The Iola Register from Iola, Kansas • Page 1

THE IGLA VOLUME LIII. No. 1112. Bcfitter, EiUbltobrf Tha lola DsIlT Rcfiltar, EtUblithad lOLA, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 6. l950.

BsMMnr to leU DttlT Daily and lola Dailr Indaz. SIX "PAGES Allen Countians Die in Air Crash Jeffers and Ard In Plane Wreck West of Elsmore Two Allen county men, Eddie D. Jeffers and Vernon 'Ard, received fatal injuries in the crash of a light airplane a mile and a half west of Elsmore about 5:30 p. m. Sunday.

The plane nose-dived to the ground near the East Liberty school and burst into flames. Jeffers, the pilot, was caught In the burning wreckage and lived but few minutes. Dr. Oerald B. Pees, coroner, thl.s morning.

Ard wa.s pulled from the plane by Edward Carlson, Elsnioro. and brought to St. John's hospital. Be was severely burned and died early this morning. Jeffers.

30, was' an aviation cn- thu.slast and has lived In lola most of his life. In receiit months he has been employed at Oarnett but had spent the past two week-s at tlie home of his father-in-law. Paul Ard. nbuut Iwn and half miles west and north of Elsmore. Vernon Ard, his brother-ln-lnw, lived on a farm 2 Ml miles northeast of EUemore.

The two men took off from the Paul Ard Jarm about 5 p. m. Intending to assist In a wolf hunt which was in progress south of Bronson. They were accompanied by Norman Anderson, lola, who was flying' his own plane. Anderson said that they flew over the area in which they believed the wolf hunt was taking place but were unable to iiati it and returned to the neighborhood of the Ard farm.

There they circled again to the south, turning to the north when a half mile or so beyond the East Liberty school. Anderson said he was at an altitude of about 600 feet, above and slightly to the rear Jeffers. When over the Samuel Plsher farm, Anderson saw Jeffers turn to the west. A few seconds later, Anderson said, he saw the plane, piloted by Jeffers, strike the ground and burst into flames. It was less thain 100 yards east of the East Liberty school house.

Andenon nUd he has no. idea what caused the accident unless the plane stalled: He estimated that it fell about 150 feet. The plane evidently was in a vertical when it struck as the nearby ground was not torn up. Anderson flew to the Ard farm about three quarters.of a mile away, landed and returned to the scene in an automobile with Paul Ard. In the meantime, Edward Carlson.

21. Elsinore. who was driving along the road and saw the wreck, had pulled Ard from the burning ship. It was impossible to extricate Jeffers. Ard was brought Immediately to St.

John's ho.spital. The hciu of the burning ga.soilne and- other parts of the plane was intense. believe that Jeffers was killed or knocked unconscious when the plane struck. Parts of the metal fusilage had to be torn away before his body could be removed. Purls of the plane's meUl melted and ran-onto the ground.

The of Jeffers' burned from his feet, were found in the front section of the wreckage. Jcffors widely known in this area for his Interest in flying. He built one or two gliders and a light powered plane prior to the war. The ship he' wfcs flying yesterday was an army glklerln which he had installed tats own motor and rebuilt to his own specifications. Jefferii ins born in Ida and attended the public schools here.

During World Wor II he served for'over four years in the Army air corps, most of that time as a flight mechanic. He saw duty in several theaters of the war. He was a member of the First Baptist church. He leaves his wife, a daughter, Sylvia. 2: "his mother, Mrs.

Maude Jeffers. lola; four brothers, Wayne of San Diego. Dale of Chanute. Vir- Ril of Wichito and Cpl. Curtis Jeffers.

M. Hastings. Neb. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. E.

E. Anderson. lola. Mrs. Robert Simp- (CMtlnBCd OB Pafe 2.

Truman to Florida For 3-Week Rest Washington (AP) President Truman vrill leave Sunday.for a S-week vacation at Key West, Fla. I The 'White House annoimced the president will leave SUnday aboard the presidential yacht U8S Williamsburg. He expects to reach the naval station at Key West Thursday morning. His present plans are to make the return trip by plane. No date has been set for his return, but Eben Ayers, assistant White House press secretary, said Mr.

Truman expecLs to be gone about three weeks. Basketball Meet Near Eight Teams Entered In Class A Regional, First Ever Held Here lola basketball fans this week face a long-awaited opportunity to watch a regional state high school tournament at home. Eight teams are ente'red in a Class A tournament that will open at Riverside park tomorrow night at 7:30. Ifales Center an(l Cherokee will meet in the opening game, followed by a Gamett-Oirard contest at about 8:45. Those times will be followed each of the succeeding three nights, and and Humboldt will play the first game Wednesday and Burlington and lola the second.

That will complete first round play and leave four winners to play the semi-finals Thursday night. The regiopal championship and third place will be decided in two games Friday. Second round losers nAl play the coasolatlon preliminary Friday. The tournament Is the fh-st ever held here. Its eventual wiimer advances to the state Class A meet at Salina next week.

Floyd C. Smith. lola high school principal, is manager of the tournament, a that Involves much prior planning and the handling of countless details during the Smith Is a niember of the state high school association's board bf control and although never In charge of a tournament before he has participated in many In various capacities. Officials for the four nights will be Don Hewitt and August Kotzman. Pairings given above, officials, admission prices and other administrative matters are largely prescrilied by the state association.

Smith said today that doors to the park building will be opened (Continued on Page 2, No. 3) EDDIE D. JEFFERS, TOLA, and VERNON ARD, ELSMORE. received fatal injuries yesterday evenlhg when their plane qra.shed near the East Uberty school. The ship burst Into flames and only the metal framework remained last night when score? of persons visited the Photo.) To Discuss Possible Meeting With Russia Parts lAP) Brll.lsh, French and American foreign ministers will dl.scuss a possible meeting with Russia when they meet in London next month, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman said tonight.

The meeting of the three western foreign ministers is reported by foreign office sources here to be set for April 12, simultaneously with a meeting of the foreign ministers of the 12 Atlantic pact nations for a discussion of mutual defense problems. Schuman. however, declined to announce the date of the meeting officially. The Weather Kansaii Partly cloudy tonight with scattered thunder- loaUieaat and extreme this eTenIng; (troiiK aouth- erly windt (hlfUng to 1 1 northerly winds; much cooler tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy and colder: low tonight near 30 north- west to southeast; high Tuesday 35-45. for the 24 hours ending 8 a.

m. today, 73; lowest, 42; Saturday high, 55; lowest. 38; normal for today. excess yesterday. 15; excess since January 1.

200 degreets; this date last year, highest, 71; lowest, 43. Precipitation for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. today, total for this year to date. 1.59; deficiency since January 1, 1.67 inches.

Sunrise 6:48 a. set 6:19 p. m. ThermofTaph Readings Ending 8 a. m.

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m. 8 a. m. Crazed Man Slays Four Three Others Stabbed In Bloody Rampage On Brooklyn Street New York (AP) A IB-year-old youth, just released from a hospital for the criminal insane, slaughtered four strangers and stabbed three other persons in a lOrmlnute rampage through crowded Brooklyn streets Sunday. The mad knifer, William Jones, finally was beaten into submission with gun butts after police pursued him along three blood-trailed blocks.

Jones, turned loose as sane last Wednesday, wouldn't tell police what made him grab a 14- inch carving knife from a restaurant and rage through the tenement district slashing at the heart of every passerby. The four who died were men whom Jones apparently never had seen before. But one of Jones's other victims, a 20-year-old man, was a friend and neighbor. Jones cut him as (Continued on Page No. 5) A 'Hunting Fish' Caught in Neosho Odd things have been happening in tlio realm of nature this winter.

Tom Salsbury of Neosho Falls caught a 4-pound blue catfish the other day which appeared to have been squirrel hunting recently. Noticing, when cleaning the catfish, that Its stomach was enlarged, Salsbury investigated. The stomach contained a foot, plus four inches of the leg of a red squirrel. That wasn't all. A full grown field mouse had been consumed.

Charles Melvin testified as a witness to the discovery. He says Sals- burj' was plowing in a field and turned over a large fish worm that looked too healthy to be idle. "He ran to the river and put in a short throw line." Melvin has reported. "Next morhing he had a nice juicy blue cat of about four pounds. He swears it snapped at him couple of times when he pulled It out.

"He likes to have the mice destroyed but catching his squirrels I is going too far," Melvin declares. WHOSE FARM 18 Is an riew of some farm In lola'f tnde territory. The Register docan't know whose It Is. It Is one of 63 Uken at random for The RegUter by Aln-lcwa, Jast December: If the owner or operator can identify it and will call in person at The Register ofBce. he will be presented with two enlargements of the above picture free.

Another "mystery farm" picture wlU be printed in this same space next Monday. Watch for it. It be your farm. WKDA to Take Over Job Of Pushing Heavy'Bread Soft Miners On the Job Again Garden City (AP) Coover, the Kin.sley busine.ssman whose new bread Idea has swamped him with requests and support, turned his brainchild over to the Western Kansas Development association here Monday. Coover has developed a bread containing 16 percent more flour per ounce and the bread is now a Kansas sensation.

He wants the WKDA to' give the bread all the promotion and push it deserves. Coover explained he simply couldn't keep up with the rush anymore. For example he has received over 300 letters and cards about his new bread from six states, including Florida, Louisiana, California, Missouri, and Iowa. He has had requests'to make 20 speeches on the bread in the last week alone. Coover wants to get back to his wheat farms, small dairy, and men's clothing store.

The Garden City of Commerce Uirew in its full support here Monday. It ordered enough bread from Kinsley to serve every civic club in town this week. The chamber thinks more wheat In bread is a natural for its promotion. Chamber Manager Cobum Jones said the chamber directors want the bread pushed and the organization is going to help the WKDA in every way it can. Bob Bird, executive secretary of WKDA, said samples of the bread will be sent to both the Cornell and schools of- nutrition as well as to Kansas State college for tests and r.eports on its nutritive values.

Red Cross Drive Off to Good Start Allen county's annual Red Cross drive got off to a good start today, aecordlng to early returns received at the headquarters in the Portland hotel. About 30 business and professional men were given their supplies this morning and started to canvass in the business district. Dr. J. C.

Littrell is chairman of this group. The residential district is being called upon by women who received their instructions and supplies last week and who also started i their task today. Reports received at noon indicated that most of the teams were meeting with a generous response. Elbert Ayling is county fund chairman. Miss Lena Ford Dies at Moran (Special to Tha Lena Love Ford died Sunday evening at her home after a month's illness.

She was 85 years old. The oldest child of John S. and Martha Jane Ford. Miss Ford was born and educated in Statuitoii. W.

Va. She came to Allen coun! 1899 uith her parents, who located on a farm west of Moran. In 1920 the family moved to town. Survivors include one sister. Miss Mabel Ford, with whom she nade her home since the death, of their parents; and one brother, Herbert Ford of Bronson.

The funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the! Ralston Funeral home, with burial in the Moran In Mrs. C. E.

Palm Dies at Chicago (Spifiil toTbi Colony Word was received in Colony Friday evening of the death of Mrs. Llna Palm of Chicagjo. Dr. and Mrs. C.

E. Palm imdl their four children came to Colony In 1923 where Dr. Film practiced for teveral yeara tmtU became ill and died. His famtty then went back to Chicago where they, ihave made their home aiuce. Mrs.

Palm had been In! health for aome time. BunrlTing are the (our ohUilnn. and Patd Palm, Mrs. Battaw Mt aad Mrs. Ruth Lindqulat tn and aevenU graadcMMnB.

Funeral aervtcea wUl Taet- day afternoon at 3:30 kt the Farris funeral home here with in the Colony cemetery. Insists He Thought Was Dead Manchester; N. H. (AP) Dr. Hermann N.

Sander testified In his murder trial Monday that "there was no indication of lifev no reaction," when he injected air Into the veins of Mrs. Abbie Borrpto. He also said never had any intention of killing Mrs. Borroto." Under questioning by one of his attorneys the defendant said he believed she died of cancer and he so signified on her death certificate. Asked, then, why he dictated the In Mrs.

Borroto's rpcord that disclosed the air injection, he replied: "I think It is the duty of every doctor to put down on the charts what he has done for every patient whether it has any effect or not." Dr. Sander said he called for a syringe the morning of Dec 4 after he looked at his patient and thought she was dead. ''TtSan't explain exactly what action I took then," he testified ill i calm voice. Something sIUMhld. Why I did it I can't telt It doesn't make -I remember trying to get into her vein.

There never was any blood anywhere. He veins were collapsed. I withdrew the plunger to make suction but nothing came out there was no blood." Counsel for the 41-year-old country doctor had promlseil the all- male jury that Sander would explain what prompted him to in ject a into the woman on the "impu se" even though satisfied she was dead at the time. The mild-mannered physician stood casually as he began his testimony and rested his hands on a table In front of him. He spoke in a moderate voice.

Laborites Soft Pedal Socialization King's Speech Opening Parliament Indicates No Plan to Push Program at Present London (AP) Labor party put further nationalization on tho for the time beinj? today in a bid to it.s hold on the helm of government. majority. 148 -scuts in the last piiriliiment. shrunk to seats a.s a result of the Feb. 23 elections.

The governnionf.s inijnedi- nte program was disclosed in ii speecli written by llic puity for King George VI. The speech, delivered at Monday's formal opening of parliament, was one of broad generalities, notable for what it did not say rather than for what it did. It heralded a very bland diet for the immediate future. Parliament opened with its usual pomp and circumstance. Flashing jewels, gilt and furs brightened austere London in the centuries old pageantry preceding the opening.

Thousands of Britons lined the route from Buckingham palace to Westminister to see King George and Queen Elizabeth drive in state to inaugurate the new body of lawmakers. The king's speech made no mention of new nationalization of industries, the basic plank in Labor's pre-election campaign platform. This shelving of socialization was an obvious bid for the support of the nine Liberal party members of the new parliament. The Liberals had considered supporting the Labor government If nationalixatlon were halted. Their nine votes would add a greaT'cteair to the wobbly majority the Labor party now holds.

Lewis Offers UAW $1 Million Loan Washington (AP) John L. Lewis today offered a $1 million loan to the CIO auto workers as aid in the 7-week Chrysler strike. Lewis wrote Walter Reuther. UAW presidents that the United Mine Workers union policy committee had authorized- the offer. Lewis's letter -said the UMW hopes other unions in the CIO and the AFL will extend money aid "to the end that your union may be asured.

beyond peradventure. of success in its present struggle." offer was regarded response to tlie $500,000 gift check which CIO Pri-sidfiit Pliilip Murray acui to the UMW in Uic miners' Ju.st-conciudcil French Bus Strike Effect on Flops iJusiness Slijfht As Taxis and Bikes: Carry Traffic Paris (AP) A Communi.sl-led on Paris bus and subway lines Monday confused but failed to stop the gay citv's normal life. Hotel Men Plan Plug for State Salina (AP) Kansas will urge tourists to "Stay One Day Longer in Kansas" next year. Gov. Frank Carlson told the Kansas Hotel association that the slogan will be the theme for a state promotional campaign.

The hotel men closed their 16th annual convention here Saturday. George Curtis of Salina was elected president of the association. Other officers elected: C. W. Lamer, Hays, vice-president; Clem Nanson, Kansas City, and Wes Delbrldge, Topeka, treasurer.

In the national while, the. gover 72-hour-oid- Red at killing 'an anil assembly, mcun- inient oft a filibuster aimed sabotage bill. The strikers w'ere demanding a cost of living bonus. The filibusterers had' sougljt to furtlier a Communi.st campaign against shipments "Of Atlantic pact arms and Of aid to French troops in Indochina. strejets were clogged with unusually heavy auto traffic.

Tlie French arrny's military police turned out to help keep the traffic untangled. With mqst stores closed normally on Monday, the strike's effect on was minimized. Goverrunent ministries managed to get most of tiheir employes to work by special and buses matmed by volunteers. At least'five bus lines and two subway lines were operating on irregular schedulfes. Taxicabs were available.

I Anderson to Make Seven County Tour Emporia (AP) Kenneth An- iderson. candidate for the Democratic nomination jtor governor, will visit seven- counties in a campaign tour, this week. He is to speak at a meeting of the Young Democrats club at Wicliita Monday night. Other schedultid appearances: Tuos- day, El Dorado; Wednesday, Emporia and Howard; Thursday. Port Scott and Erie; and Friday, Hartford.

All Pits To Be Busy By Tonight Nation's Crippled Industries Get Set To Roll; Contract Hailed as Stabilizer I -Kh (AP) About oiie-tiiird of soft iHial mines swiiiiK back into today 1o pace the KiKantii' task nf i-efiiolinK a sliivi'riii nation. (if diK'ging that be- IMU a bare flvi- liours after the iMii ciul of llu- niriil coal strike But by nightfall iicaily I'vcry bituminous pit 111 ilu' cuuiilry was expected to be turiiini-. out iiial. (if Ilu- rc- puricd 111 till' iniiu's in tho same Icslivc nioud llicy were in during a wt'tkoiui victory celebration. Gimo were tho gi iin stares and antriv miirmurs of the previous nioiith.s.

BiR industries crippled by the furl limped along a step behind the mines in restoring order to the nation's economy. "It all depends on'how soon and how fast we can pet coal," said a spokesman for the 6. S. Steel Corp. "We'll probably be back to normal operations in a few days." Railroads completed arraying fleets of coal cars for the big job of movinsj the previous products.

For the miners, the prize they won was a S1.40 daily "package" per man. plus a reasonable assurance of fairly steady work for at least a year and perhaps until the middle of 1952. For the operators, it meant getting into business. For the public the settlement meant relief from a 4-week strike, rescue from a looming industrial breakdown, and some assurance of stability Ui what President Truman has called "a sick industry," plus higher coal bills. One operator put the cost of the I'ntted Mine Workers' gains at millions this year.

The extra cnst to consumers may be anywhere from 25 to 50 cents a ton. The strike-settling contract was signed by UMW President John L. Lewis and the spokesmen for all major groups of north, west, the reluctant south, and the steel owned "-'captive" p.m. (CST), Sunday. Tlie contract runs until.

June 30, But it may be canceled by either party on or after Apr. 1, (Continued on Face 2, No. 4) Hungarians Find Haven In Allen County The long flight from Communists begun in Hungary In 1945 ended for the Joseph Csla family yesterday on a farm south of Bronson. Once prosperous farmers who were stripped of their possessions, the family of four expects to build a new life in Kansas. Sponsored by Mr.

and Mrs. Paul Cramm of lola. Joseph Csia (pronounced chee-ah), 52, his wife, Maria, 48, their children, Eva, 19, and Paul, 17, arrived In lola yesterday morning from Germany, where they have been living in a concentration camp. Yesterday afternoon they moved into a farm home, about two miles south of BronSon, where Csia will be given employment and trained in American agricultural methods. The farm, owned by Cramm, operated by Mr.

and Mrs. Johnny Camac and they Hill assist the Cslas to leam Kans'as customs and farming practices. Dae to storms upon the Atlantic which prolonged theh- trip across the ocean and other delays, the Csias were nearly a. month en route from Germany to' lola. However, they were rapidly making themselves at home on the Cramm farm yesterday afternoon.

Eva. the daughter and an attractive blonde, speaks broken English but Mr. and Mrs. Csia and Paul use German or Hungarian. The father is an expert agrtctflturlst but his experience has included many things which are taken for granted on an American farm.

For example, he has never, milked a cow. Many similar chores are strange to him. As boy he gradiiafed from the Calvinlst Grammar school at Kol- OBvar, Hungary. In 1915 he was drafted into the Htincarian anny. served on the Russian and fronts and was captured In ItAly.

He was held as a prisoder of war for. nearly three When he was relcMWl. he rtturh- ed to his nathw land and entered the Economical Aeadamyi at Dclnre- ccn, cradtiattnc In IW and becan to lanL He fecial- laed In the produetlca of gniMi and weds. In 1930 he IcMcd alaaable acreage and went Into biirinaw: for blmself. In the early 1930's tae wai alM SOUTHEASmtN KANSAS IS VERY TO PARTS OF HUNGARY, according to the Csia family who arrived yesterday frcMn Germany to Uye ipn a farm near Bronson.

Eva, left, Paul and Mrs. and Uc. Joseph Csia lived most of their Uvea in TTaniyliranla. Hungary. They are confident they wiU find life here pleasant and Photo employed as an agrictUtural adviser by three large estates near Dos- nond, Hungary, where be made bis hndquartert.

Cite spedailwrt in the production of various Madi, lecurlng a contract with a Dutch firm for whom he grew flower seeds. To this he later added pharMcnitical and oO bearing seeds such aa dUI, caraway, momile, mentha. etc, In time he Mi own factory for from hit nra BeeornUai Mm an spett, the Hungarian iovcmment appiointed Csia to the Mate aowing grain export board attd also aa a lecturer to farm groups interested in ly form of akrtctilture: bhls hifh- He was also farmers' commissioner, supervising the manufacture of chemical fertilizers. The war brought an end to his career altiwugh he was not called to the armed services. In 194B, the Riisslans were advancing Oiia and hlk family fled to As he was a foreigner, Csla eould (CMiUnMd en Page 1).