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fi m. 9 m. :7 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1955 On Guard for Over a Century tofcfiA in 18 31 38 Tages Vol. 125 No. 105 Seven Cents Yankee Indian WARM Win 1 igers PS Pi M) N.Y.

Trims-Bosox, Pads Lead to 1 Hocft Stops Tribe willi 2-Hillcr, Retires 21 in Row for 7-0 Victory Thp New York Yankees tightened their hold on first place in the torrid American League pennant race with a 13-6 victory over the Boston Red Sox while the second-place Cleveland Indians were being beaten by Detroit, 7 to 0, to drop into third place. The Chicago. White Sox, who beat the Kansas City A's, 5 to 4, stayed l1-. games back but moved into second place, four percentage points ahead of the Indians. How They Stand A Pet.

GB New York 72 46 .610 Chicago 68 45 .602 iyt Cleveland 70 47 .598 I1 Boston 67 50 .573 4, Williams Demands Waitinir List Wants Sparc Hospital Space Farm Editors Praise, Slap Auto Pay Boost Leaders Disagree on Whether It Helps or Hurts Their Group Used to Slash ai iiN ij governor Laosins Bureau Governor Staff Williams asked Mental! imams asKea Mental 1 neaitn uepanment oinciais luesoay to prepare an1 emergency program to nouse mentally aeiective ana retarded children in temporary hospital quarters. BY DUD GOODMAN Fr Press Staff Writer America's farmers are better off because of wage increases in the auto industry. diametrically opposed to the inter- a i TTAvtr xr ests of the UAW (CIO). Farmers and industrial Wednesday in Uie eis both can benefit by higher i slaying of Peter Gorham, wages that are based on higher T11 productivity and not reflected -tvanston (III. IbCOUt.

4 iJl st" J.s i 7 I I 'I vi I I -I i i. 1 I 1 I I -TV 1 Hurricane Nears Land Southeast Drace? For 2iul Bis. Blow MYRTLE BEACH SC' (AP) Hurricane Diane the second tropical storm in a week lashed the Carolina vacation playgrounds with in creasing winds and high jtides Tuesday night. With 100-mile-an-hour wind jnear her center, Diane moved steadily shoreward as beach communities all along the North Carolina and South Carolina coasts rushed final precaution ary measures. At midnight the center of th storm was placed 115 miles southeast of Myrtle Beach and was expected to come ashorw Wednesday morning; between Myrtle Beach and Wilmington.

N. C. She was moving forward at about 10 miles an hour. But strong winds extended far out from Diane's center and started hitting the coastline Tuesday night. Hurricane-force winds were expected by daybreak Wednesday.

A wind of more than 75 mile an hour Is hurricane force. Beaches were being evacuated rapidly in the threatened area. a HL'RRJCANE warnings wer ordered hoisted north of Wilmington, N.C., to Cape Hatteras. N.C. Warnings were ordered lowered from Savannah, Ga southward.

A hurricane alert continued from Cape Hatteras over the Virginia Capes. Rising tides, blown five tn seven feet above normal, wer in prospect as a major menace to shoreline buildings. It was the pounding of the water that, broke many buildings apart in last October's visit by hurricane Hazel. Diane lost some of her fury during the churn up the Atlantic. Early Tuesday her winds had been clocked at 115 miles an hour, but by mid-afternoon these had fallen to a sustained 85 miles an hour, with gusts up to 100.

"That is still a lot of wind, capable of doing damage," said a storm forecaster. "We will continue to warn against 100-mils winds for a time, at least." Diane, with the trickiness of hurricanes, still could regain her former strength before reaching land. A Weather Bureau spokesman said: 'T hope nobody will relax his vigilance because the storm still packs a punch. She's still Turn to Page 10. Col.

1 More Radar WASHINGTON (U.R) Th Army revealed Tuesday that, troops now heading toward th Arctic frontier will build more than 50 radar stations as part of the North American air raid warning network. Annual Occurrence The person rjlacintr the ad hp- low rented the apartment a year ago through the Free Press. So when it recently became vacant again, he used the Free Press again. The result rented in few hours after the first edition came out. RIVER ROUGE, 2 rooms and bath, 14 k.

VI 0-0000. If you have any type of rental vacancy you can find tenants quickly through fast working Free Press Want Ads. To place your ad call WO 2-9400 or go to your nearest Free Presf Want Ad Station. aL(J "Ton many parents look for exceptions in their own children's cases and ask teachers to overlook the wrongdoing of their children. "They ask for promotion when the children are not entitled to it, and they ask for the easy rather than the right way to change courses." We are also all for Mrs.

Albert J. Lent, of Saginaw, who wants a road-building program for leisurely drivers. She w-ants a highway to De troit with a speed limit of 25 miles an hour so she can just idle along and enjoy the scenery. Wonderful idea. If we had a few million bucks handy we'd build one.

tOKliiA ATLli there ace many suppressions we can do something about. Already we have lightened the burdens of care of nine people, and it's only the beginning. If your suppressed desire has been the same as some of those we have urrsuppressed it prob ably helped you a little, too. Got a hankering? Let us know about it. Write the Suppressed Desire Editor at the Free Tress, Detroit 31.

If it's not too outlandish we may be able to fix you up. XJU mgner pnees on tnings larmers; ouy. Those are the divergent opinions of three of the nation's top farm editors who were in Detroit Tuesday for a meeting of the American Agricultural Editors Association. The three are Robert Crossley, editorial director of Capper's Farmer; Ralph Yohe, associate editor of the Prairie Farmer, 'and W. D.

Knox, editor of Hoard's Dairyman. COMBINED circulation of the-r publications is more than 2,100.000. "The farmer does have a stake in higher wages," Crossley said. "It was better for the farmer uiai. wages went up instead or down in the new auto contracts.

If pay had gone down, it would have been felt by the farmer, it would have cut into his market and his income." Knox disagreed: "Any farm-labor alliance for mutual benefit is a farce. The union man wants higher wages and cheap food; the farmer wants low-production costs and high prices for what he grows. The two are diametrically opposed." Knox said that in most cases pay boosts in the factory mean that the farmer must pay more Turn to Page 2, Column 1 30 Days Of Heal WASHINGTON The Weather Bureau Tuesday predicted higher than normal temperatures during the next 30 days in the Northeast, Great Lakes region and Northern and Central Plains states. Below normal temperatures are forecast for the Pacific Northwest, Far Southwest and Lower Mississippi Valley. Other areas are expected to have about normal temperatures.

MANY WANT TO SEE i "HIDEOUS BUT NOT INDECENT" is how Mrs. Mary Ellen Williams describes this costume she's wearing in her Pittsburgh apartment. She lives in a public housing project and has been ordered to move because she wore this outfit to the manager's office when she paid her rent. Mrs. Anderson defends her "shortie pajamas" and says: "You ought to see some of the women in shorts." Boy-Slaying Quiz Turns To Soldier Was Camp Aide During Furlough BY KEX McCORMICK Free Press Staff Writer MUSKEGON A 29-year-old "career soldier," who spends his furloughs working as a Bov Scout counselor, will be ques- Muskegon County Prosecutor Robert Cavanaugh said he had arranged for the Army private's return from Fort Riley, where he is a member of a special engineer corps' camouflage division.

CAVANAUGH SAID the sol- djer originally from Texas, spent iuuns as a camp course lor and served at Camp Waba- ningo from June 27 oJuly 11. The Gorham boy vanished from the camp July 5. His body was found Sunday, five miles away in a woods. He had been shot through the head. Cavanaugh said the soldier had been in the Army for "some years.

Officials at Port Riley have agreed to return him State Police Capt. Leroy Hunt, aided" by a special detail of six more detectives, meanwhile was checking out the "greatest avalanche of tips ever received." The best of them came from a woman who reported having seen "a boy like Peter" talking to a man in a car near the camp. MRS. ELSIE FARRELL, who lives near the camp, reported the incident during the early days of the oy's disappearance. Hunt said Mrs Farrell will go to the camp Wednesday to scrutinize its officials in the hope that she will be able to identify one of them.

"She's a positive witness," Hunt said. "I'm sure if she sees the man she'll be able to point him out." Meanwhile, 12 persons, nine of them Wabaningo personnel and three outsiders, were cleared by State Police lie-detector tests. Other State Police and Muskegon County sheriff's deputies Tuesday began a foot-by-foot check of the death scene. They used large magnets in trying to recover the fatal bullet. Cavanaugh said the Gorham case might lead to the re-opening of the investigation into the Turn to Page 1, Column 6 OTHERS HAPPY They want to gain weight or I lose weight.

They want a stylish hair cut or a new gown or a jtrip to Alaska. A LARGE NUMBER of people don't want anything for themselves but would like to see Another suppressed desire is fulfilled. See Page 3. the suppressed desires of their husbands, wives, children or parents satisfied. There's been a large amount of soul searching by people since we went into tbe un-suppressing business.

It was especially nice to hear from Mrs. Ellen Simmons, "of 3948 Fairview. She is a young wife with two sons and a fine husband. She got to thinking about s-up' presed desires. "As long as we sre united asi ja happy, healthy family I can't "We want to do away with the waiting list of 1,188 children who have been committed by the courts but are unable to get into a State institution," Williams said.

He termed the situation "intolerable." THE ERNOR asked Charles F. Wagg, director of mental health, to whip up the emergency program for submission to the Legislature "at the earliest possible date." Williams has Indicated that, if feasible and necessary, he will call a special session of the Legislature to handle the problem this fall. Williams wrote Wagg: "It is evident that the State has put a vast amount of money and effort into an attempt to meet this problem. "Six years ago the long-range program to provide for these unfortunate children was undertaken as part of the general expansion of our mental hospital system. "THIS PROGRAM has resulted in the construction of space for 1,644 new beds for this type of case since 1949.

Space, for an- Lack of funds hinders study of retarded. Page 3. other 220 patients is rearing completion at Mt. Pleasant. "In addition we have obtained money for space for 1,336 additional beds these children will need and which will ultimately be But, he added, "It appears from reports that the waiting list is growing faster than our building program can possibly move.

Dur inj the last 13 months it has in creased by some 412 cases at a rate of 31 additional cases per month." WITH THE exception of the 220 beds at Mt. Pleasant to be Turn to Fage 4, Column 4 It's Funny -To Others Visitors to the Illinois State Fair were startled by a sign over a milking machine exhibit that read: "From can to cow." The exhibitor hastily withdrew it, explaining that the sign painter got mixed up. William R. Shuford, 20, sitting in a Navy jet trainer parked on the runway at the Air National Guard training base at Gulfport, pushed the wrong gimmick. He shot out of the plane's ejection seat and landed on the ground, suffering' only minor injuries.

You'll Find: Farmers' interests IN RELAYS Police Outrace Death Rush Drits To Port Huron fcperial to lie re Pres. PORT HURON Cooperating police won a relay against death as they rushed a vital medicine from Detroit to save a Port Huron woman's life. Mrs. W. Bruce Keys, wife of a Poit Huron realtor, had undergone a caesarean section in a Port Huron hospital.

Her child died at birth. Mrs. Keys' blood would not coagulate and her doctor appealed to the St. Clair State Police Post for an emergency supply of fibrin a blood-coagulating substance. Unless could lw obtained nulckly, the doctor said, Mrs.

Keys; would bleed to death. The appeal was relayed to State Police in Detroit. DETROIT POLICE picked up the fibrin in downtown Detroit and rushed it to Eight Mile and Gratiot. A car from the Center Line State Police Post carried the fibrin to Twenty-Three Mile and Gratiot. There State Police from St.

Clair took it for the final dash to the hospital. One hour after the emergency call was issued the life-waving; fibrin was given to the patient. Mrs. Keys' condition improved almost immediately and was reported satisfactory Tuesday. Charges Reds Hold Yank in Prison Camp BAD HOMBURG.

Germany former, German soldier who spent 12 years in Soviet! prison camps said Tuesday he I are British Find Arms Stolen By Irish London Cache Found Complete LONDON U.R Police Tuesday nigh reported they had recovered all weapons and ammunii. seized by raiders of the Ihoh Republican Army from Arborfield Barracks near London Saturday. The cache of rifles, submachine guns and ammunition was discovered in a shabby London shop. A check of the arms and ammunition was made by police, who announced that everything stolen had been recovered. The arms recovered Tuesday, were 67 machine guns and rifles and 80,000 rounds of ammunition.

Early Monday five men staged an unsuccessful raid against a British artillery training camp at Rhyl in North Wales. They fled when a sentry they had tied up slipped his bonds and sounded the alarm. Stock Stream With Trout For Ike ew York Timet SerTica FRASER, Colo. President Eisenhower motored through a mountain rainstorm and into a rousing cowtown welcome Tues- day afternoon He drove from Denver to spend five days idling close to nature, painting, cooking and fishing for rainbow trout. His host will be Aksel Nielsen, Denver banker.

Fraser. a dirt-street community of 300 persons, turned out in full for the same enthusiastic welcome it has given him the last two years. THE OFFICIAL welcome to Fraser was the work" of Mayor Charles E. Clayton, who reported that St. Louis which runs through the Nielsen ranch, had been stocked last week with 412 rainbow trout purchased from a private hatchery.

The trout were between eight and 12 inches in length and had sold at a price of $1.25 a pound, Clayton said. Start Review BONN (JP) The big three Western powers and the Bonn government have started reviewing the sentences of German war criminals held in Allied prisons in Germay. France Balks PARIS (jP) France is cool toward a United States proposal to publish official records of the recent Big Four conference at Geneva, informed sources said Tuesday. Hey, Kids! WASHINGTON OP) Wednesday is Davy Crockett's 169th birthday anniversary. Using P-TA to Sivay Teacliers Draws Fire Tork Timet Servlr FORT WAYNE A broadside was fired here Tuesday at parents who take advantage of Parent-Teacher Association connections to undermine the authority of Suppressed People Are Nice, We've Found Too many of them seek un- justified concessions for their children Dr.

Herman Finer, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, told the 38th annual convention of the American Federation of Teachers (AFL). About 350 teachers, many of them parents, heard Finer, formerly of the University of London, England, declare: think of one heart's desire that I don't already have." she wrote. WE EVEN found a helper in Mrs. Ernest Wilcox, of Pontiac. She sent a dollar to help a family which has had bad luck.

"I have a. suppressed desire," she wrote, "but It will have to wait. These people should have first attention." Some of the desires are a little sad. Like the girl who would like to spend the day with a lad whom she is fond of but who is not fond of her. IT'S A GREAT temptation to keep from introducing young men who want to meet a nice girl and marry and raise a family tor young ladies who- want to meet a nice guy and marry and raise a family.

We have several of each and about all we can do is hope they start strolling through tbe same parks. BY LOUIS COOK Free rresi staff Writer People have the nicest desires. We've had hundreds of letters since me re scarted un desires a week ago. Anci not one of tnem has been from a smart aleck. Freud was wrong.

The things not their libidos and their ids. They want to ride elephants and sail boats and jet planes and fire wagons. They want to sit with the Tigers and they want to stand at the plate and see what it's believes a United States are eating at people are Force officer is held in one of the camps. The soldier. Karl Schleich, of Wiesbaden, said he was almost certain the prisoner is Lt.

William G. Baumeister, of St. Paul, Minn. hen pirn was released in Amusements 12-13 Astrology 1 8 Bridge 18 Day in Michigan 35 Drew Pearson 18 Editorials 8 Financial 11-16 Movies IS Radio and Television 23 Sports 25-29 Want Ads 30-34 Weather Map 3 Women's Page 19-21 Vienna June 4 by the Russians. nKto see a 15411 Baumeister's father sent Schleich! They want to sln a song in a letter containing pictures of night club or be a disk jockey the airman for an hour or PIay Plano con" certos with the Detroit Sym- Schleich answered that he w'aSpnony Orchestra, per cent certain the man in the pictures was the ame one; They want to learn tn drive he met in the prison camp near; or sew or pai.it pictures or Kuibyshev.

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