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m. 76 9 a. m. 12 63 12 n. I Girl's Skull Fractured; Sheriff Holds Two Men Of Ah andoned Found Body 13 Are Victims Of Car Crashes; Infant Burned MS the Paw Paw river bridge at the Coloma city limits, Betty Jane, according to witnesses, screamed to the driver to stop the car.

A moment later she fell to the pavement and struck her head on the curb. She was taken to the office ol Dr W. E. Sehairer nearby and later to the Mercy hospital. Scott was the only member of the trio to remain at the doctor's office.

He was taken into custody there and later the officers picked up Parker and Smith. Smith was released after being questioned. The injured girl told Deputy Sheriff Andrews that she was pushed off the running board of the car, but Scott claimed that she fell off. Parker, who was seated on the right hand side of the front seat was booked on a charge of felonious assault. Scott wa booked on a charge of felonious driving.

All three men had been drinking, officers said. Two men are being held at the county Jail as the result of an accident in which a 17-year-old Paw Paw Lake girl sufTered a fractured skull Sunday after- noon when She either fell or was pushed off the running board of the car. The accident victim is Miss Betty Jane Proper, 17, daughter of Mrs. Eleanor Proper, Coloma, and of Lambert Proper, of Dal-ton, 111. ACCORDING TO DEPUTY SHERIFF Charles Andrews and William Mahalik, the Proper girl and her younger sister were walking on the road near the Willow-Paw tavern at 3 p.

when Jessie Scott, 21. Rte. 2, Benton Harbor, Marcus Leon Smith, 22, Coloma, and Charles tee Parker, 23, Coloma, drove by in Scott's car. They picked up the girls and started for Coloma. They tried to get the girls in the back seat, but the girls said they would ride on the running board.

Just after the car went over This Little Red Hen Lays Eggs In The Living Room Radiant Sky Marks First Peaceful Easter Since '4 1 Brilliant Sun, Summer Temperature Prevail Here; Churches Thronged By Worshipers As Story Of Resurrection Is Retold Joyous Easter chimes, calling hundreds of worshipers to church for sunrise religious and musical programs and early morning Easter breakfasts, pealed out the close of the Lenten season of quiet and mourning and fast, to be climaxed throughout the entire Easter Sunday by colorful pageants, and beautiful and impressive choral groups presenting the expressions of the Easter message of hope and springtime glory. Baby XTRA! More POWs Stricken In Food Plot BULLETIN NUERNBERG, April 22 (AP)-U. S. Army authorities said tonight that more Ger man prisoners of war had been stricken with arsenic poisoning in a mysterious attempt to kill 15,000 Nazi SS men. The new cases raised the total of victims taken ill at Stalag 13, seven miles from Nuernberg, since last Monday to 2,283.

No deaths have as yet been reported, however, and Army authorities aaid none were expected. The illness of 1,900 prisoners were announced Friday. Four full bottles of arsenic and two empty arsenic bottles were found under the floor of the lo-, cal German bakery which sup- plied arsenic-dusted bread to a regiment of prisoners last Monday. J. L.

Broderick Dies Of Stroke Prominent Hacjar Fruit Grower Victim James L. Broderick, 57, prominent Hagar township fruit grower and businessman, well known Catholic, and member of the Knights of Columbus lodge, died at 1:40 p. m. Sunday, following a stroke early Sunday morning. Although he had been suffering from a heart ailment for some time, his death was unexpected and came as a distinct shock to his family and many friends.

Mr. Broderick was vice-president of the Riverside Fruit Exchange, master of the Pottowatomie Orange, and treasurer for Hagar school No. 6 where he had served as a board member for 25 years. He was a past-grand knight of the Benton Harbor Knights of Columbus lodge and a life-long and leading member of St. John's Catholic church.

In addition to operating a large farm, he and his brother, Charles, were associated in a cement prod' ucts business. Funeral Is Wednesday. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 10 a. at St. John's Catholic church, with burial in Calvary cemetery.

The Rev. Fr. G. A. Witteman will celebrate the requiem high mass.

The body will be removed from the Kerlikowske funeral home in St. Joseph to the residence Tuesday morning and the Rosary will be recited there Tuesday at 8 p. m. Mr. Broderick will be remembered as a past justice of the peace in Hagar township where he served for two terms.

Son of the late Edward and Jane Flood Broderick, he was born May 4, 1888, on the arm where he had lived all of his life and where death occurred on Easter Sunday. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Illah Van Gas beck of Benton Harbor, to whom he was married in- 1921, and two children, Bette and Thomas, both at home. He also leaves the following brothers and sisters: William of Hagar township; Chacles, with whom he was associated in business since boyhood; Mrs. Hickey, Hagar town-shiprarKr MrsrXIired uaiay, of Paw Paw. Two sisters, Mrs.

Rose LaViolette and Mrs. Helen Schultz, died several years ago. There are also a number of nieces and nephews among the surviving relatives. CALL ALOW Rug Cleaners for expert rug cleaning. Phone 6746.

Adv. MAGAZINE Subscriptions, new and renewal Charles Stewart 465 Ohio. Ph. 6227. Adv Infant Dead 10 Held By Police Newspaper, Laundry Mark Provide Clues; Girl Is Hunted One suspect, whose Identity is temporarily being kept secret by police, is in jail and investigation continued today into circumstances surrounding the death of an infant girl whose body was found Saturday on a lawn on Michigan Bluff.

MRS. JOHN BOETTCHER, 361 Michigan bluff, found the body at 10:56 a. m. Saturday, wrapped in brown paper and lying on her lawn. She calledBenton Harbor police and the remains were removed to the Florin funeral home where Dr.

E. R. Taylor conducted an examina tion in the presence of policemen and detectives. Dr. Taylor reported the Infant had been dead for at least 10 days, and said the body was in a bad state of decomposition.

He said there were no signs of violence, but was unable to determine whether the child, believed to be white, had been born dead or had died after birth. He said the body was perfectly developed. Police sa'd the child was wrapped in two lengths of brown paper tied with string. Under this they found a woman's white blouse, a pair of mens' shorts, two shirts and a part of another. Stuck to the body was a comic section torn from the March 27 issue of The News-Palladium.

With the newspaper as a lead, police established the time of birth as occuring between March 27 and April 10. A LAUNDRY MARK found on garments in which the child was wrapped led to the arrest of one male suspect, whose identity has not been revealed. Search for the mother of the infant is continuing, and Police Chief Alvin C. Boyd said his men have several leads and are working on them. Mrs.

Boettcher noticed the package on her lawn Saturday, but was afraid to open it. She summoned police immediately. Prosecutor Karl F. Zick said this noon that a complete autopsy would be performed to determine the cause of the infant's death. Chief Justice Stone Stricken Led From Supreme Court By Colleagues WASHINGTON, April 22- AP) -Chief Justice Stone was led out of the supreme court today by two of his colleagues and a physician was summoned immediately.

moe run. Fwrnnwn ported under the farms by Justices Black and Reed. The court abruptly recessed shortly before 2 p. m. (E.S.T.) A court attache said at 1:50 p.

m. that a doctor had been summoned. -The interruption came just after Justice Reed had completed delivery of an opinion. mm Stone There was a moment of silence and then discussion behind the judges' bench iwiui justices oi euner siae oi me centrally-seated Stone speaking to him in low tones. Stone, who had spoken several times in delivering opinions, was reading a paper at the time.

As other Justices talked with him, Stone ot in a voice -audible to the front rows, of the courtroom. The 73-year-old justice was heard to say: "The case should be stayed and The meaning of his words was not immediately clear to those in the court room. Stone appeared somewhat pale but not unnaturally so. Ordinarily the court recesses from 2 to 2:30 p. m.

for lunch. The interruption today came about 1:45 p. m. Day Suspect Heavy Toll Taken Over Easter Sunday On State Highways (By Associated Press) At least 14 Michigan residents were killed during the Easter week-end, with 13 dying in traffic accidents and the other in a fire. Don Moulton, 32, Owosso, contract driver for the Owosso Argus-Press, was killed northwest of Owosso late Saturday when his automobile collided with a car driven by Ralph Her-ron, 22, of Henderson.

Moulton, a Navy veteran and on of the few survivors of the mine sweeper Emmons which was tor pedoed and sunk by the Japs April 5, 1945, was delivering papers to nearby towns when the crash oc curred. His wife, asleep in the car; and Herron escaped with minor injuries. Dorothy Clschke, 19, was killed early Monday, in a crash at Orchard Lake when the car in which she was riding struck an embankment on Commerce road. Leo McLaughlin, driver of the car, and another passenger, Joyce Jackson, were treated at Pontiac General hospital for minor injuries. A CRASH EARLY SUNDAY took the life of Robert R.

Hanning of Flat Rock. He died at 1 a. m. Monday in the Wyandotte General hospital, of injuries suffered when his car crashed head-on with a truck on US-24 in Brownstown townshiPi Two died in Bay City area accidents. George H.

Petrimouix, 19, of Kawkawlin, was killed when hit (See ACCIDENTS, Page 6) Is By Vandenberg Senator Calls For Aid To Britain 1 WASHINGTON, April 22- (AP) -Senator Vandenberg (R- Mich) called for unrestricted Senate approval of the 000,000 British loan "for the sake of American welfare in a peaceful world." Vandenberg told his' col- leagues that he had "struck my balance" In a "reluctant" de- cision that "the bill should pass for the sake of America." The Michigan senator said -he had been more perplexed by the issue than any he had fac- ed previously in IS years as a senator. "TO PASS THE BILL IS A GIGANTIC SPECULATION," he said. "Not to pass the bill may be an even greater speculation. Whether we like it or not, destiny may be in these scales today." Galleries were crowded as Vandenberg took the floor to state his views before leaving tomorrow with Secretary of State Byrnes for the Paris conference of foreign ministers. Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson was in the audience.

Today's Seriate session was called specifically for Vandenberg to state his position on the $3,750,000,000 loan proposal. Democratic leaders had wanted to take the day off to give members more time to get back from Easter trips home. But their anxiety to get Vandenberg, chairman of the Senate Republican conference, on the line for their side of the case led them to arrange the meeting. Democratic leader Barkley (Ky) has contended that any amendment will kill the loan 1 proposal in this session of Congress because the financial agreements would have to be renegotiated. But there are in-' dications that some of these proposals particularly one by Senator McFarland (D-Arix) to -make the British swap title to military bases for financial help are gaining in strength.

Administration leaders heard over the week-end, too, that a secret poll shows the Republicans taektof up 28 tcrl8 agaiiust the loan. Democrats had counted on about an even break among the Republicans to carry them over the hump of senate approval. Added to this were fresh signs of Democratic opposition. BLACK DIRT For lawns. Delivered, Coloma, Watervliet, Paw, Paw Lake Hartford, $250 per yd.

Call Lee Dustln, 7952 after 5 p. m. Adv. Enterprise Cleaners. Adv, Loan Urged Michigan Faces Biggest Tourist Rush In History Accommodations For Expected Throng Big Problem For Industry (Following is the first of two articles on the Michigan tourist industry today and tomorrow.) LANSING.

ADril 22-(AP) -Michi gan's tourist industry, facing an estimated $500,000,000 business in 194(5. is wrestling with the job oi fitting the greatest tourist rush in histnrv into accommodations only slightly, larger than pre-war days. To accomplish tnat tass, me t.hnncht. and effort of seasoned re sort officials follows two themes: "T.pnohpn the season" and have confirmed accommodations before you start." The Michigan Tourist Council reports that requests from other states for tourist information now are running 700 per cent above any previous year, while the regional tourist associations estimate inquiries to them are 400 per cent higher than normal. To meet that demand, Michigan's tourist facilities are estimated to be only 10 per cent larger than pre-war days.

Officials assert that accommodations would have been increased 35 per cent by the start of the 1946 season if restrictions had not been placed on new construction. However, reports to the tourist council indicate that almost every resort will be open this year many of them already booked to capacity for the traditional vacation months, July and August. ry WORD OF MOUTH, precept and formal advertising, tourist lead ers are urging resort operators to vtnri thpir activities bevond the I usual 75 to 100-fiay season. Indivi dual were reponea mar ine a nlav for June ana iau dusi- ness." winterizing "their cabins and singing the glories of Michigan woods in autumn. In addition, -newly formed county tourist councils an outgrowth of the new state council are reported to be conducting nouse-to-nouse canvasses of their areas to locate nrivate rooms which can be central ly listed for the tra'veler who has no reservations.

Ben G. Wright, secretary of the state council, declared the Jvucrn-ean tourist industrv is in a transi tion vear. We have the post-war crowds a year before we are fully ready for them, but we. are determined to accommodate them and to make them want to come back next year when more facilities will be ready." The council, with the backing of tourist men, is preaching (See RESORTS, Page 6) when Ross, who was driving east, lost control of the car and crashed into a large tree. -The car was completely demolished.

The victims were all taken to the LaPorte hospital 'in the Smith ambulance. Although holiday traffic through New Buffalo and vicinity was very heavy, this was the only serious accident reported the New Buffalo pogt.oLthaMichiganEtate- police. MARRIAGE LICENSES Paul Gobble, 30, Niles; Margaret Miller. 19, Niles. William Beck, 22.

Galien; Claud-ine Wolford 18, Buchanan. Charles H. Hamilton, 31, Benton Harbor; Elva Clymer, 22, Coloma. Joseph J. Forgia.

31, Coloma; Catherine Figlia, 27, Coloma. Edwin R. Randall. 21. St.

Joseph; Leona R. Logan, 24, St. Joseph. fax 55 At IPV ItFTU TJ ATI? IT AVn Asst. Prosecutor Is Appointed For Southern Berrien Appointment of Atty.

Melvin P. Rahn, 28, Niles, as an assistant prosecuting attorney to serve Niles, Buchanan and other sections of southern Berrien county, was announced here today by County Prosecutor Karl F. Zick. A request for an assistant prosecutor in the Niles-Buchanan area was recently placed before the board of supervisors by seuth-end residents who pointed out that serious delays and inconveniences have resulted from the increased burden on the prosecutor's office. The new assistant prosecutor is a lifelong resident of Niles.

He graduated from the University of Virginia law school in 1942 and has practiced law inNiles for three years, part of that time as an associate of the late Atty. Donahue. Nine months ago Atty. Rahn was appoint ed acting justice of the peace in Niles to fill out the unexpired term of Thomas Fen-ill, resigned. "I am sure that residents of southern Berrien county will be pleased with the appointment," Prosecutor Zick said today." One Killed, 104 Hurt In Wreck New Haven Trains Collide, Head-On BOSTON, April 22- (AP) A railroad fireman was dead today, an engineer In critical condition, and at least 104 persons were treated for minor injuries in four hospitals after the head-on-collision last night of two New Haven railroad passenger trains near Read-ville in suburban Boston.

Norman Goodwin of South Braintree, age unavailable, was dead, and William E. Bean, 59, of Boston, engineer, was in Forest Hills hospital. His name was on the danger list. RAILROAD OFFICIALS SAID a six-car Hartford-to-Boston train collided head on with a four-car Boston-to-Providence train. They addeu that an investigation was now underway to determine cause of the crash which instigated the greatest mercy mobilization in this city since the Cocoanut Grove fire which cost nearly 500 Hospitals cleared the' situation late this morning after a hectic night and reported that none of the 104 injured was in serious condition.

The impact of the violent collision hurled the tender of the Hartford-Boston engine into the cab, trapping Goodwin and Bean in the twisted wreck- age. A wooden baggage car attached to the tender was a (See WRECK, Page6) OTRANQE things happen in the lives or people wno aweu among the towering buildings and teeming millions of big cities. In order to adapt himself to his unnatural surroundings, your true suburbanite, who probably does not know his next-door neighbor, de-velopes certain distinguishing characteristics to a marked degree, much In the same manner that a chameleon changes color for the purpose of camouflage. It la ordinarily easy to pick out the city-bred man when he gets out of his native habitat, and those who live outside the nation's metropolitan areas have long since decided that city folks are a different breed of cat. NOW HERE IS THE STORY OF "CRIP," a little red hen, born and raised In the city, who developed some distinguishing characteristics of her own.

"Crip" belongs to Mary Beth Haire, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and" Mrs. John Haire, of 289 Second street, Benton Harbor. Every morning between 9:30 and 10 o'clock "Crip" comes to the Haires front door and scratches for admittance to the house. As soon as one pi the Haire family lets her In, she pro- ceeds to perch herself on day-bed In the living room where she nests until she has laid an egg.

Once the deed Is done, "Crip" hops down off her unusual nest, walks oyer to the door, and scratches to be let outdoors again. Underlying cause for Crip's remarkable behavior is the fact that her early life was spent in the city. Until 'last summer she was the pet of Mary Beth's grandmother, Mrs. Mary Lawrence, who lives in an apartment in Chicago. BECAUSE "CRIP" HAD A (See RED HEN, Page 6) South Havenife Drowns Sunday Body Of William Hall Is Recovered SOUTH HAVEN, April 22 The body of William Hall, 30, of here, was recovered in 10 feet of water, 10 1 r.

1 ff bank of Black river, near Wells street, and drowned last evening at 8 o'clock. According to a story given by a Mrs. Coleman, who was standing on the bank, npar Hall she stated that the victimj "had just seemed to step off into the river." Hall was subject to epileptic fits and it is not known whether that was the cause of his falling into the river. The South Haven coast men were summoned who dragged the river in the vicinity of the drowning and-found Hall's body in ,10 feet of water. Hall is survived by his mother, Mrs.

Elizabeth Moon and two brothers, Stanley and William Hall, by a former marriage The body is at Calvin's funeral home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete." Gas Plate Starts. North Shore Fire Benton township's fire department was 'called to the Elwood Kunkle home on North Shore drive at 11:50 Saturday night, too late to save a utility shed on the rear of the property but in time to prevent damage to nearby surrounding buildings. An verJieaiM, gas plate which hadn't been turned off caused the blaze which had completely enveloped the shed by the time firemen arrived. Damage was estimated at $300.

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was marked by a radiant blue sky, brilliant sunshine throughout the day, and a landscape of loveliness, created by flowers, bushes and trees springing into bloom of rainbow color, providing a gorgeous background for the time-honored Easter Festival. TEMPERATURES SKYROCKETED into the 80's yesterday, on one of the warmest days of spring perfect weather for the traditional Easter Parade of fashion one of the most colorful in recent years. The lovely weather attracted hundreds of visitors from nearby communities to the twin cities paradise of the blossoming and orchard country of Southwestern Michigan. Automobile licenses from nearly every state in the union Joined the hundreds of others riding or walking in the balmy sunshine. In humble chapel and more elaborate church settings, the faithful gathered to hear again the old, old Easter story, and to sing the joyful Hosannahs which mark the close of the Lenten season, the gloom and sorrow of Good Friday, and the dawn of a new era.

The pageanty of this Easter season was all the more inspiring, as it is tne iirst peacetime Easter season in more than four years Christ's resurrection from the tomb was extolled from pulpits and choir lofts. Worship in the churches, with elaborate settings of Easter lilies and colorful spring flowers, was only rivalled yesterday by the dazzling spectacle of color out of doors. year's Easter Fashion picture was one of the most colorful in recent years, flower-decked hats vying with gay new floral prints, pastel shaded suits, with smart top coats, with color blossoming forth as naturally as in a garden, weaving witchery with feathers, flowers and shimmering new plastics. Socially, the Easter Sunday weekend was marked by many family reunions, with boys home from the (See EASTER, Page 6) spend the remainder of the week in the bay. The party is due to return to Washington, next Sunday.

Accompanying the President are his personal chief -of -staff Adm William D. Leahy; Capt. Clark tiuiord, Naval Aide; Brig. Gen. Harry H.

Vaughan, military aide; John R. Steelman and Edward Locke assistants; Richmond B. Keech. administrativA assistant. CoL Wallace Presidential physician, and Presidential secre taries Charles O.

Ross and William D. Hassett. Before leavine Washington yes terday, Mr. Truman attended Easter services at the First. Bantist.

church, taking a center pew so un- ODtrusiveiy that few in the congre gation were aware of his presence. He was accompanied only by secret service men. Mrs. Truman and Margaret attended services earlier at St. Margaret's Episcopal church.

Truman Leaves On Cruise To Wa tc a vy Wa Games Five Are Seriously Injured In Smashup Near Three Oaks WASHINGTON. April 22-(AP)-President Truman cruised down Chesapeake bay early today bound for Norfolk and a look at naval maneuvers off the Virginia capes. Off on a week's vacation, the chief executive and his party boarded the Presidential yacht Williamsburg yesterday afternoon. At Norfolk they planned to transfer to the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt, flagship of Adm, Marc Mitscher.

The FDR will carry them into the open Atlantic to take part in the first large-scale task force operations since war's end. Twenty-nine ships will take part in the war games. Among them are the Midway, sistership of the FDR, and the superbattleship Missouri, homeward bound from the Mediterranean. Mitscher's eighth fleet will maneuver until May 26, but Mr. Truman will return to Norfolk tomorrow to reboard the Williamsburg and NEW BUFFALO, April 22 Five young people from this vicinity are in Holy Family hospital, LaPorte, with serious injuries, as the result of a one-car accident yesterday morning.

The injured include Revilo A. Ross, 24, of Berrien Springs, driver of the car, who suffered internal injuries, lacerations and a broken nose, and who still was uncDnsiousat Also injured were Miss Laura Jackson, 17, back injuries; Miss Lorene Jackson, 16, possible skull fracture, back injuries and lacerations; Ollie Jackson, 19, possible skull fracture and head injuries; and Victor Jackson, 13, a broken leg, bruises and lacerations." All the Jackson young people are from Three Oaks. The accident occurred at 10:50 m.fi two and a half miles east of Three Oaks on the Avery road,.