The Daily Chronicle from De Kalb, Illinois • Page 10

PAGE TEN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1955 THE DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE. DEKALB. ILLINOIS Dr. Bischof Sportsmen and cashing them with forged endorsements. CHECKS STOLEN, People Unobservant Ha was caught when he made CONVERT SHIP TO COAL AT SEA Talks Before Malta Group THEN CASHED the mistake of cashing a stolen MALTA Dr.

L. J. Bischof of the college in DeKalb talked on a guidance program for small Scottish Engineer Tells Forgers Making Regular non-government check with the company that had drawn it The girl whose pay check he'd stolen happened to be behind the cashier's window. Baughman said one of the Se RISKY BRIDGE AT HINCKLEY Residents South of Creek Must Traverse Dangerous Structure HINCKLEY Over 15 Hinckley families have a good right to feel almost cut off from the world. The families, living in homes Have Meeting Last Night The DeKalb Sportsmen's Club, meeting last night at the club house, voted to help the committee raise money for high school band uniforms.

The present officers, President Albert Schmidt, Vice-President Leonard Burhham, Secretary Glenn Holdridge and Treasurer Laverne Shumaker, will schools at the February meeting of the Parent-Teacher Asso How He and His Men Saved Crippled Ship Attacks on Federal Payments ciation in Malta recently. Dr. F. E. Rockwell gave Invo ST.

VINCENT. Cape Verde cret Service's -chief obstacles In forgery Investigations is the lack of observation on the part WASHINGTON UP For cation. Mrs. Earl Butler presid i ju it t. 4 gers are cashing thousands of ed at the business meeting.

Mrs. Islands UP A white-haired Scottish engineer told here how he and his men saved their crip of victims. George Rumpf, program chair checks that the government One man stole checks from man, introduced the program six friends while he visited in pled ship by converting her boil ers from oil to coal in mid-Atlan located across the creek on the be delegates to the state federation meeting at Springfield in the last week of March. for the evening. their homes.

The Secret Serv mails out each month to federal employes, veterans, social security pensioners and others. tic. ice had traced the forgeries to south side of the village, must across an old, narrow bridge The seventh and eighth grade choirs, under the direction of Laverne Shumaker and Earl Bound from Norfolk, to a short man wearing a bright bearing signs to "travel at your Bruce Hudson, sang four nunr Bale reported on the last north Portuguese West Africa, the 7, zone meeting. Slides were shown 000 ton British oil burning bers, "Battle Hymn of the "Erie Canal," "Michael blue jockey cap. None of the six mentioned him when questioned by agents about a man of his description.

by Warren Holdridge. Lunch freighter, Mulberry Hill suddenly developed a leak in her oil own risk" in order to reach outside civilization. It's not as bad as it sounds, lor the bridge has held up for several months. Thou eh it Finnegan" and "Square Dance. was served.

Secret Service Chief U. E. Baughman said the forgery racket is one of the toughest problems his agency has to deal with. He believes it could be almost eliminated if banks, stores and others would obey the injunction printed on the back of Refreshments were served by And a Chicago tavern actually the following committee: Mrs. Wilbur Strawn, chairman; Mrs.

creaks a little when a car cross tanks and lost her fuel Stranded 800 miles from the nearest port, St. Vincent, she Ironically, had a cargo of coal. FELLOWSHIP HAS MEETING SHABBONA The Pilgrim cashed a "notice of discontinuance of allotment pay" for a woman who also thought it was a check. es It, It seems rather sturdy. However, the bridge on Syca Fellowship of the Congrega every government check The problem was to find a way tional Church met at the church "know your endorser." La Verne Corwin, Mrs, Harry Baldridge, Mrs.

Rollie Erwin, Mrs. Robert Harvey, Mrs. Emery Johnson, Mrs. Thomas Kingstad, Mrs. Lovell, Mrs.

more Street, is posted against 11 truck traffic, leaving one Sunday evening, with Jane Kit- The Secret Service last year larmer, Roy Dienst, unable to to use the coal in the oil burners. The vessel had been built as an oil-burner, so there was no vestige of coal-burning equip Indian Trails Overland trails of the In investigated more than 31,000 ed a vote on the issue. The board is planning to decide on the cast in time for a referendum in April. (Chronicle Photo.) REAL PROGRAM Village board members and citizens in Hinckley are studying ways in whjch this Oak Knoll bridge can be fixed. Conflicting estimates on the Job have slow- bring in a semi trailer vehicle forgeries of government checks Donald Morris, and Mrs.

Emery Ferris. to ship cattle. dians, worn deep long before ner in charge. Nancy Storey had devotions and Carol Shra-der had the lesson topic. Gary O'Kane and Richard Krantz had the recreation period.

Refresh ments were served by Kalah worth a total of $2,187,367. It The situation is the result of white men came to America, arrested about 200 forgers. itorm and a controversy were remarkable for following the shortest and easiest way One of those arrested was a Lost Hunter ment, as might have been the case in a vessel converted from coal to oil. She had neither machine shop, oxygen acetylene cutting gear nor spare metal aboard. But, working four days curing last Octobers rains, both the Sycamore Street bridge and the Oak Knoll possible between various points.

Most of the modern transporta Legion Post Has Meeting Finally Finds 64-year-old Chicago man who boasted that he could make a tax-free Income by stealing government checks bridge, a much larger two-way tion lines east of the Mississip Gaucho is the name applied to the Argentina cowboy. Another One structure which also served the pi are based on them. Last Night area, went down. The controversy entered when BAYFIELD, Wis. UP It Village officials, county offi was getting dark, and as much dais, engineers and residents 4 -fas iv as he hated to leave his 14-point buck in the woods, Raymond Sales, deer hunter from became confused in deciding on What course of action to take.

around the clock. Chief Engineer W. R. Whyte of Glasgow and his staff did the "impossible." One day the Mulberry Hill was lying stranded, heavy seas smashing at her decks. Four days later she was on her way again toward these islands.

To help his engineers, Capt. A. C. Gillanders of London, DeKalb Post 66 of the Legion met last evening at the club rooms, Commander Evan Owen conducting the meeting. Committee reports included a talk by, the representative of the Youth Planning Council.

The financial report for the previous year was presented. The village board had its engi Chicago, set out for camp. fieer survey the problem, and He fell over logs, slipped over the rocks and was scratched he said $17,000 would fix it. Then a local contractor look SPECIAL NEW PRICE HILLS BROS. COFFEE the bridge over, and called steerpd his shin southprlv to re- It a $5,000 job.

Members were reminded ofiriura hor nitK.nr Aithntioh by branches before he decided he was lost. He signaled his distress with shots from his rifle. In the distance the signal was returned. deck officer, Chief Officer Ar Next the county entered, said that $30,000 is necessary to build a bridge up to state sped chibald Mitchell of Glasgow went down Into the boiler rooms, working 18 hours a day He started toward the sound the county oratorical contest to be held this evening in room 111 of the college administration building. At the close of the meeting, the social committee served chill.

ficatlons. Should the county clans be carried out, it would and kept shooting. Each time NUEUijl pay half the cost. Apparently and even helping to fire the fur naces. The engineers said the tough the township will pay $500 in his signal was answered.

Finally he saw a form coming toward him and, thinking he was in camp, said: any case. est thing was to find metal to This leaves the village board with several choices, one of "Where are the cabins, and make the conversion. They had HONORED AT BIRTHDAY MALTA Mr. and Mrs. Rog where which must still be made be to hand cut pieces, including LB.

CAN er Swan. Christy and Tommy fore the April 19 referendum on "You mean you are lost, too?" a voice asked. heavy angle iron to use for fire bar bearers, out of other parts of the ship. But they had to be careful they didn't cut anything HARDING TO SPEAK vital to the ship's efficiency. spent the week end in Princeton with their parents, Mr.

and Mrs. C. N. Swan and Mr. and Mrs.

C. E. Conley. Sunday a birthday dinner honoring four members of the Swan family, was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

C. N. Swan. Those cele KIRKLAND Rev. Richard DANGEROUS CROSSING Hinckley residents in 17 homes on the south side of town, across the creek, must cross this one-way Sycamore Street bridge posted as a "risk" in order to reach this home.

It's been the only crossing since rain storms put the Oak Knoll bridge, a two-way structure, out of commission. (Chronicle Photo.) Harding Methodist pastor will Second Engineer L. A. Price of Manchester received special commendation for having done most of the internal boiler con struction. preach on "The Race to End All Races" at Sunday morning services.

The sermon will be the third in a series on world peace and the United States. Issuing bonds to fix the bridge. Residents of the area might have been in much poorer Shape had the Sycamore bridge not been so easily put into usable shape. When it first went down, gravel was piled up around it and vehicles half-forded, half-crossed the stream. The bridge was soon lifted back to its original abutments, and was found capable of serving at least temporarily.

Also located In the area besides 17 houses and the farm la a greenhouse and the Legion home. The Sycamore bridge Is brating were Mrs. C. N. Swan, Roger and Tommy Swan, and STARRS COUUTRV MARKET PRICES GOOD IN BOTH STORES PHONE GENOA 144 PHONE DE KALI 4-4543 Wt Reserve the Right to Limit Quantities of Purchase Wilbur Kllngeberg.

Thirty-three and a half hours after work started, the port boiler was under coal steam TEST HEART machine at the moment showed the young elephant heart pumping at something like 47 licks and the Mulberry Hill was un VISIT FLEMING HOME SHABBONA Mr. and Mrs. per minute. I and a half when she reached port The ship was then reconverted to oil. der control again.

Within another 32 hours, the center boiler OF ELEPHANT And what does all of this non Bart Jacobson and two children of Leland, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert sense add up to? It isn't non 1 was afire and the Mulberry Hill was limping toward St. Vincent. sense, really, according to Dr.

White. Way he looks at it, research Howland of DeKalb were Sunday guests at Elmer Fleming's home. Speed of Heart Beat Is located at the west side of the Starting off with a speed of three knots, she was doing five Hey Doc! Grab These Specials! subdivision, and the Oak Knoll itructure is at the east end. Tested; Electro-Cardiograph Machine Used through animals the size of the heart in relation to the size of NO. 1 Jonathan Apples bu.

$3.95 the body which it supports one day may come answers to the important questions in the By HARMAN W. NICHOLS WASHINGTON UP May SAVE AT LLOYD'S Greek Liner Gets Shift in Services study of heart disease in things be the reason elephants remem Temple Oranges do, 45c ber so well is because their ke people. heart-beat is slower than hu- This month is Heart Month throughout the country. Pea Coats Greening; Cooking Apples 5 ib, 49c CHECK THESE VALUES Tilings Look RUBBER BOOTS NEW YORK UP The mans. Greek Line's flagship, Olympia.j Anyhow, that was the way it will be withdrawn from the.

was with "Jupiter's Darling." North Atlantic route for 800-pound three year-old sive use in the Mediterranean! pachyderm, who submitted to a ervlc, the line announced. test on an electro-cardiograph The liner, built in machine. It was a sort of first. 1953, (ill be the most modern! But first, the results. A baby vessel lever to serve elephant's heart beats someth-Greece.

A nine-day crossing! ing like 35 pumps to the minute. Seedless Up for Unused Iowa Bridge Grapefruit 6 Ige. 49c 2 Ige. 25c Cucumbers rirl ONAWA, la. UP A bridge that leads nowhere has been hanging half- tew York to Piraeus is A human kicks it through the from ii i veins at about twice that speed, built over dry land Just west planned.

100 lbs. POTATOES RED All of this was performed to of here for eight years. Now At. the end of a series or west ($10.95 Value) Indies trulses under charter to off heart month an appeal engineers have the go-ahead to spend $3,000,000 more on the project. Green Onions 2 buncht 15c 4 Simmons Tours, the ship, for money to finance research Will leave here next March the miseries of the human on her first voyage to Piraeus, heart.

The little elephant held Nine Mediterranean voyagesjup the works and also fouled are planned for 1955, with calls, things up. made also at Lisbon, Naples and "Jupiter's Darling dressed In Messina. On westbound trips the a red blanket and hating news-ship will stop at Haliflax. The, men and photographers, got off But they say it may take up to $8,000,000 more to divert the waters of the Missouri River under the span and complete the bridge itself. Contractors have begun bringing dredges No.

t't Cans Prune Plums Hunt's 8 Ox. Cans Tomato Sauce 3 Assorted Flavors Campbells Veg. Soup 23c cm -I and other heavy equipment here Fleece Lined Zipper Opening to a bad start. First she stuck her tongue out at Dr. John A.

2 c. 25c 35c so work can begin next spring. uu Relslnger, president of the vessel has accommodations for 1,150 tourist class passengers on six of her eight decks. Her other two decks take care of 138 first-class passengers. Washington Heart Association The Decatur, bridge commission built a 750-foot west end approach and 840-foot main 23c Jello She stuck it out real far.

And beine a show-lady she did it Adults'. S9.f5 Child's. $7.95 9 Quaker Oats Brown Sugar 4k span in 1946 when it looked as if Congress was going to take Milnot Milk 3 13c action on a 21-year-old naviga tion project between Omaha, New Deposits of Gypsum Are Developed Men's toys' Dress Oxfords again for pictures. Dr. Reisinger didn't much like it, but what could he do with all of the movie people about in the lobby of the Loew's Capitol Theater and not only that photographers.

The eood doctor put some and Sioux City, la. Under the plan, the river channel 49c Cane Sugar 5 FREE would have passed Decatur at BUFFALO. Y. UP- Na MEN'S BOOTS the exact spot where the bridge tional Gypsum has announ stands. Dean's Milk ced it Is developing two newiwires onto gal.

69c complicated board It was planned that the fypsum deposits in Indiana and and tried to get tne little lady bridge, whose east end approach has yet to be built. 1 CAN AJAX With Purchase of FAB would connect with a highway running from Decatur to here, Nova Scotia. elephant to hold still for some Chairman Melvin H. Baker i tests, says a $6,000,000 construction! Au "Jupiter's Darling" did Job is underway at the new de-was WTap tne business end of posit near Halifax, N.S. Another' her trunk around the wires and ts being carried on at Shoals, other gimmicks and attract an Crab Apple Pickles 2 pts.

49c Pond's Tissues 29c distance of eight miles. The riverless bridge was built on dry land, where weeds now 5.95 audience. People were coming near the first gypsum dis covery in the state. Both depos flourish, to save an estimated $400,000 in construction costs 2 61c Cord Sole Army engineers say the bridge j. Its are expected to reduce costs and improve market positions tor the Buffalo firm.

Baker explained that the Hall- commission decided to take TENDER TRIMMED MEATS Into the theater to see a picture. But before they purchased a ticket here was a free show. It was not about to be missed. The man aboard to give the scientific data on the heart-beat of the elephant was a pleasant fellow named Dr. Paul D.

White calculated risk" in building Pepperidge Club EonaClnnamon Bolls French Bread and Whole Wheat or White Bread. lax deposit will provide enough the span in the hopes Congress would authorize the planned channel stabilization projects TARPS mineral 'preserves for the com along the Missouri. Fresh Pure Lean Meaty But the funds never material' of Boston. He is an internationally known cardiologist. Dr.

White let it be known that listening to the slow tick of ized. 49c Ground Beef 43c pany lour east coast plants ior than 200 years. Both the Halifax project and the Indiana deposit, Which will be the nation's deepest gypsum operation, are scheduled to go into operation early next year. ib. Now Congress has appropri 2-luckk $3.59 4- locUe $5.79 5- Buckle $4.95 Men's Rabbers 10c Sq.

Ft. HEAVY DUTY ALL SIZES Sparc Ribs Bacon Squares ated $3,000,000 for work on the the heart of the baby elephant Is idle sport 29c Missouri near the bridge site and Army engineers say. they The scientist, who is interest Choice JOLLY GIRLS WILL MEET have been assured "top consid ed in the human heart and im eration" requests for the re BURLINGTON A meeting provement thereof, also is inter Rolled Rump All Meat Bologna 39c maining $8,000,000, ested in hearts of all sizes, in Reg. S23.9S Quilt Lined HORSEHIDE LEATHER JACKET $16.95 cluding those of baby elephants. bf the Jolly Girls Club will be held Saturday, Feb.

12, at a luncheon in the home of Mrs. Anna Pfingsten. "The bigger animals," he RETURN TO COLLEGE said, "usually have a lower heart beat But you take the humming bird. His little heart BURLINGTON Roy SeylleT returned to Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after spending Bros. Carlson ropery may run along at a thousand his Lloyd's Surplus Sales 134 East Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, Phone C-7303 VISIT WITH YEAGERS MALTA Mrs.

Homer of Sycamore spent with her daughter and son- mia-semester vacation with parents. Louie Schalrer beats per minute. But young Ju and piter Darling. She runs along PHONE 4-4371 Larry Meyer resumed their 444 EAST LINCOLN HIGHWAY in-law. Mr.

and Mrs. Clarence well look at the tape. of school duties at University Illinois. Teager. i The tape on the complicated.