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Page 2 Dec. 26, 1950 18 Barges Break Loose on River New Orleans, IP-- Eighteen barges broke loose on the Mississippi river Tuesday in a heavy fog and smashed into three ships before they were captured 21 miles below New Orleans. They ripped a hole in the 100- foot, wooden freighter, El Riot, and tore her loose from her dock. Marine Gerica, one of her owners, said she was caught near Braithwaite, and was being towed back to New Orleans harbor. Braithwaite is 20 miles below New Orleans.

Two barges were captured above Braithwaite. The Coast Guard Cutter Hudson leporl- ed that the other 16 had been beached about a i below Braithwaite. The barges slightly damaged the new Majestic, a sister ship that lying alongside the El Rito. I The S. S.

Rocksprings Vic-lory ra- dioed from Chalmette. a she had been hit. but did not men- tion damage. Capt. E.

J. Buck of the Coyle Lines, said the barges broke loose while they were being made into a "tow." The fog was so thick that it was hours before a search could be started for Buck said the river was not high. or the wind unusually strong and there was no indication of sabotage. The barges, all empty, broke loose while a tug a jockeying them into a string, or "tow." as rivermen call it. Deaths and Funerals William H.

Stille Troy Hunter Finds Strangled Infant What started out as a coon hunting trip reached a tragic climax Sunday when Pete Ardison, 20, of a Troy discovered the H--II- c. 4 -ii i j' strangled body of an infant girl in William H. Stille of 1112 Madison the roots of an uprooted in avenue, a laborer, died Monday at creek bed about four miles north 2:40 a.m. at his residence of complications. lie was born Aug.

28, 1898, at Alhambra, and had attained the age west of O'Fallon. Ardison first discovered the body when his dog led him to it late Saturday night but because of the of 52 years, three months and 27'darkness he could not tell what it Idays. He was the son of the latelwas, he said. 'filr. and Mrs.

William Stille. He He told his parents about the in- was married to Miss Marie Lautner cident and Sunday returned with Sept. 24, 1929. Mrs. Stille survives.

Also surviving are a four and one-half-year-old son, Billy Roy; St Clair County Coroner C. three brothers, Otto C. of Worden, said the child, apparently Herman and Elmer of this city; born without medical care, appear- five sisters, Mrs. Ella Klueter, Mrs. to have been put in the roots of Lydia Ohm, Mrs.

Emma Meikamp, tree about 24 hours after birth. Mrs. Bertha Ziegler of this city and Mrs. Martha DeHaven of St. Louis.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Edward, who was and ALL DOING I triplet calves--a rarity in bovine biology--born at Bnllion, Wis, Nov. 24, are getting huslaci i day. Their mother is Jolly, a Guernsey cow owned by Elroy Bennke. Here his son, Gl'enn Roy, 7, poses with the healthy heifers whose weight ranged from 144 to 152 pounds when they were a week old. 154 Receive Gifts From Kiwanians Economist on Trial (Continued from Page 1) honesty and courage to come for- A total of 154 underpriviledged children in Edwardsville and Glen Carbon received i through the'level while prices probably will Farm Implements Tend Toward Lower Output Racine.

itPi--The 1951 volume of farm machinery produclion and sales will dip below lhe 1950 his father to the scene. Then they notified St Clair county authorities killed during World War Ervin Stille. authorities said. He was a member of Eden Evangelical church and union Local 179. Friends may call at the Schneider funeral home after 6 Tuesday until 12 o'clock noon Thursday when the remains will be taken to Eden Evangelical church to lie in state until services are held at 2 It was strangled with a piece of string.

A Nov. 10 newspaper found in a box near the body indicated it was left there a month or six weeks ago, m. with the Rev. H. J.

Bredehoeft officiating. Interment will be in St. Boniface Catholic cemetery. Allies Alerted' Mrs. Bertha M.

Smith Final rites for Mrs. Bertha M. Kiwanis club's annual Christmas rise, Theodore Johnson, president i Smith were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Marks-Weber funeral home with the Rev. F.

L. offifciating. Mrs. Smith died at her residence Ft. Russell township Saturday at (Continued from Page 1) munications center on the main invasion route from Pyongyang to Seoul followed by the North Korean army last June.

Kaesong is three miles south of the 38th parallel and 34 i northwest of Seoul. The South Korean radio in Seoul reported that South Korean troops A FOR JOLSON-ln Washington, Gen Geoige C. secretary of Defense, pins a Medal of Merit on three-year-old Asa Jolson, adopted son of the late Al Jolson, M. Jolson looks on. The medal was awarded posthumously to the entertainer "for his tremendous contribution to the of troops fighting in United Nations a i i i i Six Men Suffocate In Buffalo Hotel Fire Buffalo, N.

(U'i--Firemen recovered the bodies Tuesdcny of six men who suffocated in a Christmas night fire which swept the top floor of a small four-story downtown brick hotel. About 30 other men. mostly middle-aged transients and Lake Erie sailors, fled Sam's hotel into 15-degree temperatures and escaped injury. The below freezing weather coat ed streets and equipment with ice. making it doubly hard for firemen wiio raised two ladders in efforts to reach fourth-floor occupants ol the 38-room hotel.

But the intense heat forced the mlo retreat down the ice-covered rungs. Firemen brought the three-alarm blaze under control within a hall hour after it broke out shortly be fore midnight, but battled three hours in the bitter cold before all the flames were quelled. Dismissal Asked Walker's Body Will Be Of City's Appeal 'Sent to U. S. for Burial Tokyo, body of U.

S. Acting on behalf of the Illinois Eighth Army Commander Lt. Gen. Commerce Commission, the office Walton II. Walker will be sent to of Attorney-General Ivan A.

Elliot the United Stales late this week has filed a motion in the Madison for burial, Gen. Douglas MacAr- Walls in the Casbah section ol Algiers are decorated i highlv prized clay tiles placed there 'Barbary Coast pirates who stole i them in raids throughout the Mediterranean area in the 16th, 171 'and centuries. county circuit court, asking dis- thur's headquarters said Tuesday, missal of Edwardsville's appeal Walker was killed in a jeep ac- from an ICC order to close Emer- cident north of Seoul. Korea. Sat- son and Lindenwood streets.

urday while en route to decorate The city filed its appeal Dec. 9 British and American soldiers, in- the commission ruled that eluding his captain son. John. Illinois Terminal railroad's His three-star jeep crashed head clashed with forces south of Kaesong Monday, but did not specify how far south of Kaesong. "MOOSE MITE" Registration for Moose Members and Their Ladies EVERY TUESDAY toys project.

Chairman William ot J. I. Case Company predicted' 11 0 Martin announced Tuesday. i a vear-end statement. I Slle a born Nov 14 1864 ncar 'Staunton and had attained the age The gifts were distributed Sun- Johnson said, however, that i 86 ycars ong month and nine day from nine trucks manned by spite of many uncertainties and Kiwanians and Boy Scouts.

increasing difficulties. "1951 is charies Minna WeW The of children reeeiv- likely to be a reasonably good year grade crossings on the two streets on into a South Korean truck that A spokesman for the U. S. fee dosed as (he dlys con Qul Qf jn a con army a toward establishing auto- voy and he died a short lime matic flasher signals at the Mad- 1 Walker's body now lies in state 1 'even closer. He said Chinese re- now and tell the They have hidden behind a cloak Kehoods i donated and new toys was for the farm machinery 'just three under last year's record Food production is i a and, he HP said he would uroduce a pic- preceded her in death ne bdiu IK i a pn.

a noted, mechanized farms produce ture of Remington's "Communist activities" over a period of 10 years connaissance groups had been of- ison Franklin avenue crossing. in the Yokohama chapel center. I ficially identified one to two miles In askm tne cour to dismiss the was taken from Korea to his Yoko-' vs. She was the daughter ot the "Jseoul appea1 1C ICC contends the CHy llama a a i point miles north ot beoul. Q( a i did not apply for Funeral services were held Mon- ger husband, Henry P.

S. Smith, a torn 18 a wilh reSpeCt day Only lhe general's widow, his whom she married Aug. 17, 1896, troops supZ and I Nov 2 order i le me aml i i a friends a munist uoops, supplies ana a i nm Wo by law. Brief religious and masonic rites 3C also recites, through were held. of the gifts donated, more, i less manpower at low- by the shop and or -dating from h.s college days ome economics classes at Ed- 1J Nov 19 lery toward the south and a i the establishment of command Surviving aie one son, H.

living posts i onvar areas were among lhe attorney office, that 1934 to 1944 he "held high wardsville high school, while the the increasing defense effort, raw He pointed out that, because of llh th four daughters, indications of preparations for an Miss Frieda Smith, Miss Edna lts 2 Three Students Killed positions as a trusted emplove bo sm worth matcl vill not be a a i a in amuu, MM Uol ucnois A 16 and ortler the fm in (he older lhe a i required to a i rene one TM informally said Tenth corps, has bepn superseded by the order group. Saypol charged that i a "concocted fake explanations" for meeting with a Communist j. "to whom he was delivering secret A a i a information and who he said was a I a Plea newspaper reporter for the now defunct PM. tain production at 1950 levels and. addition, there probably will Smith, Mrs.

Luella Schroeder, Mrs. Irene Grebel; one L. Wehling of St. was given the city regarding that In Light Plane Crash a dDh tro undoubtedly would become and Rob- mma in. cost, he pre- ert L.

Schroeder of this city. She was a member of the First assault, was South Korea to meet the expected Russian Paper Views Svdnev. Australia. 'IP)-- a labor shortage. Manufacturers' dieted, i be higher in 1951 than Presbyterian church.

She was While fighting in northeast Korea in 1950 and consequently selling 'confirmed in the Lutheran church the tenth corps, under command "resident I a Nokomis where she spent much Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almondj Hope. tP--Three vacationing University of Oklahoma students died in the flaming crash of a light Beechcraft bonaza plane eigth miles southwest of here Tuesday.

The dead were identified lenta- prices WE'RE FLAG WAVERS A great American patriot once confessed, "Sure I'm a flag waver! Can you show me a better flag to That's how lhe men who belong The defense countered by prom- llan said a ising to produce evidence that Rem-1 lgnore resi(lent a for world-wide peace prayers a charged the request was mot i a by politics, not religion. her early life. ington "never did a i in his life to favor Russia over his own country." Starting to Ready i Continued from Page 1) does nol touch Bruce Shindel Bruce Shindel. 69. of Rushville, 111., father of William Shindel.

Edwardsville. died Sunday evening in Deaconess hospital at St. Louis where he had been a patienl the ROXANA, ILL. The Very Rev. S.

Barton Bab- gabe. A i a dean of Svdnev said 80 per cent of A a i a a rcsent church goers would i i at- these questions: pas two weeks following a stroke, tcntion exclusively to religious mat-! The need for ederally-organ-, Survivors include his wife, Mrs. ired mobile aid battalions which Minnie Shindel; another son. Dr. could rush into areas "so badly George Shindel.

D. V. DeWitt. was a separate command because Moscow. (IPi--The Newspaper of the geographical and supply sit- Komsomolskaya Pravda said Tues- ualion.

'day thai Herbert Hoover's Whether or not the full force of the United Nations Korean cam- the Tenlh corps would be thrown in-j a ig indicated that "American lo line in southern Korea was not plans for world domination are jdisclosed. Echols said the ultim-! era shing." ate disposition of lhe tenth corps'j "if such a diehard imperialist as three American and two South Kori former President Hoover calls 'in- lively as Fred Jones, 25, of the Veterans of Foreign Wars i 'eel about their country--and we Oklahoma City. Roy Max Allen, don a a a abou hc wise 25. of Gulhrie. Okla and Eddie Johnson.

22. Amarillo. Tex. cracks of the smart alccks. Being overseas veterans, we're self-conscious when paln- fhe three students were on their otism shows.

On the contrary, we a lo Coral Gables. for a va- believe it's high time to teach the cation and to see Orange bow, TM- a vi sTa'r's game on New Years day. and Stripes every chance jou get. The plane, owned by Ujg Jones ha L' we are always pro- "Chinc-hmen i not bc altoaeth- ean divisions had not been decided' sane' the policy of Truman, Ache- and probably would not be an-! sont Harriman, MacArthur and nounccd until they were bifck in company, and suggests re-examina- family, look off from Oklahoma er happy about a call for stricken that the state concerned and its neighboring states could not NO PARKING PROBLEMS TCNiCHT WEDNESDAY Continuous from 7 P. Judy Garland, Gene Kelly "SUMMER STOCK" (In Technicolor) at 9:15 Robert Cummings, Diana Lynn "PAID IN FULL" at 7:30 Also Selected Shorts meet the emergency." 2.

and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held combat. (Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 in a Babhage said in a statement broadcast by the Australian broadcasting commission 2 Pronslons roc ulre a lle Rshvillc, with in the is too obviously political. I 1 ville city cemeteray. i sonic church leaders i be skeptical about the value of praver organized for political motives and in an endeavor to command the dicty." cal facilities be built at some dis- lanccs from existing facilities.

Holiday Accidents School Superintendent Dies Suddenly at Home tcrials in struction. 4. Some provisions to relieve a "choke points such as telephone Oscar Callender itor.tinued from Page 1) Mrs. Joseph L. Volz ot Troy road expected intermittently during the Three persons were i snowdrifts.

lion before it is too late, il can mean only one thing--American plans for world domination are crashing." the paper said. moting patriotic programs the kind that will help our kids under- City early in the day. what a great country Amcri- Tlie pilot, believed to have been ca is young Jones, apparently atemped a crash landing. The tail of the plane struck a highway and the engine landed some 300 feet from the road. rtaiii types of new con- received word lhat her brother, Os- icar Callender, died at 11 a.m.

Men- LUX THEATRE I Yvonne DeCarlo Richard Greene 'Desert Hawk' Showing at 7:00 9:55 Plus ABBOTT COSTELLO meet FRANKENSTEIN Showing at 8:30 only Wednesday Thurs. Arthur Lake. Penny Singleton 'Blondie's Hero' Showing at 7:00 and 9 50 Second Feature YVONNE DECARLO with Tony Martin in "CASBAH" Showing at 8:20 only trunk lines now concentrated in D. and railroad bottlenecks in Chicago." Robinson. 111.

5 Provisions to eliminate the 47. superintendent of the Robinson a that i columnists might high school and grade school, died seize radio stations during an attack suddenly at his home Tuesday. I is i poss ible," McMahon Olson was stricken i a heart sai(1 lhal Communists are even attack after he had returned home now organized to seize a radio sta- from the post office. He is sur- ion an enemy attack may oc- vived by his widow and three cur and to Broadcast messages gen- children, panic and choas among the Formerly principal of the high populace" school at Fulton 111.. Olson camel other legislative sources said a here two years ago.

He su-' a 0 problem still to be tackled is perintcndent of the Central com-jthat of evacuating large cities. This munity school unit, i still under discussion, but no sat-' the high school, grade school and isfactory answers are forthcoming, several rural schools. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. in Washington, The temperature at New York I hit its low for the winter at 5:35 degrees. Grand Forks, Cattle Disease Roads Hazardous Springfield, (U 3 )--The Stale Divis- Springfield UPi-All highways in ion of Livestock Industry reported le northern one-third of Illlinois Tuesday that less than cattle, ai covered with packed snow and 'out of 619,000 tested in Illinois dur-i i i "8 conditions are hazardous.

1950 had tuberculosis. While lhe slate Highway Division report- Sure, we're flag wivers, we're proud, of it. And that explaini why thoia who understand the purpose of our fUg wav ing never fail to say-- V.F.W, IS A GOOD VETERANS of FOREIGN WARS of the United Stoles Henry W. Oberfaeck Henry William Oberbeck, 1120 13th street, Highland, Sunday. Friends may call at the 50,000 more cattle were tested this ed Tuesday.

The division said all year than in 1949, 175 head less highways were open except in found to be infected with the Cook county, where some blockades lhe division report said, existed due to drifting snow. below at Aberdeen, S. D. 4 The storm hil the Great Lakes died region after scattering snow over a wide area from Montana to the Boulanger funeral home Highland until Wednesday at 2 o'clock when Mississippi. Inquest Scheduled St.

Louis. U1--An inquest will be Dies of Heart Ailment Danville UPi--William Moyer. 67. held Wednesday in the death of halr mafn llle Vermilion county TEU ME HOW CAN JOIN THC V.F.IV. Evangelical church with interment in the Highland City cemetery.

a Mrs. Vcrna Henry, 52, whose body Many'traffic fatalities were caus- was found in Forest Park here last several mon(ns and hosoital 1 by slippery highways. A coroner's physician said, But the National Safety Council Mrs. Henry, a divorcee who work- lie formed many auto accidents resulted ed at the army records center here, lea to aTmns 0 feeling on the part of apparently died of natural causes. ttas pcllce fo1 almost 30 American that they were cele- Bobby Ray Proctor Final rites were held Saturday at years.

Fisher Weeks Post 1299 V. F. W. Roy Wolfe, Commander Edwardsville, Illinois Collinsville Man Dies Of Auto Crash Injuries Launch Attacks Saigon Indo-China, ilP Communist forces launched attacks Tueday i French authorities Lamon Doran 45. of would lead to the long- died of burns and other injuries awaited mass assault on the north- Sunday his auto overturned crn Indo-China capital of Hanoi, in a ditch and caught i "Rebel forces have been massing i vvc'-t of a i on a the northeastern corner of Indo- route 15.

brating their last "normal" Christ- 'Thieves Meeting' mas for some time to come. Thompsonville, (IPl--T ,1. i "Some people had the idea they Enfield Society for Deleclion get to use their cars as Thieves Robbers holds i from the Slraube funeral home i with the Rev. William Jackson officiating. Several songs were sung during the service accompanied at the organ by Miss Ruth Picper.

much next Christmas, with the war and all, and they were determined to get all they could out of this one," a spokesman said. The fires that claimed scores of 128th annual meeting on New Year's Day, but that fact is not expected to deter any mobsters from visiting here. A society spokesman explained thai the or- Interment was in Woodlawn cem- ij ves caused, in many cases, iganization now is purely historic- Newton Wild! by badly-wired Christmas lights al and social. or by stoves which became over- headed as northern residents Newton Wikli, 59, a partner in sought warmth from the China since the end of their a ithc firm of Tibbetls Undertaking wave. 54 Years in i i Manchester, N.

H. (IB--The Rev. 1 William W. Peck, 81, is the nation's His companion. Ener McElvain.

offensive," a French spokesman'and Furniture company in High-! The highest previous casualty! oldest Unitarian minister in poinl 50. also of Collinsville was taken i land, died Monday at his home, toll for a U. S. Christmas holiday of service. A native of Port Jervis.

to St. hospital at Belle- 1 ville. TONITE--Last Times! Ray Milland and Hedy Lamarr in "COPPER CANYON" (7:20 9:20) Color by Technicolor I And Thursday Authentic Adventure fJUNGLE STAMPEDE Tht Motion Shown at 7:00 9:45 1007 Lindenthal avenue, from last year when 611 acci-JN. he is minister of the Uni- Solid gallium will melt in a plications. i dental dealhs were counted--420 in tarian Church here.

He's now serv- man's hand but will not boil i He is survived by three brothers'traffic, 63 in fires, four in plane ing his 54th year in the ministry, heated to about 3.600 degrees'and five sisters. crashes and 124 miscellaneous. Fahrenheit. Time out from business to relax and enjoy old friends and to wish all our readers a happy and contented New Year. He was a veteran of World War I and a 32nd degree Mason.

The remains will be at the Tib- belts chapel in Highland until Wed. nesday at 12 o'clock noon when the body will be taken to the John Wildi Masonic temple where Ma- sonic rites will be held. Interment will be the Highland City cemetery. I The Methuselah litre of lhe in- The Siamese giant frog lays its sect world belongs to the longliorn in rapid water and heaps beetle family, which has a life sand over them. of 60 years.

Will Head Project Chicago W. Neville, vice-president and manager of F. H. McGraw and will head the company's 5350,000,000 construction job for the Atomic Energy Commission at Paducah, a company spokesman said Tuesday, The AEC announced the project last week. It will take two years to build and 10,000 workmen will be needed, WE WILL CLOSE WED.

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