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Bay Solons Move 3- PENSACOLA JOURNAL Tuesday, April 19, 1949 WCOA 1370 On Your Dial Daily Market Report New Ferry Pass Fire Department Officers to Meet To Make Change The officers and board of directors of the newlv organized Ferry Pass fire deDartment will hold its Civifans Hear Controls Urged For Many Pesls first meeting tonight at the home of J. T. Preston on Davis highway MARKETS AT A CLANCK Stocks Steady; soma oils hither. Bonds Mixed; some selling In rails. Cotton Lower; profit taklnc and hed-toe.

Wheat Easy; cash its In receipts high in Northwest. Corn Steady: wet weather slows marketing cash corn. Oats Easy with I wheat. Hogs Steady to 50 cents lower; practical top 19 50. Cattle Steady to 50 cents lower: top S27.00.

If 1 i ii i 1 4 'T- STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT KEW YORK (AP) Sales, cloin prJca and net chance of the fifteen most active stocks Monday. United Corp 44.700 34 plus Vm. Comwlth South 22.600 34 no. Lisa A Mrers 14.000 74 Mi plus 1. Pepsi-Cola 13.700 HJi minus 4.

Coml Solv 12.800 15H minus H. Chrysler 12.775 51' a minus Std $4 pf 12,40028 plus North Am Co 11.200 19 minus Farns Tel Rsd 9.800 1' minus V. Am Airlines 8.800 9V minus Vs. Rexall Drue 8.300 53 plus V. Studebaker 7.900 19H plus Public Sre El 7,700 22T no.

Gen Pub Vlil 6.800 13' plus U. Goebel Brew 6.700-r-8 plus in tne tliyson field area. Members of the Enslev and Brent fire departments are invited, Fred Campbell president of the department said Monday night. Supreme Court To Study Bonds Validation Hearing Set- for May 2 Florida state supreme court will hear arguments May 2 for the city's revenue certificate issues for for streets and sewers, ac- cording to word received in Pensacola Monday! F. churchiil city attorney, filed the appeals in thev validation, suits wifh the supreme court Mon rtny morning.

The bonds! were validated bv Judce L. L. Fabisiniki ot the circuit court last Saturday morning. The bond lssuesconsist'of to construct 50 miles of paved streets and $400,000 for expanding the sewer system. The certificates areto be from utility taxes.

Judge Fabisinski also I validated the SI. 000.000 issue for constructing. Palafox wharf and auditorium. This suit has not been presented to the WHAT STOCKS DID Mon. Sat.

I Advances 323 2R6 Declines 385 203 Unchanged 272 211 Total sales 980 700 in Racing Funds Cigarette Tax Hike Is Also Proposed By Legislators PANAMA CITY (Special) Bay Reps. Grady Courtney and Joseph I. Mathis have introduced in the house Jegislature: a bill to allocate to Panama City a greater share in Bay county's race track revenue. The bill is one! of six local bills introduced in the Florida legislature Monday morning and intended to affect Panama City financial budget. Race track revenue brought the county approximately $90,000 last year of which schools received 25 per cent, Lnn Hoven, ive er cent, and Panama City, 10 per cent.

Panama City's share in the tracK revenue went into the. fund of the county health unit as prescribed by law. Under the new measure lntro- Obituary Harris Is Given 10-Year Sentence For Bay Shooting Two Atmed Robbers Draw Prison Terms In Panama City PANAMA CITY 1 Special) Jonn Irve Harris, 37. ofr Panama City Monday morning was sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary for manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting last April 27 of Allen Cain, also of Panama City. Two' sailors listed as Ralph Holland and Dale Jones were sentenced to 15 years each for armed robbery in Monday's closing session of spring term of Bay circuit court.

Holland. 26, who said he is 'from Mississippi" and Jones, 21. of Kansas City, were convicted during the court term of the aroiea robbery of-Paul J. Paulk Jan.) 26. They were tried and found gUUty of taking a car from Paulk at gunpoint, i Harris, indicted for first degree murder but found guilty of manslaughter in connection with jthe fatal shooting of Cain at the Night Owl club, 10 miles north, of -ihe city.

Could have drawn a maximum of 20 years. Circuit Judge Ira A. Hutchison said. THREE YEAR SENTENCE A Negro listed as Charlie Washington who pleaded guilty to breaking and entering with intent to commit grand larceny, drew a three year term. Washington euiltv to a break-in ADril 7 at Termite Damage HigK In Nation, Civic Club Is Informed R.

J. Gordon estimated that termites have caused three million dollars "In property damage in Pensacola since 1341. Gordon made the estimate in a short talk before members of the Pensacola Civitan club Monday. "Termites cause more damage than fire," Gordon related. During 1S48.

damage by termites amounted to about $36 million more than by fire, the speaker said. Gordon said that to date, there has been no method discovered to eliminate the termite. "All we can do is try to control htm," he said. He" heads the 'Acme Pest Control company. He also urged that every house SGT.

EMIL RUSS MAY CHIPLEY (Special) Body of Sgt. Emil Russ May, who died overseas in a Japanese prison camp in 1943, was returned here Monday night, accompanied by military 25 Candidates Seeking Posls 10 Councilmcn To Be Chosen Twenty five qualified as candidates for the city council at the Democratic primarv which will be held April 26. Sundav was the final day to qualify. The race with the largest number of candidates is for councilman within ward three. Four have qualified for this position.

Thev are E. P. McCullough. Frank Williams. Harry W.

Hecht, and John F. Sgt. May was the son of Mr. and supreme as vet. The city: has 20 days to file, it.

POLICE CHIEF SLAIN Capt. Ambrose Metcalfe (above), chief of the Harlan county police force in Kentucky, 4as shot to death" at Shields, Easter Sunday. Arthur Jackson, cafe operator whose place was raided for liquor recently by Capt. Metcalfe, and Ford Sizemore were arrested and charged with murder. rduced by the Bay representatives.

There are at least two candidates the scnool board and Lynn Haven appropriations would remain the same. But Bay county and Pan hold have plenty of flyswatters on hand because "the common house 11 is one our worst enemies." IT'S A BO i VANCOUVER, B. C. P) Constable Nick Alonzo was: irritated-It was midnight, and two men should not, in the ordinary course of things, be 'climbing thie 235-foot chimney of the Hotel Vancouver particularly two men with bed-sheets tucked underneath their arms. When the men -came down, the constable gave them what-for.

The fact that one of them 'had just come from visiting his wife in the hospital was no excuse. As the ama City would share equalily the remaining 70 per cent. Local appropriations for the Panama City The fly. Gordon -said, has no mouth but sucks his food through 1 his stomach, thereby spreading Mrs. w.

W. Mav of He joined the Air Force in 1939. ana was sent to Manila, in the Philippines, early in 1941. Sergeant May was in Manila at the outbreak of the war, and was made a prisoner of war in the battle of Corregidor. Survivors include five sisters, Mrs.

M. G. Coleman, St. Mrs. Harry Francis.

Miami; Mrs. lC. L. Kelly, Mims; Mrs. F.

L. Lyons. Vernon, and Miss Alameda May of Oakland, five brothers, Orvin of St. Petersburg; Hughie, Fayette-ville, N. Sam.

Chipley; Delbert and Evelyn, both of Vernon, Fla. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon from the New Hope cemetery, seven miles south of Vernon. A local VFW group will have charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will be selected by the American Legion. Blackburn Funeral home of Chip-ley will direct arrangements.

plenty of germs. OPPOSE HEALTH CHANGE ior an other races except for councilman at large from ward T. Chester Smijth is unopposed. I The complete list of candidates isi WARD 1 Within F. Rust Smith.

2011 Whaler avenue; Francis Faggioni 1619 East Lloyd street; Collins Connor. 2401 North Magnolia avenue. At large J. A. Alvarez, 1306 East Cervantes street: Charles A.

Anderson. 1625 East Llovd street John Edward Bonifay, 1323 East DeSoto street. WARD 2 Surplus Potato Crop js Seen Livestock Feed May Be Purchased E. N. Stephens, county farm President Farrell Dearinger read letter from the Pensacola Pilot club urging the Civitan club to go i constable spoke, a bedsheet fluttered from the chimnev bearing -this i message for ihe whole town: jilt's i a Bov." on record as opposing a proposed bill to transfer the responsibility of Inspecting restaurants, etc, from Moon Jewelry company here when he took more than $600 in watches I and other merchandise all of which was recovered by city police.

Cecil Locke, convicted of with-i holding means of support from his tne- state board of health to the hotel commission. agent, in a letter sent Monday to Escambia county farmers, said live 9 145 5 30 24i 6 30 8 14 32 51 135 3 11 28 9 13 1: 19 37 42 59 31 42 11 12', 8 10 45 16 53 12 9 18 12 10 19 3 10 21 45 15 11 40 fi.T 35 31 12 8 3o 7 38 2 16 4. 17 71 19 10 12. 'a 7 26 3 50 99 39 72 11 15 23 65 3 Within D. E.

Tyler, Lee street; Richard H. Swame, 721 i North Eighth avenue. 9' 1455i 66 30' 4 24' 6. 6-s 30 9S 14 32, 51. 135 3' 12 T.

28 91. 13 i 17n 15'. 19' 37', 42'i 591 31 42 7. 11'. 123 28 ''a 10 45 17 12', 9' 18 12', 10 V.

11 19 4 10 15 12 40' 65 35 32 12'i 8 23 7's 38 '4 23' 27 171, 72' 19. in1. 54 1 7 26 3 4 13'4 3' SON 99' 39 72. 11 15'. 23 Vi 66 4 143' i 65 5 30 24 6 6H 30'i 8'.

14'. 32 V4 51 135 3 s. 11J4 6 28- 9H 13 17 15 's 19 36 41 59 30H 42', 11 12 28' 10 44 16S 53 12 9 18 12 10 11 19 3 10' 21 45 15 40 64 35 31 12 2i 7 37 23 16. 27 17 71 19 10 54 12 7 26 12 3 50 99 39 72 11 15 22 '5 R5 3 Am Airline 83 Am Tel Tel 23 Am- Tobsrco 2R Anaconda Cop 22 Armco Stp! lfi Armour Co 31 Atco Mfg 32 Beth Steel 25 Pridgeport Brass 8 Carrier Com 8 Ches Ohio 5 Chrysler Corp Coca-Cola 1 Com with South 22T Cons Vulte- 25 Cent Motors 3 Crane Co 10 Curtiss Wrieht 45 Dist Corp Ssg 13 Dome Mines 19 Eastern Air 49 Osylord Cont 5 Gen Electric 33 Gen Foods 12 Gen Motors 40 Gillette Ssf 7 Goodyear 5 Greyhound 61 Hudson oMter 13 Int Nickel 24 Int Tel Tel 19 Kennecott Tod 17 Loew's Inc 11 Montgom Ward 37 Nash Kelvin 29 Natl Airlines IS Natl Distillers IS Nehi Corp 3 Newport Induct 11 Central PR 21 North Am Co 112 Packard Mot 22 Pan Am Airways 17 Param Pict 37 Penney -12 Penn RR 47 Pepsi-Cols 137 Phelps Dodce 22 Procter Gam 6 Puilman 8 Pure Oil 65 Radio Corp 53 Radio Orph 8 Krpub Steel 21 St Regis Pap 17 Sears-Roebuck 22 Sinclair Oil 52 Pocony Vacuum 61 Rperry Coro 10 Ftcnd Brands 27 St end Oil -5P Studebaker Corp 77 Sunray Oil 21 Texas Co 11 Trans Air 1 Tri Cont Corp 14 TTnton Bag J4 United Air Lines 50 United Corn 447 Un'ted Truit 2 TJ 8 Gypsum 11 tT Rubber 4 Steel 31 Warn Bros Pict 24 West Un Tel 10 Westina Elec 10 Willys Overland 0 Youncst Sh 13 Zonite Prod 2 health unit no Jonger would be a standing pledge. Other local bills submitted by Courtney' and Mathis Monday would 1.

Authorize the city to continue levying a $100 occupational license tax for sale of alcoholic beverages. 2. Authorize the mayor to serve as municipal judge at no salary lh absence of the regular Judge, ana fixing the judge's salary at $900 to $1,800 annually. 3. Authorize Panama City to collect twQ cents (instead of the present ong cent tax) on each package of cigarets.

4. Authorize expenditure up to $5,000 annually for advertising conventions and chamber of commerce activities. 5. Change Fifteenth street between Cove boulevard and Florida road 389 to a state toad. stock producers will be able to obtain potatoes at a reduced rate for feeding purposes under the federal Action will be taken at the next meeting.

Dearinger also nominated Edward Harper as-chairman of a committee to plan for an installation banquet in late July. Harper will have on his- committee Warren Larlcin and Bog Gordon. Francis O'Connor and C. E. government's price support program, "It appears th4 quantity of pota- toes which must be purchased in our county under the 1949 Irish po minor chad, was sentenced to one year in the county jail, in lieu ot which he may make $500 bond to pay $15 monthly to the registry ot the court for support of the child.

Circuit Judge E. Clay Lewis. sharing the bench in the final conn session, sentenced James Franklin to three years in prison. Judize Lewis tiled' a long- criminal reeora against Franklin, including a recent parole violation in Sarasota county. Franklin was ffiund guilty here ot uttering a forged instrument, a charge which stemmed from an allegedly forged check issued to J.

V. tato support program will exceed the quantity for which outlets are avail At large C. E. Erickson. 1501 North Ninth avenue; James H.

Green, 2019 North Eleventh avenue. WARD 3 Within E. P. McCullough, 1027 East LaRua street; Frank Williams, 1)1 Ar'agon court Harjv W. Hecht, 520 North Palafox street; John F.

Pftiffer, 215 East -Tntencfericia street. At large T. Chester Smith, 420 East Gregory street. WARD 4 Within J. D.

Wiggins. 2115 West LaRua street; Pete Geeker, 14 North street: W. E. Bill" Smith. 1420 West Greeorv street.

At large W. R. Helie. 1017 North Palafox street; James N. Jolly, 5tn South street.

WARD able," Stephens ik rote. Ericsson will head two nominating committees to select officers tor the ensuing year. Others of the committee are Joe Williams. If. E.

Winters, Jacfe Howes. Harold Hue! and Frank Pericola. DRAMA PROFIT i Dewey Johnson, chairman of a committee who made Dlans for the He said Escambia county livestock MRS. FRONEY ALLEN Mrs. Froney Allen, 64 of Pine Barren, died suddenly at noon Monday.

Mrs. Allen, a native of Escambia county, had iived at Pine Barren all her lite and was a member of the Methodist church. She is survived bv her husband. Oliver Allen. six 'sons, Gordon Eddins, Atmore; Llovd Eddiris, Pine Barren; Walter Eddins, U.

S. Army, Washington. D. Oliver Allen, Pine Barren: Dayton Allen, Cantonment; Alton Allen, Dothan. seven stepsons, Luther, Buddy and Robert Allen, Mobile, Jesse and Rufus Allen, Pine Barren; Woodrow Allen.

Molino. and Ivy Allen of Oregon, and one Mster, Mrs. Georgianna Thompson, Brent, Fla. Arrangements, in charge of McNeil Funeral home, and will be announced later. producers will able to obtain po tatoes for livestock feeding at the government purcjhase point at the Civitan sponsored biblical drama.

Penney company last Dec. 23. i Ike Covington, convicted of ag- gravated assault, was given a year's following f.o.b. prices: Ten cents a lxj pounds in One cent a 100 pounds in bulk. 4 proDation in consideration of a physician's statement that he is unable to work.

He was released in the custody of a brother oi Dothan, Ala. Within J. J. Remich. 401 Wst Gregory street; John S.

Penton, 414 i West Gregory street. At laree C. J. Gentry. 22 South i Reus street.

Arlie E. Mann. 18 Stephens warned that potatoes fed to livestock should be run through a root cmtter or silage cutter in order to minimize the risk of a cow choking. Cooking is desirable when feeding Farm Bureau Gets Reports Escambia Program Outlined at Meet ATMORE (Special) MemLers of the Escambia county (Fla.) farm bureau heard reports on legislation, potato prices, insurance, what a local organization is doing for and a report from tflie county jagent on the fire-ant control program at its regular quarterly meeting Friday night at the Walnut Hill high school. Clarence Walker, of Oak Grove.

1 -M -ff North Reus, street; W. C. Lanham, 117 West Government street. potatoes to nogs, btepnens said. H.

B. Upton, charged with assault with intent to commit murder but found guilty only of aggravated assault, was fined $500 or six months in jail. Attorney Herbert Sapp said a supreme court appeal is contemplated. Motion tor new trial was denied. Upton is chanted with an attack upon Frank Bass of Fort Walton last Oct.

23. SGT. EMIL R. MAY CHIPLEY (Special) Body Set. Emil Russ May, who died in Ca-banatuan prison, on Luzon island Jan.

6, 1943, after being captured at Corregidor. will arrive here this week for final rites. Interment will be in New Hope cemetery eight miles south of Ver me ugnt internal- two weeks ago. reported that the club had a net profit of $123.59 from the produc- tion. Proceeds will go into a fund to send a group of Escambia county schoolboy- patrolmen to a national convention In Washington in May.

2 Negroes Plead In Gambling Cases Court of Record Judee Ernest E. --Mason- Monday deferred" sentence on two Negroes who pleaded guilty to gaming charges. Henry Perry. Negro 'of 102 East Cross street, was given a deferred sentence on charges of operating a gambling room a the Club Esquire on North Tarragona street. Motest Robinson, Negro of Panama City, pleaded guilty to operation of a number game and was also given a deferred sentence.

Another Negro, indicted by the grandjury Isom Weatherspoon, was freed of charges of operating a -gambling room by Judge Mason. Robert Tarrier, Pastor and Missionary, recently escaped from Soviet persecBtiohs in Eastern Europe, will speak at East Hill Baptist Church, corner1 Gadsden Street at 13th. Avenue, at 7:30 P.M., Wednesday April 20th. on the subject. "Religion Behind Russia's Iron Curtain and Whether We Have Any Hope." The public is cordially invited to hear this lecture.

1 1 Sheriff Offers Cash: For Dog Poisoner After 10 dogs were reported poisoned in West Pensacola last week. Sheriff R. L. Kendrick said Monday he was offering a $50 reward to -anyone- for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person or persons who may be implicated in poisonings. WALL STREET NEW YORK (APi Conflicting price currents swirled through the stock ma--ket Monday.

Most price changes were measured In president of the group called on tfaeTJ non at 3 p.m. Wednesday with -minor fractions. Some of the oils. BiacKDurn Funeral home directing. Sergeant May enlisted in the Bledsoe Heads Study of Code Building kules TAay Be Revised 1 Craig Bledsoe, assistant city engineer, was named chairman of a special committee to study the city's building code, at a meeting held Monday morning in the city hair jn the office of City Manager jOliver J.

Semmes, Jr. Army Air service in 1939 and served committee chairmen for their reports. These included L. G. Floyd, secretary for the insurance report: Jean Wilson, for the legislative committee report; Charles Gindl, for a report on the potato support prices, and John A.

Davis, on the AAA appropriations for the coming West Chamber I To Meet Tuesday West Pensacola Chamber of Com-! merce board of directors regular I meeting will be held at 11 a.m. i Tuesday. Mrs. Jeanne Harrison, year. tnrough the early Philippine battles until his capture in May, 1942.

He is survived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. W.

May of Chipley; five sisters and four brothers; Mrs. L. B. Colman, St. Petersburg; Mrs.

E. Y. Francis, Miami; Mrs. Mattie C. Kelly of Mims Lottie May Dykes of Vernon; and Almeda May of Oakland, Orrin F.

of St. Petersburg; Sam D. of Chipley; Delbert F. and E. N.

of Vernon, and H. C. May of Fayetteville, N. C. secretary, express-ed hope that all new members of the board woula be able to attend.

L. V. Ward, city building official. was namea secretary or tne seven man comittee. conns GO FAST REVIVAL NOW GOING ON AT LUTIE ALLEN MEMORIAL CANTONMENT, FLA, O.

H. VANLANDiNGHAM PREACHING (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) JENNING HUGHES SONG LEADER (Pensacola, Fla.) 1 Services each night-at 7:30. Publie cordially Invited, A. H. Vanlandingham Pastor The city's building code "is the Enjoy quick relief nod Tm7 apastiily nraor, aching TTTfl coma with thin, Inc Dr.

Scholl'a Zino-pada. Coat but a trifle. same as tne 1943 recommendations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters. The underwriter code has been revised and copies of the 1949 edition have now been received. The committee will decide if the city should adopt the changes.

Other members of the committee OAK or SUMAC Stopitrhinjr.dry up blisters quickly, safely. X5 IVY-DRY are J. H. D'Alemberte, R. G.

Ward, Ralpn McLane. Charles Hendricks, ana rranc tsinaeiar. though, established new hishs for tvte year during the day and advncs In fhe group ranged to an extreme of two points. Rail stocks, on the other hand, were In disfavor and losses mounted to a point or more In a couple of cases. Many shares swung back and forth between the plus and minus columns.

At the final bell losses outnumbered gains but not by a decisive amount. Of the B80 individual issues which appeared on the ticker tape. 323 advanced and 3E5 declined. The Associated Press average of fO stocks dipped .1 of one point to 63 9. The Industrial group Improved and utilities held unchanged but the rafl section lost .3 of one point at 35 3.

A fair amount of business was done. Sales amounted to 890.000 shares, compared with 800.000 on Thursday, the last full trading day. Monday's Inconclusive performance was typical of many recent markets. For weeks the general price level has bumped along within a range of a few points. Richfield Oil and Plymouth Oil hit 1949 hlfrhs during the day but finished below the best, with Richfield at 31 and Plymouth 494.

Skelly tacked on a 2-point gain at 118 and Gulf moved up 1 to 36. and Mission Corp on the other 'hand, ware trimmed fractionally. United most actively traded Issue, reached a new top for the year with a gain of Va at Commercial Solvents, another active stock, moved the other way and a 1949 low with a decline of 1 to 15V. Lower In the curb were Arkansas Nst-uural Gas Creole Petroleum. Croslev E-alrchild Engine.

Kalser-Erszer. New Mexico A Arizona Land, and Wal-tham Watch. Higher were Southern California Edison original (participating) preferred. Sunbeam and Lake Shore Mines. Sales of 250.000 shares compared with 260.000 Thursday.

Domestic corporate bonds moved narrowly but foreign obligations tended upward. Several U. 8. governments advanced in over-the-counter dealings. Wheat at Chicago lost to 1 cents a bushel.

Corn ended unchanged to rent higher and eats unchanged 'to down. New York cotton future! lost 25 to 75 eenti a bale. HENRY E. HAMPTON Henry E. Hampton.

73( retired Army officer, died April 15 in Bay Pines veterans hospital, according to word received Monday. Mr. Hampton lived at Floridatown from 1932 until 1947. He was a native of Kylartown, Pa. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.

Amanda Hampton, Clearwater; two daughters, Mrs. Fred Hamilton, Richmond, and Mrs. Clifton White, Miami; a brother, Lance Hampton, Medford. Mass. Funeral services will be conducted in Arlington National cemetery at Washington.

MRS. NORA F. McHl'GH Mrs. Nora Fillingim McHugh died Sunday at her home in Miami. She was a former resident of Pensacola.

Surviving are her husband George McHugh; seven sisters, Mrs. Carrie Floyd Mrs. J. E. Foley, and Miss Minnie Fillingim of Pensacola; Mrs.

Lodie Wilder, Mrs. Josephine Musso and Mrs. Essie Goode of Miami and Mrs. Sadie McMillan of Jacksonville: two brothers W. C.

and J. S. Fillingim of Pensacola. Burial will be in Miami. tieorge Heard, secretary 01 tne Atmore Chamber of Commerce, spoke to the bureau members on how his organization is related to farming in this section.

Heard pointed the chamber was trying to provide markets for products already grown here, markets for products that could be raised here, assist agencies that wgre helping the farmer, and provide publicity to let other section know what "we are doing and how well we are doing it. E. N. Stephens, county agent, spoke briefly on the progress being made on control of the fire-ants and on the potato marketing situation should the price of potatoes" drop below a profitable return for the raisers." Panama Suspect Is Held for Perry PANAMA CITY (Special) A hold order from Perry has been placed on C. L.

Richardson now in custody at the Bay county Jail and awaiting trial on a worthless check Richardson was arrested by Perry authorities for Bay county and Sheriff Alva Thomas returned him here last week. Saturday, Thomas' office received a biir from the Taylor county sheriff for expenses incurred in making Richardson's arrest. Attached to the bill was a warrant for the arrest of Richardson on another worthless check charge. He is accused here of having passed a bogus check for $15 on a printing establishment. Richardson formerly operated a credit bureau at Quincy and was engaged in organizing a credit bureau at the Taylor county seat when he was arrested on the Panama City warrant.

pi wJ-rT ISA AUTOMOBILE DEALER SWITCHES TO CALVERT NAVAL STORES SAYAHVAH. Oa. AP) Turpentine 40-i: offering! and sales none: receipts shipments 42: stocks 13.749. Rosin: Offerings and sales none: receipts 731: shipments none; stocks 21 488 Quote: Unchanged. PFC CHESS M.

THOMPCON Funeral services for Pfc. Chess M. Thompson are-to be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Flomaton Funeral home chapel, with interment in the Jsiy cemetery Private Thompson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson; two children, Ima Gene and Anna Maxine Thompson; four sisters, Mrs.

Daisy Hinote; Mrs. Thelma M. Baker, Mrs. Lucille Jones and Mrs. Jennie Attaway and two brothers, J.

C. and Carl PTSOTXX Gas Srrfc can be InaiaBad am your horaa. Ifa clean, fast, dependable. th perfect fuel for cooking water hearing and refrig-ration. See mm today! COTTON CLOSE NEW ORLEANS AP) Cotton futures declined over tl a bale In early dealings Monday but rallied later on trade buying and short covering.

Closing price were steady. 73 eents a bale lower to 15 cents higher. I Hieh Close Msy .32.79 32 SB 32.74 Julv 32 02 31 HI 31 8 28 88 28 9 28 75 WP October December March Bid. .28.78 .28.60 28 57 28 S3 28 43 28 48b Retail Managers Start Lectures PANAMA CITY (Special) A four-day course for managers of retail outlets and for employes interested in retail management problems opened Monday night at the high school, Sponsored jointly by the extension division of the University of Florida and the Panama City Chamber of Commerce. The course will run nightly through Thursday.

Those who complete it successfully, will receive certificates: Lectures will be supplemented and illustrated by films. Saperfov BOTTLED' GAS Swrict Escambia Gas Appliance Co. Palaf ox Hwy. at Brent Ph 7734 BtJ 3 Box 123 CASH GRAIN CHICAGO (AP Wheat showed a nominally lower spot market undertone along with futures trading Monday: basis steady; receipts nine cars. Corn was to one cent lower; basis unchanged to '2 cent down; bookings 5.000 bushels: receipts 102 cars.

Oats were unchanged to a cent less: basis unchanged to 'i Cent dewn; bookings 2,000 bushels; receipts 71 cars. Soybeans receipts were 12 cars. William Hart has found he can always trust the name Calvert for a better tasting drink. of Hartford, Conn. Po 7T CALVERT RESERVE Blended Whiskey PrtX)f 65 Grain Neutral Spirit.

Calvert Distillers New York City 0 MECHANICS 3 PARTS EQUIPMENT -'-t Our Ford-trained Mechanics know your car best. Trained to do the fob right, they save you time and money Our Genuine Ford Parts are made right to fit right and last longer. They lave you trouble and money, Our Special Ford Equipment flivet your Ford the kind of service fhat'i just right for Fords. Our Factory-approved Methods ar up to the minute and just right. They're planned to give you better care at a saving.

CAROL ANGELA BERLEY Carol Angela Berley, infant daughter of Comdr. and-Mrs. F. V. Berley died Sunday in hospital.

Besides her parents she leaves her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Pascal and Mr. and Mrs.

G. J. Berley, all of Chicago. Funeral services will be held at 2p.m. Wednesday at the grave National cemetery with Father Hoffman officiating.

Burial will be in the National cemetery wltn Fisher Pou directing. LT. RALPH E. HALL Funeral services for 1st Lt. Ralph E.

Hall, who was killed In Germany April 6. 1945, will be held at the home of his mother Mrs. Rena Nuns of Cantonment, at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and at the grave in Clearview cemetery at 3 p.m. Full military honors will be held and the Rev.

William E. McGahagin of the Gonzales Baptist church will officiate. Burial will be in Clear Springs cemetery. Jaeutenant Hall was given the Drstinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart. Survivors include his mother, two brothers, Vernon L.

and Robert Hall both of Cantonment: two sisters. Mrs. Tura Nims, of, Cottage Hill and Mrs. R. L.

Daniels of Pensacola. Lloyd-Fauria Funeral home is in charge. NOTICE Missing Alabama Man Sought Here City and county officers Monday were investigating the alleged disappearance of Charles M. Rembrandt of Thomasville, who was last seen in the San Carlos hotel here last Friday. Rembrandt i was describe as weighing 170 'pounds, five feet 10 inches tall, blue eyes, light brown hair and medium build, by his wife who reported the disappearance.

Theater to Aid Cancer Fund Drive In co-operation with the national cancer fund driveT all money taken in Thursday and Friday, April 28-29, at the Gulf theater will be donated to the Cancer fund tnrougn the West Pensacola Chamber oi Commerce, Mr. E. B. Clark, president of the chamber said Monday. E.

L. Padgett is the owner of the Gulf theater and a member of tne chamber of commerce The quota for West Pensacola GREIVER, one of America's foremost makers of METHODS MR. HENRY artificial eyes Itil L. 3 I ft has been set at $1400, Clark said. WIIX BE IN OUR OFFICE Day Only MONDAY, APRIL 25th Appointments will; be limited and we suggest that yoa telephone, write or wire as soon aa possible.

OUR NEW Address IS .29 WEST GARDEN STREET TELEPHONE NO. 8-1676 I DENNIE BARDERI PROFESSIONAL OPTICAL CO. to Fred Alt Sn Etmsgs-NBC lt! la tHs fs'i Thest.r. Frnisy Evenings-CBS Network. Ss your Reospspsr for hm sua stitiois know Foncfe besf Recreation Center Has Party for Tots a Easter story arid egg hunt were staged for Negro yungsters at the Negro Recreation center Mon sisters, Mrs.

W. J. Wells of Mary Esther. Mrs. C.

D. McLean of Fort Walton and Mrs. L. T. Anderson of Pensacola; tro brothers.

Broxson and H. Y. Broxson, both of Milton; stepmother Mrs Emma Broxson of Milton. Funeral services will be held at 2 pjm. Tuesday in Fisher-Pou chapel with the Rev.

J. Leo Green officiating, and at 3 p.m. at the Willougtiby Baptist churcli near Holly with the Rev. John Smith officiating. Pallbearers will be rrephews.

Burial will be in Harpers cemetery near Holly. MULD0N MOTOR CO. day aftenoon. A total of 52 children took part. Minnie Acklin told the Easter story.

Frances Wither- MRS. MINNIE LEE HARPER Mrs. Minnie Lee Harper. 49, died early Monday at Escambia General hospital. Mrs.

Harper lived at 19 Mindora circle. Warrington. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. J. M.

Barnette of Warrineton; a son C. O. Harper of Gulfport; three spoon found the golden egg and won the prize. Palafox At Wright St. Pensacola, FlaV The recreation center is operated by the city recreation department..

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