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m. 77 1 a. 12 m. 74 12 n. FINAL EDITION BENTON HARBOR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1953 16 PAGES PRICE 5 CENTS Choice Steak sOnTheHoo o) -w 4 A Ml Firemen In Magazine Honolulu Assignment Baseball Not All And Other Local Tales 4 -J -i Last Seen Lawton School Doicagiac Creek Fish Killings Traced To Acid Harbor firemen, Lt 1 Clarence Klopp and Harold Johnson, are pictured in the August issue of a magazine published by the National Fire Protection association, examining anemometer font wns By Husband Valedictorian Dies donated to the 1 department recently by Charles Zallar4 of Aircraft vv'' i 'if It-: vr- Early Today Mystery Marks Death Of Mrs.

Edna Cooper, 57 LANSING, Aug. 16 -AP)- The State Water Resources commission will investigate recenfe fish killings in Dowaglac -creek it Niles at a meeting here Aug. 26. "The killings apparently were caused by acid leaking from a New York Central railroad roundhouse," said Milton P. Adams, commission secretary.

"We understand the condition, has been corrected but still rant to check into it." Representatives of the village of Alice Bitely Is Victim Of Leukemia Components," Inc. The magazine requested use of the pictures, which appeared In The iadium in June, because anemometer equipment to measure wind Telocity and direction is found only a vert few St. Joseph police were today pro LAWTON, Aug. 15 Alice Bitely, 18-year-old daughter of the Walter' bing the death of 57-year-old Mrs. Edna Cooper of 212 State street.

Mrs. Coopers body partially clad Bltelys of Lawton, died at 10 a. m. and the Hurd Lock Co. plant also were ordered to appear to answer complaints of polluting the Clinton river.

and face badly battered was found early this morning floating in Lake A fire departments Michigan at the foot of Park street Klopp the nation. Chief Maurice Identification of her body was made a short timcTater by her if Shepherds on said knowledge of husband, Charles J. Cooper. wind direction and velocity is re Chief of Follce Tom Gillespie quired on reports of all fires covered by the department. Before the stated that while indications point No.

Korean PWs Stoned to suicide, be was not overlooking anemometer was installed, fire the chances of foul play. men depended on the St. Joseph coast guard station for the informa tion. Tin a small 'fire, the wind is us Friday at Bronson hospital in Kalamazoo following a month's illness withl8emia.v--4-----4 Miss Bitely was valedictorian of the 1953 graduating class of the Lawton high school and was planning to enter Western Michigan college this fall. One of the most active students in the local school, Miss Bitely was a member af most of the school groups and held offices ia many.

She served as president of her class, vice president of the student council, played the leads in both of her class plays, and was an officer of the athletic council. She took an active part in all musical organizations in the school, sang with the glee club and played clarinet with the local band. s-i, AUSS BITELY was also -active in 'the Youth rellowship of the ually of little importance, but when u. a big building la burning a strong Nine.U. S.

Guards Injured In Melee MISS ALICE BITELY wind or a shift in direction may Auto Specialties Co. workers who eat in the company cafeteries are in for some) choice beef. Company Vice President Waldo Tiscornia, who also is St. Joseph's mayor, saw to that with a bid of $1.30 a pound for the grand champion steer of the Youth fair yesterday. The blocky, low-slung champion weighing 970 pounds was raised and shown at the fair by Carol Payne, 14, Galien.

The total $1,261 purchase price was new record high for. the fair and will go into, the bank for Carol's hopes of a college, cause a whole block to be swept," the chief said. the Traction He attributed the battered face to the fact that the lake at the point where the body was found is lined with larre, Jagged stones for beach protection from erosion. The body might have pounded against the Jagged stones after Mrs. Cooper drowned herself, Gillespie asserted.

Oa the other be stated, Mrs. Cooper might have, been beaten fatally and her body tossed into the lake. PANMUNJOM, Aug. 15-(AP)- The UN command said today South Korean civilians stoned taunting Communist war prisoners moving north for repatriation yesterday, building fire several year ago, the wind had been in the west for 10 straight days. At the time of the a fire It had shifted to the east, which was fortunate because a west wind Fresh Riots In Indiana injuring 114 Reds and nine American guards.

Would have endangered the entire lock on Main street." A post mortem will be performed i The. outbreak of violence near Inchon brought no immediate' echoes at this dusty village where 400 more Allied prisoners were freed from SlairiManV' Friend Found i 'The anemomeUa, provided, by lollar itf recognition of the de-' n4rtmnt'a work at a. 1m it Kir. Lawton Methodist church nd was Elwood Phone Exchange Hit craft 'Components, gives a more accurate reading for Benton Harbor than the coast guard anemo meter which is exposed to Lake Michigan winds. Communist prison camps today.

Fifty Americans, all ef them apparently hale and hearty, were among the group freed on this, the 11th day of the great prisoner exchange. Nine other prisoners liberated earliereight ef them seriouafcr 01 or disabled were due at Travis air force base near San Francisco today after a flight across the Pacific lulsa Police Locate Walter Woodward Walter Woodward, former Benton Harbor man, has been located a TTS off to Honolulu for Gregg 1 Perry. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 15-(AP)-Another outbreak of disorder, this time at Elwood, marked the 25th day of the Indiana Bell Telephone Co. strike today.

Six windows were broken at the Elwood exchange and rotten errs were thrown at the building daring the night by a crowd which deputy Sheriff Roy Mat-ney estimated at 100 to 158. Elwood police said the crowd "appeared to be outsiders." Operators due to go off duty at The former Benton Harbor man has been named district publicity Tulsa police and released after ques manager for Uni- tioning in the death of Lawrence The second troopship to leave for Lefty" Gleason, another ex-Har- ted Air Lines in the Hawaiian Is an officer of that group. She sang in the church choir and did much of the solo work. Her father, Walter Bitely, ia supervisor from Antwerp township and comes (rem a pioneer family of the Lawton Besides her parents, Alice is survived by two older brothers, Donald of Anderson, and Ralph of East Lansing, and two brothers, Robert and Charles, and a sister, Mary, at home. She also leaves her grandmother, Mrs.

Grant Nicholson of Lawton. i FUNERAL SERVICES will be held at St, Paul's Methodist church in Lawton Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock with the pastor, the Rev. Zach Clayton, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. The body is at the Piindle funeral home in Lawton where arrangements were made.

borlte, with whom he left here July 7., lands, lt was an the United States with liberated Americans was to sail from Inchon harbor Sunday morning. Aboard the transport Gen. Hase are 437 nounced this week by R. M. Rum American repatriates and other 7 p.

m. were unable to leave the building until after midnight, when troops en route home on regular Tulsa Detective Harold Hans told a reporter Woodward was not suspected in any way of Gleason'a murder, but added that he may have information pertinent to the case. Gleasont, 45, was found dead on they were escorted out of the build rotation. The trip is expected to mel, publicity director for United. Perry's new post will place him in responsi- on the body some tune today, the chief said.

Mrs. Cooper's husband told Chief Gillespie that his wife had threatened suicide on several COOPER TOLD POLICE that the last time he saw his wife at home was about 11 o'clock yesterday morning when she left to purchase some groceries. She never returned. At 1:30 this morning, however, Cooper said he chanced to look out of a window and saw his wife standing across the street with her son-in-law, Edward Grewe. They later entered Grewe's apartment across the street from the Cooper apartment, Cooper said.

Grewe is married to the Cooper's daughter, Jaun-ita. Cooper said he thought nothing of seeing his wife go to the Grewe apartment, for "she often did that," police stated. Cooper stated that he awoke again at 3 a. m. and 8 a.

and his wife was still absent from home. He told police his wife could not swim. Eric Kletzerow, 825 Lake street, St. Joseph, found the body at 6 o'clock at the southwest end of Park street in about two feet ef water, St. Joseph police said.

Face down, the woman wore a blue flowered silk-like dress which was twisted around her face. She was bare from the waist down, investigating officers said, except for stockings draped around her ankles and her blue open-toed shoes. She wore a white belt around her ing by police. Long distance today was on an emergency basis. take about 10 days.

Elwood is 40 miles northeast of billty for all Uni Indianapolis. a highway about 60 miles southeast of Tulsa Monday. ted publicity ac tivlties in the Is LONG DISTANCE SERVICE at A 29-year-old Indian, Jesse Te- THE UN COMMAND said some 1,600 Red prisoners, flaunting banners and chanting Communist songs, hurled boots and metal canteens at South Korean bystanders as they were being trucked to a cumseh, was arrested by Tulsa police Thursday and charged with South Bend also was at a minimum today. lands as well as various mainland promotions of Ha Gleason 's murder, because of a re Strike violence at the two Bell rail station from Inchon harbor. waiian travel The South Koreans responded Gregg Perry The appolnt- exchanges in that city yesterday caused the company to withdraw all but a few supervisory workers left 'Traffic Hazard' Jailed ESy Police port of a drunken party in Tecum-seh's room Monday and the discovery of Gleason's bloodstained wrist-watch in the same room.

Ji i i with rocks. The UN POW command said 314 Reds were slightly in- ment of the ex- reporter and state editor of the to handle extreme emergency Nine American guards also News-Palladium came after two Gleason, who was working for were hurt, two seriously. Douglas Aircraft corporation there, Saturday's group of 50 Americans was the smallest returned so far by the Reds. Fifty 'British and 300 Benton Harbor police arrested a "traffic hazard" last night Sgt. James Guy reported he 'years with United Air Lines as pub- licity representative in Chicago.

Oregg joined United in 1951 following a two-year period in the employ of the News-Palladium. Perry will leave for Honolulu, his Jiew. headquarters, with his wife, Sept. 2.. The appointment is effec- loesvuauoiw vo mum wi statewide strike of the CIO-Communications Workers of America were temporarily at a standstill.

The union is asking a wage increase of 7.5 cents an hour. The company originally offered 4.9 cents. Plant' craftsmen make 188.50 to South Koreans also were repatrl ated Saturday. spotted Ike Mahoney, 60, Detroit, sleeping in the middle of River and Woodward occupied a room in the some building where Tecumseh lived. 4 It's A Blizzard SYDNEY, Australia, Aug.

15- (AP) Sunday's group the Reds said, will include 75 Americans, 75 British, and 262 South Koreans. C. Creed, Benton Harbor Ford dealer, switched makes at the Youth Fair auction yesterday and became owner of a 1953 Angus a Black Angus steer that is, and reserve champion of the fair. Creed put the top bid of 90c a pound on the 920-pound animal The sleek steer was the masterpiece of Don Nitz, 15, Baroda 4-H boy. road.

Recognizing the possible hazard, Guy and Patrolman George Pullins arrested Mahoney on a disorderly, drunk charge. live 1. He currently resides at waist. At the neck of her dress was Blizzards swept the Australian Alps $92 a week now and clerical workers a minimum of $82. 350 miles southwest of Sydney to day.

pinned a gold-colored clasp. She had on a gold wristwatch, with expansion band, a gold "Keepsake" ring on her left hand, and a diamond ring on her right hand. She had short, auburn-colored hair. East Coast Storm Fades 148 62rxi street, Chicago. Mrs.

Perry is the former United Stewardess BUlie Howard of Waco, Tex. The son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.

Perry, 775 McAllister avenue, Perry Is a gradute of Benton Harbor High school, Colgate university and the University of Michigan. UNDEMRIVILEGED, CRIPPLED PRIZE STEER OWNER HAS WINNING HORSES TOO Officer Fred Walters, who, with Berrien Shriners Plan officers Tom Cooper and Arthur GauL was called to the scene, said he wasnt sure if the woman's face had been battered before or after 14-Year-Old Galien Girl Adds Blue Ribbons To Youth Fair Collection she drowned. Outing For Youngsters WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED on the beach, they found the body Hurricane Veers Off New England BULLETIN BOSTON, Aug. 15 Untie hurricane B-for Barbara- swung out to sea. tody after leaving heavy rain but little damage in its wake as it skirted the New England eoast.

floating, face down, among Jagged rocks a few yards from shore. BERRIEN SPRINGS, Aug. 15- XI7HXLB most of the attention on the city's playground program this summer was centered on baseball, there was also plenty of opportunity for Benton Harbor's youngsters to win prizes ia er games and activities. Under the supervision of Fred Elckels, recreation director! tourna- ments for children 13 years and under were set up and completed in such diverse games as horseshoes croquet, checkers, shuffle-board, Jacks, and golf bah driving. Union Park, directed by Emil Underprivileged youngsters and crippled children are scheduled to be guests of the Berrien county Shrine' club during an afternoon's outing Thursday, Aug.

27, at the Silver Beach amusement park. Walters and Gaul waded out into the water; got the woman, and car Friday was a day of personal triumph for Carol Payne, 14-year-old Galien glrL at the Berrien County Rides at Silver beach win open ried her to the beach. She had no their gates free to the youngsters. Youth fair. pulse beat, Walters said, and she was still limp.

who- will also take a spin through the fun house, and receive ice cream The body is at the Dey mortuary. BOSTON, Aug. 15-(APJ-New England escaped the brunt of the north-bound hurricane today as the bars and pop. circuit had blown a fuse and was out of service for about IS minutes. The grounds were in total darkness while the master switch was Off.

A 16-year old Galien youth who wants to be a dairy farmer was named winner of a richly bred Holstein heifer calf, sponsored by the milk dealers of Berrien county as a special award. The winner was picked on thst basis of an essay written in advance of the fair on why ho wanted to become a dairy arm- County Shrine President John storm moved out to sea south of DeVries has appointed Jack King (See AROUND TOWN, Page Program FOLLOWING is the schedule of major events at the Youth fair for tonight and tomorrow: TONIGHT 7:00 Youth Demonstrations 8:00 City Night Awards 8:30 Final vaudeville show SUNDAY 10:30 ajn. Worship services 1:00 Grand parade of all livestock 1:30 Horse show (10 classes) Nantucket but coastal areas were Casserl, Bart Dobberthein and Ed Scharr, transportation; AI 'Godin, Max Yaffe, Ollie Slater and Otto Pivovar, grounds; Dan Radic, refreshments, and Paul Florin, publicity. Mass Rites For Icebox Victims Radford Takes Oath Of Of ice hit with heavy rain. In correction of yesterday's ad, After her grand champion steer sold for a record $1.30 a pound in the morning at the livestock auction, she added two more top ribbons to her collection daring the judging of the horse classes: in the afternoon.

She was winner of the grand championships in the American saddle horse classes and in the stock horse classes with her mounts. Robert Groat, 15, Buchanan, won the third grand championship rib and H. J. TerriU, co-chairman of the affair, the first sponsored locally by the shrine. Underprivileged and cripple children from five to 14-years-old need only fill out and mail application blanks which win appear in the feature race at Mill burg Spdwy.

tonight win be of 25 lap duration instead of 50 laps as stated. Adv. At 5 a. m. (EST) the hurricane centered a short distance east of Nantucket island.

The center was moving east northeastward about 20 miles an the weather WASHINGTON, Aug. 15-(AP)-Adm. Arthur Radford took over to Complete carpet service, your day as the nation's No. 1 military official. He received the oath of (See FAIR, Page 12) office as chairman of the Joint The News-Palladium and St Joseph Herald Press next week They should be sent to Berrien County Shrine club, P.

O. Box 72, Benton Harbor. present rug cut, sewed bound. Ph. 5-4882.

Dean Standard Floor Covering. Adv. bureau laid. Highest winds were estimated at 75 miles an hour over a small area near the center and gales extended outward 100 miles. Cape Cod and Nantucket had fair." An attendance "of 8,973 per bon in the horse classes when he showed his tiny pony, to the top WEST MEMPHIS, Aug.

15- (AP)-A mass funeral was to be held here today for four small boys and their baby sister who died while trapped inside a discarded icebox sons at Friday's events advanced the gate for the first three days spot over all pony entries. The horse ADMISSION CARDS Admission cards will be returned to the applicants. They must be gusts up to 60 miles an hour Just classes, which have been growing of the fair to 32,583, approximately 5,000 ahead of the figure for the same period last year. ater Temperature The temperature of Lake Michigan at noon today was 75 degrees. Wanted girl for general office work.

CaD 5-5741. on their tenant farmhouse porch. before dawn at the peak of the storm. The weather bureau said the center was expected to continue steadily in popularity with 4-H club members of the conty, had a total of more than 125 animals entered. Chiefs of Staff from the man he succeeded.

Gen. Omar Bradley. When the brief ceremony at the Pentagon had been concluded, Bradley shook hands warmly with Radford and received In reply a "Thank Tou, Brad." Defense Secretary Wilson attended the ceremony and had words of high praise for both Radford and Bradley. Enterprise Cleaners. Ph.

6905. turned in at Shadowland ballroom the afternoon of the outing to obtain free tickets for beach rides and refreshments, v. Fairgoers' on the grounds last "Fresh home made cinnamon it pecan rolls every Sun. Fred's Fine Poods. Pipestone Broadway.

-Adv. Flaying every nlte (except MonJ Blonde Bombshell, Club Roeardero. -Adv Hessick Bread Route incl. truck for sale. Warren Wagner.

Ph. 5-3025 The hore classes completed all ah east northeastward direction and be almost 200 miles east of the judging at the fair. Local youngsters will be joined by The bodies 'of the children, resting In identical white coffins, will be buried vide by side in Crittenden Memorial Park cemetery. The five, children of Mr, and Mrs. J.

A. Hallman, weres the first of 11 youngsters to die similarly across the country within- a 38-hour spaa. See the famous Kaufmann comb. children brought here by the South night were given a momentary start when electricians were forced to pull the master switch for about a minute while they tied back in an electrical circuit that served some of the concessionaires The FAIR OFFICIALS today were an Haven Shrine club and the Niles- self -storing alum, storm windows at the Youth Fair, Berrien Springs. Cape Cod at 11 am.

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-Ait. ticipating the biggest single day's Cass Shrine organization. attendancs ef the eighth annual Committee members include: Dick Adv..