The Iola Register from Iola, Kansas • Page 1

lOLA REGISTER The Weather Partly Cloudy No. 283. WMUT lUgiiter. btabtWud lg6f KANSAS. WEDNESDAY PVENING, SBTOMBER 25.

1957. HoffoOn 5 Coiinls NEW YORK OB-James R. Hoffa, vice president of tiie International Brotherhood of Teamsters, was indicted today on five counts of, perjury by a federal rackets grand jury. The indictment charged that the 44-year-old union leader, a candidate for the presidency of the Teamsters to succeed Dave Beck, lied to the grand jury, during its probe into alleged wiretapping of Teamster headquarters in Detroit. The grand jury filso indicted Benjamin Franklin Collins, secre- of Local 299, which is headed by Hoffa.

It accused him of 12 counts of perjury in connection with the same investigation. VFW to Sponsor Teen Town Teen Town will be contin- if the students cooperate and demonstrate that the recreation center is really needed. That decision was reached last night when Glyn'dbn Look- er, commander of the Webster Bennett post of tJje VFW, met with Student officers and their sponsor, Dale StUes, last night. Looker said the VFW is ready to sponsor Teen Town and that the Jaycee Jaynes will loan their equipment without charge. The opening party will be held in the I.

0. O. F. at 7:30 p.m., next Fair Future Discussed Members of the Allen County Fair board met with the directors of the lola Chamber of Commerce at noon today to discuss the future of the county-wide exposition. Leslie Norton, president of the chamber, asked Ralph Smith, fair secretary, to review the 1957 fair and suggest changes which -be made in-organizing the 1958 Smith said he favors having the fair a week earlier so that ifwiU not interfere with parents and youngsters preparing for school.

He also said tiiat in future fajyrs the fat livestock should be kept on exhibition until the closing dav. the' commission bouses which purchased the api- inals had to move them due to the proximity of Labor Day when the Kansas City markets are closed. Business men asked if the board might consider holding the fair on a weekend, pointing out that the Neosho and Greenwood County fairs, as well as the two state fairs, are open on a Sunday Smith suggested that the board should be enlarged fo include mbre representatives from each of the towns in the area. the meeting closed with a general discussion of horse racing which was not completed in time to be reported in this issue of Ifhe Register. State Highway Tractor Struck A car and a tractor mower owned by the State Highway Commission tangled on US-169 about three miles north of lola yesterday afternoon.

George Small was driving the car and failed to see Charles Wilson, Gas City, pull the inower from the shoulder onto the roadway to clear a culvert, according to Ray Emnvon9, undersheriff. Small's car hit the tractor. Damage to his car was estimated at $100 by Emmons. This portion of the highway is being repaired and "Men at Work signs were posted along the shoulder, Emmons said. District Chnrcli jamcial To Visit The Rev.

John J. Clinton, superintendent of the Ottawa Dis-. trict, will conduct the first quarterly, conference of Trinity Methodist Church Thursday evening. The meeting will open with a coverpd dish Slipper at 6:15 followed by a business session at 7:45. Mr.

Clinton will also show a film, "Immortal Love," which deals with facing death unafraid. Itwillsoon be released by the Methodist Church over T-V cir' cults. The Rev. A. S.

Whittemore, Trinity pastor, invites all members to'thcmerting: The Weather Five For Temperatures degrees abqve normal. Little, if any, rainfaill likely. KANSAS ParUy cloudy this lotaUy Warmer east this noon; little, change tui-es tonight" and Thursday; tonight '45-55; high Thursday 80s. tlaiidy'artd 'rtiaa lower Thursday lower 808... Temperature High yesterday 83 Humboldt To Crown Its Queen Mrs.

Ella Hack, who is only 16 years younger than the town, will be crowned Queen of Humboldt's Centennial during a colorful ceremony in the high school auditorium tonight. During the program, which opens at 7:30 p.m., Huniboldt's older citizens will be honored, with prizes given to the oldest lady who was not a queen' contestant, the oldest man, the old est merchant still in business, the oldest vigilante, etc. The address of the evening will be given by J. C. McCurdy who will pay tribute to pioneers ofKansas and particularly Humboldt's early With wonderful attendance at the youth night party Monday and the street dances last night, Humboldt is bracing itself for the record breaking crowd expected for the Centennial Parade Saturday iafternoon.

bands; floats and organizations, are scheduled to march in the procession which will enter the business district at 3 p. m. included in the line of march will be an old-time fire engine, a miinature Santa Fe train, several floats -featuring the piopeer theme and others depicting the history or development of Humboldt. At 5 p. m.

a free lupper will be served in the park by the Chamber of Cbmriierce. (Guests should brijng their own table should bring their own table The celebration will close Saturday night witlr the Centennial Ball on Humboldt's main street. Intervening events are the carnival program with games, music and a generalgood time Thursday evening and the Humboldt- Garnett high school football game Friday at 7:30 p. m. Bacenior to loU Vtilj Raditor, EIGHT PAGES Major News In Europe LONDON Little Rock integration story was front-page news under big headlines in European newspapers today.

Communist newspapers seized upon the story tor barbed attacks on the United States. A Moscow newspaper, Soviet Russia, said "Little Rock disclosed the true face of democracy in America." Bayonet at tittle Rock Crowds Slow to Disperse Negroes Into School; rk PRESIDENT CALLS OUT TROOPS President Eisenhower leaves his office at the Summer White House at Newport, R. after signing an executive order-calling for use of U. S. armed forces in Little Rock.

James Hageity, right, While House press secretary, carried the executive order which is tilled, "Providing assiManceforthe removal obstruction of justice within the State of Southern Governors May Go to White House Ga. worried bVer-states' ehce'labre that 'wduidl rights because of federal troop be resolved in the streets of Little intervention at Little Rock, or any other American city. Good Band List For Veterans Day Bands in 27 Southeastern have accepted invitations to march ui the Veterans Day parade here Nov. 11, according to Dale Creitz, chairman of the musical division. He expects that 35 communities will be represented in the procession.

The committee, under direction of Jim Christy, chair- i man, is niieeting each Monday night and reports that plans for the celebration are beginning to take shape. The program-will feature both patriotic and entertaining themes. The towns from which bands have been entered include Parker, Stark, Colony, Madison, Mound City, Cha- Kiri-' caid, Yates Center, Toronto, Arma, Ensniore, Altoona, Thayer, Richniond, Galesburg and JBiilfalo. today voted to send a commitlee to Washington seeking withdrawal of the soldiers "at the earliest possible moment." The resolution, adopted at the conference of Southern governors Igrew out of a suggestion by Gov. Frank Clement of Tennessee yesterday.

A five-man commitlee headed by. Gov. Luther Hodges -of North Carolina was named to seek conference With President Eisenhower and Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas as soon as they can be arranged. Gov.

Cecil H. Underwood of West Virginia, a Republican, cast the lone dissenting vote. Of the three Republicans attending the Southern Governors Conference, two, endorsed Eisenhower's stand and his action in sending armed federal troops into Little Rock. The third declined to comment, They also considered a proposal by Gov. Luther Hodges of North Carolina adopt a resolution asking the President to leave the maintenance of law and order in Arkansas up to Gov.

Orval Faubus of Arkansas as it "is ered to be the bility of the governor." Clement made his propositi after, he said, losing sleep over the situation tJie night before. He suggested that a committee of-Southern governors call upon the President and "submit at the confer- Hold-Up Duplicated KANSAS CITY, Kas. Ufi The Twin City State Bank was robbed of $12,000 today by 'two men identified, by employes as members of a gang which held up the institution a month ago. And, as the holdup men departed, they said: "We'll be back The bank was robbed Alfg. 20 by three men who obtained $12,100.

Fe'deral bajik robbery charges were filed against William Reece Johnston, Fred Charley Riley, Lyle Richard Johnson, 34. Joiifison- was by policfe Sept. 11 at Long Beach. Jd.hnston and Riley still are at by guns and bayonets. Surely a pencil, a piece of paper and a good heart can do more good than a gun and bayonet." The human element cannot.

be ignored, Clement declared. "While the people of the south do not sympathize with 'mob neither do tliey want to face bayonets in the hands of fellow Clement added. were not menacing. They said nothing. But they did not move: Meyers quietly picked up tlie walkie-talkie, connecting him with llie command post.

He called for two platoons. Almost instantly, the hclineted came dog-trotting down the street, rifles iield across their chests. Assembly Opens Friday Evening: A three-day assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses will start Friday night in the lola Memorial Hall, it was announced today. Rutherford G. Sakatos, district supervisor from the New headquarters of the WatclUower Bible and Tract Society, will lie the principal speaker.

He is a graduate of the International (By MORIN) LI'lTLE ROCK, Ark. parutroopers, in battle dreaa and with bayonets at the ready, brought nine Negro students quietly into Central High in a new climax to the hate-filled struggle over integration in Little Rock. One man wa.s clubbeil and another in the arm by the soldiers in fights that followed. A few white students left the' after the Negroes entered, but there was no sign of a mas.s e.xotlus. A school official said 1250 students were in class today, making j75tj absentees.

It wa.s 50 more than yesterday when it iWas known the would not aptiear. In ail arc two blocks wide around the high school, the paratroopers kept breaking up clusters of people, moV ing them back, herding them onto porches, and keeping the area clear. They moved with purposeful action. It was in these operations that the two men were injured, C. E.

Blake, 46, a railroad tried to grab a paratrooper's rifle, soldiers said. The trooper, quickly reversing it, struck Blake over the eye with the bull. He fell to the street but did not appear, to be seriously injured. I'ajil Downsvof Springfield, hayonet cut-in- the-arm frp-; pari'iitly 'When Be was too slow in obeying an order. Jess Matthews, principal of the high school, reported "everything is (-aim inside the school and education is proceeding normally." Outside, was identical with those that developed in the last two wars of tlie United States.

The high school was the com- tnaiid post. A line of paratroopers, spaced about three yards apart, stood in the street fronting the school. Behind them, jeeps equipped with walkie-talkies, were stationed at strategic points all around the schooL' Meyers broke llie platoon into two groups, and ordered Ihem to approach the crowd from the flanks. Breaking into a run, the soldiers separated. One group headed for the crowd on the sidewalk, the other moved in on the people on the lawn.

They did not appear to touch the people with the bayonets. But they forced those on" the sidewalk far down the street. Those on the liv-m were intOv Wuv por'cfev U. William F. Neff of Cincinnati, was saying: "You can go to school or you can leave.

You can move out or I'll have you moved out. Untimely Moment To Miss Red Light Robert Ravenscroft, 62, Eureka, was arrested last night after tie allegedly ran through the red traffic light at Kentucky and East after passing the patrol car which had stopped for the signal. Charles Walters, police officer, said that he was westbound when he stopped for the light and that Ilavens- croft, also approaching from the east, applied his brakes, skidded around the left side of the cruiser and across the intersection. Walters charged Ravenscroft with driving while intoxicated and with an open bottle of liquor. Rutherford G.

Sakatos School of Giload opeiated by the Society. The opening session at 7 p. ni Friday features Sakatos' address on "Qualified to Teach." At 8 he will conduct a theocratic ministry school session with local and out-of-town speakers. The public is particularly invited to attend the session at 3 Four stood Just outside each of the first-floor doors, and ethers guarded Ihe long, slanting steps leading up from two sides to the main entrance. They were all in olive-green battle dress, carrying rifles with short combat bayonets.

The commanders were there, on the school grounds. "front" began to develop before 8 a.m. The first move came when Maj. of San Antonio, ordered a squad of.jjoldiers to disperse about a tlozen boys and min who gathered around the gas pumps in a station just across the street from the liigh school. "Move on out," Meyers told the group.

Sullenly, but with no word, the men began walking down the sidewalks. They gulped soft drinks first and then dropped the bottles. -For a while, an unearthly silence settled over the school. Only tlie squawking of the walkie- talkies, as messages came in from other points, broke the morning calm. bigger crowd began to at a coi-ner, a full block from the school.

People gathered on a lawn, flowed over into the sidewalk, and were standing six and eight deep down the street. A youth in a pink shirt, glaring defiance at the soldiers, jeered, "Why don't you tin soldiers go home." Meyers picked up the speaker on the public address system of transmitter unit. "Take your The people were curiously silent. There was some muttering, but no shouting or real noise. They kept falling back.

The same scene, on a smaller was repeated several times between 8 and 9 o'clock. Then, suddenly, at the south end of the barricades parted and an Army station wagon rolled through, with jeeps ahead and behind. Shouts broke out, "There they come. The Negro students were in the station wagon with, an Army officer. The car.

came to a stop opposite tJie fiont the school, inside the line of 'paratroopers. The students got out quietly. Again, without hurrying, they walked across the spacious grounds toward the steps. The six girls were all wearing dresses, gaily colored. The three boys were in open throat shirts.

Windows on the second floor of the school suddenly filled with the heads of white students, watching. Then the Negroes mounted the steps and went inside. It'was all over in an instant. Later, the officers warned by- over Uie public address sy.stem, "We're going to begin making arrests if more than two people are standing together." The Officers told the soldiers, "Arrest them if they give you any Maj. Gen.

Edwin A. Walker, the Lbnuiiander of the troops, addressed the -whole student body. He said: "I intend to use all means necessary to prevent any jiiterference with the execution of the sciiool board integration. lie told tlie students that neither they nor anyone else had anything to fear from his troops. He noted: "One last word about my soldiers.

Tliey are here because they have been ordered to here. p.m. Sunday at which Sakatos will'a mobile transmitter They me seasoned, well-traind the Are All sessions are open, return to lio collections be taken. Floridan Leads Moderates TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Amid the din of the extremists the calm voice of the moderate is beginning to itself, heard in tlie South.

Emerging this week as a' likely leader of these middle of the readers was Florida's 48-year-old Gov. Leroy Collins, who is neither a segregationist nor an integrationist by popular concepts. Collins went before the Southern Go.ver.oors':..GdJJT-erenGe»-at'St^.*Is«; land, preaching to them that good will between the races rather than judicial decrees will bring the ultimate solution of racial problems. He declared that an end (Continued on Page 3, No. 1) your The people did not orders.

"Being they- as determined as I to carry out their Seek Funds For Children's Society The lola chapter of Beta Sigma Phi is opening its annual fund campaign for the Kansas Children's Service League today, according to Mrs. Cecil Jones, president. Caroline Lust is chairman of the drive committee. Now completing its 63rd year the Kansas Children's Service League is a privately financed agency which cares for children of all races and creeds who have been deprived of normal family ties. It also assists unwed mothers.

During the first six months of 1957 the organization helped 530 children and unwed mothers. Of these ,225 received its services for the first time and 222 under its care were discharged. Of those in the latter group, half were returned to their natural families and 32 became able to plan for themselves; 53 children were placed in adoptive homes chosen by the league. On June 30 the organization had 143 children under its supervision who have been placed in adoptive homes during the past year. The work of the league is well known to many Kansans, particularly probate judges, welfare workers, ministers and others who are called when.

tragedy strikes a home! However, the organization is entirely supported by private gifts and now participates in community chests and similar fund raising campaigns throughout the state. Contributions may he sent directly to George Mack, treasurer, in care of the Allen County State Bank. Mob Rule Must Not Prevail WASHINGTON President Eisenhower says he ordered federal troops into Little Rock, because "mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of the court," In a hastily scheduled radio-TV address to the nation, he appealed to the Ameiican people last night to unite in understanding that had no choice but to dispatch the troops. "Unless the President did so," he declared, "anarchy would result." And he emphasized that the troops are there "solely for the purpose of preventing interference with the orders of the Court" which directed the admission of nine Negroes to Little Rock's Central High School. Eisenhower said he personally knows that "the overwhelming majority of -the people in the those of Arkansas and Little of good will, imitcd in their efforts to preserve and respect the even when they disagree with But 'he said at another point that "certain misguided persons many of them imported into Little Rock by 'Bgitiatitoi.

upon defying the law and have sought to bring it into disrepute." In other nations, he said, "our enemies are gloating over this incident" and seeking to undermine the nation's prestige and influence around the globe. Departing from the prepared text of his address, the Presidlent said the federal government does (Continued on Page 3, No. 2) Lions Cfub Hears Of British Tour Judge Spencer A. Gard last night to the lola Lions Club on the highlights of his recent trip to England, Scotland-, and Wales. The meeting honored several farmers who assisted the Lions Club at the annual stock sale at the Allen County Fair.

Also among the guests was Tom Maxwell, cpunty extension agent. Miss Janette Nokes of Welda, the winner of the annual Lions Club Junior College Scholarship, was a guest of the club and played two piano numbers. During the business meeting. Dean Duncan, local business man, was elected second vice-president, filling the vacancy created when Harry Ingels, former principal of McKinley School, moved to Kansas City. War I Veterans 111 For Reunion The members of Company of the 110th Signal Battalion, the local National Guard unit which was mobilized and sent to the Mexican border iii 1918, will a reunion in the Hotel KeUey Saturday and Sunday.

Iver Fowler, who is in charge of arrangements, expects 25 or 30 men to attend the event. The company had an original roster of about 100 men and trained at Camp Doniphan in 1917. It sailed for France in 1918. The addresses of about SO former members are now known. Ex-Chief Faubus Critic last night .....50 Low year ago Normal for today 49 jfoiir carrier If you can't get bim, call City Taxi, By ED CREAGH Associated Press News Analyst WASfflNGTON Ws not; the stern old soldier.

He was no figure 'Of troubled, reluctant nian as he addressed the nation last night. He spoke at the piitset of his sadness over the action had had just taken. He voiced over quickly: But in the meantime: the President served notice that If ypunilar yaar. Register, call auUiwity lirHi be.stationed in Little Rpck, until law aod order have been "agitators" and their followers stop trying to keep a handful of attending a white school! himself to the mob'and the whole populace of Little Rock and Arkansas, told'them the eyes of the world were upon And he' ifidence have known that the world's eye's were oh film tOb. Eisenhower was on trial as never before in his presidency.

He is a man who strives- ali he couldn't please every-iin his state if the sa situation body. Whatever his course, he would be he did and damned if he didn't. drift farther in He'd have been he" alrea'dy has of golfing while Rome burned. Said Sen. (D- Mich), caUed out tijtie he took some positive action." On the other hand, after Eisenhower took the most positive ac- tien the uproar from (D-SC; came out for virtual war should occur as it very well may'.

Johnston, a former governor out the -National Guacd coKtrolv-that- is) and fighting it out. What Southerners say Northerners don't other, this: "federal." especially when used in connection Witlj, word In most south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Yankees may have forgotten Reconstruction days, but the South- military rule, trained Negroes and Northern Too soon? Could local pelbaggers ran amounted to an occupied.territory. To this ugly aftermath of. the war South's current temper can be traced.

Eisenhower knows the South's mood. He knows the risks involved in using federal troops. Only a few months ago h.e said he couldn't a i that, would caii'Se him to ienforce segregation order with But he found such a circumstance in the violence that flared tion in war andj as one who Sen. Olin Johnston anwothes out difficulties. But on (D-SCj came out for virtual warder Worthem militarv rule.

Un- Did he act rightly? Soon Dixiecrats and the White iHithorities have rounded up the "agitators," and made outside force as they had, started tu (Jo when "the troops flown- in? Eisenhower will be Second- guessed from Natchez to Harlem for his that is bound to iji the tion in the South. His watchword has been Little Rock. Now it is the law." Only time-will many troops may be called out in the meantime. the South, and to tlie United States. He made his remarks in a telephone interview last night yiujs 'tJ 'Me staff.

Mc- Math now is a Little Rock at-' torney. A plan for -integration of the high school'had been appro.ved by the citizens, as' saying, arid "two board members ran for- election supporting the program and were elected overwhelmingly." McMath, who- gave first important Job in Arkansas governor realized all the reper- cusslons which would follow hia acts "but he's on a tiger Dixiecrats and the acy.