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NEWSPAPER DIVISION 4-21-59 UNIV. OF ILL. LIBRARY c10 OF TWO SECTIONS SECTION ONE DAILY JOURNAL GAZETTE 103rd Year No. 200 Charter Member Audit Bureau of Circulations MATTOON, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1958 Member Associated Press All Phones AD 5-5656 Price 7 Cents COURT DENIES LITTLE ROCK DELAY We Can't Appease Chinese Reds: Ike By WARREN ROGERS JR. WASHINGTON (P) President Eisenhower has drawn the line against Communist aggression in the western Pacit.c in a momentous speech tell.ng Red China to stop pushing and negotiate or be prepared to fight.

Immediate bipartisan congressional reaction to his White House address Thursday night was strongly favorable. It remained to be seen whether Red China and the Soviet Union -accused by Eisenhower of "work- ing hand in to enslave the western Pacific take him at his word. Eisenhower' interrupted his vaotion to make the blunt speech, perhaps the strongest of his career. In his nationwide radio-TV address, beamed around the world languages by the Voice of America, he deplored the bombardment of Quemoy. But the issue, he said, was not the defense of the tiny islands.

He pledged: "No American boy will ever be asked by me to fight just for. Quemoy." The Issue, he said, Was: "Shall we take the position that, submitting to threat, it is better to surrender pieces of free territory in the hope that this will satisfy the appetite of the aggressor and we shall have peace?" Contending the answer is no, the President said the free world must fight if necessary for that principle. The democracies tried appeasement at Munich and failed vent-in fact brought on -World War II, he said, and "I never want to. see that history repeated." Eisenhower coupled this ing to the Communists and appeal to the free world with an urgent bid for negotiation -between the United States and Red or, 1f that fails, in the United Nations. "There is not going to be any appeasement," he said.

"I believe that there is not going to be any Tucked away, almost lost, in his call for prompt diplomatic talks with China were two a tences: "There are measures that can be taken to assure that these offshore islands will not be thorn: in the side of peace. We believe that arrangements are urgently required stop gunfire and to pave the way to a peaceful solution." Officials said this was a clear suggestion for a basis of negotiation. Eisenhower urged an early start in projected U.S. Red Chinese talks at Warsaw, If these do not fully succeed, he said, he might turn to the United Nations. Plan Local Civil Defense Canvass Within the next 30 days, members of the local Civil Defense organization will conduct 1 a door-todoor canvass of Mattoon in order to determine everyone's qualifications for helping in case of a disaster.

The decision to canvass Mattoon was reached at a meeting of zone leaders of the Civil Defense, with Handley presiding. asked the cooperation residents in filling the forms provided by the canvassers. Yearbook Staff SULLIVAN, Harrmann and Mary Ann Kite have been selected as co-chairmen of the staff for the Sullivan High School yearbook, Other staff members are Judy Wallace, business manager; Mickey Roney, Ronnie Rice and Pat Kirkendoll, photographers; Donna Myers and Janet Shuman, classes: Robert Priddy, sports; Dyanne Dudley and Karen Jiveden, organizations; Elaine Sentel, faculty and administration; and Karen Jenne and Marilyn Slover, features and special, pages. Mark Anniversary CAP D'AIL, France Sir Winston and Lady Churchill celebrated 50 years of marriage today. Sir Winston's secretary said party at the couple's villa in this Riviera resort town would be quiet family affair.

Grim Entry Into School James W. Mayes fourth expressions and folded arms. grader at Pride School in Madi- The school was opened without sonville, enters the front incident but with many watchdoor of the school Thursday as ers. watchers stood by with grim Red Ink Budget Poses Threat of Tax Boosts By FRANK WASHINGTON (P) The Eisenhower administration is weighing the possibility of billion-dollar increase in gasoline taxes and postal rates. The aim: to help offset red ink spending that will push the national debt to a record peak this year.

Budget Director Maurice H. Stans said officials will decide within 60 days whether to ask Congress for such boosts. Stans briefed newsmen Thursday on new figures for the biggest, most unbalanced budget in peacetime history. For the 1959 fiscal year which began July 1, the Budget Bureau's midyear review forecast a deficit of $12,223,000,000 the highest since World War II. In announcing the new figure, Stans said the administration will hold billion up spending of more than defense el dollars of extra funds voted by Congress for weapons procurement over a period of years.

The total included 320 million authorized for the current fiscal year. President Eisenhower, in his January budget message to Congress, had predicted a 1959 budget surplus of 466 million dollars, but shrinking revenues and higher spending prospects soon outdated that estimate. The bureau said spending will soar to $79,223,000,000, more than five billion above the January estimate and some seven billion "lahove actual outlays last year. Increased spending for farm programs and antirecession projects accounted for most of the rise. Revenues will drop to 67 billion dollars, the bureau said.

This is almost billion below the January calculation and two billion below 1958 collections. This prospective drop was blamed on a recession slump in corporation income tax, down 100,000,000, and excise payments, off 880 million. Individual taxes, while hitting a new peak total, are expected to be billions less than earlier estimates. Although Stans didn't discuss it, the budget review also raised the possibility that the Eisenhower administration will have to ask Congress next year to raise the national debt limit for the third time in 18 months. It forecast the debt will be 283 billion dollars next June 30 well above the previous Korean War peak.

Since the temporary debt of 288. billion will. drop to 283 billion on the following day, the estimate suggested another increase is inevitable. Brooklyn Boy, 15, Master of Chess PORTOROZ, Yugoslavia Bobby Fischer, the 15-yearold Brooklyn wonder kid, has the distinction today of being the youngest Grand Master in the long history of chess. Bobby achieved the title Thursday night when he wound up fifth in the sixweek international chess tournament set up to determine six potential challengers for the world title.

Virginia Edict To Close High School Today RICHMOND, Va. (P) Warren County's only high school closes at the end of classes today as the direct result of a federal court order that the white school admit 22 Negroes. The county school board announced the "temporary suspension" of the school at Front Thursday. The board said the Negroes would be enrolled Saturday and Monday. Under Virginia law, the assignment or enrollment of any Negro pupil in a white school automatically closes that school.

The school officials came to Richmond to talk over their problem with Gov. J. Lindsay Almond Jr. and state legal aides. It was not known what action might come from the meeting.

At a news conference, Almond hinted without further explanation the state may have yet another plan that could keep schools from either being integrated or closed this year. Supt. Q. D. Gasque said he did not know how long the school at Front Royal would be suspended, but he expected a formal closing order from the state by Monday.

The school board has not concidered or discussed the possibility of asking Almond to allow the school to operate on an integrated basis without state funds, he said. He knew of no plans anywhere in the county to establish a private school system for the pupils involved. When a school is closed under Virginia's massive resistance to integration laws, its control passles to the governor. He is obligated to try to reorganize and reopen it on a segregated Stocks Near Record Hinh NEW YORK (P The stock market milled near its 1956 crest early this afternoon. Prices were slightly higher on average.

Gains of fractions to a point or so among key stocks with many small losers. After heavy dealings at the start boosted prices, turnover fell off as prices softened. Later in the morning another move to the upside got under way in active trading. Industrials in various sections inched ahead with an occasional solid gainer, scattered losers and numerous stocks unchanged. The Dow-Jones industrial avera age at noon moved to 521.31, which exceeded its record closing nigh of 521.05.

Before some previous market closes, the average has upon occasion surpassed the record closing high since this was made in April 1956 but it has never since then topped it by the end of a session. Legion Holds Military Rites for Leo Jobe Military services were conducted Thursday at Dodge Grove cemetery by the American Legion Post for Leo Jobe of Dunedin, formerly of Mattoon, who died Aug. 28. William Roberts was officer of the day, and Robert Tweed served as chaplain. Joe Matthews was sergeant at arms and Charles Chism, bugler.

Members of the firing squad were Geno dini, Gerald Lowry, Verlie Roberts and James Neason. J. C. Owens and Harry Ethington were color bearers. Pallbearers were James Warren, Clarence Woods, Eari Pitzer, Ray, McKenzie, Harvey Ballard, Johni Brinkley, John Sparks and William F.

Moore. Peers Memorial Home was in charge of burial. Firemen Called and Firemen Called Firemen were called to '912 N. 29th at 12:50 p. m.

Thursday when Central Illinois Public Service Company pole caught fire from a nearby trash fire. There was no damage. Announcement further accommodate our old and To. new customers we will be serving Dine-A-Teria style from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

daily. Sept. 12 only 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m.

Table service for those who prefer it. Stop in soon. JACKSON'S Restaurant Dine-A-Teria 9-13 Experiment in Electronics Short-Circuits its Education LOUIS UP) A noble elecexperiment in education the first of its kind in United States has shortSt. Louis' biggest high was hoped that the first two of school which began 4 could be used for ininstead of untangling where everybody belonged. Board of Education and ofof the Beaumont School assigned an electric to channel students to classand class periods.

The magave out cards telling stuwhich classes to attend. seven days later the halls classrooms are still clogged about 700 wanderers, perstudents. reported to girl's Man Shot In Holdup Sues Bank BALTIMORE, Md. (P) A downtown bank surrendered no money to a robber who tried to hold it up, but a witness to the attempted holdup says it should surrender $100,000 to him. James Arthur Cousins of Elm City, N.

claimed the sum Thursday in a Superior Court suit filed against the Fidelity-Baltimore National Bank. He was shot and wounded July 24 in an exchange of gunfire between the robber and a policeman. The policeman was also wounded. Bank employes "coaxed, baited, antagonized and provoked" the gunman' to a point "where violence was imminent," said Cousins. Example: When the bandit nanded a teller a note demanding money, the employe showed it 1 to another teller.

"Sorry," Cousins said the seclond employe told the bandit, "but we just don't do that kind of thing here." The shooting erupted moments iater. R. W. Service, Yukon Poet, Dies at 84 LANCIEUX, France (P -Robert W. Service, poet of the Yukon who wrote "The Shooting of Dan McGrew," died Thursday night.

He was 84. The sourdough poet apparently died of a heart attack. was with him in their home on Robert Service Street, in this little Brittany coastal town. Service estimated that the 130 lines of his most famous work brought him $500,000. He was working in a bank in the Yukon andw rote the verse to be recited at a church social.

It never was, however, because it had a few hells and damns. He' tossed the verse aside for some time and then, getting a $100 bonus from the bank, made arrangements with publishing house in Toronto to bring out book of verse at his own expense. "Then I got a letter from the publishers saying the printers had been selling 'Dan' from galley proofs and it was so popular they wanted to bring out the book at their expense. It sold like wildfire." Service had lived in Monaco and France for a number of vears. Several weeks ago he became ill with what appeared to be the flu.

Greenup Chamber Of Commerce to Meet GREENUP, Ill. The Greenup Chamber of Commerce will meet 01 Sept. 22 at 7:30 in the Ettelbrick Recreation Hail, it was announced today, Committee chairmen will report on activities to date and the group will be divided into groups for discussing Chamber-sponsored projects. Jumbo Pictures Your photo work printed rumbo size, book form, service at the Arcade Drug High Tribunal Unanimous In Swift Ruling See Possible Air Drops To Help Quemoy By ROBERT TUCKMAN TAIPEI (P Nationalist Chinese commanders today wrote off ineffeotive American-escorted convoys to besieged Quemoy. Es.

The continued success of munist China's mainland artillery in away the Nationalist supply before they could undriving, load raised the possibility of air drops to the offshore islands. Speculation also rose that the Nationalists would make air attacks on the Red siege guns 12 or so miles away from Quemoy. Communist shelling of Quemoy continued today. The biggest barrage so far of the vestpocket war in the Formosa Strait 57,746 Communist shells in hours Thursday forced two Nationalist supply ships off Quemoy beach before they could unload more than a small part of their cargo. Nine other landing ships could not even get to the beach.

Newsmen on the scene reported at least 40 Nationalist soldiers were wounded in the bombardment. Thirteen warships of the U. S. 7th Fleet which had escorted the convoy from the Pescadores Islands remained 3 to 12 miles off the beach, in line with U.S. policy not to incur the risk of a shooting duel with the Communists.

The Americans ignored Pelping's recent declaration extending Communist China's territorial waters 12 miles to seaward, holding instead to the traditional three-mile limit. Thursday's convoy was the second to be driven off by the Red bombardment this week. The only one to succeed, on Sunday, was not challenged by the Communist guns. Says All Hawthorne Brick Masons Are Local Union Members "All brick masons working on the Hawthorne School belong to the Mattoon bricklayer's union iocal," Lee Gatewood, representative of Gatewood and Fields, architects for the school building program, stated today. Gatewood and Supt.

Virgil H. Judge investigated the situation Thursday after Charles Eaton, president of the Mattoon local, asserted at the Board of Education meeting Tuesday night that "no local bricklayers were employed on the job and were being turned down when seeking jobs on the building." Isaac Peters, Effingham, is the masonry subcontractor. Gatewood further stated that "the sub-contractor has used bricklayers furnished by the Mattoon local entirely since masonry work was begun on the building. "It is stated in the contraots that the Board of Education desires that local labor be used tnsofar as possible on all buildings and contractors have carried out this practice," he added. Former Resident Of Sullivan Dies SULLIVAN, MI.

Mrs. Mae Farris, 71, formerly of Sullivan, died Thursday morning at her home in Monmouth. Services will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the McMullin funeral home, Sullivan. Burial will be in Greenhill cemetery.

Mrs. Farris leaves one daughMiss Lavonda Farris, Monter, mouth; two sisters, Mrs. Basil McKown, Sullivan, and Mrs. Sherman Selby of Monmouth; and one brother, George Ballard of Champaign. Fall Fashions New shipments of Fall Fashions just arrived from the, New York Market.

Also additional AnniversSale Specials in Coats and ary Dresses. See Edith Higgins Fashion Manager MONTGOMERY WARDS ST. tronic believed the circuited school. It day's Sept. struction just The ficials High brain rooms chine dents But and with plexed Boys classes and vice versa, voice students, found themselves in the band, and a study hall with a capacity of 100 bulged with 160 pupils.

Principal Walter Gammeter said it was the worst snafu he had seen in 34 years of class programing. "There evidently were errors on both sides," said the principal. He explained that his students probably made a mass of clerical errors last spring when they filled out the punch cards the brain lives on. A reporter visited the school Thursday and saw seven psychology students sitting on the floor of a filled classroom. "This," their teacher remarked dryly, "is the result of LeMay Pilots U.S.

Jet On Record Trip WASHINGTON (P Gen. Curtis E. LeMay flew. a KC135 jet tanker to a Tokyo- Washington speed record- today. The vice chief of staff of the U.S.

Air Force flew the 7,100 1 miles in 12 hours and 28 minutes. This was about an hour and seven minutes faster than a flight last April by Brig. Gen. William Eubank, a Strategic Air Command officer. LeMay was at the controls of the big jet as it taxied a stop at nearby Andrews Air Force Base.

He lighted his ever -present cigar as he stepped to the ground. The general, returning from a tour of U. S. Far Eastern air bases which included Formosa, told a newsman the jet tanker was helped by tail winds during the long flight, the wind adding an extra 60 or 70 miles an hour at times. The average speed was 570 1 m.

p. h. Most of the route was flown at altitudes between 35,000 and 40,000 feet. By flying across the international date line the big ship reached here so far as the clock and the calendar are concerned 32 minutes before its takeoff from Japan. That figure was computed by Maj.

Lawrence Tacker, one of the navigators. The Weather Mattoon Temperature 2 p.m. 73 GREATER MATTOON AREA Fair and rather cool tonight. Saturday sunny and warmer. Low tonight mid 50s.

High Saturday lower 80s. Low Saturday around 60. ILLINOIS Fair and little warmer north tonight. Saturday sunny and warmer. Low tonight 50-58.

High Saturday 80-85. Five Day Forecast Temperatures will average 2 to 6 degrees above normal. Normal high 73 to 78 north, 78 to 83 south. Normal low 53 to 56 north, 56 to 61 south. Warming trend beginning by Saturday will be fol1 lowed by cooler north portioning, about Monday and south portion Tuesday.

Precipitation will total one-quarter to three-quarters of an inch occurring as showers late Sunday or Monday and in south portion Tuesday. Yesterday's Temperatures High Low Mettoon 73 50 Albuquerque 80 67 Chicago 62 51 Cleveland 43 Denver 90 58 Detroit 44 Helena 52 Indianapolis 68 49 Los Angeles 61 Louisville Memphis 65 Miami New Orleans 75 New York 52 Phoenix 81 St. Louis 52 Seattle Precipitation This Yr. This Yr. Last Yr.

TO Date To Date Avg. 28.33 35.90 29.55 Mattoon Skies 6:56 Sunset 6:19 p.m. 4:07 WASHINGTON (P) The Supreme Court today denied the Little Rock School Board any delay in integration at Central High School. Chief Justice Warren nounced before a packed court room that a requested year delay was refused. Warren said the decision was unanimous.

A detailed, written decision will be issued by the court later. The South, and the world at large, must wait for this before getting any new definition of what the court meant when it said in 1955 that the process of ending segregation of the races in public schools must proceed with "all deliberate speed." The high tribunal's ruling affirmed a decision by the 8. Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis. eco It means seven Negroes who wish to attend Central High School now are eligible for immediate readmission.

The school is scheduled to open Monday. NEWPORT, R.L. dent Eisenhower, commenting on the Supreme Court's new school integration decision, today appealed to Americans to "avoid defiance of the court's orders in this matter." Board Plans No Leniency On Gambling SPRINGFIELD. Ill. (P) Tavern owners holding gambling stamps won't gain leniency by offering to give them up when cited to show cause why their liquor licenses should not be revoked.

That warning came from Loren 3. Sackett, chairman of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, who said Thursday he believes some Chicago and northern Illinois tavern owners have such maneuver in mind. Offers to surrender federal gambling stamps at hearings will be ignored, he said, and the commission will proceed to suspend or revoke licenses. Sackett said only 15 tavern operators in Chicago and about 100 downstate have surrendered stamps they bought this year for wagering or slot machines. There are about 20,000.

tavern operators licensed in Illinois, including 8,000 downstate where hundreds have purchased gambling stamps. The commission has adopted an order, effective Sept. 25, which provides that possession of such stamps will be considered as evidence on its face that taverns conducted gambling on their premises. Issuance of citations is expectled to begin in about three weeks. 100F Resident Dies at Age 99 Mrs.

Lucy Crockett, 99, a resident at the IOOF Old Folks Home for about six years, died Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the 100F Hospital. The Mitchell-Jerdan body will be funeral sent home by the to San Antonio, Texas, for funeral services and burial. Mrs. Crockett was born in Zanesville, Ohio, Dec.

20, a daughter of John and Matilda Kontner Swingle. She was a dress maker, and had lived in Texas before entering the She leaves two grandsons, Willard K. Staley and Martin E. Staley of San Antonio. Graveside Rites Today For Shadwick Infant Patricia Ann Shadwick, infant daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. James E. Shadwick, 1824 Maple, failed to survive birth at Memorial Hospital Thursday evening. Graveside rites were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Dodge Grove cemetery, in charge of the Schilling funeral home.

In addition to her parents, survivors include brother, James E. Shadwick at home; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shadwick, Elmer K. Owens and Mrs.

Georgia Owens. But Gov. Orval Faubus has said repeatedly he will close the school rather than see it operate with forced integration. The chief justice read a twopage printed opinion which wAs signed "per curiam" meaning by the court. The opinion stated that the court "having fully deliberated upon the oral arguments had on Aug.

28, as "supplemented by the arguments on Sept. 11, and all the briefs on file, is unanimously of the opinion that the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the 8th. Circuit (St. Louis) of Aug. 18 must be affirmed." In Little Rock, the mood of the people was reported even harder against integration than it was a ear ago when mob violence resulted in the use of federal troops to enforce court-ordered integration at Central High.

Meanwhile, tne Justice Department had an augmented force of deputy U. S. marshals and a spedial four-man legal team on hand an the tense city for possible use in helping carry out any cion order from the Supreme Court. The hours of arguments before the Supreme Court Thursday were mainly repetitive of those made two weeks earlier when the tribunal interrupted its summer recess to consider an intermediate phase of the Little Rock case. At that time, the high court decided to delay a decision until it could consider the basis question in the whether to uphold or overturn a decision permitting a 30-month suspension of integraion at Central High: The U.

S. Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis last month rejected the delay. The Little Rock school board had asked the Supreme Court to set aside the appeals court ruling and uphold the delay. As he did in the previous hearschool board lawyer Richard c.

Butler pleaded for a delay in integration to permit time to work out a solution of the problem in a calmer atmosphere. Under questioning by justices, Butler said the board has never challenged the constitutionality of the high court's integration decisions. But he said the school thorities have been placed in "an untenable position in conflict between the state and federal governments." And as before, opposing lawyers speaking for the government and for the seven Negro pupils trying to get back into Central High are gued that a delay in resuming integration would mean yielding to mob violence and threats of such violence. Neither Butler nor Virgil T. Blossom, Little Rock superintendent of schools, would predict publicly whether Gov.

Faubus would close down Central High School. In Little Rock, Faubus merely nodded but made no comment when news of the decision reached him. to Special Dinner Saturday night, all the fried chicken you can eat, 5 to 10 p.m.. $1.75. CASTLE INN.