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196. TAX INCREASES I Deed Land, Get Water From British mm MM I I I MHH MIHimi 1 5J I. CALIFORNIA BOY WINS 1946 SOAP BOX DERBY AKRON. Aug. 19.

'IP1 It took 14-year-old Gilbert Klegan less than SO seconds to win himself a college education. Klegan. a grinning youngster from San Diego. won the 1946 All-Amencan Soap Box derby At rWM-hv Down vesterdav before hH tl spas (NEA Telephoto Jewish refugees, intercepted in efforts to gain illegal entry to Palestine, file aPoard a British vessel in Haifa harbor, where they receive water and blankets from British soldiers in preparation for their journey to the newly-established detention camp on Cyprus. Whiskers Fly, Lather as The Battle of the Brush ages On WAA SUBDIVIDING ITS SURPLUS WAR PLANTS WASHINGTON, Aug.

19. IP The War Assets administration revealed today it is following a policy of subdividing surplus war plants too big to be operated by a single industry. WAA said its subdivision program is called "multiple tenancy." It said the purpose behind it is to speed realization of objectives laid down by Congress including fostering and development of new, Independent enterprises. The surplus disposal agency said that the Illinois Ordnance plant I near Carbondale, 111., has just been added to the program, which al-1 ready includes five surplus plants in Alabama, Pennsylvania, Nevada and California. Lost Mexican Is Franklins Worry Now Manuel Martines Vasquez of Morelos, Xacatecas, Mexico, lost himself in Columbus Sunday afternoon, but with aid ot an interpreter and city police fwa at least partially straightened out and routed to Franklin.

Vasquez, short, swarthy and 25 to 30 years old, was stopped by police on Hutchins avenue north of Fire Station No. 2 after residents of the neighborhood reported a strange man who could not speak English. When officers tried to talk with Vasquez he only grinned and shrugged his shoulders. The one clue he could give them was a piece of paper which had two key words on it. One word was "tomato," but they could not read the other.

Later they learned it was the Spanish word for factory. Tomato Gives Clue. From the word "tomato." police checked the Morgan Packing plant here, but were informed that none of the Morgan plants are hiring Mexicans. Morgan officials volunteered information they believed the Hougland plant at Franklin was employing Mexican workers. The next step by police was an effort to find an interpreter and James F.

Stevens or 707 Pearl street was called to the police station. Police said that when Stevens spoke a few words in Spanish the Mexican let loose a stream of conversation that was too much even for the in terpreter. But it eventually was learned that Vasquez had been picking cherries and cutting beet tops at Columbus. Wise. He had ridden a bus south to Cincinnati and then gone from to Scottsburg and later got a ride in a Morgan Packing company truck to Columbus.

Vasquez had two new flashlights, a box of face powder and a pocketbook containing a littU more than $3. So police informed him of the Hougland cannery at Franklin, bought him a bus ticket to Franklin and saw that he got on the bus safely. Today they couldn't help but wonder how Vasquez was faring, because he did seem like a nice, little fellow. CELLER SEES PASSAGE OF IMMIGRATION LAW WASHINGTON. Aug.

19. IP Rep. Emanuel Celler, N. predicted today that the next Congress will approve President Truman's plan to permit immigration of a limited number of displaced Europeans. In a statement.

Celler said he was certain that "in the final test more than a majority of members (of Congress) will vote for the President's humanitarian proposal." The President said Friday he planned to ask Congress for special legislation to permit a "fixed number" of the displaced persona to enter th United States. His proposal was made to alleviate, in part, the boiling Palestine situation. "Our Tand has always been an asylum for the oppressed of all lands." Celler said. "A mere trickle of immigrants amidst 140,000,000 people would not put our ecpnomy out of kilter. Hanger, 25 Airplanes Destroyed by Storm DECATUR, 111..

Aug. 19 HP Officials at the privately-owned Moody airport said today that a hangar" and most of the 25 aircraft it housed were completely destroyed in a windstorm which struck here yesterday. The winds, sweeping along at 70 to 80 miles an hour, reportedly caused damage only at the airport. There were no reports of injuries. Marriag Licenses Robert P.

CUsob. 26. Camp At-terbury. soldier, and Violet Prior, 31. Columbus.

Bishop Graves, 33. Columbus, electrician, and Shirley Jean Whitehead. 19. Columbus. Gerald Hobbs.

21. Scottsburg, clerk, and Barbara Nicholas. 18. Crothersville. Donald Mahl.

23, New York tool-maker, and agenda Finke. 19. Columbus. Glenn Hugh Sublette. 22.

Columbus, mechanic, and Mary Louise Long, 19. Columbus. Roland Wesley. 21. Columbus, tannery worker, and Helen Hall.

16. Columbus. Dave Hill. Bedford. Kaler Candy employe, and Bewlah Albert-son.

24. Bedford. Vernon Keckler. 23. Columbus machinist, ajjd Ruth Brock.

18, Columbus. Kyle Pittman. 18. Columbus, clerk, and Madeline Johnson. 16.

Columbus. 100 VETS FROM HERE MARCH IN LEGION PARADE Local Post Band and Auxiliary Drum Corps to Take Part. LEAVE CITY AT 5:30 Special Bus to Carry Columbus Group to Convention City. A delegation of approximately 100 from this city will take part in the American Legion convention parade in Indianapolis tonight, representing the local post. Post Commander Charles Miller aid the 29-piece band, along with color guards and bearers would leave on a special bus from the Legion home at 5:15 o'clock in order to be in Indianapolis at 6:30 when the parade is scheduled i to start moving.

Along with the band and colon In the parade will be the Women's Auxiliary drum corps. About 50 others, members of the Columbus Post 24, are also expected to take part in the march. Guy Jones, Carl Parcels, Bob Cook and Glenn Gates will carry the colors and rifles. Up Front In Parade. Both Ninth district commander William White and district adjutant Paul Schenck 6f this city will assemble behind the Ninth district colors which will lead the parade behind the state officers and military.

The Columbus unit will be fifth in the district, of which Nashville's post will receive pole position due to their performance in a membership campaign. Schsnck, along with Herman Beebe, selected as alternate delegates to take part in the business meetings, officially represented the local post in place of Ralph Barnett, newly elected vice-commander and Louis Scheidt, who resigned his vice-commander post recently as a result of changing residence. The Columbus delegation will assemble just off Pennsylvania on Fourteenth street at the capital. The line of march is south on Pennsylvania street to Washington street, west to Illinois street, north to Market street, around the south and northeast segments of Monument circle, and north on Meridian street. The parade will disband at national headquarters of the Legion.

777 North Meridian street. --Final--Session Tuesday. The convention, the tweny-eighth 'rertewal of which was concluding its third day of a four-day stand, cleared Its agenda of routine business today, preparatory to cleaning up loose ends with a final Tuesday morning election of officers. Delegates, who with an estimated 9,000 other Legionnaires have crowded into the city since Saturday, were officially welcomed yesterday by Governor Ralph Gates and Mayor Robert Tyndall, of Indianapolis. Perry Faulkner, a resident of Shelbyville, pinch hit for John Stelle, national commander who was prevented by bad weather from flying to the convention site from Chicago.

Faulkner, now head of the Veterans' Employment Service In Washington, keynoted the opening convention session yesterday in Tomlinson hall. The speaker told Hoosier veterans that the "Legion has responsibilities and power and prestige in the Nation's legislative halls. The American Legion will be watehful that the national defense is not neglected as it mas in the 20' he said. The Governor asserted that "these are critical times in which the Legion must play a major role." Memorial Services. State Legion commander Henry E.

Siedenmark. of South Bend, placed a wreath on the Indiana World War memorial cenotaph in traditional memorial ceremonies. Election of 10 of 11 district commanders was taken care of Saturday as the convention officially opened. Only the outcome of the contest for commander in the 10th district remained undetermined. In the Ninth district, of which the Columbus post is a aub-, ordinate unit.

James M. Tucker, of Paoli. was chosen the new head. Younger veterans were increasingly In evidence during registration Saturday and oldtime Legionnaires expressed the belief that W. I.

Brunton. of Scottsburg. unopposed candidate for department commander, will be the last of the World War I veterans to hold the office. Woman Killed When Hat Is Mistaken lor Turtle LONGANSPORT, Aug. 19.

IP Carl Koppernold, 28, told po-lic today that he shot and killed Mrs. Elizabeth Pfaff. 49. when he mistook her open crown hat for a turtle and fired at her as she fished in the Wabash river. Koppernold said he and Wesley Koppernold, 37.

and Wesley's son. Richard, 17, were squirrel hunting yesterday when they spied what they thought was a turtle crawling along the river bank. Koppernold said he fired at the. moving object and ran toward in time to see Mrs. Pfaff fall to the floor of the boat.

She was dead when the three Koppernolds pulled her boat to shore. Koppernold explained that he had been standing on a lowr ground level than the river bank and what he saw actually was a hat worn by Mrs. Pfaff. He was booked on manslaughter charges. STEELWORKERS ASKED TO JOIN IN LAKE STRIKE General eneral Walkout of CIO Members in Detroit Area Is Seen as Possible.

NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED Ship Owners and Union Leaders Get Together to Discuss Arguments, DETROIT. Aug. 19 IP Leaders of the CIO National Maritime tin- ion appealed today for the aid of the CIO I'nited steelworkers in their strike against 17 Great Lakes ship operators. N'egct ations in the five-day old strike were resumed in New York and Chicago ss the NMU sought to tie up all lakes traffic bv Fri- day. Joseph Stack.

NMU vice president, instructed his ports agents in all cities where ships wers struck to ask the steelworkers to support the walkout. He told them to meet the I'SW men as they re-: port for work and request them not to unload struck vessels. Both sides continued to give out conflicting reports on the effects' of the walkout which began last Thursday when the NMU called its members out to enforce demands for a 40-hour week and other benefits. Claim 12 Tied I p. The NMU claimed that about 120 ships were tied up by the strike and said all major porta wei strikebound.

About 4.000 of its 5.000 NMU members wers on strike, the union claimed. On tha other half, the Lakes Carriers as-j sociation. representative of all tha major shipping companies, said only 13 of 316 ships operated by memner companies were uefl up. An independent survey showed that about 60 vessels wars halted by the strike. Negotiations were resumed la New York City between NMU President Joseph Curran and representatives of the Bethlehem Transportation company, and in Chicago between the Standard Oil Company of Indiana and John Rogan.

chairman of the NMU negotiating committee, and Jack Lawrenson. an NMU vica president. Resumption of negotiations was the first hopeful sign in the walkout since the disputants broka off relations last Fridsy. Says "Outlook ta The NMU said the "outlook I good" for a complete tie-up by next Friday. Previously Curran had said it would take about a week for the strike to approach a general tie-up of all lake shipping.

The NMU announced last night that Rogan had conferred informally with Harry Lundberg, secretary-treasurer of the Seafarers International union (AFL and the SIU pledged it would respect NMU picket lines. The union also announced that it would redouble its protests to the Coast Guard against ships allegedly sailing without sufficient crews to insure safety. One union spokesman charged that several ships had sailed from Indiana ports with skeleton crewa and the NMU submitted a list of six ships to the Coast Guard in Detroit, Buffalo and Chirago, charging that the vessels "are sailing in violation of safety at sea regulations" SAYS ARMY SOLD GOOD RADIO SETS FOR JUNK ATLANTA. Ga Aujr. 19 IP- -A young Navy veteran told a special House committee investigating surplus property disposal today that he purchased aircraft transmitter-receiver sets valued at J4.000 each from an Atlanta Junk dealer for $6 apiece, He said the sets had been maiked for salvage and sold as mass junk by the Army at TVnrner Robins Fi'ld.

Macon. Ga. The veteran, Morgan Pattilo, now a Oeortna Tf-h udr-nt and amateur radio c-erftnr. "old of buying several valuable piece of elertronic equipment for as little at 20 cents a pound and selling a' "trerrendous" profits after re-! pairing it himself. Pat'illo said that on one or-csion he bourhf a J200 transmitter for 49 rents and old it for "30 or 40 dollars" after minor repairs Third erson Injured in 2-Car Collision is Dead POVTIAf Til Aim 19 llPi Mi.

a Ethel Hannah 5. Hampshire, be- came the third victim of the collision of two automobiles when she died here late Saturday night. Two others. Mr and Mrs. S.

P. Fraider Sprinsrfleld. were moved yesterday to a Chicago hospital. Mrs. Fraider has two broken legs, and her husband is suffering from a broken nose, broken jaw and interna! Injuries.

The Fraiders' son. Frank, and his grandmother. Mrs. S. F.

Fraider. Chicago, were killad the wreck. 'Kick -off' Banquet. HUNTINGTON. Aug.

19 tP The Huntington countv Demo- cratic club campaign "kick-off- banquet will feature M. Clifford Townsend, former governor and candidate for U. S. Senator as speaker Aug. General Chairman Rov Howell announced t- da v.

ASKED IN MANY HOOSIER CITIES Columbus Civil Rate Comparable With Those in Other Units. SCHOOL LEVY IS LOWEST $1.21 Request for Education Lower Than in Other Communities. Tax levies proposed for the civil and school cities of Columbus for 1947 are comparable with those in many other Indiana cities and with few exceptions Hoosier cities are advocating higher rates. The 9'? cent rate boost being asked by the civil city here would increase the rate of $1.73 on each $100. assessed valuation.

Seymour is asking for a $1.48 cent rate which is 28 cents above the present levy. At Logansport. a $1.10 levy is proposed, representing a 22 cent increase. Rush-ville seeks to hike its civil rate 15 cents to $1.05 and Wabash is asking a $2.09 levy, an increase of 57 cents. $1.62 at Greensburg.

Greensburg is seeking a 40 cent boost to $1.62 and if the wishes of the Elwood city councilmen are granted that city will have a $2.18 rate, up 11 cents from this year. Martinsville is asking a $1.78 4 cent rate and Shelbyville proposes a levy of $1.79. At Franklin a $1.74 rate is proposed, at New Albany $1.78, Jeff-ersonville $1.73. Greeneastle $2.18 and Bicknell $1.94. At New Castle $1.84 rate is asked which is up 48 cents from this year.

School rates being proposed In cities of comparable size to Columbus are as folows: Shelbyville, $1.67 14; Rushville, Martinsville, Seymour, Greensburg, Connersville, Franklin. $1.56, and New Castle, $2.32. Columbus, with a school rate proposal for 1947 of $1.21 on each $100 property valuation is the lowest in the group. Rate Up 8 Cents. The proposed Columbus school levy is up only eight cents from this year.

Columbus has long had one of the lowest tax rates in the state for its schools, and the comparative figures indicate that it is still retaining this position. The swing to higher tax rates is general over the state and comparatively few cities will be able in 1947. Rates adopted so far are subject to action by boards of tax adjustment when they convene next month. The adjusters are authorized to cut rate proposals but thev cannot make increases. In the News Today INDIAN APOLIS, Aug.

19 UPV- The society for the preservation and encouragement of barber shop quartet singing looked forward today to bigger and better state conventions in 1947. The SPEBSQSA convened yesterday and elected new officers. But a harmony contest between quartets was cancelled when only one foursome put In an appearance. Joe Westendorf, Fort Wayne, was named president to succeed Gilbert Carpenter. The 1947 convention will be held In Fort Wayne.

KIRKLAND. Aug. 19 (IP) Even the sceptics had to admit today that pigs can, too, swim. It was demonstrated conclusively at the Kirkland water festival on Lake Washington. Eighteen plump porkers slithered down a greased chute and churned down the 75-yard course Saturday to end for all time the baseless rumor that pigs can't swim, and would cut their throats with their hoofs If they tried It.

Rose of Normandy, a dark-pig fugitive from a blue plate special, negotiated the course in a new world's record for 21? pounds of prince beauty. The "Rose," her cloven hoofs twinkling In the sunlight, splashed across the finish line a snout ahead of "Wafford." the favorite, an Arkansas razorback carrying the colors of Radio Comedian Bob Burns. 17 PENDERGAST MEN ARE UP FOR PARDON WASHINGTON. Aug. 18 iLP) Seventeen members of the Thomas J.

Pendergast machine, who served sentences after conviction in Missouri's 1936 presidential vote fraud case, have pardon petitions pending before President Truman, it was learned today. Since ascending to the presidency, Mr. Truman has granted 15 pardonsjf to members of the machine of which he was once a member. Seven others were pardoned by the late President Roosevelt. The persons pardoned, those seeking pardons, have served the sentences imposed.

Grant of the presidential pardons would make it possible for the persons to ask the state of Missouri for restoration of their civil rights. If their petitions are approved, they could rote and hold public office. i a record crowd of 97 363 persons His time was 27.13 in the finai heat. He beat that record mi the fourth round elimination, however, when he defeated Jerry Aulick. Sootts Bluff.

with an official time of 26 67. Klegan won his crown after ehm-mation races had weeded out the other 111 city champions from all over the United States. Decisio7i on Meat is Seen By Tuesday WASHINGTON. Aug 19 IP -The three-man price decontrol board meets again today to place the finishing touches on the government future price policy on meat, grain and dairy products. Spokesmen for the board reported that its members conferred for nearly 10 hours yesterday in an effort to have their decision ready tomorrow, night on whether the three items plus soy beans and cotton seed, will continue free of price curbs Board sources said that the decontrollers had made 'substantial progress" on their decision.

There was no inkling, however, regarding the verdict. If it decides to restore price ceilings on the commodities, the board also will have to chart the future course of subsidy payments on them. Although OPA officials admitted they did not know what the decision would be. Price Chief Paul Porter believes his agency has sufficient controls and funds to restore most food prices to their June 30 levels. Some adjustments may have to be made in dairy process that would boost the cost of milk another penny a quart.

More Ceilings Lifted. Meanwhile. OPA removed all dried fruits, except apples, from price controls. OPA said the order was issued as imported and domestic supplies of dried fruits are more than adequate to meet demand. Removal of price ceilings on dried prunes and raisins was made retroactive to July 28.

the date subsidies were discontinued. The CIO executive council has served warning that unless the decontrol board permits food prices to be rolled back to June 30 levels, it will reopen its contracts and demand wage increases for its workers within 60 days. Reconversion Director John Steelman replied indirectly to the CIO's warning with the statement that "this is no time for labor to demand wage increases without corresponding gains in production But he quickly added that this "Is no time" for business men to charge "all the traffic will be bear" for their products. He advocated that both business and labor adopt a slogan of "volume production for the next few months" Refrigerator Prices Go up WASHINGTON. Aug 19 'LP The OPA today announced a six per cent increase in retail ceiling prices of mechanical refrigerators The increase, amounting to $10 to $12 for a standard size refrigerator, becomes effective Wednesday at manufacturing levels But consumers will not feel the effert of the increase until the higher priced refrigerators are distributed The increase does not apply to sto-ks which a dealer already has on hand OPA said part of the six pe-cent increase results from a ne'-v reconversion price increase cf 3 5 per cent which refrigerator man-facturers were given today On a previous industry-wide increase.

OPA required re-sellers to absorb what amounted to 2 5 per cent of the retail price resulting from that manufacturers' increase. Passing on six per cent manufacturers' increases to consumer is reouired under new OPA law. OPA said of the the DODD TO I FAD II UNFA0 DELEGATION, WASHINGTON. Aug. 19 -IP Undersecretary of Agriculture Norris E.

Dodd will head a 2-man U. S. delegation to the second session of the United Nations food and agriculture organization conference, the State department announces today. The conference opens SepL 2 at Copenhagen. Leslie A.

Wheeler, director of tions. will serve as deputy Amen- can member. There will be four eongression- al advisers Chairman Elmer Thomas. of the Senate agriculture committee: Sen. Rav- mond E.

Willis. of the agriculture committee: Chairman John W. Flannagan. Va. of the House agriculture committee, and Clifford R.

Hope. R. ranking minority member of that committee. I I i i I I I I I I i Gents in a ing, whisker-tickling feud that has shot the Letters to the Editor column to the No. 2 popularity position in the paper, just behind Alley Oop.

But some barbers pointed out today that the $1 price issue which started the original merry-go-round has confused some of their pafrons to the point where they believe Columbus barber shops have raised the haircut price to $1. "Some of our patrons have laid down a $1 bill and started to walk off without their said one barber. "Others have come in with the comment that we ought not to have raised oui price 75 cents was enoueh." Another barber reported that one of his customers had declared as he climbed into hair-removing chair, that he thought the local raise to $1 for TOWING SERVICES WILL GO OFF PRICE CONTROL WASHINGTON. Aug. 19 lPi The Office of Price administration today announced that transportation and towing services within harbor limits by other than common carriers will be suspend ed from price control, effective 1 immediately.

The agency announced, at the same time, suspension of controls on rental of vessels and the furn- jt-hjn of to ships. steam and fresh water SKIFS TO STAY FAIR TUESDAY Wet Weather Delays Corn and Tomato Harvest. But Pick-up Is Expected. Showeis which splashed over the country through the latter naff iat week were at least temporarily at an end today and the weather man fair skies for tonight and Tuesday, although temperatures are to be low. The prediction for tonight is fair and cooler, with mostlv fair land continued cool for Tuesday.

Rainfall over the weekend to talled of an inch. The mercury I stood at 74 degrees at 1 o'clock this afternoon after dropping to a low cf 5 Sunday night. The jow mark I aturday night was 69. The showers sloped many farm ers in harvesting sweet corn and tomatoes. As a result deliveries 1 were continuing light this morning at the Morgan Packing plant here and William F.

Miller of Moreantown. grader, reported the tomatoes were running exception-' ally high in wa'er cor.cr.t. Cannery officials said hey expected a pick-up in deliveries this week, particularly in sweet corn Tomatoes received here at present are Deir.g shipped to other plants for processing. xuuiig ma.ii la i aiouj I i 1 1 har was all right. "I hf ted to disillusion him, but it wouldn't have been fair to take his extra quarter or would Ttp Price Six Bits.

Nevertheless the top hair cut price in Columbus remains at 75 cents, it costs a top of 50 for a shave. As far as most barbers are concerned there is no thought of raising the price here to $1, not unless other prices go skyrocketing. MeanAhUe the battle between Whiskers nd Lather Brush goes on. After a barber had tussled through 30-minute scissors battle with a squirming, screaming 2'ryea-r-old in a local shop last Friday afternoon Lather Brush commented: "I wonder if Old WhifNers has ever been through a lything like that?" CAR OUTPUT UP DURING MONTH i CPA Says Manufacturers' May 'Find Difficulty' in Making 'Extra' Autos. WASHINGTON.

Aug. 19 'IP The Civilian Production admini-j st ration said today that automo-1 bile manufacturers "may find dif- ficulty" making the extra cars they have scheduled for August, September and October. The manufacturers produced 220.321 passenger cars in Julv. June output by 78.008 units. Schedules called for 287.424 1 'cars in August.

311.268 in Sep- I tember aid 395.849 in October. I CPA said, however, that attain-' ment of the new goals may be hampered by these factors: 1. Possible impact of demands foi steel and cast iron by other industries such as farm machin- ery and construction. 2 Possible lack of enough lead I fot solder Snd other uses. Truck p- duction took a sharp upturn In July, reaching a total of 93.458 nits.

This output, more han June, followed a sharp dro, through April, May' and June. The July true output compares favorably the all-time peak production of commercial trucks in April. when 96.170 trucks were manu actured. CPA's rf norts showed that In the ffrst reven months of 1946. sp 2.373 pasi'nger cars and 431.044 trucks were produced.

Most of Posey County Corn Crop is Destroyed MT. VEllNON. Aug. 19-County autnorities said today that! the Posey county bumper corn crop had been almostly complete-j ly destroyed by a wind and rain storm Saturday night. No one was reported injured in the storm, which lasted for five hours, but of homes and rural buildings were damaged.

State police reported that rural highways innuriuaifu. tying I I yruuc I UWCr KJ JU C-iLi I i our oi oouin America HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 19 Ui rum star Tyrone Power takes off today in his twin-engined Beech- craft plane. Saludoa Amigos.

for a 2-month tour.of South America. The "Letters to the Editor" discussion over the price of a hair cut and a shave, beinp carried on by "Old Whiskers'' and "Lather Brush," has local lesi-dents in somewhat of a lather over just what is the local price of a trimming above the ears. Old Whiskers and Lather Brush started their rather atomic communications in a discussion of the price of haircuts at Indianapolis, where barbers jumped their hair cuts to $1. Old Whiskers hasn't liked the price a bit and in his original letter he went into a bit of philosophy on the barber profession in general. But the barbers were not without a defender and Lather Brush laid down his scissors and took up pen to tell Old Whiskers "a thing or two." The result was a lather-splash AWARD Mi AT E'TOWN CHURCH Carmer Given Bronze Star for Defense Against Jap Suicide Plane.

The Bronze star medal was presented Sunday morning at Elizabethtown Christian church to Clarence "Whitey" Carmer of Elizabethtown, Navy veteran. The medal was presented by Lt. Comm. V. J.

Wixom. TT.S.N.. at the close of Sunday school services. Miss Eileen Ward played piano music and Miss Faye McMillan sang a solo. "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind." Commander Wixom was introduced by E.

E. Arbuckle. Sunday school superintendent. Prayer was given by the Rev. Avert Witt and the congregation sang at the close.

i The citation accompanying the! award to Carmer. son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carmer. read in parti as follows: "For meritorious achievement in connection with operations against the enemy as a 20 mm.

i gunner aboard a united states ship at Okinawa Gunto during the night of April 2S-29. 1945. When, during eight hours of continuous enemy air attack, he perceived the approach of a low-flying suicide plane and directed heavy and accurate gunfire at it. contributing materially to its destruction." Carmr served in both European 1 1 ana fscinc waters ana was wouna-ed at Okinawa. A seaman, second class, he served on the U.S S.

Butler, originally a destroyer but later changed to a destroyer minesweeper by removing a 5-inch turret gun at the stem and installing mine-sweeping gear. Carmer was discharged last November. OPA SAYS PRICE BOOST MAY BE PASSED ALONG WASHINGTON. Aug. 19 'U The Office of Price administration today ruled that the recent six-cent a ton increase in contract carrier charges for transportine coal on the Great Lakes may be passed on by sellers of the coal.

Effective immediatfly. the increase applies to both bituminous and anthracite coal sold by coal dock operators located on the L. S. bank of Lake Superior and the west bank of Lake Michigan north of and including Waukegan. 111., and to bituminous coal sold for direct use as bunker fuel at all ports on the Great Lakes except I those on Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.

Vote to Keep Center. BLOOMINGTON. Aug. 19 'U The Indiana university board of trustees today announced the continuation of the Richmond branch Indiana university extension center. The center is operated jointly by Indiana university and Earl-ham college and serves Wayne and Cher neighboring counties.

i Inmred in Co'hsion Kon an r8 FORT WAYNE. Aug. 19.1" rUmed in, i i operations today. 'LP Funeral services will be held in Ossian Wednesday for Gale ftt 11 ArcfiDOIO. 23.

wno was Killed yes terdav in an automobile crash near here. Archbold was fatallv injured1 when the car in which he was ridine crashed into the abutment of a cattle underpass. The driver of the automobile. Walter John son. 20 Yoder.

was seriously m- jured. Sheriffs officers said that Johnson lost control of the car as he approached the underpass. Aged Attorney Die. i Accompanying the former Ma- the Agriculture department corps pilot will be Actor Cesar fce of foreign agricultural refa- Romero. John Jeffries, eo-pflot and navigator.

William Gallagher and ifllm publicist Jim Denton. The part? will fly down the west coast of South America to Chile. (then acrosT the Andes into Argen- i Pacific campaign MLNC1L. Aug. 19 'LP Rites tina.

They plan to visit every were planned today for Horace G. South American country. Cuba, the Murphy. 81. who died yesterday Caribbean islands.

Mexico and Cen-after a brief illness. Murphy was i tral Amtrict on the goodwill tour, attorney here for 45 years and i Power said he planned the trip served Twice as Delaware county while flvir.r for the Marine in th prosecutor. I.