Jefferson City Post-Tribune from Jefferson City, Missouri • Page 1

leffersoti dtt VOL.87, NO. 194. JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 10, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS Find Old Relics In Clean-Up of Hotel Basement New Pacific Owner Discovers Objects Telling of Business A stack of tarnished, dust-covered brass bedsteads standing in the, corner or green painted dressers sporting grime coated mirrors, might- have considerable to tell about Jefferson City history--if they could talk. Beds and long unused dressers are only part of the accumulation found in the basement of the Pacific Hotel recently by its new owner, Robert J. Burke.

Rows of player piano rolls, stacked as neatly as boxes grown soggy from storage in a dirt-floored basement will allow, indicate that at one time the''Pacific Hotel had a. player piano. Included on one "All Hit Roll" are 10 records that were "hits" once but not recently. Titles some may remember are: Avalon, Japanese Sandman, Chili Bean, Some Little Bird Told Me, Feather Your Nest, The Love Nest, When I Lost You, Mother of Mine, Pretty Rose and I Never Knew. Alaskan Eating- Place An old suitcase found in the basement contains parts for a .45 caliber pistol, 'well rusted; match books advertising an Alaskan eating place called the Klondike that possibly could tell something about the gold rush; a collection of empty small arms cartridges in a box stamped on the inside cover with "Bureau of Private Investigation, Box 862, Jefferson City; 1 several tear gas grenades still boxed, made by a Cleveland firm; a heavy porcelain-rimmed spitoon and a World War I doughboy's helmet.

Possibly absented-minded guests just forgot the items. Or, they may have been left in lieu of room rental payments. Some other equipment tossed haphazardly inta the basement may have been used by the hotel at one time. In that category art 1 chamber pots, old dishes, empty fruit a pedal operated grindstone and a ball-shaped container' equipped with a guage that appears to be some type o'f pressure tank. Dried, yellowing pages of warranty deeds give framework of details about the development of the hotel, believed to have been built and opened as "Pacific House" about the same time as the railroad came to Jefferson City in 1855.

Burke believes the older cement faced section of the building was the original structure. A small light brick addition abuts the building on the west side and an annex up Monroe St. is also used by the hotel. Government Patent First entry in the deed folder is a patent from the federal government, granting four sections of land to the State of Missouri for the establishment of a permanent scat of government. It is dated Feb.

20, 1823. A deed dated the same day, shows the transfer of that portion known as Inlot 99 to (Continued on Page 3, Col. 3) Diving for Lost Car Saturday Cancer Drive Mop Up In the boat at right, Charles (Diver) Delps of St. Louis can be seen in his diving suit preparing to descend into the waters of the Lake of the Ozarks to investigate a report that a car had plunged into the water from a high bluff overlooking the lake. Location of the accident was placed at a mile and a half south of Bagnell Dam and about 500 feet west of Highway 54 on Lake Road 2-A.

photo). Board of Education Expresses Satisfaction on Bond Interest Members Also Pleased With Widespread Recognition of District Credit Rating Members of the board of education today expressed satisfaction at the exceedingly low interest rate on the million bond issue which was sold yesterday at a meeting at the Junior College. The bid was awarded to a syndicate of buyers at 2 per cent, that with the premium of 51,015 offered, makes the net interest 1.99 pel cent. The bonds were voted last September by the district for the initial start of an elementary school rebuilding program which the directors hope can be completed in two years if the $850,000 proposed bonds are voted April 28. It would take a mathematician and several columns of type to describe the amount of interest and the amount of principal to be paid yearly by the district.

As the principal is paid, the amount of the yearly interest decreases until the issue is paid out in 20 years. Bond Syndicate The successful bidders are composed of a syndicate of bond buyers headed by the Halsey Stuart and R. S. Dickson companies. Chicago: the Milwaukee and Soden and Zahner Kansas City.

In commenting on 12 bids received from a combination of 40 bonding firms. Thorpe Gordon, newly elected board president, said: "The high credit rating of the Jefferson City School District was demonstrated beyond question yesterday when tlie Board of Education received competitive bids for the one million dollar school bonds voted last Sept. 30. Thc sale is reported to have been at the top of the municipal bond market for thc day. "Twelve bids wcrc received representing 40 banks and investment houses in New York.

Chicago. St. Louis. Kansas City. Jefferson City.

Detroit. Toledo. Philadelphia, Davenport and Indianapolis. Interest 2 Per Cent "The bonds will bear interest at 2 per cent but thc district receives a premium of $1015 which reduces the interest rate to 1.99 per cent. Members of thc Board of Education were highly pleased with this widespread recognition of the soundness of Jefferson City's credit.

One of the national bond rating services gave the Jefferson City Saturday will be day distric a-n AAA rating which is Merit System Survival Up Before Board Testimony Given Regarding Discharge Of Former Engineer The State Personnel Advisory Board was hearing the appeal of W. Fitzpatrick, 601 State discharged chief engineer at the Missouri State Penitentiary, in case described by both attorneys as a case to decide if the merit system will survive. The hearing was in the Jefferson building. Fitzpatrick was discharged as prison engineer by Col. Thomas E.

Whitecotton, director of the State Department Corrections, on Feb. 25, for alleged dereliction ot duty, making purchases without consent of the state purchasing agent and failure to get along with other employees. In his opening statement, Judge Ray Williams of Boonville, representing Whitecotton, charged that ITitzpatrick turnip nf his office over to a convict, that he admittedly knew nothing about steam or electricity, that the prison cooling system had been neglected during his term as engineer and that he had been intoxicated on the job. Kichard N. Webster, of Carthage, Jasper county representative, attorney for Fitzpatrick, summec up the dismissal as stemming from a desire to put a personal friend in the position and described it as "political in nature." Roscoe Collier of Lebanon succeeded Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick, first witness this morning, reviewed the circumstances of his dismissal and testified that his experience includes a job with a submarine construction works that involved installation of equipment and machinery including water and steam lines He said his relations were "quite pleasant" with other employes. Col. B. Marvin Casteel, former corrections director, testified tha Fitzpatrick was very co-operative and in his opinion a competent engineer. He summarized work done under Fitzpatrick's supervision during the past 12 months that included construction County Up to Date On SS Payments All Cole County employes are now up to date on Social Security payments effective Jan.

1, 1951 Deputy County Clerk Frank Elliott said today. The County Court signed an order in January of this year placing county workers under the program as of 1951, despite form al protests by several courthousi employes. Under the agreement all employes were required to pay cent of their gross wage for the last two years, with th county furnishing an additiona IVz per cent. Reports prepared by Elliot showed that the employes and the county have paid a total $5,091.28 in back Social Securitj payments for the years 1951 anc 1952. The amounts were for 1951 and $2,778.59 for 1952.

Total salaries paid by the county on which the Social Security deductions computed, were 089.66 in 1951, and $92.619.66 fo 1952, according to Elliott. This year the payments havi been deducted from the employes regular was 1 paid cll co lact -s to irregulav- Burglar Gets Fancy Party Materials in Los Angeles Store LOS ANGELES tfl Some Burglar is all set for a fancy party. A market owner told police yesterday the following items, altogether worth $470, were missing from his store: Six cases of fantailed shrimp, four cases of lobster tails, arid two cases of frog legs. Arms Situation Sound in Korea Army Secretary Says Supplies Above Level WASHINGTON (ft--Secretary of ihe Army Stevens told senators today the ammunition situation in Korea now is very sound. Supplies are "well up all along the line," said.

He testified that on a recent trip the fighting front he found virtually all supplies were at or above a 90-day level, which the Army considers safe for anything that might happen in that part of the world. Stevens was called to report on current supplies in a Senate investigation aimed primarily at sifting charges that shortages had hampered Korean operations in the past. The names of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and George C. Marshal: had been brought into the hearings yesterday.

Virtual Repetition Stevens' testimony was a repetition of statements he had made while he was in the Far East, and upon his return to this country. The secretary said it appeared to him that the "problem is solved' to the point that the Far Eastern Command now is cutting down on its orders for certain types of munition. He added that the only two types of shells not yet up to the 90-day level were for 81 millimeter mortars and 105 millimeter howitzers. But he went on to say there was a 78-day supply of 81 mm mortar shells and a 72 day supply of 105 mm howitzer shells--and he ex pected both to reach the 90-lay supply level shortly. Would Win War MacArthur's name figured in a and improvement of levees at the Senate armed services subcommit- prison's farms, new well at one Watch from Bluffs The cabin cruiser from which "Diver" Delps did his diving Is shown here located over the approximate spot where the car went down.

On the bluffs cac be seen many of the curious who gathered to watch salvage operations. Immediately opposite the stern of the boat Is the location from which the car hurtled over the edge of the cliff. (News-Tribune photo). Reds Propose Prisoner Trade April 21, Truce Negotiations Both Communists and Allies Expected To Sign Barter Pact for 120 Yankees MUNSAN, Korea, Saturday WV-The Communist agreed Friday to trade sick and wounded prisoners beginning about April 21, then proposed resumption of the long-stalled armistice negotiations. Both sides were expected to sign today the agreement calling for the exchange of 5,800 ailing Reds for 600 Allied prisoners, of which 120 arc Americans.

No Bodies Found In Auto Pulled From Lake Water Spectators Line Approach to View Diver's Operations A motor car was pulled from the Lake of the Ozarks today, but there were no bodies in it. Recovery of the car, a 1951 blue Mercury coupe, failed to solve the mystery of how it happened to plunge over a bluff into 50 feet of water near Bagnel Dam. Charles (Diver) Delps, St. Louis, descended into the water from a cruiser and in two minutes had found the machine. It was hoisted out of the water and up over the bluff.

It carried a Missouri car license, No. Y-19246. Stolen In St. Louis The Highway Patrol reported hat license was issued to Murray N. Kitsis, 3t Louis, and St.

Louis xlice reported the car was stolen April 2. Kitsis lives at 6151 Waterman. Delps said he searched the bot- but found no bodies. He told officers it would be useless to search further and discontinued operations. Sheriff E.

L. Libby said he beloved the car had been deliberately sent into the lake by thieves who wanted to throw officers off track. Doors Open Both doors of the machine were open Delps reported. He was pre- laring to descend again to see if could find any bodies. Searching operations resulted in field day for residents of this area.

The bluff for an eighth of a mile in either direction of the scene was lined with spectators. Three busloads of school children of the farms, replacement of windows in the prison, a now greenhouse and improvement of utilities that have effected savings to the state. He said he hadn't heard anyhing definite or in rumors on the job. Leo J. Clavin.

former purchasing agent, testified that all dealings from the engineer's office had cleared through him or his office. He also said he had not been contacted by Whitecotton before the discharge of Fitzpatrick. Ed- tee investigation with testimony that the onetime Far East commander and other top military and political leaders felt in 1950 the Korean War would be won with only six months more of fighting. And Marshall, then secretary of about Fitzpatrick being intoxicated defense, was said to have figured in a decision to slash ammunition funds sharply about the same time. Witnesses said that because of! a feeling the war would soon end there was no real effort to get Council to Finish Business Monday The City Council is'scheduled to meet in a "lame duck" session Monday night to wind up its business or let it die a natural daath.

City Clerk Henry Ells said he expects the council to consider mostly routine business war" after an armistice such as "paying the city's bills shakcablc." But in calling for a return to the armistice table, the Communist offices gave no sign of yielding on the principle of forced repatriation of some 50,000 prisoners who balk at returning to Red rule It was Allied refusal to return such prisoners that ruptured the negotiations last October 8. Principle Unshakcablc Communist liaison officers at Panmunjom, in proposing the re- swelled the crowd. The hunt for the car began yesterday when the Highway Patrol and Sheriff E. L. Libby received word two schoolboys had found blue paint scraped off on rocks and trees al the spot, on Lake Road No.

2, leading from U. S. Highway 54 to Horseshoe Bend. The two bo3'S. Roland Whittle and Roy Bilyeu found the evidence about 3 p.m.

Tuesday but did not report it until yesterday morning. Their superintendent. Burl Henderson, at the School of the Osage, sumption, declared "the principle notified the Stnte Highway Patrol, of repatriation of all prisoners of. Fragments Discovered is un-j Car fragments found at the scene, a mile and a half south of monthly pay gar C. Nelson, present purchasing quarter of 1953, S925.M| a 8cnt, also said his office had not UlUt tlU V.J.1U1.

If TM, I 1 1 1 ammunition production rolling un-lfor March." He added, CornmunisU proposal, which til December. 1950--six months at- ter the war began--after the Chi- Reds had entered the con- employes, Elliott said. for the city workers in Cole County's Cancer Crusade, Mrs. Frank G. Handy, general chairman of the fund-raising campaign, announced today.

Final day of the drive in thc Capital City will bring Junior College girls into the downtown and South Side business district for a tag day solicitation, climaxing thc Jefferson City Cancer Crusade. J. .1. Jacobus is chairman of tag day. Probate Judge William C.

Blair, chairman of thc rural Cole County fund drive, said the solicitation out in the county would continue next week. Thc Cancer Crusade office in the Governor Hotel will be open from 11 to 12 noon Saturday to receive returns from volunteer solicitors, according to Mrs. C. G. Hammond, secretary of the campaign.

Radio speakers in behalf of thc Cancer Crusade will be thc Rev. Roberl M. Young, pastor of thc First Presbyterian Church, at 7:25 o'clock tonight and Haskell Hoi- man, newly appointed state auditor, will speak at 5:45 p.m. Saturday. WEATHER: Jefferson City and Central Missouri Increasing cloudiness and cool tonight.

Saturday, mostly cloudy and warmer. Low tonight near 35. High Saturday, 55-60. Temperatures i i 45 8 a.m 42 'i a.m. 44 10 a.m 43 4 a.m 43 Moon 47 a.m 41: p.m 53 Missouri River Cll.y Boonvillp JefforKm City Hermann Ofiage Rlrer Lake of the Ozarks St.

Thomas Lake of the following is ihf forecast for thc Lake of the Ozarks for the week, i April 18: rains or unforeseen' load changes, in flow Into the lake inc the wfek Tvlll be equivalent to about 15 outflow 1.4 ft. Storafro for will be abou: 0.1 and the stase at thr. end of ihe week ivtil be ahcut 5 4 8 i The staur of Osase i at St. average about I it. I top rating for this class of securities.

"The funds from th'is issue will bo used to pay for the addition to West School, which is already under contract, and at least two additional elementary school buildings." Attending the board meeting were representatives of syndicates which submitted bids and the bond attorney. Carl Traucr- nicht, St. Louis, formerly of Jeff- In reorganization of the school board Gordon succeeds Benson (Continued on Page 3, Col. 4) Moose Re-Elects Barker Governor Marvin Barker, 411 last night, was re-elected ever, "practically anything canj called ver Important." was 11 in reply to a letter April 5 from happen. ilies in purchases by thc engineer.

A i Eidson Testifies i Ralph N. Eidson, first witness called by Whitecotton's attorney, said he and Fitzpatrick, "didn't see eye to eye and didn't cooperate too well," but in cross-questioning by Webster said he "cooperated as much as 1 asked him he was not over and had been instructed to handle all dealings Gen. Mark Chirk, the United Na- It was pointed out that the tjolls Far East a dcr. present council can take care of; clark had askcd for mol 0 dc Bagnell Dam and about 500 feet west of Highway 54 on Lake Road 2-A, included a car lock and a bit of chrome bearing the letters Moose at the club rooms of Ihcl 1 0 fraternal organization on Highway 50 West. Other officers elected include Carl Markway, junior governor; Louis Trotter, prelate; Russell Drew, treasurer, and Ivan Bennett and Delbert Bonnot.

trustees. Holdover officers are James O. Long, past governor, and Bernum t. Strange, trustee. Phil J.

Byrne, secretary-man- Thc intoxication charge while on the job was brought up by Eidson who said he had heard rumors to that effect from guards and door men. Wesley Alice, guard thc front door, said he had seen Fitzpatrick come in intoxicated, while another guard, Edwin H. Hall, said he had never seen the discharged engineer in that condition at the prison. He did say Fitzpatrick once carried a pack- a unfinished business at a i of the compromise plan for (meeting set for April 21 armistice which was proposed Capitol Building More than 500' state high new councilmen wiU be sworn Premie En Sheriff Libby said the chrome lettering indicated the car might have been, as later found, a Mer- With one exception, the "lame duck" council is composed of the same aldermen as the new school youths were guests of which will take over after Missouri Federation of Women's are jvcn the a of of Clubs here today at the annual i The new member is sion, or other means, expect toi bring back all balky Chinese and Jr, Sophomore Pilgrimage. Theodore Schmidt, a Republi- About 100 club women frorrij a who defeated incumbent the Federation's nine districts accompanied the youths, who toured the capitol building this morning.

At a noon luncheon at Selinger Centre Miss Harriett Kallenbach, Simonscn High School student, welcomed the visiting sophomores. Miss Kallenbach was sponsored by the Jefferson City Woman's Club. The group also attended a reception in the Governor's Mansion with Mrs. Phil M. Donnelly receiving.

Vanderfeltz, a Democrat, in a tight fourth ward aldcrmanic race. Police Judge Andrew J. Schwaller will administer the oath of office to the new councilman and other newly elected city officials at the April 21 session, Ellis said. Judge Schwaller will be sworn in by Ellis. ager, said there will be class en- age out of the building and said Forcign studei ls taking part rollment at 8 o'clock tonight wan drop a the cUviUM wcrc Mis Te the club rooms.

The entire membership has been contacted for one of the largest turnouts this year. Traffic Signals Off Due ro Electric Short A short in traffic signals at -us gooct voimert.i a i Costa Rica: Miss three intersections caused stop a foreman under Fitzpatrick i a fta to be out all over the city, outside construction, also Ramsey, Scotland. jpolice said today. (Continued on Page 3, Col. 4) Witness Opening of Bids on $1 Million Bonds 7.8 tall 0,6 a O.S .12.6 0.6 12,6 no dig .54.4 no chp i 7.7 rise 1.4 i Mrs.

Gustave A. Wuest, of St. Louis, state public affairs chairman for the federation, was in The shorts occurred in signals at thc intersections of Monroe and High Jefferson and McCarty charge of the pjlgrimage. Mrs.lSts., and Madison and McCarty Clarence Kernper of Clinton, is I Sts. Police said that the lights on president ot the state group.

McCarty St. may be in operation sometime today, but it may take a few days before electricians can repair the others. Narcotics Theff Being Investigated Local police today were investigating the theft of narcotics re-j ported stolen from the office Dr. L. A.

T. Myer sometime last night. According to police, a transom over the doctor's office door had been forced open and that entry)obscurity since Mrs. Helen Elston, Libby believed thc car left the sometime Monday night Actually, thc Communist or lt Tllcsday morning. He was mainly a restatement of a i tirc marks wcrc siu proposal except to make even a i bv side of road dc clearer that the Reds by j( brjsk rain Tuesday morn North Koreans.

Restates .1 Points The letter to Clark, from Gen. Nam II. senior Communist negotiator, restate Chou's three main points: Thc bluff over which the car hurtled is about 40 feet high. A ledge extends out about 25 feet and then drops at a 45-degree an- Officers said the car had knock, t. led down small trees in striking the 1.

Let all prisoners go home cd chose to return. A moderate wind on the Lake 2. Turn over to a neutral coun-j a necessary to lash two try yet unnamed all pcnvcr cni sc rs together to provide ers who are listed not wanting to; a morc jj return to their homelands. or lne ver I work from. 3.

Let the Communists give "ex-! jj sc Fj rcwoo( plantations" to prisoners i thc i i tha to return home. co sent onlookers searching for Gen. Clark last night and numerous small fires signing the disabled prisoners, wcrc azing bcforc i opera agreement after interpreters OI bcean completed Chinese, Korean and 1 draft had been transmitted to Tok- Diving was scheduled" to begin at 9 a.m. but the boats did not arrive with the diver and equipment until about 9:30. A great deal Dutch and about 450 South Koreans n.

at thn nf inn riailv. i Dlver Del descended into the nesc at the rate of 500 daily. uiu i tilt: ui JLUU udij.y. i A The Allies agreed to hand oveY watcr at 11:12 a and was stand 5,100 North Koreans and 700 alongside the submerged car two minutes. He reported by voice radio to tenders up above on thc cruiser that the car was inverted.

Early plans had for a pontoon affair to be used to float the car downstream to a dock, but officers decided later simply to pull it up the face of the bluff, along a track closely paralleling the one it had made when it plunged down into thc water. Also found at the scene, up on the bluffs, were samples of as- a7 DrobabV gained of Elston, was born to a young! Avid Equestrienne and a sheet of Dr. Myer's of? Massachusetts couple. Today, shej She became an avid equestrienne the Anch or Company Crated the extra-special birth-land at 13 rode at the CaliforniaI Louis. A check the Patiol that places her at thc thrcsh-ifair.

the company had no rep- Resides at Elston Mrs. Helen Elston Observes 99th Birthday Anniversary Ninety-nine Aprils have entered the one-room schoolhouse on a diminutive mule. was ov i lo a ed at is Rcportcd missing wcrc 12 H.M.C. old of thc 100 mark, tablets of hyoscinc. morphine and' The little gicy-haired A significant event was held yesterday at Junior College when bids on thc $1 million school bonds voted last September were opened.

Witnessing opening of thc bids wcrc, left lo right, Mrs. Everett Sugarbaker, newly elected Repub- lican member to the board; Miss Charlotte Langerhans, secretary of the board; Thorpe Gordon, board president, and Carl Traucrnicht, St. Louis, bond attorney for the school photo). cactoid and" 12 grams of mor-i whose eyes still hold a mischevious phine tablets. The tablets were in i sparkle, was born April 10, 1854.

two small metal boxes in an at Springfield. to Mr. and file cabinet. Mrs. D.B.L.V.

Moore, who four It is possible, according to later packed thc family be- Myer, that they were taken byUongings and came westward to an addict, since nothing else was settle along the new frontier, missing. The doctor said that Eleven rMIdren were born to early adulthood. Mrs. cscntative in a a at several rural schools j. Repeated checks of the surround- entry probably was gained the Moores' but only Mrs.

Elston 9 o'clock last night as the He' parents having set-their lives and was preparing for another area failed to turn up any in- tcrm when she met and married I formation concerning missing per- the late Judge George Elston, pre-; sons siding judge when the Cole County! courthouse was built, in 1876 at thei age of 22. She and her husband liked Elston. founded by a Major Elston of Civil War days, and they spent stairs door is locked at that time, tied The police have been unable to find any fingerprints. near High Point. the Helen Moore attended In her early married life, she engaged actively in Elston church school there, riding to and fromj (Continued on Page 2, Col.

3) tional Federation Clerks last night Endorse Bond Issue The local branch of the Na- of Postoffice endorsed the $850,000 Jefferson City school bond issue, according to Raymond Sapp, president of the Jefferson City groups The issue will be voted upon April 28..