Holland Evening Sentinel, The (Newspaper) - January 23, 1953, Holland, Michigan The Holland Evening Sentinel SUBURBAN DAY IMI j 1 FIFTY-SEVENTH 170 23, 1953 TWELVE FIVI CENTS Plea for Blood Brings Over 60 To Local Clink Some Donors But Goal Is Met for Local Needs and Korea A plea for more blood for the Holland Community Blood bank last week brought an avalanche volunteers to the regular clinic at Red Cross headquarters day and for the first time in six manths the local program has met its goal for blood for de- fense and Korea as well as local Although only 40 donors been given appointments for the regular bi-weekly clinic more than 60 donors and some had an unusually long wait All volunteer workers ed at their posts at least two hours longer than usual Red Cross and blood officials today expressed their cere appreciation to all those who participated and to apologize foi any inconvenience caused some donors due to delays during the Present clinic facilities can handle about 40 donors with each donor spending about an hour at the clinic Larger numbers tax facilities and delay are the most important part of our whole blood program and we want to keep them happy Even with the delays experienced this we are sure each donor who gave his or her time and blood will feel a great deal of in knowing that his or her blood may save the life of a fellow American now in a foxhole in Korea In he will know the extra time spent at the clinic was well leaders Red Cross leaders also added that every effort will be made in schedules at subsequent clinics to avoid such delays as were this Physicians working at Monday's clinic were Dr. Warren Westrate and Dr. M. Nurses were Jennie Gertrude Mrs. F. Veltman aides were Mrs. Lester Mrs. H. Niles and Margaret The canteen was in charge of Mrs. C Gretchen Mrs. Sarah Van Gray Ladies on duty were Mrs. A. Mrs. Mildred Mrs F. Koopman Historians were Mrs H. Douwstra and Mrs. W. Van Dv Many of the Monday night were members of the Adventist church who w ere recruited by Mrs Leon At the next clinic Feb. 3 a group of donors will report from recruited by Ernest A gift of five portable ators have been added to the blood program equipment during the past by the 7- Up Co. These refrigerators aie used for taking the blood from the clinic to the and also to various hospitals throughout the state to replace blood used by Ot- county Monday's donors were Charlotte Delos Thelma William Franklin Arthur Chiton Willis De John De Howard De Gerrit De Peter De Mrs. C. Robert H. M Dorothy Mis Robert Mrs. D. Mrs. Henrietta Mrs E Frances John Mrs. A. Fran Robert Mrs. F Hairis jans Robert Mrs M McA Mrs. R nis N F. T. Mrs. Ed Lester Justin ard Smit Willis Leon Mrs L Slik Gradus Arnold Mrs W. Tpr Blame H. Ti Willard Ter Gordon Orlan Rev. H Van A Van Houdi Robert Mrs. J. Van 15-Year-Old Boy Shoots Stepfather In Allegan Home Family Tiff Leads To Shotgun Condition Critical ALLEGAN A 15- year-old Allegan youth shot and critically wounded his 30-> stepfather Thursday night at the climax of a family Richard 30, an employe of a Kalamazoo lumber was near death in Allegan Health Center as the result of a shotgun blast fired at a distance of seven feet by Burton lis a sophomore at egan high The charge en- tered Locke's stomach at a point just below Overholt was being held in legan county under a late Court after making a full of the night's events to Sheriff L. A shooting occurred in the kitchen of the family's four room bungalow at 311 Lincoln St. about 7-45 p.m. The 32, told officers that her husband struck her with a wooden gun which she said was the cause of the She Hollit S. Baker Ray Herrick Program Is Announced For Testimonial Dinner UofM Will Receive Radioactive Cobalt ANN Mich. University of Michigan announced today it will set up the most powerful experimental radioactive gamma ray source in the world for The source is 10.000 curies of radioactive co which will be shipped here Wednesday from the tor at Chalk Ont. Because anyone coming into direct contact with the would be given a fatal dose of radiation within a few the mineral will be trucked here in a three-ton lead The stopper to the cylinder weighs about 180 pounds by itself The will be stored in an cave The can be raised to the top of a 16- foot pit of which for and lowered While the is at the top of the no will be able to enter the is shielded with four feet of con- Researchers will set up their experiments then leave thp a room eight feet wide and 11 feet long. The mineral will he for research in Pharmaceuticals the preservation of chemical reactions and other experiments in The Weather Cloud v with or teni ram today and with occasional snow or rain High today 38, low 33. High Saturday 35. The sun sets at 5 46 pm and rises tomorrow at 8.05 m Local Reported by the U. S Weather bureau instruments at Hope Col- lege Thp temperature at 11 am w as 3fi Fot the 24 hours ending 5 p m. j the instruments the 40. 34. none snow on One 34. 23 1 inches on ground Due to the unusual influenza epidemic all over the these women at the biological production division of the Eli Lilly Company in prepare full of virus More vaccine was packaged and shipped -n ten than usually needed in The Chamber of Commerce was completing plans today for the ner honoring Charles R. Sligh of new president of the tional Association of Manufactur which will be held at p m. in the Juliana room of Durfee About a dozen tickets remained available A limit of 200 has been imposed on Tne invocation will be given by the Rev. William C. tor of Grace Episcopal church of which Sligh is a ings will be given by Clarence president of the Chamber of and Dr. I. J. president of Hope will as Responses will be given by hs S. president and general manager of Baker Simon Den president and general manager of Bohn um and Brass Co and Ray president and general mana- ger of Tecumseh Products Co. Both Den Uyl and Herrick were born in Holland and spent their boyhood Herrick is bringing with him the Chieftains band of the Tecumseh which will vide music for the event The mam address will by Sligh In his new position as NAM Sligh is expected to speak at about 300 events and miles during the year Sligh operates furniture com- panies m Zeeland and Grand At 47. he is the cond youngest president ever to head the Wife Reveal Threats Rev. T Walter whose report of a burglary led to thp police shooting of a 9-ypai-old said today he and his wife have five death threats Police Chief W Straley said thp threats were the uoik of hp provided a police escort to Mrs. Harris who works at Pontiac General hospital Thp Baptist minister revealed the threats at an into the shooting of James E. The boy was killed by police Jan. 1] when he fled the reai of a rant which Harris reported was being Mrs. Harris testified she heard the officers shout five times foi the boy to slop and when he didn't they stalled The officers said they mistook the boy for man Brothers Found Guilty On Kidnaping Charges Mich brothers who broke out 01 Flint Jail last October with another prisoner and took a kev along as were foum of kidnaping Louis B and Claude Smith wil be sentenced Feb. 2. They face maximum ol life imprisonment The Smith brothers and Clifford Mt. Martin C. Besteman will a They took him alone as hostage but he la lor The brothers found hiding m a house m Lansing ho pleaded was attested on a country road near the Truck Driver But Not Telephone Lines GRAND Mich. Hubert 35-year-old Pontiac truck escaped injury today when his truck loaded with more than seven tons of merchandise crashed into a utility pole and overturned on west of Telephone service m the was disrupted for several hours as a result of the Kosier told deputies the brakes on the trailer locked as he was slowing down on a turn and the rear of the truck flipped had Locke objected to the that Button and another said fact 10-year-old George had been using his ber to fashion a wooden She added that three of the children had been quarantined with Hie mumps for two weeks and added had entertain been getting hard to She said Locke knocked her to thp kitchen floor and that she heard him say to Burton as he entered the touch Let her She he kicked me and I heard something go bang like a fire She said she ran to a neighbor's home and telephoned for the lice and an When she returned she found her husband on the According to Mrs. he I'm It's all my In hu statement to Sheriff Burton substantiated his mother's but added that he had watched the figM develop from outdoors through a kitchen He said he ran into the kitchen when he saw his mother fall and that she said to go get your ran to my room and got my gun and told my father to turn He turned around and I it there He ed for me and I pulled the The gun and I cocked it again and pulled the trigger a second It Locke was rushed to Allegan Health Center where his tion v. as considered most Two blood transfusions were en Thursday and a 200 surgeon was called in to ate Deputy Sheriff Rov Priest who was first on the scene took the youth into custody and obtained a brief statement from Mrs. He said she told him that Burton had his stepfather and they never had a bit of trouble be- Relatives from Kalamazoo came to care for Hie other dren including 10, 5, ard 2. The latter two are children ot the injured Prosecutor Dwight Cheever in- he would caW for a cor- jury in case of Locke's As a the youth falls un- der the jurisdiction of Probate m cases of this type Probate Court often waives jurisdiction and such cases are usually processed through Circuit Probate Judge Harold Weston said he would ask for an examination a psychiatrist be- fore taking such With Two Is Civilian Again Tex. mature looking 16-year-old who know what to do with a razor if he lad settled down to the drab routine of civilian life today after two hitches in the the last one in they get me they'll have to draft Ralph Renfro That is a possibility since the Army gives foV service such as young Ralph saw When Renfro was still an eighth grader at Bur bank the Army bug first bit He joined the National after padding lis age a few He was 14 a the The National Guard was 1oo he so he decided foi the real When be told his Mr. and Mrs their reaction was right ever heard a 14-year-old joining the wouldn't know what to do with a razor if he had Mrs. Renfro he always did have a good gift of He fibbed about his age and in 1950, he signed up In 1951 he got a medical dis- charge for In less than a he he was again yearning for the Army and enlisted forgetting to of his medical discharge and his correct This time he got the He to Korea last year and served two quartermaster and briefly with a Belgian unit with which he had trained at Camp Ark. Renfro admitted to a bit of and it began to on his His under- standing mother sent Army a copy of his birth certificate and in Ralph was on his way home for an Experts View Home Mishaps ANN Mich m thp home nisi happen safety experts agreed hci e Ninety-five per cent of them are caused in good part by an take a or to live up to one's i toward Thomas tor of the homp safety division of the National Safety said thp IK statistically Dr. Karl G. health com- missioner for Nassau New He said there Js such thing a pure accident due to environmental or personal The leading safety spoke at a University of Michigan soi erl on of home Polio Plank Tonight of the In- Council of Holland a polio plank and well In downtown shopping all clay It will he occasion for plank renf polio which until the of Wilson Tells Solons He'll Sell GM Stock Sen. Taft Hopes Secretary Can Be Okayed Soon Here is Roger Alward of Burnips and her twins who were born in Memorial hospital in Zetland Jan. 13. On the left it her Kim who is still in an incubator in the hospital but along On the right the Kathy who went home with her mother Both twins were kept in Incubators after Executive Regrets Confusion Created At Earlier Hearing Chairman said today he hav hU committee will approve De- Secretary designate Charles E. Wilson's Senate leaders of both parties but Democrats and of Ike's Cabinet Meets For First Official Time Hearing Revives 1932 Bank Holdup GRAND Mich. A shot two decades ago ed in Circuit Court here Deputy Sheriff Charles was killed chasing a dit car after the holdup of the old Grand Rapids Savings in Four bandits participating in the holdup split up and fled in two cars Henry 57, now serving a life term at Southern Michigan Prison for murder of the deputy who tried to intercept one of the getaway says he didn't pull the trigger and that he was driving thp Marshall has petitioned for a npw 1nal in an to obtain a lesser sentence and parole from his imposed after bhe HP contends James who was paroled in 1948, after a long in connection with the fired the shot killed the Vincent 52, is another Southern Michigan Prison a long term in connection with the Thp fourth man by Marshall is Charles 65, who was returned heiP in November after his release from prison in NPW Jersey for a payroll Kent's examination was upd late Thursday by Judge Edward G pending out- come of the hearing on Marshall's petition for a new trial in circuit Kent has denied Placed on Probation GRAND Mich. president of thp Smeltzer Orchard Company of was placed on two years probation late in Federal His company was fined Thp president and company were charged with shipping in in- frozen cherries were lo purp food and drug Weekly Auto Output DETROIT Auto tion increased this week despite labor disputes at some Ward's Reports said The statistical agency said a total ol 149471 cai s and trucks were in the TI S. and last week's and in the same week of 1952. WASHINGTON Eisenhower and his cabinet met for two hours today in their first formal but those present refused to disclose what was dis- Vice President Richard M. Nixon told newsmen afterwards it would be the practice after all cabinet meetings for the members to re- frain from any discussion of what goes on at a He said this also would apply to the general subjects Nixon said this stemmed from an understanding among the cabinet members and the President during a meeting at hower headquarters in New York Secretary of Douglas McKay missed the He is ill with Also missing was Charles E. whose tion to be defense secretary was sent belatedly to the Senate day W. acting secretary of sat in on the meeting the invitation of the The seven other cabinet members and a small group of top federal administrators given cabinet status by Mr. Eisenhower at 10 a.m. The new cabinet entered the White House from di- causing aphers to tamper from one entrance to making the historical ar- rival As the lensmen cornei ed trie new cabinet frequent cries onp is from men with the laces of the new cabinet Plans to aph the first wore cancelled by the White House because of the ab- Landlord Wounds His Two Tenants DETROIT landlord shot and wounded his two tenants maxing a long argument keeping a pet dog in the ment police said Held for investigation of intent to minder was Dominic who police said pumped thiee bullets into William and then wounded 52-year- old mother Detective hink said Grupido objected to the Stevens Doberman pinscher whom he claimed ruined the He asked the Stevens to move and then Wednesday shut off the lights and The hoard of health him to restore thp which did all except the hot watet When the stairs to ask him to turn on the water an argument The shooting Reform Group Now On Touchy Ground GRAND Mich. A reform group of city officials who finally got beano outlawed through the were confronted with an equally touchy problem today a proposal to have horse racing and pari-mutuel betting at the Last week Superior Judge deus B. Taylor upheld state laws and city officials who refused to licenses to nine beano tors for Taylor ruled that the point in operating the games was City Manager George E Bean said today that representatives of the Stale Racing Commission have a meeting with him next week the proposal to install horse racing at the rome Paul F. Harron of Philadelphia heads a group ting lo obtain a license for 59 nights of Truman to Show Memorial Plot INDEPENDENCE Mo. Former President Hairy S man wiH take newsmen and on a tour today of the Truman farm near a will be built as a memorial lo for the Truman Foundation estimated that money raised and pledges of more funds trom across the nation will enable them to get construction underway during 1953. Mi Truman has said he wants thp library to serve as a foi students and other sons interested in and He plans extensive files now TO his in the Jackson Coin able to the public through ihe h- bi HI v Tho Iv Mi Tinman his f Vivian Truman and his Miss Maiv I mo WHS ispri in 1S67 hv the Tinman s gi Solomon David former m HIP is rln PI tin of fund foi thp Gi Following this Mr. i w the pi ess and luncheon s lo hp of radio mpn at a WASHINGTON E. Wilson told senators today he will divest himself of all his General Motors interests if confirmed as defense secretary and that he regrets any con- trary impression he has Wilson also told the Senate Armed Services Committee he will discuss with President Eisenhower any case which comes up touching GM's interests and his duties as defense After almost three hours ot questioning by the WDson made public five paragraphs of his The senators then met in closed without Senate Republican Leader ert A. Taft of Ohio said he is for final Senate action Wilson's nomination by Monday at the He said he would call a Saturday session if said he is confident Wilson will Mr. Eisenhower formally sent Wilson's nomination to the Senate night the General Motors executive promised to sell his in GM question of the stock the big stumbling block in Senate approval of Wilson for the defense A law forbids a cial to have a direct or indirect interest in a firm doing with the government General tors is the government's biggest defense i Last week senators got the im- pression Wilson would retain GM stock and not step aside from acting on GM regret exceedingly any inter- pi elation that may have been placed on my previous testimony not consistent with what I have outlined he On disqualifying himself if GM interests are he during my term of I must deal with any matter ot business which I may feel might be the subject of misunderstanding on account of ship with General Motors I have been assured of the privilege of discussing the matter fully with the President of the United States with reference to any action that may be He also said Roger M. his pi e defense has in- formed him that will sell his GM Kyes is a former GM vice Wilson agreed Thursday night to sell his stock interest which senators contended would provide a of and ble law violation with his duties as defense The decision to sell seemed to have paved the way for removal of Senate objections to Wilson's confirmation But highly placed said there will still be over the tion and lol of against it Some Republicans admitted would have pre- to see President Eisenhower Wilson's name At the Press taiy James C Hagerty said the still wanted Robert B. Stevens Harold E. Talbot and Robert B Anderson as the taries of Air and Nav v. The question was because of a Stevens and do not plan to sell stocks they hold in corporations doing business Cast May Go to Court LANSING Mulligans Department of and ihe Detroit Board of locked in a battle over whether coloi ed oleo may be used in v hools will settle the in an agriculture spokesman disclosed said of mail ind at his new es in Independence m the Rank U.S. Demands Protection WASHINGTON tUPt The United Slates has demanded that Russia American in Soviet Zones of or be held for the ma the State Fonr Workmen Hurt OAK Tenn. A tour bed off a small explosion of gas at the Oak Ridge National torv workmen the Energy Com- mission Operations Normal KY. of the atomic energy project here said operations normal in spite of a walkout some RAO members of rhe sters seeking to of two i construction Jury Weighs Case Of Bank President DETROIT i federal court weighed case today of i John president the Westphalia State Bank which went broke in 1950 from overdrafts bv depositors 74, is with overdrawing his own account by more than The bank's Robert F. Blohr already is awaiting for misapplication of and 26 fanners and been convicted of more remain to be
