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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-01

Of the State park service under
supervision Of the State Department
Of Economic Development. It is the
only state battlefield park in Vir-
ginia. the numerous other battle
field shrines in Virginia being part
Of the national park service.
point under consideration when
the discussion is held Tuesday will
be the greater fund resources avail
able for development of Sayler's
Greek under federal supervision and
with federal appropriations.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-01
TB Association
Directors Called

Directors from the nine counties
served will be at Famville to-
night Monday for the fall board
meeting of Southside tuberculosis
Association. The session will COM
meEce at 7:30 pm. in the Court
House
Committee reports. Seal Sale
campaign progress and the report
of the Association executive sec
rotary will highIight the boar d
gathering.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-01

The name Of Charles William
Dabnev. distinguished Prince Ed
ward county citizen and leading
Southern educator and admlnlstra-
tor, was memoriaIized November ,
when the University of Cincinnati,
which he served as president from
1904 to 1890. dedicated Charles
William Dabney Residence Hall for
Men. sl8 million brick building
for 400 students.
University Of Cincinnati historians
have written of the late Dr.. Dahney
that he shaped the destlnles, Of the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-01
Duke Professor
To Lecture At H-SC

Or. William B. Hamilton. pro-
fessor of History at Duke Uni
yersity. will lecture on the New
Leaders of British Africa Thurs
day at Hampden-Sydney College
The lecturer, who is also editor
Of The South Atlantic Quarterly =
will discuss his conclusions which
have resulted from tour Of the
African Continent
The public is invited TO hear the
teacher, author and traveller. who
will speak during a student conyo-
cation in Johns Auditorium at
ll:3O am.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-01
Upper School P-TA
Meets Thursday

The P.TA Of the FRINGE Edward
Academy upper school will meet
Thursday evening. December 3. at
8 pm at the court house. This is
the regular meeting date of the
upper school P-TA, the first Thurs
day in tho month
The program will be presented
hy the language department, Civ
ing parents an idea Of the class
room accomplishments. Languages
taught are French. Spanish, and
Latin, as well as English Other
programs are being planned for the
year. according TO Mrs. Grace
Putaey. program chairman.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-01
First Unit TO Be Ready January lst
Shopping CenterNears Completion

The first unit Of the planned mil
lion and a half dollar Farmyille
Shopping Center now stands IS per
cent complete
Safeway Stores and self service
branch Of Gray's Drug Store will
occupy the first unit, which rep
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-01

resents an initial investment Of
$500 900 by Maurice R. Large and
Lee ter E. Andrews, developers.
Completion of the unit is expected
by January !, with store openings
following in 80 days or less.
AT least two more firms in ad-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-01
Opening Day Tobacco Auctions Topped
With 500 Bid For Thin, Brown Leaf
Excess Of 10000
Pounds Gives Good
Cautious Start

The Farmville Tobacco Market
opened Monday morning with be-
tween $50, 600 and IT'S, 900 pounds on
the floors of the three warehouses
providing a good, but cautious
start.
Through the first two sales com
pleted by Herald press headlines,
the first auction of the 1859 crop
had both certainties and uncer-
tainties.
One Of the certainties was that
the thin &C. lead in the brown or
red color classification brought the
top prices. The top two grades Of
this tobacco brought $50 to high
Of $66.
Another sure thing was that the
heavier '.B" leaf. of dark color and
graded within the first to third
quality bracket would net the
grower in the $5O's, from $5l to as
high $50.
Bidding Brisk
The top grades of the two big
groups Of leaf the buyers we're after
brought as much as So to $40 above
peg prices. Bidding was brisk with
the markets normal complement of
Huntington and Putney Tobacco
Companies, Export Leaf and In
perial Tobacco Companies on hand.
Generally. all grades Of better
quality tobacco brought several dol
lard above the government peg.
bringing from both warehouse and
farmer spokesman the comment
that tobacco was selling pretty
well"
II the early sales pace continued.
it would provide the market with
a general floor average for the day
well above the average govern
ment peg this year per hundred
weight, which is $780,.
Much Thin Leaf
Normally, growers are cautious
about selling on opening day. many
refraining from selling or offering
a cautious sampling while sound
ing out buyers and graders. Thus
first day speculation about the crop
are Of somewhat doubtful value
However, tobaccomen felt that
they had seen enough Monday to
predict that the 1859 crop would
run predominantly to the thin.
brown side. which would bring
some prosperity since this leaf ap-
pears to be in demand.
One of the uncertainties of open
ing day concerned lengths. It had
been widely predicted that the 1859
crop would run to the long side. but
it didn't show up on opening day.
A new AZ length has been Gre
ated in the government grade pro-
gram. 1t is pegged lower than the
more desirable A and As lengths.
however. There were nightly few
basket Of tobacco carrying a AZ
length classification. the great ma
jority running A and IS with some
ass.
Wet Tobacco
Another uncertainty swirled about
the w" or wet classification Of to-
bacco. Internationally. farmers
have made an effort to cooperate
in the effort to have less water used
in ordering Type 81 Virginia leaf.
Today's market had very little
graded wet, and that went to the
buyers without support price bot
tom.
A considerable proportion Of the
tobacco was somewhat crumbly.
but in general farmers seemed TO
have hit a reasonable compromise
Continued on page y
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Turkey Give-Away At 2:30 p NJ.
Santa Arrival Thursday
AnxiousIy A,Uaited Here

Claus venerable old fellow
Thursday
Pole. will FanVlle, land
school,
the Of Sout1side
a mos shopping
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the action Of the most important This gives
the action the actual selling auconeef Harold Dunn At left
out the last looks raise At right the buyers
The tobacco in the lower right being exsed by Vernon Bailey
who with Hines Imperial Tobsco Co tneiter
Tho cuye). Naxt 0nCdpu l. 0a5ssEt, Expogt b0 W1ts
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-01

Putney Just stepped behind
examining the basket
Behind him Fletcher by bending to grab handful Of
Huntington, both Huntington Tobacco
actioneer ticket Wood
fin Hughes. government market reporter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-28
Death of Airmun
Shot in Germany
Seen as Murder

WIESBADEN, Germany, July
% CAPD.-There seemed TO be
mounting evidence today that
an American Air Force officer
found shot a week ago, was
murdered.
LIST 1t, Lynn F.. White, 30,
OF Spokane, Wash, was dis
covered with a bullet in the
back of his head on a highway
between here and the town of
Worms.
German police said after ini-
tial investigation that the Off
Ger was bound and gagged be-
fore being shot by an unknown
aSSailant.
They said the bullet entered
1t Whites head two inches
behind his left ear. An Italian
made revolver, from which the
shot was fired, lay under the
body. His car was parked
nearby.
1t, White, attached to a
reconnaissance squadron at
SchierStein, was a photo in
terpreter engaged in evaluating
high altitude reconnaissance
data.
An early Air Force statement
claimed that no foul play was
involved. implying that the Of
ficer presumably committed
suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-28
SerrilI Resigns
Publishers Post

Theodore A. Serrill, executive
director of the Washington
ID. c. Publishers Association,
today announced his resigna-
ton from the management of
the association which he has
directed during the last three
years. He will continue in his
present capacity until Novem-
Der l in order to complete his
present responsibilities, after
which he will announce his
plans.
The Washington Association
provides labor negotiation serv-
ices and administers the joint
contracts entered into by the
Washington Daily News, the
Washington Post and Times
Herald and the Washington
Evening Star and Sunday Star.
The Washington plant of the
Wall Street Journal is an asso-
ciate member.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-28
Hawaii VOTING
Today in First
Stute Election

HONOLULU, July 90 app.
The Nations newest STATE
voted today in its first election,
From Hilo to Honolulu the
melting pot OF people who live
on this 300-mile island chain
cast ballots for two United
States Senators, one Represent
alive, a Governor and a To-
member State Legislature.
The polls close at 1870 pm.
Washington time.
1t appeared certain-for the
first time in United States his
tory-that a person of Japa-
nese or Chinese ancestry would
be sent to Congress.
Republicans conceded their
role as underdogs, but hoped
to upset predictions of a Dem
ocratic sweep by winning sew
eral major Offices.
Democrats made a strong
showing in the June primary
and have won Hawaii elections
since 1854.
Election officials predicted a
record vote, perhaps 80 per cent
of the l83,099 registrants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-28
Eisenhower Approval
OfNew Labor Bill Seen

/ Mitchell will find themselves
pretty we'll satisfied" with it.
The House minority leader
also predicted that the substi-
tute measure will pass the
House II permitted to come to
a vote.
Declaring that it would not
hurt legitimate unions "one
iota." Mr.. Halleck branded as
80 much hogwaSh' charges
that the Landrum-Grifiin bill
is a union-buSting or punitive
measure.
He described the Substitute
proposal as fair and effec-
tive" legislation to curb some
union racketeering practices
and abuses of secondary boy
colts and so-called blackmail
picketing.
On the other hand, Mr.. Hal
leck said he thought the
"watered down" bill reported
by the House Labor Committee
would do more harm than
good" because it would delude
a lot of people into thinking
some action was being taken
against labor racketeering.
The administrations own bill
has gotten nowhere in the
Senate or the House. The bills
sponsor in the House, Repre-
sentative KearnS, Republican
of Pennsylvania, abandoned it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-28
Student Won't Explain
Killing of Admiral S Son

LAFAYETTE. Ind, July %
(AP) A preliminary charge
OF first degree murder - a
iormality to hold him without
bond-Was filed yesterday
against a Purdue University
graduate student who has re-
fused to explain the fatal
shooting of the son Of a retired
Arlington VA rear admiral,
Prentice G. Won Conrad, 81,
Houston, Tex. was brought
into City Court for a prelim-
mary hearing. but was granted
a delay until Thursday so he
can get a lawyer.
Police said Mr.. Conrad's only
words about the Friday night
shooting of James F. Strain, 26.
La Porte, Ind, was that 1T was
a terrible accident. He sat
mute in several hours Of at
tempted questioning by detec-
tives.
Prosecutor George L. Hanna
said Mr.. Won Conrad probably
will be bound over to the
county grand jury, which will
meet on or after September
IA when a new term of Circuit
Court opens.
Mr.. Strain was a son of re-
tired Admiral Charles l., Strain
of l4l6 North Wayne street,
Arlington. who has been study
ing at Purdue in preparation
for teaching mathematics.
Mr.. Won Conrad, who is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-28
Hebert RidicuIes Pleas
To Remove Job Bans

tired regular military officers be
removed.
Admiral HouSer said existing
criminal statutes are sufficient
to cope with any cases of fraud
or other wrongdoing. He said
there should be no time ban or
other limitation on employment
of military officers after they
retire.
Mr.. Hebert said this SuggeS-
ton seemed contrary to a view
expressed by Mr.. Eisenhower at
a recent news conference. He
recalled that the President, NJ
reply to a question about pos
sible improper influence in
negotiating defense contracts,
stated: obviously something
besides the strict military needs
of the country are influencing
decisions.
Called Naive"
Mr.. Hebert said it would be
naive" to assume that there
have been no instances of sue
cumbing to undue influence"
as a result of defense industry
employment of retired military
personnel. He asked Admiral
HouSer whether you think the
hearings of this subcommittee
poppycock?"
No. I think they are very
necessary" Admiral Houser re-
piled. But I don't think they
will show instances of improper
influence and pressure by re-
tired military officers"
Admiral HouSer said that If
the committee decided to rec
ommend restriction on such
employment, they should be
applied to retired officers of all
the services and to retired re-
serve officers as we'll as regular
military officers.
The questioning of Mr..
Miller did not go into detail
about defense employment OF
retired officers. The Subcom-
mittee asked him to submit a
detailed list of defense con-
tractors who belonged to the
NAM and the dues they pay.
Mr.. Miller said the MANS
total annual income last year
was almost Sc million. He
estimated that 100 companies
having major defense con-
tracts belong to the associa-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-28

Proposals to remove all re-
Strictions on private industry
employment of retired military
officers were criticized by a
House subcommittee chairman
today as naive" and incon-
Sistent with a statement by
President Eisenhower.
The proposal was made by
retired Rear Admiral H. A.
Houser. legislative counsel OF
the Retired officers Association,
Inc. with headquarters in
Washington.
He and Lambert H. Miller,
general counsel of the National
Association of Manufacturers,
testified at hearings before a
House Armed Services Subcom-
mittee trying to determine
whether defense industry en-
ployment of retired military
and Government civilian Off
Gals has resulted in any pres
sure attempts on the Defense
Department.
Hebert Unimpressed
Subcommittee chairman He
bert, Democrat of Louisiana,
obviously was unimpreSSed by
Admiral HouSer's suggestion
that all restrictions on defense
industry employment of re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-28

working on his third scholastic
degree, was brought to the po-
lice station Friday night by
Miss Georgia Wright, "a, a
nurse at Home Hospital. She
said Mr.. Won Conrad called
her to his garage apartment,
where she found Mr.. Strain
had been killed by a pistol
bullet in the chest.
Police said they found four
guns and several beer cans in
the apartment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-28
Hebert Unimpressed
Million Left
To Mrs. Meyer

The late Eugene Meyer left
half of his $l0.2 million estate
to his widow, under terms of
his will filed for probate yes
terday at White Plains, N. Y.
Papers filed with the will in
Surrogate's Court showed per-
sonal property, securities and
other assets amounted to an
estimated $40 million. Real es-
tate was valued at an es-
timated $250,000.
Mr.. Meyer, chairman Of the
board of the Washington Post
Co., who died here on July II,
left most of the other half as
a trust fund for the II Meyer
grandchildren.
Gift to Foundation
An estimated $250,000 was
bequeathed to the Eugene and
Agness E. Meyer Foundation,
which they established in 1850
In starting the foundation,
they gave it the bulk Of their
Washington Post stock, and
the will specifies that the re-
mainder of Mr.. Meyers Post
stock shall now go to the
foundation.
Value of the foundation,
established to support scien-
tific, cultural and charitable
activities in the Washington
area. is currently estimated al
SIS million.
All voting stock in the news
paper was transferred II years
ago to the Meyers daughter,
Mrs. Philip L. Graham, and
her husband, who is the pa
per's president and publisher
In his will, Mr.. Meyer pointed
out that his five children al
ready have substantial estates.
However, he left some items OF
personal property to his only
son, DR.. Eugene Meyer III, and
made special provision for a
daughter, Mrs. Pare Lorentz of
Armonk, N. Y. An additional
$4,000 is set aside for diStri-
button by DR.. Meyer.
Associates Benefit
Two of Mr.. Meyers long time
associates. Post treasurer Floyd
r. Harrison and attorney Louis
M. Loeb. were left $4,000 each.
Included in the bequest to
Mrs. Meyer, his wife for 40
years, is their 635-acre estate
at Mount KiSco, N. Y.
Other requests include $685.
900 to the village OF Mount
Kisco for purchase Of a lake
adjoining the Meyer property,
and $4,000 each to the North
ern Westchester Hospital AS
ISOLATION of Mount Kisco and
Mount Sinai Hospital Of New
York City.
A family spokesman pointed
out that Mr.. Meyer had made
substantial gifts during his life
time to educational institutions
and charitable institutions
In 1855, Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer
turned over nearly 100000 in
Post stock to I'll veteran en-
ployes.
Mr.. Meyer, who died at 83
after a long career as f1nancier,
Government official and pub
Usher, made the bulk of his
fortune in the copper, automo-
bile and chemical industries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-28

House Republican Leader
Halleck said at the White
House today that he believes
President Eisenhower would be
pretty we'll satisfied" with a
labor reform bill being pushed
with bipartisan support in the
House.
The measure was introduced
yesterday by Representatives
Landrum, Democrat Of Georgia,
and Griffin, Republican of
Michigan, as a substitute for
what Mr.. Halleck called the
"woefully inadequate bill re-
ported by the House Labor
Committee.
Mr.. Halleck, talking with re-
porters after he and other Re-
publican congressional leaders
conferred with the President,
said that of course Mr.. EiSen-
hover could not take a definite
stand on the measure before
having an opportunity to study
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-28
Predicts Passage

While the substitute proposal
does not go as far as the ad-
ministration had recommended
in legislation designed to curb
labor racketeering, Mr.. Halleck
said he believes that the Pres
ident and Secretary of Labor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-28

and introduced his own reform
measure.
While the Grifiln-L andrum
bill varies substantially from
the Administrators original
proposals, it comes much closer
than the House Labor Commit
tees bill. A key factor is that
the in-Landrum bill would
curb secondary boycotts and
organizational picketing, the
controversial areas barely
touched by the committee bill
or the measure passed by the
Senate last April.
The Griffin-Landrum bill also
would authorize State courts
and agencies to handle labor
cases turned down by the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board,
as proposed by the President.
The committee bill would at
tempt to solve the problem of a
iurisdictional mo mans land"
by requiring the NLRB to assert
its full jurisdiction, keeping the
States squeezed out.
But on several other points,
the Griffin-Landrum bill would
go beyond Secretary Mitchell'S
recommendation for regulating
unions. 1t would, for example,
establish bill of rights" for
union members, enforceable
through criminal penalties.
Differ on Rights Issue
On the bill of rights issue,
Secretary Mitchell apparently
is at odds with the President
who has called for strict legis-
lation in this area.
Mr.. Kearns said he still in
tends to push his own bill, in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-28

CluulilR n CONTROVERSIAL pfOVl-
sion to require secret votes OF
union members before strikes,
He said his chances will bright
en- If the steel strike is still on
when mis- amendment comes UP
for a vote.
But Mr., Kearns and others
pressing for strict legislation
may drop their proposals and
rally to the GrifIin-Landrum
bill-especially If the President
swings his weight in that di-
rection.
Labor Presses Attack
Meanwhile, the AFL-CIO
and the Transfers Union are
stepping up their campaigns
for floor amendments to tone
down the committee bill. And
some business groups are cam
paigning for legislation tough
err than either the administra-
ton bill or the Griffin-Lan-
drum measure.
Sidney Zagri, the Transfers
top lobbyist, said most of his
unions locals have been hold
ing special meetings to hear
reports on the legislation and
recorded speeches by Presi-
dent James r. Hoffa. AS a re-
suit of these meetings and
other activities, he said, Team
ster m e m bers are writing
phoning and visiting their
congressman to appeal for ma
jor amendments to soften the
committee bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
LETTERS TO THE. STAR

Revere tells the same story
in a new and different YER
sion as follows:
1T was said to have been
a copy found under a ROOM
service menu in a hotel in
Coral Gables or some such
place that brought Schine
and Cohn and Mccarthy to-
gether. A guest IN the hotel
read the pamphlet, was
struck by its insightS, sought
out its author, introduced
him to George Sokolsky, who
introduced him to- Roy Cohn,
who introduced him to Nc
Carthy, who hired him. At
any rate, somehow or other it
happened-he was hired"
This second version is still
far from the facts, which are
easily verifiable from either
Cohn or Schine. Possibly Mr..
Revere feared the truth of
this and all the other imagi-
nary incidents in his book
would destroy the picture he
paints of a Mccarthy insin-
cere in his anti-communism.
Alfred KOhlberg.
New York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06

facilities, Congress trimmed It's original
proposals down substantially. But the
legislation still would permit the alloca-
ton of funds for projects designed solely
to serve the convenience" or comfort"
of airport users. This authority could
be rather widely stretched. The admin
istration position is that such facilities
ought to be financed in some other way
than through Federal aid.
In view of the Governments fiscal
crisis, the Presidents stand for exclud-
ing from Federal aid all projects not
related to improving the safety Of air
travel is a sound one. For every dollar
diverted into other channels means
reduction in safety services or equip
ment provided for the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
Federal fringe Benefits

The health insurance program for
Federal employees proposed by the Sen
ate Civil Service Committee is in general
accord with the administrations pro-
gram of fringe benefits" for Govern
ment workers. BY extending to civil
service employees a voluntary plan for
disqualification and surgical insurance
at reduced rates, Federal personnel off,
Gals hope to halt or slow down the
exodus of employees to private industry.
They believe that such benefits will tend
to offset the generally lower pay scales
prevailing in the Government.
The Senate committees program
would cost the Government about $3.50
million year, whereas the administra-
ton plan would be far less expensive.
The higher cost would result from So
so division of insurance premium costs
between the Government and the en-
ployeS enrolled in the program. The
administration has proposed that the
Government pay only one-third of the
premium. Whatever the final decision
as to proportion of payments, the health
insurance plan would be boon to en-
ployeS suddenly confronted with large
hospital and surgical bills. And the
Government also would gain.