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1 1 1 I I S1, I SI i I I r'1 1l I I .1 i 'I i 11 I 1 i "Vr 1 I I 1 i 1 A- I Hi I ft 1 1 1 I I "7 THE WEATHER Mostly cloudy, cool and windy, light shower today. Sunday most ly fair and somewhat warmer. High today, 53. Low tonight, 38. High Sunday, 60.

Telephones iiWENI 1FUBLI Buslnesi Office 3392 J't i ii News Room 4424 1 1 1 -1 1 'i Established 1877. 1954 No. 245 COLUMBUS INDIANA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1954 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 The Week In Review I I I a (111 a NG MI I i i I I ii I 1 in; i ll I I.I ino)o)flfwAr mnvm I 11 I' 1 I II hi ,1 i I i Hi I 1 1 I I i i I i 1 Accent Ms aim 1 Wood By BOB OOSD02C 1 i ''if I i Em JElectiom UDmiwes NO 'ELECTION FEVER' HERE SO FAR THIS FALL Courthouse; Sages, Report Interest Lagging In Noy. 2 Balloting, A' sizable Vote already' is in at the county clerk's i office i ji i I i 1 11 1 1 1 1 ii (ii Is -fnfiXAJri 1 i. 1 I.

.1 I I I ii l- i 'i" I .1 i I 750-MILE AREA: DEVASTATED BY HOWLING WINDS Canada Preparing fori --j 'i Its I Worst Disaster i im 4 History. I ill TORONTO, Canada. (UP) i Hurricane Hazel i ripped into the heart of Canada to-l day, hewing a new path of i destruction, and boosting its death toll to at least 90. ,1 Hazels the eighth tropical storm of the season, 'took a toll of at least 62 lives along the I Seaboard lof the United States. Seven were known dead in Several others were feared drown-t i ed or trapped by swollen rivers.

1 I I The killer hurricane left a grim, trail extending from the Windward Islands, where it was spawned, to the frigid! Hudson Bay area. It. accounted for at least 21 deaths ia the Republio of Haiti before smash-1 ing into the. U.Si mainland Friday 1 Along the East Coast of the United States thousands were left homeless lin the hurricane's 750- mile pathi Entire cities were left i without electric power. Communl-i cations w-ere disrupted.

Pounding! i seas isolated some coastal i areas' from the II' i "-i '1 Some victims were killed by fall-( ing trees. 'Others were electrocuted by fallen "wires and still others drowned as the hurricane rolled northward. ii -I I Toronto mobilized; for posslblyil the worst disaster of its historyj: In the northwesterly suburb of Weston police said "at least a dozen persons" were missing and feared drowned, after (their houses i were washed; away by the rampag-t ing Humber! Thousands Fiee Homes Thousands of families were flee ing their homes in this I area as floods ut off communities where 60-mile-an-4iour winds a communicatidns, halted transporta-p tion and wrought inestimable dam- i age to property and crops. 1 i Authorities said it seemed cer tain Ontario destruction would exceed that caused by a tornado; which did more than 11 million i dollars damage two years ago. II Hazel headed this i rnoming lot Hudson Bay, where weathermen estimated the storm would got Into death "throes at about Early today, however, the tropical tempest was reported moving "very raplily" without losingi any of the punch that devastated souths ern I 1 I Hazel, with her destructive lsv ters Carol and Edna, already has madej 19114 one of the worst hurricane years dn record in the United States.

Described as Uh ''most erratic hurricane iij history' by weather experts, jthe I storm first threatened ship lanes the Caribbean Se 11 days ago; It; suddenly reversed its field and slugged the caster tip of Haiti Tuesdayj destroying whole towns and villages. Then the howler lunged north-. ward, plbwed across the Atlantic and the U.S. Myrtle Beach, S.C., a.m. Fridav.

coastline near at about 9 :30 I SCHOOli GETS CUMMINS iMESEt A new Cummins Diesel 150 IIP model JBS engine recently glven by Cummins Engine company for use of in the machine shop of Columbus high school jis i pictured above with Cummins and school repretotatives. With this engine some prospective mechanics-will get a preview of the workings! of a dieseL. TMs particular model was introduced two years ago and is now used extensively In trucks and busses. The engine above is equipped with the new Cummins fuel pump; Left to right are Judson Erne, principal of the high school; K. E.

Iluthsteiner, Cummins president; William Baker hi-h school vocational and adult education manager of Cummins, and Luther Lockwood, city school 13 Votwniers off I 1 i i ij ji i' i i ij ANNEXATION IS DELAYED AGAIN WITH THE ELECTION ONLY two weeks away politics picked up momentum during the week. There was back-biting and dog-snarling. Democrat are planning bean suppers and the Republicans are holding "coffees." President Eisenhower came to Indianapolis last mght and delivered a major farm talk. Claude Wlckard is scheduled to speak for the Dem ocrats. There will be plenty of activity during the next two weeks.

Democrats are confident and. Republicans are scared. Too many family arguments. Nov. 2 balloting will tell the story.

3ft jfc ift PRESIDENT EISENIIOW- er's speech writers are doing a poor Job. They are failing to get i to the people the administration's objective. In short, the objective Is a -sound economy based on peace and not on war. The objec tive is to bring about the transi tion- of a wartime "prosperity to a peace-time prosperity without an economic collapse, without further inflation, without further reduc tion In the value of the dollar. i The objective is to bring about i a sound economy beneficial to all i the people.

True, this transition i period has resulted in some un-, employment and the incomes of i many have been reduced, but the impact has not 'been as severe as many had expected. Despite its troubles, the nation today is en-i Joying, the greatest peace-time prosperity, in its history without further decline in the value of the dollar. i THE OBJECTIVE OF -PKESI-dent Eisenhower is simple. is nation-wide prosperity- built on a foundation of peace instead' of a' foundation of war and war-crisis! THE DROUGHT IN THE Local area was broken as the com munity received two inches of rainfall during the week. The rains reduced the fire hazards in the -rural areas and gave, 'some relief 6- water-starved wells.

A. V. Xeesllng, county agricultural agent, said yesterday the area has had enough rain for about ten days. A dry spell is needed now I to give farmers an opportunity to get wheat in the ground. Although most areas received -more, Bartholomew county' farmers Were bappy over the amount of precipitation they received.

NEIGHBORING FRANKLIN was, hit by i a tornado. A young mother was 'killed and her baby, delivered following her death, failed to live. A Hartsville man was also seriously injured in the stonxi. CORNERSTONE LAYING CER-emonies were conducted at the new high school physical education Although the program was sandwiched in between a couple of rainstorms late Thursday afternoon a crowd of more than 100 persons turned out. BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY chapter" of the Foundation for Infantile Paralysis received an allotment of 53,400 from the national foundation to be used in the lo cal program of aiding polio victims.

PARTICIPANTS IN THE AN-nual Pioneer Days festival counted their money and reported the grand total profit would approximate $12,000, half of which will go for equipment for the new eastside youth, buildirig. jc 3fr DR. JOHN W. FOUST, WELL-known Hawcreek township veterinarian, and former sheriff of Bartholomew county, died. THE COL BUS HIGH school football team engaged in a thrilling battle with the Howe Hornets of Indianapolis which ended in a 20-20 tieT Fans reported it was the best game of the season.

ANOTHER WEEKEND IS AT hand. Traffic will be extra heavy in the area with the Brown county landscape I changing color. If you venture out on the highways drive with care. Consider the rights of the other fellow and observe the traffic rules. Be back at work on Monday morning.

30,000 Truck Drivers Strike NEW YORK (UP) Some 30,000 truck drivers on strike today, crippling: business in th istow I York area and threatening wide-spread The drivers, members of the I AFL teamsters union, walked out i following a breakdown in nocnHo- tions shortly before midnight. Representatives of the union's Local 807 rejected an llth hour appeal by Mayor Robert F. Wagners The deadlock developed when the drivers stuck by their demands for a 25-cent-an-hour "package" increase. The companies held to their Offer of 10 cents an hour. Present wages- are $2.21 for tractor-trailer 'drivers, $2.06 for ordinary truck drivers and $1.77 foj helpers.

10th Precinct, 7 p.m. Mrs. H. K. Gressel assisted by Mrs.

O. Chewer 3101 Indiana avenue. Mrs. Arthur Graham, moderator. News In Brief Near Freedom BONN, Germany OP A committee of allied and West German i experts have completed drafting agreements ending the nine-year Western allied occupation and restoring German Independence, officials announced today.

The allied-German com- mittee finished work' on the agreement at a prolonged session ending at 4 a.nu the of-4 ficials said. Atom Subs Seen, WASHINGTON (IP) Defense officials1 said today it will probably; be about. 1960 before the Navy's first atomic-powered surface i ship with an i incredible speed and range joins the fleet. The, first vessel, however, will be the forerunner of a whole fleet of atomic fighting ships carriers, submarines, destroyers and guided missile criusers. Union Merger Near WASHINGTON P) The CIO and AFL moved quickly today to carry out an agreement by their leaders to merge the nation's two' largest labor A subcommittee has been appointed to draft ia blueprint for the new organization.

Leaders of both groups Were optimistic that the long-sought merger: would be achieved soon. Russian Charge 'Lie' UNITED NATIONS, N. T. (IP) The United States branded as a "lie" today Russia's charge that the! American Navy took part in aggressive attacks against the Communist-held China coast and islands' lying off It. Soviet Del egate Andrei Y.i Vlshinsky demanded that the United Nations General i Assembly pin responsibility on the U.S.

for "acts of aggression" in the area of Formosa and the China seas and direct the American government to take steps to put an end to them. i Pittsburgh Flooded PITTSBlHRHi 1 (TP1 Rising rivers and streams, fed by i the runoff from hours of heavy rains, gushed; flood waters I into scores of western Pennsyl-: lapped into low-lying sections of Pittsburgh's Golden I Triangle. Hundreds of families were evac-: uated irom their homes in the Latrobe, Butler, Greensburg, Erie and Pittsburgh areas. Flood conditions accounted for at least seven death inundated main and secondary roads, knocked out and telephone liips, 'and isolated several communities I along swollen tributaries of the Ohio, Monongahela and Allegheny rivers. 1 COUNTY, cm GET TAX FUNDS July-September Motor Vehicle 'Take" Is Up l4o from Last Year.

i Bartholomew county and the city of Columbus received their shares today of $14,886,887.98 distributed in I motor vehicle funds for the July-September quarter, an increase of 14.42 per cent oyer the same period last year. The check for the city street and department was $16,124.14. This was slightly over $2,000 more than the amount received one year ago. For the third quarter last year the city's share was $14,121.91. The check to the county highway department was for $48,775.

The state money, distributed four times a yeak jis the only funds which the county I receives for road i work, other than the special 10-cent tax levy for bridge maintenance and repair. In addition to the funds it receives the city street and alley department raises money through a 2-cent levy on property as part of the city tax rate. The state-wide distribution of vehicle jfunds announced by office of State Auditor Frank T.l Millis was composed of $7,890, 050.62 for the state highway department 804.15 for Hoosier counties, and $2,233,033.10 for towns and cities. Kiwanis to Hear Albert Wedeking 'Albert chairman of the Indiana Toll Road commission, will speak to Kiwanis club members at a dinner meeting Monday night at Donner center. i Mr.

Wedeking will discuss proposed toll road projects in Indiana. Paul Penisten will introduce the speaker. Coffee and Beans on Po litical Menu During Next Two Weeks. 1 With the Republicans getting a big' send-off from President Eisenhower's address Friday night at Butler fieldhouse in Indianapolis, both major parties in Bartholomew county headed today into the final two weeks of. their election cam paigns.

Republicans announced a series of "coffees" to be held under aus pices of the Political Workshop and the Democrats completed plans for a "bean supper" here Tuesday night, i Meanwhile, candi dates stepped up activities in their bids to voters. The Democrats will have, a bean supper and meeting Tuesday night at the Canteen building, Oak street and McKinley avenue, featuring addresses by Wilfrid J. Ull rich, candidate for Ninth district representative and Andrew Jacobs, Indianapolis attorney, former 11th District congressman. The free supper is to be served from 5 to 7:30 o'clock. Hil.

Go In for Beans. i While the GOP is stressing cof fees, the Democrats are going for beans in a big way. On Monday night, night before the Demo crat meeting here, a "bean and ham" supper will be served at Hartsville by the Hawcreek town ship Democrat organization. A. E.

Schumaker of Columbus, candidate for joint state and Delmas Hill, Flat Rock township farmer, candidate for state representative will be principal speakers. Bartholomew county was well represented Friday at the Eisen hower rally and. Republican Wo men's tally both held in Indianap olis: .1 An estimated 300 from the coun ty heard President Eisenhower de liver his farm talk before a jam-packed crowd of 16.000 at Butler fleldhojuse. Kenneth Jackson, GOP countyj chairman, was present at the 'reception for Republican lead ers held at jthe Columbia club pre-cedingj the rally. In an informal talk at the reception, President Eisenhower called for "election i of a Republican Congress and urged all-iout efforts' by GOP workers, Friday noon a group of Barth olomew: county attended 30P women's rally at Claypool i hotel in Indianapolis, sponsored Indiana Federation of Women's Republican clubs.

Miss Bertha iS, Adkins, assistant to chairman i of tht. Republican national committee, was principal" speaker. Attending from here were Carl Carter, Mrs. Fritz Brinkman, Mrs. Robert Reeves, Mrs.

Carl Mrs. Harry i Sohn, Miss Grace Turner, Mrs. Henry Collier and Mrs. A. T.

Carpenter. Representative Earl Wilson, candidate for re-election from the ninth district, will be present at the Bartholomew county Republic can (Women's Political Workshop to be i held Wednesday morning at Donner center from; 9:30 to i Mrs. S. B. VanArsdale, state vice-chairman- of Citizens I I for Eisenhower, will speak briefly.

Mrs. Van Arsdale, is a member) of the Indianapolis Workshop in addition to her present activity on the Eisenhower i i Following her talk the meeting will be open for a question and answer' discussion period. Unanswered questions from the "coffee" discussion groups will be presented, and questions from the floor will have consideration at the meeting as long as time permits, i Mrs. A. T.

Carpenter, publicity chairman for the Bartholomew County Political Workshop, announced that a small fee will be charged to help defray expenses of the meeting. i She also announced that the October: issue of the-: Republican Workshop News Letter, which is published locally, is. now off the press and has been mailed to all Workshop members. i i i The series of precinct "coffees" announced by the Republicans is as follows: I' iii r-r, i Oct. 18, 10th Precinct) 17 p.

m.4 Mra Harry Nolting, Dunn Road Moderators Bob Stewart and Mrs Griffith Film, "The Red Web." i 5th i 9:30 a.m. Mrs. Phillip Long, assisted by Mrs; Norton; 726 Seventh street. Mod erators Mrs. Wallace I Goeller and Mrs.

A. E. Logan. S. 14th 9:30 a.m.

Mrs William Broegher, 1117 Cottage avenue. Moderators Mrs. John Goa- nell and Mrs. Griffith Marr. Oct.

19, S. 13th Precinct, 9:30 a.m. Mrs. -Don; Frazee, 2025 Home avenue. Moderators Mrs.

Sim Guk enberger and Mrs. Joseph I. Miller. 15th Precinct, 9:30 Walter ONeal, 2012 Indiana avenue. Mrs.

A E. Logan and Mrs. Wallace Goeller, moderators. i Oct: 21st, 8th' Precinct Mrs- William Lawrence assisted by Mrs Robert Stevenson, 1512 Grand ave nue. Mrs.

Wallace Goeller, moder ator. N. 14th Precinct, 9:30 Lawrence Quick, 1310 Illinois. Mod-, erators Mrs. Joseph I.

Miller and Mrs. Harry Kinney. i Oct; 22, 7th Precinct, 9:30 p.m.-i- Mrs. Roy Arnholt assisted by Mrs George Cook. 834 Third street.

Mrs. John M. Graham, i N. 14th Precinct, 9:30 a.m. Mrt.

Griffith 1513 Seventeenth street. Moderator Arthur Graham, Jr. I Oct 25, 9th Precinct Mrs. Herbert i Holmes assisted by Mrs. Thomas Danner.

superintendent. Sunny Skies, Cool Nights Predicted ji j. The rains still 'lingered overnight and. parts of Indiana are expected to get light showers today, followed by jsunny skies Sunday and according to ithe i weather bureau. Rainfall in Columbus? overnight totalled talmost a i quarter inch .21.

I I Continued cool temperatures are predicted for tonight and Sunday, with lows of 38 1 to 40 i tonight and tops of 60 to 62 on Sunday. I The mercury dropped to a cftilly 41 degrees in Columbus Friday night after falling to get above the 58 mark during! the day. Rainfall Overnight brought total i precipitation in Columbus for the week to 2.21, inches. 1 ii It a week of showers and deluges in the state, highlighted by floods in Northern Indiana and a tornado at nearby Franklin. i Starke county felt the brunt of the floods Friday as the Yellow river crested, and borders of six northwestern counties hear "the Illinois state line were splashed with overflow from the Kankakee River as its level approached a crest next weeki 25 per cent higher i than it ever: reached before.

i 1 But the human danger and discomfort waned and the need for evacuation of families from lowland: homes dwindled as the flood moved slowly i westward from pop ulous areas to rich muckland. South Bend got half: an inch of rain the i past 24 hours but other upstate points received only meager showers. i I NOT SO WINDY COLUMBIA, S. C. (UP) The weather i today for South Carolina where i Hurricane Hazel went inland: Fair and cool and not so windy.

i SEA VOYAGE BOSTON (UP) A screech owl, a woods: denizen: that rarely wanders far from alighted Friday on the Coast Guard cutter Bar-ataria at sea, 1,1800 miles northeast of here. I via absent voter's but election interest have to pick up a lot of steam if the county vote is to come nearthe turn-out for1 the presidential election itwo i years ago. 1 1 1 I I- I I The election! Is only a little more than two weeks but you can't tell it arbund here-that was the word Friday afternoon from offices I in the Bartholomew county courthouse, focal point qf most political While Republican leaders in the count yhave been reporting i onl. "fair" interest to date, some Democrat leaders have been pointing to a bigj registration by their' poll workers as indication of high in terest in the election, 1,600 New Voters. But Klerks iifc the office at the courthouse have started preparation i of lists and it, appeared today that the niimbef of nev; voters registering since the primary last; spring may not total more than 1,600.

That would i make: approximately 24,000 persons eligible to vote.j.' In contrast, 1 24,797 Bartholomew countyj residents were registered for the 1952, presidential election and 19,306 cast votes for the rival presidential candidates President Eisenhower and; Adlal Stevenson. Normally the total vote In' the off -presidential! election years is well below that of the presidential years and if there Is not a good gain in total Registration, there is believed little I chance this: fall's Vote will com near that of i two years ago-in spte of strong Campaigns waged by. Rep. Earl Wilson and his Democrat iiopponemt! for Congress, Wilfrid Ullrich, and the fact that a Columbus man Albert E. Schumakerlis the Democrat candidate for joint state senator, 3,000 Registered: I The Democrats have 'estimated they registered: ii more than 3,000 persons through deputy): registration iLBut this number included many i who mdvedj since the spring primary and pwerei actually transfers and not new registrants.

The total also included many duplications, which are now being weeded out by registration clerks.1 Persons eligible to vote by absent voter'sj ballot may apply for; ballots at the. clerk's office at the courthouse as late as Saturday, Oct. Zti. But there must be time for the applications to Jbe mailed, ballots mailed; and returned inot later than Nov. 2r-electioh day.

I i- A Week from today, Saturday, Oct. 23, will be the first day a person who will be absent on election day may cast 1 his ballot at the county) clerk'sji office. The "ifollow-ing Saturday, lOct. 30, the" final day for these persons jtotvote at the; clerk's office in advance of the' election. iljf 'i To date 6 applications have been made for absent voters' ballots, i MR.

HENDERSON, 84, SUCCUMBS Retired ij' Pennsylvania Railroad Employe Dies A 1 I Charles Henderson 84, died at 3 o'clock this morning at the'eoun-ty hospital. He! resided at 2223 i Elm street and was a 1 former bridge foreman with! Pennsylvania railroad and Public: Service company Of Indiana. i Born April 17, 1870,, 1 la' Brown county, he was the son of William andj Sarah Spence Funeral rites 1 will be 1 conducted at 2 O'clock: Monday afternoon at Hathaway funeral home by the teo Daifnell of the1 First Church of thfe Nazarene of Seymour, i i I 1 Casket will ibe open at the' funeral home if litter 1 1 noon' Sunday. Burial; will b4 at Garland Brook cemetery, ll Survivors tare 4 theS widowi IMrs. Minnie E.

Henderson; a daughter; Mrs. Marie Tolen of Seymour route 1 and the oUowing i grandchildren, i Richard, si i Donald and Marvin Glassoft of Columbusj Gene Henderson Indianapoli 4, 1 and Mrs. Ray Turner of Seymour route, 1, and eight great grandchildren. A sohj; Harry Henderson, and ai Mrs. Grace Glas son, preceded him in I Study! Group To Meet; Tuesday Pre-school Child Study roup sponsored i by 1 Christian Education committee of the First Presbyterian church" will meet! atj 7:45 o'clock Tuesday- night in1 1 the Reeves room ojf the Church Mrs.

Tom Freese will lead the discussion of "-What Is Tour Child Afraid Of?" Aj movie title jTears of Children' will be Hostesses' will be Mrs. Harry Bailey and Mrs. Henfy BoUwinket i i Begin 2-Year Hitches i os the County's October Draft Quota. Thirteen Bartholomew county young men, allj Volunteers, reported Thursday, morning for I induce tiqn into the army and were forwarded to the Ireception center at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. i The contingent, the county's quota for October, was made up of men who voiunteerea xor tne draft, and theyj will serve a 2-year term of duty, the same as regular draftees.

r'" Inductees were Peter A. Saurer of Elteabethtown route 1, son of Paul Saurer; John Earl Welch of 924 Chestnut street, husband of Mrs. Patsy Welch; Glenn: Alton Blancett of Route 1, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Blancett; Eli Rex Eddy of 237 Gladstone avenue; son of Mrs; Delphia Eddy; John Keith White of Hope route 2, son of Louie White.

Glen Eugene Hill of Hope, son of Frank Hull; Thomas E. Gruhl of Hope, son of Mrs. Pearletta Gruhl; Eugene Herman: Wint of Elizabeihtown route 1, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wint; Frank William; Armuth of Route 4, son of Mr, and Mrs.

Elmer Armuth; Junior McClure off Hartsville route 1, son of Leo McClure; Alvin Lee Barr of 2211 Ohio street, son of Mrl and Mrs. Nettie B. Barr; Andy R. Venable of son of Andy Venable; Marion Dale Carman of Hope, Son of Ira B. Carman.

Persecution of Jews in Egypt? GENEVA, Switzerland (UP) World Jewish leaders here were alarmed today at reports of increasing Egyptian persecution i of Jews. i The! leaders (likened the alleged persecutions to the excesses which prevailed in Germany under Adolf Hitler: and said the i situation has thrown the Egyptian i Jewish community, "into a state of panic' gular desk. He arrived back In Washington as; the campaigns for control: of Congress in the Nov 2 election entered a crucial period. In addition to his regular: duties and politicing or the election of a Republican Congress, Mr. Eisenhower plans to make four appearances before the election three of them away from Washington.

He also must begin work on the legislative prograjfn he will submit to Congress in January 1 His 'schedule today included a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Mohammed All followed by a lunch with the visiting dignitary. Cites Farmers flight In his Indianapolis speech, Mr. Eisenhower said farmers had. suffered a i "steady decline" i under the farm law enacted by. previous Democratic i I "Yet some would have our farmers believe that in the future this law will do what it has failed to do i in the past," he He said Democrats had been able to postpone the "Inevitable day of reckoning" as far as the Oflutt Unable to Return For Selection of New Judge i The i Mead Village I annexation case took still another delay today when Judge Samuel Offutt of Hancock county was i unable to come here for naming of a new special judgej i i Selection of a new judge was to have been made this morning in local circuit court, but: Judge Of futt wrote he would not be able to come until Monday afternoon.

Naming of a new special judge to hear arguments over: whether Mead Village should be annexed by the city of Columbus is now scheduled for 2 o'clock i Monday afternoon. Three prospective jud ges were named by Judge Offutt last Mondav after a motion for change of judgi was filed by annexation opponents. These i judges are Harold G. Barger of Shelby county, John W. Goddard of Decatur county and John Lewis of Jackson county.

MfMi i The city i and annexation opponents will each strike name of one! judge. The remaining jurist will hear the case. After selection of a judge a new i trial date; will be set. i ii i.i Trial on'- remonstrance petition filed; by those annexation swks to have started last but was postponed by last-minute filing; of the new motion by Theiicity previously filed motion for change of judge and Judge Offutt was chosen to succeed Judge i George V. Long I of i BartholSmew i circuit court.

SHE'S WELCOME WASHINTON (UP) -ff i a Lollobrigida, Italian movie star, paid a courtesy call on President Eisenhower today. i 1111 i American farm market i is: con4 fcerned because of markets created by World War II and the Korean War. Now, he said, the United States has a farm program geared to peace and not war. i i I Benson Blames Democrats. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Tj Benson followed up the President's theme in a speech today at: Janes-ville, Wis.

He said farm price drops were the result of the "irre4 8ponsibility'i of his iDemocratic predecessors i who ran the farm program "with the throttle wide Open, and without the brakes." i He said the high-level price pegs maintained by the Democrats "provided a deadly time bomb" that exploded into vast 1 arm surpluses. I I Democrats continued to predict ylctdry for their party at the polls next month. Sen. Earle Ci Clement (Ky), chairman of the i Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; predicted in i Louisville, that the Democrats easily will win the House and have "a fine' chance' of taking the Senate. i.

By the time Hazel was bowling across eight states it had picked up a forward velocity of 50 miles an hourJ Its circular winds wera recordedl at J00 miles hour when it sped past New York City. 4 Its gusts buffeted i North i an Sotith Virginia the District lot Columbia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and New York. IJ j. Hrl-hlv Geographical and scientific descriptions gave no hint of the suffering the hurricane extracted. In Baltimore, an 11-yearold boy was killed by a falling tree.

A 44-year- old Hagerstown, woman was swept away by flood waters wnem became stalled. A beach six miles her automobile caretaker at a south dfi Annapolis drowned when his boat capsized, Along the! East Coast Red Cross disaster Icivil defense agencies and state land local authori ties worked to care for the injured and homeless, to restore communi-carions and clean up the debris. Armed troops moved into the Carolinas coastal regions to prevent and martial law was enforced by Marines from Camp Lejeune, at Wrightsville and at beaches Inear Wilmington, N.C. Beach areas were without lights or power, water sewage facilities. Emergency crews of linemen were sent into the area but they said it I might be noon before telephone i service i between Raleigh and Wilmington was restored," If by then, i About 1,000 homes along the North Carolina beach -v were reported destroyed or.

heavily: damaged. The South Carolina town of Windy iHill iwas reported "washed away." Mf i iilJJ At Norfolk, V.t the uncompleted 80-millibn-dollar -battleship was i washed adrift in the boiling waters of Hampton Roads'. It was later grounded. The hurricane also tore the training ship Reina Mercedes from -its moorings at the Naval i Academy afc Annapolis; with 100. men I Numerous i small boats were sunk or washed In Washington howling winds ripped ithe roofs from two hangars and the: International Terminal at the National Airport.

NON.STOP FLIGHT TOKYO (UP) The first full wing of giant B-36 inter-continental bombers ever sent to the Far East arrived in I Guam today, after a non-stop flight I from the United lEisenfootveir Meturns to BBig JPMe xQMWork kftfef 8-Week Vacation WASHINGTON UP) President Eisenhower returned to 4he White House today where he faces a mountain of work piled up during his eight-week work-play vacation. The chief executive and Mr6. Eisenhower arrived at the Capital aboard the i presidential plane: only a few hours after Hurricane Hazel had) passed near the city. Mr. Eisenhower was anxious to know how Washington had fared; during the storm Mr.

Eisenhower, en route jback from the; Summer White House at Denver, paused in Indianapolis, Friday night for speech in which he blamed the Democrats "for a serious loss of buying power" of the American The i President appeared ii refreshed from his Colorado vacation which I was his longest absence from Washington sit be he took office two years ago. i i 1 -Faces Big i Work: X.oad Although he put in several hours of work each day during his vacation, the: chief executive faces a back-breaking workload at his for a 90jday training period. V5.t H.P, mi? i-.