05-12
Clubs

After their business meeting
opening their Wednesday, May
18th meeting in the East Cleveland
Public Library, the East Cleve-
land Blue Star members will see
a film " Around South America"
to be shown by Mr.. Peel.
Refreshments will be served by
Mrs. H. Comrie, Mrs. S. r. Squires
and Mrs. Harold Burrow.
Club news should be sent to Elsa
c. Berg, 14600 Euclid ave. to
be received no later than Monday.
Please call PO 1878 for desired
information.
Come, come dear Board Member,
the third day of May, for a long
needed rest few hours of play.
Come join me for luncheon, at
Stouffers-Shaker Square; you'll
not need to plan, you'll have never
a care.
A party in honor of the work
you have done; party for no
reason, except to have fun.
So read the novel invitation to
members of the Board of the East
Cleveland Woman's Club from it's
President, Mrs. Richard S. Horan.
Thes Board of Directors had
feted Mrs. Horan the week previ-
Gus at Crosbys at which time she
was presented with three volumes
of "The Rise and Decline of the
Roman Empire" Mrs. Horan was
particularly delighted with this
gift inasmuch as it is now out of
print and difficult to obtain. 1t
will play an important part in her
summer reading agenda.
Carnation corsages, the May
flower, were presented by Mrs.
Horan. Canasta was enjoyed at
both functions.
Those attending were the follow
ing: Mrs. Richard S. Horan, Mrs.
F. E. Blasse, Mrs. Harry Carter,
Mrs. D. J Davies, Mrs. c. j. Eich-
Ter, Mrs. A. E. Griffith, Mrs. Carl
Grob, Mrs. L. E. Pardee, Mrs. |
]. F. Pisor, Mrs. George Reazer,
Mrs. Guy T. Rockwell, Mrs. J.
J. Shalvoy, Mrs. c. E. Sherman,
Mrs. A. G. Snyder, Mrs. G. C.
Snyder, Mrs. H. D. Singer, and |
Mrs. F. P. McIlyar.
Mrs. Fred Suppes will review |
Pearl Bucks My Several Worlds" !
for members of the Proto club at |
its Thursday, May 18th meeting.
Mrs. Frank E. Batschelet is receiv-
ing the club at her home, 1884
Nelawood, for dessert at one
o'clock, to open the session.
An all member Birthday Party
will be celebrated at the East
Cleveland Woman's Club on Thurs
day, May 10th, at p. m. at the
Mrs. Arthur A. Griffith, Music
and Drama Chairman, is in charge
of this gala event and will be
assisted by Mrs. Richard S. Koran
and Mrs. Guy T. Rockwell, plus
the members Of the Board.
Tables will be arranged in keep
ing with the months and men,
bers will be seated according to
their birth date.
A Zodiac program will be given
BY Mrs. Charles Doty which pro-
misses to be entertaining and
Mrs. Doty will be intro
luced by Mrs. Griffith.
Disabled A m eri C n Veterans
No. Z will hold an
'Organdy Tea Apron Card Party
on Friday, May Goth, 500 p. m. at
1925 East 10Th st. Proceeds will be
used for hospital work.
Chairmen for the affair is Mrs.
Tohn (Alice) Sadowski. Tickets
,an be purchased at the door.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-05-12
HILLTOP ENTERTAINS

Company is coming" is a happy
thought. Members of Hilltop Gar
den Club will enjoy asking their
friends to join them on their an
nual Guest Day. Mrs. VIM. l..
Strong will call the meeting to
order, in Caledonia School, at 1:30
p. M, on Wednesday, May 18th.
Mrs. R. G.. Schulke will present
a Demonstration Of Flower Ar
rangement" in her delightful, yet
practical, manner.
Mrs. r. D. Erthal, her co-chair-
man, Mrs. George S. Phalen, and
her committee plan room dis
play of new books on flower ar
ranging. 1t will be most convent
ent to have them for use and en-
joyment during the afternoon.
The hostesses, under the chair
manship of Mrs. Dan F. Meek
stroth, will be Mrs. Virgil NJ. Max
well, Mrs. Carlos L. McMaster,
Mrs. John NJ. Smith, Mrs. A. Had
ley Taylor and Mrs. Lawrence A.
Wilson.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-05-12
HURON ROAD HOSPITAL

Mrs. G.. B. Nelson is chairman
of the annual luncheon of the
Woman's Board of Huron Road
Hospital, which will be held at
noon on the 18th of May at Forest
Hills Presbyterian Church, Lee rd.
and Monticello blvd.
Mrs. G.. Murray Hawk and Mrs.
Charles Ramsey will act as host
esses.
Annual reports will be given and
the meeting will be turned over to
the new officers:
Mrs. Joseph L. Billion, president; :;
Mrs. Edward A. Marshall, vice
president; Mrs. H. A. Crawford,
second vice-president; Mrs. F..
Holzheimer, recording secretary;
Mrs. Charles B. Lockwood, corre-
spending secretary; and Mrs. Gill
bert j. Mock, treasurer.
Surgical dressings will attract
attention at the hospital from 10
o'clock until the luncheon hour.
Business and Professional
Woman's Club of Hope Lutheran
Church, 2222 Taylor rd., will hold
their next meeting May 18th. Din
ner at six-thirty. "R.S.V.P." by
Elsa Maxwell will be reviewed by
Mrs. o. E. Trescott at 8 p. m. Re-
freshments will be served
Reservations for the dinner to
be made by Monday, May 18th.
Call church, FA. I-1812 or Mrs.
Fox, MU. 1850.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-05-12

There are but two nights sched-
uled on the st. Pauls Episcopal
Church canteen calendar. One is
tomorrow nights dance, and the
Evening star., 1955-01-10
Four Law Schools
Gef Ford Grants
ev m, A,,ocio,,d Pres,

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-The
Ford Foundation announced yes
terday the award Of grants total
ing $4.650.0Q0 to four law schools
| to assist in developing programs
of international legal studies.
The grants are $2.05o,0 to
Harvard Law School, $500, 900
to Columbia Law School. $500, 900
to the Michigan Law School and
$500. 900 to Stanford Law School.
The schools will use the funds
to make training in international
and foreign problems an integral
part of undergraduate legal
studies. the foundation said.
They also will provide training
for students from foreign nations
and will conduct research, train
teachers and give specialized
training in International and
foreign problems.
The primary purpose Of the
foundation in responding to the
request of the institutions is to
develop greater understanding
in international affairs among
Americans trained in the law"
the foundation reported.
Evening star., 1955-01-10

that the $26 maximum Govern
ment payment proposed is very
inadequate for Federal en-
ployes with families. They
point out that such family pol
icies cost a great deal more
and that q Government con-
tribution OF $26 q year would not
be much more than a token ges-
ture. They propose that the Gov
ernment's contribution be in
creased considerably.
Indications are that II the ad-
ministration persists in its $26
maximum contribution stand. q
number of influential Democrats
in Congress will move to lib
eralize the plan when it reaches
Capitol Hill.
EARLIER RETIREMENT -
Chairman-elect Johnston Of the
Senate Civil Service Committee
has sponsored legislation to per-
NIT retirement at full annuities
Of Government employees after
80 years of service. regardless
Of age. The retirement would be
optional on the part Of the en-
ployes. They could continue to
work If they wished. The legisla-
ton is strongly backed by Gov
ernment employe unions.
Il ~ y ~
AUTHORITY SOUGHT-The
defense agencies and the various
scientific bureaus are urging the
Civil Service Commission to
show some speed In allowing
them to hire scientific and tech
nical personnel at salaries high
er than the starting rate Of q
grade.
Congress approved such legis-
lation last August and it was
signed into law soon afterward.
Agencies can be authorized by
the csc to hire at the top of the
grade in hard-to-flll jobs. Pre-
viously, employees could be hired
only at the starting step Of a
grade.
Thus far the csc has not
issued formal regulations to put
the new law into operation. And
the military and scientific agen-
cies especially are disturbed,
since this is the time Of year
they start recruiting Of college
seniors who will graduate in
June.
Evening star., 1955-01-10
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ZAP wirepnoto Map

urrie expected tonight in the Border
States Eastern Washington Upper Michigan South
in England Rain expected in the South
while mixed rain and forecast for the Tennessee
Lower Ohio Valleys Southern Missouri. II win be
colder in the Northeast Of the Nation and in the
Eastern Gulf States In the central portions the
Plains aa6 Rocky Mountain States 4
Evening star., 1955-01-10
0AS Council Waits
Nicaragua Envoy in
Costa Rica Charges

The Council Of the Organiza-
tion of American States met
today to consider q Costa Rican
complaint Of invasion threats by
Nicaragua, but Immediately re-
cessed until this afternoon be-
cause the Nicaraguan delegate
was not present to defend his
country.
Council Chairman Jose A
Mora read the meeting a tele-
gram from the Nicaraguan
delegate, Ambassador Guillermo
Sevilla ,Sacasa, sent from Hou-
ston, Tex. Mr.. Sevilla Sacasa
explained that he was flying
back from Mexico and would
rush to the council meeting as
soon as he arrived in Wash
ington.
The meeting then was re-
cessed upon the request OF Costa
Rican delegates, who said they
did not want to present their
case until the Nicaraguan ar
rives.
Nicaragua in times past has
ridiculed similar charges by Costa
Rica and today a spokesman at
the Nicaraguan Embassy said:
President Jose Figueres OF
Costa Rica is always seeing
ghosts and hearing noises under
his bed"
The Nicaraguan Ambassador
en- roAte back to Washington
from Mexico City. told newsmen
in Houston last night that he
would present "many facts" at
the meeting and "refute the alle-
cations"
He had gone to Mexico City
to visit his brother, Alberto Sc
villa Sacasa. Nicaraguan Am
bassador to Mexico, who was
reported i'll of a heart ailment.
President Figueres and Presi-
dent Anastasio SomoZa Of Mica
ragua have been hurting accusa-
tions at each other for months.
Each charged the other with
responsibility for an assassina-
tion attempt on Mr.. Somoza last
April and an attempt to over
throw the government of Costa
Rica in July. Both attempts
failed
Costa Rica's appeal to the
OAS included a charge that
seven military transport planes
of the Venezuelan air force ar
rived in Managua, Nicaragua,
last Friday. Nicaragua reported
the planes we're manned by air
force cadets on a good will and
training mission and returned to
Venezuela the next day.
Evening star., 1955-01-10
joint InquiryPIanned
On Stocks Boom and
Government S Policy
BY fhs Associated Pres,


Two Senators said today the
steep upward spiral in the Ma
tions stock markets will be in
vestigated by the Senate House
Economic Committee.
Senators Sparkman. Democrat
of Alabama, and Flanders. Re-
publican Of Vermont, said in
separate interviews that the
boom in security prices calls
for a study to determine If Gov
ernment fiscal policies and leg
islation are adequate.
Senator Fulbright. Democrat
of Arkansas, has already said he
will ask the Senate Banking
Committee to conduct a study
Of the market boom. Senator Full
bright. who will head the COM
mittee. said the actual start will
await the time when Democrats
take formal control Of commit
tee machinery. probably in a
few days.
May Start in March.
Senator Sparkman, who is
slated to head the Senate-H House
Economic Committee, said that
group probably could not get
around to investigating the stock
market climb until late in Febru-
ary or In March. The 15-month
market surge broke last week
after the Government increased
from SO to go per cent the re-
quired cash, payment In stock
transactions.
Both Senators Sparkman and
Flanders said they saw little
danger of a major market crash,
such as occurred in 1929. They
said Federal margin require
ments and supervision of securi-
ties. which were not In effect in
1929, should help prevent any
crash.
Tax Move Questioned.
Senator Flanders, member of
the tax-writing Senate Finance
Committee as well as the eco
nomic group, said the bidding
up OF stocks may prove that
Treasury theory Of relief from
double taxation on dividends
was wrong"
Meanwhile, Secretary Of the
Treasury Humphrey said there
still is i danger that imitation
will return in this country 'if
we fail to guard against it."
I'VE are watching the situa-
tion very carefully" he said In
q copyrighted interview with the
magazine U. s. News and World
Report.
Evening star., 1955-01-10
Man Survives Leap
From Chain Bridge

A man who survived q 70-foot
plunge from Chain Bridge yes
terday was reported in good con-
dition at District General Hos
pital this morning with rib frac-
lures.
Marvin E. Reeves. %, q Ko-
rean war veteran Of the 1000
block North Pollard street, Arr
lington. startled motorists on the
span at 6:15 am. when he
stopped his car. ran to the bridge
railing and vaulted over.
Police said Reeves landed on
the marshy bank of the Potomac
River, narrowly missing a clus-
ter of jagged rocks. He was
treated for rib fractures and
possible internal injuries at
Emergency Hospital and trans
ferred to District General Hos
pital.
Police PvtS. Junior ~Nedrow
and Alexander v. Kissal booked
Reeves for mental observation.
Capt. Richard ]. Felber, chief
Of the homicide squad, said
Reeves father told him his son
was a veteran of the Korean
War and had been bothered by
q nervous condition. Police
found a note in the glove COM
partment of the auto indicating
Reeves was despondent over his
health.
John Ross, 80. Of Vienna, Va,
told authorities he was driving
toward the District behind
Reeves car when the latter
stopped suddenly, dashed to the
bridge railing and leaped over.