Mt. Vernon Register-News from Mt Vernon, Illinois • Page 2

THb REGISTER-NEWS MT VERNON. II LINOIS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1956 DEATHS Ernest Sanders, Former Deputy Sheriff, Dies Emest Oscar Sanders of RFD 7, a former Jefferson county deputy sheriff, died at 12:45 this mornlntt at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for the past two days. He was 73 years, six months and 12 days of age. Mr. Sanders served as a deputy sheriff under the late Sheriff Arthur Owens.

He was a retired policeman and special agent of the Santa Railroad. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 p. m. at Myers Chapel. The Rev.

Gerald Gulley will officiate and burial will be In Oakwood cemetery. The body will remain at Myers Chapel, where friends may call after 2:00 p. m. Thursday. Mr.

Sanders was bom August 10, 1882 in Jefferson county, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George San ders. On April 27, 1921 he was married to Grace Vivian, who survives. Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Rolla, of Oak Lawn.

two daughters. Mrs. Thelma Armstrong of East St. Louis and Mrs. Lucille Thompson of Klrkwood, one brother, Harvey Sanders of Mt.

Vernon: nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Mary E. Saylor Dies At Centralia; Funeral Friday Mrs. Mary Ethel Saylor, 64, of 437J South Poplar. Centralia, died at 4:45 p.

m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. Mrs. Saylor was.

born in Mt. Vernon and spent her early childhood here. The daughter of C. and Olivia (Allen) Osborn, she was bom October 27, 1891. On June 9, 1915 she was married to Norman Saylor, who preceded her in death October 6, 1953.

Mrs. Saylor went to Centralia In 1950 from Kansas City. She was a member of the Centralia First Methodist church. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 p. m.

at Old Shiloh church. The Rev. F. D. Jenkins will officiate and burial will be in Old Shiloh cemetery.

The body will remain at the Galbreath Funeral Home in Centralia, where friends may call after 2:00 p. m. Thursday. Mrs. Saylor is survived by two brothers, Glen Osbom of Mt.

Vernon and Clarence Osbom of CentraHa; and three sisters; Mrs. F. S. Bogan and Mrs. Martha Jolley of Centralia and Mrs.

R. D. Bond of Pasadena. Calif. P.T.A.

SPONSORS DONKEY The floor at the Fifld Community Consollilated ScJiool, 4'i miles east of Dlx, will look something: like this Friday nlRht. February at a donkey basketball game sponsored by the P. T. A. Well known residents of the area will participate.

Wife Of Former Resident Dies At Texas Home Relatives here have received w-ord of the death of Mrs. Ethel Tate, which occurred at 4:25 pjn. Tuesday at her home in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was the wife of Clarence M. Tate, foirner Mt.

Vemon resident. Mr. Tate is the son of the late Ben and Jane (Mooney) Tate of Mt. Vernon and is a brother of Dale Tate, 1218 north 11th and Herschel Tate of Bluford. Funeral services for Mrs.

Tate mil be held in Corpus Christi and burial will be there, Melvin Rodgers Dies At Age 50; Funeral Friday Melvin "Red" Rodgers, 50, died at Good Samaritan Hospital at 1 p. m. yesterday. He had been in failinR health for three years. His funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Reformed Latter Day Saints Cliurch, at 20th and Casey.

The body will lie in state at the Brayfield Funeral Home in Scsser from 2 p. m. Thur.sday until 10 a. m. Friday, and after that at the church.

Mr. Rodgers resided at 420 Jordan. He is survived by his wife, the former Cliestine Bradley of ChrJstophor; three children, Donald and Mary at home and Mrs. Shirley Decker of Berwyn, 111.: one brother, Donovan Rodgers of Shreveport, one sister, Mrs. Pauline Davi.s of Springfield; and one grandcliikl, Judson Pitchford Rites Tomorrow Funeral services for Judson Pitchford will be hold Thursday at 2:00 p.m.

at the Methodist church in Sesser. Burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery at Sesser. The lx)dy will ivmain at the Brayfield Funeral Home, where friencis may call. Mr. Pitchford, 62, of Sesser, died Monday at the Marshall Browning Hospital in DuQuoin.

He was an uncle of Mrs. Ed llarri.son and William Pitchford of Mt. Vernon. Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted: Mrs. Helen Wood, Bluford; Mrs.

Nila Walker, Norlis City; Mrs. Norene McNew, Sims; Mrs. Maxine Austin, Belle Rive. Discharged: Mrs. Robert Brown and baby, Gary Don.

Good Samaritan Admitted: Mrs. Sadie Elizabeth Witter; Mrs. Grace Elizabeth Gentle; Mrs. touise Anita Grizzle. Discharged: Master Wilton Dewey Badgett; Mrs.

Dorr is Elleem Gangwer and baby, Rich- fti-d Chancellor; Mas. Mary Roselle Newbury and baby, Jan- Ice" Alice; Mrs. Gene BY-The newscamera catches a poignant PhnH. during the semi-annual Five -year -old Letta Sublett, almost mmobihzed from burns, rings out a soft rhythm on the bells to rh P'ano- leadership of Socety in the hospitL goliom DROP BOMBS ON ICEPACKS IN SLAVJIVERS Winter Suffering Spreads; War on Marauding Wolves In Poland. By Associated Prest air force planes bombed giant icepacks blocking Adriatic rivers today in a "declaration of war" against Europe's worst winter in living memory.

Special teams of rifle sharpshooters patrolled Communist Poland in a hunt against marauding wolf packs driven out Oi their lairs by starvation. The shivering continent counted 762 known dead as the subzero spell rolled up its 23rd day with little or no relief in sight. Floods and landslides caused fresh chaos in Italy and parts of southern Europe as a slight thaw set in. Crop damage on the continent ran into hundreds of millions of dollars. Vegetable stocks ran dangerously low in many places.

Potatoes Freeze Britain's big potato stocks froze solid in Lincolnshire. Picking of green vegetables came to a halt. Spani.sh air force planes finally succeeded in dropping food supplies to nearly 50 persons marooned for 15 days atop the highest mountain on Majorca in the Mediterranean Balearic Islands. The reportedly included six preparing a site for a U. S.

radar station. German weather experts said the freeze-up may be central Europe's worst in 200 years. They said the average temperature for the first 20 of February ran slightly below the lowest average for the month since records were first kept in 176fl. The latest death loll by countries: France 189. Italy 102, Turkey 72, Yugo.slavia 70, Britain 55, Holland 50, Denmark 40, Germany 34, Greece 30, Austria 22.

Spain 21, Sweden 20, Portugal 17, Belgium 15, Switzerland 12, Norway 9, Poland 4. Tlie temperatirre plummeted to zero in much of East and West Germany with the Bavarian vallej's as low as 10 degrees below zero, Berlin was blanketed under 12 inches of snow. Belgrade radio said the Yugoslav bombers were called out to blast river ice packs after army demolition experts failed to shift them with dynamite. Several rivers have been forced off course by bank-to-bank ice barriers. More than 500 houses were flooded by the Juzna Morava in the town of Nis, the broadcast said.

Polish Wolf P.icks Poland sent out "collective hunting teams" after farmers reported starving wolf packs wei'c ravaging their cattle. Warsaw radio said more than 90 wolves had been shot. Starving rats attacked birds feeding in a number of the big Dutch cities. A solid sea of ice linked Denmark and Sweden. Hundreds of ships were stuck fast in the Baltic waterways.

Humphrey Has No Idea Whether Run By THOM.A.SVTLLE, Ga. Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey, after seven days in seclusion with President Eisenhower, says he has "no idea" whether the chief executive will bid for re-election. Humphrey, one of the President's trusted advisers, says firrther that he and Eisenhower did not even discuss the big ques- during the first week of their quail hunting visit at the Cabinet officer's plantation home here. Humphrey just about flabbergasted newsmen with those remarks as he left by plane for Washington Tuesday night from Spencer air base at nearby Moultrie. Ga.

He was en route to the capital for a few hours at his office this morning, before going on to New York for a speaking engagement tonight. "Humphrey plans to fly back to Thomasville Thursday to resttme his role as host to the President. Eisenhower intends to return to Washington Saturday. An hour and a half before Humphrey took off for Washington Tuesday mght, he and Eisenhower concluded another day of hunting. Eisenhower bagged 11 birds and Humphrey brought down eight.

Cold Wave Hits Perfume Business By GR.ASSE, France The delicate scent of orange blossoms wiU bo more rare and costly this year because of the worst cold wave in memory to sweep France's perfume region. More than two weeks of freezing temperatures here on the Riviera have nearly wiped out the Seville bitter orange trees witoso blossoms produce extract used in costly perfumes and cologne. Attend Meeting On Big Muddy Earl Jamison and Ed Ward of Mt. Vernon were among the ca-, pacity crowd of 2,000 interested" persons who attended the hearing in Murphysboro yesterday retjarding a plan to canalize Big Muddy River, Ike Plays 18 Holes Of Golf By Associated Prtit THOMASVILLE, Ga. President Eisenhower played 18 holes of golf today for the first time since his Sept.

24 heart attack. Fjsenhower, relaxed and in a jovial mood, rode between shots in an electric cart. ILLINOIS TEMPER Rockford 25 7 29 10 Peoria 29 13 Rantoul 30 16 Quincv .34 16 Springfield .33 18 Vandalia .36 19 Scott Air Rase 37 22 MEETINGS VFW IMETS THURSDAY Regular meeting of Vernois Post No. 1376, February 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Post Dugout.

Gene Sanders, adjutant. TYDLVG.S WANTS BACK By Associated Press ANNAPOLIS. Md. Millard E. Tydings, a veteran of 24 years in the U.

S. Senate, Tuesday entered the May 7 Maryland primary in a bid to win back the job he lost in 1950. VARNELL REBEKAH LODGE Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. 296 will meet In regular session in the I.O.O.F. hall, Thursdav evening, February 23, at 7:30 o'cloclc Vera Simmons, V.

G. Naomi R. Bogan, Sec'y, Special Now BENOIST BROS. HARDWARE riding powtr lawn mowsr; alto propellsd and puth. Eaiy Monaco Plans Football Game By Aisociated Prcsi MONTE CARLO.

Monaco Monaco officials, hutjbling over with plans for the marriage ot their prince to Grace Kelly, i announced today that two I can football teams will be invited I over to play. I The teanis were not disclosed, but officials said the game will be held in the Louis II Stadium, which never has seen such a contest before. I Palace sources said preliminary estimates of the bill for celebra- tine the wedding come to around 100 million francs S2S5.000. Washington Gets A Traffic Ticket By Associated Press Joseph Batt spotted a slow moving truck today, stopped it and asked the driver his name. "General Washington," the driver, a Negro, replied.

"All- right, wise guy." Batt countered. "Lef's see your license The trucker produced it and convinced the officer. Washington was ticketed for failure to keep a slow moving vehicle to the right. NEW HOME BURNS By Associated Press V.A.XDAUA. 111.

The new farm home of and Mrs. McKinney of no.ir Van-; dalia was destroyed Tuesday by fire. A lack of water hampered firemen. Cuts Way Out Of Burning Plane By Aisoci.itcd Press CHARI.ESTtiWN R. I regulation hunting knife.

Navy of fa. hacked his way out of his burning plane yesterday a crash at an auxiliary landing field. He escaped without apparent injury hut was held overniglit at the Quonset Point Infirmary for observation. Fined $5 After Minor Accident John Uxin McCoy. 20, of 331 Bell, was fined S5 and costs before Police Allan Dulaney yesterday as the result of a minor accident.

McCoy was charged with m.ak- ing an illegal turn when his car hit a parked car in the ScX) block of Hanison. while he was attempting to park his own car, police said. The parked car was the property of Otis Harrison, 1402 Fisher's TOKYO 8,000,000 Bj Associilted Press TOKYO The population of Tokyo, largest city in and third largest in the world, hit S.D70.0l)l last Jan. 1, the Metro- 1 politan Sta'istics Bureau an- nounced. It increased 262,335 dur.

ins 1955. York and London have bigger populations. Strange Revolt Ties Up Amazon Valley Traffic By Associated Press RIO DK JANERIO. Brazil Fifteen anny and air force generals siijned an afipeal ti.xiay ing leaders of one of South Americas strangest ifbellioivs to surrender. The appeal told the rebels th.at if they up they would be lowed to go into e.xilo instead of being tried and imprisoned.

The culprits are four air force officers and 30 men wlro have seized the City of Santarrm. cutting all air and river traffic through the Amazon Valley. Not a shot ha.s been fired. The reason for the revolt is unknown here. The government angrily denies that one of its leaders was short in his accounts.

President Juscelino Kubitschek today denied reports that he was sending emissaries to negotiate with the rebels. He said is ready to move against them "with decision and energy," The capital is full of rumors, however, because the government has not yet taken any action. Newspapers report some air force personnel have been arrested for refusing to reinforce the Santarem area and that other air crews have reported sick to avoid flying there. Czech Balloon Story Disproved By Auoelated Prett MUNICH. Germany The Free Europe Committee denied Czechoslovakian government charges that an American Balloon caiased a Czech air crash Jan.

18 in which 22 people died. The privately supported American group said launching records show that no balloons were sent to Czechoslovakia on either the day before or the day of the crash. Its balloons, the statement ded, are the safety re- ouirements of the 0. S. Civil Aernautics Bard.

Freight Rate Hike Is Delayed By Associated Press WASHINGTON The effective date of the railroads' proposed new 7 per cent freight rate increase was temporarily postponed today from next Sat- urdav, Feb. 25 to Wednesdav, March 7. During that time, the Interstate Commerce Commi.vsion will decide whether to pennit the quick half-billion dollM" a year rate-hike under a railroad pledge to make refunds if subsequent hearings do not justify the advance. Paper Reports Ike Has Decided To Run Again By Associated Press The I' 1 a said toda.v "President Eisenhower has made lip his mind to seek a second term in 1 the While House." "This learned by the Chi- ca.L'o American e.xclusively to- d.i.\." the newspaper addod. "from several unimpeachable long-time friends of the President," The uas written by Charles Kinston.

jKi- litical editor. said these sources disclosed that Mr. fcjsen- howcr made his decision after his arrival at the Thomasville. estate of Secretary of the "Treasury Himiphrey on Feb. 15.

The newspaper added: "Ike's friends said that tlic President's decision to run again was bolstered by these events: "1. The Feb. 14 assessnient of a six-man medical team which stated that the President appears "physically fit' and that he 'should be able to on an active life satisfactorily for another 5 to 10 years." "2. The President's apparent abihty to "weather" the strain ol hunting and playing The American said that Its informants stressed that when the President disclosed his second term plans both Humphrey and the President's press secretary. James Hagerty, were "in on the "It was added," the newspaper continued, "that one of the official group (the informants were unable to remember who it was) emphasized that the President's statement "was to be regai-ded as confidential until a formal announcement was made'." Redstone Forerunner Of Missile Explosion Jars Argentine Capital By AtseclaUd BUENOS AIRES Buenos Aires was jarred early today by an explosion at an army ammunition depot eight miles northwest of the center of the city.

Possible sabotage by persons still loyal to ousted President Juan D. Peron was suspected. least si.x persons were reported under arrest, including a federal police motorcycle patrolman who was alleged to have predicted the blast moments before it occurred. Radio reports quoted police as saying there were no casualties among the residents of the depot neighborhood. Order Removal Of Big Flying Boot By Associated Press r.EACli Calif -Hou ard Hushes is uomg lo eviction notice foi his ini; boa Tlie Long RIMOII Board of bor Commissi.

mei's onli 'ied tlv attorney Tuosdav to I Inches his 01 aft, the 1 let rules must he frotn the ti'iin- iii.il Island facilities 1 The iwat made one hnef IIM! water in Hughes has been pa ini; I 'enI on the city hut Beach sent the last tender of payment. Man Arrested For Corn Theft Henry Dobbs. 26. of RFD I. Ina.

is being held in the county lajl on charges of larceny and attempted larceny. He is charged with stealina five bushels of corn F'ebruaiy 9 at the farm ot Arthur Ray Newell, east of Dnrevillo. On Fcbiniary 17. charge, Dobbs was scared aw is wiiile attempting to steal more corn at the same farm. Arraignment Ls scheduled in county court Friday.

LIGHTS ON PRAIRIE Kl.TON ('. FAY Alt.MY ARSENAL, All lAPi- An ugly steel tube, capabli' of spanning htmdrfxls of miirs It siipeisonic speed, is the loivniiuier ol tomorrow 's Intcr- ni ballistic missile. this r.nkei -propelled mis- called ihf liiHlstone, the Arni a weapon power- fni onouKh lo carry an atomic u.K.ieail to 1,500 miles i'lio RMstonc is estimated to li a raufte of md miles. The Ar- I N.i>-^ 11 IS accurate. uhiiii showed the i.sMiie to newsmen coiisiilers li a progenl- tiu, iml not a protot for the i.nii;i' i mis- IKH.M heiin; bv the Armv and Navy.

riie IRBM may look like Red- but there will be differ- I 'lii-os, of course, will be ni.ijor one. A iTK -ket motor th.nn the will lie netjdcd to 111., an IP.H.M l.r>W miles. But Ihi' pinh of iKnver-and thu.s 1 to be a major one Iliinl I'o Mil Turret MM my it oil-. I.i!l,-e lohii B. Medarls, iH'v- Ar- -Agency, tmts f.o trick to flincring 'ii liaiTi.n near iiny dis- uiuit to.

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circling the gunman, drew within a few feet and noticed the hammer of his pistol was forward. HP calculated the instant he would have to lenp on Hurst and took the chance. Jackson and Forttno, his pistol held ready club the gunman, leaped in. Mrs Jackson rolled backward out of the line of fire. In a few minutes Hurst's blue denim pnnts and jncket and his white shirt were stained with blood he was quickly hnndcuffrd as ofbor police and state patrolmen arrived.

All were then driven back to Pueblo. with'u the size of a Te.vas coun- rii- ii" 'hit is very rHiiL 'e does not an he iiccuratp at tmi'S Ih.tt range. The il must be even more to hit a target I di For montJis Redstones have Ivii on tost firing at the missile proving extending seaward from Florida. I The Army has nlniost com- pif ted construction here of a I huge concrete tower which will be able to handle in-place test.s of rocket cnsrines developing up to .100, (XXI (is of thiaist. Such jxiwer is far greater than any rocket motor known to be in ex; istonee t0(i AIRPORT NEWS Dm McLean made a flight to this morning.

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