Show mWm0mmWmWmW The Nation Today Big Bulb Sheds Radiance For Light Birthday 'Don t Execute Me Until My Novel Is Published' v To honor the electrical indus- kOS ANGELES (UP) —Convict Caryl Chessman today pleaded with a judge to postpone his execution in San Quentin’s gas chamber long enough to see his novel in print Chessman sentenced to die under California’s “Little Lindbergh” law was convicted of abducting and raping two women The book “Cell 2455 Death- - Row” was purchased by Prentice- Hall of New York for $1000 plus about three blocks from royalties It will be published state’s' executive manion July 26 Is 18000 Superior Judge W Fricke who April Draft WASHINGTON (AP) — The sentenced the criminal said yesterday he got a letter from Chess- April draft call announced late man 34 asking for the post- yesterday by the Army is for ' y ponement 18000 men — the same as the Feb-ruarj- “One simply can’t spend five and one-hal- f years living in the very shadow of the execution chamber t fighting for survival watching his neighbors being marched away to their deaths and not change — for the better or for the worse" Chessman wrote “No matter how dangerously close to the abyss called death a man may be when he suddenly wakes up to the fact that he’s been nothing more than a sometimes violent cynically clever and aggressively destructive damn fool The question of or innocence aside it dawns guilt on him that his (condemnation is a public proclamation of spectacular failing — then two courses are open to him “He can spend his time whining and indulging in a narrow self-pit- y Or he can tell his story he can plead not his personal cause but society’s cause the cause of those who needlessly are criminally damned and doomed” ‘Signals Over and March quotas Quake Shakes Coast BAKERSFIELD Calif (AP)— An earthquake shook this city Santa Barbara and the Tehachapi Mountain area of Frazier Park 50 miles away yesterday There was no reports of damage Sandra Gribbin poses with Edison’s first practical light bulb and d the largest bulb in the world newly-develope- try’s 75th anniversary of the incandescent bulb the General Electric Co in Cleveland Ohio has developed a 75000-wa- tt bulb the world’s larest The new bulb shown in accompany-in- g pictures weighs 50 pounds will produce as much light as 2874 6CMvatt household bulbs One of the new-typ- e bulbs would produce all the light needed by 190 average modern homes Only 23 of the bulbs would light the nation’s largest ‘ baseball stadium NEW BRITAIN Conn (UP)— Sub - freezing temperatures couldn’t prevent the signs of spring from showing up in the backyard garden of Mrs Frank Filanowicz Several pinkish-purpl- e crocus buds were discovered growing in her garden late in December THE OGDEN (UTAH) STANDARD-EXAMINE- R THURSDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 11 1954 — Fast Parking Meter and when she returned she found a meter and a parking ticket both PENSACOLA Fla (AP)— An officials investigated Skeptical unidentified woman called the and discovered that sure enough Traffic Bureau here yesterday meters had been put up on that and reported she had parked her block while the car was parked car where there wasn’t a meter She was excused beaus and arrows just naturally go together w vw Dogs Survive Fire arrow PORT HURON Mich (AP) — Firemen relaxed after an hour’s tough fight to put out a blaze that swept a restaurant and apartment building last night Then they were amazed From the building ran two dogs soaking wet but barking and wagging their tails like all get out They’d spent the time inside unharmed shirts and Fate Inspected Garbage DETROIT (AP) — Mrs Dorothy Roe got a divorce yesterday after testifying that her husband Gene complained her potato peelings were too thick and constantSix Nurses Are Patients ly inspected the garbage to see BUFFALO N Y (AP) — Six if she threw away anything ediformer nurses at Children’s Hos- ble pital were having a reunion today All were patients in the Sells Gas Loses $1000 maternity ward with new sons GRAND RAPIDS Mich (UP) William J Hoffert a service staThree Perish in Fire tion operator complained to poALBANY N Y (AP) — At lice here that while he was makleast three persons perished and ing a gasoline sale a thief six were injured early today in a stole $1000 from the station cash fire that gutted the Eagle Hotel register -- 25-ce- nt Railroads Want Schools To Help Train Officials The new 75000 watt incandescent lamp is bright enough to illuminate the Lighting Institute at Nela Park Cleveland Ohio red ties Czechs Who Drove 'Tank' to Freedom Are Enjoying New Life in America $395 $150 jet-fight- er ANN ARBOR Mich (AP) — America’s railroads fighting regain ground lost to competitors sought the answer today to t question: How can higher education best help them? Top executives from 16 railroads and educators from a scjre of colleges and universities engaged in talks at a two-da- y University of Michigan seminar on “Railro — Next the Generation” Management No punches were pulled at yesterday’s opening session ware Lackawanna and Western One educator said the railroads and K A Borntrager vice presiare “not getting their share” of dent operations and maintenance ty college and of the New York Central graduates George Granger Brown dean One railroad of the University of Michigan Colman questioned lege of Engineering- and Dr Virwhether college gil D Cover chairman of' the students “have transportation department at a proper appre-ciatio- n Syracuse University led the disof the cussion for the educators free enterprise system” The two groups generally But in general the railroad ex- agreed that a broad educational ecutives made it plain that long- background with some speciliza-tio- n was best standing skepticism over the j value of college-traine- d At a dinner meeting last night men was William T Faricy president of rapidly disappearing the Assn of American Railroads What Types of Courses? declared railroads were going fill Lively discussion centered on out to “that portion of the regain what types of college courses are best suited for future leaders of traffic for' which they are inthe industry— broad background herently best fitted” Faricy acknowledged the roads study or specialized technical have been losing ground to other training forms of transportation And they One test vote for example are “most concerned” showed that a large majority of about it hedefinitely added the railroad men would rather In an effort1 to their pohave their employes take a course sition he said theregain halve railroads in psychology than in surveying spent nine billion dollars on imHeading up the panel discus- provements in the past eight sion for the roads were Perry M years They plan to spend another Shoemaker president of the Dela 800 million in 1954 he said straight-from-the-should- valentine SPRINGFIELD Mass (AP) — had married an American Army on patrol' At the border gate a There’s a new name on the kin- sergeant and is now living in t lone guard waved them from a tank trap into a safe lane Too dergarten' roll of the Tapley Iowa late he realized his mistake Street School here: Vaclav Uhlik Krejcirik and Hora were sol- There was a flurry of bullets But Jr diers attached to the Czech the border had been crossed There’s a new housewife admir- Army’s 14th Air Force Battalion Are Under Protection a outfit stationed in ing the bright food displays at the Uhliks’ home The seven who now live in village of Line the local supermarket It’s Mrs are under the proSpringfield (pronounced Leenah) not far tection of the American Vaclav Uhlik Heritage from Pilsen Krejcirik was a And the Highland Cooperative $1250-a-montairdrome guard Foundation which sponsors the Crusade for Freedom Bank has opened four new sav- one grade above Hora a The men have no jobs yet They auto in the private repair ings accounts: For Vaclav Uhlik shop Both men had been drafted are in the United States under and friends The armored car was Uhlik’s visitors’ permits and it will take What’s news about that? You A British scout car used in World an act of Congress to enable them War II it had been burned out to work here But they have had say Happens every day offers and expect to be permitted And you’re right except for one and abandoned Uhlik bought it to in 1950 along with eight tires stay in America Between establishing a home thing He used it to haul lumber PriVaclav Uhlik his vately he rebuilt its engine Hora being interviewed again and wife and his friends are Czechs had known Uhlik before he was again and making recordings for who smashed through the Iron drafted in April 1951 They Radio Free Europe and the Voice Curtain to freedom in a patched-u- p worked toether and took Krejci- of America the Uhliks and the armored car just six months rik into their plans for escape in friends who fled with them have been busier than ever before But the summer of 1952 ago the warmth of their welcome has Little Vaclav’s starting to Enough to Fool Guard not escaped them school his mother’s shopping Slowly the men picked up scrap As Uhlik put it through the inand the first tiny savings are metal and fashioned it to make measures of their progress in “I have never been so the car look like a Czech army terpreter: founding a new life in America tank The resemblance wasn’t sorry that I cannot speak English so that I can thank these people They give a hint of the freedom close just good enough to When very found have the story is told in Czechothe they hopes they have gained since they took a fool a sleepy guard on a dark slovakia by Radio Free Europe it j life or death chance and fled night will be so unbelievable people a m 2:15 on At 27 the July their Communist-rule- d will call it propaganda homeland eight plotters piled inside and the last July armored car nosed onto the highSqueezed Aboard Car way out of line The two soldiers Eight people squeezed aboard holding useless tommy guns that rebuilt armored car for the stood boldly in uniform in the dash across the border Seven of turret Inside crouched under them now have come to live in fuel lines and braces young Mrs Uhlik cuddled her sleepy daughSpringfield There were Vaclav Uhlik 32 a ter The American sergeant’s wife mechanic his wife Martha their held little Vaclav son Vaclav Jr 6 their daughter It was 40 miles throuh the BoEva 4 Joseph Pisarik 42 an- hemian forest to West Germany other mechanic Vaclav Krejcirik but the balky old engine made it 25 a tailor Walter Hora 25 also No one tried to stop the tank and a mechanic and a Czech girl who its two-ma- n crew apparently out er uni-versi- - J heart with an Arrow— the gift every man wants on Valentine's Day And Arrow Dart is "tops" for good taste It's the shirt men associate with tailored of "Sanfor- quality style flawless details h $12-a-mon- th ld ized" white broadcloth with a regular medium-poin- t non-wicollar that looks smart on everyone stays fresh all day long Like all Arrow shirts Dart is d for trimmer fit— with pop-probutlt torso-tapere- of tons collars and cuffs that lie flat for easier ironing Give him an Arrow Valentine Red Tie too from our collection of solid colors and patterns— and you'll really be "tops" with him D: M MV nrrrtr Come in and see all the new features and advantages truck line of all I you get in the lowest-price- d THIS REALLY Jg REAL COFFEE MOST TRUSTWORTHY ONE OF THE FAMILY r youf-- FRIENDLY BROWNING CORNER 0 I TRUCKSON ANYJOBI 24-Ho- ur at tho groceHs now 7A CHEVROLET COMPANY FRANK M BROWNING YOUR FRIENDLY CHEVROLET DEALER Wrecker and Towing Service Dial 0537 Night tv 2-97- 59 |