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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-10
DIR. E. w. RushtOn Will Address
LOngWOOd Graduates Saturday
Miss Walton To
Receive First
Graduate Degree
Degrees Awarded
To "a Students

Dr.. E. w. Rushton. superln-
tendent of schools for the city OF
Roanoke, viii give the address at
the summer session commence
nent exercises of LCngwood Col
lege to be held in Jarman audi
forum at 10 a m. SATURDAY. Au-
gust II
At that time President Francis
G Landlord, Jr., will confer de-
ereeS on "a graduates who are
teachers and prospective teachers
n the public schools o. Virginia
History Is Made
One of the graduates Miss Lou
;se Walton, Of Lynchburg Will re-
,eiua the first masters degree
conferred by Longwood College
since a graduate program was au-
thorized by the state Board of
Education two years ago
Miss Walton is a l947 graduate
Of Lynchburg College and Will re
celve her Master of Arts degree in
education she is also a graduate
Of AppomattoX High School and
lived in AppomattoX several years
b fore moving to LynchbUg
where she teachers.
Area Graduates
Included in the graduates viii
be the following from this area
MIS- Mary Tyler Babcr, Carriers
vile. bachelor Of arts in secondary
education. Helen Beth Kelsey.
Farmville. bachelor of science i'll
home economics education and
Annie Lee Sprinkle Charlotte c
H, bachelor of science in ele-
mentary education
Dr.. H + Hudgins. pastor of the
Farmvllle Methodist Church Will
deliver the invocation at the com
mencement exercises, and PreSl-
dent and Mrs. Landlord viii give
a reception in the presidents
home Friday, August 10. at p.
m. for the graduates. their fami-
4 lies and friends.
DR. Rushton
Prior to assuming his duties as
superintendent of schools in Roa-
noke in 1858. Dr. Rushton was
, the director of the state wide IT,
year school program in South
Carolina, where he had previously
been the state high school super
visor superintendent Of schools
/ in several school districts. and
/ principal in Calhoun Falls. S. c.
Dr.. Rushton is a past president
Of the South Carolina Education
Association and of the South
Carolina Association OF School
Administrators, and was the vice
| chairman of committee to make
q survey of both elementary and
| secondary public schools in South
! Carolina
MANY HOnors
Among other honorS that have
gone to Dr. Rushton are a Gen
eral Education Board Fellowship
awarded for special study in the
development of curriculum for
S h Carolina Institutional
program. and the Algernon Sid
ney Sullivan award, given him
while graduate student at Pea
BODY COLLEGE The latter is award
ed TO those who possess clarac-
toristics that evince a spirit Of
love and helpfulneSs to other men
ana women
Dr.. Rushton holds the A b
and Lift ID degrees from Wofford
College. Spartanburg. S. C. and
M. A. degree from the University
Of South Carolina. He has com
pleted the requiIments in class
work for the Phi d. degree and
IS working on his dissertation He
IS a member Of P Gamma NM
PHI Delta Kappa, and Kappa Del
Ia Pi
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-10
HAIL CAUSES DAMAGE

In last Sundays storm. several
areas we're damaged by hail To-
bacco was the crop hardest hit
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-10

and fostering the advancement Of
good will understanding aid peace
among al the people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
President Orders Work
On Atomic Cargo Ship

lpartment's maritime administra-
ton will be responsible for de-
sign and construction of the ship
itself.
Mr.. Eisenhower emphasized
that the 10000 horsepower
"pressurized water reactor Of
advanced design" will not be
secret. He said the new vessel
will be a floating laboratory .
The combination-c ship
approximately 500 feet long and
70 feet wide, will be designed 10
carry about 100 passengers and
have $4,000 cargo deadweight
ton capacity. Construction time
Is estimated at 80 months.
Describing merchant ship pro-
pulsion as "one Of the most
promising applications Of nuclear
energy the President pointed
out that atomic merchant ships
will be able 70 operate on longer
runs at higher sustained speeds.
The first such ship will have a
speed Of n knots. as compared
70 the 15-i6-knot average for
cargo vessels. It's cost is esti-
mated at about $40 million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
JuIiunu Revumps
IRoyuI Household

THE HAGUE, Oct. is R.-
The Dutch government today
announced that Queen Juliana is
Ireorganizing various departments
of the royal household as a re-
suit of the recent Juror over
her relationship with the faith
healer. Miss Greet Hofmans.
A communique issued by the
Government Information Serv-
ice denied recent reports that
the Queen still had direct or in
direct contact with the 6l-year-
old woman whose influence over
the monarch repeatedly caused
deep rift between Juliana and
her husband, Prince Bernhard.
The Queen will consult with
Prince Bernhard on the reor-
ganization at the royal court
after the Prince returns from
his visit to the United States
early in November, the COM
munique said.
The announcement followed
reports that a new crisis in the
royal court was brewing because
the Queen was still in touch with
the faith healer and had been
slow in Kidding the palace OF
persons still loyal TO Miss Hof-
mans.
Earlier today, the Dutch gov
eminent issued a communiuue
denying a British newspaper re-
port OF a plot among Dutch gov
eminent ministers and politicians
70 induce the Queen TO abdicate
IN favor Of her ls-year-old
daughter, Princess Beatrix.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
Teumsters' Beck
Visits Eisenhower;
Reuffirms Support
BY the Associated Press

David Beck, president of the
Transfers Union, said at the
White House today that 1.-The
best interests of labor would be
served by the reelection OF
President Eisenhower"
Mr.. Beck. whose support OF
the President has been an
lnounced publicly on other occa-
lsions, also told newsmen he
believes "a great many" rank
and file labor union members
will vote for Mr.. Eisenhower.
He said he had conferred with
the President on non political
business.
A majority of the AFL-CIO
Executive Council recently voted
for Endorsement of Adlai Steven
son. the Democratic presidential
candidate. Mr.. Beck. a member
of the council, voted against it.
Asked today whether he favors
reelection of Mr.. Eisenhower
Mr.. Beck replied:
Il certainly do. and ! have so
stated publicly many times
He said that in his opinion,
the Eisenhower administration
lis progressive in its thinking
although ! realize that some Off
tcials in it are opposed 70 labor. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
Caribbean Storm
Is Now 120 Miles
South of Miumi

MIAMI. Fla, Oct. is (P.-A
Caribbean storm centered 12C
miles south of Miami drifteo
slowly north today, while
weathermen watched 1t closely
for signs of growth into a hurri-
cane.
1t lacked most Of the char
Iacteristics of a tropical storm
but it was partly the cause OF
60-mile-an-hour winds that buf.
feted South Florida Yesterday.
Seas under the disturbance
Icentered in the Florida Straits a
short distance of the Cuban
coast, are rough. Tides are ex-
lpected to be 2 feet above normal
with some flooding along the
Southeast Florida coast and
Keys.
Storm warnings posted for yes
lterdays winds we're lowered al
Miami this morning. They re-
manned UP, however. at other Sec
ltions Of the coast from Melbourne
around the Keys to Fort Myers.
Windows were shattered. wire:
snapped and trees were uprooted
in yesterdays gale-like winds. A
low wooden building at Miami
was demolished.
Lightning struck a 50 million
orange juice plant at Fort Pierce
causing fire which resulted in
Still undetermined damage.
Winds OF 40 to IS miles an hour
we're delaying the search for the
body Of a boy who vas MISSING
and presumed drowned in Lake
Poinsett. near Cocoa in East
Central Florida.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
BY GARNETT d. HoRNER

President Eisenhower today
directed Government agencies tc
build as rapidly as possible the
worlds first atomic-powerec
merchant ship which he de-
lscribed as THE forerunner OF
atomic merchant passenger fleets
which one day will unite the
nations Of the world in peaceful
trade"
The atomic passenger cargo
vessel was authorized BY the
last Congress after 1t turned
down the Presidents plan u
make the ship an exhibit Of
peaceful uses Of atomic energy
for showing purposes around the
world.
Mr.. Eisenhower issued state.
ment describing plans for the
vessel after meeting witt
Atomic Energy Commission
Chairman Lewis L. Strauss, Sec
Rotary Of Commerce Weeks and
other officials concerned with It's
construction. The Acc will build
the atomic reactor 10 power the
vessel and the Commerce De-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
Fathers Help Boys Clean
Damaged Catholic School

The building was found Shiny
and sudsy from the contents OF
a number Of wall-type fire ex-
tinguishers which had been
sprayed on walls, ceilings and
floors.
The boys we're picked up
through the license number. All
but one Of the youths had at
tended the school in previous
years.
They said they stopped at the
school to use the lavatory, enter
ing by a door which had been
locked, but not securely closed
They spotted the extinguishers
and began the scrimmage.
The clean up began about 9
pm. and continued until 1890
am. They we're to report back
at 3 o'clock today.
The extinsuishers contain an
acid-base substance. which is
neutralized by water. but is still
corrosive.
The boys were charged BY
police with unlawful entry and
destruction Of private property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15

Six Gonzaga High School stu
dents and their fathers will
continue a scrub-down Job at
Blessed Sacrament School to-
day-part Of the punishment for
tag game the boys played
there with FIRE extinguishers.
Several hours Of swabbing
last night failed to clean up the
shiny mess wrought yesterday
throughout the three floors and
the basement Of the school by
the youths, three i5-year-olds
and three l6-year-olds. The
school is at Connecticut avenue
and Chevy Chase circle.
After the boys were picked I'D.
the mother superior suggested
the cleanup as part Of the
punishment and the fathers de-
cided 10 lend hand with the
mops. buckets and rags.
Several Catholic sisters from
the school noticed the boys leav-
ing the school grounds in a car
about dusk yesterday when sud-
denly another sister shouted for
them TO get the license number.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
Stevenson Puts Nixon
Higher on forget List

tributions from individual voters
They hope their take will swell
the party's lean war chest.
Stress Put on Talk Tonight
Mr., Stevenson attached prime
Importance to his Commute talk
tonight. 1t will be carried in
Washington over The Star Sta
tions, WMAL-TV (Channel y
and WMAL,-Radie $3.50 KC.)
at 1890 pm. Aides said he will
outline the reasoning behind his
insistence that the country's best
hopes for peace lie in finding
ways to put a stop to the testing
of H-bombs and persuade Rus
STA to follow suit.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Stevenson re-
ceived support from two sources
for his suggestion that the
United States take the lead in
framing an international agree
ment to halt H-bomb tests.
Democratic Chairman Paul
Butler called on President Eli
senhower yesterday to recon
slider" Adlai Stevenson's proposal
and join the Democratic candi-
date "in a mutual effort to halt
the atomic arms race"
Nuclear Scientists Speak
Ten nuclear scientists, all
from the California Institute Of
Technology but speaking as in
dividuals. issued a joint state
ment at Pasadena. Calf, saying:
1T appears to US that Mr..
Steyenson's proposal might be a
useful way to get the negotiations
(on the nuclear arms race out
of the deadlock stage by taking
a step which would not endanger
our security. ="
The ten. fives with Oak Ridge
and Los Alamos backgrounds,
listed no political affiliations in
the statement. but a spokesman
See STEVENSON, Page IA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15

hover heading the ticket. Dallas
gave the President a margin Of
$4,000 votes over Mr.. Stevenson
in 1852.
In the 9th congressional dis
trict Harris County (Houston)
the Republicans have as theii
candidate young lawyer, An.
Ithony Friloux, a sergeant in the
Marines during the last war
with service in the Pacific area
He is pitted against a veteran
Democratic Congressman, Albert
Thomas, and the odds are ter
'rifically against him. However
Houston is another of the Texas
cities where the Republicans
Continued on Page A-6, Col. ]
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ing name scared so per cent of
his body with third degree burns
March 4 in his backyard at lit
Twenty-fourth street NV.
Now, he's badly SCARED, and
has difficulty moving many Of
his joints. He faces from five TO
10 years of occasional plastic sur
gerry. But. he's happy. This
feels great" he said, looking
toward the White House where
one of thousands of his we'll
wishers lives
You're a brave little soldier +"
President Eisenhower wrote him.
Paula Still In
But. lying in bed in a room
near Charles on the third floor,
Paula Bradford. IL. was crying.
Paula was brought into Emer-
gency last January. She was
burned from her ankles to her
waist. Charles left Paula his
television set.
Goodbye, Paula" said Charlie
as he limped away toward the
elevator, one Of his legs in a brace
to keep his knee joint straight
ened.
"Goodby." said Paula and she
burst into tears.
1t may be some time yet. doc
tors say. before Paula can get
back to her home at 81 v street
NE.
Charlie was taken to the
Christ Child Convalescent Home.
a United Givers Fund agency
near Rockville. where he will live
for the next several months.
But first, he went home TO see
Spunky. For months he has
waited for this.
See he explained. "Spunky
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15

is Mitzie's son." And Mitzie is
the dog the McGettigans got
from the City Pound a few
months ago. But, Spunky wasn't
born until a few days after
Charlie was burned.
With the help of his mother
Mrs. Gertrude McGettigan, his
two sisters and one brother
Charlie fought his burns and
their infections.
Saved by Tissue Bank
His life was saved. his sur
geon said, by the tissue bank
at the Naval Research Institute
of the National Naval Medical
Center at Bethesda.
Five thousand square cent?
meters of skin CRAFTS came from
the tissue bank for Charlie, and
391 units Of intravenous fluid and
SO blood transfusions kept him
going.
When a person is as seriously
injured as Charlie was, he tends
to revert to the fetal position
in posture. curling up. Charlie
did this and the scar tissues
stronger than muscles - grew
wildly. making it difficult for him
to straighten out again.
Physical therapy and braces
have helped him to regain enough
of his posture to walk. Gradually
he will begin to stand as straight
as ever.
Hospital costs have run over
$4,000. disqualification insur-
ance, contributions from area
residents and a donation by the
hospitals board of directors have
helped. But they still are not all
paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15

primary by Senator Price Daniel.
They are doing their best to carry
the State for Adlai Stevenson.
Today the Republicans in Tex
as have to rely ON support OF
conservative Democrats for VIC
tory. Nevertheless, the party has
been growing in the last -four
years. More and more Demo-
Icrats have moved over and now
class themselves as Republicans
Just how many, it's difficult to
SAY.
There is no registration by
party. A qualified voter merely
pays his poll tax and is placed
on the rolls. But from the re-
suits of past elections, the COP
leaders here figure there is now
Ia hardcore Republican vote OF
from 100000 to 100000.
In a State where the State
wide elections bring more than
2 million voters to the polls. this
lis not in any way a decisive
party vote. But it is material
and substantial start.
One COP. Representative
At present the Republicans
have one Representative against
20 for the Democrats. He is Rep
resentative Bruce Alger Of the
Dallas district. They are fight
ing hard to re-elect him, and
hope they will be able to do so,
particularly in this presidential
election year with Mr.. Essen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
Britain Warned by Israel
On Iraqi Troop Move
Tension Up
On Jordan
Border

JERUSALEM. Oct. is Up
Israel, in a statement apparently
aimed at Britain, warned today
against support for any move by
Iraqi troops into Arab Jordan.
Tension was sharp on both
sides of the Israel-Jordan border
and there was talk in Israel of
renewed danger of war as the
result of reported plans by Iraq
to send troops to bloster young
King Hussein's shaky Jordan
regime.
Whoever encourages and
abets. actively or passively, Iraq
in the realization of its schemes
takes upon himself grave re-
sponsiblity," said an Israel
Foreign Ministry statement.
The statement did not mem
ton Britain by name.
Aid to Stability Seen
In London, however, the Brit
liSh Foreign Office spokesman
said the government of Prime
Minister Eden has advised Israel
that the dispatch of Iraq troops
to Jordan would contribute to
stability in a troubled area"
The British purpose was rep
resented as an effort to calm the
fears of the Israeli government
that the existing balance in the
Middle East would be upset by
an Iraqi move.
The British are reported to fear
that King Hussein's Jordan re-
Igime is in danger of collapse
from pressures from extreme
Arab nationalist elements backed
by Egypt. Jordan is holding ma
tion-wide elections next Sunday.
The United States Government
is reported backing the British
view.
The British Foreign Office
spokesman said today that in
Britain's view the sending of
Iraqi troops to Jordan would not
infringe either the letter or the
spirit of the Israel-Jordanian
Iarmistice agreement"
Will Demand Arms
Premier David Ben-Gurion
told the Israeli Parliament to-
day I'VE shall continue to de-
mand of the United States Gov
eminent defensive arms in the
air, on land and at sea, to deter
the enemy"
The 70-year-old Premier, in
a major policy speech, said also
Israel had received assurances
from several governments that
Israel's right of navigation
through the Suez Canal would
be safeguarded by the laying
down of a regime of free navi-
cation for all the peoples"
Mr.. Ben-Gurion thanked the
United States 'for much politi-
cal and financial assistance from
the day the state was founded"
See ISRAEL, Page IA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
DRAFT
.CHILLS AWOLS

WELLINGTON. New Yea
land R.-crew members OF
four American destroyers
which wound up a four-day
visit today we're extra care
full 70 rejoin their ships be-
fore they sailed.
They had been told any
man who failed TO turn UP
in time would be drafted for
the American Operation
Deepfreeze" crew which is to
spend a year in the bleak
Antarctic.
Not one man missed his
ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
BY ERNEST B. vACCARO
Associated Press staff Writer

LIBERTYVILLE, H., Oct Il
l-Adlai E. Stevenson pushed
Vice President Nixon higher or
his target list today as the 1885,
presidential campaign entered
its last critical three weeks
Mr.. Stevenson'S campaign man.
ager. James E. Finnegan, sale
the Vice President could become
"a prime issue in the CLOSING
days of the drive. He told re-
porters the Democrats feel that
there is wide distrust of Nixon, >
and said Mr.. Stevenson would
expand his criticism of the Vice
President.
MIR. Stevenson will strike out
again tonight-in a Nationwide
radio and television address from
the American Broadcasting Co
Studio in Chicago-ons another
of his major issues, a propose,
that ways be found to halt the
testing of giant H-bombs.
Knocks on Door for SIS
Mr.. Stevenson took time ou
from his spcech-polishing chore.
this morning to dramatic hi.
.party's "Dollars-for- Democrats
drive.
He motored into Libertyvillt
from his farm and knocked al
the door Of William G. Wells
IA, a retired baby shoe sales.
man. Mr.. Wells, referring Il
himself as "the other Demo.
crat" in heavily Republican
Libertyville, handed over SIS al
his contribution to Mr.. Steven.
son campaign.
We're covering the neighbor,
hood" the Democratic candidate
said. We're covering every
neighborhood in the country.
According to Democratic plans
party workers will fan ou
shortly in search OF small con.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
Train Wreck Kills Eiqht

TSU. Japan, Oct. is (P.-A
speeding express train slammed
into a derailed student excursion
train seven miles south Of here
tonight, killing at least 8 per-
sons and injuring about so. Tsu
is so miles east of Osaka.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
Durham
Case Closed
1t Widened Scope
Of insanity Defense

! The case of Monte Durham
winding through the courts fol
five years, came to a close today
with plea of guilty to petty
larceny.
In accepting the plea, anc
dropping a more serious house
breaking charge, the Govern.
ment said it had proved its point
that Durham was sane at the
time of the crime.
The fact that Durham spent
38 months in jail during the time
the case was twice being tried
and the convictions overturned
by the United States Court OF
Appeals, was given as reason
for dropping the HOUSEKEEPING
charge.
The case became famous be-
cause in ordering the first retrial
the appeals court broadened the
scope of defense by insanity. It
ruled that a not guilty verdict
must follow if the defense proves
the crime was the product of a
mental disease or mental defect
lDurham'S defense was based on
the former.
United States Attorney Oliver
Gasch said he had decided with
considerable reluctance" to &c
along with an offer by Defense
Attorney Sidney Sachs to drop
the HOUSEKEEPING charge if Dur
ham took the guilty plea to the
lesser charge.
In Jail 3S Months
zone of the considerations was
the fact that the defendant hao
spent 38 months in jail and IL
months at st. Elizabeths and the
probability he would not be given
"a substantial term if found guilty
of housebreaking," Mr.. Gasch
said.
Secondly, by the mans VOL
untary plea Of guilty, he was in
effect saying he was of sound
mind now and ready to Coop
crate. and was of sound mind
at the time of the crime"
Mr.. Gasch took note Of the
fact that Chief Judge Bolitha
Laws. who accepted the guilty
plea, asked Durham if he was
aware that by pleading guilty
he was admitting his sanity at
See DURHAM, Page Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
POLITICAL NEWS
ON INSIDE PAGES

Mrs. Nixon Is Top Compoigner in Vice
Presidential Family. .Poee Az
Nixon Hos Heavy Vote Getting Seized
ule in Ohio. Page Al
Leader Says He Had Other EIbos il
Mind for Nixon. Poge Al
Democrat Kefouver Invodes Arch
Republican Vermont. Poge A.
Humphrey Sees Time Buying os Goot
for Economy. Page Al
Roper Survey SLOWS Kefouver Leod
Nixon Among Undecided. Poee A.