Mt. Vernon Register-News from Mt Vernon, Illinois • Page 2

THE REGISTER-NEWS MT. VERNON, fLLINOlS FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1957 Deaths David Davis, 85, Dies Here Today David Bee Davis, 85, a reTTrcd farmer who lived at 409 North Ninth street, died at 3 a. m. today in the Setzekorn Nursing Home in Mt. Vernon.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p. m. in the Salem church near Keenes. Rev. Lester Breeze and Rev.

Bob Bundy will be in charge of the funeral. Mr. Davis was born in Wayne County on May 20, 1871, the son of Squire and Jane (Flint) Davis. His wife Sarah Elizabeth Shrum preceded him in death in 1940. Burial will be in Salem cemetery and the body will He in state at the Richardson chapel in Wayne City after 10 a.

m. Saturday. Mr. Dnvis is survived by two sons, Alfred Davis, of Bluford, and Cooper Davis, of Wayne City; three daughters, Mrs. Earl Sanders, Wayne City, Mrs.

Johnson, Bluford, and Mrs. Ellis Rand, of New York City. He is also survived by ten grand children and 15 great-grandchil dren. Orchard ville Farmer Dies At Age Of 91 Robert H. Vest, 91, a retired farmer, died at his home in Or- township of Wayne County at 7 a.m.

today. He was born in Orange County, Indiana, July 25, 1865, the son of Robert H. and Sally (White) Vest. He was married to Beatrice Scott in 1922. Mr.

Vest was a member of the Free Will Baptist church. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. at Jacobs Chapel in Orchardville. Burial will be in Jacobs cemetery. The body will lie in state at the home of his son, Ed Vest, near Xenia, after 2 p.m.

Saturday. He is survived by two sons, Ed, of Xenia, and Georgie, of Johnsonville; one daughter, Mrs. Orpha Mills, of Flora. Mr. Vest is also survived by 22 grandchildren, 34 great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.

Robinson Art Collection May Bring $3,250,000 LOS ANGELES UB-Mrs. Gladys Robinson, actor Edward G. Robinson's former wife, says that she has been offered "about $3,250,000" for the Robinson art collection. The collection consists of masterpieces assembled over a 25- year period by the Robinsons. Mrs.

Robinson said she expects to sign papers "in another day or two" completing the sale to an undisclosed buyer. The figure is a million dollars more than was offered by a Los Angeles syndicate of art patrons, who wanted the pictures for the Los Angeles County-Museum museum curators. The arrangement to sell the masterpieces stems from Mrs. Robinson's divorce action. If the collection is not sold, attorneys said, an agreement provides that the paintings will be divided between Mrs.

Robinson and the actor. 5 Saw Dishwasher With Grimes Girls (Continued from page one) wore such a sweater the night she and Barbara left their South Side home to attend a movie. Mrs. Grimes is divorced from her husband Joseph, 48, a truck driver. Lohman said Anne Pobich, 39, a waitress in a restaurant near the movie theater, told him she saw the Grimes sisters in the restaurant on the night of Dec.

28. The sheriff said Mrs. Pobich related two men, one of whom resembled Bedwill, left the restaurant with the two girls. She identified the second man as short and dark haired. Still held for questioning in connection with the deaths the cause of which was not determined in an autopsy is Walter Kranz, 53, a railroad steamfitter.

Hospital Notes JEFFERSON MEMORIAL Admitted: Mrs. Gertie Richardson; Mrs. Alice Allen, McLeansboro. Discharged: Master Jimmie Hamlin; David Tyndal; Mrs. Rachel Hill, Texico; Mrs.

Evelyn Hart, McLeansboro; Rayburn Tittle, Texico. GOOD SAMARITAN Admitted: Mrs. Wanda Albright; Luther McKenzie; Hubert Campbell; Mrs. Margaret Goftinett; Mrs. Jessie Jordan; Mrs.

Eva Cates; Burl Sledge; Glenn Osborn; James Gregory; Miss Susan Donnelly. Discharged: Master John Stringer; Miss Dorothy Chesnek; Mrs. Carol Cook and baby, Tina Ann; Mrs. Mary Medlin; Herman Caldwell; Mrs. Viola Woods; Warner Greenlee; Richard McReynolds; Mrs.

Ethel Summers. MT. VERNON POLICE HOLD ANNUAL "RABBIT DINNER" The Mt. Vernon Jaycee's an-! nounced today that nearly $4000 I ivitlfl had been collected so far in thei ua 1 3 1957 Polio Drive. Coffee Day collections amounted to $200, the Elks card parly collections were $210, and the Business Mens' March collections so far arc over $350.

Tom Reese, county chairman, reported the following contributions: A section of the crowd at the annual "rabbit dlnnor" of the Mt'Vernon police department last night at the Moose Lodge. Interest above is centered on the Starllghtcrs quartet, not shown In the photograph. At right City Manager Harlow Richardson while Chief of Police Vomer Pigg and Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney (center)' look on. (Mary Jano Studio Photos) Collect Nearly $4,000 In Polio Fund Drive City Manager Urges Training, Favors To None There were police everywhere Inst night at the Moose Hall. Mt.

Vernon police, Centralia police, Salem police, railroad police, state police, auxiliary police, sheriffs, deputies, and private police. In fact the Joint was just lousy with cops. Only a few were in uniform but the Mt. Vernon officers were all appropriately dressed for the occasion. It was their annual rabbit time at which they serve fried rabbit to their associates in law enforcement work.

Mt. Vernon officers not wearing blue uniform and pistol belts had white shirts and white aprons and they carried out big platters of fried rabbit along with regular boats of gravy, mashed potatoes, baked beans and hot rolls. For the few who could still manage It, there was a dessert course of pie. The police shot the rabbits, prepared and served the dinner. Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney presided as master of ceremonies.

Police Chief Verner Pigg welcomed the visitors and the big boss of all the local cops, City Manager Harlow Richardson gave the address of the evening HOLLYWOOD W) Actress Marie (The Body) McDonald, admittedly a bit nervous these days, called the police when two salesmen arrived at her home, both clniming to be delivering her new convertible. Marie, whose story of being kid Inaped Jan. 3 made recent hcud- summoned the officers to her Snn Fernando Valley home Thursday-night. She gave this account of the incident; "The first salesman was here In the house with the papers for me to sign when the second fellow called at the gate saying he had my new "The reason I was so worried was that his voice, over the loudspeaker from the electric gate, sounded very much like one of the two kidnapers. I'm not taking any chances.

"And I got even more she explained, "when the second fellow came up In an economy model of the snmc car I bought. ordered the bigRcst, most deluxe convertible. It's the first one in California." Officers were able to straighten out the mix-up. Crusade Listed As Red Front ardson was in tavnr of I American Peace law enforcement. But he deeper into the subject and told of the need for training of officers BO they not only can solve crimes but also will not violate rights of the individuals.

"Show no favors to anyone," the city manager advised, declaring that favors to a lawbreaker on a minor offense might show up in greater trouble later. Called on for short talks by the Master of Ceremonies Dulaney were State Senator Paul Broyles, Sheriff Leonard (Smokey) Wood, City Attorney Alvin Lacy Williams and Jim Alexander, secretary of the Moose lodge and president of the Illinois Moose Association. The Starlighters Brown, David Albrccht, Homer Campbell and Hal made a big hit with their vocal numbers. Ted Mitchell, former vaudeville entertainer, mystified the cops with magic tricks and kept them laughing with his stories. BIRTHS Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Lemmons, 1725 Jefferson, are the parents of a son born at 12:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Good Samaritan hospital. He weighed five pounds seven ounces and has been named Charles Maurice, Jr. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.

William D. Lunn of Alton in St. Joseph's Hospital in that city yesterday morning. He weighed six pounds six ounces and has been named William Davis, Jr. The mother is the former Miss Glenda Stewart of this city and the grandmother is Mrs.

Qara Stewart of Mt. Vernon. Crystal Cave in Bermuda has a natural like which covers two acres andi is 80 feet underground Librarian Who Defied Probers Gets Pay Raise PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. Wl Mrs. Mary Knowles who was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about Communist affiliations has been retained in her job at a Quaker library and will be given a salary raise.

A board of the Quaker-operated William Jeanes Memorial Library said Thursday it wanted to "re' state our confidence" in Mrs. Knowles. She is free on bail pending an appeal of a 120-day jail sentence and a $500 fine given her in Fed oral District Court in Washington by Judge Ross Rizley. The 46-year-old librarian was found guilty of 53 of 58 contempt counts for declining to answer questions asked her by a Senate Internal Security subcommittee in 1955. She denied under oath that she was presently a Communist but refused to answer questions about past Communist activity.

The announcement said her pay will be raised $200 to $3,400 a year Cross-Examine Orrin Tucker In Oil Fraud Case DANVILLE, 111. UB' Orrin Tucker, of Los Angeles, nationally known bandleader faced cross examination in U. S. District Court today by lawyers for a Dallas man accused by the gov-. aairaA ernment of selling fraudulent pe- four counts and asked troleum leases.

The defendant, Homer Snowdcn, ISRAEL of 286 other people. Tucker said he sought once to check with the Securities and Ex change Commission to determine the legality of Snowden's petroleum lease operations, but Snowden disuaded him, saying ho" would get letter of approval from an SEC office. Tucker said he never saw such a letter. Allan A. Borton, of Nowata, who was indicted with Snowdcn last year, has pleaded 51, has pleaded innocent to charges of violating the Federal Securities Act and the mails to defraud.

Among the charges against him is one of selling one' pull out million dollars in bogus oil and; Egspt leases IS HOLDING ON TO AQABA (Continued from page one) WASHINGTON Wr-The Ameri can Peace Crusade, which has sponsored several "peace marches" on Washington, was scribed formally today as a Com munlst front. In a report filed with the Subversive Activities Control Board, former SACB Chairman Thomas Herbert recommended that the board issue an order directing the organization to register with the Justice Department under the 1950 internal security law. Herbert conducted hearings in the case before he resigned Dec. 31 to become judge of the Ohio Supreme Court. His report said the testimony showed the Ameri can Peace Crusade, with headquarters in New York, was founded by the Communist party in 1951.

at once. and a number of Asian- gas leases to Illinois ro.suif.iits injAfrican nations began drumming Champaign, Kankakee and Cliica- up support tor a resolution to im- go. pose stiff economic penalties In testimony Thursday, Tucker perhaps including a trade boy said he personally invested against Israel, through Snowden, and hooks he! Many delegates felt such a dras kept for Snowden at one resolution would have trouble listed transactions of about getting the required two-thirds 217,000. That sum, he said, repre-' majority in the 80-nation assem sented his investment and those 1 bly. Contributions of Montgomery Ward.

Illinois Power. Contributions or King City Federal. Contributions of Rex Restaurant. Contributions of Benolst Brothers Hardware, Contributions of Farmers Auto Insurance Assn. Contributions of Mt.

Vernon Tobacco. Albert's. Davis Drugs. Blue Goose Cafe. Hawkins Bakery.

Hometown Furnishing Co. Sears Roebuck. Dolllcns Shoe Store. Gaunt's T.V. Laird Jewelers.

Standard Tire Service. Gatewood and Fields. Carr Service Garage. Goodyear Store. Don Wood.

Contributions of Illinois' Brokerage Employees Contributions of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hoyt. Hawkins Office Supply. Webb's Book Store.

Morgan's Jewelry Store. Sport Center. Merle Norman Cosmetics. Prescription Shop. E.

G. Moore. Livingston Drug. Easton Flowers. Fair Feed Company.

Terrill Thomson. Mr. and Mrs. Eurage Witter. Mr.

and Mrs Silas Echols. Griggs Market. Lydla Circle of Bakerville Church. Charles C. Croup.

Esther Fircbsugh. The Happy Women's Club. Wards Philips 66. Delo Photo Craft. Spiro's Buffet.

Epworth Methodist Church. Cook's Paint Store. Pat Atchison Johnson. Janis Piper. Contributions of N.

E. Williams. R. C. Hails.

Musrrrove Shoe Store. Contributions of Mr. and Mrs. E. M.

Morrow. Phil Puffer. Max Puffer. Chris Puffer. Paula Link.

Sam Shaw. Ross and Small Drugs. Mr. and Mrs. Kraft Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Payne. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Green.

Arthur McMillon. Walter McCarter. Joe Lam pp. Contributions of Welge Paint Store. Contributions of Maude Adams.

Up 3 Per Cent In Year 1956 Motor trucks account for 16 per cent of the total motor vehicle registration in the United States. Brings Yon a New Dictating: Transcribing Machine. 169 i For Only For Information See or Call Ace Recording Co. 401 S. 20th St.

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They jumped one-half of 1 per cent and Ewan Clague BLS commissioner, said he sus pected that rising interest rates paid by home buyers the case of on by landlords, contributed to the in crease In over-all housing costs. The bureau reported at the same time that the spendable earnings and buying power of factory workers reached another peak In December. Total weekly earnings of production workers rose to $84.05 on the average. Spendable earnings- meaning income after tax about $1.30 to a record $69.10 for a factory worker with no dependents and $76.54 for a fac tory worker with three dependents. SPRINGFIELD, 111.

Wt-State highways early today were "slippery due to freezing mist and packed snow north of a line through Quincy, Mount Sterling, Havana and Rantoul except for a few widely scattered Icy spots immediately south of this line," the Illinois Division of Highways reported. Highways In the rest of Illinois are generally clear, the division said. However, six to eight inches of snow have fallen in the ex treme northeastern part of the state. OLDEST PLANT Oldest known specimen of a flowering plant has been found in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. A palm-like growth that flourished 165,000,000 years ago, left the imprint of its leaves on Colorado's red rock.

Fossil experts have discovered seven such Imprints, the largest being 18 inches long. Detailed Weather Report CHICAGO iff) Most of Illinois had cloudy weather overnight with temperatures below freezing pre dominant. The Weather Bureau said the outlook for today is for widespread precipitation. It said the northern portion of the state would have snow. The central part of the state would have snow or sleet and the southern portion, rain.

Temperatures in the low 20s were forecast for the extreme north and reading in the upper 30s were forecast for the extrrne south. Overnight low readings reported by the bureau were Belleville 31, Mollne 17, Pebria 22, Quincy 25, Rantoul 24, Rockford 18, Springfield 26, Vandalia 25. Missouri Mostly cloudy through Saturday. Occasional snow north, mixed with freezing drizzle southwest, occasional rain southeast changing to freezing rain today. Snow east, occasionally mixed with freezing drizzle southeast, diminishing tonight.

Colder west today, over the state tonight and in south and east portions Saturday. High today 10-15 extreme northwest, 30a southeast. Low tonight 0-5 below northwest, FIVE DAY FORECAST Illinois Temperatures will average 8 to 12 degrees below normal. Normal high Is 33 north to 45 south. Normal low Is 15 north 25 south.

Colder tonight and Saturday. Warmer about Sunday and turning colder again Monday or Tuesday. Precipitation will average near one-half inch except less than one-tenth of an Inch in the extreme northwest in snow or rain about Sunday or Monday and again about Wednesday. ILLINOIS TEMPERATURES Rockford 26 Moline 27 Peoria 26 jjlantoul 25 Quincy 27 Springfield 28 Vandalia 31 Scott Air Base 33 DEADLY SUN Experiments prove that rays of the Southern California sun can kill a sidewinder rattler in nine minutes, and that reptiles hunt shade for a siesta. Thus desert snakes seek their prey during the cooler hours between dusk and dawn.

The first sky writing la attributed to a group at Amherst College in 1909. THE WEATHER ELSEWHERE Albuquerque, clear 49 30 Atlanta, rain 47 37 Bismarck, cloudy -8 -22 Boston, cloudy 23 21 Chicago, snow 27 22 Cleveland, snow 26 24 Denver, snow 18 -1 Des Moines, snow 20 3 Detroit, snow 23 19 Fort Worth, cloudy 48 42 Grand Rapids, snov 25 18 Helena, clear -9 -39 Indianapolis, cloud? 30 28 Kansas City, snow 32 12 Los Angeles, clear 56 50 Louisville, rain 37 34 Marquette, clear 14 1 Memphis, cloudy 39 38 Miami, clear 78 71 Milwaukee, snow 27 21 Paul, snow 19 -4 New Orleans, cloudy 54 45 New York, cloudy 28 24 Oklahoma City, rain 48 16 snow 15 -4 Phoenix, cloudy 63 47 Portland, clear 30 19 St. Louis, cloudy 31 29 Salt Lake City, cloudy 31 11 San Diego, cloudy 60 55 San Francisco, cloudy 54 42 Ste Marie, cloudy 17 -2 Seattle, clear 28 17 Tampa, cloudy 76 61 PHONE 477 Hart's the time-tested Garbage Disposal! Unit that shreds food waste and flushes ft down the sink quickly, efficiently, economically. NO EXPOSED KNIVES OR BLADES MEANS CHEATER SAFETY VOR YOU AND YOUR FAMIIYI Why pay MORE when the BIST COSTS LESS! GARBAGE DISPOSAL! REGULARLY $89.95 $5 Down Delivers! Scrapt food into tho dfoin-trtrylhiflQ, bonM end offend turn your G-l DitpetoU on. 2 IA motttr of momtnH, yoyr food woifo it thitdo'ta 1 into tiny, toft porticltt ond ii fluiktd down drain on uroom of cold voter.

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