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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09

the United States has nothing
comparable.
The visitors were greatly i'm
pressed by the surgeons skill
when they watched a heart
operation, DR.. Taussig said. i.
Therapy for tuberculosis pa
| tientS is about the same in the
Soviet Union as in the United
States, said DR.. Leona Baum
gartner, New York City health
Commissioner.
DR.. Baumgartner said the
visitors we're told the number
of doctors and hospitals in the
Soviet Union, but were MOI
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THE EVENING STAR. Washington D. C. ." ALL
MONDAY, 0. 1858

had no idea what happened to
him after their return to the
hotel. Crowley denied any
connection with his brother
in-law's death and termed his
arrest on May 81 fantastic"
He has been in jail ever since.
Prosecutor Furukawa said
Saturday Kissinger had been
cleared of all suspicion.
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VIsITING FROM INDEPENDENCE, NO.

given figures on life expectancy
and the incidence Of disease.
other doctors in the group
are Jean Henley, Columbia
University; Esther C. Marting
University of Cincinnati;
Margaret Sloan, National Re-
search Council, Washington
and Thelma Dunn, National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
Md.
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Faced Same Charge

informed London, Washington
and United Nations Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold
and postponed the departure
of the Greek ambassador to
Turkey. He mad been scheduled
to leave for Ankara today.
The Athens police force was
put on standby alert, but so far
there were no disorders in the
Greek capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09

head. An autopsy attributed
death to cerebral hemmor-
rhage, linked to Commissions.
Police said the walls and
curtains of the room were
spotted with blood.
Crowley and Mr.. Kissinger
admitted making a night club
tour with Mr.. Jones the night
before his death but said they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
u. S. Doctors to End
Soviet Tour omorrow

MOSCOW June lP.-A group of women doctors will end
one-nonh tour of Soviet medical facilities tomorrow I'M
pressed with much they seen but also conscious OF
shortcomings.
The doctors arrived May IA and visited medical schools
clinics research institutes and child health throughout
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
Tokyo Indicts Crowley
In Death of Portner

TOKYO, June P,-Joseph Crowley Of New Haven
indicted today for the death Of his brother-n-law
and partner T. A. d. Jones. jr
The indictment accused the bury 48yearold exhafback
beating Mr. Jones while under the influence Of alcohol
Crowley CHARGED specifically with inhictng bodily in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09

juries resulting in death"
roughly equivalent to man
slaughter in America.
Tokyo Chief Prosecutor Ken
jiro Furukawa presented the in
dictment' to the Tokyo district
court. Under Japanese pro-
cedure the court sets a date for
trial before three judges. There
is no jury.
Trials normally extend over
many months.
Faced Same Charge
The charge is the same al
that on which CT William S
Girard was convicted for kill
! ing a Japanese brass scavenge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09

on an Army firing range. Con-
viction can carry a sentence of
2 to is years in prison. Girard
got a three-year suspended
sentence.
Mr.. Jones, As. was president
of a New Haven fuel oil firm
and Crowley is vice president.
Crowley was a football star at
Yale and Mr.. Jones was the
son of the late T. A. d. Jones.
ST., 1907 all-America quarter
back at Yale and later the Eli
coach. Crowley is married to
Jones sister.
Crowley and Mr.. Jones came
to Tokyo May 5 with Fred
erick NJ. Kissinger. Maryland
accountant, to buy an oil
tanker.
Found Dead in Suite j,
Mr.. Jones was found deac
three days later in the I'm.
perial Hotel suite the three
men shared. The body wa:
badly bruised, both eyes were
black, his lip was cut and thu
police said he had had heavy
blows on the left side Of hi
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29
Holt OF Household Moke Over $4,000
Average Income Locally Is Well
Distributed, Survey Indicates

A considerable portion Of Farm
vile families have moved into
highe~ income brackets in recent
years
More Of them are in the 81 900
and over groups than ever before
A smaller proportion, conversely, is
left in the lower income categorics
Despite occasional periods Of re-
cession and despite price initiation.
there has been a persistent rise To-
cally in real spendable income
and buying power.
The facts are brought out in a
nationwide breakdown Of 1857 in
comes. revealing the portion Of the
population in each grouping The
copyrighted study made by Sales
Management. covers every county
in the United States.
1t determines. for each COM
munity. whether the so-called ave
rage income" is enjoyed by a large
part Of the popula tion Or whether it
is merely statistical figure result
ing from a balancing off between
very high and very low income
groups
In Farmville. 48 per cent Of all
households had net incomes, after
taxes. CT S4 900 or more last year
the study shows, They accounted
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29
Fair Features
Evening Contests,
Prizes, Exhibits

Advance Sale Of tickets to the
Five County Far has begun and
VIII continue to September g. Con
siderable saving in admission is
offered 70 those Who buy tickers
during the advance sale. Tickets
are on sale at "a places in the
five counties.
The Fair viii open Monday, Sep
TENDER -. for six days closing Sat
Eday, September 20 Special events
have been planned throughout the
week.
Beauty Contest
The Miss Universe Beauty con
tfst to be held Wednesday evening.
September Il, promises to be one
of tie outstanding events. Con
estantS VIII be sponsored By Home
Demonstration Clubs Of the five
counties They must BE- IL years
old AID a resident Of the five
counties
W g Fitzpatrick. Judge ] 3 G /
Flood and Mrs NJ 4 Landrum will
Judge the contestants first in eve
ming dresses and then in swim
suits
The winner Will be crowned Miss
Five County Fair and will com
pete in the State Fair beauty con
test. Winnie there will compete in
the Miss America contest at
Long Beach. Cal. with an oppor-
tunity ID compete III the Miss
Universe contest AGAINST beauty
winners Of "a natiors.
Miss Five County Fair" w.ll rc-
ceive j cup, and TIE ruMnfr-up viii
be given an Identification bracelet.
All contestants will receive Miss
Universe" bins
The beauty contest this year
with the opportunity to compete in
the state and naional contests is
attracting Widespread interest. We
expect to have a large number Of
contestants, ] 2 Brickert. sen
eral manager. said.
With the opening date only two
weeks away final arrangements
are beng completed fer the fines.
Fair in history Blickert said
Another unusual twist to the fair.
viii be the baby sitting arrange
nlent, Under sponsorship Of t h z
Wonans Club Brickert said the
children can DC left III the baby
sitting department in the com
merical tent and the parents would
be free to watch the exhibits or
review the work Of the judges
Various evening contests will
highlight the activities Of the week
Livestock Judging, and fashion
show will be featured Wednesday
afternoon. The baked products eX-
hlbit flower show and special
demonstrations Will be Thursday
afternoon.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29

for III per cent Of all earnings
The breakdown shows also that
96 per cent of the households To-
cally were in the 81 900 10 $40 900
bracket last year They received
1913 per cent Of the total income
Some 1876 per cent Of the house
holds were IN the 50 500 to 81 600
class They collected ILL per cent
Of the income
1t all adds up. for the average
household. 10 greater purchasing
power than before, The Increase III
earnings has more than kept pace
locally with the rise In the cost Of
living
Much Of this available case was
not. however, taken to market. al
though consumer purchasing stood
up surprisingly well for a dcpres-
sion year A large part went into
savings, as was reflected by a gain
of 1907 sos dollars increase in say
ings accounts in Far,nville's three
banks over figures a year ago
These cash reserve will
eventually make themselves felt.
when the consumer is ready in
greater expenditure far cars.
homes and the many Injuries Of
modern living
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29
Abbitt Wants Bill
To Protect State
Laws From Court

Representative Watkins Nj. Alb
bitt said he will ask the House
Judiciary Committee 10 consider
in January a bill he introduced
last week requiring that. Supreme
Court decisions invalidating state
laws must be unanimous.
Abbitt introduced the bill last
Friday after group Of justices
from 10 state Supreme Courts
nine chief justices and one associ-
ate justice issued a sharply criti-
cal statement concerning 'unre-
strained policymaking" by the u
S. Supreme Court.
Abbitt's bill provides that the Su-
preme Court may invalidate a state
statute only by unanimous decision
Of the justices participating. He
pointed out. in explaining the bill
in a speech in the House. that,
since 1850. % cases ovcrturning
state laws have been decided by a
8 sharply divided Supreme Court
Rarely is the present court unani-
nous in its decisions in cases deal
ing with this phase of the law
Abbitt said his purpose is 10 re-
quire that the Court should be III
unanimous agreement before a
state law can be declared unconsti-
tutional Il am hoping, he said
that there may sometimes be one
justice who will hold to the belief
that state laws have full force and
effect unless clearly in direct con
flict with our Federal Constitution
The Congressman told the House
that he was alarmed at the great
number of decisions which have
been 50 and further declared ZAP
parently the majority Of the High
Court cares nothing about prece-
dent but is foisting upon our people
their own Whims. PHILOSOPHERS and
ideas about social justice"
In commenting on the views ex-
pressed by the group Of justices
Abbitt said Surely justice has
come to a sad plight in this coun-
CONTINUED on page s.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29
Nations First Tobacco Grader
RetTes With 43 Years Experience

When INN Virginia Old Belt dark
fired tobacco markets open here
around the first Of December. there
VIII be something missing That
something viii be Arthur H Irbv.
the first federal tobacco erader.
who retired as Of July /
Irby Will probably b On hand 10
sce how tho market III gong. but
he VIII be minus his title as super
visor Of types 81 and 81 tobaccos
FIR the Y s. Department Of Agri-
culture
The 69-year-old tobacco chief
started working With tobacco mar
kcting IN 1915 He became the first
tobacco grader IN the world in 1927,
WI ne worked on an experiment
tai basis III the old Farmers Ware
house in Lynchhurg He was then
working under grading project
sponsored by the State government
ard supervised by the Fedc~al GOV
eminent
firSt FEDERAL lnSrfcinr
In 1892 nc became the first fed
eial inspector. grading tobacco into
the classificatioEs for suppor
prices.
Prior TO his experimental work in
Lynchburg, I~by worked in "a SINH
lar capacity fit the Oh state
Association II believe that was
about 1921 =" the White haired to-
hacco expert recalled. AZ Ne re-
laxed ii tie Fl 81 pleasant moments
Of retirement at his Randolph
Street home.
Born on Lnrrnhurg farm in
1880, Irby gathered most of his to-
bacco knowledge the ha Il way. His
family produced tobacco. type II
dark fred tobacco. Of course.
He says he still calls Blackstone
home, and moved III Petersburg III
1915 with his first Job il tobacco
marketing He came back to Black
stone ID 1917 and seven years Later
went 10 Appomattox III 1881 Ill.,
moved to Farmville and for all
practical purposes is considered a
native Of Farmville.
Many a leaf has gone down the
hogshead since those early days.
Irby recalls when Virginia used to
market about GO millions pounds Of
dark fired leaf instead Of the ap-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29
Placement Board
Enters Virginia
Schools Picture

WHh school opening dates III Nir-
glnia Toss than week hence. thc
Supreme Court IN extraordinary
session. and three Virglnia urban
Localities appearing daily before
The federal court. tho school segre-
cation case n rapidly approaching
climax
On top Of The events in Virginia
Governor Faubus. Of Arkansas. has
called tic legislature Of mis- State
into special session and * chr
renfly armed with a school-closlng
bin thanks 70 quick and almost
unanimous action bv The ArFPnsas
legislature Wednesday. With pres
SURG ve'v high IN Little r 4 X
school opening has been postponed
an extra week,
The Supreme Court is In special
SESSION 10 hea~ an appeal from
Little Rock arising out Of the dc-
cisicn Of Judge Lemley. wv b o
granted Little Rock two and one
half years cooling off from IN
tegration Judge Lemley was re-
versed BY the Eight Circuit Court
Of Appeals and Thus the case Is
now before the Supreme Court
State Placement Board
The picture on the national basis
is last about as confused as 1t is
on the State scene. The Virginia
Pupil Placement Board suggested
Wednesday that Norfolk and Char
lottesville let the State Placement
Beard handle the assignment Of
Negro applicants to white schools
in those integration-besieged cities.
Norfolk, Charlottesville and All
ington have just about worn ont
the carpets" in the Federal dis
tflct courts. and tic carefully
wcrded suggestion from the Pupil
Placement Board could signal the
turning ove~ Of the entire mess
to the State board The local boards
could then say to the Federal
court. We have no power to acl .
With that cure. the Court would
run head-on into the State Of Wiz
ginia. with only two or three days
left before school opens
The constitutionality Of the pres
ent State pupil placement act has
not been ruled on in court. The
Board pointed out in telegram to
Charlottesville and Norfolk school
boards, that The Pupil Place
ment Board is ready and willing 70
place and assign pupils to the pub
lie schools in your school district
if you will make available to it the
necessary information upon which
it can act. II is now ready and has
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29
National Officers
From Fraternity
Pay Local Visit

Hampton Sydney College and y
Tulane Atkinson ware recently hon
ofed with sisit from the Supreme
0oliilcll ri thc - happa Alpha ifa-
nfnlly nne of the seven national
ifalcfni'irs WIN chapters ~ nv
coi4e&e # vlsil ny members O
thN council "hlch inclldfa NH AT
YIN national officers oi tAe ifaief-
mty IS termed unusual for the cam
pns since thai number # fraternity
leaders fa1cly come NJ ANY an"
,iine
Mr. Atkinson, former national
secretary III 1--WE organization was
tto NAG. ~, NV, s.,y,,,1 nn1e,-.t.ft ,f
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29
Superior Crop Yield Forecast
For Farmers; Thanks TO Rain


Prcd ctioAs mat tha tobacco crop
vi This ara WIN afaia an alb VI
nora ! pint' T r .ha year ami 10
corn GRIP vii be the boSt IN years,
com r. III Pence jstwa"d County
Agent E f Sniplsn An official
prather bs RIVER hete rlplin
says The excess rainfall Of August
has more than made 10 for the de
ficency noted during the month Of
July
Normal rainfall for N-71lst is
Az inches and the alxady precipI-
tatlon this week Ias resulted IN
that hpu be#sIulpassed by two
inches stripliA pointed out that the
excess rain Aas helped consider
ably in tie Yea In the growth Of
al crops and nas caused no harm
except for slight interference in the
harvesting Of tobacco.
Terming the entire crop outlook
for the area as good. the agrlcul-
tufal and weather specialist said
that this was due in large part 70
III iact t1at Z Riea' osai 81 III
= ea tooaeeo allu ~ / VII pianeou
lalel tnan usual. 'iia iatr pIaae ~,
ehaoieu tile u p'a ~ Mi'ii'' d'ie ''ie
rather dry period in July very sat
isfactorily, and enabled the crops
TO reach their full growth with the
frri.l
suR"s' piecii'4'd' ioii coiiliis "i'c'i
N aio'
nay ',A.'n'n'
ae Has crop ~ lH r. iiiS III
uuesa ~ eAoeiiei't 49, a'l' m 4,
va eS'Aiildte9 tiiat w i''il 81 W "il4
sai pass als ,o'ai ~ 49, eNei
ecoi Wv II Iie COUNTY Us aQl
oesS o. .iie nay - " = disg .
u l, iouIed " 'iie 1ao. Via iliuoli VI
''ie ao4,'ii'.7 ~ NIKE if''St ei.f'l,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29
Teachers NOu Back At Work
PUPILS To EOLOu Tuesday

Prince Edward and Cumberland
teachers began their first day Of
The new school year Thursday
morning. with meetings at Farm
vile high school and r. r Motion
high school. They VIII spend the
day Friday getting ready for Of
fetal school opening Tuesday morn
ing
The education association meet
ing Of the two counties was being
held Thursday also Miss Lillian
Minkle was elected president last
year for two year term with r.
c. Gilmer, vice president. Miss Hal
lie McCraw secretary. and Mrs.
Margaret Scott treasurer. Only
routine business was expected to
be brought up al the meeting
School, superintendent T. j. Nc
IlWainc said he did not expect any
appreciate change in the pupil eli
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29

Labor day viii also mark the end
OF summer vacations for the school
age Youngsters. Most of the schools
II the area open Tuesday. Septem-
her 2. While others have set an
opening date as late as September
e.
The celebration at Powhatan will
start al 10 am. featuring base
bail game. followed by lunch and
various FULFILLED events in the
A dance at the War Me
mortal Building will cap the events
with proceeds being used as pay
ment on the War Memorial Build
ing debt
At Amelia the Rally Day events
start at / pm and feature base
ball games. turkey shoots, etc. A
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29
Southside Directors Meet Here
Importance OF Educational Program
Stressed By Doctors At TB Meeting

cause TB is still very real thing
DR.. Scott, superintendent 81 Pied
mont IB Sanatoriun, cited the fact
that 344 people IN Virginia died with
TB in 1857 and that 1865 Of these
were not known ID be- diseased TN
III tuberculosis was noted on their
death certificates n supporting the
educational program mentioned BY
Dl PENNINGTON he pointed out the
merits Of locating the cases before
they become advanced ana more
difficult to treat
In conclusion, Dr. Scott told the
assembled representative 0f the
nine county association that the edit
cation program is the key to the
successful stamping out Of the
disease and he pointed out that one
Of the principal things needed to
carry out the program was more
cooperation and coordination be-
tween local health departments.
doctors and organizations such as
the Somthsidc Association.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29
Strinlin Presented
Service Certificate

n f. stripna Prince Edward
county agent was presented
United States Department Of AS
ricult,re certificate in recognition
~ thrifty years service with the
Department Of Agriculture at a
banque during the Extension Con
ference at.VPI last week
The certificate which was signed
bv Secretary Of Agriculture, Extra
I'll Benson was one OF two pre-
sontod q Nirenlians this year. A
number Of extension workers re-
ce.Ved certificates ia recognition for
ten and twenty years OF service.
Strlplin said that the certificate
win promptly be framed. but he
added that it was little late Be-
cause he is now in his thirty
second year Of agricultural service.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29

Prince Edw fd cerr'v ercves
So ~ rs is siaeo ( ~ ir~
Profits 20 the year. Las, '-ca~ n
co ETY. retfed a tStal s. 81 -
The county .dget FIR 'Ae rrr m
" ifo,--' n i n ~ ar erl "
from hPC profits. BIT tn p~of.s
y - SN'rs ave Il ANFa RI
rornced yet SO the ORIGINAL badge
anf;clnatinn 20 the cNnntv aopa~-
emily will be met. The town of
Falmville will receive 50 o6i as
compared to the Sli.37l.7o las.
year.
Total profits from the operation
Ct the Alcoholic Beverage C~ntrol
Board stores in the recent fiscal
year cama to Sl6.7n4 4i2. An initial
$50. 900 Of the profit gees directly
into the states gene fvnd
S788.2l5 is set aside for other statu-
tory obligations.
The state gets one third Or
Sc SOB. 647. and the Slo.l00.7 a5 left
Is divided ameng the counties.
cities and towns
Di stri butt is based on
50 .0436lS29 per capita in each Of the
political subdivisions in accordance
with the 1850 population census
The comparable average year
ago was slightly more than SSH
Other counties in the area will re
ceive the following as their share
of the profits. Buckingham. s34 ao4 !.
Amelia. S24 068. Cumberland. S22.-
Oh. Powhatan. Sl6.9l0. Charlotte
S37 .3i5, and Nottoway. S2S.o5
Towns in the area Will receive
their share as follows Bucking
ham. 1908: Charlotte c. H., 81 .2oS.
Dillwyn. 1882; Keysyille So 100
and Pamplin. S. 1876
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29
Ac .ivitics Keynote
Busy Labor Day
For Area Citizens

Labor Day activities abound for
PEG. l. ii the Herald area
Topping the list are the Labor
Day Rally at Amelia. the Labor
Day celebration at Powaatan.
Cumberland County Day at Cumb
erland G. H.. and last day Of being
open for state lakes in the area.
The Farmville swimming pool
VIII be open. OF course.
Even those who stay at home
VIII make Colonel C. W Woodson.
Superintendent Of State Police.
amy He unhappily pointed to the
IS killed last year in traffic acct
dents over the Labor Day week
end, which is a - per cent increase
over 1856
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29

n last minute additions ID thc
faculty Mrs Mary s Morgan M
Fafmvlle has been named tenn
porarlly 70 handle the girls physi-
cal education instruction at Farm
VILE high school
In the list Of teacher run in The
Herald Friday two omissions were
inadvertently made One vas MISS
Katherine Watkins. who win return
70 teach the kindergarten at Fai m
Vile elementary school. and tho
other is Mrs Rosa r Inpc who
will return to John Randolph Gle
mentary school She replaced Mrs
Jean Guthrie last year.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29

In Farmvillc general holiday
will be observed by local stores.
There viii be no first Of the week
edition of the Herald as the entire
staff will join others in observing
the Monday holiday Fridays edi-
ion will appear as usual
Labor Day also marks the end of
Wedncsda, afternoon holidays for
retail stores in FarmvilIe. Starting
The Wednesday after Labor Day. all
stores will be open for their regular
hours
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29

proximately eight million pounds
marketed last year He says he re-
members an entire crop Of to-
bacco- good tobacco going for
about $40 per hundred He remem-
bers that crop well, he said. be-
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29
Farmyiile Moose
Plan Fish Fry

Farmville Moose Lodge Will hold
a fish fry Saturday September 6 at
the Moose Hall, 6-8 pm. John H.
Varne., secretary announced to day.
Watkins M Abbitt will be guest
speaker and Bill McCllristian will
be chief cook.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29
Area Nets $l95,979 In
State Liquor Profits

on CHS o lilg sos The share
Ale hole b C1o profit for th
reachrd tic Official xcSffaIs tn Herald The
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-29

rollmcnt figures fol- the schools III
tho county He SAID they should be
approximately the same but thc
figures would not be available UNI
III The students actually began
classes next week.
All children transported bv bus
in FarmVillc Elcmcntar, School
will register Tuesday, September "A.
Town children will register Wed
nesday. September 3. kinderrar-
den children MAY register on either
Of the two dates.