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Johnny Estes Nemesis of Lawless Now Waging War on Leigh Pigeons be Nick Tells All to ABC Officer I Man Called to Court as Witness Only To Be ined $50 Says Al I Oppose Him Shift in September WTARRadioandTVDue To BecomeCBS Affiliates of rescued 31 crewmen from the John with SECOND SECTION that him pigeons in an area birds had damaged other parts of the he has shot nearly roosting around the that are now paying 29 cents a gallon for regular gas and 31 for premium including taxes Trial ustice Court riday after noon and are the Clerk of Court and an office for his principal deputies A new main entrance opening on High Street will give direct access to the Lawvers will have their own en went so far as to write the Secre tary of the Navy as to the conduct of the Shore Patrol He tried to swear out warrants for the Shore for asked Siple The hearing terminated with much more testimony plus this charge by Varellon: case is a frame up going to get a Oyster Bowl Applies Hearing for the Oyster BowJ 110 West York Street on applica tion for wine and beer on prem ises was continued because the The dealer said that a trip in one of the trawlers which range from 70 to 125 feet in length might yield 500 pounds of lobster or some unexplained reason he the lobsters caught in Virginia waters are usually larger than those found in Maine attorney in the case wasn't ready to present evidence The Oyster Bowl is located where a tavern formerly oper ated The tavern was one of four in the same block that closed when the ABC Board revoked their licenses The reason given then was that the establishments were supposed to be restaurant type operations and because there are enough li censees in the area Also heard today was Harry Binder and Edwin Howell of Buddy and Sewells Point Road and Little Creek Boulevard application for re newal beer on and off Alma Bristow Berkley Plaza Canteen 42 Chestnut revocation beer on and off and Mrs Velma Robinson Newsome Bello Grill 901 East Liberty Street application for renewal beer on Two Pill Men Lose i ight to Escape Death Raleigh May 20 Two Pitt County cousins who have been on death row nearly four years got word yesterday that they had lost another appeal in their long court fight to escape the gas chamber The State Supreme Court de nied a petition requesting a new trial for Bennie and Lloyd Ray Daniels convicted in mid 1949 of the murder robbery of a Green ville taxi driver Unless a further appeal is taken to ederal Court or Governor Um stead intervenes the Daniels will die a week from this coming ri day Duckworth Moans At Cost of Vote On Daylight Time Expert Marksman Destroying Birds Under Norfolk Law near the Spaghetti House He told Siple it was because he put up a fence so Larson cut through his property Norfolk Police Lt A Sawyer said theNorfclx police have no record against Varellon but the Division think he is suit able Shore Patrol Lt Comdr Grant said the patrol had had a lot of trouble with Varellon at folder is too lengthv to Thrnnnh Ka 11C CaiU llllllCH LI I Ilf the thick file on Varellon Mayor Duckworth gave a shudder when he heard what the bill was for the special Daylight Saving Time election April 21 a ridiculous was of he said when the $6387 bill was presented at City Council meeting Duckworth added 'the city must have spent around $18000 on DST elections in recent years Others were held in 1950 1948 and 1932 His remarks brought a state ment of 100 per cent agreement today from Charles Turrisi an official of the Eastern Standard ime League which forced the special election Turrisi recalled that the league had tried unsuccessfully to get the Council to ask the court to have the DST question put on the No vember general election ballot 'Die request was voted down 4 to 3 Duckworth and Page and Etheridge were in favor of the November vote George Abbott James Wil liams Robert Ripley and Ezra Summers voted it down At meeting Abbott asked for an itemized breakdown of the special election costs The special election killed DST by a 8469 to 6006 vote television programs from the other networks 1 He estimated however that CBS programs rep resent 75 per cent of the tele viewing time instead of the 20 to 25 per cent obtained now from that network Station WTAR is ending about 19 years as a dominant National Broadcasting Company outlet after an earlier but shorter affili 90 Day Notice Promised Tenants The City Council has decided that tenants of the City Market will get at least three months no tice to vacate in event of abandon ment of the building Councilman George Abbott said at meeting that the tenants were disturbed about all the talk of moving them out so the market site could be used as a parking ramp garage like to see the City Mana ger instructed to advice the ten ants officials that they will get at least three months notice in event the City decides to close the Abbott said The other members of the Council agreed and a motion was adopted formally Precipitation 24 hours an inch Wind direction west Wind velocitv 12 miles Relative humidity S3 per cent at 10:30 Mean temperature yesterday 74 degrees which was was 6 degrees above the normal Temperatures for This Date Hottest 96 degrees in 1877 Coldest 45 degrees in 1882 Sun sets 7:10 tonleht and rises at 4:5 tomorrow Sunset to Princess Anne Traffic Case To Be Reviewed Richmond Va May 20 (P) The State Supreme Court agreed today to review a Princess Anne County traffic death damage suit in which a Circuit Court jury awarded $7500 to the estate of Willie Jones 7L Mrs Irene Conrad in her petition to the high court for a writ of error contends the victim'was guilty of contributory negligence by walking onto the highway into the path of her car She was sued hy Sadie Thomp son administrix K1W I DOK new main entrance to the Norfolk County' Office in Portsmouth gins to take shape as workmen hasten to complete a $114000 remodeling and construction job by July I This doorway facing High Street will give access to the "public rooms" Lawyers visiting the record room will use one of the old entrances Walls and dormers of the old struc ture can ba seen behind and above the new doorway Mrs Sara Sherrard deputy clerk poses in the entrance (Staff Photo) TWO OUT THREE "Doc" Twiford (left) wro runs a seafood place on Monticello Avenue wrestles with the Vir ginia edition of a Maine lobster which he caught in a fish seine 20 miles off the coast Tuesday He estimated the lobster's weight at 30 pounds At Twiford's right is Basil Daniels of Cape Hatteras who accompanied Twiford on the "fishing" trip with a smaller specimen At their feet are several more of the day's catch (Staff Photo) Dulles and Nehru In Private Huddle New Delhi India May 20 (P) Indian Prime Minister Nehru and United States Secretary of State Dulles went into their first pri vate huddle tonight Authoritative sources said the Korean truce deadlock headed the agenda American embassy researchers worked overtime to meet a last minute request by Dulles for a report on the history of Indian voting on the Korean issue in the United Nations since 1950 A oreign Office spokesman said top foreign policy adviser Bajpai former or eign Ministry Secretary General and now Governor of Bombay had arrived at the capital and would remain until de parture Bajpai actively directed role on Korea as' well as the Kash mir dispute until his retirement through ill health last all Dulles and Harold Stassen the Mutual Security Aid administra tor arrived in New Delhi today from Saudi Arabia rafter a fast information gathering tour of the Middle East They paid a 20 minute courtesy call on Nehru with the main sub jects of conversation the scientific aspects of the dust storms now sweeping this region Arrangements were made then for the private meeting of Dulles Nehru Another will take place tomorrow Norfolk the seafood city has qualified in the lobster depart An increase of ment according to a pound 1 Al ill 1L The Weather Norfolk Portsmouth and Vicin ity Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday No material change in the temperature except a little warmer Thursday High est temperature this afternoon about SO degrees and the lowest tonight about 60 degrees Only a slight chance of afternoon or eve nine' showers Moderate northerly winds this afternoon becoming gentle variable tonight and gen tle to moderate southeast to south winds Thursday i Partlv cloudy this aft ernoon with only slight chance of scattered showers highest tem perature will range from about 74 degrees in the west portion to SO degrees in the east portion air in the west portion tonight and partlv cloudy in the east portion with the lowest temperature rang ing from about 55 degrees in the mountains to 60 degrees along the coast Thursday partly cloudy and slightlv warmer with a few wide NOROLK LEDGER DISPATCH SECTION NOROLK VA WEDNESDAY ATERNOON MAY 20 1953 Salvaqe Started On CG Helicopter The Coast Guard today was be ginning salvage operations in an effort to recover a 10 man helicop ter which crashed Tuesday after noon in the just off the Coast Guard Air Station at Elizabeth City The pilot and two crewmen were uninjured in the crash but the helicopter went down in 40 feet of water Pilot of the aircraft which was on a photographic mission was Lt' Charles Mayes The crew men were Thomas A Hammond aviation mate first class and John A Carter photog I nt i 1 1 llldl3 AU Hvvl mt which ran aground near Cheju Island off the southern tip of Korea Navy headquarters an nounced The Wolmer a frequent trader with Communist China called for help after running aground only 50 yards off Cheju and the Navy transport Henrico steamed to her assistance VILLAGE SHEIK SLAIN Tunis Tunisia May 20 Un identified assailants killed one village sheik in Tunisia today and set fire to the offices of another Radio Station WTAR Television Station WTAR TV to become basic affiliates of Columbia Broadcasting radio and television networks effective September 27 Campbell Arnoux president of the WTAR Radio Corporation said yesterday that arrangements fni the switchover were made only after and careful I atlon with CBS li ana lysis of the broadcasting situ Established in 1923 ation both present and for the The radio station was estab long range lished in 1923 as the first station Adrian Murphy president CBS in Virginia The television sta Radio and Van Volkenburg tion now entering its fourth president of the CBS Television year will soon move from Chan Networks joined Arnou in thesnel 4 to Channel 3 and with its announcem nt Class A and coverage The affiliation was described! will service programs to a mar by Arnoux as designed to in of 1149000 tensity the coverage of the CBS Arnoux in addition to being Radio and CBS Television Net president of WTAR Radio Corpo works in a market of more than ration is a member of the board 11X10000 population nd thus as of directors of Norfolk News sure more of the principal qual papers Inc owner of the sta ity programs that have received tions 1 top recognition by experts in both' This change in affiliation does fields jndt effect the power or frequency Arnoux said the corporation re of WTAR but only has to do served the right to select major with the network programming By GOODENOW TYLER fellows here comes This statement probably has been made hundreds of times by the prohibition days whisky run ners by the post prohibition moonshiners gamblers and way ward cab drivers Now it is prob ably being voiced in pigeon lan guage Sharp shooting Police Sgt Estes is now at war The battle began a few ago whenLeigh Memorial days Hos pital posted a bond required by city ordinance to protect property and asked for a policeman to rid the hospital of pigeons Armed with a compressed gas rifle Estes shows up each morning on the grounds of the hospital around 5 and begins ms shooting One morning he had 41 pigeons in a neat pile fellow around there takes them and eats the police sergeant reported But pigeons are not so dumb At first they were an easy mark but now they are a goodfbit more careful Sergeant Estes reported When they spot him on the hos pital grounds with his rifle the head away from him at full speed Estes said that some of the resi dents in the hospital area have been feeding the pigeons despite the Citv ordinance forbidding the feeding the birds One house holder complained to Estes about the shootings explaining she had been feeding the birds The police sergeant advised her he was going to keep on shooting and would be forced to arrest her if she per sisted In violating the anti feed ing law 1 Leigh Memorial as far as Estes knows" is the first institution to post a bond required for a police man to snoot He said the awnings and hospital but all that were building Italian Naval Attache Visits Tidewater Points Capt Luca Coretti Italian Naval Attache from Washington is making a three day visit of the Tidewater area including stops at shipyards the Yorktown Naval Mine Warfare schools and the Mariners Museum He arrived at the Municipal Airport from Washington late Tuesday His initerary today calls for a visit to the Yorktown facility followed tomorrow by the Norfolk Naval Shipyard the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company and the a i Museum riday morning he will watch gunnery training at the leet Air Defense Training Center Dam Neck He is scheduled to leave Norfolk for Washington around 4 that afternoon WOULD QUIT UN Washington May 20 UP) The United States should cease to be a member of the United Nations if Communist China becomes one Senator Knowiand (Republicans California) says lack of dignified in the present This could be Classed as the understatement of the vear Current board sessions are con ducted in an atmosphere so con gested that it is sometimes diffi cult to distinguish supervisors from onlookers Out of town pe titioners have frequently been seen to make their remarks to some newspaper reporter at the foot of the table under the im pression ithat they were address ing the chairman at the head of the table In providing for the dignity of the board Pool has not been neg lectful of the public Instead of standing around the room as manv of them must do now per sons' attending the sessions will have good comfortable walnut chairs to sit in There will be 40 of them outside the bar Also when the supervisors de cide (as they sometimes do) to go into closed session the public will no longer be herded from the room and forced to wait in the hall They will keep their seats and the supervisors themselves will retire to a special anteroom adjoining the main board room The board room is only one por tion of the new two story annex to the office Also on the second floor will be a photostat ing room and a storage room The ground floor will house a Lobsters Caught in Ret 20 Miles OH Va Coast annex to the County Of net ill 1 IMUVUtll On a dais beyond the blue felt chain will be an elevated curved bench behind which the super visors will conduct their sessions from the comforting depths of red plush high backed chairs The clerk who now sits elbow to elbow with the chairman will be demoted to a desk immediately below and facing the board In contrast the Gentlemen of the Press who sometimes find a place to sit at board ses 1 sions will be seated on a near level with the supervisors them 1 selves (but not it is believed in red plush high backed Chairs) Special places nave aiso ureii designated for the Sheriff and for other county officials and law vers who may attend the meet ings remarked Supervisor Walter Pool similar to the Supreme Court room in Rich Pool who represents the Tan ners Creek Magisterial District is generally acknowledged as the architect of the new era of elegance An exceedingly democratic man himself he has nevertheless been heard to re mark on the Board Room' trance to a huge records room in the old section where they can work without interruption from casual visitors urnishings for the new an nex including those for the board room will cost $25000 Part of the building is expect ed to be ready for occupancy by 1 mate striker mid June and the rest by Jtily 1 'sided in Elizabeth City GasPrice Hike Word Not Given Major irms Here Deny Knowledge Of Pending Increases Norfolk district managers of two major oil companies said to day that predictions of a general boost in gasoline prices has not yet filtered down to this level The Associated PrSss reported) today that oil companies are studying the possibility of raising gasoline prices along the East Coast and that substantial price hikes have already been made in the Detroit area The dispatch also quoted Spencer president of Sinclair Oil Corporation as predicting higher prices No Information Here However Hoffman dis trict manager of Sinclair Refining Company here said he has no in formation at all on the possibility of a boost Neither has Al len manager at the Texas Com pany Heads of offices of other major companies here could not be reached for comment The Associated Press said that while none th com panies committed itself definitely to an East Coast price rise at this time trade sources noted that the! Gulf cargo market has turned) strong largely because many 1 catalytic cracking units are shut' down for repairs The temporary! cutback in refining capacity com bined with normal Springtime in crease in demand would naturally tend to push gasoline prices up ward it was stated Boost In Detroit Area The higher price level in the Detroit area represents a boost' by Standard Oil Co (Indiana) and 1 an increase in the profit margin for members of the Michigan Re tail Gasoline Dealers Association Standard lifted its prices to dealers one cent a gallon for reg ular gasoline ana 16 cents for premium tuei 008 of a cent a gallon in the deal crustacean now residing er profit was announced by the seafood place on Monti Michigan Retail dealers cello Avenue which represents some 3000 fill Twiford who runs the 1 ing stations in and around De place caught the claw heavy deni troit zen 28 miles off the Virginia Mary As a result Detroit motorists land line in the Gulf Stream Tues day he said He was using a regular seine played out from his 38 foot craft the' Mary Ann trying to catch anything that passed his way from fish to shellfish when the pot filling lobster fell prey to his net The lobster is believed was en route to the New England Coast where lobsters are caught in large quantities Twiford says that he is proud to have snared the heavyweight hardshell but he say that about the rest of the catch from 4 a on He did return with some mack erel and about two dozen other lobsters weighing in at several pounds apiece lobsters you catch in the Summer Twiford re ported They: are usually found off the Virginia coast from Jam uary through April and in thi i case 'May lie said 1 come down as far as the Virginia Coast from Boston and Maine and then head Making sure that: Carolina claim any area for producing the big crab Twiford said "You catch this down at Morehead According to a large seafood dealer here it is: not unusual for large fishing trawlers operating out of Hampton Roads with nets to catch lobsters in ad dition to sea bass flounders and porgies The nets go close to thn hnf tnm nirh avo linnrr Lynnhaven Boy 4 Killed on Highway Larry Darmell Hoggard 4 year old son of Robert Lee and Mar tha Elizabeth Hoggard of Route Lynnhaven was killed Tuesday afternoon when struck by an automobile In front of his home on Little Neck Road one half mile north of Virginia Beach Boulevard A technical charge of man slaughter has been placed against Newman of Lynnhaven who police say was the driver of the car which struck the Hog gard youth Princess Anne County Police Patrolman Smith said today that the grandmother Ma bel Hoggard who was an eye witness gave this count of the 'mishap: The young 'boy was standing near an automobile stop in front of the Hoggard home He stepped around the parked car and into the path of tlie automobile driven by: Newman which was traveling north The child was taken to the Vir ginia Beach Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival and was then taken to the Rid dick uneral Home In Norfolk Newman will be given a pre liminary hearing in the Titctira Cmirt Vrirtav aftar OUt By LLOYD II LEWIS I In addition a part of the pres If nothing happens to delay enj structure will be remodeled matters? the into a new private office for the progress to their seats at their next board meeting through an entrance guarded by a blue felt chain The chain which will separate the 'supervisors from those who gather to view their deliberations will not be the only theatrical touch incorporated in the new Board Room being outfitted on the second floor of the $114000 large new with his place in Portsmouth nrivatA nttices tor tne aeoutv clerks for law and chancery and go through' a vault for valuable records 1 August Appointments Will Lend Air Of Pom to Next Supervisors Meet By CARL CAHILL Everybody was against him Or so it seemed to Nick Varellon you me for? he asked each witness at the Alco holic Beverage Control Board hearing for him today Varellon wants a beer on and off license for his Spaghetti House 739' West Olney Road And it seemed nobody wanted him to have it ABC Inspector Hudgins said he wasn't suitable because he had a long police record there are enough licensees in the area close to Central Baptist Church and Patrick Henry School Portsmouth Police Capt Johnston told Hearing Officer Howard A Simple Varellon had been arrested 26 times when he operated places in Portsmouth got it Varellon said eight But he continued see me many times In jail?" It turned out he had been dismissed or fined in all instances He defended himself vehement ly on one charge shooting fire arms in the city It was New he said and a policeman started shooting his gun shoot and I Siple read a letter from a Ports mouth judge that arellon suitable to operate a place sells beer Varellon had an answer to one The judge like either He said once he caught a man who stole a lot of butter from Varellon's 'establishment and took him before the judge Locked Up Butter loved me so much he turned the man loose and locked up the And there was another time be fore the judge went down there for a itness once and he states Navy troop transport today rescued 31 crewmen from the me he British motorship Lady Wolmer aked Larson who lives ran ncn ntind near Cheiu Group Eyes Cuts on Port Aids Maritime Association To Watch Slashes Effecting Industry Hampton Roads Maritime Asso ciation Is taking steps to assure that government services per formed here for the maritime in dustry will not be seriously cur tailed during the ederal econ omy program Thompson executive vice president of the association to day announced the formation of a special committee to keep an eye on cuts in ederal services which might be detrimental to the ship ping business The association already is con cerned with the reduction in Weather Bureau personnel in this area and Is watching with interest reports that the United States Public Health Service Hospital which cares for sick and injured merchant seamen may have to curtail some of its operations andpossibly be closed altogether Thompson stressed the fact that the committee has not been formeci to block government econ omy moves but only to see that servlcds necessary to the contin uation' of port activities are not cut to such a point that the mari time industry will suffer unduly i I Realizing that the ederal econ omy program is just getting under way and is likely to reach into other segments of the community beyond the normdl activities of i the Maritime Association the Nor 1 folk Chamber of Commerce was asked to name a representative to serve on the committee The cham ber did this yesterday appointing David Grizzard as its repre sentative Bunch Hampton Roads manager of urness ithy and Company Ltd a steamship ageh cv was appointed by Barron x1 Black president bf the Maritime Association as chairman of the committee Other membeis are A Armistead of the Chesa neake and Potomac Telephone Company and Cok Watkins of the Tidewater Stevedoring Company of Newport News County Options Land or School i Princess Anne County School Board has taken an option on a 'f 12 acre tract of land on the Walter Sheltoh farm near Robbins Corner was disclosed today i The site will be the location of one of two elementary schools pio posed for the Kempsville magis terial ilistrict rank Cox division superin tendent of 'county schools said today that negotiations are in progress for a second site on Little Creek Road the exact location of which could not be disclosed He said final negotiations would not be made until after voters in the district voted in a special refer endum June 2 to determine the fate of a $950000 district bond Issue the funds of which will be used' for the construction of the two schools The disclosure that an option had been taken on the Robbins Corner site was made following a meeting of the county school board Tuesday afternoon during which Cox advised members ofthe board that letters were being circulated through the schools in the urging a heavy vote In the special referendum Mosquito Control Survey Ordered A special survey of the mos quito incidence in the Great Bridge area will be made Thurs day by Dorcr State mos quito control official Dorer will survey an area of about one mile radius around Great Bridge to determine if stadard mosquito control mea sures will be effective to create a Great Bridge Mosquito Contro District on the planQifc similar districts in Tanners Creek and Deep Creek Colon Hall member of the Board of Supervisors from Pleas ant Grove District said that ar rangements have been made to use State equipment to keep down mosquitoes in the Great Bridge area this year provided Dorer concludes that the use of such equipment would be effec tive ra nsport Saves 31 rom Grounded Ship Tokvo Mav 20 A United iff I io: S' dM? RMRJRRmMRRB S' i Hi 4' Mr ly scattered afternoon showers Hourly Temperatures 1952 1953 5 a 60 67 6 a 60 68 7 a 61 69 8 a 62 70 9 a 63 71 9 a 10 a (k5 71 Ila in 66 71 Noon 6S 72 Observation at 7:30 A Barometer sea level 2988 morrow 7:11 Trmperat irr Low Hlrh AtlantGv MJ 74 BoMon Mass Charleston 1 £2 Chieago IB Galveston Tex I Hatteras 73 79 Lynvhburr Va 58 65 Miami la 78 81 New Orlean La 67 81 New 60 72 NOROLK I City I 67 80 Norfolk Airport 67 79 Pitulnirrh Pa 54 74 Raleiffh 64 87 Richmond Va 62 71 St Louis Mo 59 78 Wajhinrton 63 72 aS.