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Carroll Daily Times Herald Vol. 10? Carroll, Iowa, Wednesday, May Pages Delivered by Carrier Boy to the Each Evening for 30 Cents Per Week Bill Farner Named to Head Junior Legion Basebal Board Calls Hearing In Manning Bandmaster Controversy Atomic Flattop Plane Projects Are Called Off Reasons Not Clear; On Development WASHINGTON UB The Wash ington Post said Wednesday th Defense Department has decided suspend its projects for develop ment of atomic powered airplane and aircraft carriers. Million Spent Precise reasons for the decision were not clear, the story said mentioning that 10 to 12 millior dollars already has been spent or the effort. Meanwhile, President B. Woodward president of the large Newport News, ship building and Dry Dock which is sharing in the development an atomic carrier, said he known the government, was con sidering the action.

Defense officials were quoted as saying in private conversation, that the action is in line with gen eral economy moves and the over all program of stretching out time for reaching full rearmamen goals. Thus, the officials said, the star on an aircraft carrier with atom Ic power, once scheduled for the fiscal year 1955, might be put of for a couple of years but no 1 abandoned. The Post suggested, however that a different reason seems to have been hinted by Roger Kyes, deputy secretary of defense in closed-door testimony to the Senate-House Atomic Energy Com mittee last week. Private Industry Angle The story said Kyes is reported to have told the committee the development of atomic aircrafi and naval vessels would go faster if there were more and freer par ticipation by private industry, am that whatever time is lost in'sus- pending the projects now would be made up later by more vigorous operations by free enterprise. This was taken as a suggestion from Kyes that the basic atomic energy law should be amended to allow participation by private industry under less strict conditions.

Hickenlooper Comment Sen. Hickenlooper (R-Ia) said he had heard "gossip" but nothing official about postponing the proj' ects. "If there were any readjust ment," he told a reporter, "it would be a question of not spend' ing money on projects that are not essential" at the present. Hickenlooper, vice chairman of the Atomic Energy Committee, added: "There is no question of sus pending vital projects." SOCIETY TO MEET Fellowship Society of St. Paul's Lutheran Church will meet this week on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.

Because of the Ascention Day services in the following week this meeting was set one week ahead. The study topic in line with fundamentals of Christianity will be given by Pastor Paul Berg mann on the theme, "Judgment and the Millenium." The Weather CARROLL FORECAST Partly cloudy with little change in temperature through Thursday, High today 68 to 72. Low Wednesday night 42 to 46. High Thursday 70 to 74. I IOWA FORECAST Fair north Wednesday night and Thursday.

Cloudy south Wednesday night with a few light, scattered showers ending and becoming partly cloudy Thursday, Warmer south and east Thursday, Low Wednesday night 42 to 49. High Thursday 72 extreme northwest to 62 extreme southeast. Further outlook: Partly cloudy and mild Friday, The Weather In Carroll (Dully FublUi Company) Yesterday's high Yesterday 1 low At 7 a. m. today At 10 m.

today 116 41 49 4 Ago- Light rain in the morning wai followed by cloudy skies a year ago today. Low temperftturi was If ifld bigiu 02. Junior High Graduation Is May 27; Final Events Set Final events highlighting the end of the Carroll junior high schoo year will the commencement exercises set for May 27 and the annual junior high school invita Final Plans Are Made for Military Ball Final plans for staging the 14th annual Military ball were made al a meeting of the Carroll Band- boosters club in the home economics room at the high school Tuesday night. Jack Cole's Orchestra, The Military ball will be held at the high school auditorium May 15, with Jack Cole's orchestra fur nishing the music. Replies from schools invited to send kings and queens to the ball are beginning to come in, it was reported.

At least a dozen schools are expected to send represents tives. Wcstside and Audubon have made reservations. 'A report on the progress of the committee was made Iqst night by Mrs. R. J.

Ferlic and Mrs. H. T. Fabricius, co-chairmen. They named the following kin dergarten students who will participate in the crowning festivities: Connie knight, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. W. H. Knight; Joan Salsbury, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Jesse Salsbury; Douglas Bishop, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Bishop, and Douglas Ohde, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ohde.

Committees The following committees were named Master of ceremonies H. L. Hudson. Director of grand march Virgil Wolfe. Programs Mrs.

B. J. Leahy. Decorating Mrs. Reas Anneberg.

Refreshments Roy Heuton. Tickets James Prentice. Publicity Mrs. Bert Lockhart. Check room Mr.

Lockhart. Ticket taking Floyd Boell. Orchestra, Crowns, L. C. Enearl.

Following the business meeting of the club, a social hour was held. Refreshments were served. Joseph Gillespie To Be Sentenced on Tox Evasion Charge DBS MOINES Judge William F. Riley has set next Tuesday as time for Joseph -F. Gillespie, Des Moines key club operator, who pleaded 'no defense" Tuesday to two counts of evading federal income taxes in 1949 and 1950.

He is free under $2,000 bond. Nebraska Legislature Raises Gas Tax a Cent LINCOLN, Neb. The Nebraska Legislature Wednesday passed he one-cent gas tax increase bill, moving the tax from five to six cents a gallon. The vote was 32-9. The measure carried the so- ailed emergency clause and will become effective with the signa- of the governor.

Passage of a bill with the emergency clause requires 29 votes. tional track meet scheduled fo Thursday afternoon. Ida Davis Track Queen Principal Merle Reisner Wednes day announced that Ida Davis daughter of Mrs. O. E.

Davis, ha been elected queen of the tracl event, Her attendants will be Janic Huebner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Herman Huebner, and Lynne Rom baugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs F. M. Rombough.

The queen and her attendant, all are eighth graders. Twenty schools have entered th track meet, one of the largest jun ior high track events in western Iowa. Competing Schools In addition to Carroll, the fol lowing schools will compete: At lantic, Audubon, Coon Rapids, Den ison, Exira, Harlan, Holstein, Jef ferson, Lake City, Laurens, Lo gan, LeMars, Lohrville, Mapleton Odebolt, Perry, Rockwell City Rolfe and Sac City. Plans are being formulated foi the graduation exercises May 27 Highlighting the event will be the presentation of. a two-act com edy, "The Mysterious Guest." Cast of Play The play will be directed by Principal Reisner.

The cast in- includes Mary Morrison, Lynne Rombough, Ida Davis, Betty Utley Diane Fabricius, Tom Lyon, Eric Andreasen, Morgan and Roger The commencement play anc graduation exercises will be held in the high school auditorium starting at 8 p.m. May 27. Forty-One eighth graders will be graduated. Mr. Reisner announced that the graduates would weai caps and gowns this year for the first time.

Whole Village Wins Air Trip For Cancer Work MINNEAPOLIS The whole village of Funkley, was in the air Wednesday, bound for New York City for a six-day fete that comes as a reward because the community's women did such a jood job making cancer dressings. Thirty-three residents of the and immediate area left Minneapolis by air at 7 a.m. CST for New York. Only two villagers remained be hind to stand guard against fires or burglaries in the town's nine buildings. The trip is being given the vil age because all the Funkley area women part in an American Cancer Society Drive for cancer dressings prepared from worn out sheets.

Pacific Mills a extile firm, is paying for the trip. The group, including 11-months- old Nancy Louise Nagel, its youngest member, attended a farewell dinner at neighboring Blackduck, Tuesday night. Funkley's Mayor E. G. Wooden plans to swap ceys with New York Mayor cent Impellitteri.

Wooden, 78, has Deen Funkley's mayor 35 years. Funkley, which had an official imputation of 26 in 1950, is about 150 miles north of Minneapolis. It the state's second smallest incorporated community. IOWA TRAFFIC DEATHS By The Associated Press May 6, 1953 139 May 6, 1952 140 Force Team and Ground Observers Meet Here May 11 The Ground Observer Corps in Carrol) will meet Monday, May 11, with an official Air Force train- ng team from Pen Moines, Ray Moehn, county civil defense chairman, announced today, From O. M.

tenter Mr. Moehn said the Air Force earn is coming from i the PCS Moines Filter Center where they are stationed with Detachment 4672nd Ground Observation a regular air force unit. Anyone interested in this civil- an voluteer program of the air defense of the nation is invited to hear the Air Force's story at the meeting. Mr. Moehn explained the Air Force conducting similar meetings throughout the itate to achieve greater efficiency and closer cooperation of ground op- ervers In each county.

Iowa's observer network in-i lix poatf ini each county and Carroll has not yet met its quota. Four active posts are located at Arcadia, supervised by Ray Wickers, Coon Rapids by Lyle Crisman, Carroll by B. G. Tranter and Breda by Wm. Jennewein.

Need Volunteers Two other posts in need of volunteers to put them on an active basis, according to Mr Moehn, are Manning post, supervised by Harold Caivert and Lanesbovo under J. E. Howe. Anyone wishing to volunteer as a ground observer may contact any one of these supervisors. Railroad agents throughout Iowa have been a great aid to adding reports to regular posts.

Carroll county has five such railroad posts. These are at Ralston with M- Q. McQrew as supervisor, Breda under L. R. Rabe, Glldden with A.

T. Geyer, Carroll with A. L. Kent ftjid Arcadia with Utisivom. Slot Machine Jackpot Hit By Crime Crusader OKLAHOMA CITY Stat Legislature's crime crusader, Rep Robert O.

Cunningham, hit th jackpot the other night. While accompanying police on a vice raid, he shoved a nickel in th slot of a machine which looked sus piciously like an illegal gambling device. Out tumbled 148 nickels. Did he keep them? "Sure," said the legislator. "I was my nickel." Challenges Class to Lead As Characterizing their graduation from grade school as a "challenge to be Christian leaders of the fu ture," the Rev.

Leo Lenz ad dressed 41 students who have fin ished their eighth-grade work at SS. Peter and Paul School at com mencement exercises, Tuesday night, in SS. Peter and Pau Church. 41 Get Diplomas Diplomas were presented to the 41 graduates on behalf of parish by the Rt. Rev.

Msgr. Frank Crete man. Fr. Lenz based his address on the Scriptural text: "Be ye doers of the Word and not hearers from chapter verse 22 of St James' Epistle. "You must want to do big things for Christ," he said.

"The world needs Christ, and Christ needs you to reflect his teachings in your lives so He will be better known among men "If you wish to be a success in the true sense of the word, considering your eternal destiny, you will find much opposition. There will be many temptations, and tri als, and hardships; but do not fal ter. Stay close to Christ, love Christ, become interested in Christ, study Christ, receive Christ often in Holy Communion, and follow Christ." Class Entertained After the graduation ceremony, members of the class were entertained by their parents at Knights of Columbus Hall. A door prize was won by Dennis Wessling, chair prize by Marvin Heide, and plate prize by Larry Baumhover. Lunch was served by the group.

Convoy Traffic Violators to Court KANSAS CITY (SI Police changed their tactics Wednesday an effort to curb the rising death toll on Kansas City streets. Drivers arrested on charges of speeding, careless or drunken driving won't be given tickets and summoned to court. Instead they will be ordered to he curb and held there until enough drivers are stopped to form, a-convoy to the nearest police station. At the same time the amount of bonds for the three offenses doubled. Kansas City's traffic toll for the year is now 32, one more than for he entire year of 1952, Carroll Band In Veishea Parade Carroll high school's marching band will be one of 15 Iowa high school bands in the annual Iowa State college Veishea parade on he morning of May 16.

Other bands which will be represented include Denison, Ames, Cedar Falls, Jefferson, Eagle Grove, Grundy Center, Guthrie Center, hdianola, Muscatine, Perry, Rip- )ey, Valley of Des Moines, Van vleter and Winterset. 5eol lain Continue in Iowa DES MOINES One storm center moved away from Iowa during the night but another moved in to cause a continuation Wednesday of cpol temperatures and rain over most of the state. Heaviest rainfall reported, was 43 of an inch at kamani, Dubuque .31 and Davenport and ngton 40. eratures during Die night from 31 at Sioux City up 50 at Charles City. Tempera- Wednesday were expected to from the low 70s in Northwest Iowa to the mtdtfOs in Southeast Iowa.

All of Iowa was expected to have readings in the 70s Harris Lawyer Says His Client Will Not Attend No Reason for Session Asked by Musician, Wederath Asserts HctHld News Service) MANNING Manning board of education Tuesday night voted to hold a public hearing on the dispute involving the contract of Orville Harris, bandmaster, but the hearing may not be held. Leighton Wederalh, attorney for the Manning high school bandmaster, told The Times Herald that he knew of "no i-eason for a public hearing." Won't Attend Mr. Wederath said that neither Mr. Harris nor he would attend the hearing, if it were held. The secretary of the board of education attempted to serve notice to Mr.

Harris of the hearing this morning, but Mr. Harris was out of town and could not be reached. It was understood that Mr. Harris would return to Manning sometime during the day. The hearing was scheduled for 8 p.m.

at the high school auditorium. Mr. Wederath said there could be no hearing if the person involved is not in attendance. Harris Request Mr. Harris last week requested that the board accept the contract or call a public hearing in the matter.

The request was in writing to the board president, F. J. McMahon. Mr. maintained today that the Manning has a valid contract and that there was no cause for a hearing.

''If Mr. Harris wasn't offered a contract, there would be cause for a hearing," the attorney explained. "But he has a contract that we feel is a valid document." The board's stand on the matter is that the contract was illegal because it was signed and returned to the board in an altered form. Approve Board's Action Another large group of citizens met with the board Tuesday and expressed satisfaction with the board's action in the Harris controversy. The citizens' committee supporting Mr.

Harris had met in closed session with the board Monday night to express dissatisfaction in the case. In other action Tuesday night, the board announced the hiring of Will Robinson of Mclntyre, as English and dramatics instructor. He will succeed Mrs. Norma Graves who resigned. Mr.

Robinson has been teaching in the Mc- lntyre school system and is a graduate of Iowa State Teachers college at' Cedar Falls. Among the vacancies on Che Manning faculty is Burton Hoffmann, vocal music instructor, who re- his contract some time ago unsigned after being granted a time extension for signing. Appropriations Exceed Best Estimate of Income DES MOINES trends noted in the 1953 towa Legislature was the lawmakers' willingnes for the second consecutive session to appropriate more than the most Clyde Kemp's Rites on Thursday Cl'lnios Herald Service) SCRANTON Funeral services 'or Clyde P. Kemp, 38, who died here Tuesday after a six-year heart llness, will be held at 2 p.m., at the Methodist church with the v. Noble Blackman officiating.

Burial will be in the Scranton cemetery. Military and lodge organizations will participate in the rites. Pallbearers include: active Wayne Brody, DalejClipperton, Romayne Byerly, Victor Pound, Rex McCormick Alan Pound; honorary Barr, Joe Mackey, James Jaldridge, Earl White, Dean Bortz, Ronald Juergens. Mrs. Charles Hanna and Robert Fey will sing "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Garden" accompanied at the organ by Mrs.

B. E. Friend. Military rites will be conducted by the American Legion post of Churdan and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Scranton. The ritual service of the iOOF lodge of Churdan will be read.

Organizer Surveys City For Lions Club A survey to determine whether there is potential and sufficient interest in Carroll to organize a Lions club being made by A. T. Holcomb of Chicago, special' repre sentative of Lions International. Carroll had a Lions club a num ber of years ago. Mr.

Holcomb said that if enough interest is found, an organization night will be held in the near future, officers elected and a charter night planned for the early part of the summer. Assisting Mr. Holcomb is Steve Brooks of Ames, governor of trict 9-C of Iowa. Mr. Holcomb has been here several days interviewing prospective members for the proposed service club.

He and District Governor C. R. Tracy of Sioux City and Mrs. Tracy attended a joint inter-club meet ing of Auburn and Farnhamvllle Lions at Auburn Tuesday night where approximately 100 were present. The representative reported that a new club at Mapleton received a charter Monday night from Gov errior Onawa club spon sored the organization.

There are 225 Lions clubs in four Iowa Calm on Laos Front; Signs Reds Awaiting Supplies HANOI, Indochina iff) French and Laotian patrols swept in a wide arc around the royal residence city of Luang Prabang in Laos Wednesday but failed to contact any Communist-led Vietminh troops. The calm on the Laos invasion fronts indicated the Vietminh is awaiting fresh supplies and is regrouping its forces before making an onslaught on Luang Prabang or Vientiane, the official capital. Meantime the buildup of French-Laotian defenses continued at Vientiane, a town of 20,000 population across the Meking River from Thailand. The Thais have begun moving 60,000 Vietnamese, mostly of fighting age, from along the northern border deep into West and Northwestern Thailand as a precaution against Communist invasion. The move was apparently aimed at preventing Vietnamese who fled into Thailand border areas at the start of the Indochina war from being swept up and used by the Vietminh in the event Moscow- trained Ho Chi Minn's forces reach the Mekong and try to extend their "liberation" program and cross into Thailand.

RETURNS FROM KOREA Sgt. Lonnie G. Kropf of Arcadia was listed Wednesday as among 3,580 army personnel from Korea docking at San Francisco, from the transport, Gen. M.C. Meigs.

optimistic estimate of slate enue. Accompanying that trend in the most recent session, however, was strenuous effort to gather up and make use of every idle dollar. But considerable reliance waa placed in the 30 mil lion dollar state reserve fund. Indicated trends included those toward curbing spending by state agencies but liberalizing bonding commitments by municipal councils; being more conscious of voter reaction; lesser strong, consistent leadership; openly criticizing the governor; and less of the usual horse-play. Bills Statistically, there were the fewest bills introduced of any session since 1945.

But the bill-introduction period was shorter than total this time was 995. The House passed 209 of its own bills and 138 originating in the Senate. The Senate, in turn, approved 200 of its measures and 162 from the House. That made a total of exactly 300 bills passed by bo'th houses. Seven measures were killed after debate.

Gov, William S. Beardsley vetoed wages garnishment bill. bill to regulate. the capacity of milk bottles or in a conference committee. By the time the session ended formally and finally the governor had signed 271 bills.

He had 30 days from then to take action on the other 27, and'was expected to sign all, or very nearly all, of them. 1951 Legislature appropri ated more than the anticipated income for the subsequent bien The two-year period will end next June 30 with income about 10 million dollars less than the outgo. The 1953 Legislature appropriated about 22 million dollars more than the most optimistic estimate of receipts for the biehriium ending June 30, 1955. Picked Idle Funds The last session picked up more than 2 million dollars in idle funds. It also made use of another 4 mil- Money Bills See Page 13 Toastmasters Key to Baudler Walter E.

Baudler received the key as outstanding speaker of the week at Toastmasters Club, Tuesday night, at Hotel Burke. Mr. Baudler's subject was, "The Family." Other speakers and their subjects were Dale Rickard on "Taxes," and Webb Dalton on Evaluation." Guests at the meeting were Earl Chase of Jefferson, area governor of Toastmasters Clubs; Dave Harris of Jefferson, area educational chairman; and Wayne Harmony of Carroll. Plans were made for Ladies' Night, Tuesday evening, May 12, at Hotel Burke. Wives of members are invited, Dinner dress is requested.

Announcement also was made of a speech contest, Saturday, at Boone. Several members of the Carroll club are expected to attend. Toastmasler of the evening was Robert Morrow; topics leader, Robert A. Wright; general evaluator, Dr. F.

A. Stamp; and grammarian, Dr. Lawrence Cochran. Local Post to Sponsor Team Again This Year Program Needed For Development of Home Talent in State Loop The American Legion executive board Tuesday named W. S.

(Bill) Farner to head the junior baseball program for the coming year, Commander Virgil J. Wolfe announced today. There had been some discussion on the baseball committee of abandoning the junior program because of lack of funds. The program has not been a financial success in previous years and the Legion organization waa in no position to underwrite the program, it was pointed out. To Form Program Mr.

Farne'r, who has been president of the Iowa State league for three years, said he will start immediately to form a program for the Legion baseball team. The new junior baseball chairman said he had not studied the Legion rules enough to announce plans for the coming season at this time. Mr. Farner said he. hoped to have a "sound financial program," to go along with the successful baseball win-loss record this year.

One of the principal reasons that he accepted the job, Mr. Farner said, was that he didn't want to see the youth' program dropped when boys reach high school age. The Carroll Junior Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring Little league baseball for boys 9 and 13 years of. age, and Mid-' get baseball takes: in a 12-16 age group, Mr. Farner Provides More "We- cannot build baseball play- era if the program is dropped after a boy reaches 10 years of age," Mr.

Farner said. we continue with Little anTjuri- ior Legion baseball, it is entirely possible that we will have more home talent on our Iowa State leagujE team." ti Mr, Farner this spring resigned from the presidency of the Carroll Athletic association, sponsor of the Carroll Merchants' baseball entry in the ''Iowa State "league. He was one of the key men in the development of 'the baseball local facilities) regarded as tops in the Iowa State league. The junior baseball program will be launched immediately, With a eye on the county' junior tournament that will be scheduled late in June. Legion Auxiliary Poppy Day To Be Held in Carroll May 23 Wholesale Food Prices Hit New High WEVV YORK food trices as measured by the Dun Ir'adstreet index edged to a new ligh for the year this week.

The index stood at $6.43 com- jared with $6.42 the week before! ind $6.36 in the corresponding of Poppy Day will be observed in Carroll and throughout most of the country on May 23, the Saturday before Memorial Day, it was announced Wednesday by Mrs. M. L. Collison, poppy chairman of the local unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. On that day, everyone in the city will be asked to wear a memorial poppy in honor of the dead of two World Wars and the Korean conflict.

Crepe paper poppies, made by disabled veterans of the three wars, will be distributed on the streets throughout the day by volunteer workers from the auxiliary and cooperating groups. The poppies will be replicas of wild poppies which grew "between the crosses, row on row." in the World War I cemeteries of France, thus becoming.the memorial flower of Amei'ica'fl war In exchange for paper poppied, the auxiliary will accept contributions for its work for disabled veterans anci needy children of veterans which is largely supported by Poppy Day contributions. 3 lowonf Flying to Europe in Privote Plane KEOKUK Three Keokuk residents have begun a trans- Atlantic flight to Europe in a private plane. The pilot is Robert Fisher, Keokuk industrialist who served as a ferry command captain during WorJd War a and as such made several flights over the Atlantic. Mr.

and Mrs. Fishey, accompanied by Henry Huiskamp, Keokuk banker, left Monday in Fisher's five-place plant. They plan to witness the British coronation and en route will make at rador, GmtUwj mt Youth Killed In Two Flee From Scene COUNCIL BLUFFS youth identified as Peter Meisenburg, 18, of Dubuque was fatally injured' early Wednesday when the car in which he was a passenger crashed into the rear of a stock truck eight miles east of Council Bluffs on Highway 6. Two other men who were in the car fled across a field following the 2 a.m. accident, the truck driver told Deputy Sheriff Ed Kirst? ensen.

Officers said it was sible Meisenburg might have been hitch-hiking. Kirstensen said the wrecked car had been identified as one stolen in Des Moines shortly before midnight Tuesday. The Polk County sheriff's office in Des Moines said the car apparently checked out as one taken from Billy Hook, former Polk County deputy sheriff, while it was parked near a spot at the west edge of Des Moines. Ray Shaffer, 42, Carlisle, said he was bound for Omaha with a load of hogs when the car struck the left rear corner of his truck "at high speed" and rolled backward 50 feet into a field. Shaffer said one of the two men who leaped out and fled called to him and said "Take good cave of Joe, he's badly hurt." Meisenburg, who apparently had been seated on the right side of the car, was found lying on the ground If You Don't Hove Your Paper by 6 p.m, Then dial 3573 aiitl we'll sue that you get one.

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