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IiHcfffgcifccr Aug. 9, 194 Begins Probe (Continued from t) ruled Kemiey. The B-36 orde stood The long-tiwalted iuvestigatio of the 8-3(3 opened with a declara tion by Robert A. Lovctt, wartim assistant secretary of war for air that there was no evidence of po litical Influence behind the oi'lg nal experimental orders for th plane in 1841. Uivett said the decision to bit, Iwo experimental planes, deslgnat ed B-36.

from the Consolidate Vultee Aircraft was mad by the war department In August 1941 nftei a study of design-, submitted by Consolidated, Boeing Airplane Co. and Douglas Air craft Co. Committee Counsel Joseph Kcenan asked Lovett whether ever saw "any evidence of Influ eneu by bankers, industrialist. Mr Floyd) Odium, or Victor Emrmin xiel" behind the war departmen lIl'ClMOIl, "Absolutely not," Lovett replied He baitl at that time he had never heard of Odium, the millionaire head of the Atlas Coip i took conttol of Consolidated li Novembci, 19I7. Tliu committee hoped later to learn why the Air Force cxpamlec its.

orders for the big bomber tin year after planning a year ago to cut them back. Rep. James Van Zandt, has cited "ugly reports which hu said indicate the dec! sion could have been tied to the November elections, and to thu political efforts of Defense Sccretarj Louis Johnson and plane builder Floyd Odium. The committee called as its first witness Robert A. Lovett former assistant secretary of wai for nlr, Lovett was expected to tell the air force--then tne army atr force--under Gen.

H. a i Arnold first decided, in 1941 that It needed a 10,000 mile bomber. This was years before oftlclal posts were held by Johnson or air force secretary VV. Stuart Symington, whose names have been linked with what committee chairman Carl Vlnson, Ga calls "in- nueiidos and rumors" about political picssure behind the B-36 procurement program. But from the springboard of testimony, committee counsel Joseph B.

Keenan hoped to jump into the confused question of when and why the big slx- engmed B-36 came Into real favor with the air force as a long-range, strategic bomber. Approximately o-thlrds the polished glass produced in the United States finds Its way into the automobile Industry, ovies In Your A OUTDOOR THEATRE Telephone 4-2114 Conveniently Located on Old St. Louis Rd. Between Wood River East Alton Off Highway 67 2 SHOWS NIGHTLY RAIN OR CLEAR NOW PLAYING Dennis Morgan "MY WILD IRISH ROSE" In Technicolor Plus Color Cartoon DOORS OPEN 7:30 SHOW AT DUSK ovies In Your Carl READY, WILLING AND DISABLED--Steven Meunier is only 14 months old, Yet he skates up and down the sidewalk In front of his. Holly wood, home when most children his age are lust learning to walk, For safety reasons, little Steve's skates, regular ball-bearing models, are riveted to his baby shoes.

The only other precaution Is a little extra diaper padding which his mother adds, left. Steve then rolls down the sidewalk, center, when--BOOM--that padding really comes In bandy, right. Winners at Fair (Continued from I) and Son, Edsvardsville, heifer cal six months to one year, Goralc iVedukind, Raymond. Holstcins, dauy--bull two years and over, Wtlli.un Schrage, Tren on, bull six monthb and undei one year, Cetnge Octtel and ions, Stiiunton; cow tluec yean. md old cr, William bchrage; cow two years and under three, also heifei one year and under two, heifer ix months and under one year and herd, William Schrage.

Guernsey, dairy--bull one yeai and under, bull six months to one 'ear, cow thiee years and over cow two years and under three iclfcr one year and under two leifer six months to one year anc letd, luvin Kix. Belleville. Jerseys, dairy--Bull two years nd over, Wayne Arnold, Jersey- bull one year and under two 'till six months to one year, cow hree years and over, cow two ears and under three, heifer one and under two, heifer six Months to one year, and herd, Van Victor and Scott, Jerseyville. Brown Swiss, dairy--bull two 'ears and over, Fred Schneider, erseyvllle; bull one year and un- er two Gen Patthast, Greenville, ow three years and over, cow wo years and under three, heifer ne year and under two, heifer tx months to one year and Herd, "red Schneider, Jerseyville. Aryshires, dairy--bull one to two ears, James G.

Rogier, Highland; ow three years and over, Al jtimbe, Aviston; cow two years nd under three, heifer one year nd under two, heifer six months nd under one year, and herd, rmin G. Rlchtcr, Mascoutah. Shropshire sheep--ram two years nd over, ram one to two years, I. M. Baer, St Jacob; ram lamb nd one two years and over, Elon Neumann, Greenville, ewe one two years, ewe lamb, pen of hree lambs, und flock, Baer.

Hempslnre sheep--ram two years nd over, Donald Loges, Carlin ille; ram one to two years, also am lamb, ewe lamb and pen of iree lambs, Jim Meno Carlmville, we two years and over, also owe ne to two and flock, Donald jOges, CarlinviUe. All other breeds--ram two years rid over, also ram lamb. Thurnau Highland, ram one to two ears, also ewe two years and ovei. wo one to years ewe lamb, ien ot thiee lambs and flock, Gibon, Robinson and Cailinville. Not for Food Cattle first were domesticated, ot for meat, but for use as draft nimals and foi their milk, ac- ortllng to the Encyclopedia Brl- tmiica ENDS TONITE JAMES JUNE STEWART ALLYSON "The Stratton Story" I And Thursday Drama if the Intrigue 'of a At Fast Action Hit! Onl fMl lUlwiay Cvinlnf BARBARA BRITTON MOMt "OAIBY" Battle of Bents Shown At 7:00 9:45 Production Halted At Indiana Plant Gary, Ind (IP)--Production was halted today at the American Bridge Co, here when CIO steelworkers union pickets massed at the gates and kept all but maintenance and supervisory personnel from entering the plant, a U.

S. Steel subsidiary. District CIO Steelworkers Director Joseph Germane said shipping workers were 'disturbed" because a new foreman had been chosen from another department. Plant officials said a 48-hour walkout would force plant closure. They charged the action was a breach of contract because no grievance notice had been filed.

Both company and union were pledged to stay on the job while a presidential fact finding board dears issues involved in a new union contract for the steel industry, officials said. The walkout began yesterday ivhen about 200 shipping workers failed to report for the day shift The shippers set up a picket line ater and prevented night and day shift production workers from entering. U. S. Steel officials said about 1,800 employes were affected.

It was the third work stoppage at a U. S. Steel subsidiary within a week, they said, following two last week at the Carnegie-Illinois Gary Sheet and Tin Mill. Stewart Vacates Title, Gains Wife Hollywood, (IP)--Jimmy Stewart rlollywood's most eligible bache- or, gains a wife and vacates his title today. Late this afternoon the shy movie star will slip a plain gold wedding ring on the finger of Mrs Gloria McLean, 31, the pretty divorcee who caught him by playing hard-to-get Only 25 friends will watch the ceremony.

For a part of a man's life, bachelorhood is a fine institution," said Stewart, who has dodged marriage-minded ladies 20 years. "But this long was overdoing it a bit. I was getting lonely After a small, quiet reception at the home of Stewart's agent, he couple will honeymoon at tome for three days Stewart and Mrs. McLean invited only relatives and a few close 'nends to hear the Rev. Dean Os- read the marriage ceremony at the Brentwood Presbyter- an church, near his home They did not invite reporters or photographers to either the wedding or the reception.

Mother-in-Law Mtizzled Clinton, Okla (IP)--Anthony Vargo asked the county court for a injunction against his mother-in-law to keep her from 'meddling in family affairs." He lot the injunction. Local Motorist (Continued from I) and the state radio alarm was broadcast at 12 07 a m. Owens, an employe of Western Cartridge company at East Alton was en route home from a fishing trip in Kentucky and had planned to work the midnight shift. His light gray 1942 Pontiac Torpedo 8 coupe bore the license number 1-654-527 and motor number P8RB9890. Grant to Study Peptic Ulcers, Cold Announced Washington, (IP)--The Federal Security administration today announced grants of $2,056,425 for the study of such ailments as pep tic ulcers and the common cold The grants will support medical and allied research projects at non-federal institutions.

The projects include studies of deafness and speech defects and the relation of the endocrine glands to aging The grants are administered by the National Institutes of Health They include: Illinois Federal of a works associations, Champaign, $2,808, Illinois, state water survey division, Urbana, Michael Reese hospital, Chicago, Northwestern University, Chicago; $38,996, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, $37,358. Indiana--Indiana university, $3,000, Purdue university, 20,298. Settlement Anticipated Minneapolis, UP)--Northland Grey hound lines oiled up its idle busses today in anticipation of settling a 105-day old strike in eight states and Canada W. J. Kay, president of the bus lines, said that if a settlement is announced tomorrow as expected, service will be resumed Thursday.

Slash in Arms (Contlnuid from 1) design. We might' at any time step into something," he added. He said the western union's defense plans are "in general consonance with the strategic thinking" of U. S. military leaders.

Senate ire was raised by Secretary of State Dean Acheson's admission yesterday that the amount of surplus guns, tanks and planes which could be sent Europe was an quantity." Republican Sens. John Foster Dulles, Chan Gurney, S. and William F. Knowland, maintained that the program would give (he administration the power to send "even the kitchen sink" to Eurofje if it was deemed surplus. Sen.

Arthur H. Vandenberg, Mich, said he would- press his stand for a four or five month 'token" program to hold-the-line until the 12 Atlantic pact nations can draft a common defense plan of their own. Acheson opened the Senate hearings He told commit- members that prompt action on the $1,450,000,000 arms program "imperative." Never before, he said, has the world been "as troubled or as hazardous as it is right now." In a sharp exchange wth Vandenberg, Acheson said he would resist any effort to cut the size of program, which is designed re-arm Atlantic pact powers and 'ive other free nations. Johnson was called for question- ng on the plan by a special 25- man committee of foreign relations and military affairs experts. Here were the issues: 1.

The 'real cost," or "how much will it take to replace" sur- Deaths and Funerals Mrs. Louise Cullens Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Cullens were held Monday at 2 o'clock from the First Presbyter lan church with the Rev Clark Cummins of St. Louis officiating During the service Mrs. R.

H. Wil son sang "I Would Not Law Always," accompanied at the or gan by Mrs. Charles Bradley. Pallbearers were Alfred H. Theuer, baum, Gordon W.

C. A. Wentz Paul Fiegen Buckles, Arthur J. Dippold and Earl Kriege Interment was in Valley View cemetery with the Marks-Weber funeral horae in charge large number of friends at the services from Sprmg- leld. Fred Fred Schmidt 75 West to be sent abroad The administration plus weapons at cut rates.

says it will send out $450000,000 worth of arms for $77,000,000 but Senators say that without a legal imit it could go above the billion mark. 2. Assertions Vandenberg and others that the contemplated wo-year shipment program would undercut joint planning under the iact before the treaty is in effect, y-pass congressional review ppropnation functions and oo much money. and cost od Waterway Building ncreased 59 Per Cent Decatur, (IP--The construction sod. waterways by Illinois farm- rs increased 59 per cent last year, Ithough federal funds for such vork were more than 50 per cent ess than in 1947, the state pro- uction and marketing administra- ion reported today.

John Hamper, state PMW chairman, said that Illinois farmers es- ablished 3,753 acres of waterways 2,090 farms during 1948, com- ared with 2,362 acres of waterways in 1947. Sod waterways are grassed areas a field which slow down water unoff and check erosion of top- oil. He is the son of Louis Schmidt of survive him. He Jennings, Wood River, passed away Monday morning at 9 30 his home after a lingering illness He -was a carpenter and a cabinet maker. He has been a resident of that city for the past 16 years He was born Oct.

6 1903, Ft Russell township and had attained the age of 45 years, ten months and two days. Mr. and Mrs. this city who was married to Miss Martha Heeren Nov. 25, 1933, in Eden Evangelical church by the Rev H.

Bredehoeft who survives him. Also surviving are one son Allan Lee; one daughter, Sharon Mae; three brothers, Louis Schmidt of this city. William H. of Downey, Calif, and Albert G. Schmidt of Wood River and two half-sisters Mrs.

Ida Hoskins of Brazil, Ind and Mrs. Emma Wyman of Alton He was a member of the Eden Evangelical church and served as secretary of the Eden Brotherhood for one term. Friends may call at the Marks- Weber funeral home in this city after 7 o'clock this evening until 2 o'clock Thursday when services will be held with the Rev. Bredehoeft officiating. Interment will be in St.

James cemetery in Ft. Russell township Miss Tuxhprn Observes 90th Anniversary Today Miss Clara R. Tuxhorn is quietly observing her 90th birthday anniversary today at her home, 809 North Main. Miss Tuxhorn, who has taught music since a young woman, is a graduate of the Bethoveen Conservatory of Music of St. Louis.

Although she has not taught for past several years, she is still able to practice every day and at present is continuing her study of tm. Her eyesight and hearing, said today, are "better than they were five years ago Difference between spiders and nsects is in their legs. True spiders have eight legs, while insects lave only six. Alton Family Sues Over Taxi Collision A suit for damages totaling $9,000 was filed in the Madison cown- ty circuit court today as the outgrowth of an automobile-taxicab collision in Alton last May 19 The plaintiffs are Mr. and Mrs Edward Nolan, Alton, and their children, Gerald and The St Louis County two minor Betty Ann Cab is named defendant.

According to the the suit a cab driven by Melvin A. Adair collided at the intersection of College avenue and Johnson street with car driven by Nolan. Wheat Allotments Set Up for Farms Official notices are being sent to farmers informing them of the 1950 wheat acreage allotments that a been set up for their farms, P. Reid of the MadisQn Counu Agricultural Conservation mittee announced today. notices should be kept available for use at the time fall seeding made, advised.

Only producers who plant with their allotted acreage will be 11- The father seeks $2,000 for hisj jble to uke advantage of whe.t injuries and $500 for repairs to nripf sllDDOrt oroerams. Ins car. His wife, Virginia, asks $2.000 for her injuries. Suing on behalf of the two minor children Nolan seeks $3,000 for the son's injuries and $1,500 for those curred by the daughter. in- Quirina Urges Pacific Union Pact a ington, (IP-- Philippines President Elpidio Quirmo today urged United States support foi a union of Pacific nations "in thisjducer his fair share.

Reid said perilous hour" so that Asia will not "be lost to Communism by default "The margin price support programs, pointed out He said the purpose of allotments is to bring supplav in line with the need for a partic lar crop, and necessarily a cut in acreage. The allotment Madisc i county is 79,053 acres. This ha- been apportioned among whea farms on the basis of past acre ages, war crop adjustments, croi rotation practices and other fa tors These basic facts for eaci farm have been reviewed county and community committee men in an effort to give each pro Farmers who are not satisfied with determinations made for thei farms may within 15 from date of official notice. producer who does not receive an allotment notice, but believes he should have an allotment for his farm should call at the county of fice immediately, and in no event later than Aug. 24, Reid stated time runs short and the of our common security rows narrower each day," Quirino said in a special address to he Senate.

"As president of the Republic of the Philippines, 1 con- uder it my supreme responsibility in this perilous hour to call upon our friends everywhere, but especially our friends in America, not to tarry too long in the redef- mtion of fundamental attitudes owards Asia Quirino arrived here yesterday or a three-day visit President' bato remained blocked by land Truman's guest He also gave a slides and rubble. A shuttle an Drenching Rains cContinued from 1) rief address today before the House, before going to the Senate. Quirino said the most urgent problem facing his country and ither free nations of Asia is the 'advancing tide of Communism." Philippines rejoice he said. liat "a mighty bulwark" has been rected against Communism in urope tevenson Made Gold Gulch Deputy Sheriff Chicago, ttP) Gov. Adlai E.

Steenson was made a deputy sheriff Gold mythical Western uerto Rlco ttat Rear lift organized bj the government remained the only avenue of help for the disaster area. American military commander ui the area offered their full help to the Ecuadorean government Two big C-47 cargo planes fiom American bases in the Panama canal zone joined the to Ambato after bringing in six of medical supplies Coi. W. H. Eyerly, U.

quartermaster officer from Pan ama, remained in the disastei area to establish bases for furthei supply shipments. A message from San Juan mining town, at the Chicago Rail- oad Fair yesterday and Santa Fe ndians planned to initiate him as full-fledged tribal chief later in le afternoon. Plans called for 195 planes of he 66th fighter wing of the Na- onal Guard to roar overhead in "Illinois Day" salute as the gov- rnor was made a chief in cere- ionies at the Santa" Fe Indian illage. The governor was sworn in as eputy sheriff of Gulch hortly after his arrival on the rounds at 930 a.m. (CST).

Daniel E. Barbey, commander of the Caribbean sea frontier, also had offered to send medical and relief supplies. Barbey said that medical sup plies, blankets and tents were available as weh as Navy planes to carry them to the disaster area Ghastly Coiffures The Tseo people southeast Uganda, Africa, have coiffures embellished with hair collected from the heads of their dead an cestors, stuck together with blood and decorated with feathers LUX THEATRE LAST TIMES TONIGHT Hedy Lamarr, Rbt. Cummings "Let's Live a Little" Showing at 8:30 Only Second Hit Scott Brady, Annabel Shaw "IN THIS CORNER" Showing at 7:00 and 9:50 NEWS CARTOON Starts Wednesday FOR TWO DAYS JUDY Frtd Astaire, Peter Lawford "EASTER PARADE" IN TECHNICOLOR Showing at 8:20 Only Plus "The Secret Land" In Technicolor, Starring Men Ships of the U. S.

Navy Narration by: Comdr. Robert Montgomery Lieut Robert Taylor Lieut Vf Heflin Showing at 10:00 iiiU THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY A 11-12-13 WATCH for DOLLAR DAY BARGAINS IN WEDNESDAY'S INTELLIGENCER SHOP IN EDWARDSVILLE STORES DISPLAYING DOLLAR DAY BANNERS RIDE THE BUS TO DOLLAR ITS CONVENIENT!.