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COLUMBUS! INDIANA, MONDAY, MAY 19, 197. PRICE FIVE CENTS Saves Son in 14-Foot Dive CALENDAR FOR 'AMERICA'S SMALLEST I MAN DIES AT AGE 31 RAILROAD TO HELP WITH HOTEL ROOMS TAX REDUCTION PERIOD ON WAY, SNYDER CLAIMS Secretary of Treasury Sees THREE KILLED fWHEN ill BANDITS TOY HOLDUP CHICAGO, May 1 JTlPjPolice today sought two bandits who att-tempted to hold up guests at i poker and Mah Jong party- but fled after' a gun battla i In which three -men wer killed. jlf; Ben EisensteinJ'l 39, municipal court bailiff; Albert Feinberg, 38, host at the party; and George Stanislawskl, 24, one! of the bandits, were shot And killed when the three bandits invaded the card oartv shortlv before mid '47-48 SCHOOL YEAR REVEALED ll'! I I -I: Sept. 5 Set; as Opening Day for Next Term, May 27 Closing Date. 1 GRADUATES, ARE LISTED Freshman Class of Over 300 Expected City by i Next; Fall.

The Hat of Wilson junior high school candidates for. graduation, the. city school calendar for the next school year, and information on the nigh school enrollment out look for next fall have been an nounced by local sohool officials. i Indications point to a beginning freshman class in excess of 300. Virtually all of the county's eighth grade graduates with the exception of those in Hawcreek I and Flatrock townships where high schools; are maintained, will enter Columbus high school in 1 I i The recent jpre-orlentation day program for prospective freshmen attracted 310 pupils: I i Luther A.

Lockwood, city sper-1 intendent of schools, has complet- ed the calendar for the sjchcol year. i i Opening Pay Sept. 5. opening day of school next will be Sept. 5 after a preliminary teachers meeting Sept.

4. State i Teachers association The will meet Oct 23 and and the an nual Thanksgiving holidays will be Nov. 27 and 28. jThe Chxistmas vacatibTi commence Dec. 23 extend through Jan.

i 4, 1948 cording to the schedule, ti March 26 through 29 has wilis ana ac-l been set aside for the Easter vacation with the close of (school comingf! aiay zr, i The necessity' for, attending school on Monday and. Tuesday of the week prior to Christmas is toj make up for the Easter vacation and get in the laws: requirement of 180 classroom days' for the it was pointed out. This was preferred to extending school at the; end of the year when many fural Vt. ni 1 nanfail i faHn Imn work, Mr. Lockwood i explained.

1 i 15 Weeks' Bef ores Holiday. i The school year is arranged sci that fifteen weeks of the 36-weeJc school season are scheduled before Christmas and the remaining 21 after .1 if The complete I list of Wilson eighth grade students eligible td enter high school In the fall ai ifreshmeni i i i (1 Ben Baker, V. Diane. Baker; I I When Mrs. James Peters of Lakevllle, saw a Bmall boy go down in nearby Riddle's Lake, she dived into 14 feet of water to save; him.

After bringing him to the surface, I she learned it Was her own 4-year-old son, Jimaiy. Here they are pictured after the jrescue. MLaii9 Sentence to CLEVELAND. May 1 OPv The Chesapeake 1 Ohio railroad announced: today that it would help to arrange hotel accommodations for its customers. Experienced and travel-wise C.

St O. personnel will make every effort to secure reservations for passengers at major cities served by the )ine. AM a passenger has to do is telephone his request td his local passenger agent; telV him the kind of acepmmodations he- wants, rates he wantsj to pay, when he wants tfee room; and for how long. May Denies Conspiracy TolDiefratid WASHINGTON. May Former Congressman Andrew tf 6" voice today that I never entered; I i 1" to defraud my i country.

The i artimei chairman powerful House military committee is on trial in of affairs federal taking I court fon charges of $53,000 Xor using his Influence in an illegal manner to help the huge munitions business operated by Henry and, Murray uarsson. The are being tried with him. ii May's attorney. Warren E. Magee, asked If Murray Garsson and Joseph F.j Freeman, a Gars-son agent, had absorbed his losses tn a manganese development as parti conspiracy "to buy your i and to defraud the government.

Thought of It. "I "never thought of such a thing," i May exploded. "I i pever entered; into a conspiracy with anyone to defraud my country" Magee pressed him as to whether a transaction for the purchase of his lease on manganese lands was carried out with the thought of his being repaid fgr services to Garsson munitions empire. "Positively not," said May as he leaned forward over the ma-hoganyi rail beside the witness chair siid looked toward the Jury. "It was a i i private business transaction, May said.

It was the first time that May personally had denied to the'- jury the government's charge that he entered Into conspiracy with the Garssons. As started his second day on the stand, May was more composed than he appeared to be 'At times during his testimony he grinned broadly as his words brought back memories of his dealings with his Kentucky neighbors. Iji WATER TO BE OFF TUESDAY City i water will be turned off for a time Tuesday in the neighborhood of Reeves Pulley company plant' bn Seventh street, the cjty I water department announced today. The I water will be turned 1 off after a. m.

while a valve in the Reeves plant sprinkler system is being repaired. Th water department stated that it was not certain how long the repairs would, take. 'BOMBSHELL' BREAKS ANOTHER AIR MARK NEW YORK, May 19 Capt. Bill Odom landed his Reynolds Bombshell plane at La-Guardia Field here at 9:48 a. m.

CDT today, setting a new record of two hours, 55 minutes, 40 seconds for 1 a non-stop flight from Minneapolis, The former record at three hours and 24 minutes was set by Odom in the same plane on the last Hap of his recent record round-the-world flight, in which Milton; Reynolds, millionaire Chicago pen manufacturer and owner of the plane, a converted A-26 bomber, flew with him. I COMPROMISE. WASHINGTON, May 19 (UV Western Electric company made a compromise wage offer to its remaining 20,000 striking workers early i today ln an effort to end the last major dispute in the six-week1; old telephone strike. OF FUNDS TO CUT. COUNTY ROAD PROGRAM Limited Amount of Resur- facing Is Scheduled for Summer.

PATCH NG IS UNDER WAY 50' fles of Highway in Need of New Surfacesy Jackson Reports. Bartholomew county's road maintenance program for the summer months will necessarily be restricted to repair patching 4 with only! limited resurfacing -work being done unless further state aid is forthcoming, it was announced 'today by Kenneth Jackson county highway superintendent, The county commissioners have appropriated 128,649.68" for the current quarter year and un lees thei state funds go over $30 million from road tax and license fees, Indiana counties will get no additional i state support, Mr. Jackson; said. Bartholomew county will re ceive its share of 65 percent of funds excess of $30 million should the amount No state 'receive over that Surplus Likely. The ast quarterly figure was around 15 million and there was no indication that a surplus would exist) with which to aid the counties in their road building and maintenance program.

"With the pres.ent funds available we will be able to complete the patching; of county black, tops which is already started and may be ablet to get several miles of roads i-e-siurfaced starting Aug. 1," Jacison Around. 80 miles of county afe in need of re-surfacing, the hjlgl(way superintendent pointed; out. The filing In of ruts in black top surfaces over county routes will be completed in a few weeks. It is being done on scattered roads throughout Bartholomew county.

I Perhaps the worst damaged by the elements and the traffic load throughout winter months was the Youth Camp road where the being plugged with and bituminous mix- orst In South. boles are crush fock ture. The county highways in general were damaged the past winter, al- fr. hud condition as two years ago, jbck- son asserted. The loads in the northern part of the tcouhty withstood winter better than those in the south-.

ern half, perhaps because of the sandier! soil, the highway head commented Last year $14,000 was spent for road patching mixture and for 40 miles of black-top resurfacing in the At the present time, 718 miles of county I roads of all kinds comes under the jurisdiction of the county highway department, with a total of 175; being in thr black-top crass. In East, Columbus alone, there is 14.5 miles of black top- being maintained by the county, Jackson said. NORTH BAPTISTS FROM i 36 STATES CONVENE ATLANTIC City, N. May 19 (IP) Delegates representing churchmen in 36 northern states assembled today for annual ineetjng of the Northern Baptist convention. The five-day meeting will be highlighted by a final report on the $14,000,000 world mission crusade.

Baptist campaign for war relief funds, and a discussion on proposals to grant public funds to aid private and parochial schools. The Rev. Edwin T. Dahlberg, Syracuse, N. convention president, will ideliver his annual address tomorrow and Taft, Cincinnati, president of the federal council of churches, -will address the group Wednesday.

Other speakers include the Rev. Louis D. Newton, Atlanta, Ga, president of the Southern Baptist convention, and Dr. E. G.

Homrighausen, Princeton theological I seminary. ftfinvj Term The May term Bartholomew circuit; court opened today with Judge George W. Long devoting his time to miscellaneous court matters. The March court term closed Saturday following busy Mrs. I Rosemary E.

Fischer, 803 Reed street, is the plaintiff in a suit for divorce filed in Bartholomew circuit court against 7 Richard J. Fischer;) She procured a court order restraining the defendant from molesting the defendant during pendency of the case. The complaint states that they were married Oct. 14, 1942, and separated May 16, 1947. She charges cruel treatment and asks for the custody of their son, John R.

Fischer. E. 3. Morrison is her attorney, Howard vs. Howard.

Grace Howard, 632 State has Instituted divorce proceedings against Dewey Howard, claiming cruel treatment. She; states -that they were married Aug; 27, 1940, and separated May 10, 1947. Howard filed application lor a' court order restraining her LACK Billy Don Beesley, Dale E. Blair, nignt. iloan iBoyd, Wanda iBozell, joycN He was; born Nov.

20, the NEW ALBANY, Ind May (IP) Rites were planned today for-Vance Swift, 31, a 34-inch midget who I died while on a vacation fishing trip, with his family here. I Swift, who was billed as "America's smallest man" by a midget died Saturday of a heart ailment. He was a member of the Rose Royal Midgets, New York, and was spending i a vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John L.

Swift, at! the time of his death. He weighed 35 pounds. MRS. DAUGHERTY TAKEN BY DEATH i Widow Succumbs at State Hospital After Long Illness. Mrs.

Blanche Daughtery, 60, Widow of. Webb Daugherty, died at 5 o'clock Sunday morning at the Madison State hospital. She had been in ill health for the past five years! fc: She was a native of Brown county but had spent most of; her life in this county. Funeral: services will be held at o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the St. Paul's Episcopal church with the Rev.

C. S. Heckingbot- tom in charge. Burial will be made at Garland Brook cemetery, The casket will be open this eveni.ng at the Flanigan, Reed and i Hull funeral home, where friends may call until time i of going to the church. i 1 1 Surviving are; a daughter, Miss Harriett Daugherty, and two brothers.

Grover and Delmer Pitt- man all of this; cijty, CARL NEVILLE PASSES AWJY Well Known Carpenter Suc cumbs at Home on Wil- son Street. Cairl Benjamin Neville, 52, died at 9:40 O'clock Sunday morning at the i residence, 646 Wilson 'street, Rafter an Illness of three months. He was a carpenter by trade and was' well-known in the city. He had been employed at Reeves Pulley company for the ipastj three! years. j- Although ailing, Mr.

Neville had 'ibeen getting along fairly well un- til his condition suaaeniy Decame worse about 11 o'clock Saturdays sun junu t. aim xuageio Neville, and spent practically all iof his life in this county. At the age of 15 he joined the Christian I ichurchj Mt. Neville was married Ithe first time to Bonnie Ross on iSept. 1915, land to his present wife ion March! 28, 1942.

jj Survivors besides the widow are three sons, Carl Kenneth, ana Harold Neville of Franklin i and Ralph Neville of Bloomington; a step-son, I Donald E. Walls, Of 1 Clifford; his mother, Mrs. Maggie Neville, and four grandchildren, j. ii Funeral services will be held at 30 o'clock i Tuesday afternoon at the Barkes and Albright funeraf home, with the Rev. John Ford inv charge.

Burial win be made at Garland -Brook cemetery, The casket will be open this evening at the funeral home. SOUTH BETHANY CHURCH WIRED Announcement was made today that wiring of the South Bethany Methodist church is nearing com pletion and 'it1 is hoped that elec tric lights can be used for next Sun day night's services. i i This is the first time for the church to, have electricity and was made possible through lines being put in that section by the Public Service company. Contributions are being received toward covering the expense: of wiring the church and anyone de- Send I Kheir money to Alva Bless, Colum bus, route 5. 1 I I The Rev.

Neal Wallace is pastor of the church. RAINFALL ADDS ANOTHER 1.34 Periodic downpours of rain Sat urday totalled 1.34 inches and more showers are in store for to night and Tuesday night, accord ing to the weather man. I Heavy rain northeast, of Columbus caused Hawcreek, Flatrock Clifty rivers to rise suddenly Sunday and Hawcreek overflowed parts of the Columbus Golf course. i The mercury stood at 73 degrees at 1 o'clock this afternoon, seven degrees under Sunday's top "of 80. The high Saturday was 78, while the Sunday night low was 57.

i I Skies are to be cloudy Tuesday with no decided change in temperature. I I i li NETS GRANDADDY STURGEON APALACmCOLA, Fla. (IPV-Sylvester Paratine thought he had netted a war-surplus submarine when he tried to pull in his catch. When he did get his net 4nto the boat, he found a 235-pound sturgeon more seven feet long. The livers weighed more than 15 pounds each and 50 pounds pf roe were removed.

Slash Present High Levies in Future MAY UP POSTAGE RATE ii House Committee Ik's Bill to Raise Air Mail, Special Delivery Prices. WASHINGTON, II May 19 (IP Secretary of the Treasurer John W. Snyder, who is on record against cutting income taxes now, said today "a period of: tax reduction is approaching." He did not say when. But he committee that, wth federal ex- penditures i at peacetime levels Bational inC0me iat a high It 1 mi some xuiure uin. Snyder urged modernisation' of the entire federal taxi structure.

He said that when the committee revised the tax code, it should give "careful consideration" to the family tax plan used In nine states. He testified as a close 'contest shaped up in the Senate over a Democratic move to delay action" on Republican-sponsored income tax reduction until June 10. But Senate Republicans believed they had the "(rotes to beat the proposal when the Senate takes up the tax cut bill, probably tomorrow. I Other congressional developments included: I POSTAL RATES The House post office committee approved a bill to boost postal rates "about $110,000,000 a year. The biU would increase air mail from five to" six cents an ounce, special delivery from 13 to 15 cents and continue first class rates at three cents an ounce, It also provides various other increases, Including some on parcel post ahd Ion newspapers and periodicals'.

I i HEALTH INSURANCE President Truman asked Congress to set, up national health f. and dis ability Insurance programs. In special message flown from Grand-view, Mr. Truman emphasised, the need to make it possible for patients to pay the cost of sickness, i FUR TAX An Ohio fur dealer told members of a House agricuW' ture subcommittee that; the 20 per cent luxury- tax on furs threatens, the industry. Henry HJ Fackler of Plymouth also said the levy la discriminatory.

I Urges. Extension. RFC John D. Goodloe, chairman of the Reconstruction TU nance corporation, urged that the life of the government lending agency' be extended beyond the. Jnne 30 expiration date.

He told the House banking committee that the extension la necessary for "the general economic i stability of the country." Furthermore, he said, the RFC has made a $500,000,000 profit for taxpayers since It was set up in 1932. i I 1 SMALL BUSINESS! Ben. William Futbright, said useful scientific discoveries should be made readily 'available to small businessmen. He Is sponsoring bill to make the Commerce department a clearing house of scientific and technical data. LABOR Senate-House conferees resumed efforts to compromise the differing union-control bills passed by the House and Senate.

Senate Republican leaders urged acceptance of their milder! version so that Democratic senators who voted passage would have "no excuse" for switching votes in event of a presidential veto. SAYS YOUNG ATHLETE 'HOUNDED' BY SCHOOLS CLARKSVILLE, May 19 (IPv Friends of I Mac Robinson, all-state and all-southern high school fullback last said today they believed college football scouts may have "hounded" the young athlete to the breaking point i Robinson was found 4 last night after he bad wandered In a dare for 1 16 hours about the countryside. Over 1,000 persons Joined In the search and bloodhounds from the state penitentiary at Nashville were brought out to hunt for Robinson. i ket, i "What would you like to have? he asked. Bhen he agreed to let me accompany him oa a "trading trip" into Bavaria, the "Food kingdom" of the American occupation sone.

After driving over some at the roughest roads ever negotiated by automobile, we arrived at a httle village near Oxenfurt. Shovel In Potatoe. One of our first deals was for the potatoes. Sleepy-eyed peasant lads shoveled the potatoes Into sacks from a pile that must have weighed at least two tons. On the way back to Frankfurt, "Johann" figured profit.

He had obtained the potatoes for about 60 reichmarks i a hundred pounds. The latest, quotation ta hungry Frankfurt was 800 reichmarks a hundred pounds or about $275. Workers with drawn faces were on their way to work when we arrived in the city. Most of their lunch pails contained only dry bread, As I got out of the car. Johann" said "if you need a big fat goose or a pig for a party just let me night last I I Two of the robbers were with pistols and one with a elaw hammer.

i Dontien To Orlipans Received 'Hi I Practically all the 'newi kitchen through Donner, equipment made possible a donation by William Hj formerly of this city, has arrived at the Frances Comfort Thomas Children's home and is now being installed. It 1 Mrs. Lillie Gaddis, supervisor of the children's home, stated that it was expected to icomplete installation of most of the new equipment this week. The original gift to the; honie made by Mr. Donner through the Donner Foundation, Philadelphia, was announced two years ago, but owing to war conditions most of the equipment i was not delivered until the past two weeks.

'jj- 'f'A 'y The gift was arranged "with the Bartholomew! i County I Welfare board and Mrs. Dorothy Wallace, board 'director; stated that necessary expenditures for installation will be met with regular appropriations for repairs. Modernize Kitchen. The new equipment, electrical, will completely -modernize the antiquated kitchen at the home. Two electrics stoves will replace the two coal oil stoves which have been used for preparation of all meals.

i 1 Funds made available for the new equipment in the kitchen and for purchase of a set; of Encyclopedia Brltannica for the home totalled $3,698.60. 1 I New equipment for the kitchen includes twof electric stoves, electric potato peeler, new sink, electric dishwashers with tables, electric water heater, electric refrigerator and A cabinet and work-table' ao are to be installed along the isouth wall of the kitchen. New dishes also have been ordered as part of the Necessary. electrical work at! plumbing and the home is i of the- equipment and concrete foundations have been put in for the 1 new stoves, i if Repairs Are Made, Other work at the home recently has included repair of plastering on the This work was being completed today, i The gift of funds for the kitchen equipment at the home was the first in a series of donations made here the past two years by Mr Donner; including funds for a clinical laboratory at the county hospital, for a city swimming pool and more recentlv for la I recrea tional building at First Presbyter- ian church A resident of jPhfla- delphia Mr. Xonner; is now in Switzerland.

LUMBER PRICE CUTS ARE MADE Price reductions on some grades oi lumoer were announced today three local lumber reflect-, ing recent declines in mill naomx. or uie reductions range from 10 to 15 percent on the grades' advertised, The firms announcing the reductions Dunlap and company, wendel Bros, and Taylor Lumber and Supply company, jj 1-iOcal dealers stated Hhat although some grades are dropping In price, a scarcity i still exists in many lumber supplies, particularly in finished Mill prices on top grades also are remaining steady, TO REDUCE DEBT, WASHINGTON 1 May 19 The Treasury announced today will reduce the i public debt another $1,000,000,000 on June 1 by retiring that amount of maturing securities I with cashi, The -money will come from the cash balance. The I reduction 111 reduce the debt to, about li iii. if Tit; i-l Jf of Cpnuirt husband from her during the time the case is pending She asks for of their daughter, Dewey; Jeanette. Mr.

Morrison is her attorney. 1 In a hearing in the local court Saturday Herman I J. Smith was granted a divorce i from 'f Mrs. Lo-rene Seaton Smith. Her former name of Lorene Seaton; was ordered i li Grover William Crouch 11 was granted a divorce from Mrs.

Berenice Alma I Evidence ln the divorce ease? of Prentice Willard Hall of North Vernon against Mrs. Marie Belva Hall has been completed but the cqurt has not; made a finding The foUowing actions for di vorce have beenj dismissed: Mrs. Laura Maier versus Otis Maier, and Mrs. 1 1 Helen Chavis I. versus Nomle Chavs.t!i!f.f:r;'3 l- Judgment was taken I i In! eourt Saturday in the complaint of Roy Van Wye against Chester King or possession pt Jj real estate.

The plaintiff's request for possession was granted and he was awarded $32.50. ihti -I' Gift (Wirpehs I (tfEA Telephoto) HELD FOR BROWN COUNTY THEFTS 2 Young Men Are Captured After Chase Following Robberies. Two young rrien' were being held today in Brown County jail at Nashville for a hold-up or a grocery store iiear Nashville i Friday night and break-in of a Nashville hardware store, The two were Rex Petro, 22, and Dwight HiHenbUrg, 16, both of Bloomingtort Petro formerly resided Jn Browii county. Petro and HjillenWrg were captured in eastern Monroe county, less than an hour Friday night siftpr thpv nllncrprllv held tin the Knight grocery on Road 46, two miles south of Yellowwood Lake. Authorities charged that earlier the two broke; into -the Nashville hardware store; and took four radios, pocket knives, flashlights, three hair clippers, an electric razor and an electric lantern.

Mrs. Louise Knight and three children were In the Knight grocery when twp young men entered, wearing handkerchief masks over their faces. One threatened Mrs. Knight witl Mrs. Knight with a 1.32 calibre; re- volver while $62 was scooped lout of a cashdrawer.

Clarence Aynes," Nashville mail carrier, drove by the store while the hold-up was in progress. He stopped his car as the two young men ran from the store land jumped into a 1936 Ford coach. Aynes gave cjiase, but lost track of the pair and then notified authorities. 'I An alarm -was spread by State police radio and road blockades set upi! Petro and Hillenburg were captured by State Police Officer Hal B. Rayburn and Bloomington City Policeman Eugene Jones 15 miles east of; Bloomington in a chase which: ended! when the fugitives' car went into a ditch.

Authorities feported thatiHillen-burgf confessed the jthefts. Part of the loot taken; from' the hardware store was recovered. A nr YVV- I AKt MlNtD AFTER WRECK Two young jmeij were fined Sat- urday in Bartholomew circuit r-mrt nn rrm.iT,r x.t an automobile accident late Fri day night on Road 7 southeast of Columbus. The two, both colored, were ar rested by State Police Officer Earl Brown 1 after their automobile had I struck the rear of another fcar. James Easton, 22, of Vincennes, I driver of the car, was fined $35 and costs and his driver's license sus- pended for ail-year period after; drunk drivingi Stanley "Jacjtson, 18, of Lexington, Ky, was fined $5 and costs upon pleading guilty to a public intoxication cc-unf.

Both were returned to jail pending payment of their .1 i' 1 i RFC CHAIRMAN ASKS FOR EXTENSION SOON WASHINGTON, May 19 tP John D. Goodloe chairman of the Reconstruction Finance corporation, told congressmen today that extension of RFC beyond next June 30 was necessary for the "general economic stability of the country." Goodloe i appeared as ithe first witness before he House banking and currency committee's hearings on the: whole subject of credit controls and their effect on June 30. He did not mention any new termination date. Ann tsraaiey, cnggs, jjeff Brougher, Charles Browri, Loren Brown, Don! Burns, Roberp jBurris, Joyce Carmichael, Charles jClarlq Imyie Geyheljl Clark, I Coleman, Barbara I Cory and Hallle Coryell. 'i Vara Waltf- (Vnr WpIpti Jeanne Denny, William Gary Densford, James M.j Dietz, Jerry Drake, I Philip i Gale Durbih, Mary E.

Dutro, Richard Echard, i William R. Eddington, Blanche Everroad, Gloria1 EverrOad, James Flannery, Fred N. FeutsJ J4 Virginia S. Frazief, Charles Garland Sharon Goodei, Janet B. Greenlee, Robert Grider and Janet Gwin.

I I 1 Clarence Hamilton, Richard Arlen Handlv. Johnv F. Harden. Esther Hardin, Evelyn -Margaret Hennessey, Carol 1 Hig- gins, i Eugene Ray i Hull, James Suzanne 1 Johnson, Elvin Jones, Trueman Earl Jordan, Joyce Ann (Kelly, Mary Ann Sarah Kinsel, Eddie Larrison, Gail i LindJ Olle Lucas. Hugh James Lul-ie, Gloria Mae! Mc- Clintlc, Janet Ls McGuire, IRich- Lee McPeek Don Meyejr, iVorginia i MooreJ ind- Doris Jean iMoss; i Janice Carol Norman, Marilyn Rose Padgett, i Ronnie Parker, I Alice; Penrose, Carol Perclfield, Ellanor Pruitt, Mary Ann Reno, Peggy Mary E.

Ryan. jMarjorle. Sexton, Charles Ray- ii mond Snyder, Patsy Stofer.l HU-j man i DeWayne Studer, Wilma- jjeanne Stuckey, Roy VanWy'e, Florence Worms, Vanest, Gordon: Wnikr RUMhoth Ann w.w,i Charge on Which E. Co- lumbus Man Received 1-10 Yejars Dismissed, Charles WjUls, 39, pf East was freed' of a charge- in circuit courf; Saturday on which he "at one had been sentenced to pi tson. Walls wai arrested last Sept 4, charged the shotting of James C.

Cnrai of Eastf Columbus. Confad was wounded in the legs. The shooting climaxed an argument between the two men1 durs ing which Conrad was alleged to have disobeyed Walls order to get off his property. In court Walls said that le "just wanted to shoot the off him" but went ahead and pleaded guilty to the charge of assault with intent to Changes His Plea. John E.

gumma, presiding as judge pro tern in the absence of 6' in Jl0ri to 10 years ln the tate Pnson- Ten days later Walls: went into court ana niea a motion; to nave his plea of I guilty set aside. The court granted the motion and the record was "made to show a plea of not guilty. i i In circuit "court Saturday, Prosecuting Attorney William M. Lien; bereer. filed? a motion toj dismiss the affidavit because of insuffi-! cient evidence.

Judge Long sus- taihed the motion freeing Walls of i the charge. Conrad, sustained foot and leg wounds is reported to have recoverea. ACCIDENTS ARE REPORTED I Approximately $20 damage resulted from' a minor traffic accident at 3:10 o'clock i Saturday afternoon Franklin street north of tie Fifth street intersection. Harry Rogers of Elizabeth-town was j.driving east from a drive onto I Franklin street in a 1936 Dodge sedan as Ezra Williams of 1008 -Jackson street was driving north' on Franklin street in a 1939 Chevrolet panelf trucK. 1 i Approximately $10 damage resulted in a minor accident at 1 4 in a cross-alley I between Third and I l.

ayette. Charles W. Glic of 2027 Caldwell drive was going west In a 1937 Terraplane as V. Shaw of Bloomington was driving north in a tractor-traiter truck. Both accidents were inves tigated by city police.

TEXAS CITY IS SAVED FROM ANOTHER BLAST TEXAS CITY, Tex, May 19 tli Teamwork by the Coast Guard and Texas City's depleted fire department was credited with averting another disaster in this explosion-scarred harbor today after they had successfully struck out a gasoline fire aboard a 10,000 ton tanker; i I Coast Guard flreboa.ts played streams ai water against the sides of the Pan-Massachusetts for four hours yesterday morning, while the Texas City fire department battled to smother the flames aboard the ship with 25 tons i of foamlte. It Waterfraat officials already deep in the job of rebuilding the harbor after the ApriJ 16 blast which took; 484 lives, said the fire could have done tremendous If the tankers plate seams had split, they said, the Richard Whally. Marv Ann lu Mlacli Market StiU Larry Whitehouse. Kenneth Wick erson, Roberta Maye; Yates, tortH thy Louise and I a-. 1 I Adjustment school! (Miss Eliza beth Harm): Maryl i June Ahlbrand, Elsie Jean Butler, Shirley Ann Gossett.

Geraldine Marie SHeets, Betty Jane Routier, and Jack Ebert I A i i i Adjustment Miss Henrietta ltietta Prewittfe- i i i Billie Robbinsi George E. Donald Lee Anderson, Doris Smith, Vern E. Purtlebaugh, Ralph Townsend. Betty Ann -and George VanArsdalei mi U. S.

AND YUGOSLAVIA 1 DISCUSS LEND-LEASE WASHINGTON. May 19 0P4 The United States and Yugoslavia begin neg6tiations today to, sett-tie Yugosalvia's i $32,000,000 waiv Umellendease bill. I The talks at i the deparfe-ment also! will include adjustments I regarding Yugoslavia assels frozen in thisf eountryL and the status; of American property in! Yugoslavia, ii! WUlard Thorp, assistant secretary of state for economic jafr-fairs, was. the head of those negotiating for the State department. Dr.

Vladimir assistant foreign minister, headed a Yugo slav i delegation. By MENNO DUEBKSEN. FRANUKFURT, May 19 Germany's acute food shortage hasnf yet starved the black market. just returned to Frankfurt with a 1 black market operator who acquired. 620 pounds of food in one 1 Bavarian village in less than two hours.

He fboughf! this food with 12 pieces of German-made soap, one new but shoddy-womeh's shoe one used dress, one blouse, one pair of second-hand men's work pants, and six cigarets. The purchase consisted of 500 pounds of potatoes, 100 pounds Of harley five pounds of bacon, three pounds of ham, four pounds of lard, two dozen eggs and five pounds of sausage. Johaan Big Cater. 1 This was in addition to what we ate i while we were there ham, sausage, bread, milk and apple cider. The black marketer well call him "J.phann" te five times as much as I did.

i. While food experts were in Germany and the United States on how to avert a "food "Johann" was asked if reports were true that food had disappeared from the black mar 6,000,000 gallons of burning gaso-lthe He presented a re-line would have spread across the vised draft of proposed legislation water throughout the arbor and to continue RFC; which expires probably, destroyed several of the remaining docks. I lit h. 1 t-.