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TUESDAY, JUNE TIDE CVXNINO 1NDEPENDINT, SALMAGUNDI Born, 5, in Mercy hospital, Canton, to Mr. Mrs. Theodore Kaden of 30 Dwight ave SE a daughter. Born, this morning, in the Massillon city hospital, to Mr. and Mrs.

Mayor Commends Two For Saving City When the city manages to save $288 on a transaction, it is highly unusual and deserves special praise. Mayor Edgar L. Lash believes. So (he taxpayers should know that the city's bill for adjusting 72 Robert Friend of RD 1, Toronto, parking meters near the new Towne' Plaza shopping center ftas Been 0., a daughter. sliced in half.

Miss Pat Bussinger, 14, daughter nf Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bussinger of I Brewster underwent an emergency! appendectomy Monday night in 1 Massillon city hospital. JT CdL-CJL 111 Sgl; Robert D. Brown, U.

S. To Army, has arrived home to spend, 5 30-day furlough with his par-, ents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Brown of 1203 Tremont ave SE. He is sta- A 1 AllU.

And for this, the told city council Monday night, Councilman- al-Large Paul Williams and form- Lash Expected To Pick New CD Head Soon Appointment of a new Massillon Civil Defense corps director to succeed Lt. Col. J. A. O'Neill, (retired) who has resigned from the post, will be made soon as possible.

Mayor Edgar L. Lash said today. Councilman George W. Lindsey Mayor Lash said he has receiv- can be thanked. ed the resignations of Col.

O'Neill and two of his top-level aides, T. MAYOR LASH said the city ex-jLyle Burdette, executive officer of pected to pay $8 per meter to have the Civil Defense headquarters By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH WASHINGTON. (AP). Presi- lioned at Fort Winfield Scott, Cal.ident Eisenhower says his legisla- itive program is designed to build Born, Monday in the Massillon the kind of national strength which hospital to Mr.

and Mrs. Rob- will "lead us most certainly to Herk-. 2239 Allen ave NW. We that is secure and peacetul." the 72 meters changed from five staff and Fred J. Becker, staff in- eents an hour to the standard officer cent hourly rate.

That would amount to a total "THE RESIGNATIONS came as bill of $576. i somewhat of a surprise, to me," city ert Heck, 2239 Allen ave NW, a son who has been named Ricky Rob-, ert Mrs. Heck is the former Miss the president aiso said in a speech Beverly Schmidt, daughter of Mr. yesterday that the proposals he iuVc Rp nf RfMihas placed before congress don 1U Williams and Lindsey Ma Lash sald adding that he called a verba agreement with the "appreciated the reasons the men Koontz Equipment Corp. a burgh when the meters were pur- who I and Mrs.

George Schmidt of 804; Hedge pi NE. Going to for that program. I hased during the last council term. The Koontz company, at that time, promised to change over the agent- foi the Griscom Russell is presently convalescing from surgery, while Burdette, who is connected with an insurance agency and Becker joversten the federal meters'" at" date for $1 listed the.pressure of their busi- ifunction or create a danger each wiuiams and Lindsey told duties-as necessitating then- Leo Snyder of 727 3rd staple in government will become! thTadministration. resignations from staft -merely j- Koontz was contacted'.

He didn't appreciate extieme im, recall the agreement, but came to P-Unce of Cm De ense an I Husband And Wife Graduate SE, has returned from Clearwater, where she spent three weeks with her son and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Schneider and daughters, Carol and Janet. While in Florida, Mrs.

Snyder also visited Tampa, St. Petersburg, Holiday Isles, Weeki Wachee Springs and other points of' interest. Massillon last Friday to talk it. over. EISENHOWER SET forth his views in sn informal 10-minute talk at commencement exercises on the campus of 172-year old Wash- AFTER A BARGAINING ses- 4 nr, i aion, Koontz agreed to a compro- Before he spoke to about 3,500, by which his fim wou id overhaul the meters for S4 each, Mayor Itend to see that the present pro- awarded an honorary doctor of The condition of John Schneider laws de 2 ree accompanying of 28 Pine ave SE who is confined citation praised the president as to Harriman hospital.

Harriman, f. man wh devoting 'his execu- Tenn, with injuries sustained in a and; diplomatic talents to the recent automobile accident in Ten- leadership of our country in a time Lash declared. Thus, the city's bill will be only $288, or exactly half what it wojild have been had not Williams and Lindsey been gifted with long gram is continued as it has been Jin the past," Lash, who is com- i mander-in-chief of the local Civil Defense organization under state law, said today. "I am sure the citizens of Massillon proud of the Civil Df- fense program which these men memories. ICUCJIL 0.

IIltJHlUl J.V5O. nessee is reported improved. Mr. of decision unparalleled in the! certainly rate Schneider who will be confined to wc ds "'story. i ni-acirionr nln hie noire- the hospital for the next four weeks was visited over the past weekend his ecu- ference last week that from then cil.

have helped to," he saidf adding, "in no event, are we going to drop the reigns now." Mayor Lash said he will appoint a new CD director and successors 'for the other two posts as. soon as Is qualified MR. AND MRS. DON JAMES ndld to he" Firm's Bid by his mother, Mrs. Anna to ask the traffic and safety if 713 -out publicly for that pro the target date of arts degree in psychology from! Heidelberg college, Tiffin.

Monday. io adjournment of congress less at the college's 101st annual com-! th an utw nth of f' tew of mencement. Frances Payne Bolton fEisenhoAver's proposals have been of the U. Congress, was the main! into law. Many oi.

them speaker. Others who attended the face rough sledding. exercises from the Massillon area, besides Mr. and Mrs. Badarnza, were Mrs.

Wanda Adams Badarnza, At Chestertown, Eisenhower said S2.50 a month until the full price is paid. Some streets near the central shopping area need new parking controls, for residents whose curbside space is usually that, in this is perfectly! ed necessary that the government grabbed by shoppers, he contend- Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hodgson, us and with us, many things rsa ithat at one time jn history would Willard Howe and Miss Marsha Ann Keen. history have been considered reprehen- May Return Vote Forger CANTON Two members of Stark County Prosecutor John I Rossetti's staff have gone to Flor- sible to bur form of government': TTPT Warm, I Monty Keeps His jSurrender Paper bringing forecasts of, rain in the "Winds up to 50 miles an horn- pushed eastward a belt of thunderstorm and shower activity today, LONDON, (AP) Britaiivs ida to check the possibility 0 fl lm erial War Museum prodded returning convicted vote forger! Fleltl Marshal Lord Montgomery Paul D.

Lyon here to serve a i informally today to give it one of prison term. the nation's most historic World Rossetti said he had received War II documents the German no information on Lyon from surrender Montgomery received at Florida authorities for more than! Luneburg May 4, 1945. a year, and so he sent Assistant The crusty field marshal, now Prosecutor Earle E. Wise and De- i deputy NATO commander in Eur- tective Norman Kandell to opej disclosed Sunday in a D-Day vestigate. broadcast that he has the'original Lyon was convicted more than, document e- said (hen he had two and a half years ago in con-j been sked f6f it but it WM gafel but numerous appeals and his vol-! untary exile have kept him out an lle A i Massillon area before nightfall.

Windy and wet weather extended lower. Michigan southwestward eastern Oklahoma and north central Texas this morning. Cooler air moved in behind the storm front. Chief Forecaster Ray Robinson of the Akron Canton airport weather station said scattered showers and thunderstorms could be expected this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday. Today's maximum was expected to be 85.

Temperatures will dip 20 degrees tonight before ig again into the low 80's Wed- nesday, Robinson says. i the a reporter today! The five-day forecast calls for an didn't think Montgomery "ac-; above -normal e-m a ned I tually means what he says," that! through the weekend with thunaer- ii-u A tnrms lik-plv Wednesdav. Thursuay prison. In May, 1952, Florida Gov. Dan Lausche decide" Ystould" be" i storms likely Wednesday, Thursday requested his extradition, but the put into a national museum." i and Sunday order was deferred because of: Lyon's poor health.

A hearing on TJ 'I Lyon's present condition was toijDOaFtl CCtS be held in Florida Monday, setti revealed I Garage Bids The Brewster village council at a meeting Monday evening awarded 'a contract to the Bruno of Brewster to Construct a sanitary sewer in 6th st from Wabash ave east to son ave. The firm's bid 'of $4,791 was the only one Work is to begin soon. Council passed an ordinance to construct curbing -on both sides of Washington ave from 5th st SW to Main st W. Bids will be ssked on the project in the near' future: A delegation of new home ers in the village was present to discuss with council the possibility of connecting their sewer lines to lines already established. No action was taken.

Mayor Ellis Witting announced that the north side playground opened for the summer season Monday and the south side playground will open Monday. The playgrounds are sponsored jointly by the village council and the Brewster Recreation- Board! Sandra Tipton is councillor of the north side and Marty Price, the south side playgrounds. Mayor Witting said a prbgram of hikes, checkers, craft, drawing and coloring, badminton contests, swimming parties, picnic lunches and other general activities for all ages will be supervised. Children under six of age are to be accompanied by an older member of the family. New sand, boxes for Husband and wife graduated together at the University of Miami, last night Mr.

and Mrs. Don James received their diplomas. Graduates of Washington high school, both entered.the University of Miami, married arid continued on with their studies. Mrs. James was the former Carol Hoobler, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Wayne W. Hoobler of 1448 Perry rd-SW, Genoa. She received a bachelor of arts degree majoring in speech correction. Don is.

the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. of 325 Gnau rd.

He received his bachelor of arts in education. DON, WAS quarterback of the Washington high school team in 1950, held down. the same post at Miami, where his wife was a cheerleader. Don expects to enter, the army and return to Florida later as aii athletic instructor in the field of education. Both had distinguished careers at Miami.

Mrs. James has been named nul- itary -ball princess and M-Cluh Sweetheart. She served as Junior counsellor and as a member of the Women-'s Athletic association. Don is listed, in Who's Who in American colleges and universities. He made.

Iron Arrow, highest scholastic men's honor society at UM, is a member of Scabbard and Blade, honor military society, the M.club and the campus letterman's group. Nab Ohio Pen Escapee After Six-Hour Lark COLUMBUS, (AP) A convicted Newark murderer who escaped from, Ohio penitentiary yesterday is back in prison today after six pleted by Charles Gonter. fancy Two other escapees from the Roseville branch of the penitentiary still are at large. The Roseville pair one man a convicted murderer unlocked barred doors and hacked their way through a barbed wire fence yesterday. Robert L.

Jamison, 29, simply walked away, from the penitentiary where he lived in an honor dormitory. Police at Lancaster said Jamison was arrested for being drunk and disorderly in a local bar. He was drinking expensive whisky, was wearing a new seersucker suit, had taken a room in a local motel and cashed a new $100 bill, police said. WARDEN RALPH W. ALVIS said Jamison told him he rode to Lancaster in a taxicab.

There was no explanation for the money. Jamison carried. Another Quiz Faces Slayer MOUNT VERNON, barrel-chested Cletus Reese, 36 former mental patient chargec with beating one man to death will be questioned about the dis appearance of another as soon, as he is more "coherent," Knox coun Jamison was convicted of second-jty Sheriff Paul Cochran said to degree murder and sentenced to Mail Hurt, Cow Killed In Crash A traffic mishap near Alliance late Monday resulted in two car Alliance physician am a cow. Stark county sheriff's deputie said Dr. K.

T. Thompson, 60, was taken to the Alliance city hospita after his car struck a cow on route 80. The. cow was killed and Dr Thompson's car was badly dam aged, deputies related. Second Woman To Testify In Death Trial IRONTON, second of two women the says were on a drinking with a state highway patrolman will testify today in the second-degree manslaughter trial of Robert Brickies Brickies, now resigned from the patrol, is accused of being the Iriver of the car that.struck and killed Carl Green, a Coal Grove loliceman, on U.

S. 52 near Iron on March 5. ONE OF HIS companions, Mrs. Sarah Blevins, 25, of Ashland, mother of five children, testified yesterday as the trial opened be- 'ore a jury of nine men and three women. The other woman, Mrs.

Elizabeth Bradley, 23, also of Ashland was scheduled to be called as a witness today. Mrs. Blevins testified she and Krs. Bradley accompanied Brickes on a tour of taverns before he accident. She testified Brickies aid "to hell with him" when she sked him to stop after the car truck Green, and that she saw he man "fly over, the hood" of the ar and land beside the road.

She said before the party reach- Ashland, the car sideswiped anther automobile. The state contends Brickies was nder the influence of liquor when hreen was killed. The defense maintains Brickies was not driving he car at the. Firestone Voice 'Boy, 15. Missing Slated For ABC JFor Second Time life for the 1951 strangling of Mrs.

Mary Lowendick at Newark. He i told police he went to the woman's home when her hus! I id was absent, "blacked out" and when he woke up she was strangled. He went home to tell his wife and Bryant Renamed The board of education of the, City-Wilmot school The "Voice of Firestone" tele- and radio network a meeting Monday evening in! be continued at 8:30 p.m. Mon- Howard Bryant, a member ofjed four bids which had been re- cVhiS school over the America Broadcast' Co the faculty of Longfellow junior I ee i' ve for construction of a three- I lit wi i. Cl CU UL11UI1 UJ.

rtLIIlCC- Tl high school, was re-elected garage to house the school the Firestone fc Rubber Co. Firestone, executive vice president (Sent of the Charity Rotch Home buses. Akron, announced today. Owners association at the annual! A new request for bids will During Monday night's program, meeting Monday evening in Whit- ireadvertjsed jt i the next few jit was announced that the show lini 1 cnVinnl i llflarrt nn National tier school. i weeks.

i would not be heard on the National Robert Wilson was elected sec- The board discouraged the use Broadcasting Co. network after this retary. Dr. V. Stewart and! of the Beach cjty sch ol grounds jweek and that no.

other evening Wallace Pitcock were elected trus-j for est va i unt ji an addition to! television network time would be tees for one year. A treasurer the school js completed to Firestone for the probe elected at a later date. Construction of the garage and 1 gram. Members elected to the boardI of school adduion jssbej fjn The show has be broadcast josepn ancec jjy a 590,000 bond issue ap-' over radio for the last 25 years ana J. of thg str cf: at jhas been simulcast over television ithe last five years.

Service Schedule Speeder Finds 70 Public Relations Rate Costly iFirm Leader Dies a. Whitticar funeral home, Canton. Interment, Massillon cemetery FIVE-DAY FORECAST Temperatures will average 2-S degrees above normal. Normal maximum 77 north to 82 south. Normal minimum 57-59.

Warm and shove normal Wednesday through Sunday with the exception of a minor change to cooler likely Friday and Saturday. Scattered thun- clershowers likely Wednes day, Thursday and Sunday, totaling li-Vi inch. HOURLY TEMPERATURE RBPORT (KurnislicH by the Akron-Canton airport weather Italian) P. 7:30 P. M.

6:30 P. M. P. M. P.

M. 11:30 P. M. A. M.

A. M. A. A. M.

4:30 A. M. 5:30 A. M. 6:30 A.

M. 691 7:30 A. M. 68 8:30 A. M.

'671 3:30 A. M. 10:30 A. M. A.

M. THE WFATHKK ELSEWHERE By The AssocUUd Press Kith Akron, clcnr 77 Bokton. cloar Buffalo, rlnar 72 Chtctgo. C)MT 03 CldvtUnd, cloudy no rlrtiidy Ofttroit, cloudy 77 lot Angtlts, clt.r (13 Miami, cloudy UK rlnir DO York, WtUrtnirgh, 74 D. clear Low fit AD 73 Seventy miles an hour is an ex- rate of speed, Frederick Hopfin er 28 of Cuyahoga Falls, learned jn mun cipal court today Hopfinger was assessed a fine of $10 and costs by Judge Emmett D.

Graybill when he pleaded guilty to a state highway patrol charge. Sherman P. Snook, 54, of 3503 38th st NW, Canton, was fined $5 and costs for speeding. Charges of crashing a red light and driving without a license brought two fines of $1 and costs each to Dan Yoder, 66. of Beach City.

CLEVELAND, (AP) Edward Davenport Howard, 53, founder and head of the public relations firm which bore his name, died last night of a heart condition. A former Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter, he had been in the public relations and advertising field here since 1928. He was the husband of Plain Dealer columnist Claire MacMurray and brother of Nathaniel R. Howard, editor of the Cleveland News. The funeral will be Wednesday.

i Retired Packard A 15-year-old boy has run away from his Lake ave NW residence for the second time in a few weeks, police learned Monday. The boy's father said he believed his son and a companion were hitchhikng to Kentucky. The youth has been missing since early Sunday, the father told Patrolman Clyde Johnson. A few weeks ago, the father related, his son was apprehended in Toledo after running away from home. 10 Women Attend Pre-Natal Course About 10 women who expect their babies in October attended the first session of a pre-natal course Monday at 7 p.

m. in the Howenstine nurses, home. Miss Eletheer Miller, who is conducting the course, discussed maternity and exercise. Layettes will be discussed at next Monday evening's meeting. Any other women whose babies are due before October and who have not yet attended the course ire invited to enroll.

then surrendered to police. He en- jji death. day. Cochran said Reese told him he killed Lester Melnick, 58, who disappeared last Nov. 28 from Dan ville in Knox county.

But the sheriff said Reese "went to pieces broke down and cried" when ques tioned about the details of Mel- tered the penitentiary in June 1951. The men who escaped from Roseville are Charles Manges, 46, and Lawrence Morrison, 24. Prison officials urged caution in attempts to capture Manges, who was sentenced from Hamilton county for life on a first-degree murder conviction. Morrison of Franklin county was serving a term for auto theft. Prison officials said the husky, dark-haired Manges knifed a prison guard in an unsuccessful escape attempt at Ohio penitentiary in 1936.

Reese has been charged at Coshocton with the fatal beating oi a Fresno, Coshocton county, school teacher, Clyde Patton, 28. Patton's body, the head crushed by blows was found Saturday in a field in nearby Newcastle twp. Arraignment of Reese on a first degree murder charge was delayed until later this week, Prosecutor Robert Carton said, because another case is being heard in common pleas court. Reese was released from Cambridge state hospital on a trial basis in 1951. Check Complaint Ip re8ident Dies By Kent Man A Portage county man asked police here Monday to investigate a local photographic studio, claiming a representative of the studio "high-pressured" his wite into spending $22.64 for pictures.

The man, W. A. Barton of near Kent, said he became suspicious after his wife had paid the man $11 is a part payment. Police said they were unable to locate any connected with the studio Monday. TROY, services for George T.

Christopher, 66, a retired president and general manager of Packard Motor be held at nearby. Tipp City Thursday. He died last night of a heart attack at his farm home. Christopher retired once in 1934 to devote full time to his interest in farming, but after 70 back to the automobile field to become top executive for the Picktrd firm. Ht retired second time to farm in 1949.

Named Assistant Superintendent 0. Niederhauser, director of the bureau of appointments at Ohio State university, has been named assistant superintendent of- schools here. Supt. Harold E. Eibling said Niederhauser will replace Dr, Robert E.

Wilson who will become superintendent of the Mansfield school system. Niederhauser begins his new duties Aug. 1. BUYS FIKE HOSE' Upon the recommendation of Paul Smith, chief of the Beach City Volunteer Fire department, the Beach City village council a-t a meetinf Monday eveninc, authorized Smith to purchase 200 feet of fire hose two tarpiulini for the department. Store Closed Every Wed.

At Noon READ THIS MEANS Money For You On Wednesday Tomorrow From 9:30 to 12 Noon We Will Sell As Following One Group of Men's Size 36 Athletic Union Suits. $1.98 values for We Will Sell 2 dor. Men's Heavy Police Suspenders for Only One Group of Men's Cotton Work Pants In Waist Sizes 28 and 30 One Group of Men's Play Shorts in Khaki, Blue, White. $3.95 Values for 2 Doz. Large Sizes, Arrow Shorts.

Dollar Value 25c 25c $1.98 $1.98 25c PimCKER'S Men's Shop 16? Lincoln Way East Eliding Boosts FPCs Powers WASHINGTON (AP) The su- reme court Monday greatly broad- ned the government's power to egulate natural gas prices. By a 5-3 vote, the high tribunal uled the Federal-Power Commis- ion must fix rates for interstate ales of natural gas by companies hich produce and gather it. The specific case before the court irectly involved only the-Phillips of- Oklahoma, but was' generally regarded as an important test case. Much of the gas-buying was arrayed in the legal battle gainst the gas-producing, south- ast. Today's opinion also seems certain to lead to a renewed effort in congress for a law defining more precisely the FPC's Local Man, Youth Hurt Plavinff Ball A local man was admitted and a youth received emergency treatment Monday, evening in the Massillon city hospital for injuries sustained when struck by balls.

The condition of Christ Taylor, 22, of 329 Dielhenn ave SE, who was hit'in the left eye by a softball, was described as good today by a hospital attendant. Larry Martin, 13, of. 1329 1st st NE, received treatment for contusions of the left side of the face suffered when he was struck" by a baseball. He was released treatment. Local GOC StUl Seeking i' Tower Site J.

M. LeClaire, new supervisor of the Massillon unit of the Ground Observer corps, a branch of the Civil Defense corps, said today he is still seeking a location for new observatio'n post here. LeClaire said a site, at Moffitt Heights, which was Coffered by a property owner, was considered, but the spot would be just as inaccessible as the former location in Newnian. MEANWHILE, Mayor Edgar L. Lash said today that if-the G'.

O. C. should find it impossible to find a new site for erection of an observation post he would give serious consideration to providing a spot for the lookout post on ci.l|i property. One of the reasons the' former observation post on the Baker farm in Newman was was the. fact that it was-inaccessible by public transportation and observers had difficulty in getting transportation to the "Many of our observers, are women who do not drive, so we want to find an observation post site that, will be accessible to them," LeClaire Chicago Firm Gets Contract The-Brewster board of public affairs at a meeting Monday evening awarded a contract to James B.

Clow and Sons of Chicago for material-for additional water lines be installed this summer in thfc- 'illage. The firm, the only one to submit a bid, submitted the following temized amounts: 1,072 feet of ix-inch mechanical joint pipei il.87 a foot; two six-inch'end gate valves at $48.20 each for the bell end or $58.40 for the mechanical oint; two four-inch hub end gate calves at $30.15 for the bell end $36.95 for the mechanical' joiritj ive valve boxes with No. 6 base it $14.80 each or five valve boxes No. 4 base at and wo mechanical joint tees-at $24.78 ach. VANDALS ACTIVE Vandals smashed windows at Ivans Enterprises, at 644 Erie Monday night and stole parts rom used cars at a sales lot in Isf NE, police said today.

Hubcaps nd rear-view mirrors were taken rom cars parked at the Shaffer lotqrs, lot iff the 1000 block 1st st NE. ONE' BY ONE Compounding prescribed medicine is a precise task; Ingredient by ingredient. step by step pharmacist performs his duty with'painstaking care and professional skill. One by one, he selects measures mixes the ingredients in strict accordance with the physician's instructions. Then he doublechecks to make accuracy doubly sure.

That is the way our. pharmacists fill prescriptions one by one! BALTZLVS CUT RATE DRUG STORE Not Necessary If you are under the. impression that our prices must be higher because of our exceptionally complete, beautiful funeral home, you are very definitely under the wrong impression. We provide merchandise of the highest quality at prices 'which are as moderate as any. ORDON HAIDNAGU.

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