Statesville Record and Landmark (Newspaper) - February 21, 1956, Statesville, North Carolina Published in off tht Dairying and Industrial Piedmont North Carolina STATESVILLE RECORD a LANDMARK 82 FEBRUARY 1956 44 Senates Inquiry Into Oil Money Resumed Today WASHINGTON investigators questioning the activities of oil lobbyist John Neff called a Nebraska Republican official today for testimony about contribution to the state GOP The staff of a special Senate committee called Joseph finance chairman of the Nebraska Republican for questioning behind closed The committee is investigating another campaign contribution by one offered but rejected Francis Case DSD during the controversy over the natural gas Republicans May SideStep Nixon WASHINGTON movement to bounce Vice President Richard Nixon off the 1956 Republican ticket has won some powerful support close to President ANNIVERSARY at state and international levels were on hand last night to help the Statesville Lions Club celebrate its 30th Pictured at top left are left to right Al of 31B district governor John of incoming international presi dent Hugh of international and of 31A district Right photo shows John G Lewis left receiving a gift from club President Link for 30 years of service to his Photos by DOZING AT clipped from tho is of in terest Down In I redd 1 because 21 splits this county from north to Here is what the Virginia editor has to say in ad vising North Carolina and South Carolina to wake up The story of the watchman at the switch has long been recognized as one of the tragedies of the But whe ther it be a or sitting back with hands and hoping and living iti trust all will be alright has never solved a produced new built prosperous raised living stan dards of counties or cit The revitalization of the Highway Asso in our opinion is one of the most important projects of many The association should have never been allowed to but water over the dam cant be used An all out effort must be made with quick est possible speed to see that every every county and every city from to farms a Booster It was just week that the Enterprise learned that Ohio is the only one of the five states that has done anything to seek and get improvements on Route well The Natural Gateway To The In 1954 a USR 21 association was and Booster clubs wefle organized in every com munity traversed by the route from Cleveland to On August 20 of the im mediate past year a de dication was held in to made the completion of the modernization of a segment of the famous route in Noble Improvements all along the route throughout Ohio is the and results are be ing obtained with the full coop of the governor and the Ohio Highway Tho apathetic attitude rela tive to the unsurpassed scenic Natural Gateway To The South on the part of Cham bers of Commerce and business leaders in most of West Virgin North Carolina and apparently South has stunned the outstanding work done by the The thou sands of people who travel south and Who should be directed to take Route 21 all the way to Florida or to any point in the South are turning off 21 before they reach the Virginia Thus the unparalleled scenic beauty of portions of West Vir the wonder Mid and pic inspiring handiwork of nature as found in the towering mountains of the new found beauty and attractions of North and the many attractions of South Carolina with the famous southern hospi are bypassed due to the horse and buggy day sections of route There are miles of the groat national highway that are just mere twisting cow and highly inadequate markings are features of the na tural north to south Surely more than one person has been asleep at the We are far overdue for im on route This session of Congress will pass highway legislation that will set the course for Americas devel for the next 100 The representatives and sena tors from the five states must be advised and without delay that their duty and first ity is to see that the existing highway is It is ob vious even now that there is go ing to be a deemphasis far rur al areas in favor of the big metropolitan This can easily mean that more thous ands are doomed to die on the outmoded The clamor for the super highways to connect big cities only must be given a set back in fairness to all It is utter foolishness to sit back with our thumbs behind the lapels of our vests and let the lawmakers in Washington allocate most all of the funds for building Surely of the most import ant existing roads is route But without the people from the Great Lakes to the Florida line that live in communities through which USR 21 passes wake and devote time and and stir up their congressmen to seek allocations for the Nat ural Gateway to the the five states involved will lose for all of the It is also the duty of the state highway com missions to give full The Ohio commission has set an example for West Vir ginia and the Carolinas to fol WEATHER Generally fair and quite cool Tuesday and Wed Somewhat colder day Local temperatures High yesterday low Low this STATESVILLE SHOTS Christine CUTTING discussing the sudden change in weather Miriam STEVENSON and Julian WHITE picking up fashion show tickets HARMON carrying big bag of pennies Rowan Murder Trial Underway SALISBURY UP Rowan Superior Court officials went out side the county today to select a jury for the trial of a soldier char ged with one of the states most sensational unsolved Judge Walter Crissman yester day ordered a special venire of 100 persons from Davidson County to report in court at Crissman issued the order after defense attorneys said it would be impossible to draw an unbiased from Rowan County citizens or the trial of Pfc Herbert Hoff man of returned from Army in France to stand kas indicted for mur er in the of Helen Barnes of Landis on The pretty slashed nd beaten body was found in a ool of blood by her son when he from The ar was stolen and involved in a accident with a Charlotte The John ied home on leave at the ime of the as the driver the stolen car which later was Hoffman has denied any know edge of the other than what he real in the Army newspaper Stars and Stripes Selection of a jury was expected o take up all day Wednesday Police Seeking Cause Of Death ASHEVILLE UP Polici studied a pathological report toda showing that Ramsey died of strangulation or chok ing by some external The body of the woman was found in a bathtub last Friday shortly after her husband fatally shot a burglar in the Authorities then thought she had died of Bun combe County said a pathological report on the woman showed that various slight mark ings on the skin of the neck sug gested strangulation or choking by some external The womans shot Otis when he returned home shortly after mid night and surprised the man in the Sheriff Lawrence Brown said an investigation showed that Taylor was in the act of going through a bedroom closet for valuables when Ramsey came Ramsey said he short Taylor when the man ad on him with a Anniversary Observed The arguments against Nixon in clude he is perhaps the most con figure in American na tional He is too The vice presidency will he of un usual importance if er socks and gets a second Democratic condemnation of his campaign tactics have hurt his po sition with the Democrats Benson Opposes Rigid Supports WASHINGTON Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson arc ready to center their campaign charged today that rigid high price attack on any man who stands i supports have obviously failed J By Lions Next to the church of lod and constitutional government no other organization in the world is accomplishing as much work as the International Association of a leading Lions official said here last John of in coming Lions presi told some 140 people at Vance Hotel that no organization is do ing more than Lions International to create peace and good will among peoples throughout the speaking at the 30th anniversary banquet of Statesville Lions said the international organization has made itself known in every phase of human endeavors because it is founded on strong and fundamental prin he warned Lions officials from throughout North it is easy to rest upon our laurels it is easy to say were a great We will rust upon our Tonight we stand in greater than ever in our heartbeat from the The foregoing are basic in the They add up to the or of some influ persons that Nixon would cost the national ticket votes if he were or it again this There is no evidence so far that to protect the income of the na tions He called on the House ture Committee to reject the high support idea and give speedy ap proval to the administrations farm program which calls for continu ance of flexible supports and a Committee Counsel Charles Steadman would tes before the in open session later today if that did not conflict with his appearance be fore a federal grand The ji y nv i er any law was violated in the offer made to offered to Case was traced back earlier to the personal funds of Howard presi dent of Superior Oil of Calif Cases disclosure of the offer and the ensuing furor prompted President Eisenhower to veto the gas Fri hoard one version of gift to Nebraska Republican cam funds Monday from Donald who recently resigned as attorney for Ross was near tears as he described Eisenhower is impressed by i soil bank plan to take croplands he Though the o r g a n i z a I i o n s accomplish ments have been it is constantly threatened by smug satisfaction and But the horizon is still and the future is incredibly No Lion can encompass the possibilities of Lions International in the field of ser Arise ye and he quoting the prophet for this is not your resting The incoming international presi dent said Statesville is now a bet ter place to live because Lions started this service 30 years He congratulated the club for iis 30 years of incomparable service to the handicapped and the welfare of this John only active char ter member of the local gave a resume of accomplishments dur ing the organizations history and termed the Fresh Air Camp on of honorar membership in the Statesville Leather wood of Governor of district Al Field ol Hick Governor of District and presented Lions Keys by Mayor Garner Entertainment during last nights program was by Campus Chords of College and a magi cian from that Optimists Hear Medical Talk Ernest county health last night discussed recent medical progress at the meeting of the Statesville Optimist club at Ward was presented by program Reid Some of the greatest steps for ward in medicine have been made during the past 50 Ward but despite that we are still a nation which consumes over 17 million sleeping pills a Greatest progress has come through the health officer listing the smear tests and vaccines as being medical We have come to where we can handle most physical ail he only to find our selves plagued by the even great er threat of mental In he special fa will be set up to care for old who have incurable ail ments and now clutter up most of our They will be moved to make room for younger people suffering from curable mental dis Ward listed the fluoridation of public drinking water as one of the modern By adding small quantities of sodium fluoride to the drinking he den tal decay can be cut as much as 65 per cent among children without the arguments for dropping Nixon in On the Eis public words and acts have been enthusiastically favor able to the vice The President fielded Democratic complaints against Nixons 1954 campaign tactics with a note of congratulations on his speeches and campaign That endorse ment covered Nixons discussion of Communist infiltration of govern ment during the Roosevelt and Tru man Eisenhower also is on record that an individual nominated for president should refuse the nomi nation if he were not satisfied with out of Benson made the plea as the Senate prepared to begin debate late today or tomorrow on a Dem to restore rigid high supports 90 per cent of parity on and The House committee met to consider what instructions to give House conferees who will consider the finally adopted by the Sen The House passed a farm last year calling for a return to high Benson has said repeatedly that President Eisenhower may veto the if it calls for restoration the partys choice for second I of the high He told There has been a boom of late in he committee that high supports Lake Lookout one of the greatest things He said the States ville club has taken the lead in unity and I realized 30 years as I do that the Lions Club is the best club in the United Lewis Hugh local and master of ceremonies at lust nights congratulated Lew is for his 30 years of service to the local Mitchell also recognized local and state officials and presented Linn James who read a roster of the club 30 years Local Lions President who opened tiie present ed the guest speaker with a certifi Europe In Grip Of Coldest Weather LONDON worst cold wave of the century today threat ened economic chaos to the suffer ing nations of Western Damage and losses may run into the billions of The has killed nearly 800 persons in three weeks still its grip and the death and damage toll is mounting Much of the devastation like that to seeds for spring crops is still buried un der blankets of ice and aud officials are hesitant about esti mating the financial hurt of the her thus But conservative and incomplete nl s r ly one billion The total cost may not be counted for In most the pinch of the cold is bringing with it a pinch on the pocketbooks of farmers ami To thc misery of the cold and hunger and is added I of curtailed disrupted transporta tion and the drain on public fi nances by emergency aid to vic to agriculture and the cosily reconstruction of public utilities damaged by ice awl Losses in lives and resources would be tragically multiplied if ii sudden thaw replaced the cold with sweeping floods from the con swollen From the capitals of the hardest hit United Press corres sent this black picture of and Paris Socialist Premier Guy devoted the first of his weekly radiotelevision fireside chats to the freeze He promised emergency aid to agri cull lire mid government measures to keep the prices of vegetable supplies from skyrock experts said as much as onethird of the nations crops may be frozen in the Rome The authoritative eco nomic newspaper Globo reported crop damage may go as high as 80 The government is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to push relief to snowbound Madrid Tho worst cold in mem ory has caused an estimated 50 million damage to crops on the Hard hit were olive and almond Serious ex ist in livestock Brussels A third of the winter crop In wis feared frozen in the The frost is killing potato Vienna The cold nipped vine yards in the sec tions of Berlin Transportation appeared the worst Experts hoped the thick blankets of snow would keep the frost from reaching far enough into thn ground to kill wheat and potato any adverse While Statesville recently reject ed such a Mooresville plans to go ahead with he As a closing Ward pointed out that he has on hand a large quantity of Salk polio vac cine which will become out of date May He urged more parents to bring their children to the health department and have them vacci against A total of 183 were vaccinated last Erskine Alumni Meet Friday Chapter of Erskine College Alumni will have a din ner meeting Friday evening at 7 oclock at thc Vance president emeritus of will be the spea Bradford of Scotts is president of thc which hns a membership of about in principally in and Forsyth Sellers of Sta villr chapter secretary and Dr David is the im mediate past All Erskine alumni and friends of the college are invited to the They may make reserva tions through President mil later than Friday OFFICE CLOSED County ASC office will be confidence that Eisenhower shortly would announce his bility for That is what fired up the effort to displace On the basis of information generally it will take a tremendous effort to supplant Nixon with another if thc President runs There is sturdy evidence that Eisenhower likes lus young friend and approves of his conduct as vice president and as a party cam That approval abundantly embraces whatever Nixon may have said in thc 1954 campaign about the Democratic Party lead and the Communist infiltra tion of It is well known here that Eisenhower does not intend to go barnstorming this year if he does accept He will not campaign in the physical sense of the least he says he The campaign load will fall chiefly on thc Republican vice presidential Chorus Schedules Practice Session The chorus of Iredell County Fed of Home Demonstration Clubs will hold its first practice of the Thursday at the Trout man Community Center in Trout All members of the which has been invited to sing at thc district federation meeting in April are urged to Practice wil begin at 2 vere wartime incentive which have obviously failed to protect Farmers Before Benson the com Harold looley DNC said Congress is certain to send President Eisen hower a farm with rigid high price supports for basic North Carolina Men Sentenced UP Four North Carolina men have been sentenced to terms in prison in connection with the attempted robbery and shooting of a rura Virginia All four pleaded guilty in Essex Circuit Court to conspiracy to com mit Sentenced to prison terms were Robert 32 ol Howard 36 of and In the incident in a emotional He testified that a good personal friend who had been hired by Superior Oil in regard to thc natural gas offered to split between the personal campaign funds of Nebraska Sena tors Carl Curtis and Roman Ross said he contacted he senators but that neither was and Neff instead gave the money about to the state GOP Finance Committee through While the special committee looked into this facet of Neffs activities and its relationship to the Case Senate leaders came up with what may be the final answer io a general investi gation of attempts to influence leg through campaign spend Several committees had sought lie But Senate Republican leader William Knowland said 10 would ask the GOP policy to recommend giving the ask to another bipartisan special committee similar to the one hand ing the Case Knowland suggested a commit eu of three Republicans and three The Democratic policy commit ce voted in favor of a special committee Monday but did not spe the Senate Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson said he loped the members would be from other committees hav ng a stake in a in Chamber Plans Annual Session Members of Statesville Chamber of Commerce and their guests will meet at Hotel tomorrow for the organizations annual member ship Chamber mana of Billy Joe of Kings Creek was given seven The admitted they to rob storekeeper James Har per of At the Har per said a masked man fired thre shots through thc glass of the doo to his store when he refused de mauds to open The men drov away without entering the store but Harper suffered a bullet in the A state police investigator testi fied that Ingram fired the shots said Lester Rose of humorist and inspira tional will address the assembly at Some 300 members and their friends are eligible to attend the which is the Chambers big meeting of the Scheduled at the annual banquet is a report by the manager of 1955 Chamber Retiring president Kivett will Among guests will be chamber managers and presidents from surrounding IREDELL BETA OFFICERS Shown are officers of Iredell County Beta Club selected last dosed tomorrow in observance of day to head the organization in the coming to trM are Elga presi ihe birthday of George Washing Hent Dan Senior vice president Barbara Cool and Joan lather of the United
