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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12


not been made or for any other
purpose.
I'VE are against (automobile)
bootlegging, have taken every
avenue legally open to us to
stamp it out and will continue
to do So"
Mr.. Ford said he is convinced
that passage of a law, however
sincerely conceived, that may
attempt to dictate the relation
ship between dealer and manu-
facurer would only weaken
dangerously an industry funda-
mental to the Nations economic
growth"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Ford Denies
Pressure Used
In Fund Drive
By J. A. OLEARY

Henry Ford II denied before a
Senate committee today that
any pressure was put on Ford
dealers to contribute to the Eli
senhower campaign in 1852.
The head of the Ford Motor
Co. said his personal assistant.
Allan w. Merrell. who is not an
officer or general executive of
the company. has been active as
a private citizen in a Republican
finance committee in Michigan.
Mr.. Ford said he knew that
Mr.. Merrell planned in 1852 to
ask a selected group of Ford
dealers who favored Gen. Eisen-
hover to solicit funds from deal
ers. But he said he specified
there must be no pressure and
has been assured by Mr.. Merrell
there was none,
Mr.. Ford was replying to tes-
timony given at an earlier hear
ing by Milton Rather. former
Chicago dealer, who quoted an
other unnamed dealer as having
told him the Ford Co. had sent
word for Chicago dealers to
raise $4,000.
Fund Role Debated
For more than an hour Sena-
tors argued over whether Mr.
Merrell should have acted as 9
Republican fund-raiSer, before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

mittee has been investigating,
connected with the sale of auto
mobiles, Mr.. Ford testified:
1--WE are opposed to price
packing and are earnestly seek
ing ways and means to eliminate
it.
eve are against false and mis-
leading advertising and will con-
tinue. as we have in the past,
to stop promptly such advertising
by our dealers.
1--WE are against false regis
trationS by our dealers to indi-
cate customer sales that have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

IDemocrats?" asked Senator Mon
roney.
Senator Potter said he did not
mean that. but suggested they
might lose the protection of the
union if they fail to contribute.
Mr.. Ford said he wanted to
do everything he could to raise
funds in 1852, without pressure,
and for that reason saw to it
that the sales division took nc
part in the effort.
| Mr.. Ford also told the Ncom-
mittee he is going to solicit
funds this year. adding that at
this time 81 don't know who
from"
Turning to problems the COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Mar. 12 R.-Foreign
exchange rates follow, Great Britain in
dollars, others in cents. .(Unchansed
unless otherwise notedl
Canadian dollars in New York open
market u per cent premium or 100.12H
Europe: Great Britain tpound)
s.. SOC. up 1s;. 80 day futures
.. 10 27i32, UP 70: so day futures
2.79 7/32, UP IL: 90 day futures 2,7sss,
up 70; Belgium franc 200h: France
ern) tdeutsche mark $780, Holland
(Euilderl 26.12, up OF; Italy Ciral .16h
OF cent; Portugal lescudol $50:
Sweden ikronat 1894; Switzerland
"A. so.
Latin America: Argentina (free) 2.44
off .OS; Brazil tfree) / As; Mexico S.02
Venezuela bolivar 5000.
Far East: Hong Kong dollar 1875.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Ford Names Edgar Woods
To Head Tractor Division

Edgar H. Woods has been
named general sales manager of
the Tractor and Implement Di-
vision, Ford Motor Co. Formerly,
he was vice president and gen.
.eral manager of the John Deere
Pillow Co. of Baltimore, Md,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
GSI Awarded Citation
For Savings Bond Record

Government Services, Inc. has
been awarded a citation by the
Treasury Department for its good
record in the savings bond pay
roll program. More than SIS per
cent of the firms 500 employees
are buying bonds through the
plan. Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III,
president of the organization,
accepted the award on behalf of
his colleagues. Mrs. w. B. Kegel
is bond officer. Edward c. Baltz,
District bond chairman. made
the award public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Reitman Gets Position
With Travellers Life

Seymour J. Reitman, chief of
the research department Of the
estate planning firm of ]. D.
Marsh & Associates. has been
named assistant director of the
new estate planning department
of Travellers Life Insurance Co
at Hartford, Conn.
Ralph E. Walters has been
named assistant to the president
of Dashew Business Machines
Inc, and director of east coast
military and industrial sales en-
cheering, with headquarters In
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Smiths Transfer Plans
Its Fifth Warehouse

Smiths Transfer & Storage
Co. will open its fifth warehouse
at 106 North Lee street. Alex
andria, before April l, it was
announced by Arthur Clarendon
Smith, ST., chairman of the
board.
Local moving volume in Janu-
airy and February was 10 per
cent above a year ago. while long
distance business was UP Z per
cent, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

A Chrysler Windsor V-8, with
all its power and prestige, actu-
ally costs no more than many
medium-price cars. But that's not
all. You can own this fine car
for the cost of a "low-price" car
with all the optional equipment.
On the Chrysler Windsor many
of these luxury extras are stand
ard equipment. African seat
cushions. Oil Bath Filters. Safety
Rim Wheels. Independent Park
ing Brake. Arm Rests. Electric
Windshield Wipers. Direction
Signals. Cigar Lighter. And
many Others. In addition Chrys-
Ter gives you greater size and
comfort and a mighty airplane-
type vs. engine. Come in and
see what a buy it is!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Western Union Appoints
Shaffer to New Post

Western Union Appoints
Shaffer to New Post
The Western Union Telegraph
Co. has appointed George w,
Shaffer as assistant vice preSi-
dent, government relations. Ken
meth w. Heberton, vice president,
made the announcement today.
Mr.. Shaffer, native of Pitts
burgh, entered Western Union in
1929 and later was assigned to
the Washington public relations
Office as special governmental
representative. He became as
sistant to the vice president. pub
lie relations, in l946 and in
1855 was transferred to the same
post with the government rela-
lions department. He1s married
has five children, resides at 800
Northampton street. NV. and is
a member of the National Press
and Bethesda Country Clubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

which distributes its products In
Virginia, West Virginia, Della
ware, Maryland. Pennsylvania
and New Jersey. He served at
one time as manager Of the
Washington office Of the Deere
firm. He became its general
and vice president in
July 1854.
The Nome nugget., 1956-05-28
Alaska Teacher Will Stick to Teaching
 After Crash Landing

BENSON, Ariz., R-An Alaska schooIteacher piloted his plane to a crash landing in grove of mes quite trees Saturday and. walked away from the Wreckage u1- harmed but disillusioned with flying.
 John Coray, 30, who teaches with his wife at Port Graham, was flying home to Alaska in a used Republic Seabee he bought in Wichita, Kan, last Thursday.
 The low mesquite trees crum- pied the wings on the singe-engine amphibian and Coray abandoned it as a total loss. He took bus to Tucson, where he planned to fly back to Alaska.
 Coray said the plane experi- enced a power failure soon after takeoff from the Benson airport.
 He headed for "the largest mes quite grove I could find" to cush- ion the shock, brushed some pow CT lines and set the craft down on top of the trees.
 Coray had two forced landings before reaching Benson, where he stopped yesterday to check into a balky gas guage. I'm going back to Alaska where it's safe," he said.
The Nome nugget., 1956-05-28
Stevenson Says
 US. Is Misled on Strength of Reds

Adlai Stevenson says the Eisen- hover Administration has "delib- erately, intentionally, and contin- ually misinformed" the country on how it is faring in the world battle against Communism.
 Stevenson, campaigning against Sen. Estes Kefauver for votes in Florida's Democratic presidential primary tomorrow, said this at a Fort Lauderdale rally Friday.
 He was commenting on Presl- dent Eisenhower statement ear Her in the day at Waco, Tex, that Communism is "in its deepest sense a gigantic failure" This was one passage in speech Eisen- hover delivered at Baylor Uni versity's commencement exercises.
 Stevenson said it appeared from news reports of Eisenhower's re- marks that the President meant this in only "a very limited sense" "
 "Yet," Stevenson said, "the still larger picture is that the present administration in Washington con tributes daily to the illusions in this country that either we've got the Communists on the run or their whole system is bound to collapse anyway because 1t IS evil"
 Although Eisenhower termed Communism gigantic failure, " he also cautioned it is a threat from which even this mighty na- tion is not wholly immune"
The Nome nugget., 1956-05-28
25 Million Shots Polio Vaccine
 TO Be Available

SEATTLE, R-Polio vaccine sufficient to inoculate 9 million people is expected to be available by the start of the 1856 polio sea- son." pr. John Gorrell of New York said today.
 The director of medical service for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis passed through Seattle on his way to Alaska. He will confer there with health and medical officials.
 "We expect that the increased immunity among children follow ing the inoculations) will bring at least a 40 percent reduction in incidence of paralytic polio in persons of all ages,' Dr. Gorrell said.
 Tt is the children who bring the virus into the home" he said.
 He urged parents to have their children immunized at once so at least two shots" can be given be- fore the peak season in late sum- mer Estimates by manufacturers indicate supplies sufficient to in oculate most young adults as well as all children will be available by the end of the year, he stated.
 Alaska has had high levels of poliomyelitiS for the past two years, Dr. GoTell noted He said, however, only one case had been reported so far this year.
The Nome nugget., 1956-05-28
Al Simmons, of Baseball Fame, Dies at 54

MILWAUKEE, R-Al Simmons, one of the greatest hitting out fielders in the history of baseball, collapsed and died of a heart at tack here early Saturday. He was 54 years old.
 Simmons, who rose from the Milwaukee Sandlots to become a member of baseball's hall of fame, with lifetime Major League bat ting average of .334, had been llV- ing in retirement for the past few years.
 Funeral services will be held at St Hyacinth's Roman Catholic Church tomorrow.
The Nome nugget., 1956-05-28
HAVE WE LOST SOMETHING?

Back in the days when your scribe went to school and teachers more hard-boiled than now no one ever had to get goose egg in Even if he didn't answer any of the questions correctly, he'd get ten percent if his and lack of knowledge were set forth neatly.
 Today employers from one end of the country to another tearing their hair the high cost of sloppy handwriting. Ilegble and addresses undecpherabe orders and receipts tally sheets check lists, memos, and instructions that can't be decoded add up to millions in annual business losses So we wonder what happened to that 'ten percent for neatness''
 Perhaps the Handwriting Foundation the group that set up to study the problem and try out ways and means of encouraging people to write more legiby, should consider this od-ashioned custom that once popular with the Three Rs trade. The Foundation might bring it's influence to bear todays educaons to renstute this practise of rewardng the pains taking pupils If document is neatly written it to us, it can hardly avoid being legible we'll And young sers sufficiently drilled in heedfulness and in taking pride in their accomplishments likely to carry these virtues out of the schoolhouse with them and through their working lives
 To coin proverb: Its the illegble scribbe that makes profits dribbe."
The Nome nugget., 1956-05-28
NOme's New Look Should
 Surpass Last Years

Nome needs it's annual ''new look, and it doesn't require any imagination to find filth, garbage junk and debris of every kind every vacant lot and most of the occupied lots.
 Let's go farther this year than did last year when we really made some progress ong-standing eyeSoreS and move those relics which not improving with age as we'll as the smaller items of rubbish
 Let's go still farther and report our neighbor who does not the sanitary services offered and eopar iZes the health of the community by dumping human refuse within city limits.
 Let's have the ceanest town in Alaska
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-09
Wheat Soil Bank
Worth S11,535 To
Cumberland Farmers

Cumberland farmers are eligible
for maximum payment Of Sill
535 90 for placing 441 acres of wheat
in the soil bank for the year 1887.
This is a considerable drop from
the S55 .222 33 that the farmers in
the county put in the tobacco soil
bank for 1856 However, it is unfair
to compare the two different com
modities
The county had an allotment of
SIS, 286 to cover wheat that might
be placed in the acreage reserve
program
There were So farms that placed
wheat land in the soil bank This is
eight per cent of the total wheat
farms in the county and the AL
acres placed in reserve represent
l6 per cent Of the county's wheat
allotment.
The land cannot be used for any
productive purpose during 1857. The
land may be planted with a cover
crop to protect the surface soil, but
no productive use may be made Of
the cutting from the acreage in
reserve
Payments will be made next
spring following perform II c
checks by the ASC personnel
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-09
Special Gifts Group
Almost Reach Goal;
Other Divisions Lag

Community Chest collections
pushed their way past the $ll,500
mark Thursday morning as the
special gifts division was within
$500 OF its $4,000 goal.
Total collections reporte d
Thursday were sll.529 90 Special
gifts accounted for S9,870.50 OF
this total.
Business division collections
amounted TO S27l. with SAT- rails
ed in the residential division. The
colored contributors to date total
S26l.96,
Prospect has reported collec-
tons of sl54 with 1896 in from
Buffalo. $40 from Lockett, sll9.53
from Rampdcn. and 1886 from
the Farmville district.
Gordon Transfers "a employees
each contributed to the Comnu-
nifty Chest for 100 percent
record
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-09
Area Voters Join
With Resembling
Amendment Yes

Prince Edward County voters
lOlned voters all over the imme-
diate area and state Tuesday in
giving resounding approval to all
yuree OF me amendments to the
State Constitution which were on
separate ballot.
AS result. future governors
will S rye until their successors
are inAUgurated "on the Saturday
after the second wednesday in
January next succeeding his cleo
ton, and various free transpor
tation and telephone services for
members Of the State Corporation
Commission will be abolished
Vote On Tax
Closer to the pocketboOkS of the
voters however. was the amend
mcnt which may allow county
city and town governing bodies
to exempt or partially exempt
personal property from taxation.
Farmville voters approved the
gubelnatorial amendment by a
Whacking 1923 TO 81 margin and
the sec amendment by vote of
l112 to 1888. On the tax measure
they voted 1863 in favor of the
amendment. and lo6 against il.
Approval Of the tax measure
permits the General Assembly tc
allow local governing bodies &c
abandon the personal property tan
or to level II only on certain class
IS of property such as automo-
oiles. Over the state as a whole
almost II percent of local revenue
obtained from the tax.
sec Rides"
On the sec amendment. the
commission has already stopped
accepting the services mentioned
and so the ballot question was
largely an academic one.
The possibility that governor
might die or become disqualified
between his election and hi
scheduled Inauguration, leaving
the state with no chief executive
was the contingency involved in
that amendment. At present. a
governors term expires on the
Tuesday after the second Wednes-
day in January Of the fourth year
after his inauguration. No matter
what emergency should arise. he
would have been powerless to act
after that time under the section
which the amendment clarifies
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-09
TO Carry On
Pledge Made By
States Fighters

TIE troubled international sit
nation ntered in the M ddle
East. put Thousands" Of votes
in the Eisenhower column which
would have supported the STATS
Rights movement c-herw.se r
E. Garland. chairman of tn"
Prince Edward Committee of the
Virginia States Rights Party.
said today.
Agreeing with sentiment ex-
pressed at state headquarters Of
the 7 Coleman Andrews forces,
Garland said that far from being
DISCOURAGED leaders here were
pleased and very much encOurag
ed.
VIII Carry On
Nv positively intend to carry
on the fight and to continue a
ceaseless campaign to restore the
rightful powers TO the states and
people We are convinced that
This cause viii ultimately succeed,
and that assuredly our votes will
be heard to good effect in the
next presidential election year"
Garland said today,
Statewide the Andrews can
didacy received about $4,000
votes. or some six per cent of the
total 1t drew support throughout
Virginia, although Prince Edward
county alone cave a majority to
the States Rights part.
Garland believes that without
the war threat, the Virginia vote
for Andrews would hove beer he
tween 100000 and 1881 900 1T Is
we'll known he said. that this
unfortunate turn of events led
thousands Of people all over the
Y. S, to switch to Eisenhower.
They felt that the general was
the best man to serve in what
might become war emergency"
Thanks Workers
The county chairman asked the
Herald to allow him to thank
his co-Workers in Prince Edward
county for their until1ng and
successful efforts for the cause.
He called The well organized eff
fort the best political organiza-
ton l have even seen in the coun-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-09
'TB Association
Executive Group
Will Meet Here

The first meeting Of the execu-
tive committee of the Souths.de
tuberculosis Association will be
held Monday, Nov 70 in the
Farmville town council chambers
at 1880 pm
The executive committee is
composed Of the Association Off
GERS and nine elected members.
The Association was recently or
gained to serve nine counties on
regional basis as against sepa-
rate county groups previously
existing
Completion OF plans for the
annual Christmas Seal Sale and
determination Of a program for
the year ending March 81, 1857.
are on the agenda, according to
Mrs. Matthew Lyle. of Keysyille,
president
Executive committee members
are Dr.. J l.. Hammer Mannboro;
Mrs c. ]. O'Brien, Appomattox;
Thomas B. Hail Buckingham;
Mrs Zilla Shafer Keysville; Mrs
E A Carter. Cumberland Mrs
Lucy Morrison Kenbridge DR.
Charles w Scott. Burkeville;
Mrs Floyd 3. Yates. Powhatan,
and John Steck Farmville
In the regional organization
seeking to combat and prevent
tuberculosis, and affiliated With
the Virginia Association. are the
counties of Amelia Appomattox,
Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumber-
land, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Pow
hatan and Prince Edward
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-09
+. II. Elcan, lii Gets
Top Executive Post

A man whose boyhood was spent
III Buckingham and who is a
descendant of Dg Patrick Henry
Elcan and Marcus Cleveland and
Laura Hannah Elcan, has become
wee president. comptroller and
secretary of Americas largest
industrial loan company the Nor
RS Plan Company OF California.
He is Patrick Henry Elcan,
III. son of Mr. and Ms. Patrick
Henry Elcan, II OF Elk Hill. FL
can. who now lives II san Fran
cisco. is associated with the IA
branch consumer credit company
which follows a plan originated
by a Virginia lawyer Arthur Nor
rlS.
Eican has two aunts. Mrs john
c. Garrett, OF FaImville and Mrs
J L. Jones, Of Sheppards, still
III this area.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-09
Three-Day Mission
Conference Planned
At Tuggle Church

A missionary conference Will be
held at Tuggle Community Church
Nov, Gil with Edward Hancox,
Of Charlotte. N, c.. as guest
speaker. He is associated with the
Worldwide Evangelical Crusade,
being secretary of the southern
states district
He Will speak at the church to-
night Friday at 7.30 O'Clock and
Saturday night at the same hour.
and twice on Sunday at II am.
and 7 pm, His message will be
heard over Station WFLO Sunday
morning at 8:45,
Thomas Anderson. pastor Of
the Tuggle Church, invites the
public to hear the visiting mis-
sion rpccialict
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-09
FarnsyilIe Layman
Named Appomattox
Area Baptist Head

MOTIFS G, Smith, Of Falmville.
was elected moderator Of the APP
pomatox Baptist Association by
the Association s executive com
mittee Monday
Smith. who had been vice-mod-
orator, succeeds the Rev Ed Stev-
ems, of Keysville. Who resigned
to accept a call to Suffolk
church Smith viii fill out the re-
mainder Of stevens term. which
expires April II, 1857
The new layman moderator. a
FalmVllie business executive, is a
member o, the board Of deacons
at the Farmville Baptist Church,
He also serves on the congrega-
ton S board Of trustees and heads
up its finance committee.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-09
Game Law Niolators
Pay $66,S40 Fines

Under the State Constitution
fines assessed and collected in
misdcm amor cases 20 into the
literary fund Of the state Accord
ing to l. T Quinn. executive di-
rector OF the Commission of Game
and Inland Fisheries. the amount
of 500 $1,000 for the year ending
June 80 1856 was assessed and
collected by the courts from viQ-
lators Of the game, inland fish,
and dog laws and covered into
the literary fund to be used TO
help educate the youth of the
state
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-09
October Building
Less Than Normal
But Still High


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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-09
Public Invited tuesday Night
Recreation Group Annual Meeting
To Feature Talks By Specialist Panel

grove. Dr. c. Lloyd Archart and
A. N. Fore
Off GERS. committee Cbairmen
anw new board members will be
elected TO replace those whose
terms expire January |
Mrs r B. Missimcr, retiring
president, has requested that all
member and all newly elected
representative to the Association
be present at the meeting. which
will be open TO the public.
Reports on the years activi-
ties will also be given at the meet
ing according to Ms MLSSimer.