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OBERLY AND MOBERLY EVENING DEMOCRAT VOL 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS AKU WIDE VUI-1, LEASED WIRE SERVICE MOBERLY, MO. AUG. 26, 1949 MOBERI.V INDEX, EST. 1918 MOBERMDEMOCRAT, EST. iSTS MOBEH1Y MONITOR.

ESTABLISHED 1S90 NO. 48 ration at 13th Graders Report First, Others on Sue- Days cessive Registration will be conducted next week at the Junior College, according to an announcement by Dean James R. Chevalier. Upper and lower division stu- dents will register by classes, Monday through Friday, on a schedule arranged by Dean Chevalier. Students are to report between 9 o'clock and 4 o'clock on the designated day.

Thirteenth year students are to register Monday and fourteenth year students Tuesday. Eleventh year students are to appear Wednesday and twelfth year students Thursday. Buses to Operate Friday School buses will operate over regular schedules Friday to brign non-resident students to the school for registration. Any other students unable to register scheduled may do so Friday. Students from schools other than Moberly Junior High must present a transcript o'f credits when registering at the Junior hospital where College.

resting. Fees for the 1949-50 term will be the same as before. A $5 rental fee will be charged lower division students for the use of books. The locker fee for all students, is I Uptjer division students must pay a fee of S20 for the first semester and S15 for the second Late registrants will be fined SI. Pay Fees Next Week Prospective students will pay fees next week when registering for courses.

Upper division students withdrawing before the Ban on Smoking Several new policies to be put in force under Dean James R. Chevalier's administration' will be of interest to both students and parents. The board of education has voted to smoking in the Junior College buildng and on the campus during school hours. 3. Lower division students (eleventh and twelfth graders) will be required to attend study hall during their free periods.

Attendance at assemblies will be compulsory for lower division students. Every effort win be made to encourage attendance by upper division students. There will be no admission assembly programs, professional or otherwise. Dean Chevalier said today he appreciated the cooperation he has received in the past from parents and 'public. He sincerely hoped it would continue.

The dean said he wanted parents and the public to feel free to visit the Junior College "at any end of the first semester will be refunded fees on a pro-rated basis. Non-resident tuition is the same as in previous years. Resident students pay no tui- A half-day schedule will be followed at the Junior College Tuesday. Sept. 6, the first day of school.

An assembly is scheduled at 9 o'clock, followed by short class periods. The regular schedule will begin the following day. 3- Courses Accredited AH courses have been set up and approved by the accrediting committee of the University of Missouri. The Junior College is fully accredited by the University" and the state department of education. The school is an active member of the Missouri Association of Junior Colleges.

American Association of Junior Colleges and the Council of North Central Junior Colleges. The Tower division, along with the Junior Hish School, is an accredited member of the North Central Association of colleges and secondary schools. Vocational Courses In addition to approved liberal arts subjects, terminal vocational courses are offered in various Library Board President Asks To Be Relieved W.W.Greenland Submits His Resignation To Mayor The resignation of W. W. Gieenland, president of the Moberly public library was disclosed today by Mayor F.

L. McCormick. Greenland asked that his resignation from the board become effective yesterday. Dr, McCormick said this morning he would accept the resigha- aragon Refuses to Answer Questions of Senate Probers Says His Replies tion, "with regret." Greenland, retired superm- FENBY S. WELSTER, 50-year-old executiye secretary of a Kansas City animal shelter, was questioned for two hours today by Jackson county authorities about the 53 hours she said she was held captive.

She appeared pale somewhat shaken as she arrived with her husband at the courthouse Sor the questioning. The Wayside Waifs, executive was released this morning from a she had been MrsT Webster told police she was kidnapped Sunday nigtft and held prisoner in a house by two men and two women. She said no reason for her abduction was given her. 3-Way Contest for Top Post Looms at National Convention PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 26.

ff)--Delegates to the 31st national American Legion convention began streaming into Philadelphia today with many apparently intent on naming a World War Two veteran as their' new commander. As the city gradually took on a holiday atmosphere, two veterans of the last war plunged into the business of meeting delegates and lining up support. They are George N. Craig, Brazil, attorney, and Earl Cocke, farmer and railroad man, of Dawson, Ga. Three-Way Contest A third candidate is expected to establish campt-ign headquarters by tonight James i Green, "Omaha, attorney.

Election of one of those three would mark the first time top control of the legion passed out of the hands o'f World War One veterans. Legion spokesmen have indicated they believe the race will narrow down to three-way scrap between Craig, Cocke and Gl But'while the tendent of the Moberly division of 'the Wabash Railroad, was serving a three-year term on the library board which would have expired next May '19. Pwt in Good Condition "I was interested in serving on the Moberly library board in order to get the library building cleaned up and in good condition," he wrote. "With the securing and placing of new grates in the boiler, I feel we have the library and boiler in. good shape." The resignation expressed his.

appreciation "for allowing me to be of some service to our city." Dr. McCormick said this morning the resignation will be duly received by the city council at its next meeting, the night of Sept. 6. The meeting will be held on Tuesday because the first Monday of next month is Labor Day. Under Moberly's council-manager form of government, municipal board appointments are made by the mayor with the approval of other council members.

No Successor in View Dr. McCormick said he had no successor to Greenland, in mind today and would discuss the next library board appointment with his fellow-councilmen. The public library is governed by a nine-member board, of -whose members, Gus J. Ginther and Oscar Koblitz were appointed last spring. A third board member, Mrs.

Una Thomas, was reappointed at that time. Board members serve three- year terms. Other members of the board are Dr. Allen Duncan.and Mrs. O.

O. Ash, whose present terms will expire.next May 19; and Mrs. Mabel Dameron, now secretary of the board, Claude Marshall and Carl Henderson, whose terms will expire May 19, 1951. REFUSES TO ANSWER--John Maragon, shown here (right) talking with his attorney, Myron G. Erlich, in Senate investigating committee hearing room, today refused to answer any of the committee's questions 'on the grounds they "might tend to incriminate me." Maragon was called during the committee's inquiry into the activites of "five percenters." A memo from Major General Harry H.

Vaughan, President Truman's military aide to state department officials was introduced into the hearing's records yesterday. In it General Vaughan said President Truman was "personally interested" in a prospective European trip for Maragon in August of 1945. (AP Wirephoto) Explosion and Fire Six Men Lose Lives in Rescue WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 Navy submariners and a civilian "technician lost their lives and 84 crewmen were rescued today, when the submarine Cochino exploded and, burned in Arctic waters. The -six Navy men were attached to the U.S.S.

Tusk, a sister submarine which rescued the Cochino's crew. The civilian, who was not immediately identified, was the only one lost aboard the Cochino. The sunken submarine was 'equipped with a snorkel--an underwater "breathing" tube which enabled it to remain submerged for long periods of time. The explosion occurred in the Cochino's battery room and was followed by fire. A lieutenant and five of the Tusk's enlisted men were swept from her deck by heavy seas during the rescue of the Cochino's cre.w, which was hampered by high seas.

The Tusk, with the rescued men aboard, is heading, for the Norwegian port of This is the' nearest port where medical assistance can be obtained. The Cochino and Tusk, to- Dutch Woman Swimmer Near English Coast DOVER, Aug. 26 Willi Croes Van Rijsel, 31, of Amsterdam was reported nine miles southeast of the Dover harbor entrance late today on her channel swim from France, going well and getting over a spell of seasickness. Reporter Ronald Fox of the arily assigned to under command gether with the submarines Toro and Corsair, had been tempor- naval forces of Admiral Richard L. Connally, naval commander in chief of U.S.

forces European waters. The submaries had been engaged in cold water training exercises in the Arctic. They left the U.S. naval submarine base at New London, on 'July 18. Among the men who were Ips was James Robert Miller, Lib erty, Mo.

The Coc', was a strei like the Tusk): guppy-snorkel type submarine, of the latest postwar model. Not Far Front Kussia Navy officials here said they were not sure just where the submarines were operating, but if Hammerfast is the nearest port there at least a possibility they were not far from Russian waters. Hammerfast, at the northern tip of Norway, is only about 280 fiom the Russian po't On Hurricane Due To Hit Florida This Afternoon Winds Up to 120 Miles An Hour Headed for Gold Coast MIAMI, Aug. 26. (JP)--A hurricane edged up to the "south Florida coast today, leaving one death in its wake as it whirled past Miami.

A small, unidentified boy was reported drowned at Miami as' he tried to retrieve a boat torn loose by 48-mile winds. The storm, containinr winds up to 120 rr-ileb an hour, was centered only a few miles offshore near Fort Lauderdale and progressing steadily west-northwestward. Winds Increasing Winds began to slam higher and higher from Miami northward. West Palm Beach had increasing winds which neared 50 miles an hour at 2:30 p. m.

(ECT). Hurricane warnings flew from Miami Beach to Vero Beach, and northeast storm warnings signals flapped north of there to Fernandina, at the north end of the state. Luther Jones, chairman of the evacuation innounced that a meeting of community officials agreed not to evacuate the lake area where 1,800 or more persons drowned in a 1928 hurricane. Since then a big, protective levee has been built to keep lake waters from being blown -out by hurricanes. Low-flying black, clouds and dismal showers heralded the tempest along 130 miles of coastline from Vero Beach to Miami.

Black and red hurricane flags Bradley Thanks 'Home Town Folks' For Good Wishes A note of thanks signed Omar" has been received by Dr. F. L. McCormick in reply to telegraphed congra i i a i which he sent.on behalf of the citizens of Moberly to Gen. Omar Bradley, now chairman of the join I U.S.

Chiefs of Staff. With his "kindest personal regards," the celebrated Moberly military leader told the mayor, "Nothing could please me more at this time than to receive- this thoughtful message from the folks in. my home town. "Thank you sincerely for thinking of me in this kind way." The note, dated Aug. 19, was held at the city clerk's office until Mayor McCormick returned from a recent trip to Arkansas.

Lower House Of Congress; On Vacation Members Go Home for 21 Days Without Senate's Blessing WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 House members headed homeward today for a 25-day vacation. without the approval of the Senate. The House members won't return until Sept. 21, except for- a handful who will remain here to conduct formal "no business'" sessions twice a week.

Those are Might 'Tend to Incriminate Me' Mystery Man Called After Testimony He Deposited $119,608 WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (if)-John Marsgon today refused to answer questions at the Senate five percenter inquiry "on the ground that my answer might tend to incriminate me." The Greek-American had taken the witness chair after an accountant testified that Maragon made bank deposits of $119,608.61 during a five-year period in which he has said his income was only around $30,000. He would not talk, that is, when asked about his financial affairs, or answer many other questions. Admits Knowing- Vaughan But he did say when Senator Mundt (R-SD) asked: "Do you know Harry Vaughan?" He referred to Maj. President Truman's army aide.

Mundt then wanted to know whether Maragon had ever been "associated" with Vaughan in "any activities." "I refuse to answer on grounds that my answer might tend to incriminate me," Maragon replied. Mundt said that answer left the "implication that you and Vaughan have been engaged in activities that are incriminating." Maragon conferred briefly necessary because the Senate not agree, to an outright adjournment. The holiday was voted amid cheers yesterday in a simple resolution after members got tired of. waiting for the Senate to approve a joint measure. That would have House il is entirelv possible tu the sub marines were operating to the west or north of Hammerfast, in the Greenland Sea.

there around huge 'u nment informal keechotfeei fields. Students enrolling in the diversified occupations program may earn school credit for part- mp work. The commerce clenartment pt- grsnhic. secretarial and office Two Cars in Collision At Fourth and Coates A 1950 Mercury driven by R. Whiles.

715 West Reed street gnc 1941 Chevrolet driven by Miller, 312 East Lee street collided shortly after noon yesterday at the intersection Coates and Fourth streets. Officers who investigated the collision said Whiles was driving east on Coates. Miller, driving south on Fourth street, was making a left turn onto Coates. right front part of the Chevrolet was damaged and the left rear fender of the Mercur was torn off, officers said. who ob is of intense interest to every Do ver Weekly Express, egionnaire, the big straw, as tar went out mee her in a motor- as the public is concerned win i I as UJG i nnn be Tuesday's parade of marchers.

Biggest Parade Ever Legion officials say it will be the biggest and showiest ever put on One official said cos: umes musical instruments and equipment for the 15-hour parade are valued at $5,000,000 He added that the national championship band 'from Joliet, is bringing uniforms and instruments worth about A Trfirty bands. 75 drum and bugle corps, firing squads, color guards and choruses of as many men will be in the line of 80 men will be Legion officials disclosed they boat, said that was her position at 4:15 p.m. (10:15) a.m. CST). He said she was "swimming very strongly" with the trudgen stroke.

Another boatman had reported her only seven miles offshore and a quarter hours There was 110 explanation of the disparity in the reports. However, cross-currents often sweep channel swimmers miles off the 21-mile straight course. She had been in the water since' 8:45 a.m. (2:45 a.m. CST) on her second attempt this year to swim the channel.

Mrs. Van Rijsel is the third swimmer to try to cross the channel from France to England this week. Philip Mickman, 1-8-year- old British schoolboy made it Theodore A. Penland. cornman- der-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, which is holding its 83rd and 'final encampment in Indianapolis Penland is expected to leave Indianapolis by plane immediately after the final ceremonies there, reaching here sometime after President Truman has addressed the opening session.

Fulton Man, 81, Killed When Struck by Auto FULTON Aug. 26 Chris Herman. 81, was killed last night when he was struck bv a motor car as he was walking toward his home south of here. Prosecuting Attorney John M. Cave said the motorist told him he was blinded by the lights ot another car and not see Her- Monroe County Court To Let Road Contracts PARIS Aug.

26--The Monroe county court will let contracts Sept. 12 for three roads to be bu.lt unde- the King road bill. The six mile. and one-mile gravel roads will be built north and northwest of Paris Father Fined After Son, 15, Damages New Car Hear Here The father of a 15-year-old Madison youth was fined $10 and costs in magistrate court here today -for permitting his under-age son to drive a car. The fine was paid by Alva Gaines, Madison, whose son, William Arnold, and another youth, Arlen Wood, 15, also of Madison, escaped injury about 11 o'clock last night when the 1949 Chevrolet 'in which they were riding turned over on Highway 24, west of the Moberly city limits.

Young Gaines had started to pass a truck on a curve, accord- ng to the highway patrol report of the accident, when he saw a car approaching from the opposite direction. To avoid, a collision the Gaines boy swung the Chevrolet off the pavement. The car hit a ditch and over. Though the body of the new Chevrolet was demolished, both Doys crawled out uninjured. St, Joseph Boy, 11, Victim of Polio, Is Buried at Paris PARIS, Aug: 26--Vernon Lee Jelley, 11-year-old son of Mr 23 hours and 48 The other aspirant, Cuban distance swimmer Jose Cortinas, failed, giving up after being in the chilly water 9 hours and 20 minutes.

The sea was calm wheii Mrs. Van Rijsel began the long swim. Among'those in the escort craft, cheering the Dutch swimmer on, were Shirley May France, who may start her own swim Monday, and Mickman. Homecoming Sunday at Pleasant Woods Church SALISBURY, Aug. 26--The Pleasant Woods Church of Salisbury will have homecoming services Sunday.

The Rev. Joseph Wagner, pastor of the Salisbury Methodist Church will preach at 2 p.m. A basket dinner will be served a noon. Man Killed as Train Hits Truck Near Aurora AURORA, Aug. 26 Rollie Everette Davidson, 40, a Luray, was instantly killed when his truck was struck by a Missouri-Pacific train at a grade crossing a half-mill north of here this morning.

Officers saic Davidson was driving an olc model truck and it was crushed by the speeding train. Lake Evereywhere i nthe famed resort area, hurricane-wise property owners in bathing suits boarded windows, bolted doors, and tied down potential debris. Small boats scurried for cover. Refugees Seek Shelter Refugees from lowlands poured into Red Cross shelters in Palm Beach. Firemen, police officers, and disaster workers were alerted for emergency duty.

The advisory warned that tides and winds would be especially dangerous between Foit Lauderdale and Stuart. May Change Course A high flow.of southern wind over Florida may cause the storm to take a more northward course about the time it reaches the coast and. cause it to buzz saw-along the thickly-populated area between Miami and Palm Beach. The center of the second liur- ricane of the season passed near- ses- Smith Vetoes Bill Extending Merit System Governor Against Provision for Hiring Out- of- State Doctors JEFFERSON CITY, Aug. 26.

Forrest Smith, vetoed today a bill to remove residence requirements for state doctors and put them all under the state merit system. Sponsors of the bill pushed it through the legislature with the argument it would help cure a ly over or slightly noith of the Bahamas capital shortly aftei 6:30 a. m. (EST). Highesl winds were reported at 75 miles an hour in gusts.

The wind did not reach the hurricane's top velocity in Nassau, since that Bntisn colony caught the weakest side o'f the storm. In ah 8 a. m. bulletin the Miami weather Jaureau said the storm had picked up intensity during the night, with highest winds estimated at between 110 and 120 miles an hour. t-J-i-wj- f.

and Mrs. Vernon Jelley, of St. Joseph, was buried in Walnut Grove cemetery here Monday afternoon. The child was a polio victim. He was stricken Thursday at his home in St.

Joseph and died Saturday night in a Kansas City hospital. His parents- the body here. Mrs. Jelley is a. daughter of Mrs.

F. V. Peckenpaugh of Paris and Mr. Jelley is a son of- Mr. and Vernon Jelley, south of Pans.

Southwest Baptist President Resigns BOLIVAR, Aug. 26 John W. Dowdy, president of Southwest Baptist College here for about a year, has offered his resignation, effective December 1, to return to Central Baptist Theological Seminary at Kansas City as professor of systematic theology. The school board of trustees will act upon his resignation at its fall meeting Sept. 27.

shortage of doctors in Missouri state hospitals. "I don't think that's the solution to it at all," the governor told his news conference. "All the other states pay much higher salaries than Missouri and no doctor that amounted to anything would leave another state to come here." Fears "Dumping- Ground" He said he feared Missouri would become a dumping ground for quacks and incompetent physicians if the requirement for two years of residence in Missouri were removed. To remedy the shortage he said he would ask the legislature to appropriate more money' for salaries. As things stand now, doctors employed at state mental hospitals the state schools for feeble minded and the Mt.

Vernon tuberculosis sanitarium are covered by the merit system. They are chosen on the basis of competitive examinations. They must have lived in the state at The Senate is unable to leave Washington because it has more work than it can handle. Fire Department From Cairo Stops Blaze in Barn The Moberly fire departments auxiliary pumper was called out at 8:30 o'clock this morning, responding to a fire alarm at the home of Robert M. Edwards, Route 1, Cairo, three miles north of Moberly on Highway 63.

But it did not leave the city limits. The "pumper, attached, to the coupe of Fire Chief S. R. Stinebaker, was on North Morley street when the firemen were recalled by a police radio message that the Cairo fire department had the blaze under con- The fire in the barn loft of the Edwards farm did little damage. Some baled straw in the loft was burned, Mrs.

Edwards said later this morning. The straw was set afire, she said, by sparks from the exhaust pipe of a tractor- being used in the barn to grind feed. least two years. But all other doctors in the Weather CENTRAL MISSOURI: Generally fair with little change in temperature tonight and Saturday. Low tonight 65.

High Saturday-near 90. MISSOURI: Generally fair tonight and Saturday; except widely scattered local thuiidershow- ers southeast half early "tonight; little'change in temperature; low tonight 60 southeast to near 70 northwest; high. Saturday lower 90's. up. St Louis Chevrolet Workers Vote Strike ST.

LOUIS, Aug. 26 OP)--Production workers at the Chevrolet and Fisher Body plants here have voted to strike in protest against an assembly line speed- James L. Pfaffenba'ck, financial secretary of Local 25, CIO Automobile Workers, said the strike was approved in balloting yesterday by more than 87 per cent of the workers. Results be forwarded immediately to the union's Detroit headquarters, which will decide whether a strike will be called. Some 4,500 workers are involved in the issue.

with his attorney and. then said there were "no he was just following his counsel's advice. Silent on Previous Testimony He would not even say, when asked by Chairman Hoey (D- NC); whether he had testified before the committee behind closed doors July 28. Mar-agon did testify at that time. The committee has since released a transcript of his testimony.

Among other things, Maragon swore then that he had never received any payments for negotiating business with government agencies. Today, Hoey asked him if he had not given such testimony. Maragon said with a slight accent, "I refuse to answer on advice of counsel on the ground that my answer might tend to incriminate me." He gave the same answer when Hoey asked if he had not testified in private session that he had no other income in 1945, 1946, and 1947 beyond certain sums which had been-mentioned. Protest by Attorney Maragon's lawyer, Myron G. Ehrlich, broke in to say he had advised his client to refuse to answer certain questions.

Ehrlich also had a long prepared statement for the committee. In this, he contended that "it appears there have been extracted from this witness possible self-incriminatory statements by methods" in violation of Maragon's constitutional rights. His reference was to the July 28 session. Ehrlich questioned, too, the right of the committee to ask Maragon about his personal affairs and to demand Maragon's personal papers. He protested tee Dr.

Havig-hurst and Daughter Return from Vacation, Trip Dr F. C. Havighurst, pastor QJ. Trinity Methodist Church, and a daughter. Carol, returned today from Pullman, where they have been visiting another daughter, Mrs.

Paul A. Klavano, and family. state department of public health and welfare are exempt. Ralph J. Turner, head of the personnel (merit system) division, said this policy was established in line with a ruling by Attorney General J.

E. Taylor. Covered All Employes The bill vetoed by the governor said flatly "an employes of the department of public health and welfare shall be selected in accordance with the state merit system law." The governor said he diant know what effect the bill would have had on the merit system. Leaving the law as it now js apparently would keep the doctors outside the mental hospitals on a politically appointive basis, but the governor had -10 comment on that. Legislative sponsors of tne vetoed bill said their only purpose was to remove the residence requirements for physicians, laboratory technicians, registered nurses and dieticians--the specially trained employes in short supply at all the mental institutions.

Black ST. JOSEPH, Aug. 26 (IP)-Sales girls in several St. Joseph, retail stores were fighting mad today. At the bottom of it was an order that they will wear black to work, beginning September 1.

The protests were many and vocal. But Miss- Martha I. Anderson, acting as spokesman for the girls, took time to put her protest on paper. "We are normal people," her statement said. "We are just like our customers.

We aren't mourning. We think this is an outrageous demand." One store executive, she said, had told his clerks that if they didn't want to wear black they could stay home. Many of the girls, she added, felt they weren attractive in black. Her typewritten statement ended with this argument: "What's fair for the ladies 5s fair for the men. You men dig out your black suits and bowler hats; we might as well all mourn together." Miss Anderson not only bristled with defiance in words, but in dress.

At work today she wore a blue skirt and a bright red sash. No comment was available from executives of the stores, but unofficially it was reported they "wore following the trend in other cities. This trend is toward uniformity in dress, and at the same time to prevent the sales girls from trying to outdo each other in dress. Stores -where the order was issued include a large department store, a ladies ready-to-wear store and a chain store. that committee counsel had refused to return papers that Maragon turned over to the commit- The accountant's story of Maragon's bank accounts came immediately before Maragon was called.

Pay From Perfume Company Carmine S. Belling, accountant employed by the committee, testified, among other things, that it appeared that Maragon was receiving 81,000 a month pay from the Albert Verley Perfume Chicago, at the same time he was employed in 1945 as a member of the American mission to Greece. Maragon's government a was at the rate of 85,600 a year. After the fruitless round with Maragon, the committee recessed until Tuesday. At that time it expects to hear Vaughan.

Chairman Hoey ruled that Enrlich's statement would not be included in the record in view of Maragon refusal to answer questions. Among other things, Maragon declined to say: Whether he ever did any business for the Albert Verley company when he was in Italy or the State Department. Whether he-ever did any 'bus- mess for the Verley company when he was in Paris. Whether he ever received wages from the Verley company and the government for the same period of employment. Questioned on Race Track Whether he ever drew any salary in connection with the Tanforan race track in California.

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