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THE REGISTER-NEWS MT. VERNON, ILLINOIS NINE DEATHS, 117 INJURED IN MOCK BATTLE Winter War Gomes at Camp Dfwm, N. Toke Heavy Toll. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1952 niuiuuiiiiiitiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimniMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinimiiim DEATHS AND FUNERALS By Aitoelated Prtss CAMP DRUM, N. Feb.

The big-scale winter war game of the army and air force entered its third day'today with a death toll of seven providing grim overtones of realism. A paratrooper plane crash, a railroad crossing smashup and accidents in parachute jumps yesterday claimed seven lives. Nineteen other "fighting men" were injured in the "warfare" phase of "exercise Snowfall." The toll since the first practice phase of the exercise started a month ago rose to nine dead and 117 injured. Four of those who died yesterday were crewmen of a C-46 transport loaded with paratroopers, which crashed in taking off Wheeler-Sack airfield here. Five others were injured seriously enough to require hospitaliza tion.

The nose of the plane, ih whch the crew was located, was ripped apart by the' impact, but the pas senger section in which 32 equipped soldiers were riding, was damaged only slightly. Two men were killed and five were hospitalized when a truck participating in the maneuvers was struck by a freight train at a grade crossing. Shoplifter Gefs Two Watches at The Morris Store Ellenor Marquis Oehm Funeral at 10:30 Tomorrow A shoplifter stole two watches at the Morris Store, south side of the Mt. Vernon public square, Saturday afternoon. Franz Sablon, store manager, told police that they were radium dial wrist watches and were valued 'at $3.95 each.

29 DEATHS; CLOSE FIELD AT NEWARK (Continued trom page berg, 45, a nearby resident. "I saw a man and pulled him out. He was dead. We pulled out more of them dying. I picked up one man's arm and it came away from his body.

My son picked up a baby. It was dead too." Explosions rocked the area at intervals. The crash brought an immediate order from the port of New York authority blosing Newark airport, one of four it operates in the metropolitan area. The others are La Guardia and Idlevsdld in New York City and Teterboro in New Jersey. As a prelude to a scheduled house aviation subcommittee hearing today into the second crash, the authority had issued an advance press release calling the field one of the safest in the nation.

After the crash, it asked that the statement be Elizabeth residents for months have- been protesting the planes roaring low over the city as they approached or left the field. Citizen groups had threatened to block the runways with their bodies if it were not moved. As the plane came dovm today, It barely missed the Janet Me- morisd home, an institution for children of broken homes. Inside 46 children and 12 adults were sleeping. A team of six CAB agents opened an investigation.

All three of the recent crashes occurred within a nine mile radius. Today's tragedy was nearest the airport, which lies about three miles from Elizabeth's city limits. Funeral service? for Mrs. Gus Oehm will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Myers Chapel, with the Rev.

Bayne Wilson officiating, and burial will be in Oakvvood cemetery. The body will i-emain at Myers Chapel, where friends may call at any time until the funeral hour. Mrs. Oehm, the former Ellenor Marquis of Mt. Vei-non, died last Thursday evening in Pharr, Texas.

She had been in a convalescent home near the home of her brother James, who lives at Donna, Texas. Mr. and Mrs, James Marquis are here to attend the funeral. Mrs. Oehm went from Honolulu to Temple, Texas, for treatment at the Scott-White hospitals, last October.

Born November 20, 1893, she was 58 years of age at the time of her death. She was graduated from Mt. Vernon high school in the class of 1912, and was married to Mr. Oelim. May, 4, 1920.

She and her husband made a trip around the world in 1936 and at various times lived in New York, Berlin, and Wilmington, Del. They made their home in Honolulu the last three years, where Mr. Oehm Director of Public Relations for the Pineapple Research Institute and is on the staff of the University of Hawaii. He left Honolulu by plane Friday at 5:30 p.m. and landed at Lambert Field, St.

Louis Saturday at 6 p.m. Besides her husband, she is survived by four brothers, Joe Marquis of Mt. Vernon, Lewis Marquis of Wilmington, and James of Pasadena. Casey Marquis Marquis of Donna, Texas. R.

L. Rea, 48, of Centralia Dies R. L. Rea, 4S, who was well known in Mt. Vernon and throughout southern Illinois in the oU fraternity, died at his home in Centralia Saturday night.

Mr. Rea was president of the Rea Motor Co. of Centralia. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a. m.

at the Rea home, east of Centralia. Maggie Keeling. Dies at Age 82; Rites Wednesday Mrs. Maggie Keeling died at 10:15 o'clock this morning at her home, 2204 Casey Avenue, at the of 82 years, eight months and three days. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.

m. at Myers Chapel, with thp Rev. Bayne Wilson officiating, and burial will be in Flint cemetery. The body will remain at Myers Chapel, where friends may call after 2:00 p. m.

Tuesday. Mrs. Keeling was born June 8, 1869 in Lynchburg. 111., the daughter of Lorenzo D. and Mary Catherine (Estes) Davenport.

She was married to Joseph C. Keeling, who preceded her in death February. 23, 1915. Mrs. Keeling was a member of the Belle Rive Methodist church.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lucille Barbre of Mt. Vernon and five sisters, Mrs. Josei)h- ine Rogers of Los Angeles, Mrs. Bess Crorkin of Gillespie, 111., Mrs.

Q. A. Wilbanks of Evansville, Ind. and Mrs. Florence Waters and Mrs.

Nellie Laird of Mt. Vernon. James H. Hart, Former Resident, Dies Saturday KING'S BODY IS BROUGHT TO LONDON (Continued From Page 1) James H. Hart, a former resident of Jefferson county, died Saturday in Jacksonville, 111.

The body has been returned to Mt. Vernon for the funeral and will remain at Myers Chapel, where friends may call at any time. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:00 p. m. at Myers Chapel, with the Rev.

LaVerne Stewart officiating, and burial will be in Knob Prairie cemetery. Mr. Hart was born in Jefferson county. He was a veteran of World War He is survived by a brother, Bert Hart of Waltonville. No Place For Red China At Peace Table (Continued irona one) Ing- on truce supervision offered to accept the Allied proposal that 10 mobile neutral inspection teams supervise a Korean truce.

But in return the Reds asked the Allies to accept inspection at three ports of entry on either side rather than eight as the U. N. wants. Allied staff officers immediately rejected the Red proposal. The full armistice delegations wiir continue their discussion of thfe final agenda item at 10 a.

m. Tuesday (7 p. m. CST Monday) in Panmunjom. Staff officers will meet after the plenary session adjourns to work on truce supervision and prisoner exchange.

AERIAL WABFABE By Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Feb. American Sabre jets shot down a communist MIG jet and damaged four others today, boosting. their two-day bag to four kills and nine Migs damaged Fifth Air, Force headquarters enemy jet was shot down in a dogfight between 18 Sabres and 60 Red jets high over North Korea. Sabres flying protective cover 1 for Thunder jets blasting communist supply lines ripped into jetis in five separate air battles Sunday, downing threS 1 and damaging five. In all, the I Sabres tangled with more than 1 100 MIGs.

B-29 Superforts Sunday 'night bombed the Sinhung rail-bridge spanning the Chongchon river in 1 northwest Korea, and the rail yards at Hamhung on the east coast. The bleak, 155-mile battlefrdnt quiet. Allied infantrymen huddled in snow-blanketed fox- If! lioles and bunkers. After an unexplained Allied withdrawal on the central front Sunday night, Chinese communiGt the position arjd set fire to the Allied Allied forces maje no attempt to interfere with the 55 Deaths in Persian Riots mass by mountain rescue squads. TEHRAN, Iran.

Feb. Two newspapers reported today that 55 persons were killed and more than 300 injured in six hours of fierce stree1 figijting Saturday in Zabol, a town along the Afghan frontier. Official sources admitted that an angry mob had beheaded the provincial governor and three other officials but there was no confirmation of the larger casualty toll, which the anti-government papers Attash and Dad published. They quoted "Informed Tehran sources in touch with the situation." Rival tribesmen battled in the city's streets, the papers said, after an election dispute burst into warfare with firearms, laiives and clubs. A wave of ting and burning spread through the town.

Troops reinforcements rushed from nearby Kerman Province to help restore order. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. M. B.

Gibbs of Harvey, 111., are the parents of an eight pound daughter who was born in a Harvey hospital Sunday. The new arrival has been named Joyce Kay. Mrs. Gibbs is the former Mary Louise Carlton, daughter of Mrs. Josie Carlton of this city.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gibbs of Dahlgren are the paternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.

James Russell, 621 Perkins, are the parents of a five pound I2V2 ounce daughter who was born in Jefferson Memorial Hospital at 12:05 a. m. today. She has been named Peggy June. Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Draege, RFD 2, are the parents of an eight pound 11 ounce daughter who was born at 2:13 p. m. Saturday in Good Samaritan Hospital. The little girl has been named Brenda Sue.

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Gilbert, 503 Conger, are the parents of an eight and one-half pound daughter Patricia Kathleen, born at 9:10 p. m.

Sunday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Eugene Davis, 1520 south 12th street are the parents of a baby boy born at 9:18 a. m.

today in Good Samaritan Hospital. The new arrival weighed eight pounds 12 ounces at birth and has been named Ronald Eugene. HOSPITAL NOTES Jefferson Memorial Admitted: Mrs. Lucille Gilbert; Mrs. Martha Dal by; Mrs.

Maggie Russell; Little Miss Karleen Kay Ford; Orville Britton. Good Samaritan Admitted: Lester Beaty, Ina; Mrs. Vera Enteman; James W. Adams; Mrs. LaVonne Livesay.

Discharged: Mrs. Betty Lane, Bluford; Mrs. FwObin Grigg; John Dycus; Mrs. Jean Huson and infant daughter, Hyla Jean. AIRPORT NEWS Orlen Anderson and Xon Nichols of Salem flew to the local field today.

green and mahogany gun carriage. People Wait All Xlght At the conmiand of the Honor Guard Officer, the cortege moved out past the thousands, many of whom had waited in the chill drizzle for iiours, some all through the night. The body of the 56-ycar-old Monarch wiio reigned 15 years lay in state amid the simple surroundings of the country church of St. Mary Magdalene at Sandringliam until this morning to enable the neighbors and workers to pay tlaeir tribute. The coffin was draped with the scarlet and gold royal standard.

The crown rested on a purple cushion, its jewels glistening dully in the sleety rain. Also on the coffin lay a single wreath of white flowei-s, from the Queen Grandmother, Mary. A simple, poignant procession accompanied the coffin as it left the Sandrineham church just at 11 a. m. (5 a.

m. CST) today for the two-mile trip to Wolverton railway station and the 110-mile train journey to London. Women Mourn In Private For three days the three women had mourned in private just as any British family might. Today they returned to their people and took up their missions as Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's 25- year-old Sovereign, the Queen Mother Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. But at Sandringham there were no muffled drums, no bands playing a funeral march, none of the panoply that goes Majesty.

Almost t)ie only spot of color in the whole somber cortege was the gold and red quartered royal standard covering the coffin. A mournful skirl of bagpipes signaled the departure of the sad procession down the winding country road. State Funeral Friday The state funeral procession on Friday through the streets of London will begin at 9:30 a. m. (3:30 a.

The coffin will be taken to Paddington Station and placed aboard a train to be taken to Windsor Castle. Final rites there before burial in historic St. George's Chapel, are expected to start at 2 p. m. (S a.

m. CST). The King's last London resting place huge Westminster Hall, 240 feet long and 68 feet wide is one of the cradles of British history. Built as a roistering place in 1097 by Rufus the Red, son of DENIED KEYS TO FAMILY CAR; BOY KILLS 3 "Twisted" Son Leaves to Father, Flees to Missouri. Note William the Conqueror, it has sur- Nived to absorb history and glory into every stone and beam of its structure.

By Associated Press MIIAV.M'KEE. Feb. 11 because he was refused the U.SO ot the family automobile, a vi old boy shot and killed his mother, brother and sister, police re niglit. Schulz. 39, found the bodies of liis wife and two children vvlien he returned from a trip Near the bodies lay a note addressed to him and singed tuisted son, John," At Kirliwcxxi.

State High- Patrolmen who picked up the boy in father's car for routine questioning said John told them he killed them with a shotgun Saturday night. The victims were Mrs. Catherine Schulz, 3S: Robert, 11, and Catherine. 6. The elder Schulz, busLriess agent for local 174 of the Laundry Workers Union, had left earlier Saturday to attend a union meet- ins at La Crosse, Wis.

Brother Tried To Phone Missouri Patrol .4, S. White and L. A. Fego said John, a high school junior, gave them this account: When his mother refu.sed to let him use the car he went to his room and got a shotgun. John shot down his brothei- in the bedroom when Robert tried to run for a telephone to call police.

Then he turned the gun on his sister, also in the bedroom. John walked to the kitchen where he shot his mother, and then dragged her body into the bedroom. MEETINGS A Special Meeting of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 A.

F. A. M. Monday Feb. 11th.

Work in Second Degree at 7:00 p. m. Visiting brethren welcome. Members are urged to attend. R.

H. Whitaker, W.M. Wm. E. Reavis, Sec'y.

Bluford AmerK Legion Post No, 1193 will meet Monday, Feb. 11, 1952, 7:30 p. m. at the Legion Hall in Markham City, All members are urged to attend. A stated meeting of Mt.

Vernon Chapter, 233, Order of the East- em Star will be held Tuesday at 7:30 m. in the Masonic A Valentine social will follow the regular meeting. Myrtle Gott, W. M. Alva Mathews, Sec'y.

Grace A. Henry Rebekah Lodge will meet in regular session Monday evening at 7:30. Sister Bernice Willhite of West Frankfort, Past President of the Rebekah State Assembly of Illinois, will hold a school of instruction. All membei-s are urged to attend. Visitors are cordially welcorhed.

Myrtle Highsmith, N. G. Shirley Heischmann, Rec. Sec'y. Regular meeting of Jefferson Post 141, American Legion, will be held at 8:00 o'clock tonight, Mond- day, Feb.

11 at the Legion Home. Ail members urged to attend. Roy Britton, Comm. Dr. Ray Hefley, Adjt.

Billfold, $20.75 Are Stolen Here A billfold containing was stolen from a shopper Saturday night at the Walgreen Drug Store, on the west side of the Mt. Vernon public square. Mrs. Ann of Evansville, who had-been visiting in this city, reported the theft at police headquarters. Mrs.

Martin told officers she had made a purchase and laid her billfold down. She moved a short distance away and when she returned the billfold was gone. Game He left to join a friend and they attended a high school basketball game. After eating at a restaurant, he returned home, shaved, packed his clotliing and left in the car. He left a note saying, "Dad.

sorry things happened this way. we will meet again. I'm going to some of the places we've been. Your twisted son, John." Missouri police radioed Milwaukee to learn if the youth were wanted there shortly after the father made his grisly find and reported to local police. Milwaukee officers left by plane for Kirkwood last night to return John.

Schoolmasters Meet Here, Npme Creek President Jolm Creek, superintendent of schools at Herrin, was elected piesident of the Schoolmasters' Club of Southern Illinois at the spring meeting of the group of educators here Saturday. He succeeds Paul Houghton, principal of Anna-Jonesboro high school, as president of the school men. Other officers elected at the all- day meeting, wiiich was held at Mt. Vernon high school, were: Paul Hibbs, DuQuoin high school principal, vice president and Dale Wilson, coimty superintendent of schools at Harrisburg, secretary. Officers for the thi-ee sections of the club wore elected as follows: Superintendents E.

McAllister, Centr.ilia, president; N. Wheeler, Murphysboro, vice- president; and Hubert Sutton, Fairfield, secretary. High School Principals Section R. L. Foster, Harrisburg.

president: Eugene Eckert. Herrin, and Robert Wells, Johnston City, secretary. Elementary Principals Section Bvtndy. Centralia. president; William DuQuoin, vice-president; and John Thomas, Carhondale, 100 educators, from many southern Illinois towns, attended the meeting.

A highlight of the day was a panel discussion on off-campus programs of teacher training institutions and universities. Lt. Putney in Salem Company Second Lt. Robert N. Puntney, of 2418 Casey, who went to service before World War 2 with the old Mt.

Vernon anti-tank company, has been called up for active duty with the National Guard. He is an officer in Company I at Saiem, which will leave next week for Camp Cooke, Calif. His wife, Dorothy, and their three children, Tresa, Anita Lou and Eric, will remain in Mt. Vernon. Sun Shines, Grass Burns and Firemen Answer 9 Alarms Sunshiny days and grass fires go together, Mt.

Vernon city and rural firemen found during the weekend. The departments were called out nine times and eight times it was to control grass blazes. City firemen e.xtinguished grass fires at 220 north Eighth, 315 Harrison, 1012 south 13th over the weekend and at 305 Castleton this morning. They received one other call, to the L. N.

Cafe, where a wiring short caused some damage to a juke box. Rural firemen were called out four times and contrdlled grass fires at the homes of M. L. Strickland, 1308 north 11th, Nelson Stover, Fairfield Road, L. J.

Dustin, North Highland addition and Abe Gentle. RFD 3. MT. V. CHAMBER OPENS DRIVE FOR MEMBERS (Continued from page one) heiley and Alice Lacey.

Division No. 2 Major: Walter Pilson. Team No. Williamson, captain: Glenn Murphy, George Carr, Sidney Hirons and Virgil Bailey. Team No.

Lee, captain: Harry Rich, D. M. Rutherford and Earl "Warfield. Team No. Metcalf, captain: Winston Browming, Darrell Hanna, William Hicks and Ed Neal.

Team No. 8 Frank Walker, Harold Hathaway, Russell Ganr, James Woodruff and Marion Dykes. Division No. Major: J. Curtis Starr.

Team No. W. captain. Team No. Laird captain, Ray Tibbs, Bob Krebs and farl Blades, Team No.

11 Parker captain, Joe Dull, Ben Bullock, Cl.sde Lee and Sam Zemlink, Team No. 12 -W. F. Holt, captain: Malcolm Kern, L. A.

Heffington. Clifford Fore and Paul Whitney Jr. Division No. 4 Major: Harry A. Wolter.

Team No. 13 Norman Moss captain; John Bresnaham, James Henneberry, Guy Wood Paul Fellinger and Glee Wood. Team No. 14 Roy Simpson, captain; Jim Trammel, Bill Shutes, Tom Oakley, Norman Clark and Bill Gott. Team No.

Milward, captain; Henry Mossberger, John Robison, R. McMullen, William Mullen and Alvin L. 'Williams. Team No. Garrison, captain; Coyn Mateer, Gil Wood.

Stan Koziara, Earl Jamison and Whitney Sapp. Avoid fke-Taft Showdown Test in Oklahoma By Assoohitad Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. The political spotlighi focussed on Oklahoma today (IVIonday) where Taft and Eisenhower forces meet in the nation's first Republican state convention. But some of the edge was taken off the outcome by a reported last- minute compromise made in an effort to avoid a showdown test of strength.

Jack Bell. Associated Press political writer, said backers of Senator Tafl of Ohio and General Dwight D. Eisenhower got together in Oklahoma City hotel room conferences yesterday and lenliitively decided on a slate of four at-lnrge delegates including two for Taft, one for Eisenhower and one uncommitted. Bell said the best estimate of political observers on the 12 district delesates already chosen is tliat fovn- are for Taft, four Eisen- liower, one favorable to Taft, two lean to the General, and one committed to Gen. Douglas MacArthur but likelv to go to Taft.

If Taft gets two delegates today, he would have a slight and. it the MacArthur support goes his way, a ma.iorily. While the namber of delegates involved is the advantage is viewed more from the psychological standpoint. DR. J.

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