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THE IOLA REGISTER VOLUME LVII. No. 179. 8th Grade omas To 69 Iola's Memorial Hall was jammed Saturday afternoon for the graduation exercises for Allen County's rural schools. Diplomas were given to G9 boys and girls who have completed eight years of elementary schooling.

Rev. Ralph Culler, pastor of the Plrst Christian Church, gave the commencement address, urging the youngsters to continue their education. One of the features of the program was the presentation of awards to the winners of the county essay contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Colleen Myers, a student at Stony Point, was the winning girl, and Phillip Keith Wolford, Central Avenue school, was the high boy. The awards were presented by Mrs. John Brooks, representing the VFW auxiliary, and Lee St.

Clair, commander of the local VFW post. I'Oood Citizens Make Good Americans" was the subject discussed in the essays. Eugene Baker, president of the Allen County Teachers Association, presided and presented the diplomas. Mrs, Dorothy Keyser was in, charge of arrangements in the absence of Mrs. Myrtle Pope, county superintendent, who is ill in the Hospital, Kansas City.

Injuries Avoided In US 54 Accident A horse trailer pulled by Allen Castator, 67, Iola, was overturned and Its occupant spilled out about 9:45 p. an. Saturday -when it was struck by a car driven by Blane E. Strader, 25, Wichita. Both cars were west bound on US-54 about three and three quarter miles west of Iola when Strader overtook Castator who was returning from a rodeo.

Strader told B. E. Lorance, undersherlfX, that he was blinded by the lights of an approaching car and did not see Castator's trailer until within a few yards of it. He swung sharply to the right into the, ditch but sideswiped the trailer. The vehicle was overturned and the horse spilled out on the highway.

Lorance said that neither It nor the two drivers were hurt. He estimated the damage to Strader's car at $225 and that to the trailer at $50. The WVckly Itrjcittrr. FMal.lUh.'c] 1H07. Tin.

Iola Daily KeKisliT, liiW7. IOLA, KANSAS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1951. to The Tola Daily Iola Daily Record, and Tula Unity Index. C. of C.

to Discuss IJC Promotion Plans for promoting the Iola Junior College will be explained to the all member meeting of the chamber of commerce "Wednesday noon in the Hotel Kelley by Clarence Brown, assistant dean. During the past few Brown has interviewed most of the students to determine how much they spend in. Iola during an average year. He will discuss this survey also during the meeting. Reservations for the luncheon may be made by phoning 525.

All members and their friends are welcome. Sell House Numbers For Cancer Benefit The Iola Junior Chamber of Commerce will canvass the residential district of town tonight selling lumenlzed house number signs designed to be placed In the owner's lawn. Part of the profits of the promotion go to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund, according to Bill Fowler, president of the Jaycees. STARTING Parent, 13, (left), rubs his chin whiskers and gets an admiring look from schoolmate David Orban, 9. Earl is in the 6Ui grade of a rural school and says he has been shaving since he was 11.

These days, however, he is letting his beard grow to help celebrate the centennial of Millington, Mich in August. He'll probably be the youngest owner of a beard at the Wirephoto.) Veil on Fate Of Farm Bill By JACK BELL WASHINGTON Knowland (R-Calif) said today there is a "possibility" that Congress will deadlock over farm legislation and thus let flexible price supports go into effect under existing law. Knowlanu, the Senate's Republican leader, said in an interview he doesn't know what is going to happen in the controversy which has found many Democrats and some Republicans lined up behind proposals to continue price props on major field crops at 90 per cent of parity. But he said "it certainly is a possibility" that the two houses of Congress will fall to agree on a farm bill and thus pass no legislation. President Eisenhower has urged abandonment of the present system of mandatory price supports on basic field crops at 90 per cent of parity and its replacement by a system of flexible props ranging from 75 to 90 per cent of parity.

Congress in 1948 and 1949 put on the books a flexible support system, although not in the form the Eisenhower administration has recommended. But it has postponed its effective date from year to year, continuing the rigid 90 pqr cent props first provided in wartime to stimulate, production. The 90 per cent supports now (Continued on Pace 2, No. 3.) Rob Humboldt Beer Parlor The Bivouac Beer Parlor in Humboldt was robbed of about $65 in cash Sunday morning by some one who knocked the lock from the front door to gain admittance. Joe Boman told Sheriff R.

M. Allman that nothing else was taken. Boman said that he closed up at his usual hour on Saturday night and that the robbery was not discovered until about 9 a. m. Sunday.

Allman and Chauncey Creason, Iola police officers, took fingerprints which may have been left by the culprit. The sheriff said that he gave chase to a speeding motorist about 1:45 a. m. Sunday and that he may have been the thief. Allman was driving north on eighth street and saw the other car speeding on seventh in the same direction.

The sheriff followed the car to Iola but lost It In the south part of town. Kansas Draft Quota To Jump in July TOPEKA Kansas July draft quota has been set at 306, Maj. Gen. Joe Nlckell, state Selective Service director, announced. This is the largest monthly quota for the year to date and compares to 224 for the current month and 245 for June.

Eden Back To Parley By EDDY GILMORE GENEVA Uf) British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden flew back to Geneva today for a final effort to break the East-West deadlocks on Indochina and Korea. Arriving by special plane from London, where he consulted Prime Minister Churchill and other Cabinet members, Eden declined to comment on secret Instructions he was reported to be carrying. Before leaving London, however, he agreed with an opinion expressed by other Western sources here that the next week or two will be decisive. It was expected Eden's instructions might determine how much longer the Geneva conference would last. Today's secret nine- party session on Indochina opened its fifth week, The United States already has made it clear to Britain and France it is ready to end the talks on Korea and Indochina at any time.

Western observers said the next few days should show whether the Communists actually are willing to negotiate a settlement or merely are stalling to gain military advantages In the Indochina fighting. French Foreign Minister Georges Bidaurt, who returned from Paris this morning, was have talked over the general Indochina situation with top French officials. The Western delegates were agreed the chances for a ment on either Indoclilna or Korea seemed slim. MRS. McCORMACK RITES TUESDAY Funeral services for Mrs.

Nettle McCormack, whose death was reported Saturday, will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. at the Presbyterian Church in Moran. The Rev. A.

Frank Johnson will officiate, i Burial will be in the Moran Cemetery. Iola Greatest Recreation Need Is Park Area In Northeast Corner of Town In spite of the splendid facilities and popularity of Riverside, Iola needs more parks and playgrounds in the opinion of the authors of the Planning Survey. According to national standards a city should have one acre set aside for recreational purposes for each one hundred people. The 43 acres at Riverside is 25 acres short of the number Iola should have for a population of 6,800. The location of Riverside also makes a park In the northeastern portion of town desirable.

The logical site would be In the area north of Carpenter street, between Cottonwood and Sterling Heights. The lake which Is now being developed south of the old shale mound area but, like Riverside, is far removed from the hundreds of children who live in the eastern and northeastern sections of town. If and when a new high school is built, consideration should be given to sites adjacent to such a park area. Combined park and school grounds provide a large open area for use by high school students during school days and for park users other The number of older ipeople and small children in Iola points toward the desirability of several small neighborhood parks. Their facilities need not Be few benchr es.

two or three swings, a teeter- totter, basketball backboards and perhaps a sand pile for pre-kindergarten children. The survey suggests that a portion of the old Garfield school eite might be set aside for such play ground. The need for parks is also highlighted by the fact that the playground space about all three elementary schools Is below the national standard and the high school has virtually no recreational fa- cilites. The popularity of Riverside Park is steadily growing, the KU survey team reports, as shown by the in-crease year by year in the number of people using its facilities. Accurate" "records of attendance were first kept In the summer of 1948 when 26.094 persons used one or more buildings in the park.

The attendance for following years, with fl "2- 1 -P5I, 1949 28.629 1950 35,590 1952 42,229 1953 42,147 These do not include those who attended KOM baseball games, the swimming-pool, the Allen County Fair and other commercial events sponsored by individuals or associations. The Little Theatre is used more than other-. single as shown by the compilation below which lists the of times each building was In addition, of course, hundreds of picnics are held in the park each summer and a countless number of children use the swings and other play equipment. Another structure which is In steady demand is the community building for Negroes at the corner of Buckeye and Douglas. Church dinners, dances, and club meetings are held there throughout the year.

Last summer it was the center of a recreational program for the children in the neighborhood. This was a Home'DeniTOstrtetlon Unit. The feeling that greater use should be made of Memorial Hall appears to be widespread in Iola, the -survey points out. White the building is not ideal for recreational activities, its location is very good for a potential play center. The recent move of Teen Town to Memorial Hall Increases the use of the building for recreation and an extension of these uses appears to be highly desirable.

In order to make the-auditorium satisfactory, even for its present functions, the acoustics should be The.Importance. a community meeting place makes the (Continued on Pace t. No. 1) Ask Quick Race Step In South ATLANTA leaders throughout the South will petition local boards of education to eliminate school segregation immediately in the first mass follow-up of the U. Supreme Court ruling on segregation.

That strategy was disclosed yesterday after a conference here of leaders of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People from IB states. Issuing an "Atlanta declaration," the NAACP officials called for integration at all school levels and advocated Negro teacher assign-, ments and federal aid for education. Thurgood Marshall, special legal counsel for the NAAOP, and Walter White, executive secretary, were the chief spokesmen in a news conference after the closed metings. Marshall, who represented the organization in the Supreme Court arguments, said there would not be "time for imaginary problems" in ending school segregation.

He did not estimate how long it would take, however. He warned against- Juggling school districts to evade the court ruling, although he said he recognizes the right of school boards to set up district lines. The NAAOP will take up the subject of segregation in other fields when It meets in Dallas next month, Marshall said. White assailed three critics of Ohe Supreme Herman Talmadge of Georgia, Gov. James F.

Byrnes of South Carolina and Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Ca). He described Talmadge and Byrnes as "the most pathetic figures in American life today in their frustration and bitterness." Both governors are shaping plans to evade the court ruling. White made this comment in speaking of Russell: "Frightened by the possibility that Herman Talmadge might run against him for the United States Senate, Sen.

Russell made one of the most intemperate speeches of recent years on the floor of the United States Senate, denouncing the United States Supreme Court." The NAAOP leader added that ambition to be president of the United States" and at the same time supplied the Kremlin with propaganda material. Talmadge said on a radio program yesterday that his state will not comply with the Supreme Court decision. "It would take several divisions of troops to police every school building in Georgia and then they wouldn't be able to enforce It," he said. KWANGSI CHINA MILES BATTLE FOR VIET NAM'S RED RIVER DELTA area on Newsmap indicates where fighting is concentrated in the Red River Delta area of Viet Nam. heartland of Indochina.

The French command has announced, that An Xa, "little Dien Bien Phu'' that guards tlie approaches to the the Hanoi-Haiphong life line, has been overwhelmed, as has Yen Phu, strategic outpost south of Phu Ly. key crossroads center which controls coastal highways to the south. French counterattacks took a heavy toll of Communist Viet Minh forces, and of French troops, according to French Union sources. Nam Dinli, French headquarters for defense of the south Delta region, faces an attack in force which now appears to be shaping Newsmap.) Deep Hate of Colonialism Drives Asia to Red's Arms Killed in Crash After Visit Here CHANUTE Mrs. Eunice C.

Bailey, 24, a member of the 1954 Parsons High School graduating class, died yesterday in a Chanute hospital a few hours after she was Injured in a car accident. A car driven by her husband, E. 6. Bailey of Parsons, overturned in a ditch nine miles east of Chanute on U. S.

89. Bailey and another passenger, Billy Fontelroy, San Antonio, were not seriously Injured. Mrs. Bailey had resumed her schooling after "having missed a few years of school. Mrs.

(Bailey is the daughter of the Rev. A. H. Fontelroy who is the pastor of the Church of God in Christ at Iola and preaches here every other Sunday. He lives at Parsons.

Mr. and Mrs. Bailey and her cousin, Billy Fontelroy, were in Iola visiting Saturday evening and were on their way home when the fatal accident occurred. Rev. Roe Returned To Churches Here The Rev.

Lyle B. Roe was return-, ed to the pastorates at Tola nnd Salem for another year at Kansas Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church which closed Saturday at Salina. The Rev. Earl Ford, superintendent of the eastern division, was also tioned'here. Lay delegates to the Included Miss Thelma Roberts and Clyde Neely of Iola.

will attend the international conference of the tteratttbuftton' at MUwaukee in November. Little Theater Stadium Barns Kitchens Totals 90 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1952 1953 22 66 23 43 70 30 35 44 65 44 70 96 65 72 7 12 12 12 16 ltf 14 5 3 3 5 6 5 10 12 15 15 25 56 20 28 90 1G1 97 155 24i 130 150 Everyone Welcome At Wildlife Talk Ira Stockebrand. former Iola coach who is now spending his time fishing and giving travel talks, arrived in towrothis afternoon with" a station, full. of. assorted flies, reels, poles and similar gear for fishermen.

He will exhibit them and give casting demonstrations following the organization, meeting of the Allen County IWlld Life Association in Community Building this evening. The business session is scheduled to start at 8 p. rri. 'All men and women in the county are invited. There will be no charge.

EDITOR'S NOTE: William L. Ryan spent six weeks in Southeast Asia, traveling to Indochina and the nearby countries endangered by a Communist sweep southward. He then went to Geneva to check his findings at the Geneva conference. This is the first of a series this week on the prospects in "The'Battle for Asia." By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Foreign News Analyst GENEVA is the slightest indication at the Geneva conference that the Communists will accept anything but surrender of the West in Asia.

Apparently, they are sure Com- is on a victorious march, with the decisive battle for Viet Nam all but behind them. The Russians are calling the tune here, even preparing the speeches of the Communist Vietminh representatives in the Russian language. After a monOi of talk, there seems no prospect of anything but obstruction and deadlock. The Russians exude confidence that they hold the trump cards. Communism is relying heavily on drive to turn Asian nationalism and Asian fears into potent weapons against the West in a long-term struggle for domination of a continent.

The United States has been losing battles in this propaganda war, though it has not yet, by any means, lost the war. Asian distrust of the West, after a century of colonial domination, is being twisted and turned against the United States in a political- psychological offensive designed to win cheap victories. The Communists are not concerned with masses now. This war is for the intellectuals, the educated layer of Asians from whose ranks come the raw materials for government and leadership. In Chose ranks, America has been losing friends.

They are not going over to the Communist side, but in frustration are retiring into a neutral shell. And that serves the Communist cause. For one who has just returned from Asia there is an atmosphere almost of fantasy here in Geneva. Talk of "united action" in Asia seems removed from reality. At the moment, prospects seem (Continued on Page 2, No.

2.) Viet Nam Hope Slim SAIGON, Indochina diplomats here say the political situation in war-torn Viet Nam has deteriorated rapidly since the fall of Dien Bien Phu. They contend only bold steps can save the government. This became known today as a French study of steps necessary to bolster Indochina's defenses reached near-completion. Washington reports have said, this study is expected to open a new phase in French-American talks on possible U.S. intervention in the Indo- chinese war.

American diplomats are worried, however, lest the French- sponsored Vietnamese government of former Emperor Bao Dai collapse before outside help can be brought to keep it on its feet. In overwhelming French Union forces at Dien Bien Phu, the Vietminh dealt a heavy blow at the morale of the Vietnamese backing Bao Dai's administration. As a first measure to bolster it, the United States will recommend soon that Bao Dai hurry home from Europe to take over active leadership again. The Viet Nam chief has been on the French Riviera for more than a month awaiting the outcome of the Geneva conference on Asia and negotiations for complete independence which his officials are carrying on with the French at Paris. Although the period extremely critical, most of his Cabinet ministers also are at Geneva, Paris or elsewhere outside the country.

Several important decisions have not been carried out. Before Bao Dal left for France, lie signed decrees creating a war cabinet with wide powers and assigned Premier Prince Buu Loc to draw up plan? for a provisional national assembly. The cabinet, at its first meeting, ordered total mobilization- of all men between 21 and 25 for military service. Due largely to sharp differences between government officials, no steps have been taken yet to put these measures into effect. The Weather KANSAS Clearing northwest, considerable cloudiness elsewheie this afternoon with occasional rain showers southeast and extreme south central; partly cloudy and extreme east, mostly fair elsewhere tonight; Tuesday generally fair: cooler east and south tonight; wanner west, slightly warmer east Tuesday; low tonight 40-45 extreme northwest to 50 southeast; high Tuesday generally in 70s.

TEMPERATURE High yesterday 83 Low last night 57 High a year ago today 87 Low a year ago today 67 Normal for today 67 PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 8 a. m. Trace This month to date 3.27 Normal for this month 4.74 Total this year to date 12 62 Deficiency since Jan. 1 .30 Huge Public Interest In Hearings By TIIK ASSOCIATKU PRESS The Army-McCarthy hearings have stirred up a tremendous reaction among newspaper readers, TV viewers, and radio listeners. As many as 4.000 protests have descended oh "a TV station trtot dropped live telecasts.

Thousands of letters have piled into newspaper offices to commend or condemn Sen. McCarthy. "If McCarthy, Cohn and Schine are protecting us from Communists, who will protect us from McCarthy, Cohn and Schine?" a reader wrote the New York Post. "Sen. Joe McCarthy carries the cross, not that he has to carry it, but because his country comes first with him, regardless of party lines or beliefs," a letter in the St.

Paul Dispatch Pioneer Press. The Associated Press checked 61 representative newspapers from coast to coast and North to South to see how sentiment was running in letters to the editors. Twenty-five of the newspapers said the majority of the letters they received on the topic favored McCarthy; 19 said the majority was anti-McCarthy; and 17 said there was about an even split. Here is the breakdown regarding Pro Anti Even East 8 ...6 5 South .0 .3 3 Midwest .9 .7 6 West, Southwest 8 .3 3 Nineteen editors said the letters showed an increasing anti-McCarthy trend since the hearings began and four said there was an upswing for the senator. Little or no change in sentiment was quoted by 39.

The Providence (R.I.) Sunday Journal polled its readers and said results indicated: 1. Neutrality about the senator has all but disappeared. 2. While McCarthy has increased (Continued on Page 3, No. 5.) James L.

Shigley, LaHarpe, Is Dead James L. Shigley; 82-year-old resident of rural LaHarpe, died last evening in the same house where he was born in 1872. Mr. Shigley was the son of Mr. and Mrs.

William A. Shigley who migrated to Kansas shortly after tile Civil War and homesteaded a farm south of LaHarpe in 1867. They later acquired land on the other side of the road and he spent his life on that farm. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Pearl Jackson, and a son, William.

L. Shigley. both of four grandchildren, and three sisters, Mrs. Olive Stout, Palisade, Mrs. Laura Long, Loma, and Mrs.

Ora Long, Oregon state. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Lee Dickey, at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday in the Methodist Church at LaHarpe.

Burial will be at the Harpe Cemetery. SIX PAGES Admits He Sought Advice WASHINGTON Secretary of the Army Stevens assumed full responsibility under oath today for the Army's charges against Sen. McCarthy but acknowledged he had consulted with higher administration officials. Under hammering cross examination by McCarthy, Stevens said "certainly, there was consultation and advice" with individuals holding high office in the executive department. McCarthy said Stevens knew "a long time ago" that the charges were prepared with the assltance and advice of White House aides.

"No. I don't know it," replied Stevens. Were they prepared on his own orders? McCarthy asked. "Yes," said Stevens, saying he, nave the order some time after he arrived back from the Far East early in February. The charges were sent to members of Congress March 10.

Stevens, in reply to questions as to 'his consultations, said he had kept Secretary of Defense Wilson informed. McCarthy demanded if Stevens took the advice of anyone in the executive department other than Assistant Secretary of Defense H. Struve Hensel and a Defense Department official, Francis X. Brown. Brown is an assistant general counsel of the Defense Department.

"Very likely I did," acknowledged Stevens. Stevens said that in addition to Brown and Hensel, he talked with Fred M. Seaton, and "there may have been others, I can't recall any at the moment." Seaton is assitant secretary of defense for legislative and public affairs. A former Republican senator from Nebraska, he has been close to the White House. McCarthy sought to develop that the executive department primed Potter (R-Mich) to get the charges from the Pentagon.

Potter got a copy of charges by writing Secretary of Defense Wilson that he had heard they had (Continued on Page 3, No. 4.) i Deluge Floods West Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY Downpours which dumped over four inches of rain on western Oklahoma yesterday slackened at daybreak today, but not before streams flooded lowlands at Elk City and Clinton and threatened Sayre. High winds and hail also lashed the state. The water began to recede from Elk City. But flood crests were due at Clinton and Sayre later in the day.

Only a few homes in river bottoms were in danger. At Eik City, police dispatcher Harry Hood said two homes suffered considerable damage when Elk Creek, which runs through the heart of the city and-usually is powder dry, overflowed. Two small bridges over the creek buckled, but the main bridge was intact. Hood said water ran curbful on Main Street and many other streets were washed out. The north fork of the Red River was a foot from the big U.

S. 66 bridge at Sayre with the rain pouring down in torrents. The Washita River, perennial flood threat, was out of its hanks and washing into the 'lowlands around Clinton. Flood water rushed to the Elk City disposal plant so quickly that workmen were marooned. They were rescued by boat.

The deluges came as part of the state hung under a tornado alpi-t. No twisters were sighted but fierce winds hit Cherokee, Alfalfa County seat, blowing down electric lines, tearing television aerials from rooftops nnd scattering tree limhs on the streets. FRIENDLY candidates for the Republican nomination for Governor of Kansas take time out to enjoy a box lunch together before they appeared together in Memorial Hall in Salina before the 95th anniversary jubilee of the GOP, sponsored by Young Republicans of the Sixth District. The candidates ure, left to right: George Templar, Joe E. and Fred Press Photo.) Charged in Theft Of Hart's Lunch Charges of breaking into the office of Hart's Lunch and stealing over $20 on the night of April 27 were filed in the Allen County district court this morning against Richard D- Huey of LaHarpe.

Shortly after the alleged robbery, Clarence Robinson, owner of the cafe, told- offiters Ms' loss 'was'" timated at about 9120. Following faring in the county court on May 8, Huey was bound over to the district court. Mrs. Gertrude Trout wine Dies Here at Age of 75 Mrs. Gertrude Troutwine, 530 So.

Second, street, died last night at the Allen'County Hospital. She was 75 years old. Mrs. Troutwine Was born at Buffalo. When she was a girl the family moved to a farm near Oerieva and she lived most her life In that neighborhood.

She has made her home in Iola since 'She leaves a daughter, Mrs. H. L. Harmon, a sister, Mrs. Norma Oliver, and two grandchildren, all of Iola.

CecilOrr will conduct services at 2 p. m. Tuesday In the Waugh Funeral Home. Burial will be at the Oeneva.