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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-06-06
Interesting Program Given Al Annual
Alumni Banquet In Local ME-. Church

Mrs. Linnie Garrett of Cam
bridge, Mrs. Ethel Householder
of near Winterset, Mrs. Marble
Lowry, Mrs. Ruth Davis and
Mrs. Eta Harper.
Dancing was enjoyed with
Quarles' orchestra furnishing
the music.
The graduating class was hon
ored with flowers and silver
dollars being presented to them.
Memorial Day
Under the supervision of the
American Legion, the usual Me-
mortal day services were held
here Thursday afternoon. The
parade including the high school
band, veterans, citizens and chill
dren formed at the square,
marched to the lower end of
Mill street, then back, and pro-
ceeded on to the cemetery where
the services were conducted
TIL address was given by Atty.
Edgar Moorhead of Cambridge.
A rifle salute to the military
dead was fired by the color
guard of our Legion post. The
graves of the veterans were de-
corated. To many Memorial Day
is homecoming with many folks
OF
Bible School
Bible school opened Monday,
June 3rd and will continue for a
two weeks period. A good corps
Of teachers from all three
churches have been secured.
Club Meets
Mrs. Donald Denver was host
ess to the Five Hundred club on
Tuesday evening. Those receiV-
ing prizes were Mrs. Clara Meek,
Mrs. Doris Brumley and Mrs.
Kathleen CorWin. A candlelight
lunch was served by the hostess.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Rich and
son, of Columbus, spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. d. C. Rich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris Frame and
son, of Barberton, were visitors
here, Thursday.
Dean Christian has returned to
Brantley, Ala, after visiting his
mother, Mrs. Mildred Christian.
Mrs. John Curry and son, Bill,
attended the funeral of Amos
Pride, at Oak Springs, Tenn,
Friday.
Mrs. M. F. Devine was called
to Worthington by the illness of
her son, Russell Devine, who re-
Gently underwent surgery at
White Cross hospital, Columbus.
Mrs. Alafair Mclaughlin, of
Lima, visited Mrs. Lewis Kish
recently. Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Cal
lahan Of Taylor Center, Micl
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Malecki
! and children of Detroit, also
visited at the Kish home.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ansel Sayre and
| daughter of near Ava visited
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Sayre.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Finley, OF
GAINESVILLE, attended Memoria
| Day services here.
Mrs. Rose Ward and Miss
Lucille Ainsley of Kenton anc
Mrs. Grace Saltsgaver of Akron
were recent visitors with Mrs
| j. B. Biggs.
! Mrs. Beryl Patterson, o
Barnesville, visited her sister
Mrs. Vera Henry.
| DR.. and Mrs. Eugene Campbell
and family, of Milford, Mich
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Sharrocl
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-06-06

These three girls, all 1857 graduates of the
Center local high school at Sarahsville have
completed their plans to enter college and con-
tinue their educational pursuits.
Miss Carol Bates, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Myron Bates, of Senecaville route /, is
entering California Air college in Hollywood,
June "a, where she will take up air line hostess
training
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11
Behind The Bamboo Curtain

WSYhat really like
Travelled
o
Lancashire
overhead Not one
Chinese
still
producing surplus for the first
Despite material
Of the of thought No capable
firing Tze-tung
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Catholic Father Sues
Parents Of Sons Bride

MILWAUKEE,. June 20 R).-
An industrialist's daughter and
her young man. scion Of an East
|ern family. planned to be married
today in the face of a $500. 900
damage suit brought by the
groorh's father. He charged that
his son was induced by the brides
parents to give up his Roman
Catholic faith.
The bride is Mary Lucille
Werner. 81, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arnold Werner Of suburban
Elm Grove. Mr.. Werner is the
president Of the Wagner Iron.
Works.
The groom is Leland william
Thomas Cummings. IT,, also q.
His parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Leland w. T. Cummings, ST., Of
Wyncote. Pa, a Philadelphia
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Floods in lndionu
Rout Thousands
INDIANAPOLIS, June 20 up

INDIANAPOLIS, June 20 up
Thousands Of Central Indiana
residents huddled in emergency
quarters today as creeks swollen
by Fridays flash floods ragged
through their homes.
Three persons drowned in the
torrents.
Rescue squads WORKING
through the night evacuated
/. 500 persons from their homes
ION the west side of indianapolis
as the crest Of Eagle Greek
rolled down from isolated zions-
vile.
Seventy families were driven
from their homes at Plainfield
so families at Upton, so families
at Lebanon. and police evacu-
ated 100 persons at Clinton.
Greencastle. Craw louisville
Rockville and Terre Haute also
felt the fury Of rampaginp
streams. Bridge washouts and
high water closed at least %
State and Federal highways.
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Refugee From Reds.
Gets Years in Jail

COLUMBUS. Ohio. June 20
| R.-Twenty- five-year-old Fritz
Franz Werner. q native Of East
Germany who told newsmen he
fled that land. win have to spend
two years in q United States
prison.
Werner was sentenced yester-
day to two years In q Federal
|penitentiary after he pleaded
guilty to stealing a car in Pitts
burgh and driving it to CO.
lumbus.
Federal Judge Nell @. Under
wood said he would suspend the
sentence If the immigration
Service enters the case and
Werner "can be deported some
where"
Werner's only partially veri-
fed story was that he escaped
from a sentence in East Ger
many's Russian-controlled coal
mines in late 1855 after the East
German Army scheduled his in
'duction.
In January, he slowed away
aboard a Dutch liner and en-
tered the United States illegally.
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District and vicinity-Sunny
and rather windy today, highest
in the mid-80s. Clear and pleas
ant tonight, lowest about 66.
Mostly sunny with moderate
temperatures Sunday. Winds,
ii am. today, southwest, 10
miles per hour.
Maryland - Partly cloudy,
windy and less humid but with
chance Of q few scattered show
ers in the mountains today.
Clearing tonight, low 55-62 In
the west and 62-68 in the east.
Sunny tomorrow, highest in the
S0s.
Virginia--Fair and pleasant
tonight, lowest 55-62 in the
mountains and in the COS along
the coast. Sunday. sunny with
moderate temperatures.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
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For Area Since 1856

LAKE CHARLES. La. June 20
R.-Audrey was the most fatal
storm to strike the Louisiana
coast since Last Island was
wiped out with the loss of. 800
lives a century ago.
Last Island-or Isle Derniere
as the French called the DOT
of land-lies of the coast $50
miles east Of Cameron.
Once the site of a fashionable
hotel and a paradise for sum-
mer tourists. Last Island now is
only a haven for pelicans and
other sea birds. a mute monu-
ment to the fury Of the hurri-
cane that struck on August 10,
1856.
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Ia time thereafter it was feared
the death toll might be in the
thousands.
There was shock and pathos
etched deeply in the lines Of the
survivors faces. Stephen Brous-
sard was calmly relating details
of his own escape. Suddenly his
poiSe deserted him. He broke. He
sobbed:
II lost four kids and every
thing ] have"
Mrs. j. B. Gibbs told Of watch
ing her husband and two sons
swept to their deaths in the
swirling flood waters near Cam
eron. She and a daughter-in- law
drifted on planks to a ridge where
they huddled for safety with
dogs, hogs and wild animals
which had also found refuge
there.
A mud-stained 5-year-old girl
found shelter with 900 persons
IN q gymnasium Of McNeese
State College at Lake Charles,
a refugee center. She was sip
ping milk when her mother ran
frantically into the arena, looked
wildly about.
Baby. baby" the woman cried
as she finally espied her daugh-
ter and clutched the little girl.
Search Hopeless
Mrs. Wade c. Bailey, 26. made
1t to safety with an infant in her
arms and three other children
clutching her skirts. With them
they brought two pans Of string
beans, a jar Of jelly and a can
of meat as a pitiful token barrier
against hunger.
Charles lie Bouef Of Cameron.
pressed a hopeless search for his
missing mother.
Il may find her body. but not
her." he said despondently.
The first victims Of the hurri-
cane were counted Wednesday
night when a man drowned in
Galveston. Tex. and nine crew.
men went down of the Gulf
coast with the fishing vessel
Keturah.
Six men rode out the storm
all night on two RATS after a 81
million offshore drilling rig cap
sized in the Gulf. They were
washed to safety yesterday on a
sandy strip Of beach near
Cameron.
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suburb. Mr.. Cummings, sr., Is o
chemical engineer.
Family Not Attending
The groom's parents are not
expected to attend the wedding,
planned for $50 pm. today at
st. Mathews Lutheran Church
in suburban Wauwatosa.
In his suit fled in Circuit
Court here June II. Mr.. Cum
mings charged. that the Werners
had "wickedly, maliciously and
unlawfully enticed and induced
his son to run away from and
abandon his parents" In COM
menting on the suit, Mr.. Cum
mings said:
Lee Gas his son is known
has thrown over his college
career, thrown over his friends
and thrown over his church
all at the instigation of Werner.
His friends back here and
at Harvard are all absolutely
amazed"
The couple met while young
Cummings was attending Har-
ward College at Cambridge,
Mass, and Miss Werner was a
student at Vassar College at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
In commenting on the suit.
Miss Werner said ''it borders on
religious persecution. We're going
to stand together. We feel that
what we ask is not too much--to
marry each other, to worship
God as we choose and to live
together in peace"
Lee said that he was no longer
q Roman Catholic, despite being
brought up in that religion.
Young Cummings, who met Miss
Werner in the summer Of 1855,
is now employed by the Wagner
Iron Works.
Lees father said the suit was
filed in the hope Of bringing his
son Ito the realization of what
Is good and right and. ideal"
He said the damages sought
were a minor consideration"
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20 al AT Base
Held in Swind|e

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE,
S. c., June 20 (R.-Twenty air.
men are being held in custody at
this military base near Sumter
in an alleged payroll swindle.
Brig. Gen. Stephen B. Mack.
the base commander. said late
yesterday the airmen were ar
rested in connection with num-
erous instances of designed over
payments to personnel"
Gen. Mack said losses thus
far tabuiated approximate $40.-
000."
There is evidence to suggest
that others may be involved. "
he said.
The announcement was de-
scribed as elimination Of "sev-
eral weeks of investigation"
Gen. Mack said, These illicit
operations extend over a period
Of many months. In consequence,
an important facet of the inves-
tigation is being conducted at
the Air Force Finance Center at
Denver, Colo, where all records
are transmitted for audit and
safekeeping.
THE Denver center has in
dicated that it's phase of the
investigation will be completed
next week, following which the
prescribed legal processes will be
employed to bring the alleged
offenders to trial"
The airmen involved were not
identified.
On Wednesday. State Repre-
sentative George Sam Harrell of
Florence County went to WASH
ington to demand a Senate in
vestigation. Mr.. Harrell claimed
the scheme involved filing false
pay and supply cash vouchers.
He said many of those arrested
admitted being involved and told
lof "kickbacks" to others in a
position to help carry out the
alleged Swindle.
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Vieweg Will Direct
Finance Department

CHARLESTON. w. Va, June
20 (R.-Gov. Cecil Underwood
has announced the appointment
Of George B Vieweg, jr., State
purchasing director since last
January. to head the new de-
partment Of finance and admin
istration.
The Governor also announced
the disappointment Of Demo-
ocratic holdover J. Alexander
Creasey Of Princeton to the
Board of Probation and Parole
and named Forrest H. Kirk
patrick Of Bethany assistant to
the president Of Wheeling Steel
Corp, to the West Virginia Uni-
versity Board Of Governors.
All three appointment sare eff
fective July /.
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ings and were sunk. Another
cruiser had its bow badly bat
tered before police secured it.
Trees Damage Cars
Several cars were damaged in
the District by falling trees,
two Of them on De Frees street
near North Capitol street. The
Fire Department also reported
wires down in several sections.
A brief downpour late in the
afternoon yesterday was not
connected with Hurricane Au-
drey. the Weather Bureau said
The first rain from the storm
came at $40 pm. and con-
tinued until l:l5 am. The
highest storm winds were meas
ured from 9:55 pm. to 1926 am.
Winds today will average
about 20 miles per hour, the fore
caster said. Small craft warn
ings we're still being displayed on
the lower Potomac and in Chesa-
peake Bay. where winds are ex-
pected to continue about 80
miles per hour before diminish
ing slowly later today.
The storm was still officially a
hurricane until 1t reached Ken
lucky and Tennessee, where It
ran into cold upper air. changing
its tropical characteristics.
Swept clear by the storm, the
air today was to be less humid
and mostly sunny, with high
temperatures in the middle Sos
Tonight will be fair and pleas
ant. the low near SO. Tomorrow
will be mostly sunny with mod
crate temperature.
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Defense 10 GET
S34.5 Billion,
Predicts
By the Associated Press

Senator Potter, Republican of
Michigan. predicted today the
amount Congress appropriates
for defense will be close to the
$34.5 billion Senate committee
recommended.
II think we can hold pretty
much what we've got" Senator
Potter said. referring both TO ex-
pected Senate action next week
and to subsequent conference
negotiations with the House,
which had approved nearly a
billion dollars less.
The Senate Appropriations
Committee voted unanimously
yesterday to recommend $34,-
i534, 229 900 in new cash for the
armed services for the fiscal year
beginning Monday.
That amount is $07l .5O4. 900
more than the House voted, in
cludihg s560,873,0 900 more for
the Air Force. $l57.731 900 more
for the Army and $252, 900, 900
more for the Navy.
The total still is more than
SIS billion below the amount
President Eisenhower originally
requested. but only about $248. S
million below the amount he had
asked the Senate to add to the
House-passed total. More than
half Of the SIS billion the House
cut by was described as q paper
cut, accomplished by transfer.
ring funds or eliminating money
not needed for immediate SPEND
ing,
Senator Knowland, Republic
an of California, the minority
leader, said he does not expect
the White House to ask any
further restoration of the House
cuts. Asked whether he would
be surprised If it did, he replied.
yes. I would"
Senator Knowland, like Sem
lator Potter a member of the
Appropriations Committee. de-
clined to forecast a final figure.
He said he was making no pre-
dictions about what the House
might do.
Mr.. Eisenhower meantime was
cutting $465.5 million from his
original budget request for mill
tary public works, which are
handled in a different bill.
He sent Congress a revised
request for 81 .665, 500, 900 for the
construction projects, proposing
that some of the less urgent ones
he originally had proposed be
deferred until next year.
His new total includes a bill
lion dollars for the Air Force,
$325 million for the Army. $685.
million for the Navy and SIS
million for use by the Coast
Guard in erecting Loran stations
as eiectronic aids to navigation.
Senator Chavez. Democrat of
New Mexico, who win manage
the major defense money bill in
the Senate, said he expects it
will be called up for debate there
Monday. with a vote probable
Wednesday.
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RESORT FORECAST

Southern New Jersey-Mostly
sunny and pleasant Sunday.
high "a.
Upper Bay-Mostly sunny and
pleasant Sunday. high SO. West
erly winds, 1915 miles per hour.
Lower Bay and Ocean Beaches
Sunday mostly sunny and
pleasant. high in the upper o0s.
Westerly winds, 1915 miller per
hour.
Skyline Drive-Mostly sunny
but some cloudiness tomorrow
high in the 70s. Good visibility.
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Hurricane Toll Rises,
Tide Tokes Many to Sea

cheniere area before they were
rescued.
I'VE prayed and we talked,
she said.
Hardest hit by the one-twc
punch Of wind and waves was
Cameron Parish county, about
80 miles south Of here and in
the extreme southwestern corner
of the State. 1t is a normally
serene stretch of marshland and
bayous, much of it below sea
level.
Although larger than Rhode
Island. the parish has q season
ally fiuctuating population THAT
runs as high as 6.244.
About 100 persons were be-
Heyed 70 have lost their lives
In the parish. most Of them In
the little county seat fishing
village Of Cameron, where about
1000 persons live on a small
ridge just inland from the gulf.
The hurricane hit Cameron
almost head on, flattenine
about 90 per cent of its build
ings.
Holly Beach. q resort commu-
nifty west Of Cameron. was all
but wiped OF the map.
Other hard hit towns were
Big Lake, Johnsons Bayou,
Morris. Grand and Little Chen
iere and and Grand Lake.
The water stood 10 feet deep
In some towns after the tidal
wave had spent its strength.
To the north lush acres Of
corn, rice. figs and oranges were
ruined by the hammer blow Of
the hurricane itself.
The actual passage Of the
hurricane occasioned no imme-
date alarm. The death toll al
first seemed moderate. But Their
came the refugees. singly and
in groups, wet. shoeless. theil
only possessions the clothes or
their back.
The adults gasped out 9
description of the wall of water
that engulfed their homes. Fol
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d. Heaton who will observe their
31st marriage anniversary to-
morrow as the Eisenhowers'
guests.
Gen. Heaton, commandant at
Walter Reed Army Hospital in
Washington operated on the
President for ileitis a year ago
this month.
Repeat Celebration
When Mr.. Eisenhower checked
out Of the hospital on June 80
last year he came to his farm
to convalesce and was accom-
panied by the Heatons and Mrs.
Eisenhower. The two couples
celebrated their wedding ami
versaries together then, just as
they will this year.
Tomorrow evening the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Eisenhower and
their guests plan to 60 to the
high school here for a memorial
ceremony marking the cath an
niversary Of the Civil War
Battle Of Gettysburg. Gen. Max
well D. Taylor. Army Chief of
STAFF. will be the principal
speaker.
Mr.. Eisenhower made a stab
at a round Of golf shortly after
his arrival here late yesterday,
but he completed only the first
hole. Storm clouds sent him
scurrying back to the club
house. A torrential rain cut
loose q moment later.
The President and his wife
plan to return to Washington
Monday evening or Tuesday
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LIiCiit 1uCAllt4Co dt tktC uiopUOdl VI
those dealing with the disaster
Mr.. Eisenhower sent Val
Peterson, former Federal Civil
Defense administrator. to the
hurricane area for a survey Of
the damage and a speedy report
on how much relief money might
be needed. Army units also pro-
vided supplies and assisted civil
defense and other workers in
rescue and cleanup operations.
A presidential declaration of
10 major disaster to qualify the
area for such aid was indicated
as soon as the extent of damage
could be determined.
Report Due From Gruenther
Mr.. Eisenhower also was ex-
pecting an on-the-spot report
during the day from retired Gen.
Alfred M. Gruenther, president
of the American Red Cross. Gen.
Gruenther also few to Louisiana
last night with Mr.. Peterson,
who Is the Ambassador designate
to Denmark.
The President and Mrs. Eisen-
hover arrived from Washington
late yesterday for q long week
end at their farm and celebra-
ton Of their 4lst wedding ami
versary here Monday.
The President new to Gettys-
burg after participating in cere-
monies opening the Islamic Gen.
ter at 255l Massachusetts ave-
nue. NV.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eisenhower we're
Joined at the farm last night
by Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Leonard
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called on all Americans to con-
tribute to local Red Cross chap
tiers for relief work.
Mr.. Eisenhower made a per-
sonal additional contribution to
the Red Cross - the amount
wasn't disclosed - and asked
Government employees to follow
his example.
Press Secretary James c. Hag-
erty said Leo Hoegh, designated
to be the new civil defense adj
ministrator. was sent to Louisi-
ana by plane from Omaha last
night to join other federal and
Red Cross officials in the relief
command.
Pestilence threatened the wa
terlogged land. Tens /. Of thou.
sands Of dead cattle and wild
animals lay bloating in the hot
sun and oppressive humidity
that followed the 105-mile wind
Of the hurricane.
Little Pecan Island was crawl
ing with tiny toad frogs and
snakes washed inland by the
savage swirl Of sea water.
The hurricane moved inland
yesterday morning. It moved
northeastward across Louisiana
and on through Mississippi into
Tennessee. It finally died in q
gush Of rain over the Ohio VAL
ley.
Fury Unexpected
Many victims lost a chance to
save themselves because they
had not expected it to hit before
nightfall.
Others underestimate the
strength Of the storm. Said 30
year-old Jethro Broussard Of
Pecan Island:
I'VE didn't leave here because
we didn't think 1t would turn
out this bad. Never in my
memory has a tidal wave crossed
over Pecan Island"
Mrs. Dorothy Whatley. IS.
spent 10 hours clinging with her
husband to q tree in the Grand
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President to Get Data
On Louisiono Disaster

GETTYSBURG. Pa. June 20 tR.-President Eisenhower
instructed aides to keep him in close touch today
and relief efforts in Southwest louisiana
The President spending the week end farm home has
arranged to receive telephone from Washington
directed Federal ocals last night available Govern
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WEATHER fair weather expected
tonight with precipitation limited to thunderstorms and
showers in Montana Iowa. Western Missouri and from the
Dakoas southwark through Nebraska and Kanass to Okla
homa Temperatures will be somewhat lower in the North
east and In parts Of Utah and Nevada while rising trend
indicated for Iowa. Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Okla
homa.-AP Wrephoto Map.
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TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

peake Bay-Small craft warn
ings are displayed. Fresh to
strong westerly winds this after
noon diminishing tonight and
becoming mostly moderate Sum-
day. Weather fair. visibility
good.
River Report
tProm U 8 Engineers1
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls. shenandoah
clear at HarperH Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
lReadlng Washington National Airport
Mtdnieht Noon ----- ~
Am. ------ x Ann. 800 e
Record Temperature This Year
Highest, ~ on June 10, 10.
Lowest, + On January 1S.
High ana Low Of Last - Hours
High, 20 a. 7: 20 pm.
Low, 80 at 6;4h am.
Tide Tables
tFurnlshed By the United States Coast
and deodetic survey
Today Tomorrow
High -- 0.4p am. 1913 am.
Low -- 4.lO am. 500 am.
HiRh -------- 1920 pm. 1l:l0 pm.