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May Be Victory At Final Dinner Of Chest Campaign The final report dinner of the Community Chest campaign starts At, this evening, at Embury Methodist hopeful indications that it may be a victory dinner. If the goal of $90,135 la reuched, 1t will be the first campaign to rench the goal by the original date set. The campaign organization began Sept. 7 with the arrival of Kenneth McDowell, campaign adviser. Speclal gift and corporation solicitatori began Sept.

21. Industrial employe solicitation began Oct. 7. The general kickoff for downtown and residential solicitation was Oct. 14, two weeks ngo.

Members of the Sentor High School faculty are 100 per cent contributors, it was announced today, firms posted Red Feathers: mores Surge Service. Clothing House, K. C. Erickson Dendal Laborntory, General Auto Parts and A. L.

Sccker Plumbing and Heating. Granite City Workers To Build An Addition For Home Of Triplets GRANITE CITY, Ill. 1P-Grantic City bullding workers plan to build, without charge for their work, a one-room addition to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J.

Lux 8.8 nursery for their triplet sons. The arrival of the Lux triplets Sept. hervercrowdr their 4-room home The workers' decision was announced Monday after 8 Granite City Citizens Committee appeared before the Tri-City AFL Central Trades Council. Lux, a 32-year-old electrician, also is the father of an 8-year-old son. Ike Assures Socialists That Federal Jobs Not Barred To Them WASHINGTON IM Socialist leader Norman Thomas called a at White House today and said afterward that President Elsenhower told him Socialists should not be excluded from government civil service jobs.

Thomas said he WAS given to understand that the President or some high official would issue a "reasoned statement" on subJect, and that the statement would set, out what constitutes a policy making job in the government. Thomas' White House call was followup to an exchange of letters he had last June with Scott McLeod, director for the State Department. McLeod, replying to an inquiry from Thomas as to his attitude toward employment of Socialists, wrote June 14 that he would never knowingly employ a Socialist to fill a policymaking job in the State Department and would use his best efforts to remove any Socialist who might hold such a postLion. six-time Socialist party presidential candidate said Eisenhower had told him, he has no doubt of the loyalty Socialists. FBI Agents Arrest Bad Check Passer Posing As Journalist CHICAGO LP -FBI.

agents and police today seized a man accused posing as a newspaper reporter in passing bad checks worth 8 total of $1,484 in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Minnesota, He is George Francis Desmond 21, whose mother, Mrs, G. J. Desmond, lives in Minneapolis. Kline Weatherford, Chicago FBI chief, said Desmond related passed 14 checks drawn on the Plains Broadcasting Co. and the First National Bank, both of Amarillo, Tex.

Weatherford said the checks were made payable to Wes Izzard and were signed with the name Thomas Kritzer, He identified Izzard and Kritzer AS officials of radio station KANC, Amarillo, and the Amarillo Dally News. Desmond related he once was associated with station KLYN, Amarillo, Weatherford said. Desmond WAS charged with transporting fraudulently-made securitles across state lines. Motorists' Slowdown Going To Football Game Cut Down Accidents SPRINGFIELD, I. IP Gov.

Stratton says 8 voluntary slowdown of motorists going to University of Illinois football games last week resulted in only one minor accident. He asked motorists to keep up their cooperation and to ride at 60 miles an.hour or less. State Police Supt. Phil M. Brown reported that no accidents have occurred on Route 45 between Champaign and Rantoul since a 45- mile per hour speed limit was put In effect Oct.

1. In the 26 days prior, there were 11 accidents, one fatal. DuBois Couple Killed, Daughter Is Injured In Auto-Truck Crash NASHVILLE, I. DuBois couple was killed and their 17-yearold daughter critically injured Monday in an auto-truck collision on State Route 127, three miles south of here. Deud are Herman Baim, 51, and his wife, Mary, 47.

A daughter, Helen, is in St. Mary's Hospital Centralia. Relatives sald the couple was en route to Nashville where Helen was to entertain guests at 8 wedding reception. The driver of the truck, C. HarHolmes of DuQuoin, was jured alightly.

East German Press Silent Over Return Of Ex- General BERLIN (P -The Communist press in East Germany continued today to keep the cloak of tery around former German Fleld Marshal Friedrich von Paulus, reportedly returned from the Soviet Union where he has been held since his surrender at Stalingrad in February 1943, His release WAS announced Monday, The official Soviet newspaper Taegliche Rundschau and the Comcontrolled East German press a brief announcement this morning that the 63-year old Von Paulus arrived in. East Germany "a few days ago" and would take up residence there. There was no more clue to his future than there has been concerning his activities since capture. May Command Army There has been speculation Von Paulus may take up command of East Germany's projected armed forces, which are to be formed out of the Communist People's Police. American officials said they were convinced Von Paulus would be given some important military duties in East Germany in view of the Communist publicity on the fact he was settling in the Soviet zone.

Von Paulus 'family in West Germany- daughter, brother, and refused to believe the Communist report of his release, declaring they had had no word from him. He has no relatives in the East zone. His wife died in 1949. Remove Small Screws On Abandoned Ice Box, Save Children's Lives CHICAGO (PEach of 28 children who were smothered in abandoned refrigerators this year died because two small screws held firmly in place, a service expert said today. "You can render virtually any refrigerator harmless by removing the lock stop from the doorsill.

In most models this melal part is held by only two screws," said Harry D. Bushy, statistician for the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society. of this Busby said group--the that men: 8,000 members tain and repair refrigerators -have pledged their help to their munities in making old iceboxes harmless. "But anyone, can do it." he said. "It takes about two minutes, and it doesn't damage the refrigerator or keep it from being put back into service." The service engineers' group has records of 83 child deaths in 49 refrigerator accidents occurring in the United States and Canada since 1945.

The FREEPORT JOURNAL STANDARD TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1953 PAGE Curtiss Candy Farms Wins 49 Awards 10 THE WOMEN'S DIVISION was first to pass Its quota In the Freeport Community Chest campaign, which will tonight if other divisions do As well. Section leaders, reporting to the co-chairmen, Mrs. Val Elvey and Mrs. Hurry Buss, are (left to right): Front row, Mrs. Richard Hayner, Mrs.

Floyd, Walker (team captain, representing Mrs. Charles H. Davis who was out of the city when the picture was taken) Mrs. Robert P. Eckert Jr.

Back Row, Mrs. Thomas Green, Mrs. F. Brumbach, Mrs. Edward Stukenberg, and Mrs.

Sol Levy, Mrs. Levy was not a section leader but assisted the co-chairmen by setting up the geographical division for all the workers in the residential -Photo by Rod Simonson MRS. WILLIAM M. ROSIER Mrs. William Harold Rosier, 63, died in her home, 20 S.

Johanna Monday night after brief Illness. The former Vernie M. Mooney was born in Shannon May 26, 1800, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willam Mooney.

marriage to William Harold Rosier took place November 1908. family lived here since lime. For several years she had been employed in the retail store of the Cook Baking Co. Survivors include her husband and a daughter, Margaret, at home. A brother, Frank Mooney, lives in Chicago.

A sister and two brothers previously. service will be held at the Schwarz Funeral Home at p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Carl M.

Grahl, of Zion Reformed Church, will officiate. Interment I will be made in Oakland Cemctery. JAMES NEVENHOVEN Deaths James Nevenhoven, 43, a resident of Freeport, died In home in Brillion, Monday. News of death was received here by his sister, Mrs. Marie Hill, 51 S.

Lewis Ave. Several years ago he was employed here by the Stover Manufacturing and Engine Co. Survivors include his widow, his mother, Mrs. Emma Adams of Dakota, two sons and a daughter. In addition to his sister in Freeport, he leaves another sister, Mrs.

Claire HIll, Dakota, Funeral service from 18 being delayed pending word 8 son serving with the armed forces. ELLA STINE FORRESTON Funeral service for Miss Ella Stine, 81, who died Sunday a Forreston rest home, will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. In the Forreston Evangelical United Brethren Church, with the Rev. H. R.

Zager, 'Adeline officiating. Burial will be in Cemetery, Miss Stine's name was incorrectly given as Spine in Monday's Journal-Standard. RAYMOND DEITRICK MOUNT CARROLL Raymond Deitrick, 67, Mount Carroll Township assessor, died Monday noon in Sterling Community Hospital. Deitrick was April 3, 1886, at Mount Carroll. He is survived by his wife, Mary.

Funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Frank Funeral Home, Mount Carroll. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. JAMES MUMMERT MOUNT CARROLL James Mummert, 86, died at 3 a.m, this morning in his home at Argo Fa, southwest of Mount Carroll. Born on Oct.

1, 1887, at Mount Aurilla Carroll, he Mummert. was a son He was married of John to Mary Stoner on Sept. 5, 1907. He is survived by his wife: and three sisters, Mrs. George Hamilton of Wacker and Mrs.

Ernie Madison, who lives in Iowa, The third sister lives in Savanna. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Frank Funeral Home, Mount Carroll, Burial will be at Argo Fa, CARL W. PIERCE POLO--Carl Wayne Pierce, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs.

George Pierce, formerly of Polo, died Sunday morning at o'clock at Tucson, Ariz. The Plerce family had moved from Polo to Tucson on Oct. 1. in the Interest of the child's health. Carl Pierce WAS born on Jan.

10, 1950. He la survived by his parents; two brothers and two sisters, Donald Robert Lee, Shirley and Nancy, all at home; his paternal grandparents, FUNERAL DIRECTORY EICHMEIER FUNERAL HOME 440 West Stephenson Street Phone Main 517 SCHWARZ FUNERAL SERVICE 816 South Galena Ave. Phone Main 3030 THURSDAY ROSIER, Mrs. Wm. Harold, (Vernie); 2:30 p.m.

at the Funeral Home. WALKER MORTUARY 321 West Main Street Phone Main 815 3 POPE PIUS XII CHATS WITH BLIND Miss Elken Noone of Philadelphia, who was led by her seeing eye dog. This is belleved to be the first time a dog has ever been admitted to the Papal Photo Indian Officers Feel That There Is No Hope Of Resuming Interviews PANMUNJOM Indian cers attached to the Korean Repatriation Commission said privately today there appears to be no hope of resuming on 8 large scale the interviews with anti-Red war prisoners who have refused to go home. The five-nation commission settled down to an almost "do routine- -Its only chore the care of 22,776 unrepatriated POWs in its custody. There no hint of 8 crack In the tight deadlock resulting from the Communist demand 10 days ago that violently anti-Communist Korean prisoners be forced to appear before Red interview.

ers. Names Of Those Losing Driving Licenses Sent To Local Officials SPRINGFIELD, MI. (P--Names of persons losing driving privileges will go to their local enforcement officers within three days from now on. Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier announced Monday that the names of the first 769 persons suffering license revocation under the strict new driving law were be- CARY- Curtiss Candy Co.

Farms of Cary in McHenry County added to its show ring record the past season by having dairy animals win 49 championships and 165 blue ribbons in state, national and international competition. Five grand championships were won by Curtiss in one week. The championships, one in each of the five major dairy cattle breeds, were won at the Minnesota state fairs. Among the attractions for visItors at the farm is Proud Sally, Illinois champion producer, who continues to milk 100 pounds day, and Noble Curtiss, sire of 1,400 regIstered offspring and many thousand grade offspring, more than any Guernsey bull in history, Mr. and Mrs.

Vade Pierce, Tucson; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Myers, Polo; two great-grandmothers, Mrs. Susie Rae, Polo, and Mrs.

George Pierce, Lanark. Funerul service was held today at Tucson, with the Rev. Charles Watkins, pastor of the Tucson Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be In Tucson City Cemetery. U.

S. Envoy Warns Reds To Get Down To Business On Talks PANMUNJOM (AL--U. S. Ambassador Arthur Dean warned today that unless the Reds get down to business In planning the Korean peace talks they face the "onus of not having 8 political conference." He made this statement to reporters after, the second day of I preliminary talks, in which both sides clung stubbornly to opposing designs for the conference and even how to plan it, The Communists again ed at the 2 hour and 22 minute session that nonbelligerent nations be invited to the peace talks and that the question be settled before anything else--time or place--is discussed. Dean insisted that only those tions make whose the troops and fought in urged peace Reds to settle on a site and date for the conference.

Danish Fishing Vessel Plays Follow The Leader With Red Torpedo Boat COPENHAGEN PA Soviet torpedo boat hailed the Danish fishIng vessel Villim in the Baltic Sea off the island of Gotland, touching off a strange chase that obviously bewildered the Russians. The Danish skipper. Oerge Finne, told the story today when he returned to port. When the Soviets hailed his craft, Finne who knows no Russlan, assumed he had been captured. He sent a message home reporting his supposed plight and dutifully followed the Red Warship.

This went on for several hours. Then Finne noticed the torpedo boat officers had gathered on the vessel's deck and were staring at the tiny fishing craft through their binoculars. Sensing something WAS wrong. Finne stopped his ship--and nothIng happened. The Russians sailed on their way, apparently relieved to have gotten rid of their "pursuer." Gen.

Dean Has Visit With Gen. MacArthur; Talk About Korean War NEW YORK UN-Two comrades In arms from the early days of the Korean War were together again. After 8 chat of an hour, one emerged and told newsmen: talked about the war AS we would talk it over when he was my old commanding, general." In this way, William F. Dean described his visit Monday in the Waldorf-Astoria suite of Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

Dean, apparently referring to his capture by the Korean Reds, added: "I didn't do too good by hlm." Dean was freed by the Communists in the recent post-truce exchange of prisoners. When he departed, Dean WAS carrying a sketch of MacArthur, inscribed: "To Dean with the admiration and affection of his old comrade In arms. Douglas A MacArthur." Helicopters Are Handy In Artic Bush Flying EDMONTON, Alta. (AP)-The helicopter, with its ability to hang motionless in mid-air or land in a tiny space, is proving a valuable addition to northern bush plane fleets. Manager 'Thomas P.

Fox of Associated Airways which has three'copters based here, says development of their use in the northland has barely started. There now are five commercial helicopters in Alberta on geological, topographical or timber surveys. Fox says the helicopter will not replace conventional aircraft in the near future, but will make unnecessary many trips by canoe or on foot. With helicopters, geologists car reach areas previously inaccessible. Fox recalls one engineer who accomplished more with a helicopter and crew in six weeks last year than three crews could have done in three years by ordinary methods.

Desperate Parents Hope For Miracle To Save Son, 4 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (P A desperate father and mother hoped today that through some miracle a cure would appear for the rabies which is killing their little boy, Near death Temple (Temple) Lewis III, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Temple Lewis Jr. "Maybe some doctor somewhere is working on rabies and has thing new.

We're willing to try practically anything," Lewis told reporters. Johns Hopkins University told Lewis it could offer him no Doctors generally agree that rales is always fatal Tempic was bitten, or scratched, by a rabid dog Sept. 29 at a church playground. The wound was treated by a physician and healed perfectly, The dog was never found. last Wednesday, the boy came in from play crying told his mother, "My jaw hurts." He was taken to a hospital, and three doctors have been on the Case since.

The parents decided against giving their son the Pasteur treatment after doctors told them the treatment itself can permanent have results, including ysis. "They didn't exactly advise us against it, but the doctor would say something like 'If it were my boy, I We didn't know that the dog was rabid, and only one human in 10 who is bitten by 8 rabid dog gets rables," Lewis said. The Lewises have one other child, Laurie, 9. Russia Criticizes Greece For Granting U.S. Army Right To Use Their Bases MOSCOW UP Russia has accused Greece of taking measures directly almed at a new wAr by granting U.

S. military forces the right to use some Greek air and naval bases, The charge was made in a sharp protest note delivered by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko Monday night to the Greek charge d'affaires, Thomas Ypsilanti. In Washington, the State Department declined comment on the Kremlin note. Six Rescuers Drown Off Scotland's Coast While Families Watch ARBROATH, Scotalnd (P) Six lifeboat men, weary from an allnight battle with a gale-tossed sea, drowned early today within sight of the lights of their own homes. Only one crew member.

survived. Their 35 foot powered craft had put out Monday night on a fruitless search for a vessel reported in trouble. Friends and relatives who gathered along the harbor wall to greet the returning men watched in horror us a giant wave caught the -ton boat and smashed it against rocks only 50 feet from shore. A rocket line fired from shore tangled around the body of the only survivor, Archibald Smith. With its help he pulled himself to safety, FLOWERS Soften Sorrows Now FREEPORT AND SURROUNDING AREA can hear JIM VAUS for 15 days beginning NOV.

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