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THE REGISTER-NEWS MT VERNON, fLLfNOIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1952 KNETZERAND FAKE MARSHAL FBI Identify of Man Who Got Auto Wizard Out of Jaif is Mystery. SPRINGFIELD, L. Knetzer and the mystery man accomplice who tricked a Spring- I ield jailer into releasing him early Tuesday were still at large today. Tlie FBI declined to discuss the search underway for the bankrupt EdwardsvjIIe auto dealer whose mulit-million dollar legal entanglements have kept him in the news since 1948. Police Chief Ben Little said the phony U.

S. Marshal who won the confidence of Jailer Melvin Palmer was still a "mystery man." The man took Knetzer from the city jail, which houses federal prisoners, after showing Palmer fake marshal's credentials identifying himself as George Hulen. U. S. Attorney Howard Doyle has charged Knetzer with escape from a federal prison, which is punishable by a maximum of five years imprisonment.

Hulen is to be charged with conspiracy and misrepresentation, Doyle said. Knetzer was in jail on an indefinite sentence from Federal Judge Charles G. Briggle for civil contempt of court. The sentence developed from a $2,500,000 bankruptcy proceedings growing out of Knetzer's auto sales scheme in 1947. His failure to provide cars or refunds to customers who made down pajTnents on hard -to -get models blew up the scheme and plunged him into bankruptcy.

Briggle sent him to jail in March 1950, when he failed tft produce $250,000 in assets the judge said he stili had. Released Eight Times Knetzer was released under custody eight times to turn up the money. He brought in 5170,000. On one occasion he escaped from two bailiffs in St. Louis and was gone five days.

Last May he was indicted by a Federal grand jury on charges involving lumber, oil, Christmas tree and other deals. The indictments alleged fraud, concealment of assets and perjury. Cairo Buildings Cave In; 2 Hurt By Asjoclatod Press CAIRO. 111. Two buildings on Cairo's main street caved in today during remodeling operations.

A man and wife in a second floor apartment were injured but six workmen escaped. Mrs Lucille Ramsey, 38, was taken to a hospital with undetermined injuries, Her husband, William Ramsey, 52, had to be dug out of debris but was able to walk away who was sleeping, suffered shock. The brick buildings on Commercial Avenue were being remodeled for use as a tavern. BIRTHS HOSPITAL NOTES GOOD Admitted: Charles L. Sheehan; Mrs.

Letha Page; Mrs. Lola White; Mrs. Bernadine Hicks. Bonnie; J'im Erwin; Carrie Miller. Discharged: Infant Pamela Rodatz; Mrs Millie B.

Grant; Mrs. Elizabeth Truran; Mrs. Alma Baldridge; Mrs. Ann Heidenreich; Hermam Albert Sherer. JEFFERSON Mrs.

Leota RFD James Freeze Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Leonard Wilson, 316 south 15th street, are the parents of a baby daughter who was born at 3:44 p. m.

yesterday in Good Samaritan Hos- Dital. The little girl, who has been named Vicke Jean, weighed pounds ounces at birth. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vanatta, 208 south Second street, are the parents of a son, James Michael, who was born at 1223 m.

yester- dav in Good Samaritan Hospital. The little boy weighed seven pounds 11 ounces on arrival. Reverend and Mrs. Raymond Switzer of Anna, are the parents of a seven pound baby girl who was born June 17 in that city. Mrs is the former Miss LaVerne Book, daughter of Mrs.

Mabel Book of Bonnie. HARRTMAN WINS PVER KEFAUVER (Continued from pare onei huddles is the same: Hold the support you have and get more. Taft is ahead in the Associated Press tabulation with to Eisenhower's 392. Nomination at the July 7 GOP weeks 604 votes. In Denver, it was learned Eisenhower may return to active duty with the army if his bid for the Republican presidential nomination falls through.

He reportedly does not want permanent retirement and would make himself available for armj' service again, if not nominated, Ike Tough Backstage Also from Denver came word that Eisenhower's backstage remarks are a lot tougher than those he makes at the footlights. Reports trickling from his closed- door sessions with delegations say Eisenhower believes, among other things, that he is going to win the GOP nomination and Uiat Tait is among "isolationists" in the United States. In the Texas case, the GOP committee must rule whether all 38 delegates were-elected at large, as Eisenhower supporters say, or whether only si.x are at-large delegates, as the Taft camo con- MEETINGS American Legion Auxiliary will meet Thursday at 7:30 p. m. in the Legion Home, 818 Broadway.

New Auxiliary officers and delegates to Department convention will be elected. Business of fiscal year will be completed. All officers and members are urged to attend this important meeting. Id" president. ATTENTION, alR KIsriGHTS A stated conclave of Patton Commandery No.

69 will be held Thursday, June 19, at 7:30 m. Annual election of officers. Pot luck supper. John T. Page, Commander.

Cecil N. Lovin, Recorder. For the Finest in JEWELRY See Our Selections LAIRD JEWELERS 1001 Broadway controllehj One refurned district delegates in settled Tuesday mght at Roanoke, Va. A meeting of "regular" Republicans there sanctioned one Taft man and one uncommitted, rejecting two pledged to Eisenhower. MARRIAGE LICENSES John D.

Lemmon, Mt. Vernon, and Dorothy Peyton. Wayne City. T. R.

Buzard, Phoenix, Arizona and Elizabeth Jane Sanders, Walnut Hill. FUNERALS Clavis A. Barnes, 52,1. C. Clerk At Bluford, Is Dead Clavis A.

Barnes, Illinois Central Railroad clerk at Biuford, died at 3:30 a. m. today in St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago. Mr, Barnes, whose home was at; 1419 So, 12th in Mt.

Vernon, was' 52 years of age. Hs is by his wife, the former Amelia Kabat, and one son, Raymond. A former resident of Cairo, he had been with the Illinois Central more than 30 years. He underwent a brain op)eration at 1:30 p. m.

yesterday and never rallied. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body will be brought to the Pulley Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon. Albert Body Of Bluford Dies At Age Of 83 Years Albert Body, of Bluford, died at 6:50 o'clock this morning at the home of his son, Archie Body, in Marlow.

He was S3 years, three months and three days of age. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p. m. at the Baptist church in Bluford. with the Rev.

Bird Green officiating. Burial will be in East Hickory Hill cemetery. The body will remain at Myers Chapel, where friends may call after 10:30 a. m. Thursday.

'Mr. Body was born March 15, 1869, He was married to Ida Hart, who survives. Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons, Archie of Marlow and Floyd and Clarence of Mt, Vernon and one sister, Addie Ervin of Woodland, 111. Rites Held For Former Resident Steve A. Osborn Funeral services were held in St.

Louis, Mo. yesterday for Steve A. Osborn, 81, a former resident of Mt. Vernon. Mr.

Osborn. a resident of East St. Louis, died Sunday morning in St. Mary's Hospital in East St, Louis. Funeral were held at 1:00 p.

m. Tuesday and burial was in Vahalla cemetery in St. Louis. Mr. Osborn was born in Shiloh township, the son of Volney and Elizabeth Osborn.

i Hs is survived by four children. Grace and Gussie of St. Louis, Ray of California and Si of Oklahoma. Father Of Lindsay Is Dead John T. Lindsay, father of Theodore R.

Lindsay of this city, died Doctors At Cairo Complain of Fights By Associated Press CAIRO, III. Cairo doctors are complaining about tavern fights they patch up the victims without pay too many times. They explained they take turns on emergency hospital duty calls and many result from tavern brawls. They said too many times the victim, assailant or tavern refuses to pay for surgery or hospital room. Five physicians aired camplaints before the Cairo City Council Monday, Mayor Egbert A.

Smith promised to take the problem back to the taverns and shorten tavern hours if necessary. Reports Theft Of His Bicycle James Johnson, of 422 Bell street, reported to police last night that his bicycle had stolen. The bike was stolen from a parking place at 26th and Perkins, Johnson told officers. VISITS CAR CO. TAKES LOOK AT J.

AND S. W. ROAD (Continued from pnce onei tion of regular scheduled service on the Jefferson Southwestern. Accompanying Neff on his special train to Mt. Vernon were Roy P.

Hart, chief operating officer: W. Hobhs, chief engineer, and L. R. Christy, chief mechanical officer and their staffs. O.

M. Stevens president of the subsi- ART also accompanied Neff to Mt. Vernon for an inspection of the new refrigerator cars. From Mt. Vernon the party will travel through Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tc.xas before returning to St.

Louis on June 25. DENY PLANE SHOT AT REDS; NO GUNS (Conitnued from pase onei port disappeared with eight men aboard. A Foreign Office announcement blamed the trespass on heavy clouds and bad weather and said" the pilot, when he discovered he was over Soviet territory, flew back to sea. The Swedish ambassador in Moscow was told to apologize for this incident. at 6:30 a.

m. today at his home in Okla. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Pre-Draft Exams Set July 1 For 7 County Men A call for seven young Mt. Vernon fuid Jefferson county men to take pre-draft physical examinations on July 1 been received in (he local Selective Service Board office.

Doris Mabry, board clprk, said the seven men will go to St. Louis for the examinations. other July 1 calls had previously been received. Seven men will depart from Mt. Vernon on that date for immediate induction and two will go to St.

Louis for pre-draft exams. Gas Explosion Wrecks Stove And Damages Kitchen An explosion wrecked a gas stove and caused considerable damage in the kitchen at the home of Mrs. Pauline Allen, 416 south Seventh street, at 9:10 a. m. today.

Firemen who were called to the scene said that no fire resulted from the e.xplosion. The stove was heavily damaged. Pots and pans were thrown into the air and a kitchen cabinet was damaged. Exact cause of the e.xplosion was not known, firemen said. Lou Costello Is Arrested As Drunk By Assocleted Press NUYS.

Calif. Comedian Lou Costello was booked on suspicion of drunk driving today. Police said his car smashed two crashed into a parked car and rolled down a boulevard on the wTong side of the street without lights. Costello was released from jail on S250 bail. Better Hurry STARTED CANNA IN POTS $2.98 Dox.

Lantanas, Geraniums, Etc CURTIS-FLORIST Centralia Road Tax Assessing Officials Meet In Mt. V. Yesterday Over 100 county treasurers, Boai-d of Review members and tax assessing officials of southern Illinois attended an all day meeting in Mt. Vernor yesterday. Approximately -0 southern Illinois counties were represented at the meeting, which was conducted by officials of the state revenue deoartment.

The meeting was a school of instruction on tax assessing methods in the countie. of Illinois. Parked Cars Hit As Tire And Rim Come Off Truck Two cars parked in the 1600 block of Broadway were struck this morning in an unusual accident. Wilfred Verner Holder, of was driving along west Broadway in a semi-trailer truck. Suddenly a tire and rim came off of the truck.

It smacked into a car parked at the south curb, owned by Glee Wood of 2310 Logan, then caromed across the street and hit a car parked at tht north curb, owned by Mrs. Orla Lashbrook of 1602 Broadway. MINISTER DIES by Associated Press PITTSBURGH, 111. The Rev. Wavy Osier McAllister, 48, died Tuesday.

He had just been transferred to the Pittsburgh Methodist He was born at Standella, Ind. He held pastorates at Brookport and Crea! Springs and taught school in Williamson County 25 years. Information relative to bids for the construction of new switn- minK pool at the Boy Scout Camp, 16 miles North and East of Olney, will be griven June 24, 1952 at Camp Am-Wa-Co. Bids may be for completed pool or just on Excavating, Plumbing, Concrete or Filtration ETqnip- ment. Anyone Interested Is invited to attend this meeting.

For further Information, write Boy Scouts of America, Olney, Illinois, or call 124, Olney, Illinois. Dr. Whitaker DENTIST First National Bank BIdg. Phone 1022 KNOT PACT (ProoT Next Weeli) Is your Insurance program on a sound you whether or not you are covered adequately? any Improvements or additions to your pur- made since yovt policy was written. If you 're not covered, see US right kOW! (Proof of Last Week's Ad) We do not have five fingers on each hand.

Morris' Human Anatomy by Jackson confirms the fact that strictly speaking we have four fingers and one thumb. The thumb should not properly be referred to a finger. CARR in tkcJt Ift I y-Mt. VEimmM NOTICE EAGLES AUXILIARY INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS TONIGHT Supper will be served at 7 P. Installation will follow.

All ladies bring covered dish. REDUCE NO DIETING WITH RENNEL "I have been using Rennel Concentrate off and on now for about the past 2 years. I am over 50 yrs. old and love to eat much more than is good for me. I find that by following the Rennel home recipe it Is no trouble at all to lose 5 or 6 lbs.

a week and at the same time eat what I like and all I want." So writes Mr. A. L. Muir of 1706 Albion, Chicago 26, lU. It's amazing how quickly you can lose unsightly fat at home.

Obtain liquid RENNEL at your druggist, mb: with grapefruit juice or juice of two lemons as directed and take two tablespoonfuls twice a day. That's all there is to it. If you do not lose weight with the very first bottle just return it to the manufacturer for your money back. You need never know a hungry moment while reducing with RENNEL. WANT A LANE CEDAR CHESTri modem chest in popular blond oak.

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M. E. JACKSON Jeweler 913 Broadway Olney Jaycees To Spray City Aataelited Press OLNEY, 111. Olney's Junior Ciiamber of Commerco will slop at all lighted porches tonight for donations to pay for aerial and ground spraying of the city with fly killer. Cost was set at S2.100.

Thursday, volunteers will man trucks for a city-wide cleanup of rubbish. Firsf Polio Case Of Year At Benton By AsiaeUled BENTON, health commissioner. William Carter, today reported the city's first polio case of the season. He is Lavern Prior, 18, who was gradutcd from Benton High School this morning. He was taken to St.

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Monthly allowance to all students. Write to: Paris Hospital School of Nursing Paris, Illinois MR. AND IVfRS. HENRY ALT purcliase new 5 room ranch type bungalow located at 1013 South Z5th Street from a client for a home. Mr.

Alt Is the local representative of the Birmingham Prosser Paper Company. Tills transaction was effected through the local real estate firm ot VIRGIL T. BAILEi', INC. fl5 No. 10th Our Buyer in New York This Attending Fall Openings and Selecting Mid-Summer DRESSES He Reports Unusual Purchases of Outstanding Values Express Shipments Arriving Next Few Days DO NOT MISS OUR BIG HAT SALE mm.