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The Owensboro Messenger from Owensboro, Kentucky • 2

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JTHE OWENSBORO, MESSENGtRTUESPAV, OCT. 19, 1954 ence Marritt and wife, one third interest in tract of land on southwest side of South Hampton Road and rmrth side of Burnett'sFork Creek, a mile south of Ensor, con Schwartz as saying the knew the money he received came from gamblers. McLaughlin said the syndicate was a giant conspiracy among the mayor, certain policemen and gamblers to operate a numbers lottery and pinball machine racket that brought in some 20 million dollars yearly. Jteep the teeth In proper condition, a fear of dental work should not develop. With this early trip to the dentist; and with nutritional food and proper home care, your child may grow into adulthood with strong, healthy teeth which are instrumental toward good health.

A neglected mouth means cavities now and possible illness later. Health information pamphlets on dental health are yailable from your Daviess County Health Pin Ball Machines May Be Barred From Places i Selling Alcoholic Drinks FRANKFORT, Oct. 18 W-A hearing will be held here Nov. 123 by the Alcoholic Beverage Con-I trol Board on its proposal to adopt an ordinance banning pin ball ma-(chines and other devices from riromuoc 1 i rl Knarrl taining 11.60 acres. Rex A.

O'Flynn and wife, to Elmer H. Nalley and wife, for $5,500, more or less, tract of one-fourth acre, with improvements, on west side of Highway 140. Nearly four tons of aphids have been found in a single acre of alfalfa. Pennsylvania Mayor, 40 Others Involved In Gambling Syndicate ERIE, Oct. 18 tft-Charges that Mayor Thomas W.

Flatley and 40 other men are involved in a 20 million dollar a year gambling syndicate left, this lake port city in a furor today. The mayor and the others were arrested in a series of raids Saturday. Flatley is charged with accepting a $300 bribe. Dist. Atty.

Damian McLaughlin of Erie County said the mayor signed a statement saying he never received any money from gamblers but received funds for political purposes from Jack Martin, chief police inspector, and Stanley Schwartz, a Democratic party leader. Martin and Schwartz also were arrested, along Hvith Edward Ca-mili, a member of the city's vice squad, and James Salomone, described by McLaughlin as the "brains" of the syndicate. McLaughlin quoted Martin and Circuit Court Suit Elnora J. Young filed suit in the Daviess Circuit Court against Dorothy L. Dryden, seeking the care and custody of Brcnda Joyce Curtis.

The plaintiff sets out that she is a sister of the child's mother, who was killed in an accident in Da viess County, on May 17, 1953, at Dr.Edwards'Gffers Complete Relief from Constipation Take DR. EDWARDS' OLIVE tablets the pure-vegetable formula of a noted physician for the clogging, transient kind of constipation, olive tablets clean out waste and gassy bloat from the Intestinal tract, giving complete satisfaction. Take olive tablets tonight to feel tiptop" tomorrow. Inexpensive. Present law forbids slot machines on which money is won or lost.

The proposed regulation would supplement the present ban, Board Chairman Guy C. Shearer said today. The proposal would specifically forbid licensees to keep or exhibit "any pin ball machines, game, table, bank, machine, device or contrivance on which free games, money or anything may be won or lost." The regulation also would make possession of a U.S. special tax stamp for the operation of these devices "prima facie evidence of guilt." wnicn time tne infant was six months old. The plaintiff states that she has had care and custody of the infant since that time.

Nathan B. Cooper, attorney for the plaintiff. SPEBSOSA" Rehearses For Show On Nov. 6 The Owensboro Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Singing in America, held a rehearsal Monday night for its show which will be presented here Saturday night, Nov. 6, according to publicity chairman Louis Johnson.

Quartets that will sing at the show here include the Templeaires, of Muncie, the Heart of Illinois Four; the Four Nicks of Time, Paducah; the Coal Minors, Mad-isonville; the Gourmets, Tell City, and three Owensboro quartets, the King's Men, the Crippled Chords and the Gay Chords. The latter is a foursome which has just been organized. The Madisonville and Owensboro choruses will also sing. The group here won third place in the Indiana Kentucky district contest held Oct. 9 in Indianapolis.

(DDL (DdUcVl AOlfL Applications To Wed Frederick Nyhouse, 29, 1413 William Road, Evansville, and Eula M. Henry, 19, 1419 E. Louis-ana Evansville. Henry E. Thompson, 23, St.

Joseph, and Barbara Ann'Schadler, 22, Stanley, Route 1. W. L. Long, "over 21" West Louisville, and Anna D. Seagrcn, "over 21" 1012 Audubon Ave.

Floyd Alvey, 27, Tell City, and Imogene Axton, 30, Hawesvillc. Robert E. Davis, 31, and Elva Mae Ford, 34, both of Fordsville. Maurice Crutchfield, 57, and Mat-tic Stewart, 52, both of Lewisport. Dieterlc, Daviess County Cooper campaign chairman, standing at left, and Mrs.

Lindy Mercer, Owensboro, a member of the host club, presenting Barnes with a Kentucky Colonel tie. the National Young Republican Federation, standing at center. Others pictured are Jerry Owens, Livermore, chairman of Young Republicans for the 2nd Congressional District, sealed; Owen and went out through a window. There was nothing missing, so far as the watchman could tell, the officers said. S.

W. Walters, 620 W. 15th reported that a break-in occurred Prepare 'Em Young For Dentist Dates "A child should be prepared young in years for his regular dates with the dentist," according to J. F. Owens, DDS, director of the Division of Dental Health, Kentucky State Department of Health.

Everyone becomes date-conscious Christmas, birthday, the trip to see the family physician and a child can as easily be oriented to regularly scheduled twice-a-year visits to a new friend, the dentist. Baby or primary teeth as well as permanent teeth are less sensitive to pain if filled while cavities are small, Dr. Owen states. Sixty per cent of the three-year-olds have tooth decay. If the dentist is seen when the youngster is around three, and then other visits There was a young man from Adair With a car in bad need of repair He decided to borrow And end his car's sorrow At a place he knew would be fair.

FRANKLIN SECURITY COMPANY ed the most attenion of people In oher states was the Cooper-Bark-ley race. "The eyes of the nation" will be on that Kentucky outcome, he concluded. Leaders of the Cooper campaign in Daviess County were represented at the meeting by Owen Dieterlc, county campaign chairman for Cooper, Jack La Rue, treasurer of the county Young Republican group, was also I at Walters Department Store, 1020 AT YOUNG REPUBLICAN LUNCHEON The Daviess County Young Republican Club was host Monday at a luncheon at Hotel Owensboro which was addressed by Sullivan K. Barnes, Sioux Falls, S. chairman of Young Republican (Continued from Pane One) 11 slates he has visited since Aug.

25. He particularly mentioned in his talk Delaware, North Carolina and his own home state of South Dakota, where he said a majority of the candidates on the Hepubli-can tickets are young people, being backed by newly established Young Republican organizations, set up within the past three or four years. The South Dakotan said that In his travels over the United Slates in the past several months he felt the senatorial contest that attract- QUARTERS OPENED FORT CAMPBELL, Oct. 18 The U.S. Army's first bachelor noncommissioned officers quarters, accommodating 48 men, have been opened here.

Maj. Gen. Wayne C. Smith, commanding general of the fort and the 11th Airborne Division, said the quarters for "top sergeants" are in line with his policy to boost prestige of noncommissioned officers. BOBCAT BOUNTIES LANSING, Mich.

Bounties of $5 again will be paid on bobcats in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Bounties were paid from 1935 to mid-1937. The bounties then were dropped but reinstated in 1941 and continued until Feb. 1, 1953. In the Lower Peninsula, bobcat bounties were halted in mid-1937.

E. 4th Saturday nigiit. uui-cers Keown, Roach and Thompson reported that an unknown person hid in the department store and after the store was closed, took currency out of the cash register and crawled out of a window on the west side of the building. Incorporated 1 2 5 Vi St. Ann Street YOUR NEIGHBOR UKES FRANKLIN LOAN SERVICE COURT NEWS jr S- sr 1 7 A 7 (Mwm TRICKLING Drinking Drivers Douglas Leo Wiley, 30, 1500 block Moseley driving while drunk, $100 and costs, license revoked.

(Police Court.) Floyd Martin Hearld. 22, 1400 block Bosley Road, driving while drunk, $100 and costs. (Police Court,) Albert Ray Brown, 2.1, 200 block finches Ave driving while drunk, $100 and costs. (Police Court.) i If oisy JJLIV TOILET er 1 if?) C.i THE Genuine Real Estate Transfers William A. McAlister and wife, to Donald R.

Cundiff and wife, for $9,000, more or less, house and lot. on Allen between 30ih and R. E. Massie land. W.

R. Beaty and wife, of Evans-ville, to Robert D. Beaty and wife, one-half undivided inetrest in house and lot on west side of Crittenden between 7th and 9lh Sts. E. K.

Short and wife, to Russell E. Matthews and wife, to Russell E. Matthews, and wife, for $9,000, more or less, house and lot on south side of E. 20th in Lincolnshire Heights subdivision. William H.

Thompson and wife, to John G. Williamson and wife, for $15,000, more or less, house and lot in Shawnee Park addition. Herman J. Kciser, and wife, to Charles E. Fields, lot on south side of W.

4th between Crab-tree and U. S. Housing Project. James Earl Boyd and wife, to Charles E. Fields, for $7,500, more or lot with improvements if GO Gftlfe SlM O0C27 IMssS UJHTR Pi mm AMCRICA'S LARGEST SELLING Throe Break-ins Reported Police were notified of three break ins in the city over the week end.

Mrs. Frank Cambron, 815 Hathaway reported to police at 6:15 p. m. Sunday that the Cambron home was broken into Saturday I night. The investigating officer, i Ulysses G.

Embry, said a front door was broken, along with a mirror and another door by a man seeking a fifth of whisky. An arrest lias been made but the case was continued. Does Your Old Sewing Machine Look Like This? Do all these special types TOILET TANK BALL Noy running toileH ton voi ovor 500 gadont ol wain day. The omonng patented Water Mailer lank ball initontly itopi the flow of water after each fluthing. 75e AT HARDWARE STORES south of W.

41 on east side of Crabtrec Ave. Durwood Mrfford and wife, to Sam W. Cook and wife, for $10,000 II IJ I II i II 4 1 III III more or less, house and lot on east NW to sir side of Hathaway south of E. 20th St. Scottish Homes, to William Anther break-in was reported to have occurred at 2 a.

m. Sunday. Police were notified Sunday and Officers Smith and Hamilton, who investigated, said a window was broken out at the Karr Spring 1503 Price Ave. They said the report was received from Archie I). Flener.

Smith and Hamilton indicated that when a watchman came up from the basement, a man ran II. Fagg and wife, lot on south side of W. 5th in Scottish Homes UriUHNO MKTFRHM W. Mh SELF-SERVICE DRIVE-IN OPEN I A. M.

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