: X\ The Weather Partly Cloudy Details Page 2 $ r ‘THE PONTIAC PRESS"KE 118th YEAR ES (i TOGETHER AGAIN — Katherine Cullison, 28, aughter Kathleen, two and a half, after they were reunited at a Mrs. Cullison battled heartache, misfortune and iberculosis to be reunited with her baby who was taken from her ‘hen she lay critically ill-in a tuberculosis hospital. hi¢ago home, * * * lop Golfer Babe Zaharias Develops Second Cancer GALVESTON, Tex. (?—Babe Didrikson Zaharias, ‘woman athlete of the century, has developed a second cancer but “firmly expects to return to golf.” George Zaharias, her husband, said last night doctors at John Sealy Hospital here found a “small cancer | lesion” on the right side of me =a Sie wea * | Regains Health and Child PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1955 —30 PAG ASSOCIATED PR UNITED PRESS PHOTOS ES INTERNATIONAL NEWS GERVICE 7e Valiant Suzan, | Spirited Carmen Taken by Death Miss Ball Kills Miss Miranda Succumbs lf to Cancer; Heart Attack | HOLLYWOOD (P--Death, || in two guises, has taken || rtwo~ Hollywood actresses | | pelvic girdle. He said X-ray treatments have been - capital mourned today. A lingering death from) AP Wirephote holds up her); Suzan Ball at 21. . proved fatal to 41-year-old | Carmen Miranda. Miss Ball, a striking, dark-haired | dark-eyed actress, had suffered since 1953 from the disease which | caused her death, when she slipped and injured her knee in a dance rehearsal, * * * Her right leg was later ampu- tated, and valiant Suzan went on to marriage and a resumption of | her screen career before the malig. | nancy returned—this time in her lungs. She died yesterday at her home in Beverly Hills, Miss Miranda also died in a’ Beverly Hills home—but after a_ strenuous day spent singing and | dancing with the dazzling energy | which won her fame as the “Bra- | Zaharias quoted the doc- |!" ape tor Rick tor as saying the X-ray| ad Lane. hed been seid tg doctors treatments’ will stop the! that death was near. But Miss Mi- | pains she has been suffer- Para : peerpy Producer David ing in her right hip and leg | Ssuan. had no idea that tragedy in about 10 days. He said NEVER KNEW ILLNESS ant caus cae contem-| «1 never knew before that she ‘had heart trouble,” he said yes- Mrs. Zaharias underwent surgery | tefday. “But now that I look back, = rectal cancer at Beaumont in * the sacrum posterior of the | started. there were little things ** e * * * One of those “‘little things” hap- pened thé night before her death, However, the operation was be- lieved to have completely removed cancer claimed the life of | whose passing the screen ©. A. sudden heart attack |” HAPPY MEMORIES — Picture above of actress Carmen Miranda was made Tuesday in Hollywood as .she rehearsed a TV show with Jimmy Durante, Her death at her home late Friday apparently was due to a heart attack. Motion picture actress Suzan Ball, who died in Los Angeles after a gallant battle against cancer, is shown above with her husband, actor Richard Long. AP Wirephotos Red-Held Fliers Pass Physicals Airmen Plan to Leave Japan Monday En Route to Family Reunions Ding Dong Daddy Insists Marriage | Is for Other Guy LOS ANGELES i — The one- | time ‘Ding Dong Daddy of the D} Line,” Francis Van Wie, insists he's through with marriage for ‘ood. The former San Francisco street | car conductor got around to di- | vorcing his first wife yesterday, She is Mabel Joyce Van Wie, He charged desertion, Van Wie has’ released by Communist | i | ' TOKYO (—~Eleven.{], 8. airmen China had nothing but trouble with wom- | Thursday are “all completely okay en, mostly widows, since No. 1 de-| physically,” an Air Force medical serted him in 1940, and after his! source said after the fliers were 16th marriage in 1953 he served. a five months term for bigamy. examined by doctors today. “Tt’s amazing to see these men the cancer and Babe returned to the tournament trail. She won several tournaments, including the National Open last year. Since 1953 Mrs, Zaharias has * been reporting here for periodic checkups. Earlier this spring she com- plained of pains in her back and legs and entered the hospital here , in May. She was found to have a BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS Fire Destroys Reichhold Vats Loss Set at $150,000 for Ferndale Chemical; One Spectator Injured Fire roared through the Reich- hold Chemical Plant in Ferndale shortly after 1 p.m. yesterday, de- stroying eight huge storage vats and 24,000 gallons of chemicals. One spectator was injured as hundreds of onlookers watched a 1,000-foot column of smoke rise over the blaze; Cayse of the fire has not yet _been determined. Company president Charles O’- Connor estimated the damage at $150,090. Five trucks from Ferndale and control after an hour’s battle, Police feared the plant, loeated ruptured spinal disc and under- went corrective surgery, The surgery failed to stop the pains and doctors started looking for new causes. The new cancer was announced last night. Mrs. Zaharias has not left the hospital since May, The big ex-wrestler’s voice soft- ened as he told of breaking the when the tiny, fiery Latin was ‘rushing through a comedy-musical sequence for a television film with Jimmy Durante, At one point she dropped to one knee, out of breath. “That's okay Carmy,” said Du- rante, as cameras continued. “Pll take that line.” After the film was completed in. time to beat a screen actors guild | strike deadline, she entertained the | cast at an impromptu party at| her Then, after the | last guest had gone home, os collapsed, ! Evidently she made no outcry | when she collapsed. Her husband | Said they went to their separate bedrooms after the guests departed about 3 a.m> yesterday. -. 4 news té his plucky wife. “She never flinched when told she had another cancer,” he said. Then he said she added: “This is my greatest battle." “She was tired from the long , hours of work the day before and the party,” Sebastian said. “I | wanted her to sleep late. I went (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) sible at all times,” Straley tering cities, Chief Straley Cops Will Wear Neckties Despite a trend toward summer uniforms in several cities, Pontiac Policemen will continue to wear ties as re- quired, according to Police Chief Herbert W. Straley. “I want my men to present as good appearance as pos: allow the men to loosen their ties neatly and roll their sleeves up as they have been doing.” Chief Straley said that he has received no complaints from the force since he has allowed the loosening of the tie and sleeve roll-up movement. “The men on the force have so much pride in their uniform that some do not take advantage of the optional rule we have installed,” the chief stated. Asked what he thought about the move in other swel- allowing officers to patrol in sport shirts.and Bermuda shorts presented a “very sloppy appearance.” said, “so I will continue to said he believed those cities Van Wie, 69, is on seven years | probation with instructions not to remarry in that time. Superior Judge Samuel R. Blake mentioned this restraint yesterday, but Van Wie looked up and said, quietly: “I don't want to get married again. T just want to die in peace, Pontiac: Guardsmen Arrive at Grayling Pontiac's two National Guard | units arrived in Camp Grayling at noon today and began settling down to field training with more than 8,700 other Guardsmen from Michigan's 46th Division. Both units, Company M, 125th Infantry, and the 107th Ordnance Company left Pontiac early this morning in two separate truck convoys, The 200 officers and men of the units will begin their 2-week train- ing program with a 7-day field training problem, winding up with combat training during the final week, The units will return Au- gust 20, Coty Great-Grandfather PARIS (INS) — President Rene Coty today became the first French president to become a great grand- father while in office, Agence -Franee Presse reported that his granddaughter, Mme. Janine Le- _e gave birth to, a baby ~ Graham Calls on Dulles WASHINGTON (INS)—Evangel- ist Billy Graham called on Secre- tary of State John Foster Dulles today. Graham said he visited the because Dulles was >‘in- | terested in- my -work and had written me encouraging Ietters.” smilling after what they have been through,” the source said. The optimistic report covered internal physical condition, not visible injuries such as_a lost toe and crippled fingers suffered by Maj. William H. Baumer of Lewisburg, Pa. Baumer’s teft leg was wounded when the Miers’ B29 was shot down, Later he suffered frost bite, The airmen, dressed in military hospital gowns, were confined as patients in the huge air conditioned hospital at nearby Far East Air Materiel Command Base. HOME MONDAY One report said the men would leave Monday via Alaska for the United States. - Airman 2C. Daniel C. Schmidt, day that his wife has remarried while he was in captivity, ap- cashing greenback dollars into military script to buy a camera, an unidentified Catholic chap- plan, “I was thinking of convert- ing. I've caused enough trouble as it is.” Schmidt earlier said he hoped to talk by telephone with his wife, Una, in California. Air Conditioning Firm Has Day Off — Too Hot LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Employes ‘of a firm that.makes air-condition- ing equipment are off the job to- day. It’s too hot. back until the company installs the weather cools off. The night shift at Marley Co. walked out Wednesday. Neither it jnor the day shift has been back | \ sinice, Redding, Calif. who learned Fri- | 3 Reach Semifinals peared composed. He was spotted | in DDGA Title Play Schmidt was overheard telling | And they say they aren't going | electric fans in the shop, or until | | jhot,”” Justice Daniel J. McAvoy ' —— : Chief Straley: Announces Retirement of Lt. Gilpin Lt. Davy Gilpin, a member of the Pontiac Police De- ee Death Ends Careers of Prominent Actresses —_—_S|een Promised Here Tonight by Weatherman Thermometer Expected to Fall to 74 Marker by Early Morning The heat is almost—but not quite—off. A stifling shroud of top “, temperature plus high hu- J ,|midity continues to keep af ~ |this area’s thermometer at “\a high level again today, ) with a bit of a promise held .| out for relief on Sunday. | Saturday is the 23rd day since | July 1 that this high heat record | has been maintairled. | Pontiac's downtown temperature at 1 p.m. today was 83, after ' dropping from Friday's high of to T2 early this morning. The Unlteqd States Weather 4 | Bureaa says: “Cloudy and slight- | ly cooler weather for Sunday, et | with a high of between 4 and /) 88." night's sleepers with the ther- as B | /mometer to drop to around 174, _| The weather bureau's prediction | of temporary relief made yester- day started this way with good in- \tentions this morning, but was sabotaged in the Saginaw area | when it was diverted northward, COLD FRONT COMING Monday and Tuesday will see ‘temperatures in the mid-80s. A visit from the-eeldtront now de- e] } } | Some respite is promised for to- partment since 1928, retired from the force effective July | veloping in the northwest part of | 18, according to an announcement made yesterday by Chief of Police Herbert. W. Gilpin, 56, joined the force as patrolman on July 10;| 1928. In June of 1942 the department announced Gilpin's | | promotion to the rank of sergeant. - £ LT. DAVY GILPIN" .% 7 All but one match in the quar: | terfinal round of the. Detroit Dis- | trict Golf Association was finished at noon today, In that last match to settle the semifinal round, Wally Smith was 3-up on Frank Connolly (Gowanie) at end of 14 holes, at Orchard Lake Country Club. Defending, titlist Bob Babbish de- feated Geng Woodard of Lakepointe 4 and 3; Dick Whiting (Red Run) defeated Don Dykstra 5 and 4 and Glenn Johnson (Grosse Tle) defeat- ed Meadowbrook’s prexy, Tony Skover, 6 and 4, Glenn was 3-under for the distance. Babbish was even Heat Wilts Judge, Too BINGHAMTON, N. Y. w—"It's told lawyers in state - supreme court yesterday, ‘Those of you with the shortest arguments will | the country is promised for the | latter part of the Week. The cold front, which moved down from the north yesterday, brought relief to northern Mich- igan, Grand Marais on Lake Superter, reported an carly morning low of 60, At Sault Ste Marie aiid Peliston it was 59 and 66 at Traverse City. Coritinued high humidity, despite Straley. When promoted to ser- geant, Gilpin already had received his first citation) for meritorious service. It) was dated Dec. 27, 1939 and was awarded for Gilpin’s part in the arrest of thieves that used dynamite to enter a gas station in the city. He was appointed in charge of the force's vice squad in 1942 and while serving in this capacity was boosted to the rank of lieutenant in May of 1943, ° In 1942 Gilpin received a dou- ble citation from the depart- ment, The first read “for keen observa- tion and initiative in the appre- hension of the culprits’ and con- cerned his arrest of two juveniles and three adults that had commit- ‘ted a seriés of robberies in the city. : ‘somewhat lower temperatures | last night, drove an estimated 25,- | 000 Detroiters to Belle Isle. How- | ever, a check of other city and ‘county parks found few all night sleepers, Showers and cooler air brought some relief to heat-stricken _re- ‘gions of the Midwest today, but ; the season's prolonged spell of hot jami humid weather continued to | cling to wide areas in the Eastern and Southern sections of the na- tion, Readings climbed to 100 yester- day in Boston and,at New York's LaGuardia Field. This same tem- perature was general in the South- west desert region with Gila Bend, Ariz. and Thermal, Calif. report- ing the top of 104. Atrosg the Northern Plains and For his part in the arrest of | the thieves in a drug store and| gas station theft, Gilpin was, awarded his second citation in 1942. The retiring officer headed the | vice squad for eight years during which he received civic praise for his excellent job in handling an influx of gambling racketeers into the city. On March 5, 117, the Oakland County Citizen’s leaghe de- elared in a public citation that the “persistent efforts of the Pontiac Police Department's vice squad under the direction of Lt, Gilpin have substantially aided” in destroying the threats of gambling in the city. Gilpin received hig fourth de- partment citation while leading the vice detail, consisting of six men at the time, on Jan, 12, 1945. received citations at the time for “outstanding coordination -and teamwork." “ In 1950 Gilpin was assigne® to the traffic division until June 2% get the longest consideration.” (Continued on Page 2, Col. 8) ship, received a slight cut on his; Oakland County Probate Judge 4 : most heart rending and pitiful situ- attans OY er fe eat tn SUE COR. although it possessess great strength for ite age~a type characteristic. A bill was pushed this at Judge In Today's Press ; z cere: a County ‘News Weerveeeeeees RO cane earn sen a eees 4 et eee ees : weee Mentally Defective Children Pose ete eee County Problem jest help costs $170-per month; he have as many bosses as we have hospitals. Someone has got to =| given overall authority or else the Governor must call the individual heads together and push them into acting." Floyd Diamond, who murdered 9-year-old Kathleen MeClaughiin, of Township, last Feb. 17, would probably have been kept in the Wayne training school and the murder prevent- ed if 4 wasn’t overcrowded, Judge Moore pointed out. Usually, it is financially impos- sible for a family to hire a full- time person to care for a defec- tive, Broomfield stated. The cheap- ve tion,” explained. ss It costs the parents $100 per | month to retain a child in a state institution, said Judge Moore, and 1 “any expenditure over $100 is an economic waste,” he pointed out. * * * Continued freedom for some de- fectives creates a menace, the jurist said, An 11-year-old boy was before him yesterday who attempt- fo et eee oe a “Pin sure all county citizens wilt agree we can’t allow this situation to go on and will join us in pressing _The lieutenant’s entire squad) in the Northern Great Lakes re- gion, the temperature stayed in the 60s, Toll Road Plan Gains Support Turnpike Chairman Has Road Commission Approval of Project The Michigan Turnpike Authority yesterday was officially informed by the Oakland County Road Com- mission and Supervisors’ Road Committee that “they are solidly behind construction of a toll road,” MTA Chairman George N. Hig- gins said today. The two county groups had told State Highway Commissioner |Charies M. Ziegler that they fa- vored the toll road in a meeting July 28 in Lansing. Higgins met with Read Com- mission Chairman Lee 0. Brooks, Commission Member Robert 0. Felt and Roads Com- mittee Chairman Don R. Mac- Donald. The Road Commission issued the following statement: for an immediate solu- Mercury to Hover in 80s Sunday Doughter - in- Law of Late Scotland Yard ee ee oe * ‘LONDON #® — The pretty blonde daughter-in-law of Scotland Yard's late chief detective superintendent and her year-old daughter were Bludgeoned to death last night at their suburban home. The wom- | ‘ rey n 4 al csi ay ee ie ld , Flies Ike to Farm With Homework GETTYSBURG, Pa. a — Presi- dent Eisenhower brought his home- work down to the farm. He came here yesterday after- noon in, a new blue and white Air Force plane bought for short hops. Mrs. Eisenhower had car earlier in the day gnd was waiting at their farm home near Gettysburg. The Presidential homework was several hundred bills passed by the Congress that ended its 1955 ses- sion this week, Aides said Eisen- an's schoolmaster husband was/|hower plans to act on all of them questioned in the case and police said he was “helping in the in- quiries.” — ae cs * The victims were- Mrs. Irene Chapman, 30, and her baby girl, Irene, Questioned was J, J, Chap- before he returns to Washington for a Cabinet meeting next Friday. * * * His trip here was his first in the new two-engined plane which the Air Force said cost just under $75,000, It is slightly modified from another light plane which the Pres- man, about 40, son of William Chapman, who led Scotland Yard's famed murder squad until bis death two weeks ago. *. Seotlan Yard said the younger Chapman, who teaches at a school in the fashionable suburb of Or- pington, had called personally last night at a police station in Brigh- ton, 50 miles south of London. His story led police to break into the ‘Chapmans'’ new white bungalow at Orpington, where the bodies of the mother and baby were found. No details of his story were disclosed. Police said later this morning Chapman was still being questioned. They said “an early arrest is expected." The bodies of Mrs. Chapman and Trene were in the bungalow's blood- spattered bathroom. . Police found a_ blood-stained hammer and figeplace poker at the scene. was seen by MSU Officials Express Concern for Red Farmers’ EAST LANSING (#—Michigan State University officials are a | ident had used for four short hops in June and July. For longer trips, the President uses a four-engined super constel- latton, the Columbine IIL. He probably will go in it to the Summer White House at Denver after his return to Washington. He plans to go to Colorado Aug, 14 or 15 and stay at least several weeks. Carmen Miranda, . Suzan Ball Die (Continued From Page One) into her room to awaken her and found her lying there." This was about 10:30 a.m. An NBC esman said no de- cision had made on whether the filmed TV show With Durante would be telecast this fall. APPEARED IN SERIES In Hollywood she appeared in a series of films, most of them mu- sicals in color, which helped raise her to the position in 145 of Amer- ica's highest-paid actress — she earned $201,458 that year. : She and Sebastian were married in 1947. Her last film was “Scared Stiff," with Dean Martin and Jer- little worried over. the possibility The Soviet delegation will be at 252 53% 5 j i if 758 iit z EF { i it eF F j i Cy i s 2 s EF 5 gz some time Aug. 14. They a ‘The Russians will be assigned regulation ‘rooms and will eat from the regular menu while at Kellogg Center, MSU officials said, Lake Orion Woman injured in Accident ‘ Mrs. Della A. Smith, 75, of 2225 Rd., ’ Vigus told Oakland County sher- iff deputies that Mrs. Smith's car skidded in front of his vehicle and He was unable to avoid hitting her * ry Lewis. Miss Ball was already ill from the disease when she and Long be- came engaged. When they were married aisle on an artificial limb. Later she starred in a movie and a live television show, and, with Long, yed a song-and-dance act in nightclubs in Palm Springs, Calif., Tucson, Ariz., and her native Butf- falo, N. Y. He kept the recurrence of her disease a secret from her until Center, where she stayed until doctors sald she could go home last week, Long was working on a location at Columbia Pictures ranch in Burbank, in the San Fernando Val- ley, when Miss Ball's nurse phoned her studio and said, simply, “Suzan is dead," Her wedding to Long was called “Hollywood's finest love story.” Jets Collide in Mid-Air; but Area Pilot Unhurt WILMINGTON, Ohio (#—Two jet pilots, one from the Pontiac area, escaped injury when their F8és cellided at 20,000 feet while prac- ticing instrument flying yesterday. Lt. Col. Howard Askelson, M, of Pleasant Ridge, rode his damaged craft back to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at Dayton. Lt. John Goodwill, 26, of Stark- weather, N.D., bailed out before County line. Jack McClanahan, 18, a farm youth, was injured when struck in the chest by an explod- ing fragment. Dayton, 0. and its suburbs have produced morte than 17 million by | retrigerating units, including air conditioners since 1921, the re- ports indicate, and the total is increasing annually. by | __THE PONTIAC PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1955 Girbts ery as [ SPANISH M is NOT MOSS, AN AIR PLA LITERALLY, | a es we ty fF “ Sa ,o ‘ OMY aT My 4 muvee ON AIR. True Life Adve * OSS | BUT NT. , 1T: 1 —— ; Wa” © Copyright 1955 Diney Productions World Rights Reserved THIG GRACEFUL PLANT 16 NOT ~ A PARASITE. IT USES TREES AND PLANTS ONLY AS ANCH 3 ntures + AS? ty “Z ‘ . errs ORING PLACES. Distributed by King Features’ Syndicate, KINGS POINT, N. Y #®—Eu- gene W. Lantly, honor graduate of the-tJ. S Merchant Marine Acade- | serve commssion because his wid- owed mother once was a Commu- nst, prepared today to sail as an able-bodied seaman aboard an oil tanker, The 21-year-old Landy—athlete and would-b2 admiralty lawyer— graduated from the academy here yesterday with second highest hon- ors in a class of 96 midshipmen. He is scheduled to sail tonight from Carteret, N. J., aboard the Graduate Sails on Tanker After Commission Denial my who was denied a naval re- | him a B. S. degree and a Coast Guard license as a third mate in the Maritime Service. * * - In Landy’s class, only two other graduates were denied Navy re- serve commissions—both because they failed physical examinations: Landy has a six-month period during which he may reapply for a commission. He said yesterday he would do so. . The Navy, not questioning Landy’s loyalty, said the midship- man was “extremely close to his mother and she has been a Com- munist.” : Sun Oil Co.'s tanker Texas Sun on a Weday voyage to Texas. * LJ] * Landy stood with the rest of his classmates as the ensign's oath was administered’after graduation ceremonies, but his hand was not raised, Landy’s diploma, however, gives Urban League Guild Plans Year's Work Work for the coming year was mapped this week by the Urban League Guild when they met at the Birmingham home of Mrs. Ed- win V. Clarke. Community service by this orga- nization will include a movie presentation on mental health (open to the-public) and the con- tinuation of a scholarship fund for a worthy student. Future meetings of the group in- clude a pot luck dinner on Sept, 15 at the Cooley Lake Rd. home of Mrs, Arthur W. Selden. A mem- bership tea has been scheduled for |} Oct> 9- at the Trinity Baptist Church with a fund raising card party to be given Nov. 17, Mrs Wilbur Johnstone has been named program chairman for the affair. Airlines of the U. S. account for 25 per cent of the inter-city passenger mileage. - the Communist party in 1947 of 1948 after she had been a member 10 years, “He reformed me and yet he Is suffering for it,” she said. An academy spokesman called Landy, a tennis and football star, “one of the brightest students we ever had,” adding: “Whatever his mother may have question of Landy’s loyalty here.” Landy, whose father died when he was a baby, intends to enter Yale University on a scholarship this fall to study admiralty law. He hopes to supplement that by his wages on the tanker cruise. Without the‘ flaval reserve com- mission that Merchant Marine graduates normally receive, he subject to the draft. - The Navy, close-mouthed about the case, hag conceded it should have notified Landy of his status weeks ago instead of waiting until almost the eve of his graduation. Sen. Herbert H. Lehman (D-Lib- eral-NY) last night termed the Navy's decision “illogical, unjust and unjustifiable... The senator,.saying he is de- manding a full report, added: “T hope and trust that public opinion will catch up with the Navy icone ee Particslar case.” 8 ‘Mrs. Smith told deputies that her car started to skid on the wet pavement after she attempted to avoid hitting a parked truck at the side of the road. . Horses in the world have de- clined 22 per cent since 1940. *eaee BM eecweeene BM. oveeeecees Piet ist eo ed ee fled daddldl del ded ideded CHICAGO—Nine new spires be- gan to rise against the city’s hori- zon this week as the mammoth General Motors Powerama poked steel fingers into the sky. 7 + i upon which a spectacular stage show will be presented four times will seat 7,000. " Already built is the 160-feet long, 12-feet wide pedestrian Lis ¥ z t Rising Spires Mark Powerama Site; Coristruction Changes Chicago Skyline vehicles will also be displayed, including nine units over % tons. Largest will be the spectacular né ahd 3 beh ars a I E & done, there has never been any | will Primary Battle. On in Kentucky ‘Happy’ Chandler Tries Comeback in Hottest Dem Race in State LOUISVILLE, Ky. (®—Kentucky picks its candidates for governor today after one of the hottest Dem- ocratic primaries ever to sear Bluegrass soil. General interest and factional bitterness may lure half a million Democrats to the polls. A much lighter turnout, possibly not more than 100,000 is expected for the quiet Republican primary. Some observers rated his come- back try a tossup with Judge Bert T. Combs, choice of Gov. Law- rence Wetherby and the state's two U.S. senators—Albin W. Bark- ley and Earl C. Clements. Outcome of the primary battle have a bearing on Sen. Clem- ents’ political future and the makeup of Kentucky's delegation to the 1956 Democratic presiden- tial nominating converition, At 57, Chandler is attempting to recapture the governorship he gave up in 1939 to go to the U, 8. Senate. The winners will meet prohibi- tion and independent candidates in can has held office since 1943. Democrats were assured control. of the State Senate and seemed almost certain to retain the House reins, Police Ask Waiver on Teen Murderers they would ask juvenile court au- thorities to waive jurisdicton over four youths charged with murder in the slaying of a beer store proprietor, A fifth. youth is sought in the case, Detectives said the four ad- |was discounted as having DETROIT (®—Police said today| . NoLead Found in Hunt for Wife “Bloody Clothing Is Last Clue to Feared Slaying of Kansas City Woman KANSAS CITY —A widespread search fér a wealthy automobile dealer's missing wife, feared kid- naped and slain, had failed to turn up any productive leads by early today. * * * The blood-spattered clothing and car of Mrs. Wilma Allen, 34, mot er of two, were the only clues. Mrs, Allen, who always cautioned her two young sons to scream if any strange persons attempted to enter their motor car, was last seen early Thursday afternoon dur- ing a shopping trip. * * ~ Her husband, president of one of Kansas City’s larger automobile | agencies, said “If anybody — a stranger—tried to force entry into her car, I'm sure she would have screamed and put up a severe struggle.” Allen told friends he had almost given up hope of seeing his wife alive and does not believe she is a victim of a bidnap plot for ransom. * * Maj. Eugene Pond, chief of de- tectives, said a report that two men were, seen dragging a woman across a road at a lake where the Allens maintain a summer home any bearing on the case. Pond said that judging from the | condition of Mrs. Allen's blood- Stained clothing found stuffed in _| the trunk of her abandoned car the garments had not been dragged on the ground, 7 * * * Her car was found early yester- day in a parking area near the Union Station here. Pond said blood found in and on the car was believed about three to six hours old. “There were about 68 miles reg- istered on the speedometer of the car that cannot be accounted for by Allen or others in the family. Mrs. Allen’s children told offi- cers when their mother drove away Thursday to keep an 11 a.m. ap- pointment with a hairdresser the top on her convertible car was down. When found the top was up and the rear flap closed. Police said missing articles of Mrs, Allen's clothing include a scart, metal head clasp and silk hose, She was believed to be carrying about $25 at the time of her. dis- appearance. * * * Mrs. Frank E. Cookus, Tulsa, Okla., mother of Mrs, Allen, de- scribed her daughter and Allen as being ‘desperately in love, just like they were still on their hongy- moon." Canvassers Flip During Meeting First State Bi-Partisan Board Solves Problem by Tossing Coin LANSING W—The state's first bi-partisan Board of Canvassers made up of members of both -/sexes wrangled for more than an hour yesterday — then settled its first dispute with the flip of a strictly nonpartisan coin. The issue—whether a Republican or Dernocrat should have the pure- ly honorary: job of chairman — d most of a lively meeting that was highlighted by a game resembling. musical chairs. . Miss Zoe E. Shaffer of Benton Harbor, one of two women mem- bers of the board, touched off the debate with a suggestion that the chairmanship should rotate be tween the two parties every two years. This, everyone agreed, was a fine idea But which party should hold the post first? The Day in Birmingham BIRMINGHAM — Birmingham's Syear-olds- are “monopolizing” school classrooms, the just- released school census figures, Of the total of 16,234 children through 19 years of age within the school district boundaries, 1,043 are in that category and represent Since 1953 the census: has added 3,165 children from the 0-19 years. age group. In 1953 the nose-count- | ing tallied 12,069, This was -increased by 1.608 when the count jumped to 13,677) in 1954, Saince last year an addi-| into the picture, bringing added school housing problems. Boys again outnumber girls in this year’s census. Figures in- dicate 6,334 boys and 4,968 girls, or a difference of 366, ‘There were 286 more boys than girls in the 1964 figurings, To help compensate for the pop- ulation trend is the bond issue passed in June, which will bring five new elementary schools into the district and rejuvenate six ex- | isting schools. * * * | of a |the latter appeared yesterday i tional 1,557 children have come | $75 plus 10 costs. School Census Tally Puts 8-Year-Olds in Majority — He is the Rev. Raleigh Sain, di- rector of research and plan- ning fer the Detroit Council of Churches, His sermon topic will be, “As Nature Reveals God.” | * * wt Those nickels and pennies pour- ing into Birmingham's — parking meters during the first six months this year, have netted the city total of $17,882.92, Director of Finance James H. Purkiss-Jr., re-. ported to the City Commission this week, Revenue for that period mounted up to $25,953.38, with $8,070.46 de- ducted for expenses. Justice John J. Gafill reduced a charge of driving under the in- fluence of liquor against Allap 0. Blumberg, 49, of Royal Oak, whe Municipal Court. Blumberg pleaded = guilty reckless driving and paid a fine o Three Men Hu at Drive-in Fight 9 Arrested by Polic After Evening Fraca With Bottles, Knives Two men and a 19-year-old yout) “Two city employes worked their last day in the Municipal Building | yesterday. Mrs, Alma-Jean Stew- | art left the Police Department, | where she had performed clerical | duties for more than a year. Re- placing her is Mrs, Nancy Gentry. | Leaving after four and a half’ years with the city was Barbara Kinney, who has been replaced by Janice De Shong. Miss Kinney h.d worked in personnel for a | short while before becoming sec- | retary for the building inspector. | * * * | The Congregational Church | will have aq guest minister at its 10 a.m. service tomorrow. —_ : ‘ Legislators’ Votes in Final Congress Session Revealed WASHINGTON (P— How Michi- gan members of Congress were re- | corded as voting on final roll calls, of the session: | SENATE On passage, 44-34, of bill to ex- | pand stockpiling of strategic ma- terials: Potter (R) and McNamara (D), for. ah On confirmation, 43-41, of nomi- nation of John A. Hall of Califor- nia to be director of locomotive inspection, Interstate Commerce Commission; McNamara, against, Potter, not voting. | with a stab wound in the chest. were reported in fair condition a Pontiac General Hospital this morning after being involved in fight at Elders Drive-In, 565 §, Saginaw St., last night. Pontiac Police- arrested for in- vestigation of felonious assault the three and six others after t brawl in which knives and broker beer bottles were used. Billy Spicer, 19, ef 45 Allen St., was’ admitted to the hospital Thirty-four-year-old Carl Bills of 118 W. Colgate St. under went surgery for a laceration to the abdomen. Donald “L. Cozart, 25, of 909 Lae peer Rd., Lake Orion, suffered facial lacerations and a possibl concussion. i: * Also treated at the hospital after the fight were Robert L. Randolph, | 22, of 60 W. Pike St. and Frank W Smith, 22, of 5815 Pine Knob Rd. Smith suffered a deep lacera- tion to- the right wrist which, he told police, was inflicted by a broken beer bottle. | Also arrested after the battle were: Ronald Joseph Savage, 22, of 477 Irwin Ave.; Kyle C. Lane, 2%, of 145 E. Wilson Ave.; Robert E. Barker, 31, of 89 Fairfax Ave.; Bloomfield Township and | Duane P, Bills, 23, of 364 Mid-° way Ave. — Police said that when they ar- On confirmation, 49-29, of nomi- nation of Harold B. Patterson of | Virginia to be a member of the | Securities and Exchange Commis: | sion: Potter, for, McNamara, against. HOUSE On adoption, 217-188, of Wolcott (R-Mich). substitute eliminating public housing program from hous- ing bill: Republicans for — Bent- ley, Cederberg, Dondero, Ford, Hoffman, Johansen, Knox, Meader, Thompson, Wolcott. Democrats against — Diggs, Griffiths, Hay- | worth, Lesinski, Machrowicz, Ra- bayt. Not voting — Bennett (R), Dingell (D). : On passage, 187-168, of compro- mise housing bill, including a pro- vision for 45,000 public housing units next year: Democrats for Diggs, Hayworth, Lesinski, Machrowiez, Rabaut. Republican for—Bennett. Republicats against — Bentley, Cederberg, Dondero, Meader, Thompson, Wolcott. Not voting—Dingell (D), Griffiths (D). Road Traffic Check Hose Hits Passing Pedestrian DETROIT W—Robert Warnock, der and neck today after tangling with 30 feet of-hose in a freak accident He was standing at a Detroit in- t terday when a pass- house nock’s neck and threw him 10 feet. Ford, Hoffman, Johansen, Knox, | rived at the drive-in they - found four of the men still around while the rest tried to escape. | All nine men arrested had been drinking and none could explain |the apparent cause for the fight, | Police said. ; Reveal Retiremen of Lt. Davy Gilpin (Continued From Page One) of last year when he returned to the vice section in which he re- mained until his retirement. Kow associateqd with q real estate firm as salesman, Gilpin and his wife live at 50 Neome Dr. He has two children, Mrs, Clyde Atkins of Waterford Town- ship and Mrs. Jack, Dixon of Hazel Park, | “TI have tried to serve the peo- * | ple of Pontiac for the past 27 | years, and I wish to thank them |for their loyal support and coop- eration through the years," Lt. | Gilpin said today. | He added that he will continue to attempt to serve them in- his | new post, “I'm proud of my po- 59, of Detroit, nursed a sore shoul-| lice career,’ he concluded, ‘and jit hurts to leave my brother of: | ficers, whom I rank second to ; none.” Detroit Mayor Vacations DETROIT . #—Mayor Albert E. Cobo of Detroit and his wife leave for Charlevoix today on a four-day fishing trip. 12,746 Kids Some 12,746 eligible youngsters who missed their anti-polio vac- cine shots at the four clinics set up ‘recently will get a second Fi at hang g re) sry Tals aa = “5 ® ” 2 ii Miss Shots; am |Get 2nd Chance Monday Health Center, 2401 E. Fourth St., Royal Oak. . School districts included in. the a