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a a a a a a a a a Carroll Daily Times Herald Vol. 84-No. 107 Carroll, Iowa, Wednesday, May 6, 1953-Fourteen Pages Each Delivered Evening by for Carrier 30 Boy Cents to Per the Home Week Bill Farner Named to Head Junior Legion Baseball Board Calls Hearing In Manning Bandmaster Controversy Local Post to Junior High Graduation Is May 27; Final Events Set Final events highlighting the of the Carroll junior high school year will be the commencement exercises set for May 27 and the annual junior high school invita- Final Plans Are Made for Military Ball Final plans for staging the 14th annual Military ball were made at a meeting of the Carroll Bandboosters club in the home economics room at the high school Tuesday night. Jack Cole's Orchestra The Military ball will be held at the high school auditorium May 15, with Jack Cole's orchestra nishing the music. Replies from schools invited to send kings and queens to the ball are beginning to come in, it was reported.

At least a dozen schools are expected to send representatives. Westside and Audubon have made reservations. 'A report on the progress of the committee was made last night by Mrs. R. J.

Ferlic and Mrs. T. Fabricius, co-chairmen. They named the following kindergarten students who will participate in the crowning festivities: Connie Knight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

W. H. Knight; Joan Salsbury, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Salsbury; Douglas Bishop, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Don and Douglas Ohde, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ohde. Committees The following committees were named: Master of ceremonies H.

L. Hudson. Director of grand march gil Wolfe. Vir. Programs Mrs.

B. J. Leahy. Decorating Mrs. Reas berg.

Refreshments Roy Heuton. Tickets James Prentice. Publicity Mrs. Bert Lockhart. Check room Mr.

Lockhart. Ticket taking -Mrs. Floyd Boell. Orchestra, Crowns, InvitationsL. C.

Enearl, Following the business meeting of the club, a social hour was held. Refreshments were served. Joseph Gillespie To Be Sentenced on Tax Evasion Charge DES MOINES (P--Federal Judge William F. Riley has set next Tuesday as time for sentencing Joseph Gillespie, Des Moines key club who pleaded "no defense" Tuesday to two counts of evading federal income taxes in 1949 and 1950. He is free under $2,000 bond.

Nebraska Legislature Raises Gas Tax a Cent LINCOLN, Neb. (-The Nebraska. Wednesday passed the one-cent gas tax increase bill, moving the tax from five to six cents a gallon. The vote was 32-9. The measure carried the called emergency clause and will become effective the signature of the governor.

Passage of a bill with the emergency clause quires 29 votes. tional track meet scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Ida Davis Track Queen Principal Merle Reisner Wednesday announced that Ida Davis, daughter of Mrs. 0. E.

Davis, has been elected queen of the track event. Her attendants will be Janice Huebner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Huebner, and Lynne Rombaugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

F. M. Rombough. The queen and her attendants all are eighth graders. Twenty schools have entered the track meet, one of the largest junior high track events in western Iowa.

Competing Schools In addition to Carroll, the following schools will compete: lantic, Audubon, Coon Rapids, Denison, Exira, Harlan, Holstein, Jefferson, Lake City, Laurens, Logan, LeMars, Lohrville, Mapleton, Odebolt, Perry, Rockwell City, Rolfe and Sac City. Plans are being formulated for the graduation exercises May 27. Highlighting the event will be the presentation of a two-act edy, "The Mysterious Guest." Cast of Play The play will be directed by Principal Reisner. The cast inincludes Mary Morrison, Lynne Rombough, Ida Davis, Betty Utley, Diane Fabricius, Tom Lyon, Eric Andreasen, Ray Morgan and Roger The commencement play and graduation exercises will be held in the high school auditorium, starting 8 p.m. May 27.

One eighth graders will be graduated. Mr. Reisner announced that the graduates would wear caps and gowns this year for the first time. Whole Village Wins Air Trip For Cancer Work MINNEAPOLIS (A) The whole village of Funkley, was in the air Wednesday, bound for New York City for a -day fete that comes as a reward because the community's women did such a good making cancer dressings. Thirty residents of the town and immediate area left neapolis by air at 7 a.m.

CST for New York. Only two villagers remained behind to stand guard against fires or burglaries in the town's nine buildings. The trip is being given the village because all the Funkley area women part in an American Cancer Society Drive for cancer dressings prepared from worn out bed sheets. Pacific Mills a textile firm, is paying for the trip. The group, including 11-months.

old Nancy Louise Nagel, its young. est member, attended a farewell dinner at neighboring Blackduck, Tuesday night. Funkley's Mayor E. G. Wooden plans to swap keys with New York Mayor Vin- has Impellitteri.

Wooden, 78, been Funkley's mayor 35 years. Funkley, which had an official population of 26 in 1950, is about 250 miles north of Minneapolis. It is the state's second smallest incorporated community. IOWA TRAFFIO DEATHS By The Associated Press May 6, 1953 139 May 6, 1952 140 Air Force Team and Ground Observers Meet Here May 11 The Ground Observer Carroll will meet Monday, with an official Air Force ing team from Des Moines, Moehn, county civil defense man, announced today, From D. M.

Venter Corps in each county and Carroll has not May 11, yet met its quota. Four active posts are located at Arcadia, Ray pervised by Ray Wickers, Coon chair. Rapids by Lyle Crisman, Carroll by B. G. Tranter and Breda by Wm.

Jennewein. Need Volunteers Two other posts in need of unteers to put them on an active basis, according to Mr Moehn, are Manning post, supervised by Harold Calvert and Lanesboro under Howe. Anyone wishing to volunteer as a ground observer may contact any one of these pervisors. Railroad agents throughout lowa have been a great aid to adding reports to regular posts. Carroll county has five such railroad posts.

These are at Raiston with M. C. McGrew a8 supervisor, Breda der L. R. Rabe, Gildden with A.

T. Geyer, Carroll with A. L. Kent and Arcadia with Dale Linstrom. Atomic Flattop, Plane Projects Are Called Off Reasons Not Clear; Million Spent On Development WASHINGTON (P The Washington Post said Wednesday the Defense Department has decided to suspend its projects for development of atomic powered airplanes and aircraft carriers.

Million Spent Precise reasons for the decision were not clear, the story said, mentioning that 10 to 12 million dollars already has been spent on the effort. Meanwhile, President B. B. Woodward president of the large Newport News, shipbuilding and Dry Dock which is sharing in the development of an atomic carrier, said he had known the government, was considering the action. Defense officials were quoted as saying in private conversations that the action is in line with general economy moves and the overall program of stretching out the time for reaching full rearmament goals.

Thus, the officials said, the start on an aircraft carrier with atom1c power, once scheduled for the fiscal year 1955, might be put off for a couple of years but not abandoned. The Post suggested, however, that a different reason seems to have been hinted by Roger M. Kyes, deputy secretary of defense, in closed-door testimony to the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee last week. Private Industry Angle The story said Kyes is reported to have told the committee the development of atomic aircraft and naval vessels would go faster if there were more and freer ticipation by private industry, and that whatever time is lost in pending the projects now would be made up later by more vigorous operations by free enterprise. This was taken as a suggestion from Kyes that the basic atomic energy law should be amended to allow participation by private dustry under less strict conditions.

Hickenlooper Comment Sen. Hickenlooper (R-Ia) said he had heard "gossip" but nothing official about postponing the proj. ects. ment," he told a reporter, "If there were any readjust: would be a question of not spending money on projects that are not essential" at the present. Hickenlooper, vice chairman of the Atomic Energy Committee, added: "There is no question of suspending vital projects." SOCIETY TO MEET Fellowship Society of St.

Paul's Lutheran Church will meet this week on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Because of the Ascention Day services in the following week this meeting was set one week ahead. The study topic in line with the fundamentals of Christianity will be given by Pastor Paul Bergmann on the theme, "Judgment and the Millenium." The Weather CARROLL FORECAST Partly cloudy' with little change in temperature through Thursday, High today 68 to 72. Low Wednesday night 42 to 46. High Thursday 70 to 74.

JOWA FORECAST Fair north Wednesday night and Thursday. Cloudy south Wednesday night with a few light, scat. tered showers ending and becom. ing partly cloudy Thursday, er south and east Thursday, Low Wednesday night 42. to 49.

High Thursday 72 extreme northwest to 62 extreme southeast. Further outlook: Partly cloudy and mild Friday, The Weather in Carroll (Dally Temperatures Courtesy Jawa Publio Service Company) Yesterday's high Yesterday's low 48 At 7 a. m. today. 49 At 10 a.

m. today Weather A Year AgoLight rain in the morning was followed by cloudy skies a year ago today. Low temperature was 54 and high, 02. Slot Machine Jackpot Hit By Crime Crusader OKLAHOMA CITY (-The Stale Legislature's crime crusader, Rep. Robert 0.

Cunningham, hit the jackpot the other night. While accompanying police on a vice raid, he shoved a nickel in the slot of a machine which looked suspiciously like an illegal device. Out tumbled 148 nickels. Did he keep them? "Sure," said the legislator. "It was my nickel." Challenges Class to Lead As Christians Characterizing their graduation from grade school as a "challenge to be Christian leaders of the ture," the Rev.

Leo Lenz addressed 41 students who have ished their eighth-grade work at SS. Peter and Paul School at commencement exercises, Tuesday night, in SS. Peter and Paul Church. 41 Get Diplomas Diplomas were presented to. the 41 graduates on behalf of parish by the Rt.

Rev. Msgr. Frank Greteman. Fr. Lenz based his address on the Scriptural text: "Be ye doers of the Word and not hearers only" from chapter verse 22 of St: James' Epistle.

"You must want to do big things for Christ," he said. "The world needs Christ, and Christ needs you to reflect his teachings in your lives so He will be better known among men. "If you wish to be a success in the true sense of the word, considering your eternal destiny, you will find much opposition. There will be many temptations, and trials, and hardships; but do not falter. Stay close to Christ, love Christ, become interested in Christ, Christ, receive Christ often in Holy Communion, and follow Christ." Class Entertained After the graduation ceremony, members of the class were entertained by their parents at Knights of Columbus Hall.

A door prize was won by Dennis Wessling, chair prize by Marvin Heide, and plate prize by Larry Baumhover. Lunch was served by the group. Convoy Traffic Violators to Court KANSAS CITY (P) Police changed their tactics Wednesday in an effort to curb the rising death toll on Kansas City streets. Drivers arrested on charges of speeding, careless or driving won't be given tickets and summoned to court. Instead they will be ordered to the curb and held there until enough drivers are stopped to form a convoy to the nearest police station.

At the same time the amount of bonds for the three offenses were doubled. Kansas City's traffic toll for the year is now 32, one more than for the entire year of 1952, Carroll Band In Veishea Parade Carroll high school's marching band will be one of 15 Iowa high school bands in the annual Iowa State college Veishea parade on the morning of May 16. dar Falls, Jefferson, Eagle Grove, sented include Denison, a a Ames, Other bands which will be repreGrundy Center, Guthrie Center, Indianola, Muscatine, Perry, Rippey, Valley of Des Moines, Van Meter and Winterset. Cool Temperatures, Rain Continue in lowa DES MOINES UP One storm center moved away from Iowa during the night but another moved in to cause a continuation Wednesday of cool temperatures and rain over most of the state. Heaviest rainfall reported was .43 had of .31 an and inch at Davenport Lamoni.

Dubuque ington Temperatures during the night ranged from 31 at Sioux City up to 50 at Charles City. tures Wednesday were expected to range from the low 708 in Northwest Iowa to mid 70s in Southeast Iowa. All of Iowa was pected to have readings in the 70s Thursday, Harris Lawyer Says His Client Will Not Attend No Reason for Session Asked by Musician, Wederath Asserts (Times Herald News Service) MANNING -The Manning board of education Tuesday night voted to hold a public hearing on the dispute involving the contract of Orville Harris, bandmaster, but the hearing may not be Leighton Wederath, attorney for the Manning high school bandmaster, told The Times Herald that he knew of "no reason for a public hearing." Won't Attend Mr. Wederath said that neither Mr. Harris nor he would attend the hearing, if it were held.

The secretary of the board of education attempted to serve notice to Mr. Harris of the hearing this morning, but Mr. Harris was out of town and could not be reached. It was understood that Mr. Harris would return to Manning sometime during the day.

The hearing was scheduled for 8 p.m. at the high school auditorium. Mr. Wederath said there could be no hearing if the person involved is not in attendance. Harris Request Mr.

Harris last week requested that the board accept the contract or call a public hearing in the matter. The request was in writing to the board president, F. J. McMahon. Mr.

Wederath maintained today that the Manning bandmaster has valid contract that there was no cause for a hearing. "If Mr. Harris wasn't offered a contract, there would be cause for a hearing," the attorney explained. "But he has contract we feel i is a valid document." The board's stand on the matter is that the contract was illegal because it was signed and returned to the board in an altered form. Approve Board's Action Another large group of citizens met with the board Tuesday and expressed satisfaction with the board's action in the Harris controversy.

The citizens' committee supporting Mr. Harris had met in closed session with the board Monday night to express dissatisfaction in the case. In other action Tuesday night, the board announced the hiring of Will Robinson of McIntyre, as English and dramatics instructor. He will succeed Mrs. Norma Graves who resigned.

Mr. Robinson has been teaching in the Intyre school system and is a graduate of Iowa State Teachers college at' Cedar Falls. Among the vacancies on the Manning faculty is Burton Hoffmann, vocal music instructor, who returned his contract some time ago unsigned after being granted a time extension for signing. Clyde Kemp's Rites on Thursday (Times Herald News Service) SCRANTON Funeral services for Clyde P. Kemp, 38, who died here Tuesday after a six-year heart illness, will be held at 2 p.m., at the Methodist church with the Rev.

Noble Blackman officiating. Burial will be in the Scranton cemetery. Military and lodge organizations will participate in the rites. Pallbearers include: active Wayne Brody, Dale Clipperton, Romayne Byerly, Victor Pound, Rex McCormick Alan Pound; honorary -Clyde Barr, Joe Mackey, James Baldridge, Earl White, Dean Bortz, Ronald Juergens. Mrs.

Charles Hanna and Robert Fey will sing "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Garden" accompanied at the organ by Mrs. B. D. Friend. Military rites will be conducted by the American Legion post of Churdan and the Veterans of For.

eign Wars of Scranton. The ritual service of the JOOF lodge of Churdan will be read. Wholesale Food Prices Hit New High NEW YORK -Wholesale food prices as measured by the Dun Bradstreet index edged to a new high for the year this week. The index stood at $6.43 pared with $6.42 the week before and $6.36 in the corresponding I week of 1952. Appropriations Exceed Best Estimate of Income DES MOINES (-Among trends noted in the 1953 Iowa Legislature WAS the lawmakers' willingness for the second consecutive session to appropriate more than the most Organizer Surveys City For Lions Club A survey to determine whether there is potential and sufficient interest in Carroll to organize a Lions club being made by A.

T. Holcomb of Chicago, special' representative of Lions International. Carroll had a Lions club a number of years ago. Mr. Holcomb said that if enough interest is found, an organization night will be held in the near future, officers elected and a charter night planned for the early part of the summer.

Assisting Mr. Holcomb is Steve Brooks of Ames, governor of District 9-C of Iowa. Mr. Holcomb been here several days interviewing prospective members for the proposed service club. He and District Governor C.

R. Tracy of Sioux City and Mrs. Tracy attended a joint inter-club ing of Auburn and Farnhamville Lions at Auburn Tuesday night where approximately 100 were present. The representative reported that a new club at Mapleton received a charter Monday night from Gov: ernor Tracy. The Onawa club sponsored the organization.

There are 225 Lions clubs in four Iowa districts. Calm on Laos Front; Signs Reds Awaiting Supplies HANOI, Indochina (P French and Laotian. patrols swept in a wide arc around the royal restdence city of Luang Prabang in Laos Wednesday but failed to contact any Communist-led Vietminh troops. The calm on the Laos invasion fronts indicated the Vietminh is awaiting fresh supplies and is regrouping its forces before making an onslaught on Luang Prabang or Vientiane, the official capital. Meantime the buildup of French-Laotian defenses continued at Vientiane, a town of 20,000 population across the Meking River from Thailand.

The Thais have begun moving 60,000 Vietnamese, mostly of fighting age, from along the northern border deep into West, and Northwestern Thailand precaution against Communist invasion. The move was apparently aimed at preventing Vietnamese who fled into Thailand border areas at the start of the Indochina war from being swept up and used by the Vietminh in the event trained Ho Chi Minh's forces reach the Mekong and try to extend their "liberation" program and cross into Thailand." RETURNS FROM KOREA Sgt. Lonnie G. Kropf of Arcadia was listed Wednesday as among 3,580 army personnel from Korea docking at San Francisco, from the transport, Gen, M.C. Meigs.

optimistic estimate of state enue. Accompanying that trend in the most recent session, however, was another--a strenuous effort to gather up and make use of every idle dollar. But considerable reliance was in the 30 mil. lion dollar reserve fund. Indicated trends included those toward curbing spending by state agencies but liberalizing bonding commitments by municipal councils; being more conscious of voter reaction; lesser strong, consistent leadership; openly criticizing the governor; and less of the usual Fewer Bills Statistically, there were the few.

est bills introduced of any session since 1945. But the bill-introduction period was shorter than usual. The total this time was 995. The House passed 209 of its own bills and 138 originating in the Senate. The Senate, in turn, approved 200 of its measures and 162 from the House.

That made a total of exactly 300 bills passed by both houses. Seven measures were killed after debate. Gov. William S. Beardsley vetoed one--a wages garnishment bill.

One--a bill to regulate the capacity of milk bottles or containers-died in a conference By the time the session ended formally and finally the governor had signed 271 bills. He had 30 days from then to take action on the other 27, and was expected to sign all, or very. nearly all, of them. The 1951 appropriated more. than the anticipated income the subsequent: biennium.

The two year period will end next June 30: with income about. 10 million dollars less than. the outgo. The 1953 Legislature appropri: ated about 22 million dollars more than the most optimistic estimate of receipts for the biennium ending June 30, 1955. Up Idle Funds The last session picked, up more than 2 million dollars idle funds.

It also made use of another 4 mil: Money Bills See Page 13 Toastmasters Key to Baudler Walter E. Baudler received the key as outstanding speaker of the week at Toastmasters Club, day night, at Hotel Burke. Mr. Baudler's subject was, "'The Fam. ily." Other speakers and their sub.

jects were Dale Rickard on "Taxes," and Webb Dalton on "Speech Evaluation." Guests at the meeting were Earl Chase of Jefferson, governor of Toastmasters Clubs; Dave Har. area, ris of Jefferson, area educational chairman; and Wayne Harmony of Carroll. Plans were made for Ladies' Night, Tuesday evening, May 12, at Hotel Burke. Wives of members are invited. Dinner dress is requested.

Announcement also was made of a speech contest, Saturday, at Boone. Several members of the Carroll club are expected to attend. Toastmaster of the evening was Morrow; topics leader, Robert A. Wright; general evaluator, Dr. F.

A. Stamp; and marian, Dr. Lawrence Cochran. Legion Auxiliary Poppy Day To Be Held in Carroll May 23 Poppy Day will be observed in Carroll and throughout most of the country on May 23, the Saturday before Memorial Day, it was nounced Wednesday by Mrs. M.

L. Collison, poppy chairman of the cal unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. On that day, everyone in will be asked to wear a memorial poppy in honor of the dead of two World Wars and the Korean flict. Crepe paper poppies, made by disabled veterans of the three wars, will be distributed on the streets throughout the day by unteer workers from the auxiliary and cooperating groups. The poppies will be replicas of wild poppies which grew "between the crosses, row on row," World War I cemeteries of France, thus becoming the memorial flower lot America's war dead, I Sponsor Team Again This Year Program Needed For Development of Home Talent in State Loop The American Legion executive board Tuesday night named W.

S. (Bill) Farner to head the junior baseball program for the coming year, Commander Virgil J. Wolfe announced today. There had been some discussion on the baseball committee of abandoning the junior program because of lack of funds. The program has not been a nancial success in previous years and the Legion organization was in no position to underwrite the program, it was pointed out.

To Form Program Mr. Farner, who has been president of the Iowa State league for three years, said 'he will start immediately. to form a program for the Legion baseball team. The new junior baseball chairman said he had not studied the Legion rules enough: to announce. plans for the coming season at this time.

Mr. Farner said he hoped to have a "sound financial program," to go along with the successful baseball win-loss record this year. One of the principal reasons that he accepted the job, Mr. Farner said, was that he didn't want to see the youth program dropped when boys reach high school" age. The Carroll Junior Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring Little league baseball for boys between and 13 years of age: and Mid-: get baseball takes in: a 12-16 age group, Mr.

Farner pointed out. Provides More Talent "We cannot build baseball play. ers it the program is dropped afta boy reaches 16 years of age," Mr. Farner said. "I we continue with Little league, Midget and for Legion baseball, it is entirely possible that we will have more.

home talent on our Iowa State league team." Mr. Farner this spring resigned from the presidency of the Carroll Athletic association, sponsor of the Carroll Merchants baseball: entry in the Iowa State league. He was one of the key men in the development of the baseball local facilities, regarded as tops in the Iowa State league. The junior baseball program will be launched immediately, with eye on the county junior tournament that will be scheduled in June. Youth Killed, In Crash, Two Flee From Scene COUNCIL BLUFFS (PA youth identified as Peter Meisenburg, 18, of Dubuque was fatally injured early Wednesday when the car in which he was a passenger crashed into the rear of a stock truck eight miles east of Council Bluffs on Highway 6.

Two other men who were in the car fled across a field following the 2 a.m. accident, the truck driv. er told Deputy Sheriff Ed Kirstensen. Officers said it was possible Meisenburg might have been hitch-hiking. Kirstensen said the wrecked car had been identified as one stolen in Des Moines shortly midnight Tuesday.

The Polk County sheriff's office in Des Moines said the car apparently checked out as one taken from Billy Hook, former Polk County deputy sheriff, while it was parked near a spot at the west edge of Des Moines. Ray Shaffer, 42, Carlisle, said he was bound Omaha with 8 load of hogs when the car struck the left rear corner of his truck "at high speed" and rolled back. ward 50 feet into a field. Shaffer said one of the two men who leaped out and fled called to him and said "Take good care of Joe, he's badly hurt." Meisenburg, who apparently had been seated on the right side of the car, was found lying on the ground In exchange for paper poppies, the auxiliary will accept contribu. tions for its work for disabled erans and needy children of vet.

erans which is largely supported by Poppy Day contributions. Mr. Moehn said the Air Force team is coming from the Dos Maines Filter Center where they are stationed with Detachment 8, 4672nd Ground Observation a regular air force unit. Anyone interested in this civil. ian voluteer program of the air defense of the nation is invited to hear the Air Force's story at the meeting.

Mr. Moehn explained the Force la conducting similar meetings throughout the state to achieve greater efficiency and closer cooperation of ground obi servers in each county. Iowa's observer network cludes approximately six posts sal 3 lowens Flying to Europe in Private Plane KEOKUK (P) Three Keokuk residents have begun a Atlantio flight to Europe a private plane. The pilot is Robert Fisher, Keo. kuk industrialist who served as a ferry command captain during World War (I and as such made several flights over the Atlantic.

Mr. and Mra. Fisher, accompanled by Henry Huiskamp, Keokuk banker, left here Monday in Fisher's five-place plane. They plan to witness the British coronation and en route will make stops at Labrador, Greenland and Iceland. If You Don't Have Your Paper by 6 p.m.

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