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Evening star., 1959-12-17
500 WATER BILL
LEAVES OWNER
FEELING FLUSHED

SALISBURY, N. c. CAP).
Ever been aggravated by
water running through a
commode?
If so, Lewis Peeler of
Salisbury can help drown
those aggravations with a
residential water bill he
received.
The Peelers, who moved
into a new home three
months ago. recently re-
ceived a quarterly water
bill of more than $70O
for the unoccupied old
home.
The trouble? Yep, the
commode had been run
ming water at full speed in
the empty house. City En-
gineer Tony Elgish said
about q million gallons Of
water had gone down the
drain.
Evening star., 1959-12-17

with the full knowledge of DAN
lei Gilbert. former police cap
tain and States attorneys
chief investigator, and presum-
ably with the knowledge of
Thomas j. Courtney, then
States attorney and now q
Circuit Court Judge.
Touhy was free for 40 hours,
The United States Court OF
Appeals overruled Judge Barnes
on the ground that Touhy had
not exhausted all possible rem
edies in State courts. Touhy
went back to Statewide for the
second time.
Gov. William G. Stratton
later commuted Touhy'S 99-
year sentence to u years and
reduced the 199-year term to
three years. Touhy won in
stitutional parole on the COM
muted kidnapping sentence
whereby he had to serve six
months in prison. Then he be-
gan the commuted prison.
break term, which ended with
his parole last November "a.
Sergt. Miller Joined the po-
lice department in 1925 and
resigned in 1856. He repeatedly
was a longtime friend OF
Touhy and was a witness in
Touhy's behalf in the haheas
corpus hearing before Judge
Barnes in 1854.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Businessmen Ask
Sitter Penalties
For Juveniles

The Federation of Business
mems Associations last night
called for sitter penalties for
juvenile lawbreakers.
Contending that juvenile de-
linquentS have made women
too scared to shop at night, the
association indorsed the pro-
posal by Inspector John E
Winters of the police youth
aid division to try all Is and
II year old offenders in adult
courts. Association spokesmen
said the penalties of Juvenile
Court have not proved severe
enough to discourage crime.
In other actions the fedora
ton recommended special help
for businesses displaced by ur-
ban renewal activity and op-
posed making it legal for bus
drivers to carry guns.
The federation contended
Congress should reimburse busi.
nesses forced out of urban re.
newal areas. Federation law
yers are drafting a bill for in
PRODUCTION in the 1860 session
of Congress. Federation spokes-
men said many businesses. in
the District currently are not
covered by the emergency pro-
visions of the Small Business
Act.
The resolution against arm
ing bus drivers was adopted
amid assertions that such legis-
lation would turn Washington
into an armed camp" Fed
Grafton leaders said allowine
bus drivers to carry guns would
result in other groups wanting
the same privilege.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
BARDOT'S HELP
SOUGHT TO SWAY
STAID VERMONT

MoNTPE ELIER, VT.
'AP). - A French-born
Vermont Republican who
seeks the Republican NOM
ination for Congress says
he Is going to drop Brigitte
Bardot a line and see if
she'll help him campaign.
sta tie Representative
Claude Dern Of Dorset, a
n native of Desertines.
France. said he viii write
a letter inviting the
French movie actress to
come to Vermont during
the campaign.
Mr.. Dern, who served in
the French army in 1925
and 1927, came to the
United States in 1929. He
is the only candidate to
announce so far for the
race for the Republican
congressional nomination
in 1860.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Big Balloon
Ends Trip Of
LOO Miles

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. II (AP)
"A huge plastic balloon and
its 1,800-pound ballast load,
missing since early Tuesday,
landed at dawn today at Full
ton. Miss, after a fight of
about i, 100 miles.
Winzen Research, Inc, Min
neapolis. designers and launch
ers Of the balloon said Phillip
Sheffield. president Of a junior
college at Fulton, had notified
them of the find.
The balloon, with its cargo
still attached came down in a
woods near Fulton. A Winzen
spokesman said the load, which
includes instruments. was be-
ing taken TO the college from
where it will be shipped to
Minneapolis by commercial
| truck.
The 500-foot high plastic bag
Of 10 million cubic feet ca
pacity was launched from the
Strato Bowl near Rapid City,
s. OAK. at noon Monday. It
outdistanced a tracking plane
when the plane was forced
down early Tuesday by bad
weather. losing contact with
the balloons radio beacon
signal.
Winzen officials were unable
to explain failure of a mechani-
cal device which had been
timed to release the ballast
load by parachute at / pm
Tuesday. The balloon and its
load carried identification and
instructions to the finder.
1t was sent aloft as a trial
run for a projected large bal
loon flight from an aircraft
carrier in the Caribbean next
month.
instruments will be checked
when they reach here from
Fulton to determine whether
the balloon reached an ex-
pected altitude of 10000 feet
Evening star., 1959-12-17
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ganization and should be car
ried out by the administrator. y
Got Degree at Columbia
DR.. Owens career before the
District appointment included
10 years as assistant director
Of Medical College of Virginia
Hospitals, during which he
took masters and philosophy
degrees from Columbia Uni
versity and the University OF
Iowa. and later assistant di-
rector of Virginia's mental hos
pitals.
DR.. owen made the point
that in Virginia until three
years ago the chief psychiatrist
was the top administrator OF
both medical and administra-
tive affairs.
Under Gov, Stanley the hos
pitfalls were reorganized so that
| physicians directed mental af-
fairs and trained administra-
tors were placed in charge of
administrative activities" he
said.
/ DR.. Owen released a prog
ress Report" he had made to
the Commissioners on his first
10 months at the hospital. He
said the report had no connec-
ton with his decision to re-
sign, but was routine procedure.
Tells Of First Step
In developing a progressive
organization at D. c. General,
the first step was to coordinate
the activities of all departments
and individuals" the report
read.
I'm previous years employees
had not been adequately in
formed by top leadership of
policies and procedural changes
which would require their in
depreciation, concurrence and
action. Leadership and guild
ance during the past 10 months
have reversed this situation.
I'm addition, many physical
renovations have been COM
pleted or are now being initi-
ated so that the hospital serve
the best interests of the patient
and the taxpayer"
The turnover in District hos
pital administrators has been
rapid in past years. In No
vember, 1857. DR.. Philip A. E.
Stebbing, target of criticism by
the medical staff and a con-
gressional subcommittee, re-
tired as superintendent.
Served Less Than Year
A like fate; awaited Charles
H. Beal, brought from Balti-
more's Lutheran Hospital as
acting superintendent. He re-
signed in December, 1858, after
less than a year at the helm.
DR.. Owen said it is his aim
now to complete a textbook,
Modern Concepts of Hospital
Administration" on which he
has been working 10 years. He
said no such textbook now
exists.
THE crux of the theory"
he said. "is that a hospital,
regardless of type of owner
ship, whether private, govern
ment-owned, community gen.
eral service, mental, rehabili-
tation center, or whatever,
must be directed by the cap
able hands of trained and ex-
perienced personnel in the
field Of hospital administra-
ton"
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Eighth Sentencing
Due for Chessmun

LOS ANGELES, Dec. II
(AP).-Caryl Chessman, sex
bandit who has eluded the gas
chamber more than II years,
will be sentenced to death for
the eighth time Monday.
The United States Supreme
Court a few days ago turned
down Cheeseman's latest legal
maneuver. The execution date
will be set by Superior Judge
Herbert v. Walker.
Evening star., 1959-12-17

this. They also make this
point:
United States, British and
Canadian forces now are serv-
ing on the European continent.
Their presence can be justified
only on the basis Of an inte-
grated command with its con-
cept Of a communal defensive
interest. Otherwise their status
is little better than that of
fashioned mercenaries serv-
ing a foreign state.
Gates Sounds Warning
The United States has
warned its allies that in this
period Of constantly more ex-
pensive military equipment
they also will have to carry a
bigger portion of the load in
conventional weapons If not
in men. This was a theme
of the speech yesterday by
United States Defense Secre-
tary Thomas S. Gates.
The richer allies. such as
West Germany, France and
Britain, are being told they
must now step in and help buy
tanks and guns for poorer
cousins such as Turkey and
Greece.
The United States will con-
Icentrate on development of
advanced missiles and nuclear
weapons, the cost of which Sc
verely dents the United States
defense budget.
The budget pinch has
brought the United States to
the NATO sessions in Paris in
a tight-fisted mood. Coupled
with this are the misgivings of
defense planners over the con-
dition Of NATO's shield in
Europe.
The refusal Of France to ac-
cept atomic stockpiles or inte-
CRATE her air defenses with the
rest of Europe leaves a gap in
the vulnerable center. The
United States wants this gap
plugged.
These factors constitute a
major shift in the emphasis of
overall United States defense
policy. Making this shift
known-and then making it
sticks a major task and ac-
counts for the tough attitude
the United States has adopted
in the dispute with France.
Evening star., 1959-12-17

was given 199-year sentence
for lIls escace from Statewide
with several other prisoners in
1912. He was recaptured about
three months later.
Touhy contended throughout
his long years of Imprisonment
that the kidnsping was a hoax
perpetrated by Factor
When he was paroled on No
vember "a, he was greeted by
his sister and his wife, Clara
His two sons, Roger. jr., "a, and
Tom. 80, were not present.
He told newsmen he held
no grudgeS and was not bitter
"All I want now," he said, sis
peace and a chance to rest, to
start a new life"
Last night, % days later, a
blast of gangland shotguns
ended Touhy's new life.
Touhy, one of six sons of q
Chicago policeman, rose dur
ing the roaring 1920s to become
a gang ruler in the Northwest
suburbs. For a while the gang
had a working agreement with
the AL Capone gang, under
which they divided territories
for the sale of bootleg liquor
However, the truce was broken
and a war between the gangs
ragged for several years. Many
an unsolved gangland murder
was laid to the strife.
Three Brothers Slain
Repeal of prohibition cut of
the Touhy gangs sources of
income, but police said the
gang turned to bank robberies
and kidnapings and efforts to
muscle into labor unions.
Roger was the fourth brother
to die in gunfire. A policeman
killed James Touhy, jr., in 1877.
Gunmen of the AL Capone
forces shot John to death in
1927 while he was running beer.
Two years later Capone rivals
killed Joe. Eddie, an itinerant
bartender, died a natural death.
Tommy, the original "Ter-
rible," was paroled from Leav-
enworth Penitentiary in 1947
after serving time for a $78, 900
mail holdup in Minneapolis.
Tommy moved to the South
west, but was reported to have
returned to Chicago. Mrs.
AleSia said she hadn't seen him
in years.
Basil (the OwD Banghart
then became Touhy's chief
lieutenant. Banghart and two
other members of the gang
were sentenced to 80 years
each in prison for the 100000
ransom kidnapping of Factor.
Banghart still is in Stateville.
Touhy, at his trial, accused
Factor of staging a fake alb
duction to prevent Factors re-
turn to England, where he
faced trial for an alleged stock
Swindle.
Touhy's legal battle for free
dom reached a climax in 1854
when the late Federal Judge
! John P. Barnes ordered him re-
leased on the ground that the
Factor kidnapping was a hoax
engineered by Factor TO prevent
his extradition to England.
Judge Barnes also ruled
Touhy's conviction had beer
| obtained on perjured testimony
Evening star., 1959-12-17
NATo
U. S.-French Dispute
Goes to Eisenhower
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turbed about the unbendinl
De Gaulle stand which hal
ranged France against all /.
of her NATO partners anC
some French concessions ap.
peared possible.
A first step might be French
permission for NATO to &
ahead with construction o.
radar and other technical in.
stsllations on French soil
These would be under NATC
command. Their construction
would not necessarily commit
the French to accepting thC
principle of integration but
the work, necessary anyway
could get started.
The possibility of French
concessions arose after . speech
by the supreme allied com.
mander. Gen. Lauris Norstad
to the ministers yesterday. A
French spokesman said today
1t is probable that we will
be able to arrive at some salts.
factory conclusions on military
problems"
NOrStad Speaks Firmly
Informants said Gen. Nor.
stad-speaking for his com.
mand and not just for himself
told the ministers in franl
and pointed terms he consider
the integration of commando
a basic proposition.
Gen. Norstad's remark thai
he was not speaking solely fol
himself was an aside obviously
aimed at Gen. de Gaulle-sincC
French Gen. Jean Valluy
NATO's Central European com.
mander, has supported thu
Norstad position.
There appeared to be intense
behind the scenes contact!
aimed at working out Language
which all could accept for 6
final communique. 1t is sale
the word "unification" might
be substituted for "integration'
but this would hardly alter thC
basic disagreement.
The United States want!
complete integration but viii
settle for a step-by-step ap
proach which would unity ali
defenseS first. The American!
hold that an air defense sys.
TEN organized on national com.
mand lines would be WORTHLESS!
in missile age warfare because
it would react too slowly.
Fears Loss Of Identity
In the end, some informants
said, the ministers may have to
fall back on some vague state
ment concerning the need for
cooperative defense arrange
ments, leaving it up to the
members themselves to inter-
pret what such a phrase means
Gen. de Gaulle fears that in
an integrated military setup
French armed forces would lose
their national identity. He be-
lieves the command would lack
dignity because the officers
then would not be charged with
answering for the destiny" of
their own countries.
The pro-integrationists deny
Evening star., 1959-12-17
CORRECTION

RE: ATLAS SPORT STORE, 9Th 6 D ST. NV.
APPEARING IN THE STAR OF WE'D, DEC. Is,
ON PAGE AS. CHICAGO ROLLER DERBY SKATES
WERE INADVERTENTLY ADVERTISED AT
$lz.ss. IT SHOULD HAVE READ. DISCOUNT
PRICES, ONLY.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-05
Cebhart Attends
Insurance Study

Karl Gebhart, Records-Geb.
hart Agency, Smyrna and Dow
er, is in Hartford, Connecticut,
the city known as the Insurance
Capital of the World. He will
attend a four-week's course at
the Hartford Training Center,
conducted by the Hartford Ac-
cident and Indemnity Company,
which the Records -Gebhart Ag-
ency represents locally. AT
Hartford he will receive inten-
sive instruction in all phases of
Casualty Insurance and Fidelity
and Surety Bonding, and will
study the latest policy forms in
such lines as automobile, gen.
eral liability, workmen's COM
pensation, burglary, and acci-
dent and sickness insurance. MIR.
Gebhart expects to return No
vember %, 1859.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-05
Fortunate Smyrna Area Profits
By Jaycees Cultural Movement
By MARJORIE w. SPEAKMAN

Aren't we lucky to have such
an active organization as the
Jaycees in our midst? Their lat
est project, the concert to be
given in Smyrna, is an unusual
ly commendable one, and de-
serves our heartiest support.
Bill Gathright, the Jaycee's COM
petent executive vice president,
gave me the details, which are
as follows:
The concert will be given in
the high school auditorium on
November % at 8:l5 pm. and
tickets can be purchased from
the civic organizations and the
churches.
The Jaycees hope to bring on
a regular basis to Smyrna, Clay
ton, and Kent County in gen.
eral, music by the great music
ians of the world, symphonical-
ly and according to the popular
taste in music also. This doesn't
mean jazz or Rock and Roll,
but the light classical-semi-clas-
sical music played by a 40-piece
orchestra, which affords the
listening audiences the full or
chestration necessary for that
type of music.
This orchestra is composed of
dedicated musicians who hail
from all parts of the Delmarva
Peninsula, gathering together to
practice, then travelling at night
to give towns and cities in this
area the pleasure of listening
to a live orchestra playing the
Smyrna times., 1959-11-05
Church Leaders
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ing year. He is held in very
high esteem by the governors
of this nation" Tawes continu-
ed. He praised the work being
done in this district by the Rev
Roy L. Tawes and recalled
many of his boyhood expert
ences in this locality when a
student at Wilmington Confer
ence Academy (now Wesley
College,. Also introduced were
the Rev. J. Howard Link, pas
tor of the host church; the Rev.
Elwood Kirby, pastor of I'm
manuel; Horace Evans, lay lead
er of the Crisfield church; and
Otis Evans, president of the I'M
manuel Mems Bible Class. The
program was arranged by Mr..
Link and Robert Mills. Nelson
Everhart led group singing. The
evening service was highlight-
ed by selections by the Imman-
uel Mems Choir. Gov. Tawes
and 1t. Gov. Buckson also par
ticipated in the evening wor-
ship. The message was pre-
sented by the Rev. Tawes. Rob-
ert Reed was organist.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-05
Charles F. Baker,
Railroader, Dies

Charles F. Baker, a retired
track foreman for the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company and a
resident of Clayton for the past
35 years, died Sunday at his
home on Main Street. He was
rs. He was the son of the late
William and Mary Baker and
the husband of Sadie Rees Bak-
er. Funeral services were held
yesterday, November A, at the
FAIRIES Funeral Chapel with the
Rev. Frank 0. Baynard, pastor
of Ewells-St. Paul Church, in
charge. Interment was in Mil
lington Cemetery. In addition
to his wife, Mr.. Baker is sur
vived by sister, Mrs. Frank
Conner, Clayton, ana a brother,
John Baker, Middletown. The
deceased was a member of the
Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-05
Personals

MIR. and Mrs. Howard Davis
Rodney Street, recently cele-
brated their twenty-fifth we'd
ding anniversary. The couple
were married in 1884 at Bel
Air, Md. They have one daugh-
ter, Diana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner w.
Price, Jr., attended the 18th
synod of the Province of Wash
ington held recently at Will
liamsburg, Va. The Province of
Washington is the Third Pro-
vince of the Episcopal Church
(there are seven others) and in
'cludeS l3 dioceses in five states
and the District of Columbia.
The Rt. Rev. j. Brooke Mosley,
Episcopal bishop of the Diocese
of Delaware was elected presi-
dent of the synod in session in
Williamsburg.
Miss Ruth Jones and Miss
Florence j. Lurty were week.
end guests of DR.. B. Stimson
i, Carrow at his home in Philadel-
phia.
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Roger
entertained at their home last
Thursday night in honor of the
birthday of Mrs. Olin Bamberg-
er. Those attending were Mr..
and Mrs. Alvin Chambers and
children, of Dover; MIR. and Mrs.
William Kaiser and children,
and Mrs. Alfred Tilghman.
Mrs. Marjorie w. Speakman
has been the guest for several
days of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Hender-
son Mathews at their New York
City apartment. She expects to
visit her son and daughterin-
law, DR.. Cummins E. Speakman,
Jr. and Mrs. Speakman at their
home in Boston before return
ing to Belmont Hall.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-05
Joseph 3. Jones
Dies AT Townsend

Joseph E. Jones, "a farmer
near Townsend for so years,
died at home Monday night. He
had been in failing health since
an operation July II. Husband
of the late Emma Tucker Jones
and son of Miles T. and Rachael
Ann Deputy Jones, he had been
active in the Democratic Party
all his life. MIR. Jones is sur
vived by three children, Miss
Rhoda E. Jones, at home; Mrs.
Alice ]. Alfree, Blackbird, and
Roy T. Jones, Wilmington; two
grandsons, Donald and Roy AL
free, Blackbird; seven great
grandchildren, and 18 nieces and
nephews. The Rev. Larry S.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-05

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Smyrna times., 1959-11-05
This Weeks
Social and
Personal
Events
Montgomery Plans
Xmas Wedding

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert P. Mont
gomery of near Smyrna an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Dorothy Roberta, to
Mr.. James Robert Anderson,
Smyrna, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Anderson of Prince, W..
Va.
Miss Montgomery is grad
uate of John Bassett Moore
High School. Mr.. Anderson grad
uated from Mount Hope High
School, Mount Hope, w. Va,
and is employed by Air Mod
Corporation at Dover Air Force
Base.
A Christmas wedding is plan
ned.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-05

Gently entertained at dinner in
observance of their fortieth
wedding anniversary. The cele-
bration was arranged by the
children of the couple at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Medford
Davis, Jr.
Those attending the dinner in
cluded their children: Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Nowland and chill
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. Medford
Davis, Jr. and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Downes and chill
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Ever
EFT and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Poore, Sr. and son, all
of Smyrna.
Also attending were: Miss
Ruth Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Carrow, Sr., Mrs. Clifford
Jones, Mrs. Edgar Heinold, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. George, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Mattiford, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Ryan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Goldsborough, MIR. and
Mrs. Harry Seeney, Mrs. Mar
garet Greer, Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Short, all of Smyrna; Mr..
and Mrs. Townsend Vaughn,
Clayton; Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Lynch, Wilmington; Mr.. and
Mrs. Stephen Keen, Jr., Miss
Inez Keen, Glenmoore, Pa; Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Miller and chill
dren, Dover.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-05

pieces that all music lovers en-
joy hearing.
Of course, we have television
and radio, but nothing takes the
place of being yourself a men,
Der of a large audience bound
together by the spell of well
orchestrated music. For truly,
the love the musicians have for
their concerted effort in repro
ducing the inspired works of the
worlds great composers does
indeed cast a spell over all of
us. The unity of the interpre-
ters and the listeners is a shar-
ed experience unique in itself
an experience to which we
should expose our young as
soon as they are old enough to
sit through concert quietly
for their enjoyment grows with
each concert they attend.
l believe this is the first such
experience ever before offered
to the citizens in this part of
the state, and deeply hope
that it will be received so en-
Enthusiastically that it will be only
the first Of a continued series
of such concerts.
Not only the Jaycees should
be commended for their vision
and hard work in sponsoring
this concert, but The Smyrna
Times as WE'LL. which has gen.
erously given so much space to
promote the cultural life of this
community.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-05

New Books at Library
The War Lover John Hersey
Powder on My Nose,
Billie Burke
The Lonely Target
Dugh Pentecost
There's Always a Payoff
Robert P. Hansen
Children'S Books
A big Ball of Strong
Marian Holland
A Fly Went Boy
Mike McClintocKl
Smyrna times., 1959-11-05

NOTICE
In pursuance of an order of Clarence
e. Dixon. Register of Wills. in and for
Kent County. Delaware. dated October 27
A. d. 1853 notice is hereby given of the
granting Letters Testamentary on the
estate of E. Virginia Baynard on the
9th day of October A. D. 1859. All
persons having claims against the said
E. Virginia Baynard are required to
exhibit the same to such Executor within
nine months after the date of the grant
ing of such Letters. or abide by the
law in that behalf. which provides that
such claims against the said estate not
80 exhibited shall be forever barred
GEORGE R. DOUGHERTY
Trust Officer
Bank of Delaware Executor
of E. Virginia Baynard.
Deceased
Clarence E. Dixon
Register of Wills