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Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08
Stork Shower

A surprise stork shower was Civ
en- for Mrs. Louise Hoyer at the
home of Mrs. Catharine Hazard on
Tuesday evening. August 5th.
The hostesses were Mrs. Cath
arine Hazard and Miss Mildred
Hallowell. Guests who attended
were: Mrs. Catherine Tingle and
daughters, Rita and Kathy of Re-
hoboth, Delaware; Mrs. Betty Car
ter, of Frederick; Mrs. Blanche
Rogers. Elaine and Billy Rogers,
Mrs. Clayton Kirby. Mrs. Joseph
Cook, Mrs. Margaret Hallowell,
Mrs. Robert Elzig and son, Jerry.
Mrs Dan Dohring and daughter.
Kay and Mrs. Margaret Hazard.
Louise received many nice and USE
full gifts.
The ladies had delightful time
visiting and playing games. There
were delicious refreshments served
by the hOstesses.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08
Items Of q Purely
Personal Nature

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Draper
had as their weekend guest, Rob-
ert Schmitt of Paramus, N. ].
Miss Betty Grier is in Poquoson,
Va, as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Duane Holloway.
Mrs. Bertha Alden returned on
Saturday from a two weeks vaca-
tion in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Mrs. Lee Hirsch, who has been
in Berkley and San Francisco, Cal
ifornia since the latter part of
June, returned home this week.
Mrs. Frank Grier was in Reho-
both a few days this week as the
guest of Mrs. Donald Poole of
Swarthmore, Pa, who is spending
the summer at her cottage.
Mrs. John Martin was the guest
last week of Mrs. Leila Jennings.
Mrs. Martin returned to her home
near Haekettstown, N. J., the past
weekend.
Mrs. Daniel Friedman and Miss
Greta Friedman were in New York
City the first of this week to meet
Miss Annbjorg Steinsland, of Ber-
gen, Norway, who will be their
guest for the coming school year
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stidnam and
three children of Birmingham, Ala
bama, were guests of Miss Eliza
beth Stidham on Wednesday. They
were enroute to Newport, r. l.,
for a visit with relatives there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Leithiser
had as guests on Thursday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Mitchell and children
of Havre de Grace, Md. They will
have as weekend guests Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Vandever, also of
Havre de Grace.
S/Sgt. Melva Jane Bradford has
returned from a visit in Woodleaf,
North Carolina, and will be with
HCA 4AObhOAs MID. E1lZdU0Iu bTdu-
ford, until August % when she
leaves from Mcguire AFB for Ger
many.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Abrahams
were guests of Mrs. Verde Mad
dox of Bridgeville and Mrs. John
Sturgis of Delmar on Sunday and
attended the opening of the new
plant of the Eastern Shore Pub
lie Service in Salisbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. James C. Bradford
and children arrived Tuesday to be
the guests of Mrs Elizabeth Brad
ford. Mr.. Bradford has just ter
minated his service in the u. S.
Army, having been stationed at
Alaska for two years
and then at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

Mrs. Augustus D. Dickerson is
spending two weeks in Rehoboth
with her sister, Mrs. Neva O'Brien
of EastoIl, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Price Webb are
leaving today for their cottage at
Herring Greek to spend all of
next week there.
Mary Lou Landlord is at Camp
Arrowhead for two weeks. Last
week she and her sister, Anne,
spent in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kutz and
sons returned home on Friday af-
ter spending the past ten days with
relatives in Harrisburg and Troy,
Pa.
Mrs. Blanche Cowgirl of Dover
was the weekend guest of her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry, Cowgirl at their home at
Haven Lake.
Miss Elaine Rogers is spending
several days in Rehoboth with her
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM,
Tingle and daughters, Rita and
Kathy.
Mrs. Frances Martin of Rock
Hall, Nd, is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. George H. Draper, Jr., at
their cottage at Slaughter Beach
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank, NAPLES left
Wednesday for a motor trip to
California and will attend a den
tai meeting being held there later
in the month.
Mrs. Rex Hunter was in Will
mington three days this week as
the guest of Miss A. L. Hull and
attended the showing of "Song of
Norway and Happy Hunting" at
the Brandywine Music Circus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank J. Osborne,
Jr., of 107 Pine Street, have just
returned from a vacation trip that
and Detroit, Michigan. They re-
turned through Canada and visit
ed Niagara Falls.
DR.. and Mrs. Laurence L. Fitchett,
and family left on Friday of last
week for camping trip that will
cover all of August. They will visit
relatives in JanesvilIe, Wisconsin,
before they go on to the Yellow
stone Park and vicinity.
Mrs. Roger Taylor of Garden
City, N. Y, arrived on Wednesday
to be the guest of Mrs. l. D. Short.
Mr.. Taylor will join her for the
weekend, part of which will be
spent at the Short cottage in Re-
hoboth.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08
Fire Report For
July 1858


Number of Alarms: 4, Numbers
So TO SIS inclusive. City Alarms: 3:
Rural Alarms: I
Types / load straw; 1 auto; 1
house trailer: processing plant.
Hose Used: 500 feet-1 inch;
900 feet~21h inch.
Distance Travelled: 30 miles.
Time in Service: hours.
Pumping Time: 1 hour.
Attendance: 105 men in service;
Al man hours in service; rs aver
age attendance at each alarm.
loss: Total Loss $4,000; City
Loss s4.7000Q; Rural Loss $4.-
10000.
Ambulanct Report for July,
1868: Total TTips: 25s Total Men
in Service: ~: Total Hours in Ser
vice: Sc; Tstal Man Hours in Ser
vice: 80; Total Miles Travelled: /:
1.475.
John G. Jester, Fire Recorder
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08
Sussex Firefighters
Hold Delmar Session

The regular monthly meeting OF
the Sussex County Volunteer Fire
mems Association was held re-
Gently as guests of the DelmaI
Volunteer Fire Co. DR.. T. C. Multi
gan, Georgetown, Sussex County
Chaplain, gave the invocation. Ma
yor A. e. HantwOrker, OF Delmar
gave the address of welcome.
William e. Donovan, Fire Re
corder, gave the following report
for the month of June, 1858: Total
alarms, "a; Town. IS, Rural, 12s
Other Towns, 8; Loss $254,975.0ll;
Covered by insurance $4,000; Net
loss $251, ,225.00: Town 1882, 10000;
Rural $2.775.00.
Men in service, SGT; Hours in
service A; Total man hours, 2,294;
Miles travelled, 439; Feet of hose
used, 1-inch, 2.540; 11a Inch. 3,100;
21s -inch. 800; feet o fladder raised
46; 215-gaI. foam, q; Miscellaneous
L; Car in river, Seaford.
Types of fires; Mercantile, 4;
Dwellings. II: Chimney. 2; auto, 8;
grass. 3; chicken houses, 1 /; Mis-
cellaneous, 10.
Company responding to moss
alarms, Laurel (D; Company hav-
ing greatest loss, Millsboro $780,
000); Company having no fires
Delmar, Bethany Beach. Milton;
Company not reporting by 18th OF
the month, Blades and Georgetown
Ambulance Service: Trips 81;
Men in service. 131; Hoy IS in SER
vice, 220; Total man hours 557;
Total miles travelled 1924
The August meeting will be held
in Seaford on August 26. There will
be the nomination of officers of the
association. Rev. Townsend of Del
mar. gave the benediction.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08
Milford Grange News

The members of Milford Grange
planned. at their last meeting,
which was on Saturday evening,
to have a Pot Luck Supper at
Slaughter Beach in the pavilion
on Wednesday evening, August
18th, at $50 p. m.
All members and their families
are urged to attend, and each per-
son bring a covered dish and their
place setting. Better bring a fold
ing chair if convenient to do so.
Mrs. Mark Ulery and Mrs. Bess
Shew will endeavor to contact all
members.
The State and Pomona Grange
will picnic at Trappe Pond on
Tuesday, the 18th.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08
STILL

Funeral services for Mrs. Flor
ence F. Still, "a, widow of David
Still of Milford, were held from
the Lofiand Funeral Home in Mil
ford on Tuesday at p. m.
Mrs. Still died on Thursday. July
29, at Smyrna. She is survived by
a daughter, Mrs. Frederick Arnold
OF Cape May, N. J.
The Rev. Douglas Milbury of
Calvary Methodist Church, Milford.
officiated at the services. Interment
in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford.
BUNTING
Mrs. Drucilla Bunting, 80, widow
of Joseph Bunting, died July 31st
after a years illness. She is sur
vived by four daughters, Mrs. Hat
tie Shockley, Mrs. Roxie Murray
Mrs. Lottie Long, and Mrs. Edna
Mae, all of Frankford; eleven
greltdchildren, nine great grand
children and sister, Mrs. Mary
Bunting of Ocean City, Md.
Services were held Sunday at
2 p. nj, in the Watson and Gray
Funeral Chapel, Frankford The
Rev. Lester Windsor oficiated. In
terment was in Ebenezer Cemetery
near Selbyville
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08
United Church Women
To Hold Conference

continued from page one)
and DR.. John Charlton. The sub
ject will be Effective Ways of
Utilizing Public Relations. Regis
trations should be made with Mrs.
Samuel P. Maroney, 2203 w. 11th
Street, Wilmington, before Septem-
Der 5. Those attending are to bring
box lunch. Dessert and a bever-
age will be supplied for a small
sum. Registration fee will be one
dollar.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford

John e. Barcus, weather record
er, reports the following weather
conditions for Milford as recorded
on instruments located on Lake
view Avenue for the week begin
ming Thursday, July 81 and ending
Wednesday, August 6, inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08
Local Happenings

PICNIC - The MillwOOd Sunday
School picnic will be held Satur-
day, August 9th, at O'Clock at
Wheeler's Park, Harrington. Bring
your picnic supper and your family.
ART LEAGUE TICKETS = Tick
cts for the annual Art League Ball,
to be held at the Rehoboth Coun-
try Club on Friday, August Is,
may be obtained by calling Mrs.
Frank r. Grier. or seeing her at
her home on Kings Highway.
BLUE ROCK SHOOT - There
will be Blue Rock Shoot on Aug
ust 10, 1858, at 1 p. M, on Big
Stone Beach Road, sponsored by
Greenbriar Hunting Lodge. There
will be prizes and refreshments.
All are welcome.
PUPTENT FRICASEE = Milford
Cootie Puptent No. 4 and Fiddler
cite Club 49S held a Fried Chicken
Dinner Tuesday evening at the
Blue Hen Post Home on Haven
Lake. Members of both clubs, with
their husbands and wives, enjoyed
the informal get-together with
their guest, the Puptent from Sea-
ford and their wives.
FAREWELL SERMON = Rev.
Leon o. Hynson, pastor of the Mil
ford Pilgrim Holiness, will preach
his farewell sermon at the church
on S. e. Front St., this Sunday
night, August 10. 1858, at the 7:45
p. m. service.
Rev. Hynson has served the
church here for the past six years.
He is native of Denton, Md, and
received his training at Eastern
Pilgrim College, where he was
granted a Bachelor of Theology de-
gree.
Friends are invited to attend
this service.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08
OBITUARY
SMEALLIE

Word has been received by
friends of the death of Crerar
Smeallie which occurred in Seat,
tie, Washington, on July %. Mr..
Smeallie was member of a well
known family who lived here at
the turn of the century and will be
remembered by few as having
lived on the farm, now the home of
Mrs. Coleman Saltar.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

cate a plaque to the memory of the
Rev. DIR. William Leishman, in
scribed: In recognition of his
outstanding service to the Lewes
Rotary Club from 1928 to 1885,"
DIR. Leishman, retired pastor OF
Lewes Presbyterian Church, who
died July 16, was one of three re-
naming charter members of the
Rotary Club.
APPLICATION FILED - O.
Wayne Rollins, President of Rol-
Inns Broadcasting, Inc, operators
of Radio Station WJWL, George
town, has announced that an ap-
plication was filed today with the
Federal Communication Commits
sion proposing that the power of
WJWL be increased to 5000 watts
on the present frequency of 900
kilocycles.
WJWL would thus provide the
most extensive radio coverage of
any station on the Delmarva Pen
insula.
WJWL, one of eight radio and
television stations of Rollins
Broadcasting-Tele Inc, is
a sister station of VANS, Whining
ton, which also applied for 5000
watts recently.
SPARED JAIL - The fact that
the three children of a woman who
violated probation hadn't been
thrown on public relief was one of
the reasons why Judge William j.
Storey didn't send her to prison
for her violations, in Sussex Coun-
ty Superior Court.
Ruby Hopkins, 81, of the Milton
area, was brought into court be-
cause she failed to report to the
probation officer as required and
committed an act of violence in the
minor stabbing of Johnnie James.
also of Milton.
Judge Storey held a conference
with various persons interested
and finally announced that because
of the children he would give her
zone more chance.
Mrs. Hopkins, found guilty OF
grand larceny in July 1856, had
been given a years suspended pri-
son sentence and placed on proba-
ton for three years.
She said that she had been pick
ing beans and had provided proper
ly for her children.
J0BLESS DIP - Unemployment
in Delaware according to figures
released by the Unemployment
Compensation Commission on bene-
fit payments last month, decreased
during the month of July far great
er than it was this time last year.
Payments for the month of July
totaled $S80,74O.5G, 49,509.5O less
than payments for June, according
to Albert Stetser, chairman-execu-
tive director of the State Unem-
ployment Compensation Commits
sion.
Benefit payments so far this
year are almost double those paid
during the same period last year.
Total benefits paid through July
amount to $6,425, ,443.50. The figure
at the end of July last year was
$3,524,9 ,94150.
A total of 975 persons exhausted
their unemployment compensation
benefit checks during July, an all
time record for the month.
This was despite the fact that
under legislation enacted at a spe-
cial session of the General Assem-
bly, recently 2 total of 3,279 checks
amounting to $101, ,409.50 were is
sued during the month in tempo
rarY unemnlnYment benefits
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08
Kent And Sussex
Softball League
STANDINGS
MODERN TITLE

NEW YORK (AP)-Youth lead
ers of the United Church Of Christ
set this title for a group session
on the Middle East turmoil: "Iraq
n roll"
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

On Tuesday of next week the
members of the Sewing Circle
will go to HeIging Creek and
will be guests of Mrs. w. Price
Webb, who is spending the
week there. They will enjoy
covered Sish luncheon and the
afternoon near the water.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

The man who achieved the first air.
plane flight in Canada was John A.
d. McCurdy in 1909. And he was the
first to complete successfully a flight
by a British subject anywhere in the
British commonwealth.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

DR.. and Mrs. Robert H. Smith
of Harrington welcomed their
fourth child, a son, in Milford
Memorial Hospital on Thurs
day. July "a. He has been nam
ed Neal Baynard Smith. Their
other children are Carol, Bob
by and Joan. Mrs. Smith was
the former Miss Marie Lord of
town.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

The wedding of Miss Kath-
leen Idella Isaacs and Mr.. Rob-
ert Eugene Donovan will take
place in Avenue Methodist
Church tomorrow at two o.
clock. The double ring cere-
money will be performed by
the Reverend Conrad Hamer
of Milton.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

Mrs. Daniel L. Friedman and
laughter, Miss Greta Friedman
went to New York City on
Monday in order to meet Miss
Annbjorg Steinsland, who few
in from her home in Bergen,
Norway, on Tuesday. Miss
Steinsland is an exchange stu
dent and her stay in the Uni
ted States for the coming
school year was arranged by
the American Field Service.
She will be the guest of the
Friedman family. She is sew
enteen and will be a senior in
Milford High School this fall.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

An engagement of local in
terest is that of Miss Jacque-
line Hall Anderson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel G. An
derson of Rehoboth to Mr.. Rob-
ert e. Karlson. son of Mrs. Emil
Karlson of Atlanta, Georgia,
and Mr.. Emil Karlson of Stock
holm, Sweden. The wedding
will take place in All Saints
Episcopal Church in Rehoboth
on August 2S.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

Invitations have been issued
by Mrs. Horace e. Quillen of
Harrington and Mrs. T. Carlisle
Collins for a bridge luncheon
at the Rehoboth Country Club
on Thursday. August fourteen
at twelve-thirty o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

OR several years the
beauty of the flow
ering bush, crepe
myrtle, has been
lauded in this col
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

Mrs. Bertha Alden returned
on Saturday from Lincoln, Ne
braska, where she had spent
the past two weeks. While
there Mrs. Alden attended the
sixtieth wedding anniversary
celebration of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Weatherhogg.
She took her grandson, Garry
Alden, with her for the celebra-
tion. which was attended by all
four of their children.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

Mr.. and Mrs. E. Dallas Hitch
ems we're surprised by their
families on Saturday. The
evening was. spent together.
honoring their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary and was
arranged by their son, Robert
Kitchens. Present were Mr..
and Mrs. William Harlan and
Mr.. and Mrs. Reese Kitchens.
and children of Wilmington,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Matthews
and Mr.. and Mrs. James c..
Holzmueller. whose guests
they weFe at an anniversary
dinner Tuesday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

Mr.. and MN Charles G.
Windsor announss the mar
riage of their s<3lghter. Rebec-
ca, to Mr.. Leroy P. Robinson,
son of the lafe Mr.. and Mrs.
Percie w. Robinson. The cere-
mony was performed by the
Reverend Robert e. Green in
the parsonage of Bethel Meth
odist Church in Lewes On Sat-
urday. August 2. Mr.. Robin
son is employed by Brown P.
Thawley. Inc. They will live
at 400 Marshall Street.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08

umn. And 1t is the time again
to see this lovely flower at its
best. Almost the most north
ern limils of its existence, each.
year everyone enjoys the light
pink, the rose az the purple
color of ies bloom. Certainly
Milford is fortunate to- have
the several species ard to look
on it with such pleasure.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08
STARNES

Grady d. Starnes, so. of Bethel,
died August 2 in the Nanticoke
Memorial Hospital, Seaford, after a
long illness. He was a retired en-
ployee of the DUPONT plant at Sea-
ford. He was son of James F.
Starnes and the late Flora Starnes
of Dechard, Tenn.
Mr.. Starnes was born in De-
chard and went to the Seaford area
in 1910.
Surviving in addition to his fa-
ther are his wife. Mrs Lucille C.
Starnes of Bethel; five daughters,
Mrs. Florine Chappelle. Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Andrews, Salisbury, Md. :
Mrs. Jane Meyers and Mrs. Ruth
SIatcher, both of Seaford; Mrs. Lu-
cilIe Boyce, Newark; two sons,
Thomas of Easton, Md; Luther, of
Evanston. Ill; nine grandchildren,
three brothers, J. R. Starnes, Mem
phis, Tenn; Lawrence, Tulsa,
Okla; Earl, Albany. Ca; three
sisters, Mrs. Ethel Holland, Estell
Springs, Tenn; Mrs. Mary Lou
Swami. Decard Tenn; Mrs. Jewel
Shasteen, Cleveland, Tenn
Services were held Tuesday at 2
D. m. in the Church of the Naza-
rent at Seaford. The pastor. the
Rev. Harley e. Bye, officiating.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-08
HoLSToN


Caleb Thomas Holston, sc. died
suddenly of heart attack August
2 while visiting in Harrington.
Mr. Holston, who lived at 128
North street, Dover, had been an
employee of the Richardson and
Robbins plant for 48 years, and a
member of the Robbins Hose Com
pany since 1911. He lived in the
Dover vicinity all of his life.
. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Maude B. Holston, two step-daugh-
ters, Mrs. Virginia Moore, Virginia
Beach, Va, and Mrs. Doris Brown.
Viola; two step-sons, William Tay-
lor, Dover, and Robert Taylor, Will
mington; 10 grandchildren, one
great-grandchild; a brother, John
Holston, Woodside, and a sister,
Mrs. Matilda Cannon, Dover.
Services were held Tuesday at 2
.. m. from the Trader Funeral
Home in Dover with interment in
odd Fellows Cemtery. Camden.
The Rev. William Tull, pastor of
the Church of God, Milford, Off
ciated.
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HEADLINE PERSONALITY
Gibbons Is Pictured
As Union intellectual

quently, organizing his defense.
Attorney Stanley M. Rosen-
blum of st. Louis will lug three
suitcases to the hearing, con-
tanning documents to help Glib
bons answer the questions.
Gibbons may be one Of the
most paradoxical figures the
Senators have ever encountered.
One Of % Children
Harold Joseph Patrick Glib
bons. Al, the youngest Of an
Irish migrants Is children,
likes to tell Of his humble
background. His first Job was
as a $lO-a-week dishwasher,
seven days q week, IL hours q
day in Scranton. Pa. He never
finished high school.
Yet he is a student of eco
nomics and labor and has lee
tured on labor affairs at Har-
ward. Princeton, the University
Of Chicago and the University
Of California.
Six feet. Ia inches tall and
1876 pounds. with greying hair
atop q towering forehead, he Is
an impressive man. His sensi-
tive face. dark-blue suits and
well-modulated voice would be-
At q college administrator.
A tireless worker, he sets q
furious pace in the conference
room. Through a jammed daily
schedule Gibbons walks with
long strides, puffs two packs Of
cigarettes q day. Twenty min
utes Of sleep will revive him az
ter an 18-hour day.
Gibbons can be explosively
blunt but always keeps himself
under control.
BOlted Clio
He came to st. Louis in 1912
and soon became head Of a
large CLIO union.
In 1913 he pulled his greatest
coup. Crying for social reform,
he charged that some Of his
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FULL NAME--HarOId Joseph
Potrick Gibbons.
HoAAE-st. Louis, No.
BlRTHDAY-IeIl.
RlRTHPLAcE--A,chibaId Patch.
Pa.
EDUcATloN--Hish school and
closses Of universities Of Chicago /
end Wisconsin.
JoBS-oishwosher, cook, teacher
with WPA adult education
project. organized teachers
locol union ia 1896, clio re-
sionel director. textile workers
organizer. entered Tsomsten
in 1879.
FAMlLr--Marfied to art history
moioE hos two sons and enc
doushter.
associates were not anti-Com-
munist enough and he led his
s. 000-member local out of the
CIO and merged it with Local
688 Of the ALL Transfers.
He then I used 688 as his
springboard to power in the
International.
Gibbons makes it clear he
doesn't care what the Senate
committee. or the general pub
lie thinks. Only his Transfers
opinions carry any weight with
Gibbons.
AS soon as I have finished
my testimony. I will make my
self available to a special COM
mittee Of st. Louis rank and
tile members elected by a secret
ballot.
"All I care about is that my
members are satisfied with my
conduct" Gibbons said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-02
By the Associated Press

Transfers like to think of
their Harold j. Gibbons as one
Of the few real intellectuals in
their labor movement.
After st. Louis Police Capt.
Thomas Moran described Glib
bons to the Senate Rackets
Committee as a police hating
associate Of hoodlums. the
Transfers quickly distributed
a brochure on their No. 2 leader
1t pictured Gibbons as an in
tellectual who had studied eco
Monies, lectured at universities
on labor affairs and was active
in civic work in st. Louis.
The committee heard a diff
ferent story last week. Gibbons
sat silently and sometimes
glumly as q parade Of witnesses
charged he dealt in violence,
used hired hoodlums, that he
literally bought o st. Louis
Transfers Union local and
rigged his own election as head
Of the st. Louis Joint Council
Of Teamsters.
Won't Take Fifth"
This controversial figure Ia
expected to be called before
the Rackets Committee today,
Those who know him expect
a good show from the interna-
tional vice president and right
hand man of Teamster Presi-
dent James r. Hoffa.
Gibbons himself said zone
thing is certain. I won't be
taking the Fifth Amendment
I think I'll be able to answer
everything If given time to
check the records"
AS he talked, a large staff OF
lawyers was methodically re-
viewing the committees evil
dence and arming him with
answers.
Few other persons questioned
by the committee have been 60
fully prepared. Gibbons and his
attorneys have conferred fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-02

Frank G. Thomas Of Wash
ington has been elected ma
tional commander of the World
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War Tank Corps Association.
James l. Everett was named
national adjutant of the vet
Grams group.