Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 14

PAGE FOURTEEN ALTON EVENING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 194J Services Call 14 Wood River Men WOOD RIVER, Oct. Wood River Selective Service Board tortny announced trml 14 registrants hurt been InrlurlPd in the next list of men from this district to enter military sorvice. All have passed their physical examinations. Those on the list Ixnils Charles Virinkovlch, Charles Wnrrl Moore. Clarence Walthnr Hnrmon, Stanley Eugene Howell, Othn Eugene Bnty, Melvin Donald Huehner.

Raymond Joseph Rrokaw, William Browning Crider, Worthy Darrell F.xton, Lloyd Leniel Cum- William Vernon Brooks Wlllard S. Barcer, Joseph Lee KirkpMrltk and Ernest Lester Kocherspcrger. Plan Parade WOOD Wood River Lions Club met Tuesday at the Postlewalte Hostess House and plans were mnde for the Halloween parade on Halloween evening. Dr. F.

M. Leever, who Is chalrmnn of arrangements, announced that the parade will be for costumed children and any adult who wishes to participate. Starting at 6:30, the parade, which will form at the postoffice, will move drwn Ferguson avenue to Wood River avenue and out to the High school, where prizes will he awarded and an entertainment given. There will he six cash and 150 other prizes awarded. Entertainment will con- gist of band music, and a nagiclan from St.

Louis will he present. Wood River Drug Corps, Wood River Municipal Bond and the High school band will preceed the costumed children In the parade, which will be the first. Halloween parade held since the beginning of the war. Heretofore Wood River had on annual Halloween parade, which was oponsored by the Lions Club. Mrs.

Paynes Entertains WOOD RIVER Mrs. E. H. Paynes was hostess Monday to the 1945 Executive Board of the American Legion Auxiliary. Dessert was served and games were played.

Winning prizes were Mrs. Fcnton Holiday, Mrs. Ross Dnvdson and Mrs. William Sloneham. Others present were Mrs.

Fred Penning, Mrs. Paul Schleeper, Mrs. Harry Fredeklng, Mrs. Harry Cainflold, Mrs. Arthur Northwoy and Miss Elizabeth Stoneham.

J. E. Reynolds Decorated WOOD has been received that John E. Reynolds of Wood River has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action while fighting with the Third Infantry Division In Germany. His wife, Mrs.

Dorothy A. Reynolds resides at 407 Leslie avenue. Dennis C. Bean ond Roy G. Watson were among a large group of men who received discharges at the U.

S. Naval Separation Center at Great Lakes last Friday. Joseph W. Morrison o( Madison avenue recently was released from service at the center. Gainer Entertains WOOD RIVER Mrs.

Frank J. Gainer of 217 Ninth street, enter- tlaned Friday with a miscellaneous shower In honor of Mrs. Gainer's niece, Mrs. Stewird Greene. Four tables of bridge were played and prizes were awarded to Miss Dorothy McNally, Mrs.

Charles Baker, Mrs. McCarthy and Miss Betty Nacf. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Returns to Kast WOOD RIVER Peter Russo of Hoboken, N. recently discharged from the Air Corps has returned to his home after visiting with Mr.

and Mrs, Lee Scott of Rice street. Frank Perry, recently discharged at Scott Field, Is a visitor nt the Scott residence. Mr. and Mrs. Scott, through the U.

S. has entertained many men in their home. Attending Convention WOOD RIVER The 32nd annual convention of the Illinois Municipal League is In session at Springfield and Is being attended by Mayor and Mrs. L. Humphrey, E.

P. Howard, city clerk; C. M. Scrlbncr, city treasurer, and F. J.

Manning, city attorney. Wood River Notes WOOD RIVER Mr. and Mrs. Earl Booten hnve returned to their home at 309 Penning nvenue, after visiting relatives and friends in southern Illinois. Mr.

and Mrs. C. Baker have returned from Chicago, where they a week visiting relatives. Mrs. Paul Sourls of Wood River, accompanied by Mrs.

M. Price of Phoenix, left Saturday for Phoenix where Mrs. Sourls will remain for the winter. Mr. and Mrs.

Sourls anticipate building home In the west In the future. Mrs. Olga Ervln of Hamilton Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Alma Brown, of 509 First street. The Wood River Fire Department was called to the Fiesta Hotel on Ferguson avenue Monday evening where a mattress had caught fire In one of the rooms.

The fire was extinguished with minor damage. Mrs. Oscar Monken and Mrs. C. M.

Scribner' sr-, attended the Royal Only Oats Ride Out Grain Slide Upper Alton News Steels, Motors Extend Decline CHICAGO, Oct. 24, OP) All grain except oau, were weak today, dropping around a cent a bushel at times on GERMAN DP AWAITS TRAIN OUT OF German displaced person sits on top of his few belongings white patiently waiting for train at the Annalter station in Berlin for trip from the German capita! with other Germans in the same predicament as Wirephotc. Inspired by unconfirmed reports that the administration would oppose the Pace bill to Include labor coats In computing parity. Oats held higher most of the time on buying influenced largely by government purchasing In the northwest. The government was reported to have bought 400,000 bushels of oats yesterday at Minneapolis.

RecelpU were: Wheat 32 cars, Corn 52, Oats 19, Soybeans 205. Wheat closed unchanged to lower than the previous finish, December corn was unchanged to down, December Oats were up to 12, December 64 V4; Rye was lower to higher, December and barley was off to December $1.17. Chicago Cash Grain WHEAT No sales. CORN No sales. No.

1 white heavy, 68V4- No. 2 white heavy, No. 3 white heavy. BARLEY Nominal; malting, 1.21-1.39%; feed 1.06-1.23%. FIELD SEED Per hundredweight, nominal; timothy, 5.255.50; red top, 11.00-11.50; clover, 31.50; sweet clover, 10.75; el- slke, 28.50; alfalfa.

33.50-36.50. Chicago Grain Futures North Alton News To Return Home Soon Undergoing an operation, at Alton Memorial Hospital week ago today for relief of appendicitis, Miss Hortonse Stlrllz of Melville Is getting along so favorably that she will bo moved to her home the latter part of this week or the first of next, It was said by a member of tho family this morning. Miss Stlrllz was taken ill suddenly week ago yesterday at the Trl-City Grocery Co. store on North State where she is employed as cashier. Missionary Meeting Friday Postponed from last week because of illness among members, the meeting of the Missionary Society of Elm Street Presbyterian Church will be held Friday nt the home of the Rev, and Mrs.

Marshall W. Rico, 2336 State. The meeting will get under way at 11 with a pot-luck luncheon at noon, A book review is Included In tho program. Attend Family Reunion Mr. and Mrs.

Roy Eyer of Grove- lln street, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Howard and family of Brookslde avenue, Mr, and Mrs. Harry Eyer also of Alton, Mr 1 nnri Mrs. John Fhonds and family of Fosterburg and Mr.

and Mrs. Dennis Brayman and family of Carpenter attended a family reunion Sunday at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eyer nt. Carrollton.

It was an nll- dny celebration with a dinner featuring the gathering. It the first family get-together since before the war, Harry Eyer, All Forces, who had been overseas for 18 months, most of the time In France, was recently given an hon ornble discharge and returned to his home In Alton, and the othe members of the Eyer clan had been awaiting his return. Not Doing So Well William Gradolph, who fell will a ladder ncl paint bucket whll painting his home on Clifton Hil road Friday, Is not getting nlon any too well, It was said this morn ing by a neighbor. The deep cu In his henri Is slow In healing an his injured hip is causing consid ornble pain. He is able to be hobbling around, but was plannln on doctor today.

About Completed With tho printing of ticket which will be out In a day or two nil plans tor the chicken suppe sponsored by the Godfrey Parent Teacher Association, will be con pleted. The supper will be serve i- the Godfrey School, Thursdaj Nov. 8, nt 5 p. to continue un 111 8 o'clock. Continued to Improve Since being moded to her hom nt Clifton Terrace, Mrs.

Carso Muncle continues to Improve slov ly but steadily. Mrs, Muncio ui derwent an operation two weel ngo at Alton Memorial Hospital. Not Receiving Trpnmont, at Work An article In this column TUP day night about George Cannon Walters street being transfem from Casper, to tho Vote ans Hospital at Wadsworlh, Knn has left the wrong Impresxlo among some of his friends. Tl copy stated he was not being tran ferred to the hospital because Baptists Will Hear Open Dec. May ron't be long until the season gets nder way, it is said.

A license is equlred for trapping and selling elts and this is also in a status uo state. For the past several ears prices of pelts have been remarkably low. according to trap- ers, who are expecting big oost In prices, according to re- urns received from rabbit hides. Last weekend a few duck hunt- rs were scattered along the river, groups of four or five, each roup bagging two or three ducks, is said on reliable authority. So ar tho waterfowl season has been failure.

Benefit Games Tonight The regular Wednesday games 111 be held tonight In the shelter ouse on Mather street, getting nder way at 7:30. They are Seng sponsored by the Booster Club North Side Playground Assoclo- ion. Major Strang of Bunker Hill in U.S. 176 July 1.68% Sept. 1.66% Dec.

1.18% May 1.17% July 1.16% Sept. OATS- LOW Close 1.75 1.75% 1.73V* 1.74 1.66% 1.67%-1.68 1.65% 1.66% 1.18 1.16% 1.16 Dec. May July Sept. RYE- Dec. May July Sept.

1.59% 1.51% 1.40% 1.35% Dec. 1.17% May 1.15% July 1.11% 1.56% 1.49% 1.38% 1.33% 1.16% 1.14% 1.18 1.17 1.16% 1.15 Vi 1.58% 1.51%-% 1.40 1.34 1.17 1.15 St. Louis Cash Grain ST. LOUIS, Oct. 24, WHEAT Seven cars; none sold.

CORN Eight cars; none sold. OATS Hhree cars; none sold. Church Party at Bethalto Thursday BUNKER HILL, Oct. 24, Arthur E. Strong, who was held prisoner by the lapanese from the fall of Corregl- dor May 6, 1942, until his liberation 'rom a work camp on Honshu 3opt.

9, arrived in San Francisco Saturday afternoon aboard the ransport, Bolivar, and is expected home this weekend. He called his wife from Lelterman General Hospital about an hour and a half after his arrival In the States and said he would be sent either to Jefferson Barracks or Ft. Sheridan, where he would be granted tils leave. He said he felt well, although he had suffered from berl beri during his imprisonment, and had gotten his weight up to over 200 pounds. From lack of food his weight had dropped to 132 pounds Aug.

12, shortly before his liberation. Ma- Jod Strong weighed 210 pounds when he entered service in June, 1941. Major Strong, publisher of the Neighbor's County Convention of illness, but that he was engaged in Monroe and St. Clair counties at East St. Louis today.

Mrs. Maud Richardson has returned to her home at Cairo, 111., after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Knauss and Mrs. Knauss' Katie Peebles.

mother, Mrs. Tungett Discharged TINKER FIELD, Okla. (Special) 35 combat missions over German-held territory to his credit, Robert G. Tungett, 3315 Franor, Alton, was honorably discharged from service Oct. 19 at this field.

He had 80 service points. Tungett, 20, served, for nearly three yean In the army air forces. one of which was spent In England where he was a gunner on a B-34 bomber. He it authorized to wear Uw Distinguished Flying Crwa, the Air Medal with four eluttan and the European theater ribbon with three battle itan. some particular work.

The word "not" was omitted, leading some to believe he was 111, whereas he is well and getting along fine, according to word received by Mrs. Cannon. He entered the service only a short time ago. 1133.90 at Ruiuiuaice Salo It was announced this morning that $133.50 was taken in last Friday and Saturday at a rum- mago sale given by the Sunshine Sunday school class of Elm Street Presbyterian Church, and that members of the class are well Ilk-used with the showing. Mrs.

Hoy Fessler served as chairman, with Mrs. Joseph Voss and Mrs. Edrnan Hagen us assistants. Getting Ready for Trapping There Is some concern among trappers In the North Side area and along Alton-Jerueyvllle road as to the open season on fur-bearing animals. As yet, they say, they have received no game coda and It Bunker Hill Gazette-News, was a reserve Infantry officer, but after his call to active duty was assigned to quartermaster unit.

He sailed Oct. 27, 1941, for the Philippines and arrived Nov. 14 in Manila. He was In charge of supplies going Into the port of Mariveles and was stationed on Bntnnn after the war began. He was able to escape from Bataan a few clays before Its fall mid went to Corrigidor, where he was taken prisoner about a month Inter.

He svas seriously ill in the fall of 1942 at Cahanatuan prison camp. Later Major Strung was transferred to other camps In the Philippines and then to camps In Japan, He and other officers nt Camp Zentsujl on Shlkoku were taken June 25 to a work camp in the mountains of Honshu and there they were liberated a few months later by the Allies. He sailed from Yokohama to Manila, whore he spent 12 days before embarking for home. Chesterfield CHESTiOHHKLD. The "Daughters of Dorcas," church school class, will meet Friday at 7:45 p.

with Mrs. Arthur Hall. Mr. and Mrs. J.

E. Phelps, accompanied by Mrs. Viola Nixon and Miss Clara Nixon were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Phelps and family of Clifton Terrace.

Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Shane, Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Sawtell were Saturday visitors at Granite City. Mr. and Mrs. William F.

Dams and daughter of Hartford were week-end guests of their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Eurl Howard and daughter, Rita, of Alton, returned home Saturday evening after visiting her sinter, Mrs. W.

W. Woods. Industrial development In Bolivia has been limited by the lack of cheap fuel. VICTORY Bonds! BETHALTO, Oct. 24.

The Catholic Woman's Club of Bethalto will sponsor a pinochle nnri benefit card party at American Legion Hall at 7:30 p. m. Thursday. The women also will conduct a doughnut sale at the party. Week of Prayer BETHALTO.

A week of prayer and self-denial for members of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church will begin with the mid-week prayer service Thursday evening and will continue through Oct. 31. Members will be in charge of the Thursday evening service and special features will be presented. Mrs. Jody McCalley will sing a solo.

The Sunday night service will be in charge of the women also, with the C. Felts, pastor, preaching a missionary sermon. Mrs. Dora McGaughley and Mrs. Hattie Elliott will sing a duet and Mrs.

Ruth Doerr will give a special reading. The pastor returned today from Eldorado, where he spent Tuesday and Wednesday. Attending District Synod BETHALTO. The District Lutheran Synod convened Tuesday and will continue through Oct. 25 at Gehlenbeck Church, near Hamel.

The Rev. W. G. Bruegmann, pastor of the local Lutheran church is attending. Halloween Party Tonight BETHALTO.

Members of the Young People's Society, who recently voted to join the Walther League, will be guests of the league Missionary Tonight Miss Blllle Harris who spent twenty years as a missionary In China, will speak this evening at the mid-week service in Upper Alton Baptist Church. Miss Harris Is devoting this week to Shurtleff college and Is working with students each day. She Is under auspices of the Student Volunteer Movement. Last week Miss Harris was at Unlverlsty of Illinois, the week before at University of Michigan, She will tell of some of her experiences In China this evening. Discharged at Camp Grant Pfc.

Norman W. Merkle arrived from Chicago this morning after receiving his discharge from the army at Camp Grant. His wife, the former Betty Jane Parker, has been here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.

C. Parker, of Humbert street, while her husband was overseas. Pfc. Merkle is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

N. Merkle, of Edwardsvllle. He was with the army three years. For the past two years he had been stationed near London with a bomb squadron. Accompanies Body to Alton Milton Shane arrived in Alton this morning after accompanying the body of his brother, George Shane, here from Spring City, Pa.

A niece. Mrs. Edward Archer, of Drexel Hill, also came with the body which was taken to Staten funeral home upon Its arrival. The funeral will be held at Staten funeral home tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Seabcp Lands at Portland Mr.

and Mrs. George R. Searles, 516 Marsh received a tele- tram Sundav from their son, George R. Searles, electrician's mate, with the Seabees, telling them he had landed at Portland, Oregon, after twenty months' overseas duty. The message continued that the young man, now 20, will be home on furlough within the next few days, probably by the end of the week.

The parents are not expecting their son to be discharged soon because of his age. Will Meet at Drug Store A party of women from Main Street Methodist Church, member? of the Mizpah class, will go to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brandt east of the city to spend the day tomorrow and to have their class meeting. Those planning to go to the Brandt home are asked to meet at the Williamson Pharmacy, Washington and College, at 10:30.

Will Build Two-Apartment House Contractor Edward L. Schmidt, of Liberty street, owner of lots at Worden and Burton streets, Is planning to erect a 2-apartment house at that Intersection, the work to be started next week or as soon as weather conditions will permit of building the foundation. Taking New Church Into Synod The Synodlcal convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church is in session at Gahlenbeck, the convention opening yesterday and will continue through tomorrow. The Rev. W.

E. Wessler, as pastor of Messiah Church on Milton Road, and Ben R. Christian, as the lay delegate from this church, are In attendance. At the Synodical convention today, Messiah Church is being formally received into the synod membership. The Rev.

Wessler and Mr Christian will sign the constitution of the synod for the congregation Mrs. Powell Dies In Peoria Mrs. Gladys Talley Powell, formerly of Upper Alton, died yester day in Peoria. Her husband, Phil lip Powell, a son and two daugh ters survive. Mrs.

Powell was tht daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wes Talley, also former residents here the task he encountered some weeds that were so huge he had to use an axe. Some he had to dig out but Louie did not mind dulling his axe so long as he accomplished what he had been hired to do.

Asked why he was waiting until Friday to clear the second lot, Louis said his scedule contained a number of other Jobs that were i listed ahead of this weed patch. Barker Home from Hospital Mrs. L. Barker has returned to her Humbert Road residence from Barnes Hospital where she had been a patient. Mrs.

Barker underwent a glandular operation on Oct. 16. She has shown much improvement and is able to be up and about her home. Mrs. Barker Is to return to the hospital a couple of months later for further treatment.

Goodrich tonight at a Halloween party. Members will be masked: To Attend Seminar BETHALTO. The Men's Club of the Lutheran Church will meet at the church to attend the Sorfli- nar of Men's Clubs, which will be held Oct. 26, at 8 p. at the Worden gymnasium.

To Participate in Festival BETHALTO. Sixteen members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship Group met Tuesday evening at the church and made plans to participate In a booth festival at the Wood River church on Nov. 5, Committees to complete the details wore named. Heercn Discharged BETHALTO. Elmer H.

Heeren, son of Mr, and Mrs. Henry B. Heeren, has returned to his home with an honorable discharge from army service. He had been In the service four years and two months, 23 months of which were spent in the European theater. He participated in the D-Day landings in France.

He was employed as clerk in the Plegge store and after a short vacation, plans to return there. Recently he spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. Warren J. Connover of Whiting, Ind.

A brother, Sgt. Leroy Heeren, serving with the Marines, is now stationed In California, since returning from the Pacific. Pfc. Reed. Discharge but now residing at Carrollton.

The Powell family resided in the Yerke: cottage on Edwards street whili living In Upper Alton. Mrs. Powel was a member of the Ethel Hussej class In Upper Alton Baptis Church. Her brother, Attorney Harold Talley, of 1614 Worden, is In the army. Evangelist Called Home The Rev.

L. A. Klrkwood, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Granite City, who is conducting meetings here for two weeks in Calvary Baptist Church, was called home yesterday morning because of illness of his wife at the Granite City residence. Later In the day after Mrs. Kirkwood had Improved the minister returned to Alton and conducted the last night's service In Calvary Church.

He will be three more nights before concluding the meeting at Calvary Church. Louis Maxelner, Near 80, Mows'em Down Just because he will be 80 next March Is no reason why he can't work says Louis Maxelner. former electric street railway conductor Louis likes to make a piece of change as well as any one else and when it comes to swinging a scythe it takes a pretty good man to beat him even at his age. Two vacant lots at the northwest corner of the Burton and Worden avenues intersection have A r. cr weeds Socialists Top Party in France PARIS, Oct.

24, UP) The Socialist Party and fts related group- ngs won 161 seats In the ConstitU' nt Assembly to 152 for the Communists and 138 for the Mouve- ment Republican Populaire in the Sunday elections on the basis of Am Zinc omplete returns announced today Vnaconda Cop iy the ministry of interior for met- opolitan France, Corsica, and Algiers. Both the Socialists and the MRP upport Gen. De Gaulle. Parley Called on Wage-Price Policy WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.

UP) The government moved toward a lecision on national wage-and- price policy today, spurred by the tart of strike-voting among auto workers. President Truman arranged to confer at 2 p. m. (CST) with mem- of the Reconversion Advisory 3oard, whose membership takes In spokesmen for management and organized labor. The board was called into special session at the White, House morning to debate a revision of the reconversion wage-price program.

Reconversion Director John Snyder has supplied the board with figures on the peacetime drop in worker income and its relation to the cost of living. The While House reported today that Dr. George W. Taylor former chairman of the War Labor Board, has accepted an Invitation to serve as secretary of the Man agement-Labor conference start ing Nov. 5.

Jersey Panthers Play At White Hall Friday JERSEYVILLE, Oct. Cavanaugh will take his Jerse Township High School Panthers White Hall Friday afternoon for conference tilt with the Tilemak ers. The Panthers are in better con dition than they were last Thurs day night, when they defeated th Carrollton Hawks on their own grid Iron. The Panthers are still crip pled by injuries, but the team a whole has continued to show im provement. White Hall should prove a toug appointment, having toppled viously undefeated Wincheste Friday, by a score of 20 to 0.

Virgil St. Peters Discharged Virgil L. St. Peters, who re cently arrived in the United State frOm Europe, was discharged from service" Monday night at Cam Grant and returned Tuesday the home of his father, Walter Peters, Greenwood lane, Godfrey He served overseas for two and half years and participated in th Sicily, Naples, Foggia, Rome-Arm Appenlnes and Po Valley cam paigns. He holds the Europea theater ribbon with five battl stars and an arrowhead and th Good Conduct ribbon.

Prior to easo even the season eason hfls Wn tho worst In many ycar NEW YORK. Oct. 24. nd motor stocks continued to de- line In today's market and other roups lost fractions to around two olnts. Reversing the recent trend of sing to successive 8H-year highs, elllng spread to almost all sections the list except for Sears Roe- uck and Eastern Air which touched peaks for the ear or longer.

Part of the sell-off was Inter- reted 6s a correction of the recent engthy advance. Increasing labor Ifficulties and walkouts also were factor. U. S. Steel and General dolors, both of which face the osslbllltv of strikes, dropped round two points.

Dealings were active as prices etreated after th' first hour's Ir egular trend but there were sev- ral lulls. Volume approximated ,400,000 shares against 'uesday. Bonds were irregularly lower. Cotton, near the end, was 35 cents ower to 20 cents a bale advanced. Chem Dye 175 1-2 Mlled Kid 20 1-2 Can 102 3-4 Locomotive 36 Am Pow Lt 91-4 Am Rad St 16 1-4 Am Smelt 58 3-4 Tel Tel 184 3-4 Tob 87 1-2 10 37 7-8 Armour Co 11 tch 97 3-4 vlation Corp 81-4 Beth Steel 94 1-4 Bendlx Aviation 57 1-2 Borden Co 44 1-2 3org- Warner 59 5-8 Calumet Hec 77-8 Case (U I) Co 42 Caterpll Tractor 67 3-4 Ches Ohio 57 1-4 Chi Mail Order 29 Chi 66 3-4 Chrysler Corp 124 Com'Wlth Edls 32 5-8 Corts Coppermin 5 Cons Edison 32 7-8 Cons Nat Gas 42 Container Corp 35 Corn Products 69 1-2 CranefCo 383-8 Curtiss-Wright 75-8 Douglas Aircraft 89 Du Pont De 183 1-4 Eastman Xodak 198 Auto-Lite 62 1-4 Farns Tel Rad 15 ien Elec 47 Gen Foods 50 1-2 en Motors 71 Livestock Prices At East St.

NATIONAL Oct. 24, (ft) (USDA) HOGS; 3500; market fairly active- ter hogs steady; feeding 1.00 higher; breeding gin, steady; medium to choice ter barrows and gilts 14.80'-' and stags 14.05; good feeding under 140 pounds IB.so-nT breeding mostly 15.50- scaling over 180 pounds 15 25 CATTLE 5000; calves 25on about 25 loads steers on sale again' running mostly to light we eh common and medium grades- own ing trade about steady on good and choice at 14.50-17.50- choice feeder steers 13.00; supply light yearlings offered- en eral market showing easy tone on these and cows; app rox mately 40 percent of receipts made up of cows; bulls steady; good sau sage bulls around 11.50-12.00- with beef bulls 13.00; vealers unchans ed; choice 16.50; medium and good 12.00-15.00; nominal range slaueh ter steers 10.00-17,90; slaughter heifers 9.00-17.50; stocker and feed er steers 9.00-^4.25. SHEEP 2500; receipts mostly slaughter lambs; market mostly .25 higher; no action on ewes; around 5 decks good and choice lambs to shippers and small killers 14.00. 14.25; good lambs to packers 1375. medium and good 12.25-13.50; and common 9.00-11.00.

Produce Pricey At St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Oct. 23, UP) HENS Fryers 26.5, broilers 26.5; ducks 24; other produce prices unchanged. More Mischief Police were sent to investigate at 11 p.

m. when Mrs. B. Baler of 1819 Maple reported that hedge-balls presumably thrown by boys, had broken a screen and windowpane in the door of her home, al so a window. Patrolmen searched the area but got no Immediate trace of the perperators of the damage Pre-Halloween pranks also brought complaints of residents about Sixth and Liberty and in the vicinity of State and Grand early last evening.

Buy VICTORY Bonds! 69 ioodyear 60 3-4 Nor Ir Ore Ct 18 1-2 Gt Northern Ry Pf 58 3-8 reyhound Corp 26 1-2 LEGAL NOTICES Homestake Mln 52 1-2 Hudson Motor 27 3-8 Illinois Central 35 3-4 jispirat Con Cop 14 1-4 Int Harvester 90 Int Nick Can 34 1-2 Int Paper 36 Int Tel Tel 25 3-4 Johns Manville 137 Kennecott Cop 43 1-2 Kimberly Clark 54 1-4 Lib Glass 65 1-4 NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE ce hereby given to all ncrsnni that First Monday of December, "945 the Claim Date in the estate oi Arthur Koch, Deceased, pending In the Probate Court of Madison County III: nols, and that claims may be filed against the said estate on or before said 9 srspoetobii'ssr Attest- ARTHUB KOCH, Executor. JOSEPH HEALEY. Probate Clerk. Wm. P.

BOYNTON. Attorney. Aug. Nov. 7.

NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE The to lots employer! Maxeiner thfH" Cr Loule mr the lots a few days ago. He will the second one Friday In mow BETHALTO. Pfc. Clyde L. Reed has arrived here and has been honorably discharged after three years and four months of army Bethalto Notes BETHALTO Members of the Rotary Club will meet tonight at the Methodist Church.

Mrs. Vera Dawson sustained a broken foot In a fall down steps at her home. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnsori and family visited at Springfield Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Reed had as dinner guests Sunday their son, Cecil and family of Cottage Hills, and their son, Clyde, recently discharged from army servk Mrs.

Esther Butler, Mrs. Frances Heeren, Mrs. Eunice Laird and Mrs. Nelle Ellspermann were at Ferguson, Tuesday evening. entering service Sept.

16, 1942, St. Peters was employed In the powder mill at Western Cartridge East Alton. Cub Scouts Given Awards Six members of Cub Scout Pack 18 of Washington School were give nawards Tuesday evening at a melting of the pack at the school. Robert Deem and Terry Elliott won Bob Cat pins, Eugene Bosaw and James Hamilton, the Silver Arrow, and Richard Beckham and Ernest Wetzel, tho Bear badge. Following the meeting a Holloween party was held.

Nine members won prizes for costumes. Refreshments were served. Due at Boston Two Alton men, Shelton C. Jackson and William E. Brown, are due to arrive today at Boston aboard the Mariposa from Europe, the Associated Press announced.

Dockifig Tuesday at New York on the Pontotoc Victory were Anthony R. Spooner, Sgt. Everett W. Bennett and Ben- nle Jones of Alton. Stuckenberg Makes Bond ST.

LOUIS. Oct. 24, J. Stuckenberg, 37-year-old assistant treasurer of the Chippewa Trust Co. who has admitted embezzlement of $279,000 of the bank's funds, was released from Jail yesterday on $15,000 bond pending presentation of the case to a federal grand Jury.

Dr. Judd Dies LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24, Dr. William C. Judd, whose wife 'Winnie Ruth Judd.

1s serving a life sentence In Arizona for the trunk murders of two nurses in 1931, died last night. Liggett My 98 1-2 Marshall Field 30 1-4 Montgom Ward 66 1-2 Nash-Kelvinator 22 1-8 Nat Biscuit 32 Nat Dairy Prod 33 Natl Steel 81 Central 27 1-2 No Am Aviationn 12 3-4 North Amer 26 3-8 Northern Pacific 28 3-4 Ohio Oil 18 3-4 Owens-Ill Glass 76 Packard Motor 77-8 Pan Am Airways 20 3-8 Parani Pictures 42 3-4 Penney (JO 132' Penn 40 Pepsi Cola 34 1-2 Phelps Dodge 33 1-2 Phillips Pet 52 1-4 Pure Oil 20 7-8 Radio Corp of Am 15 Repub Stl 26 3-4 Scott Paper 55 3-4 Sears Roebuck 37 5-8 Shell Union Oil 29 Simmons Co 39 3-4 Sinclair Oil 16 7-8 Socony-Vacuum 16 3-8 Southern Pacific 50 3-8 Stand Brands 41 3-4 Stand Oil Cal 44 Stand Oil Ind 41 7-8 Stand Oil 66 1-2 Studebaker Corp 27 1-2 Swift Co 37 1-4 Texas Co 57 3-4 Timken-Det Axle 46 1-4 Union Carbide 97 United Air Lines 47 United Aircraft 31 Rubber 69 1-4 Steel 78 1-4 West Un Tel A 52 5-8 Westing Elec 34 3-4 Woolwort 48 1-2 ihwi MH 8l en mm that First Monday of December. 1945 1 1 alm Date ln estate of William Franklin Atchison, Deceased pending, in the Probate Court of Midlun Illinois, and that claims may be filed against the estate on or before said date without Issuance of summons Dated this 19th day of Oc- toDer, 1945, CAROLINE LOUISE ATCHISON Attest: Executrix. JOSEPH HEALEY. Probate Clerk Wm.

P. BOYNTON. Attorney Aug. Nov. 7.

2 CARD OF THANKS POHLMAN, wish To thank all our kind friends and neighbors for their many kind expression! of sympathy and condolence during our recent bereavement. We especially tha 2 the Rev Sheeley; those )S2Sni 0 the cholr organist, Altar boys, and those who donated cars and sent flowers. Mrs. Lawrence Pohlman and Sons. IN MEMORIAM MEMORY OF JAMES MIDDLETON- Youngst Sh 61 3-4 New York Curb Alum Co Am 54 1-4 Am Gas El 41 1-2 Ark Nat Gas A 5 Carnation 49 Cities Service 22 7-8 Cities Svc Pf El Bond Sh 17 1-2 He Cla Min 14 1-2 Kingston Prod 61-8 Niag Hud Pow 9 Soup Sale WOOD RIVER.

The Parent- Teacher Association of St. Bernard's Church will have a soup sale at the school hall from noon until 5 p. m. Thursday. Soup wlVJ be bold by the quart and it will be given school children at noon.

Sgt. George Brunner Discharged Sgt. irge who served with a hospital unit In En-'and for 14 months, was discharged fron service this week at r. mp Grant and has returned to join his wife Mrs. Audra Brunner.

and their daughter, Stephany, at their home South Roxana. He arrived In the United States in Ausust. His brother, William Brunner, was discharged from the army last week They are the sons of Mrs. S. Brunner, 503 Summit.

years ago Gone is the face we loved BO dear. Silent Is the voice we loved to hear; Too far away for sight or speech, But not too far for thought to reach; Sweet to remember him who once here, And who, though absent, Is just Sadly Missed by Wife and Children. IN Of Mrs. Grace Lacout 24 6d aW ne year Oct One year has passed since that sad day When one we loved was called away; cod took her home, it was His will, But In our hearts, she llveth still. Sadly Missed by Father, Husband and Children.

MO CARDS FLOWERLAND "MODERN FLOHAL CREATIONS" DIAL 3-8313. PERSONALS ride to Hopper's Unit" ed Company In Granite City, houri 8 a. m. to 9:30 p. m.

Call 3-7965. 5 SOCIAL EVENTS RUMMAGE SALE Flrsl Methodist Church basement, 6th Market, Oct. 27. Store open at 9 a. m.

RUMMAGE PASTRY bazaar at Turner Hall, a. m. Saturday, Oct. 27, WOOD RIVER, No. 1062 Special meeting Oct.

24, 7 o'clock. E. A. degree. Visiting brethren welcome, Edwin Doerr.

W. M. BETHALTO 406. A. T.

A. M. Special meeting Thursday. SS 7:15. VVork In Flrat Degree ViiUlnl brethren welcome.

Alfred R. Wr. FRANKLIN A. M. Special meeting Thursday, pel.

28, 7 p. m. Work in 2nd degree brethren welcome. W. L- Zimmerman, W.

M. billfold. "Contain" SocUl Security card, in i othtr artlelti. P. 1 200 Dorrls St.

FOUND Strayed, yearling raye, year Owner may by 1 Arthur Zlrger, R. No. 4 miles northwest of laying Brown, Dlai 3-8830. f' witch wUHTwhiii hands, figures and case. cord band.

Reward. 3-9737..